GMTV: Medieval film/TV offerings on the SciFi Channel (May 2009)

Here are this month's much-belated offerings on the SciFi Channel. The complete schedule is available online.


ALL TIMES EST

SUNDAY, 2 MAY

07:00 PM MOVIE--BEOWULF (1999)
This feature film is science fictional retelling of the Angl0-Saxon epic poem. More details on Wikipedia.



MONDAY, 11 MAY

08:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA--FRIDAY NIGHT
09:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA--NO FUTURE
10:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA--THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS
11:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA--DIVE
12:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA--GAME THEORY
01:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA--QUEEN OF THE ZOMBIES
02:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA--THE RISE & FALL OF JOAN GIRARDI
03:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA--ROMANCING THE JOAN

Mini-marathon of episodes from Season Two of the canceled telefantasty series loosely inspired by the life of St. Joan of Arc. See Wikipedia for details.



THURDSAY, 14 MAY

03:00 AM SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--DRAGON DYNASTY (2006)

SciFi film that pits Marco Polo against a series of dragons. Not yet on DVD. More details at the IMD.



SATURDAY, 23 MAY

11:00 PM MOVIE MARATHON: SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--GARGOYLES: WINGS OF DARKNESS (2004)

No details.



THURSDAY, 28 MAY

06:30 PM MOVIE--TIMELINE (2003)

Feature film adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel. Features a group of college students traveling to the medieval past to rescue their time-lost professor. More details on Wikipedia.



SATURDAY, 30 MAY

09:00 PM SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--BOOK OF BEASTS, THE (2009)

Also known as Merlin and the Book of Beasts, this is a new movie set at Camelot. There is not much available about the film and nothing yet on Wikpedia. The telefilm stars Battlestar Galactica's James Callis as Merlin, and a complete cast list can be found on the IMD. The web site of the production company, Tamden Communications, offers some details, including a brief synopsis, as follows:

Once in a great while, the world's most powerful wizards gather together for a meeting of the minds, testing their powers and abilities to determine who among them should lead. It is on a journey to one of these summits that Merlin now finds himself - but his enemies have other ideas. Merlin has to use all of his most powerful magic to survive against the fantastic creatures and wizards that plague him... or he'll die trying.

SciFi's trailer has been posted on YouTube. The film seems to be set after Arthur's death and pits Merlin against a series of magical foes, including Medusa (!), to save the life of Arthur's daughter.






11:00 PM SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--GRENDEL (2007)

SciFi's own retelling of Beowulf. More at Wikipedia.



SUNDAY, 31 MAY

10:30 AM MOVIE--DRAGONHEART (1996)

Feature film set in Angl0-Saxon England. Includes references to Avalon and King Arthur, whose court is the source for Bowen's code. More at Wikipedia.


12:30 PM SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--DRAGON SWORD (2004)

Telefilm very loosely based on the legends of St George. More at Wikipedia.


05:00 PM SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--ROCK MONSTER (2008)

College student battles a medieval sorcerer. Some details at Wikipedia.


07:00 PM SCI FI ORIGINAL MOVIE--BOOK OF BEASTS, THE (2009)

See above.


09:00 PM MOVIE--KING ARTHUR (2004)

Feature film that proports to tell the "real" story of King Arthur. Arthur is a Romano-Briton and his men are Sarmatians. They join forces with the native Britons to fight Rome and the Saxons. More, as usual, on Wikipedia.