Merlin

It seems looks to be good from the trailer and I hope to see the complete sooner.

I watch Merlin on BBC one in Ireland, and every year it just gets better

The creators don't want to give us a remake of Merlin, but rather a side to Merlin hitherto unknown.Even with all its conventional take on storytelling, the simplicity worked well for them...and its fun to watch Merlin anytime.

I have seen this show. It was interesting. My only concern about the show is that it is number one on a list of science fiction show list. This show is very much of a fantasy and is set in the middle ages with wizards and witches, and is a parallel to the King Arthur legend. I do not think that it's even the show's fault for being categorized as a Sci-fi, but is most likely the fault of an inconsiderate website to separate the fantasy category from the sci-fi one.

I just started watching it last season and I thought it was great! It followed the story pretty much. Can't wait till it starts in the Fall!!!!

I can wait for season 5 to start in early fall. Hoping it gets better compared to season 4

After a good solid 2 seasons it started to go down hill in Series 3. With lazy writing being used with time jumps it has resulted in very poor development of characters on screen. The Series 5 news doesn't really provide positive excitement as it seems that the lazy writing has only begun... Poor use of darkness (they try too hard), bland and repetitive characters (enemies within the walls and Morgana becoming queen in the finale of back-to-back seasons), and very historically inaccurate (people in the medieval ages only lived until 60 and Gaius is far older than that).



Good characters (excluding Agrapain), but they aren't doing much with them other than expressing what they call 'darkness'.



I rate it 6 out of 10 because I liked the first two seasons but as the lazy time jumps kicked in, it made me feel like I have missed an episode which has made me slowly tune out...

cant wait for the next season

when i firest seen the show it give a new look on how legends came to be with twists that some could not have amigien it happeding this could lead new inspirting of it like how merlin came to know aruther our how the sword in the stone was start it this make you think how tel come tell new stories of this and what till do next on merlin and his adventures.

i like this show. i am waiting for season 5.

Awesome.. it is so simple, but a great mixture of all emotions.. and with the right amount of humor,. Anyone can enjoy this. loved it...... I really hope for a fifth season...please let thr be a fifth season.

just to be short I love watching series and when I start to watch I normally finish it till the end of the season. There were just 2 series which I didn't/couldn't finish beyond the first few episodes. These were Merlin and Robin hood from BBC. In my opinion the acting is bad, the whole sphere is like not serious acting, but more like childish and you can guess everything that will happen from start to end. It just doesnt deserve anything more than a 1. It's not the worst serie but it shouldnt be compared or put in the same charts as Game of thrones, Spartacus, supernatural and a few others.



It's an oke show for people under 15 years I guess.

Love this show. Hope it continues on.

The best thing to come across TV in a long, long time. Ever since the likes of Buffy, SG-1, Babylon5 etc ended, television has been increasingly bad. On the one hand there's reality-tv and on the other, over-produced "serious and meaningful" shows. Merlin is a return to basics, in a way. It's simple, it's fun, but it's not stupid. Granted, in the first series the low budget was painfully obvious, but for me it added to the nostalgia. CGI improves drastically over the next two seasons, and plot lines thicken as the show takes on a more mature tone. It does this while maintaining an entertaining and charming story, without trying too hard to be innovative and attention-drawing. If you're tired of shows that compete for "most shocking" title, Merlin is for you.

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And i'm planning a Merlin Road Trip

Oh yeah and I LOVE MERLIN

I LOVE MERLIN!!!! My parents don't let us have a tv, but i watch every episode as it comes out on various websites. Im from Texas and I can honestly say the show is 1000x better than its reviews give it. the actors are hilarious and at moments make me jump from the scary parts. Its hard to find a show with such good story. the filler episodes are funny and when Arthur became King...epic turn for the show, made it even better. 10 outta 10 from Texas (:

Outstanding. Koodo's to writing, acting and directing. Definately a 10 out of 10.

Fantasy supreme! Watch for getting away from it, things! and stuff! Relax and enjoy the ride, love! it

Hey, I love this show. I'm in Australia, so for me I watch it every Sunday's at 6:30 PM. I think it's a wonderful show. The actors are great.

The main reason I watch is probably because of Colin Morgan, right? He plays Merlin, and Merlin is actually the whole point of this show =P Bradley plays a pretty important role as well.

Also, the show has it's scary/frightening bits, but at the same time, there are dramatic, funny, hilarious bits in it as well.

The show's effects are so awesome! I enjoy every bit of it. The dark and light part of the show.



NOTE:

Some people say that Angel Coubly isn't "pretty" enough to play Gwen...Don't you think that is slightly judgmental? Okay, a LOT judgmental. I'm sure, Arthur loves her because of her personality & her looks. I think she looks rather pretty, by the way and perfect for her role as Gwen.

