Return of the King of the Britons! Here comes Camelot.

Okay, Arthur scholars: What's your favorite film or television version of the King Arthur stories? What will Starz have to do right to win your respect with their upcoming series - Camelot - starring Joseph Fiennes and Eva Green?

I mean, has anybody ever captured the heart of the stories better than Monty Python?

Here's the surprise: Fiennes isn't playing Arthur. He's Merlin.

(Brings back memories of this post, with readers' ideas about ideal Arthurian casting... and this, Steven Greydanus's response to the movie King Arthur.)