favorite Robin Hood or Docs tight fetish

[doc]

I saw Errol Flynn's Adventure's of Robin Hood on TCM Sunday night for the umptenth time, it's a beloved classic and a hoot to watch for gamers. Comments like "what feat would that be ?" was answered by "Will you two assholes SHUT UP !" by the SIL. Of all the RH movies it's at the top with......

Prince of Thieves - A little :rolleyes: over the top but still a good movie

Men in Tights - A great spoof "hugging a replica statue of the Venus de Milo]
Blinkin: You lost your arms in battle! But you grew some nice boobs.

The disney version :)

Makes me wonder how I can use 4e with the Sherwood Forest campaign from 3e

[Harry]

That BBC series that I saw on video back in the '80s? Best Robin Hood hands down. Now, if I could only get my hands on a copy to verify that opinion after the passage of twenty years...

I never cared all that much for Flynn's Hood, but that might be because I was introduced to Jethro Bodine's spoof before I saw the original. Because I do love me some Flynn.

[doc]

I saw the BBC series briefly and it was good (I'ld forgotten about it), taken as a whole and considering the times Flynn's AoRH is a classic

[Northcott]

I still love Flynn's cheesy Hood. I think that the BBC series from the 80's is still my favourite, though. Praed was born to play the role. While it ages poorly in some respects, and went over the top at moments, I loved the low fantasy approach... and still do.

[Mr SmokeTooMuch]

That BBC series that I saw on video back in the '80s? Best Robin Hood hands down. Now, if I could only get my hands on a copy to verify that opinion after the passage of twenty years...(...)

If you're talking about Robin of Sherwood, it's available on DVD.

[Harry]

If you're talking about Robin of Sherwood, it's available on DVD.

So I found out today. Guess what I'll be doing tonight? Go ahead, guess.

[Pigs in Space]

So I found out today. Guess what I'll be doing tonight? Go ahead, guess.

Furious Masturbation?

I still love Flynn's cheesy Hood. I think that the BBC series from the 80's is still my favourite, though. Praed was born to play the role. While it ages poorly in some respects, and went over the top at moments, I loved the low fantasy approach... and still do.

Flynn Rocks the shop!

It's kind of the same experience as watching "The Shining" - you go "OMG, they built that place on an Indian Burial Ground?!! - that's such a cliché'". And then you realise why its a cliché.

[Janos]

Robin of Sherwood is great. I just watched it for the first time about 6 months ago and really dug the scenary. They overdid the abject poverty a wee bit, but its got decent acting, great costumes, and good choreography.

[Northcott]

Robin of Sherwood is great. I just watched it for the first time about 6 months ago and really dug the scenary. They overdid the abject poverty a wee bit, but its got decent acting, great costumes, and good choreography.

Heh. Yeah, how often do you see shows actually putting chain-mail on characters who are supposed to be medieval knights? It was great to see that kind of thing.

[Harry]

Furious Masturbation?

Actually, no. But I got distracted and didn't get a chance to start watching it. Kind of apprehensive, hoping it's as good as I remember. When I first saw it, back in the late '80s, it was a welcome and wonderful surprise.

Speaking of The Shining, what got me distracted was The Gunslinger novel. Never have read it, but picked it up a month or so ago. Finally got through all the Poul Anderson and Kim Robinson I'd been reading.

And, know that I love Flynn's Robin Hood,but it's definitely a movie of its own, and doesn't compare in concept to a dark, medieval Hood.

[Northcott]

Robin Hood's one of those tales I've always wanted to do. :) Maybe someday.

[Harry]

I was a Theater Major back in the '80s when I found Robin of Sherwood, unannouced and unheard of on a rack at my store. As much as I loved it, it left me a little bummed. See, I'd been working on a few plays that drew heavily on mythology and old epic tales and folklores, mainly of Britain. They were dark and very dirty, dingy smelly. They were a reaction on my part to all the squeaky clean movie epics of the time, and were somewhat minimalistic in presentation but dense in concept.

Then, I saw Robin of Sherwood. Many of the specific things I was hoping to bring to a play were all right there on my little 13" screen. So, I put aside that project and started working on my famous Gilgamesh play.


