I missed your reply here, Mate.<br /><br />Yes, just so, That previous Arthur was good for what it seemed to be, an exploration of the real stock that budded off the immortal legend for us British, but as you say, "Excalibur merely some prosaic Roman officiers sword?".<br /><br />One might as well pretend that Napoleon wasn't the half son of Satan, and Nelson no Immortal.<br /><br />To me, some new media needs to come along, for us to get the true portrayal of Arthur.<br /><br />Immursive X-box massive multiplayer, with an inducement coil in place over that "God Region" of the brain they found. You start the "Programme" cold and grubbing up fern-root for your very survival. You get a chance to aid a Knight, beset by robbers, and he takes you for to be his loyal Squire *burst of noble awe of the numinous from the coil*<br />You take food from the corpses of the robbers, and start to gather wood to make a meal, when you find some starving villagers. Knot your belt tighter, and say "Here, I have eaten twice today already, you take this". The Knight overhears you, and is content. *Burst from the coil over your reward cortex*<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <br /><br />You chance on a Knight Errant, and he tells your Lord that a moot is being held, to crown a new King. While there, your path crosses that of a youth, goodly of face, well placed in form, whom is being attacked and subjected to a drubbing by chaffing apprentices, and you throw your right arm into the balance.<br /><br />You rout the foe, and he takes your hand in companionhood, "I shall not thank you for doing your duty, , but neither shall I fail in mine to a Brother". *Coil on reward*<br /><br />You get the idea.<br /><br />Kids today. When I were a lad, we activated our OWN reward centres, mulling over the chance to slip between the pallisades, and re-join Squire Trelawney and Captain Smollett, and astound them with our wonderful singlehanded recaturing of the Hispaniola, we didn't NEED to see it in 3d and