To really like 'Merlin'

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even though it's cheesy?

my only issue is that Colin Morgan - Merlin - was not allowed to use his Scottish accent.

YANBU. I love it too.

really?

I find the cheesyness distracting and annoying... mind you, I quite like HSM so I reckon we all have stuff we shouldn't like but do!

I like it too.
I thought Colin Morgan was from Northern Ireland?

We're loving it too. We can't quite work out why as it is actually quite shit, but still sit down to watch it each week (will prob watch this weekend's this evening).

How's your little fella expat?

I like HSM too

he's a wee bruiser, FS. he's sleeping next to me.

dh has the girls out to get some provisions and a baby bath so we can give him a quick dunk and pose him for some photos.

i love his murky blue eyes. they're like wee stars.

DD1 had eyes like that. they are pea green now.

his hair is falling out, though!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I think Merlin is great fun to watch - the perfect length - anything longer and I just can't concentrate.
Glad your ds is doing well expat!

it's like Hercules when it first started.

yes, i used to watch that, too.

someone had to watch it expat.
I like Merlin a well, despite massive inaccuracies.It's pure escapism.

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no... I really love it too - in fact think prefer it even to strictly come dancing

I enjoy it too - the only programme we watch as a family so it gets bonus points from me for that. Plus....

I have a tiny and hugely inappropriate crush on Arthur

I cant get over Victor meldrew in it .. I'd like to be able to watch it but i have 'I Can't Believe It' going round and round in my head the entire time it's on.

LOL know what you mean Worzel but me and dh like it. The king is a moron though.

We enjoy it too: good Saturday eve family viewing.
ds1 (11) was out at the cinema last night, so I watched it with ds2 and recorded it for ds1. At the start of the prog I hinted to ds1 that the identity of the boy was important (he's read lots of books on Arthurian legends).

He was beside himself all the way through trying to work out the boy's name

The DSs and DH like it but I get hugely fed up with :
a. Victor Meldrew going on about sossery and sosserers.
b. The like totally teenage stuff
c. Every episode going : we can only solve this with magic. But we're not allowed. But we have to. Well we'll have to be secret and careful.
Can Uther possibily be quite so thick as not to see that every single problem at Camelot is magic-related?
d. That VERY unhelpful dragon. Why do they bother going to ask it things? It just flies off cackling mysteriously.

LOL Katisha. What a great summary. I love Merlin despite all this nonsense.

It's bit like fancying a bloke who's really not that handsome or clever or witty, but somehow, there's just something about him that draws you in and makes you think that things will work out. The programme's hugely flawed, desperately naff, but irresistible imo. And my dd loves it too. Please don't mention HSM though as dd's really not fond

Not unreasonable at al - I'm quite lovely actually ...............

Katisha - your post makes me chuckle!
We like the fact that it doesn't take itself too seriously.

Oh ............ have read the thread now .....

LOL @ Katisha

We love it, Everything stops for Merlin, we all cuddle up on the sofa and watch together

lol at katisha post - the dragon is uniquely unhelpful

I download this and suggest watching it when the dds are getting on my nerves as it means they will sit still and be quiet for well over half an hour. Really like it!