Random Musings: Movies and a comic idea.

Okay, so the knowledge of a Nick Fury movie has sent me to the video store hunting for awful fantasy/comic related movies, and I was reminded of one I really liked at age 10. (Sadly they didn't have it.)

It was called Doctor Mordrid and I remember it being about a sorcerer, some female cop, and an evil sorcerer and culminating in dinosaur skeletons coming alive and battling.

I don't remember much but I loved it at age 10 or so. I heard somewhere that it was supposed to be Doctor Strange but they couldn't get the rights. Oh well, it was a lot of fun.

I figure I'd probably gotten it because of the name. I'd always found Mordred the most interesting Camelot figure (though I don't have the knowledge base Ragnell does), and thought he never got a fair shake.

I've also got a very strong interest in family ties, so naturally Arthur's bastard with his sister particularly fascinated me. The poor kid was screwed because of his birth and never really got a fair shake.

It occurred to me though, the movie would have been so much more awesome if that *were* Mordred.

Think about it. Mordred, Arthur's bastard, one of the key components of the fall of Camelot as a modern day sorcerer. Think of the fun: huge magic battles, kickass fight scenes, cute and naive apprentice-types, and naturally angsty flashbacks to the fall of Camelot.

Morgan, as his mom, would naturally be more sympathetic than she tends to be in the stories. But it'd be an interesting challenge to retell the fall and try to keep every character sympathetic.

Except Merlin. I never trusted that guy. He was Machiavellian and manipulative.

I'd want to make Merlin a major bad guy, actually.

There's already fun potential for minor characters. Morgan LeFay could live up to her name and be the ruler of some sort of hidden fairy kingdom, as a stylish femme fatale type who lives to tease and annoy her son.

I like the idea of maybe bringing in a character like Nimue too to be the devious, not-quite trustworthy ex-girlfriend for loads of sexual tension.

Oh and naturally, there'll need to be a former apprentice-gone-dark side to be an opposite adversary of both him and his apprentice. It's a little cliche but sometimes cliches are fun.

I think the apprentice should be female too. Less for the romance aspect and more for the comedic cultural more aspects.

i.e: "Oh, honestly Mordred, you've gotten stingy in your old age. The poor thing can't even afford a proper dress! Even that shameless bitch Guinevere never went about so unclad!"

This is an idea I could have a lot of fun with. :-)