I think that Merlin is a wonderful addition to the syfy network. It has every you can want in a series .I am extremely pumped for the new season coming out soon. Hope you are too

This is Answers of your wondering about "Merlin" There is a while since I saw season 1, but this is my opinion of the serie

You said:

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"I heard so many good reviews about the show I started watching it. I go on, interesting pilot, the confrontation between the bully Arthur and Merlin was the best part of the show , and what do you know, after Merlin becomes the servant/slave of Arthur (cause that's what he deserves for saving him in the first place), they suddenly are best friends. No more witty remarks, jabs one at the other, nothing else beside friendship and respect and most importantly trust that bloomed from nowhere. Ah btw, whatever happened to Arthurs gang of bullies, he's shown in the pilot all the time with his gang right behind him , laughing at the people Arthur mocks. I reckon with Merlin in the picture, there was already too much guy love to add more dudes in Arthur's inner circle."

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it shows that you have seen only 3 episodes, Cause I am in season 4 and they still mock each other.. AND the people that he is with in the beginning is (in my mind the becoming knights) and they kinda get off Merlins back cause he rocked Arthur in a little fight they had in episode 1.. And Merlin saved Arthurs life in the first episode, an a second time in the 2. episode.. if someone saved me twice in short time, I would trust him ;)



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"Oh btw, the show has dragons, nice idea, bad thing the writing is really bad. I would've expected, if all the dragons had been killed by Uther, that the last one would bare a little grudge for humans, and Merlin because he is such a nice warlock would gain the dragons respect, but no, the dragon is in chains but very wise and polite and full of riddles it seems, ah and he helps Merlin with no ulterior motive, just because he is the Chosen One"

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The Dragon is very wise, and he sees more than we can imagine.. and he knows that merlin is his only hope to survive, and you will see later that the dragon has a "thank you" in mind..

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"Also, 2 guards posted on the entrance that follow a pair of dices to a far far away place in a distant galaxy was also real smart , I think they never came back from star wars universe , cause now Merlin can go whenever he pleases to see the old dragon and ask for advice. And why just two guards, if dragons are suppose to be so dangerous that Uther had them all slaughtered, I reckon he would take real care of the last one. Ah I remember, when Merlin saw the dragon the 2nd time, the dragon finally told his first riddle, and Merlin's line was" Oh great, another riddle" told with an unsatisfied tone- . Nice episode awareness. I think they decided after the pilot to add a quirk to the dragon to speak in riddles and forgot they just thought of that, real smart."

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Well the guards do not belive there is much left of magic.. would you investigate it if something really weird was going on? but, on the other hand, they should learn sometime..

And since the dragon is chained with magic, Uther didn't fear for the dragon to get loose, but he feared that a strong magican could get to the dragon, and "upstairs" there is alot of guards to get past.. and that about the riddle.. I dont have to explain it..

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"About knight Vali-something, the actor was great, for me I really felt sorry the character didn't receive a better development and maybe a more stable position. We don't know motives, why he wanted to kill Arthur, where he came from, nothing, we just know he has a magic shield, but hey, that's the whole point of the show, Magic, so nothing else matters, just cool magic ideas. WAIT!! I know how about a cursed toenail that does something to kill Arthur of course."



Well, that one is really easy to explain.. Arthur is the coming King.. ;) everyone would have wanted to be in his position.. and Uther have hurt alot of people in camelot, and mostly those with magic.. and how do you hurt an old king as uther? you kill his son..



And last : you cant jugde a show by watching the 4 first episodes.. if that is how you jugde a serie... you, my friend have lost alot of brilliant series..

I am a huge fan of sci-fi and historical shows that have some truth/fantasy in them. Merlin is one show that uses modern day british language but it stays true to the myths and fantasy that is "Merlin." the idea of being Arthur's ward and the freindship that they share is a wonderful tale of before the legend became myth. This show made me cry, laugh and demand more. I for one have gotten several people involved in this show since on day 1 6.8 million viewers can't be wrong. the only down side to this show is the short seasons. i for one would prefer 24 episodes a season and 2x a year if it were possible. several thumbs up and thank you england for giving us your best. this is truly a wonderful experience for this little canadian.

SPOILER for those who have seen the first 3 episodes



Because I heard so many good reviews about the show I started watching it. I go on, interesting pilot, the confrontation between the bully Arthur and Merlin was the best part of the show , and what do you know, after Merlin becomes the servant/slave of Arthur (cause that's what he deserves for saving him in the first place), they suddenly are best friends. No more witty remarks, jabs one at the other, nothing else beside friendship and respect and most importantly trust that bloomed from nowhere. Ah btw, whatever happened to Arthurs gang of bullies, he's shown in the pilot all the time with his gang right behind him , laughing at the people Arthur mocks. I reckon with Merlin in the picture, there was already too much guy love to add more dudes in Arthur's inner circle.

