UncleRogi wrote:
I advise that one DOESN'T watch this. Apparently the writers haven't done their research well.
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Depends on what a person wants out of
Merlin,
UncleRogi. If the viewer wants something with some fidelity to, say, Sir Thomas Malory,
Merlin is going to be a head-scratching experience; trying to correlate
Merlin's names and relationships to Malory will give one a mental aneurysm. There's no Arthurian "canon" in the sense of
Star Trek or
Star Wars. There are wildly divergent tales, some put more emphasis on Celtic mythology, some are drawn more upon Christian mythology. Some are more historical, some are completely ahistorical.
Merlin isn't trying to be the definitive, authoritative retelling of the Matter of Britain; it's just trying to be an entertaining show for a family audience. In that regard, I think it succeeds.