A CURSED Train Wreck
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2020
- I watched the Pilot of Cursed on Netflix and oh boy do I have some thoughts on episode one alone. Netflix is rolling out this different take on the authorian legend and what we have is... cursed.
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This episode's first half was fine. By the end though, there were enough poor writing choices, I realized I needed to just rant. That actually worked out pretty well for me, as it allowed me to focused on the technical stuff first, then transition into the writing. Decent structure for the video. I did also just finish season 1 of Dark and can't wait to release an extremely positive review of that. DARK is amazing and you all did me a favor in recommending it.
Edit: y’all there is a different between “clean” clothes, and looking like they came fresh out the dry cleaner.
Dark is all about using time travel to commit incest.
Sounds like the Spanish Inquisitions cloaks should have been White.
"You bumped into me. Witch!"
@@ArghyaSen93 what?? I just started watching this show.
Never heard of this show, but it's fun to watch Daniel rant
Hey Daniel, the episode said her name several times. Why did you mispronounce her name, if the episode said it several times?
Netflix shows are like a coin flip at this point
Toss a coin?
@@Conorp77
To your Witcher
A coin flip suggest a 50% chance that something will be good. Unfortunately Netflix shows are more of a 1% good 99% bad ratio at this point.
"Here's The Carl Crystal series!"
Yay!
"Here's another season of 13 Reasons!"
Oh.
"Here's Hilda!"
Yay!
"Oh, and here's Cursed, I guess."
Neat...
"Also, we just gave up and got Avatar, is that okay?"
Cries in ATLA
oof, wasn't going to watch this show because it looked bad from the trailer, but dang, now that Daniel has called me out, and that sword fight at the end looked SO bad, I might need to experience it for myself. . .
Could you then also do a rant video about it? Your rants are also (like Daniel's) very entertaining.
LOL please do. What baffled me is that at the beginning of the show it makes sense I suppose that she's bad at sword fighting but I watched the whole season and she never improves, or tries to improve, even while the sword becomes a vital weapon for her and her position in the story.
@@audreybeebee If she's never wield a sword before, her having bad forms would makes sense. And there's no way she get any better in a matter of weeks, wich i presume would be the length of the plot.
But hell yeah, a Shad rant is always a pleasure to watch.
Personally, i just had to watch the trailer to think: "no...hell no, not gonna watch this crap"
Make sure you watch the whole series though Shad, some sword fights are way better than others, like the red paladin pond fight was pretty good (you'll know what I'm talking about when you see it)! The series actually has some of the better mixed gender sword fights, the smaller fighters aren't squaring off against larger opponents and going for strength moves in a lot of them, they actually use very accurate slashing attacks to vital areas to defeat enemies, and get tossed about quite a bit by bigger fighters. I just wish the fight quality was more uniform throughout the series, there are a fair share of scenes where I definitely just shook my head in disbelief.
@@benjaminthibieroz4155 True, she does swing it around like she never used a sword before. The thing is, with the little I know about sword fighting, wolves and the scenes shown I'd say she's dead. The only reason she survives this is plot armor. Adamantiun strength plot armor.
But from the scenes shown I fear Shad will need something to calm down if he watches an episode of that show. I'm not going to subject myself to that. Now where did I put that 80's Robin of Sherwood show?
"he must be a king!"
"how can you tell?"
"he doesn't have shit all over him"
that monty python line just really resonated with me and the comments about the clothes
“She’s running through the woods and she’s being chased by stock wolf sound effects” 😂😂
Rebekah J Those are the most dangerous kind of wolf, the invisible stock sound effect wolf. Give you a right nasty bite.
@@sargonixofur1234 yeah... A megabit!.... I'll see myself out.
Can’t stop laughing about the Tokyo drift horse.
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Arthur and his horse
🤣 Right so funny.
Aman Gaharwar I’m Telugu so I did NOT expect that I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can’t stop laughing when Nimue bumped into the guards and they’re like “f*cking witch!”
2 Prone 2 Equestrian
It's like they tried to mimic the nostalgia of the BBC show, Merlin, but forgot how to, well, write some fantasy
Noone will capture the feeling that Merlin game off. That show is trash and it's my absolute favorite
To me, it feels more like Once Upon a Time lol
@@SinWeissfell For the corny and cliche moments of that show, it is absolute perfection lol. The actors even make fun of the fact that pretty much everyone who is ever imprisoned in the castle's jail always escapes.
@@barbaro267 "We should get back to the castle before the guards notice" "Oh we are in no rush then" - Merlin in a nutshell. I love every second of the show (Minus the Troll episode. But oh well, mistakes were made and even that episode had great moments)
@@SinWeissfell and the actor for arthur in that show knew how to use a sword
My problem with the clothes isn't that they're clean. People had hygene.
My problem is that nearly all the clothes look brand new
The BBC show Merlin absolutely smashed this clothing-wise. Like all the clothing looked worn, a lot of it especially with the peasants looked like it had been repaired or altered and then the little things too like Merlin would wear a lot of the same outfits and later on in the series have scarfs made from his old shirt material, it was genius and relatively low effort but really immersed the audience
Well.... no, people didn't really have hygene, yknow. They had no showers, no bathrooms, no washing mashines and no concept of germs.
@@sarasthoughts they had bathtubs, soap and washed their clothing in rivers.
There are a lot of videos on YT about hygiene in the first centuries AD, I'd recommend you check them out
My problem is, that costumes in bad fantasy series are cheaply made from modern materials and in modern patterns. They should be using woolen cloth and linen for clothes and not artificial leather for vests :/
@@sarasthoughts yeah this misconception of people not having any idea about self care and cleaning is just dumb. Even animals clean themselves, the romans had bathhouses everywhere they went. People didn't just accept being covered in shit, unless they were actually working
One recurring pain when there are wolves in fantasy screenplays: Wolves attack low. Not flying through the air to catch an arm, not standing on two legs trying to lick face, and not standing around inside the reach of something possibly dangerous. Wolves nip at achilles' heels and hamstrings, nip and retreat, rinse and repeat, until the prey can't stand up any longer!
