BBC's Atlantis

I never knew that the voodoo doll originated in ancient Greece. Damn those Africans for appropriating European culture ;)
 
I just started watching and I have to say... I am apalled. I cannot stand this thing, I really cannot. It screams of bad writing and two dimensional characters and what's worse is that it has some amazing and talented actors in it. It's a damn shame to see their skills go to such use, in my opinion.
 
Not Robert Lindsey, no..noooo.

Maybe he might play a lost Naval Commander from the 1800s and bring some sanity to the show.
 
Actually, considering all the drivel they've aired to date - Saturday's episode wasn't that bad. (the brother/prince is a traitor plot).
 
I was in a land without internet Saturday so I was forced to watch TV so I too saw Saturday night's one and also thought 'this isn't as bad as the previous crap!' I mean, it was still pretty bad. What was the random beetle stuff about? And I don't get the evil mother stuff. Why doesn't the daughter tell the king and the king tell her to do one?
 
It saddens me to think that with all the other drivel that we have had to watch in recent years (Merlin, Dr Who etc.) that people here are jumping in so early with the corrosive comments.

I'm sure when it has had time to settle in and the deep sub plots and character relationships have had time to be revealed, that this series will be just as popular as those others became (especially when, some of our commentators turn their lustful gaze on the bodies of the three main characters - In a manor similar to that, that poor old Tennant had to suffer). Soon you will all be defending it to the nth degree and any that dare criticise will be hoisted by the tender parts on the nearest thread.

Come on you guys, give it a chance and stop bemoaning the minor hiccups that all new series suffer in the early episodes.
 
The Beetle stuff just felt like an attempt at humour to keep the little ones happy whilst the adults absorbed the 'bigger idea'.

I am giving it a chance. It's on series link so I'm plodding through it. :)
 
I think many of us here aren't the intended audience. It's not going to tick the boxes for hardcore sci-fi fantasy fans, it was never supposed to.
It's a bit of Saturday evening fun. Family viewing and as such I suppose it hits the mark.

I was just expecting something a bit more adventurous and less cliched, but that's just me.
 
Its an improvement on Merlin atleast and it looks not nearly as cheap. Sure the city doesnt look as grand, fantastic as Atlantis should look but its a fun show so far.

I know most of my Greek myth from literature, tragedies and those versions have changed alot since Homer, Euripides and co wrote about their myths. I dont care how much they mix and blend the myths. So far Jason is compelling hero and there is some mystery behind what, who he is, decent action.

I have seen only 3 eps and its much less silly family drama than Merlin so far. It doesnt have to be great historical show like HBO's Rome to be fun show to watch. Not the type of show to be overly critical about.
 
It is amusing so I'm still watching...using it as something to smile at and trying to guess which random myths they have smushed together each episode, which has actually made it more fun :)

The last one was really quite funny with the late night escapades...
 
I'm still not a fan sadly. Yonderland is still better, atleast it doesn't take it's self seriously haha.

although, Mark Addy is alright in this.
 
I want to see Yonderland but I can't get the channel it's on over here.

I've watched a couple of episodes of Atlantis, and they were like the D&D games I played at university when the guy you really wanted to run them hadn't turned up.
 
Yonderland sounds like fun but its humour fantasy and not this kind of show.

This show feels like you have to watch with the kid version, teen version of yourself to want to fun fantasy adventure where the young hero falls in love with the princess who loves him and he has to defeat the evil queen. Just like those silly, dated fantasy adventure films from the 80s that look terribly dated now like Clash of Titans.
 
Connavar said:
This show feels like you have to watch with the kid version, teen version of yourself
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Oh, I agree (just like I quite enjoyed even the sub-par D&D games I compared it too). But I find it harder these days to access that part of myself, and I really want some kind of mythical fantasy TV where I can watch it with my current, adult self. And there doesn't seem to be any. (Game of Thrones excepted, perhaps, though I see that as more faux-historical than fantastic.) That lack isn't the fault of this particular program, but the fact that all TV fantasy seems geared to the same young audience is a bit annoying.
 
HareBrain said:
I really want some kind of mythical fantasy TV where I can watch it with my current, adult self. And there doesn't seem to be any. (Game of Thrones excepted, perhaps, though I see that as more faux-historical than fantastic.) That lack isn't the fault of this particular program, but the fact that all TV fantasy seems geared to the same young audience is a bit annoying.
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Hairbrain, did you ever see Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire?
 
Dave said:
Hairbrain, did you ever see Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire?
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Er, yes. It lacked gravitas. :p

Though it had its faults, I really liked the 1980s Robin of Sherwood, and can still stand to watch it now. More like that please.
 
No, it was ace! It had some big names in the cast (and some who would go on to be big, like Ray Winstone); its whole soundtrack was written and performed by a bestselling (and brilliant) folk group; it used coloured filters like they were going out of fashion (which they were). And it taught kids about the massacre of the Jews in York and how to summon Lucifer. I bet it would be a hit now. And if not, then I weep for the world. Weep, I tell you!
 
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