Snowflake Challenge 8
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trepkosChallenge #8
In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for a beloved character, relationship or fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Mine is about "Arthur of the Britons", and the pairing at the heart of it, Arthur and Kai.
The series was one of the first costume dramas, if not the first, made entirely on location. The finance came from the children's programming budget, but the themes were often quite adult.
It is a retelling of King Arthur, but Arthur didn't call himself king. He was the leader of a group of often fractious tribes of Celts, trying to defend their lands against the invading Saxons - and the twist in the tale is that Arthur's lieutenant, Kai, who was raised alongside him, is a Saxon by birth.
The principals, Arthur (Oliver Tobias - "The Stud") and Kai (Michael Gothard) make a very attractive pair, and on occasion you can cut the UST with a knife. This video is an illustration.
The show has a wonderful soundtrack and score, and inspired me, and other fans, to locate filming locations, meet people involved with the series, and set up an archive about it, including transcripts, call sheets, photos, and nit-pickers' guides.
You can order it on DVD - the German production, Konig Arthur is superior, and has the english soundtrack - or you can watch it on Youtube. If you do, the best order we have worked out so far, is below. The English airing of the episodes was not the same as the filming order, which has been painstakingly worked out!
Arthur is Dead
Daughter of the King
The Challenge
The Gift of Life
Enemies and Lovers
In Common Cause
The Penitent Invader
The Slaves
People of the Plough
Go Warily
The Prisoner
The Duel
Rowena
Some Saxon Women
The Marriage Feast
The Prize
Six Measures of Silver/Rolf the Preacher
The Games
The Pupil/The Wood People
The Girl from Rome
The Swordsman
The Treaty
In your own space, write a promo, manifesto or primer for a beloved character, relationship or fandom. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.
Mine is about "Arthur of the Britons", and the pairing at the heart of it, Arthur and Kai.
The series was one of the first costume dramas, if not the first, made entirely on location. The finance came from the children's programming budget, but the themes were often quite adult.
It is a retelling of King Arthur, but Arthur didn't call himself king. He was the leader of a group of often fractious tribes of Celts, trying to defend their lands against the invading Saxons - and the twist in the tale is that Arthur's lieutenant, Kai, who was raised alongside him, is a Saxon by birth.
The principals, Arthur (Oliver Tobias - "The Stud") and Kai (Michael Gothard) make a very attractive pair, and on occasion you can cut the UST with a knife. This video is an illustration.
The show has a wonderful soundtrack and score, and inspired me, and other fans, to locate filming locations, meet people involved with the series, and set up an archive about it, including transcripts, call sheets, photos, and nit-pickers' guides.
You can order it on DVD - the German production, Konig Arthur is superior, and has the english soundtrack - or you can watch it on Youtube. If you do, the best order we have worked out so far, is below. The English airing of the episodes was not the same as the filming order, which has been painstakingly worked out!
Arthur is Dead
Daughter of the King
The Challenge
The Gift of Life
Enemies and Lovers
In Common Cause
The Penitent Invader
The Slaves
People of the Plough
Go Warily
The Prisoner
The Duel
Rowena
Some Saxon Women
The Marriage Feast
The Prize
Six Measures of Silver/Rolf the Preacher
The Games
The Pupil/The Wood People
The Girl from Rome
The Swordsman
The Treaty
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Date: 18/01/2025 01:23 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/01/2025 09:32 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/01/2025 16:21 (UTC)Watched the first episode on youtube (pity about the video quality), and am all in on Arthur/Kai. (I always liked Sir Kay in the stories, even though he often gets sold as a bully). I will say that starting the very first episode with a three-minute horse race before even introducing the characters was a choice they sure made, lol.
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Date: 18/01/2025 17:19 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/01/2025 19:13 (UTC)I'm also very much reminded of the post talking about the tyranny of wide-frame ratios, where the actors no longer have to be *right in each other's faces* to talk in the same frame.
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Date: 18/01/2025 22:31 (UTC)The best quality package is this recent german edition - it has the english soundtrack, and the episodes are mostly in the right order: https://www.ebay.com/itm/372745919355?_skw=koenig+Arthur
And there's the english production from 2009 ish, which just has the basic DVDs and the info on the cover, and the episodes in the order in which they were shown in the UK: https://www.ebay.com/itm/387744448585?_skw=arthur+of+the+britons+tv+serie
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Date: 18/01/2025 17:21 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/01/2025 19:12 (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/01/2025 23:12 (UTC)