Of course, soon after committing much of that to paper I ran into a grad student who was doing the very same thing. At the suggestion of my betters in the Theater Department, I contributed all of my notes to her and assisted the student. Only to see her turn Gilgamesh into something like an early Lion King. She's also the person I told about the Voices of Bulgaria album, and later accused me of taking the idea from her for one of my plays when she'd used my very own cassette for part of Gilgamesh. Not that I'm bitter or anything.

That's when I started writing my bloody plays, and got a rather bad reputation because of the Razor Blade play, and The Hanging Man, in which I almost killed myself in rehearsal. After those, I limited myself to directing and criticism.

All because of Robin of Sherwood. :acorn: :tree:

[Thoth-Amon]

My favorite is also Robin of Sherwood.

Has anyone read Hood (http://www.amazon.ca/Hood-Stephen-R-Lawhead/dp/1595540857/ref=sr_1_5/702-5679967-7384010?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1187788664&sr=1-5) by Stephen R. Lawhead? If so how was it? No spoilers please.

[mollygrue]

I saw Errol Flynn's Adventure's of Robin Hood on TCM Sunday night for the umptenth time, it's a beloved classic and a hoot to watch for gamers. Comments like "what feat would that be ?" was answered by "Will you two assholes SHUT UP !" by the SIL. Of all the RH movies it's at the top with......

Prince of Thieves - A little :rolleyes: over the top but still a good movie

Men in Tights - A great spoof "hugging a replica statue of the Venus de Milo]
Blinkin: You lost your arms in battle! But you grew some nice boobs.

The disney version :)

Makes me wonder how I can use 4e with the Sherwood Forest campaign from 3e
http://www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/0902.html

lite version of RH classic: "Outlaws of Sherwood" --a bit too politically correct ( re the equal partners in all activities aspect of the numerous women who fight along side robin would seems historically unlikely )--but worth a read.

[Northcott]

Howard Pyle's stories will always be favourites of mine because of his beautiful illustrations and obvious love for the genre. For modern stories, Parke Godwin had an interesting offering with "Sherwood" and "Robin and the King".

Instead of the usual late 12th century tapestry including Richard Lionheart and Prince John, we get William the Conqueror and his feuding family. Norman occupation/conquest instead of later cultural conflicts. It made for an interesting read, though Godwin's description of armour left me wincing over and over again.

[doc]

Robin Hood's one of those tales I've always wanted to do. :) Maybe someday.

Do you remember the first 3e crossover between Dragon/ Dungeon ? It was Sherwood Forest, I ran it then and a few times after whenever I and the players wanted a "historical" game. Done it a few different ways but useing the Scout for the Ranger works best, the woodland sniper Prestige Class does well too.

[Northcott]

Do you remember the first 3e crossover between Dragon/ Dungeon ? It was Sherwood Forest, I ran it then and a few times after whenever I and the players wanted a "historical" game. Done it a few different ways but useing the Scout for the Ranger works best, the woodland sniper Prestige Class does well too.

I meant as a comic. :)

[doc]

I meant as a comic. :)

Sorry, kinda like the classic lit. comics from the 60s ?

[Northcott]

Kind of, but more story-driven. Those always came off as "Reader's Digest" versions of the stories. I'd love to do a full-length treatment with cinematic flair.

[doc]

How would you spin it ?

[Northcott]

How would you spin it ?


Don't know, yet. I like the low-fantasy aspect -- I think it adds to it. It's been done to death, mind you, but I'm also of the opinion that I should write what I genuinely like, rather than writing chiefly to please others. I like historical accuracy, but there's a balance to be struck between accuracy and entertainment. Straight history is usually depressing as Hell... and of course the protaganist himself is of dubious origins.

[doc]

You have read the Ivanhoe version right ?

[Northcott]

Yeah, I've read Ivanhoe -- Scott's novel, seen the various movies, read the comic. That's another tale that would be fun to do.

Chris Claremont and John Bolton also did a great little 6-issue comic back in the 80's called "the Black Dragon" where Robin appears as a secondary character. That was a fun read.

[Mr SmokeTooMuch]

So I found out today. Guess what I'll be doing tonight? Go ahead, guess.

:)

I'm gonna buy the 2nd series tomorrow :).