Thread:Morganaforever/@comment-180964-20121229211139/@comment-180964-20130110185936

Alfons I think you are absolutely right if the show was going to parallel to the legend they never should of done it in the formate they did of 13 Episodes for 5 Seasons it just never worked away of telling good stories along with doing there own take on the legend. The method you sugguest of 7 to 8 Series would of been a more perfect fit of how to properly parallel the legend when they wanted to on the show along with tell better stories overall.

One parallel from legend the show began to heavily rely on which I didn't like seeing personally was having Merlin as Old Merlin/Emrys. I didn't like how the show began to heavily rely on that aspect from legend because yes in legend Merlin is mainly known for being a old man. However Colin Morgan proved that the character of Merlin does not always have to be portrayed as looking like a old man or just simply a old man in general. The character can be played as a young man who simply extreme wise, powerful and immortal.

An your right as well with the show wasting to much of there time with a lot of filler episodes and stories along with a lot of unnecessary characters that simply had no reason for being on the show at all. I mean you bring up the great excample of unnecessary and useless characters like Lamia, Daegal and Eira got essential there own focused episodes and stories on the show. Yet characters like Galahad and Kay from legend never appeared on the show at all and characters like Mordred during Series 5 wasn't used properly at all and had his story line rushed at the very end along simply only being mainly focused in certain episodes during Series 5.

Oh and Alfons you didn't answer the other question/topic about the cast members getting little to no input and influence on there characters on the show. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on that question as well when you get a free chance to answer it.