Genre Defining: Excalibur (1981)

Episode Theme: Genre Defining

The Fumblers stumble upon a shiny sword sticking out from what appears to be a Styrofoam boulder. We fail to retrieve the sword, so we do the next best thing: watch Excalibur. One of us is tricked into sleeping with our sister to produce an evil offspring and which one of us it is will surprise you.

Excalibur 2008 - PG - 2h20m

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.

Director: John Boorman Writer: Thomas Malory, Rospo Pallenberg, John Boorman Stars: Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay

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