The unnecessary reboot/remake of the week thread
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I wouldn't mind a GOOD Robin Hood movie.
Honestly, Princess Bride was kind of close to that, IMO.
In a similar way that Master and Commander and Galaxy Quest were awesome Star Trek films.
In a similar way that Master and Commander and Galaxy Quest were awesome Star Trek films.
He has become the Man and has to rediscover the rebelliousness of his youth,
Sounds good. Also sounds like a more grounded version of 'Hook." Just as long as they get Bryan Adams back to do another awesome song, I would be happy.
Frankly for a long time I've thought the only interesting thing left to do with the story is to flip the roles. Have the Sheriff as the good guy (a literal old west sheriff if you will) battling a villainous criminal/terrorist Robin Hood who's hiding in the forests!
The only other thing would be to lean into the green man/mythical/folk story/folk horror elements, but Robin of Sherwood did this in the 1980s.
The only other thing would be to lean into the green man/mythical/folk story/folk horror elements, but Robin of Sherwood did this in the 1980s.
That's kind of what the Ridley Scott version did for the first half. It painted him as a criminal hiding out in the forest, and I think the Sheriff had even called him out as a terrorist at one point. His reputation had been tainted from the start, and he'd had to build it back up and gather allies.
Actually, the idea of doing a version of the story as a Western sounds like an epic idea.
Yes, they did, but the 80s was a long time ago now. I wouldn't mind seeing them lean into these elements again.
A&E did attempt to do a realistic Ivanhoe back in the 90's (I think.. I still have the DVD somewhere) as a miniseries. It had Christopher Lee, Ciaran Hinds and mostly actors that weren't as well known with a pretty limited budget. Their Robin of Locksley was fairly dangerous, seeming. I'd like to see someone else redo that version of Ivanhoe with better production values, and maybe just do it as a full season rather than a miniseries.
What do you mean a long time ago? The 80's can't be no more than 20 years ago
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Prince of Thieves arguably borrowed a bit from Robin of Sherwood, which had an Arabic merry man before Morgan Freeman’s Moor. And IIRCRickman’s Sheriff was supposed to dabble in witchcraft in early drafts but they edited a lot of those elements out of the script.
ROS remains my favourite take on the legend, so I would be quite up for something in the same vein, but I’d be surprised if anyone now did anything as well as it.
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After years of no interest from Sony, Jon Lovitz says Al Jean is working on a revival of "the Critic".
If "The Simpsons" can go on forever like a flying stuffed pig, if "Futurama" can come back from cancellation more times than Sweet Zombie Jesus, if "King of the Hill" get a new season after a decade of being over, if "Samurai Jack" came come long after it's cancellation to get one final concluding season, and "Beavis and Butthead" can get new episodes, SURELY, in an time where Hollywood is RIFE with opportunity to make fun of and online film critics, THIS show can come back.
If "The Simpsons" can go on forever like a flying stuffed pig, if "Futurama" can come back from cancellation more times than Sweet Zombie Jesus, if "King of the Hill" get a new season after a decade of being over, if "Samurai Jack" came come long after it's cancellation to get one final concluding season, and "Beavis and Butthead" can get new episodes, SURELY, in an time where Hollywood is RIFE with opportunity to make fun of and online film critics, THIS show can come back.
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