Robin of the Hoodies

[salvianus]

Oh dear, oh dear. New period action series, multi million pound budget and what do they spend it on?

'Attitude', presumably, 'cos it wasn't the writing. The clichés hit you like a freight train.

I wasn't expecting any more historical accuracy than the traditional tights or biker jackets, but I wasn't quite prepared for this. They say each generation remakes their stories in their own image and to prove it Robin wears a T-shirt & a leather hoody & Guy of Guisbourne sports a black leather Barbour jacket. No message there, then. The signature longbow has become a recurve bow and the extras' mail and armour is breathtaking.

Well, at least they're not Kevin Costner, or battling sorcerers. Although I half expect a Harley to turn up at some point ;-)

Comments

[folo1.livejournal.com]

Is it true that Robin (or one of the Merry Men) actually wears an 18th-century weskit? I heard one account where they said the outlaws looked like hobbits...

BTW, mail to you bounced. Please contact me off-line to figure things out!

[salvianus.livejournal.com]

Could be. One guy had buckles all over his jacket like Bobby Shaftoe gone punk & another has some sort of 60's rainbow coat, but my favourite looks like someone cut up a tyre & stapled on a donkey jacket ;-)

cheers