Unfortunately I am not in Great Britain.  Any idea if the Robin Hood series will make it to the states any time soon?

It's OK as an adventure series, but it can't decide what it wants to be, it's a little too lighthearted for a serious drama. And the language is decidedly modern. Not very good really.

Apparently it's got quite a lot of female viewers due to Richard Armitage who's playing Guy of Gisborne. OK if you like your villains dark and swarthy and clad in leather.

OK if you like your villains dark and swarthy and clad in leather.

 

 

 

 

 

There are a lot of references to contemporary politics, British especially. Keith Allen is the star of the show though, Jonas Armstrong is a little too young and weedy to be a credible Robin Hood.

 

 

It's in 13 episodes and another series is planned. I wasn't over keen on it. I'm rather fussy about TV and big screen histories. I like them either to be "properly" done or as a comedy, such as Blackadder, I don't like it when it can't make up it's mind which it is, and this series falls into that category. I get the impression it was dumbed down for a young audience, the modern language certainly suggests that.

I have Direct TV and I of course am able to watch Robin Hood.  I agree that the language is a bit modern day and it is not exactly serious drama or comedy.  I do, however find it very entertaining.  I like anything historical, especially British history or Egyptian history, even if they are not totally factual.  I find a lot of pleasure in seeing or reading something and then going to my books to research and learn what actually happened.  Black Adder I found a bit too tongue in cheek for me, but did enjoy some of the episodes (I am not a big "Mr Bean" fan). 

 

Right now I am getting ready to enjoy the new Showtime series The Tudors.  Direct TV has given us a sneak peek at the first 2 episodes.  Again, much license has been taken, for instance I don't think Henry was quite as thin as Johnathan Rys Myers even in his younger years, not to mention his golden red hair (they show him with dark brown hair).  But I do not plan on missing a single episode!

I loved that Richard Green TV series with a passion when I was a child.  I played endless games of Robin Hood, I went everywhere equipped with swords and bows and arrows in case I should chance to meet the Sheriff of Nottingham.

 

I recently bought myself the complete first series on DVD, and was able to wallow in nostalgia.  I still think it is a pretty good programme, and I prefer it to any of the more recent versions.

 

Louise

The second series has just started. It appears to have been "sexed up" a bit. Maid Marion's dresses are tighter and lower cut, Guy of Gisborne has a few scenes with no shirt on, but for me the Middle Eastern girl in Robin's gang, Djaq, is looking pretty good. You'll be pleased to hear that Keith Allen as the Sheriff is hamming it up more than ever, he's perfected rolling his eyes in disbelief to an art.