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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 3405304" data-attributes="member: 924">Hmmmm. What makes it different from other Robin Hoods (though bear in mind, later Robin Hoods were influenced by this show.).  I would say:It's more an ensemble show, rather than just focusing on Robin. While in most Robin Hoods you can generally see his famous merry men, they tend to be nothing but caricatures.   Will Scarlett in particular gets a very important role.  They also introduced Nasir (which made it into that awful Kevin Costner version), a Saracen who originally is apparently hired to fight Robin, but joins with him. (And like I said, he has to be the inspriration for Drizzt, since how many mysterious strangers in a strange land that dual wield scimatars are there?. Don't hold that against the show, though).   The cast is just really good, and that extends to the villains as well.It's fairly dark in tone. The production values are quite good.  Shot in England, the arms & armor, while probably not historical (indeed, I don't think any of them actually use a proper long bow), certainly looks realistic enough.  Clannad did the soundtrack (which is kinda ironic, actually, since they are Irish)There's a strong fantastic element. Robin in this case is the son (not literally, but spiritually) of Herne the Hunter. You also have some black magic. It manages to combine the two "theories" of who Robin Hood was into one show.  (That is, Robin of Loxley and Robert of Huntingdon). Indeed, it does a pretty good job of using a lot of bits from the various Robin Hood legends although does add a lot of new stuff (like the aforementioned Nasir)</blockquote>

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