"Young Blades" (2005) TV series

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Creators:

Dan Angel
Billy Brown

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

23 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A new generation of brash, young musketeers

Plot:

Based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Young Blades follows a group of youths as they cross swords with dastardly villians while keeping up on their studies at the Musketeer Academy.

Plot Keywords:

Musketeer | Cardinal | Mentor | Male Female Relationship | Friendship

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Tobias Mehler	...	D'Artagnan (13 episodes, 2005)
Mark Hildreth	...	Siroc (13 episodes, 2005)
Zak Santiago	...	Ramon Montalvo Francisco de la Cruz (13 episodes, 2005)
Robert Sheehan	...	King Louis XIV (13 episodes, 2005)
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Captain Duvall / ... (13 episodes, 2005)
Michael Ironside	...	Cardinal Mazarin / ... (13 episodes, 2005)
Karen Cliche	...	Jaqueline / ... (13 episodes, 2005)
Andrew McIlroy	...	Snout (7 episodes, 2005)
Phillip Mitchell	...	Captain Bernard / ... (7 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Quotes:

Jacqueline Roget: [after a cardinal's guard has killed her father] You've sent a good man to heaven. Now you go to hell.
[she runs him through with a sword]

"ALL FOR ONE"....oh sorry that's old school.

It's very refreshing to see an old story revamped with modern day language that actually works. Not that this story is of the olden day Musketeers, the story follows the lives of D'Artagnans' son who he named D'Artagnan. Of course there is still a sense of the proper way to speak and women were treated like women, but there are a few modernizations in what they talk about. A lot of screenplay writers have tried many-a-time to revive the stories of The Musketeers and in my honest opinion have failed miserably. This series will succeed it's pre-decessus as it it fresh, charming and has a light comedic tone to it. It's nice to see Michael Ironside in yet another grand role and the fresh faces of Zak Santiago, Tobias Mehler, Karen Cliché, Mark Hildreth and another adventurer who I used to love in the show "Bing em Back Alive" (1982-1983) is Bruce Boxleitner. This show is a must see for lovers of The Musketeers.