Robin Hood

[Miss Demeanour]

I see there is yet another film coming out with Russell Crowe in the lead role.

Much as I think he has done some great films how many remakes on a theme are too many ?

Aren't there any original ideas left anymore 

[Nick]

the Disaster Movie could be entertaining  

I could be rich 

[Snoopy]

According to Ridley Scott (and is that a stoopid name or what?), the man wot made this new fillum, he has a whole new approach to the Robin Hood legend and this version is the "REAL" story.

Speaking personally any film with the short arsed Kiwi in it will not be getting my hard earned through the box office window.

He claims to be 5'11" ~ and if he is then my Aunty is the Queen of the Netherlands.

[Miss Demeanour]

Yep, the same ol blarney...the ' real ' story, the 'untold ' story etc, etc, etc , which equates to the same story rehashed.
It may very well be a good film but by basing it on Robin Hood I am already bored and uninterested.

[Nick]

I come from Nottingham. WE grew up with this shite. He never existed.

[Snoopy]

I loved the opening of the Kevin Costner version.
Crawling up what was obviously a pebble beach on the South Coast (Pos. Chessil from the shape of the stones and the incline they were "struggling" up) with the sun well up indicating it is around mid-day and Costner says to his compatriot "Tonight we dine with my father in Nottingham".  Dorset or Kent coast to Nottingham, on foot or horseback in the Middle Ages ~ Ah don't tink soooooo ..... you'd be hard put to do it by modern public transport in an afternoon.


Following that little gem I spent the rest of the movie taking the piss out of the yanks.

[Miss Demeanour]

  

There was some program on the other day where a couple declared their favourite film to be Robin Hood - Men in Tights.
They were getting married and used this as the theme for the wedding. Men were wearing green sagging tights and costumes , women bodice crunching heavy duty sack dresses.
Muppets 

[Darwins Selection]

 

There was some program on the other day where a couple declared their favourite film to be Robin Hood - Men in Tights.
They were getting married and used this as the theme for the wedding. Men were wearing green sagging tights and costumes , women bodice crunching heavy duty sack dresses.
Muppets 

Was BM there?

[Barman]

 

There was some program on the other day where a couple declared their favourite film to be Robin Hood - Men in Tights.
They were getting married and used this as the theme for the wedding. Men were wearing green sagging tights and costumes , women bodice crunching heavy duty sack dresses.
Muppets 

Was BM there?

 

[Grumpmeister]

 

There was some program on the other day where a couple declared their favourite film to be Robin Hood - Men in Tights.
They were getting married and used this as the theme for the wedding. Men were wearing green sagging tights and costumes , women bodice crunching heavy duty sack dresses.
Muppets 

Was BM there?

I did warn BM about ordering a Tesco value wig 

[Miss Demeanour]

Nigel Cawthorne, author of A Brief History of Robin Hood, says "If Robin Hood existed, he was just a common criminal.
"The name Robin Hood or Robe Hood was the name given to thieves, just like the name Butcher was given to someone who carved up meat.
"There was obviously somebody around that time who was a bit of a lad. The records weren't clear at that time."
It is hard to pin down exactly who Robin Hood was, where he lived or during which time period he existed. But the general opinion is that he was operating either in South Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire in the early 13th century. The stories referring to Robin Hood were not written down for another 200 years. The first ballad, called Robin Hood and the Monk, was written in 1450 and shows the Merry Men as a violent band. In the tale Little John kills a monk and Much the Miller murders a young boy just because he might identify them. It also tells of Robin refusing to pay up to Little John after losing a bet with his fellow fighter.

The historian says "He was clearly a bad guy. All the early sources are about him being a criminal. In no sense was he a freedom fighter, taking from the rich and giving to the poor.All that appeared in ballads romanticising him later on."
Nigel says that early ballads about Robin told of him being a bit of an alchy.  "Robin Hood was supposed to be wandering around the forest getting drunk. In the morning he was carrying three bottles, which is half a gallon each, of wine - which he drinks during the day. How you can shoot straight after that I don't know."

The writer also dismissed the notion that Robin was getting fruity in the forest with Maid Marian. Nigel said: "The love interest with Maid Marian was added later on. "She was a French invention. They had these May fairs where they put on little plays and Robin Hood became a popular character. They wanted a bit or romance so they borrowed Maid Marian, who appeared in similar plays in France. Although, originally she was supposed to be bedding Friar Tuck."

In the new film, simply called Robin Hood, he is portrayed by Russell Crowe as a heroic archer who has returned from the Crusades.
He is called Robin Longstride and becomes Robin Hood near the end.

 

[Snoopy]

I have seen this:


The headstone reads:


It can be found in the graveyard at parish church of St Michael in Hathersage in the Peak District:

[Pastis]

Hoodie. Nuff said. 

[Darwins Selection]

I refer to a chum of Mrs DS (#3) as 'Mad Marian'.

[Pirate]

Nigel Cawthorne, author of A Brief History of Robin Hood, says "If Robin Hood existed, he was just a common criminal.
"The name Robin Hood or Robe Hood was the name given to thieves, just like the name Butcher was given to someone who carved up meat.
"There was obviously somebody around that time who was a bit of a lad. The records weren't clear at that time."
It is hard to pin down exactly who Robin Hood was, where he lived or during which time period he existed. But the general opinion is that he was operating either in South Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire in the early 13th century. The stories referring to Robin Hood were not written down for another 200 years. The first ballad, called Robin Hood and the Monk, was written in 1450 and shows the Merry Men as a violent band. In the tale Little John kills a monk and Much the Miller murders a young boy just because he might identify them. It also tells of Robin refusing to pay up to Little John after losing a bet with his fellow fighter.

The historian says "He was clearly a bad guy. All the early sources are about him being a criminal. In no sense was he a freedom fighter, taking from the rich and giving to the poor.All that appeared in ballads romanticising him later on."
Nigel says that early ballads about Robin told of him being a bit of an alchy.  "Robin Hood was supposed to be wandering around the forest getting drunk. In the morning he was carrying three bottles, which is half a gallon each, of wine - which he drinks during the day. How you can shoot straight after that I don't know."

The writer also dismissed the notion that Robin was getting fruity in the forest with Maid Marian. Nigel said: "The love interest with Maid Marian was added later on. "She was a French invention. They had these May fairs where they put on little plays and Robin Hood became a popular character. They wanted a bit or romance so they borrowed Maid Marian, who appeared in similar plays in France. Although, originally she was supposed to be bedding Friar Tuck."

In the new film, simply called Robin Hood, he is portrayed by Russell Crowe as a heroic archer who has returned from the Crusades.
He is called Robin Longstride and becomes Robin Hood near the end.

 

I like him...