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Post by MS on Apr 10, 2012 23:41:13 GMT -5
Robin of Sherwood
The King's Fool:
Season 1 finale.
John Rhys-Davies appears as King Richard. The usual Robin Hood stories when it comes to King Richard was that he was the good guy that the good guys were fighting but in this depiction of Richard the Lionheart it is not as clearcut as that and the episode title refers to Robin.
A grimm but an effective way to end the first season.
Robin of Sherwood was mentioned and a picture of Michael Praed as Robin was shown on the Doctor Who: The Trial of A Time Lord - The Ultimate Foe DVD in the feature Trials and Tribulations when Sixrh Doctor Colin Baker mentioned it as being the show that ITV scheduled against the BBC's Doctor Who when Baker was the Doctor.
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Post by MS on May 1, 2012 0:13:46 GMT -5
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Post by MS on Jun 16, 2012 17:18:23 GMT -5
Sword of Sherwood Forest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Sherwood_ForestMade by Hammer Film Productions, Sword of Sherwood Forest was released in 1960 and starred Richard Greene as Robin Hood reprising his role from The Adventures of Robin Hood TV series (1955-59). Playing the Sheriff of Nottingham was Peter Cushing. In the aforementioned TV series the Sheriff was played by Alan Wheatley who later appeared in Doctor Who in the original Dalek serial starring William Hartnell and Cushing would then starred in the film adaptation of the original Dalek serial as Doctor Who in Dr Who and the Daleks. Another cast member of Sword of Sherwood, Derren Nesbitt was also in a Hartnell Doctor Who serial in Marco Polo. The Sword of Sherwood Forest looks distinct from the said Robin Hood TV series. For one thing in this film Robin Hood meets Maid Marian for the first time and surely this first meeting had been done before in the aforementioned TV series. In fact it looks like Richard Greene is the only one to play the same character in both his TV series and Sword of Sherwood Forest. Therefore Sword of Sherwood Forest works for two sets of audience, as a bonus for those who have seen the aforementioned TV series and as a self-contained yarn to those who are not that familiar with that TV series. Sword of Sherwood Forest is an enjoyable enough yarn regardless whether one had seen Greene as Robin Hood before in his TV series. |
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Post by MS on Jun 22, 2012 18:23:22 GMT -5
The Prophecy:
Season 2 opener.
Good opening to the second season with Phil Davis detestable as Prince and then King John and an interesting of who a certain prisoner was.
Also appearing here was Simon Dutton who played Gisbourne’s spy Mark. Ironically some years after he appeared in this episode Dutton played in a series of TV movie, The Saint, Simon Templar who had been described as being like Robin Hood!
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Post by MS on Jul 13, 2012 18:47:56 GMT -5
Young Robin Hood: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Robin_HoodYoung Robin Hood is an animated series that presents Robin Hood as a teenager and ran for 2 seasons and 26 episodes between January 1 1991 and November 30 1992. The Wild Boar of Sherwood: Enjoyable beginning to the series with the familiar archery contest story incorporated here. Despite the gang helping the boar out here it was a bit disappointing that it did not showed its gratitude to them but otherwise this was a fun introduction to the series. |
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Post by MS on Jul 14, 2012 18:04:25 GMT -5
In the penultimate episode of Upstairs, Downstairs called The Last Waltz, one of the servants dresses up as Robin Hood while another as Maid Marian. The latter evoked reference to Olivia de Haviland who had played her in The Adventures of Robin Hood released in 1938 the year The Last Waltz takes place in.
Young Robin Hood
The Viking Treasure:
Season 1, Episode 2.
Fun search for the said treasure and quite funny the last we see of the villains in this episode.
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Post by MS on Jul 15, 2012 20:06:43 GMT -5
Jest In Time:
Season 1, Episode 3.
Some good hilarity involving a jester (hence the episode title) posing as Robin.
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Post by MS on Jul 16, 2012 16:13:52 GMT -5
The Black Viper:
Season 1, Episode 4.
Enjoyable episode with the episode title character not a bad villain plus the overeager boy in Alfred.
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Post by MS on Jul 16, 2012 23:39:31 GMT -5
Hagalah's Day In Court:
Season 1, Episode 5.
The gang's efforts to please Hagalah led to the unintended result of her being taken to the castle. What ensues is the hilarity in getting her out of there.
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Post by MS on Jul 18, 2012 18:13:52 GMT -5
For Love or Money:
Season 1, Episode 6.
Of course it isn’t nice to take money from a rich woman but this episode sure shows it is fun doing so.
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Post by MS on Jul 19, 2012 18:23:49 GMT -5
King of the Outlaws:
Season 1, Episode 7.
Good fight between Robin and the villains here.
Quite nice seeing Robin as king for a day.
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Post by MS on Jul 20, 2012 18:36:48 GMT -5
Duel of Thieves:
Season 1, Episode 8.
Good team-up of Jessy Strongbow and Robin and a good trick that they pulled on the Sheriff.
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Post by MS on Jul 21, 2012 16:38:43 GMT -5
The Prince Who Was Late For Dinner:
Season 1, Episode 9.
Unlikely allies are made when Robin and his band come to Prince John's aid when a baron tried to usurp the throne.
Despite this brief alliance it was still good that the prince was still treated as a buffoon.
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Post by MS on Jul 21, 2012 17:23:21 GMT -5
The Children of Israel:
Season 2, Episode 2.
Good episode involving a Jewish family.
Quite a shock that the sheriff got in his last scene of this episode.
We are told here that forgiveness is the biggest revenge of all and that is quite awe-inspiring.
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Post by MS on Jul 22, 2012 15:51:53 GMT -5
Smuggler's Cove:
Season 1, Episode 10
Fun story involving piarates and them kidnapping Little John and buried treasure.
Robin Hood vs pirates. Quite a good combination of a story to tell.
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