Post #2297207
2026-05-07 19:42 UTC
Watched Excalibur (1981). Hell of a cast. Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Patrick Stewart, and many more. All the dialogue sounds like it was dubbed, but once you get used to that it's... still a very cheesy 80's movie 😁.
I found it funny that the knights seem to always wear their full suit of armor. At dinner, at meetings, even in bed 🤔.
Definitely an inspiration for Game of Thrones. Old gods and a one true god, incest, magic, talk of dragons...
#movies
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@roytanck@mastodon.online 2026-05-09 10:40
Sometimes those "you may also like there"-links are really helpful. They led me from Excalibur to Dragonslayer (also 1981), which despite its lower IMDB rating I found much more enjoyable. Also, it features Ian McDiarmid in a hooded robe, and the main character is called Galen. #starwars #movies
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@darth_hideout@mas.to 2026-05-09 10:49
@roytanck@mastodon.online Gabriel Byrne as Uther Pendragon. Absolute classic. Nicole Williamson (Merlin) & Helen Mirren (Morgana) were no longer on speaking terms after a production of Macbeth. They wouldn't have anything to do with each other beyond delivering their lines.