The Once and Future … Wait, What?!

I’m 20 minutes into NBC’s new Merlin series, and WOW have they taken some strange liberties with the story. I’m trying to get past it. The story is the teller’s to tell, and if they want to mix it up, that could be interesting. Still, if you’re going to scramble the mythology that much, why not just change the names and start fresh? Anybody coming looking for King Aurthur won’t find it here, and who’s going to watch this other than somebody looking for King Aurthur? I hope it gets better or that I find a way to get past it and just pretend the names are a coincidence.