User blog comment:Fimber/Things that went wrong in "The Death Song of Uther Pendragon"/@comment-5644179-20121022084321/@comment-5644179-20121022155212

 @Fimber, So sorry if I came across without compassion for your comment. I believe we all want a world that is safe and wonderful, where differences of opinions matter, are heard and even if we don’t agree with one another we respect the thoughts and contributions we make in building that world where everything is good and right. Unfortunately, it is not that way. I lost a family member in the murderous act of 9-11. It still leaves a trail of pain for me and my family. On that day we realized the world is vile and corrupt, self centered in it’s ambition for power. The prophet Jeremiah says in verse 17:9, “ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Another translation reads, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” With a minor in film I’ve come to look at programs in the totality of the message. For me, Arthur never truly grasped the significance of his role, yes, he would on occasion tell Merlin “....I can do that, I’m the King.” However, I’ve come to see the film in it’s attempt to have Arthur progress internally that lordship and sovereignty. He struggled with it in the Excalibur episode, when Merlin assisted him through an expanded history lesson and then to ultimately pull out the sword from the rock. In my opinion we never saw Arthur grasp his true leadership ability until the last episode when he faces his father and confronts him with this is HIS time to rule, in his way. He says it with passion and conviction. I believe the writers had to do something so that the viewers could see the level of maturity that Arthur has risen to, to be the one who unites Albion. He needed to confront himself internally so that he could be the King he was meant to be externally. Going to his father’s grave showed not only a remembrance of his father but a longing to be the likeness of his father, i.e. “I wanted you to be proud of me” The writer’s had to reveal a dramatic contrast to Uther, so that we could witness the birth and evolution of a new monarch.