*sheesh*
Then they go for the neck once the animal is down.
They also don't attack people unless they are sick.
It's plenty dramatic the way wolves actually hunt. Blood, long chases, screaming being herded through the woods, limping and stumbling, only to find you've been led to a blind canyon with no hope for escape.
Yeah I think it's called harrieing (definitely butchered that 😅)
@@TrashPanda90914 So bad it's actually good. 5 past whole o'clock ;)
I like how CW is shorthand for poor quality in shows except for when it comes to how hot an actor is. If the actor is CW hot, they’re pretty hot imo.
I think the term is "vapid".
whats is CW i didnt get that
Jack Brian it’s the tv channel that has a lot shows targeting teenagers and young adults. All the actors look like models.
@Hans Hanzo perhaps quality of the 100 is better but this show is perfect example of 'actors look like models' despite the post-apocalyptic setting
Buffy, Supernatural, 100.... quality shows imo All CW. All full of hot people. Buffy is only half CW though
I hate this whole: "Ugh, I'm so magical and cant control it... wyayyaaaaaaaaaaaaa, bluuurrr... must run away now because I'm so overly powerful with my magick I cant controooolllll"
Ah yes. Im writing a book/comic rn and the mc finds out shes has powers and she has hated them her whole life. So the main conflict is her hatered for herself for just being non human. In the end i want her to go mad in hatered and have a choise to end all mages or accept it. I still dont know what she will choose
@@lunarpeak1982 amazing.
Not only a boring trope, but also weirdly sexist? The young person with power they can't control almost always seems to be a woman. Vanya from Umbrella Academy. Ciri from The Witcher. Etc.
Exactly! As if anyone with powers would be sad about it especially since most of these powers don't even make you have consequences. Bitch give me ur powers then lmaoo. It's so unrealistic, unbelievable and overdone at this point.
tbh, Merlin was one of the best shows, considering dealing with an allmighty person that doesnt want magic and such
My favourite part is when Nimue and the kids hide in a house filled with hay amidst a burning village. Me and my wife broke when that happened.
was it the last straw?
@@shinget You sir have Gods approval
@@shinget oh god...noo...I'm dying...sick burn
Like during a zombie (aka whitewalkers), hide in a crypt/tomb ??
@@liblinhas that was symbolic. it showed the writers of the series at a dead end.
My favorite telling of the Arthurian Legend is Merlin. I love that show. Yeah the ending is a bit rushed but, I still feel like they did a good job ending it in 5 seasons. I wish you would do a review of that instead of this trash show.
Learn french, watch Kaamelott, and be grateful !
@@gariwald4946 Kaamelott is great but I dont see people learning a whole language just for one show. But you made me want to rewacth all 6 season !
Ps: le gras c'est la vie
I hate the ending! Like the whole series is about Merlin saving Arthur and then he just dies???
@@aberdeen0107 damn son, you spoiled me the end, but dont tell me if Arthur or Merlin die
Arthur was unbearable and so was Morgana once she started going crazy, but it's still one of my favorite takes on Arthurian Legend as well. I wish it would have more and if they ever pick it up again, would be interesting to see what they do with that final scene.
So when the glowing eyed bad guy become visible my exact response was “oh no he’s hot”
That's generally what happens lol 😂
The best part is, the actor actually WAS in a CW show 😂
@@erinbailey5619 no...he was on MTV teen wolf 😂😂
He's not even scary, he's too attractive...
@@Charmedsas1 Yeah! He was also in the Originals on the CW for a bit!
It’s like someone suggested Merlin should be “like Floki” but something went wrong somewhere and they literally just cast Gustaf Skarsgård
Thank you, at first it was reminding me of Vinculus in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, but you're right they just cast Floki to get the same performance. Maybe Paul Kayne was on the short list but Gustaf Skarsgård had a bigger name appeal due to Vikings.
@Robertson Thirdly It was a BBC mini series of 3 episodes. Very well done. Should be available on Amazon, or at least after it came out I bought it there to watch.
@Robertson Thirdly it's effing fantastic - i wouldn't have believed it could be done myself but i have now watched it several times.
I actually seems like they wanted Merlin to have some drunken master Jack Sparrow appeal.
What a waste of such a fun to watch actor in such a trash show. Gustaf raises this from a 1/10 to a 2/10, just by being in it.
Boy, the actress playing Nimue can’t seem to land a solid role to save her career.
The Only thing that could save her now is just disappear into independent movies and hone those acting skills.
But Hollywood will prob prop her up😕
She had a solid role in knives out
@@rongpirson5250 yeah!!
@@rongpirson5250 any scene with her in it pulled me right out of the movie unfortunately
To be fair, she landed the greedy girl role in Knives Out. That movie was pretty good. Her character was unlikable, sure, but that was the point. So... well done I guess.
Edit: whoops, didn't see someone had commented that already
That was what bothered me the most about this series: they have magic powers and nobody, NOBODY uses them to kill the Inquisition or even defend themselves (like.... once in the all serie Nimue goes all tree power on their ass- dozens of them- but in a one on one fight or when it's very important-NO). Or to cure someone who's dying, even though that's proven to be possible. WHAT THE HELL.
Yeah, they are shown to be women with insane powers...then suddenly they are normal humans. Any humans defeating the witches needs to be explained, because they should be able to beat all of them immediately.
Why, why is it either over powered or powerless, always.
That’s bothering me sooo much as I’m watching it!
That's what kept confusing me. I was like? is Nimue the only one with magical powers because she got cursed by the demon/bad gods or whatever? Is that why no one else is using them? But then, her mom is supposed to be a powerful witch and the fae can all do some of what Nimue can so why aren't they???
It was so confusing.
I can't believe I finished this show because it was bad but I just couldn't turn away.
