His portrayal of Kanen feels a bit… over the top is probably the descriptor I’m looking for, like an overgrown child acting as the villain in his friends’ game of make-believe. ![]() Not gonna lie, I’m getting the sense that Siddig is having fun playing the biggest bully in the playground, though. Kudos to him for playing two such different people, but my mind keeps cooking up unlikely stories where the poor doctor got stranded on a backwards planet with no hope of rescue and started a new life as a space pirate to survive. ![]() Julian Bashir from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and I just… can’t. I knew Alexander Siddig before this, from my intense Trekkie phase, as Dr. EXCUSE ME? I have such a hard time taking this episode’s villain seriously. Did you notice how the music (and not just any music, but a high-tension piece where the drums echo the bandits’ hoofbeats) only starts when Kanen’s men rush in and people start running? I love that.Īaaaaand then Kanen’s face comes into view and I choke. Personally, I appreciate that this establishing shot of Ealdor has no music and all we can hear is birds chirping and people’s indistinct voices: it emphasizes how quiet and simple the villagers’ lives were before they were disrupted. This is not just the first time the Problem of the Week involves no sorcerers or magical creatures whatsoever, it’s the first time that a significant portion of the story is set outside the confines of Camelot. The little idyllic village life scene reminds us of something else very important that makes this episode stand out: the setting. The first villain without magic we ever had was without a doubt Uther at his worst. I understand what the Wiki compilers meant, but I disagree with the use of the word “foe”. The real difference here is that this is the first PROBLEM in general that doesn't involve magic much at all except at the very end. His presence, paired with Uther's anti-magic policy, was the catalyst of the problem, but through no fault of his own, and Uther himself, who doesn't have an ounce of magic, was more of a foe than this version of Mordred ever was. Personally, I would reword that a bit: in 1x08, Mordred did not yet qualify as a foe. This is going to be different for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which is that even the Wiki notes that this is the first time an episode features a non-magical foe. After showing a penchant for damsels in not-that-much-distress, Vanstone now pens an episode where women claim much more of an active role in combat and in life in general than you'd expect from such a setting, while being paired with yet another director we haven't seen before. ![]() Let's feast our eyes on…Īlternate title: Wherein There's a Disappointing Lack of Truth, Kanen Is Secretly a Space Pirate, and the Round Table Is Not an Actual Table (Yet) Woohoo, double digits! I'm so proud of my pet project now.
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