Guess the trope

bloopville

I was going to let this one go. It's awful, but I was able to watch it, as long as I viewed it as a comedy. However, the last episode was so turgidly awful, that I have to vent. However, instead of a review, I am just going to list the tropes in descending order. The reason I am doing this is because the writers didn't do a serious job of writing, so I won't either.

It's only slightly spoilerish.

10. The snarling, evil queen.
9. The clueless King.
8. The avuncular pope who hides a darker side.
7. The evil adviser that everybody know is evil, except the king.
6. The secret mother.
5. The magic pagan.
4. The queen and hero in impossible love triangle.
3. The dying words of wisdom.
2. The secret brotherhood that spans all the religions.
and my favorite
1. The beautiful female superninja who can do wire-fu. (In a show of the Middle Ages !!!!!)

All this brought numerous chuckles. We predicted every plot device before they happened and no character ever surprised us. All of this would have been quite bearable if it had not been for Queen Joany-baloney's 30 minute death and funeral scenes, complete with swelling music. while the knights Templar consoled their comrade who broke his vows and destroyed the Holy Grail while putting them in conflict with both the Pope and King of France.

The real story of the end of the Templars would have made much better drama.

In the end, Joany and and Landry have a cute little baby girl, which makes everything OK. If the show was set 100 years later, I am sure she would grow up to be Joan of Arc, but, then, hey, what the heck, why not?

score 3/10

bloopville 29 October 2018

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4427410/