@Haku infinite XD
But NObody exPEcts the SPANish inquiSiTION!
[sarcasm]"This is medieval times, despite how clean our clothes are."[/sarcasm]
I can already see a tear streaming down Shadiversity's face.
it's not even medieval times, but yes, people didn't spend 200.000 years enjoying being dirty, not falling for that inane hollywood meme is a plus
@@Agarwaen Until the very recent past, lower class people used to take pride in the fact that their clothes might be old and patched up but always clean! Why medieval people would think otherwise? I believe that this whole trend started because its easier and faster to make drab colored and dirty costumes than making them look naturally worn.
We don't see them wash their clothes, though. They're in the middle of the forest lol.
@@sorryifoldcomment8596 Contrary to popular belief, forests aren't bereft of water.
Well there is a difference between worn old clothes kept clean and just made yesterday from a brand new bolt of cloth and freshly dry cleaned/ironed.
Look how pristine that dress was in the forest shot. I believe that was his point, not that medieval people wouldn't take care of their clothes.
'Everything changed... When the Red Paladin nation attacked...'
Netflix: We’re rewriting the Arthurian Legend, but with a woman!!
Fates/Stay Nights: First Time?
There's a woman writer I used to read as a young teen that literally build her carrier on it. And it was not so bad.
@@ChristmasLore robin hobb?
No, I read it here in the comments and now I remember: Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mists of Avalon, and pretty much all her following work.
@@ChristmasLore I remember Bradley. I remember a lot of disturbingly 'justified' rape in her books. I suspect she was working through some stuff.
@@colinsmith1495 , as I wrote, read them as a young teen. Would/will not defend her.
It's really bad, bad fantasy.
But at least at the time, the idea of the series was really original.
They also made several movies if I remember well ( did not watch them, or in passing, as I swear for Excalibur)
This was a great (and hilarious) review! Certainly will not watch
OMG NERDFORGEEEE, i didn't knew u guys also followed Daniel, i luv ur projects
@@somethingaboutsomeone7641 me neither now i need a collab :0
So I have a kind of recommendation.
There is a show called Merlin (obviously about the Arthurian Legend), it‘s a bit older, the CGI isn’t great, but the humor and chemistry between the characters is so amazing.
Merlin was great!
I think most of us agree that Merlin was an excellent show about a Young Merling/Young Arthur coupling. It has it's dumb things that I don't like, but I never felt like the show itself was bad.
yeah, it was such a fun show. Great actors and pretty consistent writing.
Agreed. Merlin goes a bit all over the place with the lore and the element subversions, but there's just something really special and charming about it!
Daniel should definitely check it out. Great show, great characters.
Weird thing I noticed in the first episode was the use of the term "Holy Roman Emperor", as in a "the following decree has been made by the...".
Like did no-one understand the setting? Its clearly not Roman Britain, and they discuss the "viking shores" so its clearly well past Roman Britain, so why is a bounty being offered in denarii, a Roman currency, by what is intended to be a Roman figure? Plus a lot of weaponry that are designs of later periods. That's leaving out that clearly someone had heard the term "Holy Roman Empire" and just gone "thats the same as just Roman right?".
They (meaning the inept writers) most likely meant 'the SAXON Shore' LOL Which was the 4th century, Roman Britain. But yes, they are ALL over the place.
BTW the Holy Roman Emperor wasn't until the late middle ages! There was an EASTERN Roman Emperor from the 4th thru the 15th century - it was the WESTERN Roman Empire that imploded...
@@teleriferchnyfain yeah the use of "Holy Roman Empire" was what initially caught me attention to the whole ridiculousness. That it would not only imply late middle ages, but also that this was now set somewhere around what is now Germany.
I thought one of the key things about the Arthurian legend was that it was set in between the Romans and the Saxons, in the small window of 100-200 years where little civilisation existed in Britain.
Innocent Ferret Yes except there definitely were lots of educated civilized persons during that period
Well, the first Holy Roman Emperor was Charlemagne at around 800AD. I guess they place the story after or around this date for this series. It is confusing really
"Then the deer starts telling her some ominous sh*t" . . .
Drugs 'r bad m'kay
M'kay
The pink, sassy, eating-calmly-fruits Daniel is my favourite Daniel.
I love calmly fruit 😂
Sees black robed figure in woods: "Hey, it's Kylo Ren!"
Dammnit i hate it when i find teenage angst in the forest
the plot twist when you learn his name...kinda expected it at that point, but oh well
It’s hilarious to see a drunk, disheveled Merlin walking around in perfectly clean and ironed clothes.
It's funny how you mentioned 'Netflix quality show' expecting it to be good, as if we haven't seen the output of Netflix in recent years. 'Netflix quality' is slowly becoming the new 'Syfy oroginal'.
I mean it’s not quite there yet because it’s like a 50/50 chance these days
I was thinking Hallmark/CW
The Witcher may have some real iffy writing and some off costume design but for the most part it looks stunning, Castlevania and just about any adult animated fantasy show they make is usually incredible, Umbrella Academy rarely feels limited by it's budget whatever it is.
Netflix's output in recent years is at the best it's ever been, its just as usual hidden amongst a lot of shit.
@@charliecoke7396 you forgot about arcane, probably one of the best shows that aired in the last years. not knowing how much party netflix actually took in that, but there are some good examples. unfortunately the bad ones stick with you longer...
