Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-93.72.133.51-20140307194703/@comment-24691863-20140328133019

Oh dear, it seems you don't like the series at all! While you have many valid points in your posts and I agree with many of them, what I find interesting to ponder is why we are so enthralled by the series then? Because I assume you are or you wouldn't write so much about it?

Without in any way arguing against the points you have made, I think the changes the creators of the series made in the legend are brilliant, the series as a whole cohesive in spite of the silly episodes and the characters of Merlin and essentially all of the other major figures - and many of the minor ones - are more than credible even if we often feel, "Oh no, you shouldn't have done that!" or whatever. The whole story is full of holes, granted, and the logic doesn't stand up to much scrutiny, but does that matter?

Probably we all agree however that no matter what we think of the story here or the changes made to the earlier legends (remember - they didn't always make sense either and Merlin sometimes comes off as a boring and pompous old man) what really makes the series work is the brilliant acting by Colin Morgan and the entire cast. Do you agree?

All the best from

Rhuddem Gwelin

http://merlin-after.blogspot.se/