Some thoughts on Food...

[wiccaqueen]

After rewatching the 6th episode of Merlin yesterday I couldn't help but notice the remarks about food. Some of them made me wonder, such as 'quicker than you can say rotten tomatoes' or when Merlin said that the people were throwing potatoes instead of rotten food.
 

If we believe that Merlin really is set in a fantasy land somewhere in time, that wouldn't be a problem of course. But if we believe that it is set somewhere in Britain, as the original legend of course suggests, the question arises if this is an oversight from the Merlin producers. We all know that tomatoes and potatoes only came to Britain sometime in the 1600s....and as the Merlin producers said, the series can be set somewhere from the 6th up to the 14th century, but certainly not later.

So what do you guys think? It is just an oversight or is Merlin really set in some complete fantasy land/ time?

 

Comments

[wiccaqueen.livejournal.com]

If you put it like that, I can also live with it :-)
It just made me wonder...

[lou-angel.livejournal.com]

Normally historical inaccuracies do bug me, but as the show isn't trying to be historically accurate I'm willing to let it go :D

[timelordsimone.livejournal.com]

This is exactly what I said.

My friend said he hated Merlin because it's so historically innacaurate.

So I told him it's not trying to be historically accurate.

If it was meant to be accurate, and wasn't, it would bug the hell out of me.

As it is I don't care.

(Plus, I know squat about history. haha)

[lou-angel.livejournal.com]

:D
I've heard from one of the Merlin writers or directors (possibly on the DVD) saying how it made them laugh that they got letters complaining that it was historically innaccurate to have sandwiches in the programme and yet no-one said anything about
a) a Wizard
b) a ruddy great big dragon.