@@philippscheithauer arcane didn't exist when I made my comment
You forgot to mention that she runs into the village as it is being attacked and just runs around confused "OMG, what do I do, what do I do?" Why did she run into the damn village as it was being attacked? She didn't seem to be trying to save anyone or find someone or anything, she just becomes a victim who was easily captured because, duh, you ran into your village as they are killing your people. I watched more episodes and they abandoned the best friend and the kid with no explanation and no concern by our main character - meh, didn't really like them anyway. As I continued to watch the show I found myself not really caring what happened or whether I would ever watch anymore. It turned into background noise as I worked on my computer. There were some cool things in the show but they had a lot of just bad crap. Arthur was just a petty criminal and liar - have no idea how he was supposed to be anything like the original character other than his name. Our "heroin" seemed to have no real purpose, especially once Arthur stole the sword from her. There was nothing really done with her being "chosen". Of course, I only watched a few episodes but my point is the writers never drew me into the store and never got me emotionally connected with the characters. Arthur was an unredeemable bad thief. Nimue (however you spell it) was unhinged, constantly screwing up and of no help to anyone and had no real redeemable qualities. Merlin started to become interesting but they seemed to rewrite his character from a drunkard to an old has been wizard who was now soberly trying to become what he used to be I guess? The main inquisitor was just 100% evil and a psychopath bent on killing anyone he could label as a "witch". Then the assassin was just a super powerful bad guy who just was doing things to move the plot forward but had no motivation or back story so... bad ass threat for reasons. All in all I stopped the show when I finished my work and have had no interest in watching any more of it.
Yep. All of that, yep. This show is pretty much all garbage. Some good actors, terrible dialogue, ridiculously confusing and pointless plot and character interactions. Just.. bad.
Only saw the first episode and what really annoyed me was when she was a-okay using her magic to strangle someone who insulted her with their bow or use magic to rig a die for money, but using magic to defend yourself when your village is burning down? Nope, just gotta run round helplessly screaming!
It's kind of fun watching just to poke fun at it and find all the weird inconsistencies in the writing. I'm quite enjoying the depth of stupidity, and then every once in a while they throw out a genuinely entertaining scene like when Merlin goes and gets drunk with that Underworld zombie dude.
That was an example of bad directing, when Nimue and her friend just ride into the massacre and stumble around amongst everyone. The directing was really shit in most of the scenes in this show, it was good sometimes like when the Weeping Monk fought the Trinity Guard and escaped with Squirrel. But it wasn't good enough, and that was one of the main reasons why this potentially good series failed. Yes, the acting was inconsistent but that wasn't the biggest problem and I don't know why so many people think it is. Some scenes were completely unnecessary, like the part when Nimue has a tooth pulled out by a random dentist, like we didn't need this! The story didn't need this! Why did it happen? The directors and the script writers let this show down, and it's upsetting.
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" That made me laugh out loud, it fit perfectly :D
Oh ok, so they casted Gustaf Skarsgård to essentially reprise his role as Floki, just with a different name? That was subtle...
Not just with a different name, he had different clothes, and he spoke in more of a British accent because this story takes place in England.
When i saw the glowing red eye bad guy i was like, hello kylo ren, long time no see
@BrawnyLion show lol..think u mean movies also i love kylo ren🥺
@BrawnyLion bruh i love the prequels just because i like one character doesn’t mean i condone all the rest of star wars movies. the prequels and the original are still my favourite even though kylo ren is one of my favourite characters. you see i guess i have this own version of him in my mind that’s better than the character everyone saw in the movies.
@BrawnyLion wow i completely agree with the Kylo bit. i think the sequels could have had so much more potential if they didn’t make the two main characters related to the og main characters
@BrawnyLion literally😭
@BrawnyLion haha you bet.. i’ll see you for the Obi Wan tv show trailer. till then *salute*
Daniel: “Well I don’t know anything about ships” Also Daniel: *is writing a nautical fantasy series*
Not medieval ships. lol I have muskets and bang bangs in my book. And surprisingly ship innovation is rather huge in that time.
@@DanielGreeneReviews Truly I saw "Medieval Ships" and was immediately confused. Innovation ship wise kind of went from Rowing, to Sail, to Coal fired boilers, Fuel Oil fired boilers and turbines, to Diesel turbines.
And the age of sail was an absolute monster it terms of time.
Anyway I just wanted Drachinifel, a CZcams naval historian who has many, many lengthy videos on multiple ship technologies and the assorted weapons used aboard.
@@DanielGreeneReviews The basic elements of sailing (wind tide, etc) are still the same, though.
@@Cahirable Which is why this baffles me. Any wind too good to be missed and good enough to ignore the tide should be felt in surrounding area of the harbor. Not to mention in the town with the harbor. The scene shown doesn't look like there is a strong wind going.
@@grayscribe1342 The wind doesn't need to be strong to be worth seizing. It could have been that the seasonal wind direction changed earlier than expected, so the captain wanted to make best use of it. Or some other made up reason for the plot to work...
When the first episode ends with that blood spilling in the screen like a cheap 3D movie I laughed harder than in any comedy I've watched in the last 3 years or so
I'm still laughing at Arthur's Tokyo drifting horse... XD
Netflix has really outdone themselves with this crap.
Oof. Have you seen 365 Days? I think that tops this one by a mile. Both are terrible, but good god that movie is just.. something else.
Black summer?
@@innerblight at least Netflix committed to those sex scenes.
Cursed is just...oh my god, their faces are dirty and the clothes are shining😩😩
The girl who plays Morgana is an old friend of mine - she’s the sweetest and I just want to watch this because I want to see her do well!
Honestly she was one of the few redeemable things about this show. I feel bad that the writers did her and most of the show pretty dirty, but Morgana’s actor was great.
Edit: name spelling correction
Is this the same girl from 13 reasons why? She is such a good actor.
No, no. Morgana, she’s a different character. You’re thinking of Katherine Langford.
I really liked Morgana, too bad what they did with her character, it felt so idk off? Here's hoping she gets lots of acting roles in the future!
Nug So funny thing: I know very little of the original Arthurian legend, I’m interested in knowing why it’s sad what they did to her character. I know she’s mordreds mom but that’s about it
Guess I’ll just go watch Merlin again
Nuthin wrong with that.
Ah yes the ever so slightly better version of Cursed
It’s alright. Nothing wrong with books though
Do it, or you're a clotpole.