Oh btw, the show has dragons, nice idea, bad thing the writing is really bad. I would've expected, if all the dragons had been killed by Uther, that the last one would bare a little grudge for humans, and Merlin because he is such a nice warlock would gain the dragons respect, but no, the dragon is in chains but very wise and polite and full of riddles it seems, ah and he helps Merlin with no ulterior motive, just because he is the Chosen One Hey there Neo. Also, 2 guards posted on the entrance that follow a pair of dices to a far far away place in a distant galaxy was also real smart , I think they never came back from star wars universe , cause now Merlin can go whenever he pleases to see the old dragon and ask for advice. And why just two guards, if dragons are suppose to be so dangerous that Uther had them all slaughtered, I reckon he would take real care of the last one. Ah I remember, when Merlin saw the dragon the 2nd time, the dragon finally told his first riddle, and Merlin's line was" Oh great, another riddle" told with an unsatisfied tone- . Nice episode awareness. I think they decided after the pilot to add a quirk to the dragon to speak in riddles and forgot they just thought of that, real smart.

About knight Vali-something, the actor was great, for me I really felt sorry the character didn't receive a better development and maybe a more stable position. We don't know motives, why he wanted to kill Arthur, where he came from, nothing, we just know he has a magic shield, but hey, that's the whole point of the show, Magic, so nothing else matters, just cool magic ideas. WAIT!! I know how about a cursed toenail that does something to kill Arthur of course.

So I make my way to the 3d episode, a plague, nice. The episode had potential, but it failed to deliver a satisfying show. Something made out of clay and water surely has weakness to fire. Made of water I first would think to freeze it or something, but hey if the writers say u could burn a creature made of water and earth, so be it.

Ok now , I am off to watch the 4 episode to give this show one last try . Cheers and Happy new year to all

Merlin is one of the best sseries of mine ..and I wish it does n'tend anymore. and alsoplease dont change the character ...all of the actors are doing tremendous work ... specially Morgana alone is having hard time but still she is fabulous one enmy against so many peoples ... awesomw man

I just love this show ! The characters are amazing. It gets better and better with every season.

that long-faced skinny dude RULES, this show has everything. the highlight of my day is sitting in my room watching merlin, and it would be 3:30 am,& im n bed half asleep & would just burst out laughing all of a sudden at either something merlin said or the expression he just made.& when its"action"time merlin would go & get all serious, & man, you know s*** is about to go down!!!! you will stand in your feet cheering for him.

the story of arthur has been made into movies, cartoons and books, but they never take one of the sub characters and make something of them, this time they did it and its brilliant!!! I really think the show has potensial to become a hit, as long as they stick to the actual merlin story and not waver off the path like they do in so many stories...they should just let him grow up like he is sopposed to and not change everything to some random story which is not according to the real story. so far the have done it brilliantly. Hat of to the writer and creator of the show, I love it.

Merlin has been one of my favorite shows to date. The characters and story lines keep you wanting more. Colin Morgan is wonderful as Merlin and I can foresee him in movies in the near future.

I think they could have chosen someone other than Angel Coulby to play Gwen.

I miss Anthony Head, also enjoyed him in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

As I was expecting, it was a very good episode. The writer has been able to make it a comic, serious and a interesting episode at the same time. It was indoubtly a better episode than last week and it was one of the best episode of the serie so far.

Good point: The performance of Lindsay Duncan as Queen Annis was the highlight of the episode. She has been incredible and I'm looking foward to see her again in an other episode.

Bad point: The trailer presented the episode as an Arthur/Morgana/Annis centric one. I was disappointed that they Arthur and Morganadidn't have any interaction together and that Katie Mcgrath didn't have much screen time as we would have expected.

This episode deserve 9/10 for the brilliant preformanceof Lindsay Duncan and for the divertissement that it gave us.

The show is enigmatic and oozes charm with the right amount of ingredients of humour, action, romance, magic and heart to create a monster hit that is Merlin. The characters differ from the actual legend itself thus giving the new generation something fresh to make this show their own. Arthur is thrust into a world where magic is deemed as evil and must be eradicated as his father grooms him for greatness to lead the kingdom. Arthur does not share the same values as his father when it comes to punishing the innocent. He has feelings for a maid in his court named Guinevere. Merlin enters Arthur's life as a servant. Merlin uses his powers to protect Arthur from harms way.