NOOOOO, you BASTARDS!!
Jun. 20th, 2009 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonelybritI swear my vague interest in shows is, quite literally, the kiss of death *sigh* The same goes for sport, you get me interested in a side and you can guarantee that side will promptly go down in flames.
Anyway, here's a show I never thought I'd be posting about. Robin Hood. *zpit* Yes I know I know. My defence is that I was lured in by the unfairly superb casting of Toby Stephens as Prince John, I had to give it at least a once-over viewing. Anyway.
The upshot is that I have seen every episode of this series (series 4). I have also seen the finale of series 2 mainly because I couldn't believe they'd actually killed off Marion (I am with Bradley in generally going WTF?! over that plot development). On the plus side, I also got to admire the results of the show adhering to the TV rule that the moment a character goes 'dark' or 'evil' they must obviously wear black and leather.
Hello Alan A Dale. You are not enough to make me watch a show, but I am happy to admire you in passing. Though whilst I am glad you refound your morals, I will mourn the loss of the black.
Anyway.
Toby Stephens, he's the reason I somehow got sucked into Robin Hood. As of last week I had a short list of characters that I would require to survive if I was going to tune into series 5 - assuming a new series gets the go-ahead.
The list:
x. Prince John - on the proviso he's still played by Toby Stephens. They lose him, I'm outta here.
x. Alan A Dale - I enjoy his grey past and of the entire cast he's the one who counts as 'eye candy' for me.
x. Isabella - just because she's fantastic fun (and she can act), and her costumes are just GUH.
x. Guy of Gisborne - on the proviso he gets to display his comic timing, snark with the merry men, and generally continue to be a rather grey character and not just a black hole of emo!man!pain.
x. John Little and Much - they're sweet and look the part.
And at the other end of the spectrum, people I will not mourn, in fact I will be slightly annoyed if I have to put with them another series unless the writing of them changes drastically:
x. Robin Hood - I'm sorry, he's just not the leading man for me. Zzzzz... On the plus side! The guy is actually leaving, so hurrah!
x. Kate - the character we see and the character the writers seem to think they have written really is not the same creature. With the result I am ready to see the back of her right now.
In two minds:
x. The Sheriff of Nottingham - he's campy fun, but if his return means we lose Isabella I'm ready for him to disappear for real. (Not killed because that makes as much sense as killing Marian.)
x. Archer - he's a little better than the previous Robin, but he's still a little too paper-thin at the moment to be a leading man.
Bearing this list in mind, you can imagine my reaction to the killing-off of Alan. There might have been mild cursing at the TV screen.
Bastards.
At this rate they had better guarantee the return of Prince John/Toby Stephens next year or my interest in this show just took a terminal downturn.
Guy and Robin continue to snark amusingly, I did have to smile at Guy's weary logic when he pointed out on multiple occasions that if he was a traitor would he really be the one to point out the incriminating piece of evidence to the rest of the group. Bless.
But Alan, ALAN! *sniffle* It's sad that you never got to have a nice reconciliation moment with Guy as your breakup in the series 2 finale was quite harsh. Fair sailing to you, sir. I hope the others get eaten up inside and die repenting of their doubt in you *nods*
And with that off my chest, I am off to investigate food, I think there are prawns in the freezer...
Anyway, here's a show I never thought I'd be posting about. Robin Hood. *zpit* Yes I know I know. My defence is that I was lured in by the unfairly superb casting of Toby Stephens as Prince John, I had to give it at least a once-over viewing. Anyway.
The upshot is that I have seen every episode of this series (series 4). I have also seen the finale of series 2 mainly because I couldn't believe they'd actually killed off Marion (I am with Bradley in generally going WTF?! over that plot development). On the plus side, I also got to admire the results of the show adhering to the TV rule that the moment a character goes 'dark' or 'evil' they must obviously wear black and leather.
Hello Alan A Dale. You are not enough to make me watch a show, but I am happy to admire you in passing. Though whilst I am glad you refound your morals, I will mourn the loss of the black.
Anyway.
Toby Stephens, he's the reason I somehow got sucked into Robin Hood. As of last week I had a short list of characters that I would require to survive if I was going to tune into series 5 - assuming a new series gets the go-ahead.
The list:
x. Prince John - on the proviso he's still played by Toby Stephens. They lose him, I'm outta here.
x. Alan A Dale - I enjoy his grey past and of the entire cast he's the one who counts as 'eye candy' for me.
x. Isabella - just because she's fantastic fun (and she can act), and her costumes are just GUH.
x. Guy of Gisborne - on the proviso he gets to display his comic timing, snark with the merry men, and generally continue to be a rather grey character and not just a black hole of emo!man!pain.
x. John Little and Much - they're sweet and look the part.
And at the other end of the spectrum, people I will not mourn, in fact I will be slightly annoyed if I have to put with them another series unless the writing of them changes drastically:
x. Robin Hood - I'm sorry, he's just not the leading man for me. Zzzzz... On the plus side! The guy is actually leaving, so hurrah!
x. Kate - the character we see and the character the writers seem to think they have written really is not the same creature. With the result I am ready to see the back of her right now.
In two minds:
x. The Sheriff of Nottingham - he's campy fun, but if his return means we lose Isabella I'm ready for him to disappear for real. (Not killed because that makes as much sense as killing Marian.)
x. Archer - he's a little better than the previous Robin, but he's still a little too paper-thin at the moment to be a leading man.
Bearing this list in mind, you can imagine my reaction to the killing-off of Alan. There might have been mild cursing at the TV screen.
Bastards.
At this rate they had better guarantee the return of Prince John/Toby Stephens next year or my interest in this show just took a terminal downturn.
Guy and Robin continue to snark amusingly, I did have to smile at Guy's weary logic when he pointed out on multiple occasions that if he was a traitor would he really be the one to point out the incriminating piece of evidence to the rest of the group. Bless.
But Alan, ALAN! *sniffle* It's sad that you never got to have a nice reconciliation moment with Guy as your breakup in the series 2 finale was quite harsh. Fair sailing to you, sir. I hope the others get eaten up inside and die repenting of their doubt in you *nods*
And with that off my chest, I am off to investigate food, I think there are prawns in the freezer...