The main character's friend gets taken away in front of her eyes and she doesn't do anything. Doesn't even use her "scary" powers to help her. Couldn't make it past episode 2. Watch the last kingdom on Netflix instead
Seconded. Last Kingdom is very good, and the characters are both compelling *and* make sense.
The last kingdom is one of the most overrated show‘s ever imo, it has so many errors.
I think Cursed is better than the Last Kingdom, the Last Kingdom was so boring and the acting in that show was BAD. But Cursed was more interesting and I loved the Weeping Monk. He and Merlin carried the show for me.
The moment I saw the 13 reasons why girl as the main character I was like "yeah this show is going to be shit", glad I didn't even watch it because it truly looks awful
Ooooh that's where I know her from!
At least the show wasn't lying about what it was XD
Oh my gosh, the blood effects when she cut the heads off of the wolves were AWFUL.
I will say this: “Trollhunters” did asshole Merlin pretty well.
They did asshole Arthur pretty well too
the blood effects literally look like some edgy grunge/emo/metal music video from the early 2000s. My free image editing app on the tiny samsung phone I had in middle school did better blood effects.
THIS. That was the final straw for me.
That blood spatter transition was an iconic component of the delightfully tongue-in-cheek 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' on Starz. I can't imagine that's the tone they were going for here.
I laughed out loud when they rode up on the village and saw that it was under attack and she was like "I'm going to ride directly into the middle of this for no reason" and her friend was like "WTF nooooo" and she was like "I can't hearrrr youuuu, wheeeeeeee"
I just watched the first two episodes they actually get worse, by the way you never learn where the arrows came from it’s just not explained
I mean, they do yell out, “The fey archers are attacking!” So I’m guessing that you’re supposed to gather that the fey militia have just arrived to respond to the attack
Yeah you probably missed it
They tell you in the last fucking episode that it was someone called the green night . But who fucking remembers that far . It's too small
Daniel I want you to know that the name Nimue predates most known language conventions so “Nim-way” is just as correct as “Nim-ewe”
I _think_ (you're welcome to correct me on this, I'm far from being Simon Roper) that in the old romance languages it would be Nim-oo-eh, eh as in the scottish "ay" sound with only one vowel in it?????????
@@fhpurcell5364 That's very possible, yea, I was just saying that "Nimue" was around before we knew how it would be pronounced? If that makes any sense. Nim-oo-ay is probably more likely, but there's no hard evidence for either
@@scaevola yeah no I totally agree with you, that wasn’t supposed to sound like I’m hard arguing for “nimway”. Plus, if people actually say it like “way” it’s probably just as different from any old pronunciations as “yoo” or “ewe” so... your point stands.
@@fhpurcell5364 Yeah who knows, language is a crazy little bugger
I think the Latin languages would pronunce it "Nee-muéh". At least Spanish and Italian.
I literally watched the whole season by only skipping solely to the parts where the crying monk was present, as he was literally the only character who I cared about or even interested in during this entire season.
Same. The only other characters I enjoyed watching were Nimue's friend and her love interest.
I wish I had done that lol
I liked the best friend. She was fun.
This show is like season 8 of GoT in that it's so bad the best to come out of it is watching rants and discovering new entertainment commentary channels 🙃
Wish I could get a beer with Pink Berry Daniel😂
I wouldn't want to be seen with a man in a pink hoodie. I may be getting old.
@@larryladeroute971 dude, I sense some troubling insecurities
@@guilhermelopes54 Probably. I'll get over it eventually. Thus millenial stuff is tough to get used to...generational changes.
Thinking the same thing.
@@larryladeroute971 wow... just goes to show how things have changed.
There are few things that will make a man more attractive to me than him being comfortable enough in his masculinity, to the point where he doesn't have a problem with wearing or being associated with more feminine things. It just shows confidence on his part, and also that he doesn't find girly stuff stupid and only good enough for "dumb teenage girls".
By the way, I'm not saying pink is an exclusively feminine colour, just saying society tends to associate it more with femininity.
“cw quality crap” yes
Cw's The Outpost was better than this and that is sad.
I think CW quality is higher than this. This was more Xena & Hercules level quality.
@@JerodimusPrime what? Xena and Hercules was the best kind of camp.
@@amandaday313
True, at least they knew they were corny and played on it.
I love how they just assume people asked women out for a drink in medieval times, that is sooo cw
If you were a true equestrian you’d know “ Tokyo Drift Horse” is a thing....you just don’t want to be riding it at the time.
"Tokyo Drifting Horse" is my new favorite concept. Hilarious!
witch leader mother gives daughter sword, daniel "it's Arturthian legend you know what sword it is"
Me - It's Callandor!
Nitpick...I think: I believe it was some random lord Merlin owed money to who sent the goons, and he *works* for the King, hence why he could come and go from the castle as he pleased
What seems to be implied with him threatening the guys is that they're terrified of him doing magic but he was bluffing to scare them off. The one eyed woman talks to him as he leaves pointing out he didn't actually do anything and the rumours are he's lost his magic
The limited set you keep referencing looks a lot like Puzzle Wood in the Forest of Dean, but with loads of extra colourful flowers. I've been there and it's an awesome place, but now I notice it in EVERYTHING: Star Wars, Merlin, Doctor Who, Huntsman etc
The fact that the Weeping Monk (Daniel Sharman) was actually on a CW show had me laughing lol.
Yeah I’m with ya. I’ll just watch Merlin for the......upteenth time instead.
BBC's Merlin?
Fredrik Dunge yup, that’s the one. Bit dated but still fun IMO
@@Topher0523 Yeah It's awesome.
Merlin is GOAT never forget
Best show ever!
watch DARK, you won't regret it.
ein Leben für ein Leben
I think he said he was watching it during a recent livestream
This! DARK is the best show on tv right now, its finished, on Netflix, and you're really missing out by not watching it!!
3rd season good? Season 2 was great but I have had real fears that they won't be able to wrap it up adequately.
Yes! I finished the second season it's so convoluted but totally bingeable.
