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Post by sparacus on Sept 9, 2012 10:02:21 GMT -5
The best ever Robin Hood related series or film. Nothing else comes close. Attachments:
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 9, 2012 18:27:26 GMT -5
Except for Robin Hood 2006.
And The Legend of Robin Hood.
And Maid Marian and her Merry Men.
All of which wipe the floor with that incoherent-poorly-plotted, uncharismatic pretentious runaround.
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Post by sparacus on Sept 10, 2012 13:33:29 GMT -5
Except for Robin Hood 2006. And The Legend of Robin Hood. And Maid Marian and her Merry Men. All of which wipe the floor with that incoherent-poorly-plotted, uncharismatic pretentious runaround. Untrue. Robin of Sherwood is the only one of those series to contain the mythological elements. The plots are more sophisticated. |
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 10, 2012 18:16:43 GMT -5
Bulltwang. All three featured "mythological elements".
As for Robin of Sherwood, its plots barely counted as plots - I refer you to The Enchantment, for example, which is 45 minutes of random wierdness before Herne catches an arrow and ends the episode, or Lord of the Trees and the Children of Israel where the main villains are randomly driven mad by convenient magical forces, only to be completely fine in the next episode. How can you call a show sophisticated when it can bring back its characters from the dead once an episode without explanation unless, of course, the main actor has quit the show for being UNSOPHISTICATED rubbish?
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Post by richflair on Sept 11, 2012 6:40:26 GMT -5
the main actor has quit the show for being UNSOPHISTICATED rubbish? Really? So then he went to Dynasty? |
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 11, 2012 8:59:34 GMT -5
I know - what more damning testimonial is there?
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Post by aspadistra on Sept 16, 2012 1:19:52 GMT -5
It was a load of nonsense, but jolly good fun. Right until Jason Connery appeared.
Reminded me of a line in a post-apocalyptic story by a sixteen year old: 'Immediately they accepted me as their leader.'
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 16, 2012 1:43:21 GMT -5
Well, it took them three episodes to accept JC as their leader (which was over a year in story-time).
Actually, I prefer Connery. True, Praed was the better actor but his Robin was a one-dimensional git who had no real skill, cunning or guile bar the supernatural ability to spot liars. He would have died a dozen times over without Herne to magically save his ass.
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Post by aspadistra on Sept 16, 2012 16:30:46 GMT -5
I have to admit that I may also be swayed by the fact that I rarely fancy blonds. Does that mean I get banned by Sparacus? [/shallow]
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 16, 2012 18:14:44 GMT -5
Quite possibly, I'm afraid...
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Post by sparacus on Sept 18, 2012 0:19:12 GMT -5
Both Praed & Connery were equally good in my view. Also the depiction of Maid Marion in this series was the best of any Robin Hood series/film that I've seen. She was neither ridiculously feisty or vacuously passive.
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 18, 2012 0:39:47 GMT -5
Nah, Uma Thurman - best Marion evah. "Welcome to hell!" Heheh.
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Post by thecoordinator on Sept 19, 2012 7:22:06 GMT -5
Maid Marian and her Merry Men. Brilliant TV. |
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Post by youthofoz on Sept 19, 2012 7:25:25 GMT -5
It was - a child-friendly, moralistic Blackadder that lost none of the satire, wit or cruelty.
And the musical numbers were brilliant!
Points for a genuine attempt at a DW crossover in "They Came From Outer Space!"
"It's big, it's round, and it's going to exterminate us!"
"What? Prince John? No, just give him a miniature guillotine and a long-nosed peasant and he'll be happy for hours..."
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