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Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green cast in Camelot TV series

Hanukkah Solo said:
Although Merlin and Lancelot do appear in the story, though they're not interpreted in the same fashion they typically are.
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That's just what I don't want to see. Both are later additions to the mythos. Lancelot was invented by the French. "Merlin" is the French rendering of Myrddin (because that sounds like a dirty word in French), and the very idea of Myrddin as Arthur's wizard is likely a case of mistaken identity. The name "Myrddin" means "sea fort" and probably refers to the fortress at Tintagel where Arthur may have been born. The idea of Myrddin as Arthur's wizard probably comes from confusion of the sea fort Myrddin with a northern bard of that name.

True, a story about (a plausible candidate for) the historical Arthur with all the later accretions stripped away would hardly be recognizable as an Arthurian tale. I just think it would be nice to see it done at least once as a fresh take on things.
 
Hannukah Solo, if you're looking for something else in the historical Arthur genre, try Tony Hays' The Killing Way. It's somewhat unique -- it's an Arthurian murder mystery -- and it's based around some of Geoffrey Ashe's theories on the historical Arthur. Yes, it has a Guinevere and a Merlin, but they're not anything like the versions out of Malory or the other romances.
 
LOL. Touche. @Christopher you might wanna check out Jack Whyte's Arthurian series then if the Warlord Chronicles aren't up to your taste. Known as The Camulod Chronicles in the States and A Dream of Eagles up here in Canada. I put off reading them for years because they're a historical take on Arthur, yet when I finally started reading the first book I fell in love with them. Here's the wikipedia article on the series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camulod_Chronicles
 
Temis the Red-Nosed Vorta said:
(even the ancient Greeks were an oligarchy, not a true democracy that shared power with everyone in a society)
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Quick point of specification: democracy does not mean the same thing as universal suffrage. Democracy is merely the way a government is chosen and invested with authority, not the proportion of the overall population allowed to participate in the process. The Greeks allowed all citizens to vote, as do we; they simply had a far more constrained idea of citizenship then we do.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
 
So has anyone heard anything about when we can expect to start seeing some footage?
 
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