Merlin

[blamebrampton]

Oh, look ... at least I didn't download it.

I've spent the weekend recovering and working on an enjoyable but intense beta, so I thought I deserved an hour off, and it was starting on free-to-air TV here, so I succumbed.

All of you Merlin people were completely right, it is absolutely pre-slashed. Was it written by one of Russell T Davies' ex-boyfriends?

On the whole, amusing and diverting and extremely slash friendly, but I will have to turn off my critical brain if I plan to watch any more. Pretty lads aside, it was a case of 'wrong clothes, wrong saddle, wrong architecture, wrong fruit, wrong …'

I should have just focussed on that Bradley fellow. Though he is a wee bairn, is it all right given that I have the same birthday as Germaine Greer?

Comments

[drgaellon]

Yes. Throw out everything you ever knew about Arthurian legend. This is... not that. It's pre-slash fanfic AU from Arthurian legend. I don't quite know how they managed to convince Auntie Beeb to film it, but it's not bad for all of that. Some of it is quite nice hurt/comfort, and some is totally crackified. It really and truly is fanfic... just professionally produced.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the dreadful Robin Hood? Dreadful! And yet, hot boys and amusing bits. I see nothing wrong with professionally produced fanfic, goodness knows I read enough of it ;-)

[drgaellon]

I watched perhaps a third each of two different episodes of that... abortion of a Robin Hood. Pretty boys, but BAD acting and worse scripts. Merlin is at least entertaining.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

RH is hilarious if you look at it through the eyes of someone keen on costume history (or, indeed, weapons history ;-)

[drgaellon]

Personally, I'm a cooking-and-brewing geek, so very few of these shows tickle my historicity fancy. I do wish The Tudors would show the kitchens at Hampton Court!

[adores-draco.livejournal.com]

I don't think you're supposed to call men's bits amusing. Hee!

Ok, time for bed. :))