This reminds my of when I used to call Isengard "Is-sengard" not "Eyes-sengard" when I read LotR as a kid and it still sounds better to me.
I like Eyes-sengard more because I believe it's quite fitting. I'm German so I watched the movies in German when I was a little kid. So I always thought that whoever the author was, he intended it to be like "Eisen(eyes-sen) Garten(Gard)" which translates to irongarden. I always thought that was really fitting. Only later found out that the author was British and in fact not german. I was 4 when I first watched the movies
@@shadowhunter8246 Whatever comes to mind first usually sticks in our heads as the prefered association. Had I seen the film before reading the books I would probably think the film's pronunciation sounds better too.
You were close to the meaning though. Tolkien translated it from "Angrenost" Which was Elven Sindarin (which he based on Old English) meaning "Iron Enclosure". Translated it into the Human Dale language (based on Old Norse) it comes out as Isengard. So you could reasonably use Eisengart as the base for pronunciation.
Just so happens I read the books first and you'll always prefer your own imagination over someone elses. I liked the film, but I would have taken a different direction with it. For one, there would have been no platemail armour. Tolkien never mentions platemail IIRC, only chainmail. The films' period technology was too medieval and modern, the books IMO had a more Celtic Myths/Norse Saga feel to it. So the tone of the film I would have made it more... mythical, lots of mist and fairy tale like. Think "Dark Crystral", but without the puppets and alien looking creatures and landscapes.
@@abmong I didn't know that about the languages. I knew that the lore and world had alot of depth to it and he developed different languages, but seeing that something as minor as the name Isengard is based in two languages. Raises my respect for Tolkien even higher. And you're definetly right about the Nordic/fairy tale-kind of vibe one gets from the story.
ShadowHunter yeah he was a languages professor at Oxford University. It’s the reason LotR has complete languages rather than just a few made up words and phrases seen in most other fantasy/sci-fi stories. Think I read so where Tolkien actually created the languages first then he imaged later who would use it. The only think that comes anywhere close to Tolkien’s languages is probably Klingon from Star Trek. On the very rare occasion a story has a functional fictional language it usually only has one. LotR is unique since it has more than a dozen languages.
@@abmong I'm learning alot about Tolkien today :) . But have you played/heard of Elder Scrolls? Because I do believe that multiple different languages exist for the different races, and they all have unique lore and history. Hearing this information about Tolkien, reminded me of Skyrim specifically even though Tolkien did it first and probably better.
I haven't watch Cursed, but I am laughing so hard at this review, I bet you are way more entertaining anyways...
That’s so funny you mention Monty python, because as soon as u showed the old man with the boy, I thought, “this setting and video quality looks like Monty Python and the holy grail”!!!!
When you show the "slaughter" scene around the 9:20 mark, what is with the dude in the middle of the screen (in front of the burning house) who is just sort of flopping around in place with his axe? He raises for a strike, but then halfway through it turns into a weird dance. Is that intentional, or just really bad acting?
Gotta get your stretches prior to slaughtering, it's in the Killing Heretics Calisthenics Chapter in The Unsuspecting Spanish Inquisition Handbook.
@inkblotCrisis I assume you call that form of callisthenics “axercising”.
He's fighting a mighty foe that only he perceives
Oh no it's gets worse the not inquisition is flailing swords around the entire village scene is comedy gold to rewatch the slaughter also you can't go chopping trees and burning witches while also at war you need to gather them up secure them then construct that entire place which can take days depending on the work force.
@destroyraiden You sound as if you are very experienced in this sort of thing, which is frankly disturbing
i only managed to make it to the cringey sword fight where nemuir is just swinging around this very real sword that could easily take a chunk out of Arthur if he doesnt dodge in time.
I love how your personality always surrounds and cradles all your videos. A lot of people who do reviews try to put on an air of stuffy professionalism that isn’t who they are. You review as yourself. Your background in fantasy and sci-fi is all the credibility you need. I appreciate it
Isn't the clothes being clean one of the few things this show did right? Doesn't Shadiversity and that community complain about shows portraying Medieval people as unclean, uneducated lot when that actually wasn't true?
Clean yes. But lwearing brand new clothes when she basically had 3 dresses?
I think, iirc, that they more so tend to complain about the clothes being in only gray- or brown scale. Or at least drab and muted colours, not so much if said clothes are clean or not.
However, the clothes being clean could just be explained with "well...magic". Show some of the wizards or witches use magic while doing laundry and the issue is a moo point (yes, I am referencing Friends).
I MIGHT remember that very incorrectly, and I do not feel like doublechecking atm :)
@@angelikapotree2741 He's also complaining about the peasants' clothing being too clean, which is ridiculous.
They're not "recently washed" clean, they are all "I just bought them" clean.
@@magnusflodberg6162 clothes should be completely clean, unless you are working a dirty job or just finished doing a dirty job, after which you would switch to clean clothes.
Clothes look far too dark in this series, some are a slightly more colorful and not completely shades of mud but need to be far more colorful.
Arthur looks like how I imagined Aladdin when I was a kid :))
yes, talking of immersion breaking, everyone else of the cast is european, then this one guy looks completely out of place. That bothers me alot.
@@spidermine7075 its Netflix they have to push the Marxist agenda
@@alexmag342 Marxist agenda? WTF man its just bad casting. jeez with you guys making everything about politics.
I wouldn't say Marxist but they definitely have dome weird boner for making white characters black. Looking at you Witcher
@Fleur Garden People are using buzzwords they heard on the internet without getting into the trouble of seeing for themselves what they really mean. This whole ''cultural marxism'' thing has being blown out of proportion and it wasnt even a real thing in the first place. Quite the opposite. Although there is a political aspect to this whole sjw thing, that is more connected with neoliberals than the traditional left. All this noise about ''representation'', ''culture war'' (about comics and kiddy movies lol) is just a distraction from real social issues that need to be addressed, but if they did, some people (Im looking at you 1%) would lose a percentage of their annual income (that is enough to feed a small country) and they dont like it. So they prefer to have people focusing in matches of rightwing nutcases vs blue hair whales. Its a kind of gladiatorial games of our times and in the middle of that alot of social media ''influencers'' are making a quick buck by inciting the crowds.
