Legend Quest show (SyFy / Sci-Fi)

[Sir Wolf]

sigh that sucks.

[Sir Wolf]

i watched it. man talk about jumping around. might as well say well i have a sword, it could be Excalibur or it could be cow dung.

[Sir William]

LOL @ that

Well then, I am glad that I didn't waste any time watching it.  Purportedly, Richard gave Excalibur to Tancred of Sicily (well, he told him it was)...but how could he have done so if Arthur had Bedivere throw it into the lake when Arthur's end was near?  Not to mention Excalibur, if it is real, would  be considered a national treasure...not to be given as some gift to a foreign dignitary for some aid.  But hey...what do I know, I wasn't around back then.  lol

[Sir Edward]

Yep, it was Tancred that they mentioned. They said they were assuming it wasn't thrown in the lake. So at least they paid attention to the history and myths, but it's ridiculous how they leap from A to B to C. A lion statue in a cave was all they needed to assume it was Richard the Lionheart that really did have it. And a maltese cross in a church is all they take to assume the Templars took the artifacts in this show.

I mean seriously, the Templars were all over Europe. You're going to find maltese crosses everywhere. It doesn't mean they left it as a calling card and took the one item you happen to be looking for.

[Sir William]

That is true...but simpletons do not like long and intrinsic explanations; they must know their demographic well.  lol

[Sir Wolf]

ya  i totally lost all respect for this show. i didn't even get thru the second part. it will be a season delete from my dvr

[Sir James A]

I thought the lion in the cave as part of a clue that also ties in with Richard the Lionheart supposedly having possession of excalibur at one point was at least plausible, but everything after that was a leap of excessive faith.

I've heard a variation in that when excalibur broke, it wasn't merlin that fixed it, but he threw it into the lake and the lady of the lake fixed it and gave it back to him. Now, how she runs a forge underwater, I don't know, but that part of the excalibur story makes about as much sense as the other half of this show.

I'm going to chalk this up as "hey, y'all come'ere and listen a-this" campfire stories, useful as entertainment but little else.

[Sir Wolf]

ya i heard that broke part  went to the lady of the lake as well.

the lion was  pure crap. who says some Victorian or even modern curator thought hey this would look cool in here for quests

[Sir William]

That's probably exactly what happened.