tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post6546148245764469359..comments2023-03-22T14:04:56.110+00:00Comments on Snark and Fury: TV Snark - Merlin: Le Morte d'Arthur OR The End Of Season CGI SpectacularUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-54327813463175052782008-12-18T20:08:00.000+00:002008-12-18T20:08:00.000+00:00Well, you could make the argument that unlike Merl...Well, you could make the argument that unlike Merlin, Nimueh (De-de-de-de-de a-Nimueh) didn't have control over the power and as a result had to work within the rules.Doc Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075000310384669275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-66300819971445021282008-12-15T18:25:00.000+00:002008-12-15T18:25:00.000+00:00"She has to bend the rule, not make her own up and..."She has to bend the rule, not make her own up and target a random like Uther 'cos it suits her."<BR/><BR/>Which works up until the point where Merlin kills her and saves Gaius, effectively getting a two-for one deal - saving someone he loves, and dispatching an enemy in one go. Anyway, nobody says Uther actually has to die. It wouldn't be the first time Merlin broke his word...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372809311880180443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-63955114519778488212008-12-15T15:53:00.000+00:002008-12-15T15:53:00.000+00:00I understand from an 'emotional' standpoint that M...I understand from an 'emotional' standpoint that Merlin's mother made a more effective victim. If Uther had been chosen the characters would have thought, "Oh well, bye bye King Gitbag." The choice of Merlin's mother didn't logically make a whole lot of sense though, I guess at that point they needed a bit of exposition to clearly define the terms of the whole life trading deal thing and who could be traded for who. Hell, even having Nimueh telling Merlin that she changed the deal because she hated him for meddling with her assassination attempts would have worked.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118031051445278031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-9114563248254567062008-12-15T15:28:00.000+00:002008-12-15T15:28:00.000+00:00To defend it as best I can: I don't think Nimueh c...To defend it as best I can: I don't think Nimueh could kill Uther, because that wouldn't be a forfeit to Merlin personally. It would arguably HELP him, actually. But killing his mother, or Gaius, fit the bill much better. She has to bend the rule, not make her own up and target a random like Uther 'cos it suits her.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, I have to admit that I didn't get the impression Nimueh was totally EVIL until this finale. I had assumed the death of Igraine was a cosmic balancing act she had no actual control over (and it shocked her just as much), but Uther blames her for it. If anything, Nimueh has a genuine reason to hate Uther for not hearing her side of the story, and instead slaughtering fellow "magicals". It was a shame the finale just reverted to the cliche that she's just an Evil Sorceress.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05821524840819117719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-14034545847813509812008-12-15T12:26:00.000+00:002008-12-15T12:26:00.000+00:00Well, it'll be good practice for forgetting the wh...Well, it'll be good practice for forgetting the whole 'Merlin just got the power of life and death' they fell into at the end of the episode.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372809311880180443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-54649301919319259062008-12-15T12:11:00.000+00:002008-12-15T12:11:00.000+00:00It's almost as if the writers forgot that she had ...It's almost as if the writers forgot that she had a grudge against Uther.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118031051445278031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-90370139331157958242008-12-15T11:53:00.000+00:002008-12-15T11:53:00.000+00:00Yeah, but she screws it up /twice/.Yeah, but she screws it up /twice/.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10372809311880180443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-90991481641694350882008-12-15T10:07:00.000+00:002008-12-15T10:07:00.000+00:00You know how it is, someone offers a life for a li...You know how it is, someone offers a life for a life and you need to make a quick 'ironic' decision...Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118031051445278031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-50760475196212400872008-12-14T19:35:00.000+00:002008-12-14T19:35:00.000+00:00So you liked it then?So you liked it then?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118031051445278031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8589311877027547216.post-70420333255879526842008-12-14T19:14:00.000+00:002008-12-14T19:14:00.000+00:00No, actually it was a terrible show. Arthurian leg...No, actually it was a terrible show. Arthurian legend should be inspiring and uplifting not tawdry and badly written. Arthur is supposed to be a reluctant hero not an obnoxious cunt and Uther is supposed to be dead by the time that Arthur is a grown man... that's kind of the whole point. <BR/><BR/>If they'd done something ambitious they'd have done Merlin: The Early Years or just followed the normal plot but done over a series instead of a film.<BR/><BR/>Excalibur... awesome. Merlin: The Emo Years was shite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com