So, we watched King Arthur today (I’m really liking this Netflix thing) and I have to say it annoyed me, although not for all the reasons that I saw in the bad reviews. After all, King Arthur is a myth, so I didn’t mind them playing around with the story (after all, I have lots of books that are different takes on the Arthurian legend).

But they did two things that really irked me. First, was to not have Cai, Arthur’s foster brother. But that’s a small thing. So whatever.

Far more annoying was the characters they killed off in the final battle. Of all the knights that could have died, how come they chose only to kill Lancelot and Tristan? I mean, Lancelot and Guinevere is as much a part of Arthurian legend as Excalibur. Seems strange to have ignored that bit. And then there’s Tristan. I mean, we have an OPERA about Tristan and Isolde and King Mark, as well as folklore and tales regarding their affair.

I mean really, to have only those two perish, while the rest of the knights live? Maybe I’m just overly suspicious, but it really seems they were trying to erase the idea of adultery and King Arthur’s knights, by killing off only these knights who were infamous for their love affairs with the wrong women. (And by killing off Lancelot before Arthur’s marraige with Guinevere. Just in case.)