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hathycolI do not have a TV. This is currently a bit of a problem in my life, as I don't watch a great deal, but I do like watching the odd Cheesy Drama Series and documentaries. I can live without the documentaries, but I'm getting a bit fixated on Robin Hood.
I know it's a bit earnest, with dodgy plotlines. But seriously, you should all be watching it and feeling the love.
1. Sam Troughton. He is the grandson of the Great Trout and he is SO DAMNED CUTE. He spends all of his time getting upset, clinging onto Robin in a faintly creepy way, and generally being a bit like what I would be like if I ended up in a band of outlaws. He's one of the most believeable characters.
2. You want cliche? It has cliche! Okay, it's not the most original program, and don't expect any massively clever writing, but it has EVERY CLICHE IN THE BOOK. Robin brooding with a Dark and Angsty History? Oh yes. Robin, for a noble, mysteriously understanding of the commoners combined with what appears to be a working knowledge of Arabic because, you see, he is Inclusive and Sensitive? Damn right. Little John walks around and hits people whilst also having a sensitve side. Maid Marion spends her spare time doing an Eowyn whilst dressed as Faramir, apparently. All the villains wear black all the time. I have no idea of the names of any of the merry men, but you have an impressionable young boy, a quick-witted clever one, one dedicated to Robin, one that makes a Noble Sacrifice from Humble Beginnings, and now yet another woman, who is naturally dressed as a man.
3. Historical accuracy is for LOSERS. In a disregard for real history matched only by, say, Braveheart, this has shockingly clean peasants with make-up and beautiful hair. I actually have a soft touch for them calling the Holy Land the Holy Land (I've seen things were they call it by the modern country names, which burns a bit) although the way in which Robin seems to have a working understanding of the Qu'ran and a wee bit of Arabic is making me twitch, as there wasn't a translation until about the fourteenth century and people really didn't start caring until about the Fift Crusade and this is only the third BUT WE WILL IGNORE THAT. So does the show, because having a hero that spends his time killing Muslims (whilst we're on that, they're not 'Turks' they're 'Saracens' at this time) would be an iffy move. So I get that. But oh! it makes my history student heart sing out of the badness. They don't try to get it right, which I like. Unless they are trying to get it right, and then I'm a bit afraid.
4. Guy of Gisburne. This is Sean Bean in the early days, because he has a great Yorkshire accent (although, you know, Yorkshire is not Nottingham, but eh) and is a sort of sleazy sex on legs. I have a real soft spot for him, mostly because he fulfils all the villain expectations. He trying to shag Marion (of course), takes Robin's lands (naturally), advocates lots of killings of peasants as a sort of rough justice (as you do) and spends the whole thing swishing around in black leather and speaking in a deep gruff voice. He's actually sort of sweet around Marion which is oddly endearing. I'm finally understanding that terrible urge you read about in bad romance novels to tame the evil man. He is also slashy with Robin ALL THE TIME. (I am so getting an earful from Simon about this tonight.) In fact, you know what, if you like Lord of the Rings and fancy any of the men in that, just google Richard Armitage and be done with it. Seriously.
5. Oh my god, the Sheriff is awesome. Like, massively awesome. He's wonderfully evil, because he just takes the piss all the time and seems to enjoy what he's doing, as well as shouting a lot in a way that's just fun. Completely steals any scene he's in.
6. It sort of made me cry a bit when Roy died. Which is a good thing, because I realised I actually cared.
Okay. Robin is a bit bland, and Marion is a bit awful. But still, thinking is not required. It's WONDERFUL.
And that is why you should all have it in your life.
~Hathy_Col~
I know it's a bit earnest, with dodgy plotlines. But seriously, you should all be watching it and feeling the love.
1. Sam Troughton. He is the grandson of the Great Trout and he is SO DAMNED CUTE. He spends all of his time getting upset, clinging onto Robin in a faintly creepy way, and generally being a bit like what I would be like if I ended up in a band of outlaws. He's one of the most believeable characters.
2. You want cliche? It has cliche! Okay, it's not the most original program, and don't expect any massively clever writing, but it has EVERY CLICHE IN THE BOOK. Robin brooding with a Dark and Angsty History? Oh yes. Robin, for a noble, mysteriously understanding of the commoners combined with what appears to be a working knowledge of Arabic because, you see, he is Inclusive and Sensitive? Damn right. Little John walks around and hits people whilst also having a sensitve side. Maid Marion spends her spare time doing an Eowyn whilst dressed as Faramir, apparently. All the villains wear black all the time. I have no idea of the names of any of the merry men, but you have an impressionable young boy, a quick-witted clever one, one dedicated to Robin, one that makes a Noble Sacrifice from Humble Beginnings, and now yet another woman, who is naturally dressed as a man.
