BBC Robin Hood?

[Ironhand]

I was in a store the other day and they had the box set. Never saw an episode. Any good?

Sentence fragments excused? hock: :oops:

[Chuck Russell]

ah dude it sucks MAJOR.

wait this is the new robin hood right? not the old ones?

[Ironhand]

It might have some promise if no Kevin Costner or Canadian singers. Damn you Bryan Adams!!!!!!!!!!!!! :twisted:

[Robert Vermaat]

Oh no Derek, this is WAY beyond Kostner et al.
This is 'Robin Hood, Men in Sleeveless Tshirts and Other Modern Fashion Attire' (more below).
This is 'Robin Hood, Men and Somehow Emancipated Muslim Women Who Disguise Themselves As Men'.

(The fact is, Djaq is an incredible woman, and an even more incredible man. She's a talented scientist. The tricks she picked up from her physician father, combined with the knowledge she brings of both Saracen science and medicine, adds another string to the gang's bow.)

This is NOT Sparta.

This is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


My favorite, btw, is the TV series 'Robin of Sherwood'.

Men in Modern Designer Leather Jackets:


Men in Sleeveless Tshirts:

[Salvianus]

For my selection of plastic armour and donkey jackets, see:

Robin of the Hoodies

Don't get me started about the laycra clad ninja dancing girls hock:

[Chuck Russell]

ya thats why i asked which one it was. i remember the old robin of sherwoods. they rocked. a lil less though with jason conally hehehe

[Memmia]

Historically correct- who cares ? The series starred Richard Armitage wearing (very) tight leather trousers! That's OK by me.

[Primvs Pavlvs]

These guys look like they are very "Merry"!

[Ironhand]

I was referring to the 2006 tv series. They've had better parodies of Robin Hood than actual movies (i.e. Robin Hood Men in Tights).

[Gaivs Antonivs Satvrninvs]

It seems they've done for Robin Hood what they did to Hercules a few years ago.

[Robert Vermaat]

Historically correct- who cares ? The series starred Richard Armitage wearing (very) tight leather trousers! That's OK by me.

You girlz are sooooo easy to please. :wink:

It seems they've done for Robin Hood what they did to Hercules a few years ago.

Yes, they Xena-ed him! :evil:

[Carus Andiae]

If you like drinking games where you have a drink every time you spot a mistake, be prepared to get very, very drunk if you watch Robin Hood. There was a great little argument over gunpowder in one episode (yup, Djaq has gunpowder, not an idea stolen from 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at all ). They refer to it in the episode as 'Greek Fire', and she protests that it's prejudice against Muslims because really they invented it (yup, it's excessively PC as regards the Crusades, too, not to mention attempting in a spectacularly clumsy manner to draw parallels with the war in Iraq).

So, in one simple statement we get a whole host of errors:

- Greek fire is not gunpowder.
- Greek fire was invented by the Greeks, or at least the Byzantine Romans who had delusions of Greekness.
- Gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, anyway.

What fun!

On top of that, Jonas Armstrong (Robin) is as charismatic as a tree, and at least in the earlier episodes about as wooden.

[Ironhand]

Doesn't sound very good, though the idea of the drinking game sounds pretty good. If only I would have done that with Pathfinder, every time I saw something that pissed me off I could have tolerated it by getting truly "pissed" and wouldn't have cared at all. Maybe thats the secret to watching these shows. Anyone want to buy a couple of bottles of Jack and watch a Knight's Tale? hock:

[taira1180]

I remember seeing 10 years ago Xena and The new adventures of Robin Wood, and even Xena had less fantasy (and i'm including the dinars as a greek coin in Xena!).

[Athena Areias]

I've got to give the Herc and Xena series credit for getting me back to the "Classics". I watched episodes and would think, "That's not right!" However, I couldn't remember what WAS right! Back to Homer, back to the Greek playwrights, back to mythology for me. And here I am, still figuring out what might have really been...