Hey All, But I too was a diehard King Arthur fan, and like you got sick of knowing the ending all the time. I thought that I would throw in my two cents. However, I am new to the show since it just finished airing in the US like 2 weeks ago, but I do not think we will be seeing it again. Those types of shows do not do well here--remember this is the place where BSG won no awards and The Sarah Connor Chronicles was cancelled. Irregardless, I too was a huge King Arthur fan junior high through college and read them all. I actually talk about it in my journal if you're interested http//koft2009.livejournal.com. I just posted about the show vs. the books that I have read, so check it out.
Irregardless my favorite, all time book about the Arthur legend is The Mists of Avalon-by Marian Zimmer Bradley. I read it gosh, almost 20 years ago, and it is still my favorite one. It is a long read as it starts from the pov of Igraine when she is young until the death of Arthur. The majority of the book is from the pov of Morgaine le Fey. I have yet to see a film that is worthy of the legend; they did a TV movie of this book, and it was a disgrace, as are most of the movies. But I can say Excalibur was none too bad--
crabby_lioness: I very much enjoy your pov on this show, Primeval, and your TW ones as well. It's nice to read intelligent writing w/a fresh perspective that I have not seen in many other write-ups. k
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But I too was a diehard King Arthur fan, and like you got sick of knowing the ending all the time. I thought that I would throw in my two cents. However, I am new to the show since it just finished airing in the US like 2 weeks ago, but I do not think we will be seeing it again. Those types of shows do not do well here--remember this is the place where BSG won no awards and The Sarah Connor Chronicles was cancelled. Irregardless, I too was a huge King Arthur fan junior high through college and read them all. I actually talk about it in my journal if you're interested http//koft2009.livejournal.com. I just posted about the show vs. the books that I have read, so check it out.
Irregardless my favorite, all time book about the Arthur legend is The Mists of Avalon-by Marian Zimmer Bradley. I read it gosh, almost 20 years ago, and it is still my favorite one. It is a long read as it starts from the pov of Igraine when she is young until the death of Arthur. The majority of the book is from the pov of Morgaine le Fey.
I have yet to see a film that is worthy of the legend; they did a TV movie of this book, and it was a disgrace, as are most of the movies. But I can say Excalibur was none too bad--
crabby_lioness: I very much enjoy your pov on this show, Primeval, and your TW ones as well. It's nice to read intelligent writing w/a fresh perspective that I have not seen in many other write-ups.
k