A question about Robin Hood the BBC TV series.
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They are now airing the Third (and possibly) final season on BBC now.
Only 3 seasons?
Why, is the show not holding an audience or is the cost of production to much?
What do you find wrong with it?
I've never really watched the thing myself and am only really interested in it for two possible reasons, firstly I've been told that I have a more than a passing resemblance to the guy playing Robin, and from what little I saw Kieth Allen made a entertaining sheriff of Nottingham.
Sadly this Robin Hood seems like a cocky little sod which kinda annoys me somewhat.
Sadly this Robin Hood seems like a cocky little sod which kinda annoys me somewhat.
Yeah, It kinda fels like Robin Hood told thru the eyes of Joss Whedon, which is why I partly like it and find it campy at the same time.
I'm only on 1st season but is there a Friar Tuck?
In other word this is to Robin Hood what Smallville is to Superman.
That sucks, I always loved Friar Tuck. He was always one of my favorite characters. BTW, is it me or did Will Scarlett's brother just disappear?
Series 3 is currently show, at the end of which
. Friar Tuck, or Brother Tuck as he is in the show, shows up in the first episode of series 3 and joins the gang. Apparently the actor is signed on for series 3 and 4, so make of that what you will.
Robin supposedly dies
From what little I've seen, Sam Troughton's goofy sidekick character was the only decent thing about the show.
I watched Series One, but I got really annoyed at it, I really didn't like the shoddy acting from most of the cast (granted, the two who play Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham I enjoyed watching). I'm actually watching an episode (I think it's a repeat of the first episode) on BBC Three now, and it's just annoying me.
I must have missed an episode or two between Series One and Two.
I thought Marian had died at the end of the first season, but then she popped up alive at the start of the next. What did I miss?
There's a recap here.
it's entertaining enough, and every version reinterperts the legend. it's no worse than Prince of Thieves in that regard. and probaby better than the Ridley Scott film, which sounds bollocks.
It kinda reminds me of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys & Xena: Warrior Princess. But it lacks a couple of things that made those shows better. First, it doesn't have the same sense of campy fun.
Second, and I think this is the big Achilles heel of the show, it's always set in the same place. Since Hercules & Xena were wandering warriors, each episode could be a different disposable monster/warlord of the week. But when things are centered around Sherwood/Nottingham every week, some of the little nagging issues start to add up. Why don't they just kill the Sheriff of Nottingham and be done with it? Yes, they talk about how, if he's killed, Prince John will just appoint a new Sheriff who is even worse. But since the current Sheriff has already arbitrarily executed & mutilated people, I don't see how things could get any worse. I say kill him and take your chances that his successor will at least have a modicum of humanity (or will at least fear enough to think twice about his cruelty lest he suffer the same fate). But Robin Hood seems so unwilling & unable to ease the Sheriff's reign of terror in any significant way, it really feels like they're all just killing time until King Richard returns. Seems like a deus ex machina to me.
Second, and I think this is the big Achilles heel of the show, it's always set in the same place. Since Hercules & Xena were wandering warriors, each episode could be a different disposable monster/warlord of the week. But when things are centered around Sherwood/Nottingham every week, some of the little nagging issues start to add up. Why don't they just kill the Sheriff of Nottingham and be done with it? Yes, they talk about how, if he's killed, Prince John will just appoint a new Sheriff who is even worse. But since the current Sheriff has already arbitrarily executed & mutilated people, I don't see how things could get any worse. I say kill him and take your chances that his successor will at least have a modicum of humanity (or will at least fear enough to think twice about his cruelty lest he suffer the same fate). But Robin Hood seems so unwilling & unable to ease the Sheriff's reign of terror in any significant way, it really feels like they're all just killing time until King Richard returns. Seems like a deus ex machina to me.
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