Comments on: Film Sack 09: "The one about Excalibur"

By: Mickey Haist Jr

Mickey Haist Jr — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:46:25 +0000

So I’m really freaking late getting in on this podcast

Here’s my one thing to add:
You can see the camera men in the armor!

By: jack-el from b.c.

jack-el from b.c. — Sun, 02 May 2010 20:24:04 +0000

just been listening to this episode and must educate you all a little bit…
Doctor Boorman not only directed this but he also wrote the screenplay…
he is also the writer/director/producer of the wonderfully bad film “Zardoz” which
should have been listed along with “Deliverance” and “Exorcist II”. “Zardoz” stars
Sean Connery in one of his most interesting films. Sear Connery wears a leather
diaper and a small leather genie vest and a pony tail….
You guys have got review this movie….

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:01:50 +0000

I can remember watching this for the first time in the middle of night on HBO, with a blanket over the TV so my parents wouldn’t catch me! Still one of the grittiest movies, IMO, of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The whole movie is a sight to see, from beginning to end. Definitely worth watching!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:56:29 +0000

You can find the entire film on YouTube.
That’s where I watched it.

By: Joe Cottrell

Joe Cottrell — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 08:20:07 +0000

“I can’t believe you missed…”

First – MAJOR creep factor: John Boorman cast his own daughter as Igraine and then proceeded to film her rather brutal rape.

Second: Yes, the cinematography was wonderful, but apparently they were so wrapped up in composing those beautiful widescreen panoramas that in one (actually, several) of the most egregious film bloopers of all time nobody seemed to notice that you can see the entire film crew reflected in the ever-so-shiny armor! The most obvious example is late in the film when Arthur visits Guenevere in her cell and she presents him with the “lost” Excalibur” – you can see the director and crew and all the film equipment spread across Arthur’s back, including the boom mic going right up his shoulder.

Looking forward to the next installment…

By: usagizero

usagizero — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:54:59 +0000

Re: Camelot 3000

Also check out Mage by Matt Wagner.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mage_(comics)
Similar premise, but i feel was done better, but not revealed until late in the series. The first “book” is awesome.

By: usagizero

usagizero — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:12:27 +0000

He also directed ZARDOZ!!!

(you have, have, have to watch this one. heh)

By: Zinzan

Zinzan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:02:08 +0000

Merlin was the best thing, that and Helen Mirren’s boobs.

By: Linkage

Linkage — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:56:45 +0000

I liked Merlin.

The fact is, the guy is so far from what normal people are that he should look extremely eccentric. (Like Dr. Who)

His talk about the dragon (being able to see everything in existence at once) and you’re surprised he acts crazy?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:43:31 +0000

It wasn’t so much the noodles that bothered me but the rare yet excessive grundle sightings.