I just want to point out something:
Clean clothing in medieval times... Yes it is possible. What we often see in media, with peasants, and farmers with extremely muddy clothing is that... A stereotype that we should beign to leave behind. People knew about cleanliness, and they did take care of washing their clothes. Plus, costumes were quite colorful and vibrant instead of these, dull, darkish tones we often see in series and films.
Does the same go for the dark ages, though? Arthurian legend was way before the middle ages. Hundreds of years before.
@@swordablaze9259
The Age of Arthur is technically Early Medieval Period, there's no such things as dark ages, no longer is accepted that name.
And even then, in Britain, Arthur, or the many war-lords who inspired his figure, always clothed themselves with the finest garments. Hill-forts and settlements were mostly built next to a river, so they could go there, take a bath and clean their attires.
So, again, not the usual stereotype.
@@elgranlugus7267 I couldn't remember what that period was called, tbh. Don't think it's classed as medieval but I could be wrong.
Thanks for the clarification on their garments.
I watched the scene where the Spanish Inquisition guys pillage a village like 5 times to focus on a different guy every time. My favourite was one just stabbing the air, or pretending to stab someone off of a horse... He looked like a 9 year old kid pretending to be a knight, it was great.
Man, go read "The Warlord Chronicles" by Bernard Cornwell. Best Arturian retelling in any medium, you won't regret it!
I agree I was reading that back in January and it was wonderful.
@@lordphinix3 Or if they really wanted to have female MC they could use The Mists of Avalon
I loved it, but prefer the MIsts of Avalon
@@angelikapotree2741 Yeah, but Mists of Avalon was written by a woman who molested her own children, so I doubt it will be getting a reboot any time soon
I would prefer Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd. I tried reading The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell, but didn't really like it, although didn't really hate it either.
It feels like CURSED is embarrassing the bbc MERLIN sieries
Man that series was so good
@@totallyanonymousbish9599 BBC Merlin is for younger people, and it's still good that older people gets to enjoy it as well. This feels that it does not know who it's for.
@@totallyanonymousbish9599 the series was ok to watch, like watchable trash, but ending sucked so much
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At least it was not a total in the middle of the story ending, it sucked, but it made sense to me😅
@@totallyanonymousbish9599 I also disliked the childish fart jokes and that we had to wait so long for Merlin to tell the truth. Buut it was watchable
I haven't watched one of your videos for a few months now, and coming back to them I have to say you are just getting better and better at this. Seriously towards the end I realised that I just enjoyed the video because it was you talking, and the content wouldn't have mattered anyway. Great job and keep it coming.
I think that the scene with the bad guy and the little boy where we don't hear the fighting until we see it is forgivable because using dramatic license adds to the effect of such an extreme contrast. Of course, it is noticeable. They should have had the wagon farther away from the action. But, like you said, "They didn't have a lot of room to move around."
The woman doesn’t clarify with fire or ice???!!! Very rude!!
I'd love to see your reaction of how Nimue has a tooth pulled out so she can enter a city, and just leaving two scenes later.
Is it wrong that I hate everything about this show, and yet still want to know what happens in season 2?
Wtf? You're lying🙆🙊
There's gonna be a season 2??
Who greenlighted this?
No, it’s like watching a car crash. You know it’s going to be bad but you can’t look away.
I felt the same when I watched Shannara Chronicles, the show was so bad, but I still wanted to see more lol
He's just some random guy called Arthur. He is not THE Arthur and never will be. Period. God, I hate this show.
there's no "the" arthur
@@Agarwaen Of course there is. "The" Arthur is a medieval high king of the Britons. He is son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine of Cornwall, half brother to Morgan le Fey, Morgause and Elaine, born in Tintagel castle. He is welsh and white. He was first raised by Sir Ector, a friend of Merlin. Then later after he pulled the sword Caliburn from the stone, he was schooled by Merlin. He became high king of the Britons, who established the famous knights of the round table, searched for the holy grail and fought Saxon invaders. He was married to Guinevere, and had a son with his half sister Morgan (Mordred), who killed him during the Battle of Camlann. He was then brought to Avalon where he rests until he rises again in his peoples greatest need. Of course, he also wielded the famous Excalibur.
That's basically the original story. So yes, there is "the" Arthur Pendragon and the guy in this show is not him. Period.
@@Oozaru85 a FICTIONAL character.
@@Agarwaen Thats what some people believe. There is evidence that he did actually exist. But of course I don't expect casual's like you to know anything about this kind of stuff.
Anyway, fictional or not, he is an established character. Cursed's Arthur has nothing in common with "the" Arthur Pendragon, apart from the first name.
None of these characters really have anything in common with their namesake's.
The public domain is a hell of a drug.
27:30 you can't tell me that isn't a stuffed animal 😂
wolf? naa thats a Muppet
I could, but then I'd be lying.
30 minute rant review? This meal is large, spicy and delicious.
This is expressing every single thought I had about this pilot and is now one of my favorite videos ever, THANK YOU!
Hey' it's the middle ages, drinking alcohol was safer than drinking water.
Well, it's the dark ages, but yeah - water wasn't great XD
I knew this was going to be some edgy teenage drama crap when I saw the trailer, but boy oh boy this is apparently even worse than I anticipated. I've seen fan-made web series that look better than whatever this abomination is.
Imagine having watch so many inacurate series and movies set in medieval times that you're convinced that people at that time didn't know how to keep their clothes clean...
Or think everyone was dressed in clothes in shades of mud instead of colorful bright colors.
Or that people didn't know how to read or write their own dialects and languages not realizing anyone who didnt read latin was considered illiterate.
