Cursed - Netflix - *Spoilers*

I binged this over three days this past weekend. I found it good it good enough to keep my interest. It's an interesting reimagining of the Arthur legend. I don't know how they're going to retrofit their story into the mythology that we're familiar with or if they want or need to. Their story can stand on it's own but I'm still curious.

I'm not a fan of the earthy, woodsy fey (that's how the closed captioning spelled it) so I'm glad that Nimue, her mother .and others didn't have antlers and horns.

Merlin is certainly hard to kill. It was good to see Floki (from Vikings) again. Once I recognized the actor I was surprised that he didn't have that sing-song speech pattern and accent from that show.

Iris must die.

Once thing surprised me. Apparently, there were a lot more black people in ancient Britain than we've been told. English history may need to be readdressed.

 

There were four groups of Fey...the ones with antlers, the ones with wings, the ones with scales, and the ones with no visible distinctions (Nimue has the plant veins that appear when she's doing magic, but I'm not sure if that's all her kind or just her).

 

Watching episode 1. So far, not a fan of Captain Jack Sparrow as Merlin.

 

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I don’t get a Jack Sparrow vibe at all, if anything he’s too much like the last character I saw him play, Floki on Vikings

 

Okay, he's not stumbling around as much in episode 2. Never watched Vikings. Maybe he's playing himself?

As of episode 2, this show is kind of depressing. Nothing to cheer for and none of the characters seem terribly interesting.

On to episode 3.

 

Actually, I thought his character here was markedly different than his character in Vikings.

When we first meet him here, he's falling-down drunk. That's not the case throughout. I suppose initially a comparison to Jack Sparrow is apt, since Jack Sparrow is ALWAYS falling-down drunk. But Merlin has a lot more range. And, frankly, a lot more actual character.

 

Episode 3. Still not liking any of the main characters much. Morgana has potential as an interesting character. On to episode 4.

 

In his afterword to the book, the author says about Book 2 that it will involve

Spoiler

"Sister Iris with an army of killer children."

(The first book was sold to Netflix very early in the writing process, and the book and show were written mostly simultaneously, although there are differences; once assumes that Book 2 and Season 2 will be similarly connected. The author is primarily a TV/movie writer; this was his first novel.)

 

I finished it on Friday and really enjoyed this. Parts of the soundtrack was very reminiscent of GoT.

My favorite character was Pym. She was a hoot and not in enough scenes.

 

Just finished season 1. Seems kind of like a poor man's Game of Thrones. I didn't really get attached to any of the characters. Pym is probably my favorite character in the show, but again the rest of the characters set a low bar.

Still interested enough to stay tuned for season 2.

 

I liked her and Squirrel.

 

This is on our list. We watched a trailer the other night. Quite a departure for the lead. The last (and only) thing I saw her in was "13 Reasons Why."