Merlin The Magical Puppy - The Lost Bone And Other Tails (DVD)

Merlin's magical Mystery tour

Advantages: great for everyone, good family entertainment
Disadvantages: It can be on a long time, lucky its in two parts

"Before Excalibur, before the knight of the Round Table, before Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot and Galahad, there was a sorcerer shrouded in the mists of Avalon...and this is his tale." (taken from the DVD) ************************ The plot ************************ As the title suggests the two part film/drama is about Merlin's life, original broadcast on Channel 4 (around Christmas time 1998). A magical tale of myth and magic of old ways (pagans) and of new ways (Christians). A tale of enchantment, a world of Faeries, Griffins, Gnomes, dragons and other fantastical beasts. There are epic battles between good and evil, good kings and bad kings. An evil sorceress trying to save the old ways, Merlin trying to stop her and find a moral good king to take the throne to bring peace and harmony to the world. Filled with powerful love ...

wyvern9lb 15.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Merlin (DVD)

Merlin: might has well have kept them all in limbo......

Advantages: Parts of a fight scene towards the end
Disadvantages: The whole piece, in front of and behind the camera

Arthurian legend is one the most famous fantasy tales ever, made even more magical by the presence of Merlin, King Arthur's magician. Some stories would have you believe different versions, with one of the more recent versions being that starring Clive Owen as Arthur, giving it more of a Crusades twist. However, the twist on the tale here attempts to visit Arthur and Merlin many years on, taking us down a different path with the tale, and adding a modern setting to a large part of it. The trouble is, it doesn't quite come off. In fact, it's a dire representation of cinema, in many ways. First off, the plot was immensely confusing to begin with. Scenes in modern day England greet us after a brief intro in Arthurian times, designed to explain to us what happened. We get the general gist that Arthur's evil enemy, Mordred, has used his ...

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Review of Merlin - The Return (DVD)

Puppy dogs tales and biscuits and bones

Advantages: Cute, fun, cuddly and educational
Disadvantages: Doesn't know when its bedtime

', for the musical note he says 'Lets sing and play games' and for off he says 'bye bye'. Each of the other contact points has 2-3 responses for each of the ABC or musical settings. Each time a contact point is pressed baby will hear either a song or a phrase or a doggy type noise! - Songs - Most of the usual nursery songs are included such as Heads and Shoulders, Happy and You Know It, The alphabet song, pat-a-cake, and Itsy Bitsy Spider (I'm sure this was Incy Wincy when I was young?) It also has other songs that I've not heard before about counting, body parts and colour. It also has a great version of this little piggy which has become this little puppy: 'This little puppy went to market, This little puppy stayed at home, This little puppy had a biscuit and This little puppy had a bone and This little puppy sang woof woof woof all ...

kirkytracy 28.10.2007 · Read full review
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