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I have just watched Merlin from season 1 to 5 and I must say it's the best series I've ever watched! When the show was ongoing (when the filming taken place) back in 2008 I was only 5 and I never got into Merlin but remember my nan watching it. Anyways, since it came on Netflix (which I personally think is a great achievement for such a series to appear on Netflix) I have been obsessed. I have literally felt every possible emotion from happiness to joy to sadness especially in the last episode of season 5 which did make me cry (as for many others) when Arthur died especially.
It has been 13 years since the show started and 9 years since the show ended (I also want to point out how ironic it is that the theme park Camelot Theme Park closed down that was sad as it was my childhood). Anyways, I just wanted to see what other Merlin fans think about a season 6. So, do you think a season 6 will ever come in the future? Do you think a season 6 would even be good if it was to come? What do you think would happen in a season 6?
I also want to ask what happened at the end of Merlin season 5 episode 13? I am wondering because after Arthurs death, Guinevere officially becomes the Queen of Camelot and you see old Merlin at the end which looks like the 21st century with the huge truck that goes past as Merlin looks out to the Isle where King Arthur lies. I am confused can someone explain what happens to Merlin, Gaius and Camelot?
I hope the producers will listen to the people that have signed the petition, and if we do get a season six it'll actually be good (The show is good but the writing, especially the worldbuilding, could be a little all over the play at times.)
Maybe not massive global news, but the old fandom is very alive and will definitely watch a season six, if it's good enough. And it'll pull people into the old seasons as well. But it should get a couple of million, if it's big enough.
First of all, I really love this show, It is flawed show, with some predictable writing, lots of flaws, plot holes, unfinished story lines...BUT it was sweet, wholesome, funny, the actors did a great job with their parts, it was witty, it could be dramatic, it could be sad, it could be funny, it could be weird and I really miss it.
With that said, I am happy that it ended when it did and it wasn't cancelled mid-story, like many other shows, due to actors walking away from the project or due to dwindling viewership. I also like the fact that unlike some other shows, it didn't overstay its welcome and it wasn't painfully dragged out to being popular, like Lost, Westworld and some other shows.
I would have loved a season 6, to wrap up some story lines, but it has been 8 years, the actors moved on to other projects, also in a post GoT world the writers would probably need to come up with something very different, darker, bigger and I am not sure if that will fit the original show.
And for me one of the biggest selling points was the actors and the way they interacted with one another. If the rebooted the show or decided to recast and continue where it left off it wouldn't be the same.
@Excalibur33 I agree. I would love it if the main cast came back to do a season 6, but that seems rather unlikely at the moment. But I'm happy with what we got. Plus, fanfiction is there to fill the holes that season 4 and 5 left in my heart.
@Brightwings333 I think that the viewers really love to associate the actors with the characters (hence all the shipping) because they were so good in their roles. At first I admit I was a bit confused by the casting choices and character choices (Arthur is a Prince, not a King, Merlin is too young, Guinevere is a servant, etc.) but the show eventually grew on me. I was actively invested in the romance between Arthur and Gwen, which I never did before when I was reading the legends, I felt sorry for Merlin for being mistreated by Arthur, I wanted Arthur to survive, though I know that he dies in the legends, etc. The show was cute and I am sure that if we could create a pocket dimension where Arthur and Gwen live happily ever after, Merlin and Gaius can peacefully practice magic and perhaps even Morgana and Mordred come back to the light, we totally would create that dimension. But, these are real people, with real lives, so...Though I admit it would be funny if the show got re-booted 10-15 years from now and Bradley James would come back to play Uther, Colin Morgan would play Gaius, Angel would be playing Ygraine (who would have an active role in the show this time) and Katie would be playing Morgause. Or something. It would be very...meta.
@Excalibur33 I agree, the actors were brilliant. And them coming back to play different roles in a new Merlin show would be very funny, but in all honesty they could probably all come back as older, and more mature versions of their characters now or within the next 7 years or so. So you know, we don't have the lose end of a LITERAL PROPHECY ABOUT ARTHUR RETURNING, AND MAYBE WE COULD ALL GET A BIT OF CLOSURE ahem Unfortunately all the actors seem to have moved on (Except Eoin Macken, but god knows what he's up to.) Also, I have several pocket dimensions/parallel universes where everything is nice and safe and no one died.
