Robin Hood 1x02 "Sheriff Got Your Tongue?"

[Brakkart]

When the Sheriff and Gisborne descend on the village of Loxley the peasants are given a simple choice: Tell us where Robin is hiding... or we cut out one tongue every hour.

I liked this episode a lot more than last weeks. Much is still annoying, but we got a lot more character development from Robin, Marian, Marian's father (the former Sheriff), the Sheriff and Gisborne this week. The big fight at the end wasn't very entertaining though, but the scenes in the dungeon were good.

Still the main group of the Merry Men are together now (Robin, Little John, Will Scarlett, Alan-a-Dale... and Much. Still missing Friar Tuck though) and they have begun to rob from the rich and give to the poor. I'm interested to see where the series goes from here.

 

[Morrus]

Is it repeated? I was watching X-Factor (girlfriend's orders) and didn't think to set Sky+ to record it.

BTW - on the Friar Tuck front, they've declared previously that he won't be in it, so don't hold your beath for him.

 

[delericho]

Vast improvement over last week.

The one thing I find quite jarring, though, is when they take a break from the adventuring and derring-do to have conversations about the place of fair trials in a time of war, or the martyr complex of one of the main characters. Not that those conversations are necessarily a bad thing, but they seem out of place somehow.

 

[Brakkart]

Vast improvement over last week.

The one thing I find quite jarring, though, is when they take a break from the adventuring and derring-do to have conversations about the place of fair trials in a time of war, or the martyr complex of one of the main characters. Not that those conversations are necessarily a bad thing, but they seem out of place somehow.

Yeah, the not so cleverly veiled references to the modern War on Terror and civil rights etc being curtailed/threatened at home, I could have done without. The martyr complex I didn't mind so much, I liked how the Sheriff handled that.

 

[LiKral]

Yeah, the not so cleverly veiled references to the modern War on Terror and civil rights etc being curtailed/threatened at home, I could have done without.

About as subtle as an elephant falling from the sky. Battlestar Galactica is doing the same sort of thing, but avoids bludgeoning the viewer over the head with it.

 

[glass]

Is it repeated? I was watching X-Factor (girlfriend's orders) and didn't think to set Sky+ to record it.

It's on BBC3 on Sundays. Unfortunately that news comes a little late.


glass.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I just watched both eps, and well. I happened to like it.

My biggest complaints are in some shotty editing where you can visibly see too many frames have been cut between shots so the transition from one set to another set of the same scene jump.

I look forward to watching more of this. There is always room for another Fantasy series on my plate.

 

[TheNovaLord]

I agree, the editing, especially in Ep 1 was not good

I liked Ep 2 betta than 1

Im not keen on the pacifist robin hood, i can see why from his time n ordeals in the holy land, but not for me really

Also it does get a bit A-Teamy during the battle scenes as nobody seems to die on camera.


I will watch all the episodes cos it kinda on topic for a RPGer . Its one saving grace is that a couple of the 'merry men' have so far had a number of corking lines and attitude

John

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I dont remember Robin ever specifically killing though.

Just because he doesnt want to kill needlessly doesnt mean he's a pacifist. He's just come from a Bloody pointless war in the name of god let my a country not his own.

He's taken the lives of who knows how many, he's the type of individual who's learned the "horror" of killing and values life, all life. I think this "ideal" works for him. He doesnt need to kill.

It also solves the issue of why he DOESNT just kill hm. "Because there wouldnt be a story" is not enough.

 

[Mark Hope]

I dont remember Robin ever specifically killing though.

Just because he doesnt want to kill needlessly doesnt mean he's a pacifist. He's just come from a Bloody pointless war in the name of god let my a country not his own.

He's taken the lives of who knows how many, he's the type of individual who's learned the "horror" of killing and values life, all life. I think this "ideal" works for him. He doesnt need to kill.

It also solves the issue of why he DOESNT just kill hm. "Because there wouldnt be a story" is not enough.

I'm pretty sure he killed one of the guards at the hanging in episode one. It was one of the guards on the stairs - Robin slashed him across the torso with the broadsword. It was shot from behind, so the camera didn't dwell on the killing, but I'm fairly sure that was what happened.