SyFy show "Merlin" and Skyrim : V

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:27 am

If any of you have seen the show, the main story line of Skyrim is almost a cut and paste from the story line of the SyFy show Merlin's second season.
Dragonborn
Shouts
Calling a Dragon for aid
etc

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:12 am

Well, Bethesda's busted.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:28 am

Cut and paste is really the wrong term for this. The similarities are sparse...

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:21 pm

There are similarities but they are vague.. and have all been done before i suspect.
People like comparing Skyrim -and Dawnguard- to all manner of TV shows, Movies, Games, and books.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:30 am

The BBC show Merlin (Syfy just shows it in the US) was setting up the thing with Dragons in the first seconds. Merlin probably summon the Dragon a couple of times, and the show does make a big focus on the dragon aspect until learn Merlin's Heritage at the end of the 2nd season, then promptly fixes the show focus back to magic.

EDIT:(Also shouts?)

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:29 am

Oh and its a BBC One show.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:34 pm

http://www.motifake.com/facebookview.php?id=72382

Skyrim's not the only one where you can change specifics to get a similar synopses.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:51 am

Oh and its a BBC One show.

This.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:19 pm

Cut and paste is really the wrong term for this. The similarities are sparse...

The similarities are significant. But not a "cut and paste."

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:33 pm

Not saying its a bad thing, just pointing out another source of inspiration Bethesda used when making Skyrim

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:38 pm

People tend to forget that Merlin was a Fairytale and Myth during the Medievil times. So in some logic, Merlin created the idea of Skyrim.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:34 pm

Wow I got to check out this merlin show! It's on two different cable channels, is that right?

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:26 am

There is also a fair amount of similarities between The Elder Scrolls and J.R.R. Tolkien's fantastical universe in The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
and G. R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice and the popular TV-show Game of Thrones.
These western fantasy games/books/shows all share a lot of similarities, as they all pretty much stem from European folklore.
While Tolkien may be the Godfather of the modern fantasy genre, he has based much of his work on Nordic and British lore and history.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:29 am

G. R. R. Martin's A Song of Fire and Ice and the popular TV-show Game of Thrones.

Im pretty sure GoT was based on that book?

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:55 am

Wow I got to check out this merlin show! It's on two different cable channels, is that right?

It is an amazing show! two more seasons have already been announced for the future

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:53 am

Im pretty sure GoT was based on that book?

T'was indeed.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:46 am

Series two of Merlin was aired in 2009. It could have been written earlier, but the first series was 2008. They said Skyrim had been five years in the making, so the MQ could have been written before the series.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:05 pm

People tend to forget that Merlin was a Fairytale and Myth during the Medievil times. So in some logic, Merlin created the idea of Skyrim.

Yes, yet he is referring to the show which is different from the myth/fairytale.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 5:03 am

you're making a really big stretch pal...
i've seen that travesty of a show a few times and i dont see much of a connection besides some basic fantasy elements

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:49 pm

The reason why they're all so similar is because they all come from the same source, theres bound to be similarities.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:44 am

Two fantasy themed stories that have to do with swords, magic, and dragons? No way!

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:54 am

There's a glaring difference between the two, though: One of them svcks, and it's not Skyrim.

» Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:06 am

If any of you have seen the show, the main story line of Skyrim is almost a cut and paste from the story line of the SyFy show Merlin's second season.
Dragonborn
Shouts
Calling a Dragon for aid
etc

Considering that the 2nd season of Merlin began airing in late '09, and they were piecing together the main gameplay/plot elements from like '06-'09, I'd call it coincidence at best.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:31 pm

Yes, yet he is referring to the show which is different from the myth/fairytale.

Yes, My comment still stands as the series of "Merlin" is the same as every other Story or Film. it's based from the original 'Merlin' Fairytales.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:11 pm

Merlin does not svck and no I don't think they watched the show for inspiration. And anyway Merlin in the show does not kill dragons and absorbs their soul.