Robinnnnn, The Hooded Man

[lesbiassparrow]

Based purely on fond childhood memories I have ordered Robin of Sherwood on DVD from Amazon UK. I have a feel that rewatching it will be a bit like rereading The Dark is Rising and realising that your memory plays horrible, horrible tricks on you. But still I couldn't resist - there were manly men running through the forest, gods with antlers, evil sheriffs, and lots of bows and arrows, and have I mentioned manly men running through forests? Michael Praed was my first tv boyfriend.

Going through Amazon I saw there was a Dick Turpin series which is also now out on DVD. If Sterling wasn't so absurdly high at the moment I would have bought it; highwaymen are like pirates, you cant really go wrong with them. They just have to get on their horses and gallop madly for me to be all amazed and impressed.

I have also given up on the new Doctor Who ever being shown on US tv so will end up buying it when the boxed set comes out. But why is it so bloody expensive? For 13 episodes $80 seems a bit high to me.

Comments

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I lvoed RoS as a child. I bought it from the UK recently, and you know what? Even though the hairstyles had dated, I still thought it was full of angsty hot goodness. So you might be pleasantly surprised!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Good to know...I was hoping it wouldn't a really shaming experience.

God, that show was angsty, wasn't it? When they killed of the first Robin I - and all my friends - cried. Michael Praed so very noble and totally hot running through the woods. And they killed him!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, it was so angsty and I cried so hard when Michael Praed's Robin died (one of my earliest crushes).

Embarassingly, I cried on rewatching that ep, even though I was rather older than 8 at the time...

Plus, Marian is a strong woman character and that's always great to see.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

*whispers* I think I may cry again when I get the dvds. So may you may not be alone.