And many many more
I was thinking this haha
It's not so much that the clothes are "clean", it's more like the clothes are immaculate. They all look like they've just been freshly sewn, cleaned, ironed, etc
Basically the clothes look like costumes and not actually worn in clothes
I think it's less that the clothes are clean and more that they look shiny brand new which gives them a cheap custom store bought vibe.
Eh, fair. But given everything else about this show, it seems less like an appeal to historical accuracy, and more like trying to cut corners for budgetary reasons.
Besides, these things are still signifiers - for example, based on films now, you'd imagine that everyone in the 1970's spent the entire decade in a disco hall - it's not literally true, but it helps to evoke the setting.
I'll admit it is a little cringey to see Daniel call it historically inaccurate rather than simply something immersion breaking or a poor use of signifiers, though.
I love that the deer gets shot in the side but the hunters walk toward it from it's front.
This review is spot on. My parents recommended it but we literally couldn't make it past the 1st episode for pretty much these reasons.
Arthurian legends need to be retired for a generation because how many times can one spin the same story told over and over 😂
The honest best thing to do is to just tell the original story. Because when you think about it, we have so many "new twist" versions that few people probably even know anything more than the basics.
@@FlyingFocs the original story isn't a story, it's multiple branches on some loosely central aspects. Check out Overly Sarcastic Production's video on it; you'd be surprised how hard it is to "just tell the original story".
They need to tell the actual original story, it would need to be historically accurate, as it is an Welsh Chronicle about the Anglo and Saxon invasions of Britannia which was called England/Aengland after the Anglo conquest and the Romano-Welsh were drove to what is now known as Wales, technically it would be s story of genocide
I love Authrian legends, but yes
Arthurian legends can be very good books. I’ve read several. General consensus is that it is difficult to make a tv series or movie on King Arthur. They just don’t know how to do it. I think one good spin for a series is Merlin the BBC series, which is campy but pretty good. For books there are the Mists of Avalon and the Winter King series.
my immediate thought when Arthur showed up in the wooods with the grils was
Option three for the blood thing: The person who filled the bucket did indeed notice it but was just ordered to fill it in the rain, not to make sure it was water so they did not care.
10:32 “he looks like a CW model actor”
OKAY can we talk about how that’s Daniel Sherman who was, in fact, a CW model actor!?
And Teen Wolf
Peasants had clean clothes, patched, well worn but clean. They like clean clothes as much as the next bloke.
Yeah I think it's more of a semantics thing because I see the criticism of his criticism a lot. It's not so much that the clothes are "clean", the clothes are downright immaculate. Everything looks like it's just been made, or cleaned far beyond the capabilities of medieval people.
Basically they look like costumes and not actual lived in clothes
Yup. And people did it fairly recently too. We have a pair of early 20th century drawers from my great grandmother (no, I don't know why my family kept a pair of underpants), and they've been patched at least 4 times. Clothes were freaking expensive back in the day.
@@Mhidraumputting patches in your clothes wasnt common before the late 19th century and even then it was mostly undergarments unless you were either very poor or your wife didn't know how to sew properly, but before people would sew the damaged parts and yoyuwould not see a difference, clothing also became much more expensive between the late 18th and the early 20th century
@@alexmag342 That's inaccurate. There's a lot of evidence of darning and patching much earlier than the 19th century. I also think you for your numbers mixed up... Fabric cost went down during the industrial revolution, not up.
Honestly some stuff people compare to CW is so much WORSE than CW stuff. Like The 100 is better produced than this crap
merlin lost his magic but not everyone knows it, i got far enough into the show to know that lol
omg. please power through the rest of the season, because believe it or not, it gets WORSE. and I would love to watch your reactions to the rest of this monstrosity.
When I saw the trailer, my first thought was that this looks like a bad fantasy Joan of Arc
Bad fantasy Joan of Arc: Witches vs. Patriarchy edition
I totally watched this episode last night because of morbid curiosity.... instant regret
I was going to do that but now I think better not. Thanks!
you should continuw watching it, the writing is not the best it's worth watching if you have free time
@@GD-gd6tb I honestly don't think I will since I have other things i'm watching that are much more interesting, like the Politician. Characters are the most important thing to me and I honestly felt nothing for any of these characters in the first episode sadly.
@@GD-gd6tb I disagree. It does not get better. This is the tv equivalent of basic twizzlers.
*The good:*
- Merlin and The Weeping Monk.
*The decent:*
- Nimue, Arthur and Father Carden.
- The CGI
- Whenever the show decides to be a dark fantasy instead of a teenage romance drama.
*The bad:* (Literally everything else!)
- Most of the action is poor and choreography is cringe even compared to Xena from the 90's.
- The writing is mostly garbage.
- Pacing is all over the place.
- Most of the dialogue is poor.
- Several of the characters and their motivations makes no sense and are all over the place.
- Whenever the show decides to be a teenage romance drama instead of a dark fantasy.
There's a period at the end of the show when there's an alleged siege going on, but guess what, characters literally come and go as they please from said city that's allegedly under siege...
I'm not at all bothered by the talk about "woke" or "forced diversity in the wrong setting" (I enjoyed BBC's 'Merlin' back in the day """despite""" a black actress for Gwen, and I have no problem at all with black actors for Arthur and Morgana), but this show deserves it's low rating: 4/10.
The hunters at the beginning also come in from the *completely* wrong direction. The scene transitions look like the load screens in a video game.
I'm dying at the credits scene. That's like straight out of one of the Simpsons' treehouse of horror episodes.
@13:50
"Witches be shoppin'!"
When I saw the first shot of the woman in the water, I thought 'strange women lying in ponds ... - for those that don't know, it's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
The only reason I knew how to pronounce her name right was because of the TV miniseries, Merlin. It originally aired when I was about 8 or 9. And Nimue was set as Merlin's love interest. I loved that miniseries so much growing up.
Wait, she was his love interest in that show but is now his daughter in this one? What!? lol