"The Golden One?"
"That's the slightly less cliché way of saying the Chosen One."
"That's the slightly less cliché way of saying the Chosen One."
Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire is a satirical fantasy show jointly produced by the BBC and Comedy Central that pokes fun at the clichés of the fantasy genre along with some other more modern jabs meant just for the audience. It follows Kröd Mändoon; an inept, but sincere rebel warrior; as he fights a revolution against the comically tyrannical Chancellor Dungalor. Kröd is supported by Aneka; his pagan, sexually liberated girlfriend who prefers to fuck to get her way despite Kröd's protests; Zezelryck; a warlock lacking in magical ability; Loquasto; an ogre-like companion who uses a crossbow and is more likely to hit Kröd than the enemy; and Bruce; the prison boy-toy of Kröd's mentor. Together they adventure to stop Dungalor from bringing his plans of treachery to fruition while dodging soldiers, bounty hunters and monsters.
If any of that evoked pictures of epic high fantasy, reel in your expectations. The show is closer to a one camera sitcom than to Lord of the Rings. It is first and foremost a comedy that just happens to be in a fantasy setting with some decent, low-budget action. Besides the jabs at fantasy tropes the majority of the comedy comes from both Kröd and Dungalor's rather idiotic ways of dealing with traditional fantasy tasks. Kröd is prone to losing his sword and important artifacts or is distracted by failing to keep Aneka from banging any willing dude with a cock and a pulse including enemy soldiers and Dungalor is a rather cheerful sociopath that relies on his underlings to get things done. There are laughs to be had, but it follows a pattern with Kröd as the butt of jokes that can wear thin pretty quick. The show's 6 episodes end before it gets too tiresome though. So short and sweet with some decent humor, B-movie action and fan-service provided by India de Beaufort as Aneka.
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Available on DVD, iTunes and Netflix.
3 Giving a bi-sexual cyclops an underwater tongue jab on his "flesh snorkel" out of 5
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