So a new fantasy series has begun on the BBC called Atlantis, in which the hero Jason goes looking for his missing father and finds himself transported to the ancient city of Atlantis, where he meets Pythagoras and Hercules.
The first episode was, hmmm... well. Where do we start? You have to assume that all the Greek myths have been thrown in the mixer, chopped up and patched back together, because nothing resembles any complete myth. Add to that the real, historical character of Pythagoras thrown into the mythical world of minotaurs and oracles, all mixed up with the variously real civilisation of the Minoans and given the name Atlantis instead of Knossos.
Sticking to the source material is clearly not this team's strong point. Case in point: the same people made Merlin and we know how that turned out.
But ignoring all the bastardisation of myth (and the presence of archways in a setting presumably at least 1000 years before arches existed), I found last week's pilot reasonably enjoyable. Mark Addy played Mark Addy as he always does, of course, but the actor who played Jason was nice to look at, there were a few funny lines and visually it was pretty good. Exciting, well-paced, but a bit boy's club.
Hopefully this evening's episode will be just as enjoyable, and hopefully not trample over too many myths.
The first episode was, hmmm... well. Where do we start? You have to assume that all the Greek myths have been thrown in the mixer, chopped up and patched back together, because nothing resembles any complete myth. Add to that the real, historical character of Pythagoras thrown into the mythical world of minotaurs and oracles, all mixed up with the variously real civilisation of the Minoans and given the name Atlantis instead of Knossos.
Sticking to the source material is clearly not this team's strong point. Case in point: the same people made Merlin and we know how that turned out.
But ignoring all the bastardisation of myth (and the presence of archways in a setting presumably at least 1000 years before arches existed), I found last week's pilot reasonably enjoyable. Mark Addy played Mark Addy as he always does, of course, but the actor who played Jason was nice to look at, there were a few funny lines and visually it was pretty good. Exciting, well-paced, but a bit boy's club.
Hopefully this evening's episode will be just as enjoyable, and hopefully not trample over too many myths.