Apparently Ridley Scott really wanted to make an actionmovie centering around the Magna Carta through the POV of modern U.S. democracy, and thought "Robin Hood" would sell better than something called "Magna Carta" or even "William Marshall" or whatever.  But at least they didn't forget that this Marian keeps a dagger under her skirt while they ( Read more... )

Cary Elwes!Robin Hood vs Kevin Costner!Robin Hood.

Entertaining, though the lipsyncing is weird at times.

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*Is this where I admit to owning both versions, though one requires FF-ing through...err...most Robin parts that don't involve Marian or Will Scarlett?)

Eps 5-6 were about the boys meeting another pack of wolves.  These wolves are older, and were once searching for paradise themselves, until most of them died from poisonous gases, as a result, they've spent their lives in the city that was as far as they could go, and given up on paradise, becoming little better than pack dogs.  It's a sharp ( Read more... )

Is it really, really bad of my that, in "Swords of Wayland," what stood out the most to me was when the riders were chasing Morgwyn and I thought "so THAT'S where Jackson got those scenes!"(because really, if you look at 80s fantasy, you see the early versions of a lot of LOTR visuals and effects, especially in Legend.)

BTW, watching the outtakes, ( Read more... )

Some of this has come up in replies, but...

1.  I really like how they did King Richard in Robin of Sherwood.  Unlike other productions, where Richard is perfect and shining and when he comes back all is well in England, this Richard is portrayed as a good man, but flawed, and more concerned with battle than anything else...in other words, the way ( Read more... )

You know one thing I like about Robin Of Sherwood is that it doesn't drag Robin/Marian out.  Typically, Robin Hood ends with Robin rescuing Marian from the sheriff and King Richard shows up, absolves Robin Hood all crimes and throws land and titles at him, and here come the end credits.  Here, Marian is rescued from the Sheriff right of the bat, ( Read more... )

I've seen through "The Fool King"(or something like that...the King Richard ep) and about half of the next episode("The Prophecy"?)  Obviously, I'm doing this at work, as opposed to at home with the set beside me for referrence.

Given that everyone has new clothes and slightly more stylish hair in "Prophecy"(and I swear, Robin's hair has about 5 ( Read more... )

As there has been some interest expressed, I bring you pics for the late 90s show The New Adventures of Robin Hood, which tried the  to play Robin Hood myth like the Xena and Hercules shows...except that what worked there failed miserably.  I watched about 10 minutes, and all I recall is Robin, Marian and randoms who I assume were Will Scarlet, ( Read more... )

So, I got home Saturday and saw that  the mailman had tried to deliver my Robin of Sherwood DVDs but, of course, since they couldn't fit in the mailbox, they spent the weekend atthe post office.  It made me sad because I've been waiting for those DVDs, so I pulled out a couple of my OTHER Robin Hood DVDS(me, a fan of romantic angstridden outlaw ( Read more... )