Saturday, April 2, 2011

Camelot on Starz

The new tv series based on Arthurian legends, Camelot, is awesome so far. The first episode was very good. So much happened in it, it was almost more like a movie than the first episode. There are enough conclusions that it would stand alone, even if there weren't more episodes to come in the series. However, it does leave open ends for the plot to continue. It was amazing. I hope the rest of the series is as good.


The plot is based around the death of King Uther. After he dies, the wizard Merlin goes to find Arthur, the King's son, who was sent to live with foster parents when he was born. Merlin asks him to take his father's place as king, and thus the story begins. However, his half-sister Morgan is determined to rule the kingdom herself.

It's rare that I see a fantasy tv series as good as this. They are relatively sparse as it is; at least, this kind of high fantasy seems to be. I hope that Game of Thrones is as good as Camelot. 

1 comment:

Stacey the KWConch said...

I agree that the first episode was like a movie. 2bd one was not as good but niceky sets uo tge arthur/guinevere/leontes triangke. It seems the egrane niticed her sons feeli nb gs. I wonder where thatkk go. The real star of thius show id Eva Gteen. I hooe she remains om tge show throughout. Seco.d to hervis Ralph fienbes. Ges also brilliant. The show has me looking for a book its bason,,or other vamelot books. Any recommedations?