A question about Robin Hood the BBC TV series.

[Kelthaz]

Well, actually...

Spoiler: Robin Hood Season 2

Actually, early in the second season Robin did try to kill the Sheriff. He found out that the Sheriff has a deal with Prince John where if the Sheriff dies Prince John will raze Nottingham to the ground. So Robin had to change his game plan to simply getting in the Sheriff's way until King Richard returns.

There was an entire episode about that later in the season too. The Sheriff gets lost in the forest, so Robin and Guy team up to find him so that they can prevent Nottingham from being destroyed by Prince John.

 

[exodus]

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.

Wasn't that the story of Robin Hood, to foil the Sheriff's plans until Prince John returned? Every story I know of RB, that was the plan & the ending.

 

[exodus]

Actually, early in the second season Robin did try to kill the Sheriff. He found out that the Sheriff has a deal with Prince John where if the Sheriff dies Prince John will raze Nottingham to the ground. So Robin had to change his game plan to simply getting in the Sheriff's way until King Richard returns.

There was an entire episode about that later in the season too. The Sheriff gets lost in the forest, so Robin and Guy team up to find him so that they can prevent Nottingham from being destroyed by Prince John.

Easy, easy!

Spoilers dude, I still haven't seen it yet.

 

[Kelthaz]

Sorry about that. With season two being almost two years old now I didn't even think about spoilers for it.

 

[exodus]

Sorry about that. With season two being almost two years old now I didn't even think about spoilers for it.

I'm American, according to you Europeans, we're backwards.