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adhd-merlin · 3 months

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Ah someone else who has discovered the joys of Camelot (1967) a movie that I am completely normal about. Have you watched it? Because the delivery of the lines is everything and if you need someone to talk to about it I am, once again, completely normal about it. The scene where Lancelot and Arthur first meet?? A masterpiece in sharing a single braincell. And don't even get me started on the way Guenevere first treats Lancelot "have you jousted with humility lately". It's unapologetically at the top of my Arthuriana movie rank list and has gotten me to reread The Once and Future King

I have not watched the film yet!

I've been listening to the original cast recording on Spotify but, most importantly, I've read the book of the original Broadway production (1960 libretto) and I love it?? It's a delightful little read on its own, even without having watched the musical. (I want other people to read it please it's very funny I promise)

I guess the 1967 film script won't be identical to the libretto but I assume it's fairly similar.

The scene where Lancelot meets Arthur was hilarious it made me laugh out loud. Lancelot utter puzzlement ("Gone a-Maying, Your Majesty??"). Arthur's sudden self-consciousness.

And don't even get me started on the way Guenevere first treats Lancelot "have you jousted with humility lately"

I know!! Lancelot's grating self-righteousness coupled with his complete lack of self-awareness is so funny.

And I loved the gradual tone shift. It starts out so silly and the tragedy sneaks up on you — I thought Guinevere and Lancelot's affair might be played for laughs with an oblivious Arthur but no, it turns out he's fully aware of what's going on and he's forced to watch it unfold because he's powerless to stop it? and he loves them both and doesn't want any harm to come to them even as they betray him??

(He continues talking, looking from one to the other, feverishly — painfully) — Excuse me??

and King Pellinore is hilarious, he enters the scene wearing a monocle followed by a little mongrel named Horrid and talking like a character from a P. G. Wodehouse's novel. Extremely validating because when I read that chapter in Le Morte d'Arthur in which King Pellinore first makes an appearance my first question was "is he meant to be this funny?" and the answer from this script is a resounding YES.

I think I might perhaps watch the 1968 stage production first, merely because it's available for free on Youtube (at least in the UK).

I might try hunting for a free streaming link to the 1967 film, though I don't mind renting it if I can't find it.

#also the hawk motif got me ok #arthur asking merlyn to be turned into a hawk at the beginning #so he could spy on guinevere #telling merlyn he loved it when he turned him into a hawk that one time #arthur telling guinevere later that merlyn used to teach him lessons by turning him into different animals #and that he was meant to learn something from each one #but he didn't know what he was meant to learn from being a hawk #and then going 'oh no I got it!'#'when I was flying I could see there are no visible borders. why are we even making war to each other #over something that doesn't even exist. that's stupid. we are meant to live in peace'#'that was the lesson. I will create an era of peace'#and then his dream starts to crumble right before his eyes as lance and guinevere fall in love #and then him crying out to merlyn when guinevere was tied at the stake #asking merlyn to turn him into a hawk so he could fly away #like a lost child!! merlyn wasn't even there he hadn't been for years!!#I'm feeling so normal about it #sorry I just thought it was a good script!#regarding the songs – they didn't blow me away but I'm enjoying them!#they might grow on me still. probably more enjoyable when watching the film #I think my fave atm is Then You May Take Me to the Fair #“You'll pierce right through him?” “You'll open-wide him?”#GIRL why are you making it sound like that...#she's never been normal about lance not even for a minute not even at the start #asks #camelot (musical)

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terrayoung · 7 years

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Legends of Tomorrow :)

@honorreid also asked for this show as well. Great minds think alike!

-the character i least understand

I guess Damien Darhk? I’ve been watching season 3 of Arrow for Ray, so I’m getting to know Merlyn, and I know Eobard from watching Flash, but beyond a pretty much 5 second glimpse in one of the Flarrow crossovers I haven’t seen anything of Darhk and thusly don’t know much about him. He’s semi-immortal, a former League of Assassins member, and he killed Laurel. That’s about it.

And of course, I can understand most of the Legends most of the time - with the exception being any undue hatred on Mick. Like, I get them feeling betrayed by Mick helping create Doomworld - even though it’s kinda their fault - but all the insults and stuff were totally uncalled for.

