Arthurian Mythia

We look at a 00s film depicting a Roman origin for Arthurian myth. Thankfully we're not looking at King Arthur (2004) again, instead we're reviewing The Last Legion.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

End Theme - Intermission Music by Monty Python

Links:

IMDb - The Last Legion (2007)

Christianity Today - The Last Legion

Wikipedia - The Last Legion (novel)

Goodreads - The Last Legion by Valerio Massimo Manfredi

Wikipedia - Odoacer

Wikipedia - Romulus Augustulus

Wikipedia - Legio IX Hispana

Wikipedia - End of Roman Rule in Britain

We return to an old friend in yet another re-telling of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, this time featuring Bugs Bunny. Is this the best version ACYIKAC ever?

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

Links:

IMDb - Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court

WatchMojo.com (YouTube) - History of Looney Tunes

Wikipedia - Ray Bradbury

Wikipedia - List of works based on Arthurian legends - Films based on Connecticut Yankee

Arthurian Mythia will now review,

Talk about the pros and cons a lot,

Look at the film and give what is due,

To the 60s musical; Camelot!

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

End Theme; Camelot from Camelot Soundtrack

Links:

GQD (YouTube) - C'est Moi, Camelot (1967)

IMDb - Camelot (1967)

Wikipedia - Camelot (film)

Wikipedia - Camelot (musical)

Wikipedia - Roadshow Theatrical Release

Internet Broadway Database - Camelot

The Guardian - Camelot Reel History

Britannica - Camelot Film

The Digital Bits - Camelot 50th Anniversary

Today we look at the English subtitles for the Italian dub of a Japanese interpretation of the Anglo-French adaptation of Welsh myth; Entaku no kishi monogatari: Moero Arthur, the King Arthur anime. Will Arthur reunite the kingdoms of Wrogles or will the villainous Lavic succeed in killing the new king?

Special Thanks:

Fuck Yeah Arthuriana for your brilliant efforts in providing subtitles.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

Links:

IMDb - The Tales of the Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur

Wikipedia - King Arthur (TV series)

My Anime List - Entaku no kishi monogatari: Moero Arthur

Ignacio Rodríguez Chávez (YouTube) - 1980 Entaku no Kishi Monogatari Moero Arthur Opening

What happens when you mix Guy Ritchie, Arthurian Myth, Giant Elephants and six years of development? Arthur running a London brothel.

And yet it's still better than the 2004 film.

Dame Leslie and Sir Blackwood review one of the movies of 2017; King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

Books:

Compton's Famous Classics for Children King Arthur - Elizabeth Lodor Merchant

Links:

IMDb - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

Wikipedia - King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

The Guardian - Epic Fail: why has King Arthur flopped so badly?

The Prophecy of Merlin: The Two Dragons

YouTube - Entertainment Tonight - Charlie Hunnam on his training

We return to ITV's 1956 series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot where an age old dispute between two families threatens the peace of the realm. King Arthur dispatches the newest Knight of the Roundtable to settle things. Breaking not one but two sieges by himself, Lancelot must use all his cunning and the talents of a boy called Brian to end the fighting.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot - End Theme, downloaded from Television Tunes.

Credits:

Sir Hector de Maris - Kyotzu

Sir Lancelot du Lac - A Dream to Some

Links:

IMDb - The Adventures of Sir Lancelot: The Ferocious Fathers

Wikipedia - The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Andred - Name Doctor

In which Sir Blackwood and Dame Leslie go back to the time of post-Roman Britain where the warring British kingdoms face destruction at the hands of Cerdic of the Saxons. Only one man can unite the Britons to face this threat...and sadly it is not Brian Blessed.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

Links:

Wikipedia - Arthur of the Britons

IMDb - Arthur of the Britons

King Arthur Wikia - King Arthur: Young Warlord

King Arthur Wikia - Arthur of the Britons (1972)

Sophie Neville - The Secrets of Filming Arthur of the Britons pt1

Sophie Neville - The Secrets of Filming Arthur of the Britons pt2

Michael Gothard LiveJournal

Lludd Llaw Eraint:

Early British Kingdoms Bio

Wikipedia - King Lud

Wikipedia - Lludd Llaw Eraint

In which Dame Leslie and Sir Blackwood go on a quest to see if a decent film can exist underneath the pile of bad comic relief. It is time for a Quest for Camelot.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme by Invictus Media

Links:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Damosel

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120800/

https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Quest_for_Camelot

Borromean rings:

https://www.isoleborromee.it/eng/storia-borromeo-stemma.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean_rings

Title image: http://www.cornel1801.com/animated/Quest-for-Camelot-1998/4-dont-see-any-dragons.html

Are Sir Gareth's adventures like Gawain's, is he trying to emulate his older brother or is this all coincidence? Today Dame Leslie and Sir Blackwood try to think of an answer to this question that literally no one asked.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme By Invictus Media

Links:

Arthur Dies at the End

http://www.jeffwik.com/2010/09/04/in-which-kay-names-prettyboy/

Shmoop

https://www.shmoop.com/morte-d-arthur/book-7-summary.html

https://www.shmoop.com/morte-d-arthur/gawain-timeline.html

Geoffrey Chaucer Site

http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/special/litsubs/romances/gareth.htm

Wikipedia

Lynette & Lyonesse, Gareth, Gawain, Gaheris, Perceval, the Story of the Grail

Early British Kingdoms

Gareth, Gwalchgn

Books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/915222.The_World_of_King_Arthur_and_His_Court

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/883325.The_Illustrated_Encyclopaedia_of_Arthurian_Legends

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1617551.The_Arthurian_Encyclopedia

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/417536.The_King_Arthur_Companion

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3107268-the-knightly-tales-of-sir-gawain

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/688039.GURPS_Camelot

In which we celebrate Gawain month by spending a lot of admiring a shirtless Gwaine...

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...oh we also look into the character of Gwaine in his first appearance in BBC's Merlin.

Music:

Arthurian Mythia Theme By Invictus Media

Links:

IMDb

Merlin S03E04 "Gwaine": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728790/

Eoin Macken: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2151126/?ref_=tt_cl_t7

Wikipedia

Eoin Macken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoin_Macken

BBC

Character Profile: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/5Q4dfX42MmHJK1mHLD30WKy/sir-gwaine

Episode Summary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4jt3

Episode Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avBjzHEIWNA