Can you still appreciate series like Merlin that follow the generally accepted story badly?

I haven't watched Merlin but I think it follows a trend these days of taking well known characters (that aren't copyrighted anymore) and doing something different with them. The Wicked books, or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies are just a few literary examples. Perhaps the Superman and Batman series of movies could also be considered in the same vein (not to mention the Superman tv series).

I think I would take the new version for what they are trying to do with it. There was a series of books and movies about the Arthurian women. I'm sad to say that I am not really familiar with the stories but I understand they were pretty good and somewhat followed the story line.

But again, much of the story would have to be made up to fill in the gaps. So, even there, much would have to be judged based on what was available rather than the authenticity of the original versus the remake. The new Star Trek movie is another example.

Only there, they used the cliched parallel universe story plot. However, I have to say that the movie wasn't bad. Not great but not bad and opened the series up to more movies which would generate more revenue and you don't have to think of new characters, just new situations to put them in.

Maybe you didn't like Merlin merely because it really isn't a good adaptation of the story or the situations are just too silly or something. I find original Scifi series tend to really be big hits or big misses. Since Merlin is going into it's second season, I suppose someone at the network likes it.

The network is trying to score rating points and money on their new series. This one didn't look too interesting to me either so perhaps its not the redoing of the story in general but how they are doing it in particular. I haven't watched Merlin but I think it follows a trend these days of taking well known characters (that aren't copyrighted anymore) and doing something different with them.

The Wicked books, or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies are just a few literary examples. Perhaps the Superman and Batman series of movies could also be considered in the same vein (not to mention the Superman tv series). I think I would take the new version for what they are trying to do with it.

There was a series of books and movies about the Arthurian women. I'm sad to say that I am not really familiar with the stories but I understand they were pretty good and somewhat followed the story line. But again, much of the story would have to be made up to fill in the gaps.

So, even there, much would have to be judged based on what was available rather than the authenticity of the original versus the remake. The new Star Trek movie is another example. Only there, they used the cliched parallel universe story plot.

However, I have to say that the movie wasn't bad. Not great but not bad and opened the series up to more movies which would generate more revenue and you don't have to think of new characters, just new situations to put them in. Maybe you didn't like Merlin merely because it really isn't a good adaptation of the story or the situations are just too silly or something.

I find original Scifi series tend to really be big hits or big misses. Since Merlin is going into it's second season, I suppose someone at the network likes it. The network is trying to score rating points and money on their new series.

This one didn't look too interesting to me either so perhaps its not the redoing of the story in general but how they are doing it in particular.