@Brightwings333 I loved the actors, however the characters I really didn't care for were Agravaine and Lancelot. I have nothing against the actors, but Agravaine annoyed me. I think they either should have introduced him sooner, or swap his storyline for Mordred. If they insisted on having Agravaine in the show, then perhaps they could have merged the "Arthur breaks up with Gwen because Agravaine suggests it" with the "Arthur almost marries Mithian" part. And mix the "Lancelot du Lac" story with the "Hollow Queen" and "With all my Heart".
You know, I was sorry that in the show Arthur and Gwen had no children, because in certain versions of the legend they did. This way perhaps Arthur's son (or daughter) could have continued his work. I could see that many people were saying back then how the season 5 finale was the worst thing ever and I was very amused by that, post GoT. What annoyed me about the show was that even though it has been teased since season 1, Arthur basically never finds out about Merlin's magic. I mean, he does, at the end. But I personally would have liked a few episodes where Arthur knows and slowly learns to accept Merlin's magic, but then Merlin has to take his memories away, so Morgana or Agravaine wouldn't find out. I remember that in a cast diary video Bradley James or Colin mentioned that there were some ideas of Merlin and Arthur magically swapping bodies, that would have been funny.
When I canceled Netflix, I mostly kicked it away because of a lack of pressing new programming. But earlier this week, I heard podcaster Merlin Mann declare that that Netflix "wants [him] to be somebody different than who" he is.
The second I heard that, I realized a significant reason why I canceled Netflix this year that I had never even thought of. Netflix, as you may find when you use it, really cares about promoting shows that you may have have zero interest in. I'm trying to see things with an open mind these days (heck, I started Yellowstone, which I thought I'd never do), but Netflix often seems to swing and miss.
Listen, I know Netflix delivers enough content to be one of the best streaming services, and it does so by appealing to a wide audience of people. But I just don't understand why it can't be better at promoting its own programming in its own apps.
And to my complete lack-of-surprise, Netflix is pushing some weird reality TV show it should know I will not watch. Netflix, for all of its infinite data it has from my years of usage, pushed the reality TV series Outlast at me.
Outlast, if you don't know, is a competition reality series where 16 "survivalists" try their best to ... outlast ... in the Alaskan wild. While I may have watched Squid Game, I can't imagine anything from my history that suggests this is a good idea.
In all fairness, Netflix doesn't get this so utterly wrong all of the time. Later that same day I went back and saw the supernatural YA series Lockwood & Co. in the main 'featured' slot. Not that I have any interest in getting my own Netflix account again (I'm ready to surrender to the big Netflix password-sharing crackdown) to watch it.
But for every single time they've asked me to watch some wild reality TV show, a true crime documentary or something else that my profile proves I have no interest in, I've felt my general interest in Netflix dwindle.
Yes, it sounds like more than your average anime, but I'm still curious as to why Netflix is trying to push that show at me, and not its new Spanish-language wrestling drama Against The Ropes. Netflix should know that I binge-watched GLOW (which I'm still angry they canceled), and even watched the odd Netflix Original film Main Event. Do Netflix chiefs assume I'm going to find the stuff I want, and therefore spend its time hawking things I wouldn't choose for myself?
This isn't unique. Hulu promoted the reality show Farmer Wants A Wife to me recently, and I'm still wondering why. My Hulu account is primarily for the sitcom Abbott Elementary, and originals such as The Bear and Fleishman Is In Trouble.
As for why it doesn't? There's an easy theory based on two pretty obvious truths. Netflix is trying to make all kinds of TV, and it's trying to get you to always watch its new shows. The more shows you add to your Netflix watch list, the more reasons you have to not cancel.
Me? I'm just looking for a reason to come back. At some point, I'm going to do that for The Crown, to be caught up for the final season. For now? Netflix, help me want to want you. You've seen my history, you know what to do (give us GLOW season 4).
Merlin previously wielded the Sword of Power and this caused him to go mad with power. He also took part in a past attack on Roman soldiers, senators, and civilians alike with a family of Romans being slaughtered by Merlin.
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