Robin Hood [BBC], Top two reason to watch. |
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 Aug 27 2008, 02:50 PM
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I'm so angry with that turn of events I'm not even sure I want to watch season three after all how is that supposed to work?!
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Aug 28 2008, 10:34 AM
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Wait till (IF!!!) they get to Season 4, it will be even more ridiculously difficult. Although, I had heard rumors that...
SPOILER SPACE FOR NEXT SEASON STUFF * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...when Jonas Armstrong leaves that they might be bringing in a new Robin Hood, but that it is more likely that Richard Armitage's Gisburne would go through some major life change and take on the Hood mantle. From a business standpoint, it makes sense because Armitage has proved to be immensely popular and he is a good, steady, experienced actor who isn't as likely to fly away like Lucy (Marian) & now Jonas (Robin) have decided to do. From a plot standpoint, I guess it could be interesting, although I really like Jonas' version of Robin. Perhaps Gisburne will suffer through all of next season over what he did to Marian and take on Hood's mantle as penance? ...stranger things have happened, I suppose! And yes, I am the ultimate spoilerphobe still, so I shouldn't know all that, but I went looking for a reason why they killed Marian and found those bits as well. |
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Aug 28 2008, 12:24 PM
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Well I can totally understand why he would leave - without ........ it's kind of stupid, the man recongnises a drowning ship when he sees one. Can't say I blame him. Although that would completly spell the end for me as those were really the only two characters that I liked. The sherif and Gisbourn are great but they don't keep my heart involved. They are the bad guys, there to torment me and frustrate me, I don't come back every week to see how they are doing, if they survived, did they escape etc.
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Aug 28 2008, 01:57 PM
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Chief Petty Officer Group: Humanoid Posts: 198 Joined: 20-August 08 From: Middleofnowhere, NH Member No.: 2,976 |
Gisburne is my favorite, I have such a weakness for bad boys, especially tall, dark & dangerous ones!
Besides, I adored Richard Armitage long before Robin Hood started airing. He caught my eye as the Handsome Stranger that the Vicar ends up marrying in "The Vicar of Dibley" and then stole my heart in "North & South". |
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Aug 28 2008, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE(unowhoandwhy @ Aug 28 2008, 11:57 AM)  Gisburne is my favorite, I have such a weakness for bad boys, especially tall, dark & dangerous ones! Besides, I adored Richard Armitage long before Robin Hood started airing. He caught my eye as the Handsome Stranger that the Vicar ends up marrying in "The Vicar of Dibley" and then stole my heart in "North & South". When someday I am single again ... we would be the perfect pair to go looking for men! I like Blond, Blue eyed and short (no taller than 5' 9")! I have also come to appreciate and prefer good men with big hearts LOL  Ok now I have to go check out "The Vicar of Dibley"!! I've never seen "North and South" either. -------------------- Larocque6689 you're the BEST!!!
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Aug 29 2008, 07:38 AM
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Chief Petty Officer Group: Humanoid Posts: 198 Joined: 20-August 08 From: Middleofnowhere, NH Member No.: 2,976 |
QUOTE(Rowan @ Aug 28 2008, 07:51 PM) I like Blond, Blue eyed and short (no taller than 5' 9")! I have also come to appreciate and prefer good men with big hearts LOL I know plenty of short/blonde/blue-eyed guys, but I work with a bunch of cops, so I haven't found any with big hearts for you yet... I'll keep looking! QUOTE(Rowan @ Aug 28 2008, 07:51 PM) Ok now I have to go check out "The Vicar of Dibley"!! I've never seen "North and South" either. Vicar of Dibley is hilarious, it's about a short, overweight female vicar in a very small & quirky village. She seems to be doomed in love until the very last couple of shows where she meets a tall, handsome stranger... it is very sweet & incredibly silly. North & South is based on a book by Elizabeth Gaskell who has been placed near the top of the list of my all-time fave authors, just below Jane Austen. The authors have some similarities in their background & upbringing, which translates in some ways to their style. Gaskell was born not long before Austen passed away. No one will ever replace Mr. Darcy, ever, as far as I am concerned, but John Thornton is a another one of my fave literary crushes. The one thing that I do like better about Gaskell's writing (and I feel as if I am being blasphemous!) is that she was no sheltered virgin like Austen. She was married & had kids and was not just genteely poor at points in her life, but genuinely poor. She writes about men & the poorer classes of society in a way that shows she understood them and that allows you to understand them as well. I totally recommend her, even if you don't get around to watching the miniseries. Elizabeth Gaskell Back OT, does anyone think they should bring the Joker back because he was such a good character & they left it so open-ended? Or, do they feel (as I do) that no one could do the Joker quite the way Heath Ledger did & they should let both the actor & the character RIP? |
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May 10 2009, 07:07 AM
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Season 3 is actually much better than I expected.
