Kay Drew's Views

So sorry my readers, but no blog. I have a migraine and can hardly type. I will post a new entry tomorrow.

Maus, which means Mouse in Polish, is the harrowing tale of a young man trying to come to terms with whom his father’s past   and what has become of it.   The father, Vladek who is an aged and ailing man, survived both the Holocaust living in Poland as well as Auschwitz.   The son, Art Spiegelman, is an artist, who wants to capture his father’s tale through a comic strip.               This is a true story of a man and his son.   It is both a biography and an autobiography because the story tells the father’s narrative.   Maus also is about the son’s life (including his job, marriage, and the son of holocaust survivors) and trying to cope with his father.   Spiegelman portrays himself, his father, and all Jewish people as mice.   In fact, all the people in Maus are illustrated as some type of animal. Polish citizens, even the Jewish Poles, are pigs.   The Americans are dogs while th...

As I was looking over the episodes that have been shown so far, I realized I really did not like season 2 of Merlin. Four of the five episodes on this list are from that season. Most of them just annoyed me to no end. Season 1 was brilliant and season 3 was greatly improved over season 2, with the 4 th season being my favorite so far (except for the annoyingly parody of a villain that is Morgana and the fact no one of the main cast has found out about Merlin’s magic). Therefore, without further ado, here are my 5 least favorite episodes. I think they got their bad episodes out of the way early on in the series. 1 and 2. Beauty and the Beast (Part 1 and Part 2) This episode was disgusting. All the farting and the garbage the troll was eating. It just made me sick. I was actually embarrassed for the writers. The farting was humiliating. I cringed and covered my face. Fart jokes do not belong in Merlin – in no shape or form. The burping made me cringe as well. Everything was ju...

Finally, here is my list of favorite episodes and why I love them. Warning, there are season/series 4 spoilers (even for the most recent episode). The list is longer than it originally was. Do not read this if you do not want to be spoiled.   1.       The Poisoned Chalice This is by far my most favorite episode. For me, it solidifies the relationship between Arthur and Merlin. Both laid down their lives for each other – Merlin when he willingly and knowingly drank the poison Arthur when he went against Uther to get the flower and was swarmed by a hoard of spiders. It was a beautiful and poignant episode that truly solidified my love for the episode. I loved how both Merlin and Arthur were so brave in the face of danger as well as how strong their friendship seemed to be right then and there. Oh, how I wish Arthur remembered Merlin’s deed in future adventures because the Prince seemed to quickly forget that Merlin laid down his life for Arthur. ...

All right, I fibbed. Today, this will not be the list of my favorite episodes and why. I lost my internet today (it’s back) and I worked all day. I am exhausted. Tomorrow, will be that list. Here is a sneak peak of what to expect: 1.       The Poisoned Chalice 2.       The Last Dragonlord 3.       The Darkest Hour (Part 1) 4.       The Wicked Day 5.       Le Morte D`Arthur 6.       A Servant of Two Masters But, I am going to give you something to enjoy. Here are some of my favorite Merlin based videos and who made them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!  'Life Asunder Promo' by me (Your author has done a promo video for one of her rpgs)  'Merlin's Got a Theory' by me again (I hope you find this funny.)   'Does This Darkness have a Name' by egoscajszy (It's dark and beautiful.) ...

I am a huge Merlin fan. I am speaking of the BBC television show. I love the action, the drama, the romance, the friendship, the love, the battles of good vs. evil – I love it all. Overall, I am a huge fan of all things fantasy and years ago – 2008 I think is when it came out – I knew I would love the show. I hoped and prayed that Merlin would come to the United States. It did and I could not have been happier! I have stuck with it from day one of the airing here in the United States and I’m still watching (and I will until they end the show… could they never end the show please? I will be very sad when the show ends). So far, season 4 has been brilliant. It is darker and more mature, but somehow beautiful. I do not know what is going to happen, which is exciting. In addition, I am sad to see the season ending in a few episodes. I think season 4 has been the best season since the first one. I do have two complaints with this season. The first one is Morgana. She has ann...