3. Historical accuracy is for LOSERS. In a disregard for real history matched only by, say, Braveheart, this has shockingly clean peasants with make-up and beautiful hair. I actually have a soft touch for them calling the Holy Land the Holy Land (I've seen things were they call it by the modern country names, which burns a bit) although the way in which Robin seems to have a working understanding of the Qu'ran and a wee bit of Arabic is making me twitch, as there wasn't a translation until about the fourteenth century and people really didn't start caring until about the Fift Crusade and this is only the third BUT WE WILL IGNORE THAT. So does the show, because having a hero that spends his time killing Muslims (whilst we're on that, they're not 'Turks' they're 'Saracens' at this time) would be an iffy move. So I get that. But oh! it makes my history student heart sing out of the badness. They don't try to get it right, which I like. Unless they are trying to get it right, and then I'm a bit afraid.
4. Guy of Gisburne. This is Sean Bean in the early days, because he has a great Yorkshire accent (although, you know, Yorkshire is not Nottingham, but eh) and is a sort of sleazy sex on legs. I have a real soft spot for him, mostly because he fulfils all the villain expectations. He trying to shag Marion (of course), takes Robin's lands (naturally), advocates lots of killings of peasants as a sort of rough justice (as you do) and spends the whole thing swishing around in black leather and speaking in a deep gruff voice. He's actually sort of sweet around Marion which is oddly endearing. I'm finally understanding that terrible urge you read about in bad romance novels to tame the evil man. He is also slashy with Robin ALL THE TIME. (I am so getting an earful from Simon about this tonight.) In fact, you know what, if you like Lord of the Rings and fancy any of the men in that, just google Richard Armitage and be done with it. Seriously.
5. Oh my god, the Sheriff is awesome. Like, massively awesome. He's wonderfully evil, because he just takes the piss all the time and seems to enjoy what he's doing, as well as shouting a lot in a way that's just fun. Completely steals any scene he's in.
6. It sort of made me cry a bit when Roy died. Which is a good thing, because I realised I actually cared.
Okay. Robin is a bit bland, and Marion is a bit awful. But still, thinking is not required. It's WONDERFUL.
And that is why you should all have it in your life.
~Hathy_Col~
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Date: 2006-11-16 06:16 pm (UTC)2. Maid Marion spends her spare time doing an Eowyn whilst dressed as Faramir, apparently. *snigger* I love the fact that it's so cheesy and pantominey. I don't think my foreign flatmates quite understand just how hilarious it actually is!
3. whatever you say!
4. Have I not been saying for YEARS (well at least 2) that Richard Armitage is the next big thing? Did you ever see North and South when it was on? He is incredibly sexy and Yorkshire-ish in it (mainly because he's from Sheffield I think, like Mr Sean Bean)! Plus the period costume complete with tophat... Do you not think Robin and the Sherrif are a bit slashy too? It's all because Robin defines himself by fighting the bad guy yet can't quite bring himself to kill the sheriff because he'd lose all sense of purpose and his gang of willing minions and probably the only attractive thing about his personality. Except his really tight trousers (have you noticed those yet?). I really don't know how they've not split in the line of duty.
5. Loved it when he was trying to seduce the "nun". Very Neighbours.
6. Was totally traumatised when that happened.
7. Marion's comedy clothes. For a pretty girl, she looks dreadful a lot of the time and it's all the fault of the costume people
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Date: 2006-11-16 08:07 pm (UTC)2. She's so awful.
3. IT IS TRUE I PROMISE. I have been doing LECTURES about this time period. IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY. And they referenced THOMAS BECKETT and OMFG I LOVE MEDIEVAL HISTORY I FORGOT HOW MUCH. I have one about Richard I and John's rule of England on Tuesday. Hee!
4. Robin has chemistry with everyone but Marion. This is a true fact. Richard Armitage is Sexy McSex. It's the voice, I think. Oh, dude, I want to watch LOTR again now.
5. I just saw that episode tonight. I could totally tell she wasn't a nun in advance because she swapped from a white habit to a black one and you can't do that because that means you're swapping orders from (hmm, lessee the time period) presumably Cluniac to Cistercian and by god they hated each other. Also I live near Rufford at home, which amuses me more so. Erm, yes. Sheriff great, my nerdiness probably less so.
6. *sob*
7. What the hell is she wearing? Is that from any time period whatsoever, or did they just walk into Primark blindly, grab a few handfuls, and wander off again?