Really, most of the Arthurian corpus isn't about Arthur--it's about the other knights.
Yep. The idea that the interesting parts of the story are hiding somewhere behind what's already been told, and the focus on fleshing out the borders of this map of a place that never really existed at all... That that's a theme that's been worrying at people since the first story was told is pretty much what got me hooked on the concept to begin with. Well, that and Gawain, the little weirdo.
I actually know someone who knows the man who did the research and wrote the original screenplay for that movie, and read the script before Bruckheimer got his hands on it.
Oh, man. That would have to be frustrating as all get out, knowing for a fact that the potential was there. I'm not sure whether I envy your friend or not. :/
*sigh* Score one for Hollywood, I guess.
Yeah. I could have forgiven that movie a hell of a lot for its cast alone, and when you throw in the slash quotient... It should have worked. All the pieces were there. If only it weren't for the moments of extreme Uh, you did not think this through, did you?. My favorite was the Mysterious, Mystical Garage Door Opener that Arthur inherits in the closing stretch; this is the only explanation I could come up with for why a big-ass gate that took teams of straining guys and a couple of horses to move earlier suddenly swings open by itself because Arthur looks at it funny.
Well, that and the death of the coolest members of the round table. Couldn't really get past that. :(
To sum up: I don't need accuracy; I just want joyful asskicking in armor. I'm easy like that.
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Yep. The idea that the interesting parts of the story are hiding somewhere behind what's already been told, and the focus on fleshing out the borders of this map of a place that never really existed at all... That that's a theme that's been worrying at people since the first story was told is pretty much what got me hooked on the concept to begin with. Well, that and Gawain, the little weirdo.
I actually know someone who knows the man who did the research and wrote the original screenplay for that movie, and read the script before Bruckheimer got his hands on it.
Oh, man. That would have to be frustrating as all get out, knowing for a fact that the potential was there. I'm not sure whether I envy your friend or not. :/
*sigh* Score one for Hollywood, I guess.
Yeah. I could have forgiven that movie a hell of a lot for its cast alone, and when you throw in the slash quotient... It should have worked. All the pieces were there. If only it weren't for the moments of extreme Uh, you did not think this through, did you?. My favorite was the Mysterious, Mystical Garage Door Opener that Arthur inherits in the closing stretch; this is the only explanation I could come up with for why a big-ass gate that took teams of straining guys and a couple of horses to move earlier suddenly swings open by itself because Arthur looks at it funny.
Well, that and the death of the coolest members of the round table. Couldn't really get past that. :(
To sum up: I don't need accuracy; I just want joyful asskicking in armor. I'm easy like that.