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cyranoI am, perhaps more than most, ready to give some slack to a retelling.
However, when you decide to tell a story about people named George Washington, Ben Franklin, King George, and Johnny Tremaine, and they all work in a tailor shop in Chicago in 1820, then maybe it's time to reconsider if using those names is worth the tension it generates in your audience.
I think, once I get past that, I may enjoy Merlin The Series. Or maybe in later episodes they'll show me why those names are important to the story, if I keep watching.
However, when you decide to tell a story about people named George Washington, Ben Franklin, King George, and Johnny Tremaine, and they all work in a tailor shop in Chicago in 1820, then maybe it's time to reconsider if using those names is worth the tension it generates in your audience.
I think, once I get past that, I may enjoy Merlin The Series. Or maybe in later episodes they'll show me why those names are important to the story, if I keep watching.
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Date: 2008-12-26 08:33 am (UTC)Also, the kid who plays Merlin is adorable. In a totally "I want to scruffle his hair and give him a cookie" kind of way, not anything else, but... I have a nasty suspicion that may change in a few years....