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Aug. 29th, 2019 09:52 pmWatching the 2018 Robin Hood movie with Taran Edgerton and Tim Minchin. And thinking of the 2010 Robin Hood movie with Russell Crowe. And Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.
And you know what I would like? I would really like a Robin Hood set in the 12th Century.
Without the repeating crossbows. Without the WWII landing craft. Without the modern military tactics (Taran Edgerton's Jerusalem was very much like 2001 Kabul, and many others have the Merry Men using guerilla tactics taken straight from the Viet Cong.) Without mullets and modern clothes and (much though I otherwise appreciate them) cleavage you could drown in everywhere you look.
You know, something that at least pretends to pay lipservice to how the society and economy of England in 1200 actually worked. With garb that doesn't look like Coco Chanel and Jean-Paul Gaultier had hands in it. Without the 1930s design and molotov cocktails.
Is that too much to ask?
And you know what I would like? I would really like a Robin Hood set in the 12th Century.
Without the repeating crossbows. Without the WWII landing craft. Without the modern military tactics (Taran Edgerton's Jerusalem was very much like 2001 Kabul, and many others have the Merry Men using guerilla tactics taken straight from the Viet Cong.) Without mullets and modern clothes and (much though I otherwise appreciate them) cleavage you could drown in everywhere you look.
You know, something that at least pretends to pay lipservice to how the society and economy of England in 1200 actually worked. With garb that doesn't look like Coco Chanel and Jean-Paul Gaultier had hands in it. Without the 1930s design and molotov cocktails.
Is that too much to ask?