Even without my favorite reason to watch. --------------------  "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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May 10 2009, 07:11 AM
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QUOTE (DarthMarley @ May 10 2009, 08:07 AM) Season 3 is actually much better than I expected. Even without my favorite reason to watch. Marian, I take it? She's odd to me... sometimes I think she's uber-gorgeous, other times I think she's bleh. Oh, well, she's got money... that seals it for me. 
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May 10 2009, 07:23 AM
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I've never seen this series, the Robin Hood TV series which I liked was Robin of Sherwood with Micheal Praed in the role as robin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_of_Sherwood -------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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May 10 2009, 07:25 AM
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QUOTE (RaiderDave2112 @ May 10 2009, 08:23 AM) I've never seen this series, the Robin Hood TV series which I liked was Robin of Sherwood with Micheal Praed in the role as robin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_of_Sherwood I remember that one. I thought Sean Connery's kid was Robin Hood, though. And the new series is good. It's a bit too "pop" for my taste, but I dig it. And the scene of Marian's death was brilliant, sap as it was. -------------------- I'd rather be a Commodore than the lower half of a Rear Admiral any day.
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May 10 2009, 07:29 AM
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QUOTE (Wolfe Solo and Cybacca @ May 10 2009, 01:25 PM) I remember that one. I thought Sean Connery's kid was Robin Hood, though. And the new series is good. It's a bit too "pop" for my taste, but I dig it. And the scene of Marian's death was brilliant, sap as it was. No he took over the role in the third series, Mike wanted to make it big in hollywood and left the series by having himself killed off, SC replaced him as the "new" Robin by Herne the Hunter. -------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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May 10 2009, 07:32 AM
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QUOTE (RaiderDave2112 @ May 10 2009, 08:29 AM) No he took over the role in the third series, Mike wanted to make it big in hollywood and left the series by having himself killed off, SC replaced him as the "new" Robin by Herne the Hunter. Ah. So the "Robin replacement" has a precedent. Sort of like a medieval Dr. Who, eh? -------------------- I'd rather be a Commodore than the lower half of a Rear Admiral any day.
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May 10 2009, 07:34 AM
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Colonel Group: Cylon Posts: 3,201 Joined: 30-April 08 From: BaseStar 101 Member No.: 2,596 |
QUOTE (Wolfe Solo and Cybacca @ May 10 2009, 01:32 PM) Ah. So the "Robin replacement" has a precedent. Sort of like a medieval Dr. Who, eh? Well quite. -------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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May 10 2009, 07:38 AM
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QUOTE (RaiderDave2112 @ May 10 2009, 08:34 AM) Well quite. Have there been any successful King Arthur series there lately? -------------------- I'd rather be a Commodore than the lower half of a Rear Admiral any day.
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May 10 2009, 07:43 AM
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QUOTE (Wolfe Solo and Cybacca @ May 10 2009, 01:38 PM) Have there been any successful King Arthur series there lately? Well there was the series Merlin which included the young Arthur, Anthony Head plays Arthurs dad, uther. It is probably on BBC America. -------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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May 10 2009, 07:52 AM
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QUOTE (RaiderDave2112 @ May 10 2009, 08:43 AM) Well there was the series Merlin which included the young Arthur, Anthony Head plays Arthurs dad, uther. It is probably on BBC America. Had to look up who Anthony Head is. I don't think it's been picked up by BBC-A yet. Then again, since Dragons' Den went on hiatus and Last Restaurant Standing wrapped up, I haven't watched BBC-A much. -------------------- I'd rather be a Commodore than the lower half of a Rear Admiral any day.
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May 10 2009, 08:09 AM
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Merlin will air on NBC starting 21JUN09.
I think of the show as Camelot babies, as the focus is teen oriented, not unlike Roswell. Still, it is an enjoyable show, though it diverges widely from the established story. -------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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May 10 2009, 08:14 AM
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QUOTE (DarthMarley @ May 10 2009, 09:09 AM) Merlin will air on NBC starting 21JUN09. I think of the show as Camelot babies, as the focus is teen oriented, not unlike Roswell. Still, it is an enjoyable show, though it diverges widely from the established story. NBC, eh? Let the new British Invasion begin! Eh... I'm not seeing success for it here, but here's hoping I'm wrong. -------------------- I'd rather be a Commodore than the lower half of a Rear Admiral any day.
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May 10 2009, 08:19 AM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
At this time, I track 3 UK shows currently airing. Primeval and RH air on Saturdays and Ashes to Ashes on Mondays.
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May 10 2009, 08:22 AM
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QUOTE (DarthMarley @ May 10 2009, 09:19 AM) At this time, I track 3 UK shows currently airing. Primeval and RH air on Saturdays and Ashes to Ashes on Mondays. Yeah, but not on networks. I'm guessing if Merlin fares poorly on NBC, BBC-A will pick it up. -------------------- I'd rather be a Commodore than the lower half of a Rear Admiral any day.
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