L Frost

I made it through one episode, and the entire time I was asking myself, it can't be this bad, can it? It starts off with a very disjointed introduction, with little reason to like or root for the main character. The main plot of the episode is hazy, and while you can guess where the show might go, you have no clear understanding of why anything shown is important. The actors are wooden and unbelievable. It's like watching 5th graders recite lines in a play but the bandwidth of their brain isn't big enough to do any more than remember lines. The fighting is atrocious. There's no sense of urgency or danger - the main character dances through without getting hurt, while others around her are being killed on the spot. Half the time you can't tell if the red guys are trying to kill each other or the blue guys. The CG is...blegh. At one point a puppet wolf is slapped onto a rock (imagine a poorly-done taxidermy) and the obvious claws-on-rock sound effect is obvious. When the protagonist actually starts fighting, it's like they told her to imagine swinging a 10 foot, 100 pound tree at giant bouncy balls. Had they put *that* in the scene instead, it still would have looked more realistic. The obvious attempt at diversity is cringe-worthy at best. Authenticity of lore and talent of acting matter far more than checking the "diversity" box - by putting the "diversity" stamp on something this deplorable, you're not only giving the idea of diversity a bad name, you're also degrading every other production that successfully represents diversity. Don't bother. If you want a good King Arthur series, watch Merlin. If you want good action, good stories, and relatable characters, watch the Witcher. If you want diversity, watch anything but this.