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Oct. 28th, 2012 01:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astri13My Merlin stream kept freezing up this week, very inconvenient but after having seen the ep for real, here is my
I read a couple pre-reviews before watching and so went into the episode with some trepidations. But seriously, all these reviewers must have been on crack because nothing they spoiled as ZOMG!plot!points actually played out as they made it sound.
Merlin getting to be "King"? When the hell did that happen? He just relayed Gaius medical advice to Arthur - and on such matters, I`m sure even Uther bowed to Gaius`word.
Merlin expertly wielding a sword? I expected Mary Sueing of epic degrees but he clomped one guard over the head and run through another from behind. All very well within his (and numerous others) capabilities.
Merlin leading the knights? More Sueing to be expected but it was just him and Gwaine doing the rescue op.
In short: there wasn`t the epic UberSue everyone spoilered for, thank God. That is usually left for the Finales and is why they got on my nerves for the last two years.
Poor Mithian. I liked the character last year and liked her here. She did the best she could.
Morgana`s evil cackling has become tiresome to me. Maybe she was driven mad by her totally wonky and inconsistent character arc - I`m half of a mind to think Arthur has been the viewer`s standin in being surprised about the betrayals of both Morgana and Uncle Aggy for he, just like anybody else, simply could not understand a valid character motivation for the muhahahing - but I have enough of it.
The knights were supposed to be featured more this Season, yes? Hm. Maybe later. They still have the same neat background action going on as last year. Or did they mean the nakedness in the Premiere? Because yeah, that might count as "featured more". *g*
What was that fretting about Arthur going on a vengeance quest in the first half of the episode? Dudes, his plan was actually to not meet Odin. So what, should he just have said "nope, lets not go rescue that old neighbourly dude". WTH? Or was rescuing him supposed to be some kind of sticking it to Odin in revenge? I mean, wow, I`m sure his honor would have been besmirched beyond the telling of it by that.
But it kinda set up the moment at the end which was nice indeed. Arthur is good at uniting the lands (and making peace with druid spirits). Neat to hear he is consciously doing it by the way. Would like to see it more, seeing as it is, you know, Arthurian legend at its finest.
Very little Arthur/Merlin here but as first three eps had the cup runneth over with that, I could deal. What we got showed them on good terms, talking very much like friends. Master/servant these days is only words for them.
What cracks me up is Arthur and Gwen`s sexless marriage. Someone should tell the people they can give up on expecting an heir. Good thing Arthur is supposedly immortal through reincarnation.
Camelot, the kingdom where only Uther and trolls have sex. Seriously, a chaste peck on the forehead? And does he wear his chainmail to bed? When Merlin is in his chambers, he wears loose-fitting shirts - or nothing at all. Meanwhile, Gwen`s decoltée is close to getting its own credit. Seriously, director/camera operator, at one point they did one of those background/foreground shots where the person in the background is slightly blurred and Arthur was foreground/Gwen background - yet only her face was slightly blurred while the camera totally focused on her - clear as day - boobs. WTH?
In short, I found it a surprisingly decent episode.
I read a couple pre-reviews before watching and so went into the episode with some trepidations. But seriously, all these reviewers must have been on crack because nothing they spoiled as ZOMG!plot!points actually played out as they made it sound.
Merlin getting to be "King"? When the hell did that happen? He just relayed Gaius medical advice to Arthur - and on such matters, I`m sure even Uther bowed to Gaius`word.
Merlin expertly wielding a sword? I expected Mary Sueing of epic degrees but he clomped one guard over the head and run through another from behind. All very well within his (and numerous others) capabilities.
Merlin leading the knights? More Sueing to be expected but it was just him and Gwaine doing the rescue op.
In short: there wasn`t the epic UberSue everyone spoilered for, thank God. That is usually left for the Finales and is why they got on my nerves for the last two years.
Poor Mithian. I liked the character last year and liked her here. She did the best she could.
Morgana`s evil cackling has become tiresome to me. Maybe she was driven mad by her totally wonky and inconsistent character arc - I`m half of a mind to think Arthur has been the viewer`s standin in being surprised about the betrayals of both Morgana and Uncle Aggy for he, just like anybody else, simply could not understand a valid character motivation for the muhahahing - but I have enough of it.
The knights were supposed to be featured more this Season, yes? Hm. Maybe later. They still have the same neat background action going on as last year. Or did they mean the nakedness in the Premiere? Because yeah, that might count as "featured more". *g*
What was that fretting about Arthur going on a vengeance quest in the first half of the episode? Dudes, his plan was actually to not meet Odin. So what, should he just have said "nope, lets not go rescue that old neighbourly dude". WTH? Or was rescuing him supposed to be some kind of sticking it to Odin in revenge? I mean, wow, I`m sure his honor would have been besmirched beyond the telling of it by that.
But it kinda set up the moment at the end which was nice indeed. Arthur is good at uniting the lands (and making peace with druid spirits). Neat to hear he is consciously doing it by the way. Would like to see it more, seeing as it is, you know, Arthurian legend at its finest.
Very little Arthur/Merlin here but as first three eps had the cup runneth over with that, I could deal. What we got showed them on good terms, talking very much like friends. Master/servant these days is only words for them.
What cracks me up is Arthur and Gwen`s sexless marriage. Someone should tell the people they can give up on expecting an heir. Good thing Arthur is supposedly immortal through reincarnation.
Camelot, the kingdom where only Uther and trolls have sex. Seriously, a chaste peck on the forehead? And does he wear his chainmail to bed? When Merlin is in his chambers, he wears loose-fitting shirts - or nothing at all. Meanwhile, Gwen`s decoltée is close to getting its own credit. Seriously, director/camera operator, at one point they did one of those background/foreground shots where the person in the background is slightly blurred and Arthur was foreground/Gwen background - yet only her face was slightly blurred while the camera totally focused on her - clear as day - boobs. WTH?
In short, I found it a surprisingly decent episode.
