Richard Lawson wrote:
Chris Willmore wrote:

The same thing happens with Arthurian legends.  The same story has been
told over and over again for hundreds of years.  What's left to say
about it?  Yes, applying and merging the Sailor Moon mythos with the
Arthurian mythos is interesting, and well done by John, but the heavy
reliance on the Arthurian side kind of dulls the interest, I think.
We've just *been* there before, way too often.  We *know* how it's going
to end, and no matter how moving and dramatic the story is, it just
doesn't rouse our passions like it did the first time we heard it.

  I disagree for a few reasons.  First of all, I think most people are
much more familiar with the sword in the stone bit than any other
part.  (Probably because it's the happiest :-) ).  I doubt that I know
a dozen people who know anything about the quest for the grail (except
for the Monty Python movie).

Second, John rang some interesting changes on the theme.  I must admit
that I didn't like all of them, (cf my previous C&C), but they were
interesting, and some of them were truly excellent.

[_Star Wars_ analogy deleted]
Well, _Star Wars_ is one movie--however good it is, it's still static.
OTOH, the Arthurian mythos changes with new stories (side plug--has
anyone else read Gillian Bradshaw's trilogy?  They were also very good.)

My only exposure to Sailor Moon has been the dubbed episodes, but I
thought that it made much more sense for Usagi to be Arthur, rather than
Rei.  Rei would make an excellent Lancelot, so the juxtaposition
confused me a little.

I sorta went back and forth on this one.  Since Mamoru ends up with
Usagi, I guess it made sense that Usagi is the Lancelot character.

Gavin Steyn