-interactions i enjoyed the most

Think there’s three top ones in no particular order: The team as a whole on the few occasions they’re all getting along and/or acting as a cohesive unit, and then my OTPs Coldwave and Atomic Hawk.

And a special mention of the Legion of Doom for being far more hilarious than I ever would have guessed.

-the character who scares me the most

Black Flash/Zombie Velociraptor Zoom who is the single most disturbing thing I have ever seen on any of the Legends of Superflarrow shows. Did not need those close ups of his - its? - decaying and rotting face, no thank you very much show.

-the character who is mostly like me

Not entirely sure, but I’ll go with a combo of Ray and Jax. Kind and caring like Ray (though he turns it up to 1000), but more realistic than optimistic and sarcastic like Jax.

-hottest looks character

Purely from an aesthetic perspective since I’m ace, but - Kendra. She’s really pretty with her hair and the freckles, and has a really nice smile.

-one thing i dislike about my fave character

My fave character is a tie between Snart and Ray. So one thing I dislike about Snart is that he has canonically killed and seriously hurt several people. And while there’s nothing I dislike about Ray really - cos, I mean, he’s RAY - I do wish he’d be less willing/up for sacrificing himself for the greater good because I’d really rather he not get hurt or even killed.

-one thing i like about my hated character

So. I really don’t like Carter. I think he’s a creep who is way too pushy about the whole “we’ve been together in all our past lives so we must be together in this one and who cares if that’s what you really want because we’re ~destiny~” and “of course it’s okay if you don’t love me in this life because I know you’ll love me in the next” and “you may be mad at me or something but I’m going to try to kiss you anyway despite you not feeling that way about me because I’m sure you will someday based on past lives” and “hey let me kidnap you and fly you away to this distant rooftop so I can tell you, a far as you know perfectly normal human or at least semi-normal metahuman, that you’re really a reincarnating hawk goddess because what’s having a civil conversation in a well-lit area with people you trust helping you feel safe since far as you currently know I’m a complete and utter stranger” and “by the way do you mind if I shove you off a really high building on the off chance that the wings you don’t remember having appear to save you before you go splat on the concrete - why start small when you can run the risk of dying young” things. And while it’s not something I like about him, I’ll give him credit for the fact that he didn’t intend to be as creepy/pushy/obsessive as he comes across. He should’ve realized that that was what he seemed like, but he didn’t mean it.

I apologize about the rant - I’ve never typed up how I felt about him so it kinda just…exploded.

-a quote or scene that haunts me

The first one I can think of is from the Wild West episode in season 2 when Mick and Amaya are watching the bomb fuse die down (and I’m paraphrasing here since I haven’t seen the episode in a while):

Mick: “You have one minute to get out of here.”Amaya: “You mean we have one minute to get out of here.”Mick: “That’s what I meant.”

Because Mick’s had a death wish ever since Snart died, but this is when it’s undeniably blatant that he wants to die and it hurts.

-a death that left me indifferent

I’d have to say Carter. Like I’ve said above I was far from a fan of his, so I wasn’t too affected by his death.

-a character i wish died but didn’t

I’m not a fan of the wording - wishing someone, even a fictional someone, dead feels really wrong to me - but in a sense, Eobard. Like, I wish that any appearance made by Eobard after the season 1 finale of Flash was from a point in his timeline where he hadn’t yet pretended to be Harrison Wells. Because otherwise it seems like Eddie’s sacrifice didn’t mean much beyond stopping Eobard in that present moment. Which helped, it really did, but it was supposed to be the end of Eobard. An earlier version could show up due to him being a time traveller, but not a later one because his timeline should end with Eddie’s sacrifice. Eobard’s life should have a definite end and that definite end should be when Eddie sacrificed himself. It seems like a dishonor to Eddie for it to be otherwise.

-my ship that never sailed

Any and all of my polyships - shoot me an ask if you’re curious because I don’t want to make this post way too long by adding all of them in - along with Coldwave, Time Canary, Vixenwave, and it technically sailed but is currently sunk so I’ll add Atomic Hawk to this.

Thanks for sending this in!

#starklinqs #honorreid #legends of tomorrow #anti carter hall #ask meme stuff #terrayoung answers #and not to too much a degree but just in case people (like me) aren't fans of any negativity about the show -#anti legends of tomorrow #anti flash

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