Hey Heath, I live in Nottinghamshire and worked for many years in the Heart of Sherwood Forest just a short walk from the actual place Robin Hood lived in the forest. Love the Adventures of Robin Hood. Great Video.
Hey Heath, Its a real shame that the timeless heroes like Robin Hood, Zorro, Flash Gordon, Tarzan and so many others have been completely lost to the last couple of generations. How these characters have been replaced by Mario Bros. and the like I can't understand. One of the reasons Walt Disney's Robin Hood is so good is because it is LOADED with classic Western character actors doing the voices. Man, those guys were good! One word for Crowes Robin Hood is ANGST! Would like to see a Zorro themed Video from you in the future -Cheers Shawn
Speaking of Burroughs this reminded me of a movie I picked up (new on Blu-ray for $5.00CDN): Princess of Mars. It stars Antonio Sabato Jr., Traci Lords, and Matt Lasky. Here's the IMDB link if anyone is a Burrough's fan: www.imdb.com/title/tt1531911/ I mention this one instead of John Carter because JC got a lot more press.
Great video Heath! I recall peeing my pants during Costners Robin Hood when the witch slammed down her potion bowl, stared into the frame and exclaimed, "the painted man!" Ugh. Still shuddering. PS Batman 89 is my Robin Hood. That one started it all for me.
Great video Heath. I reckoned this was coming with the new Robin Hood movie coming out. I have great memories of Prince of Thieves. The Old Man took me to see it when the new 4 screens theater just opened at the mall. So many great lines “The Hospitality here is as warm as the weather” “ I’ll carve his heart out with a spoon!” Probably not the greatest Robin hood in Costner but Rickman as the Sheriff and Freeman as Azeem were great. The part where Will Scarlett has gets an arrow through his hand, that was shocking to me at the time. I reenacted the final scene with my Lego Castle and Forestmen I don’t know how many times and my friend I did a whole choreographed bow-staff fight scene after renting it once too. I still have my re-curve bow and arrow set from that time. I can’t say I’ve watched it 45 times, but my folks still have it on VHS and I watch it about every other summer as the VCR is still hooked up at the old cottage.
Great story! Costner wasn't the best Robin Hood, but for the life of me, I can't think of a better choice at the time for who could bring butts to seats in the summer of 1991.
100% agree they couldn't have found a bigger name in the summer of '91 to play Robin hood, without it being a crazy 80s action star which would have been probably much worse. Could imagine Jame Cameron directing it with Arnold as Robin hood and Bill Patxon as will Scarlet? Though maybe Curt Russell and Keith David as Robin hood and Azeem respectively would have worked. Regardless Happy Thanksgiving.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was a huge movie to me as well. I was about 8 when it came out and I actually got to see it in the theater as well. I also had seen the Disney cartoon previously but, like you said, Prince of Thieves was seeing Robin Hood in a much different way for a young kid. I remember renting it and watching it several times as well, although not even close to as many times as you probably did. It was a movie that first exposed me to things such as swordplay and medieval/fantasy style settings.
I love when you do these retrospectives, besides hearing about ones I'm not familiar with but also how you put them all in context with each other. Glad you mentioned "Robin Hood in Space" which is actually the Canadian animated series "Rocket Robin Hood." I wasn't sure if you were familiar with it- unless American kids like me lived in a northern border city like I did (Detroit) and watched the CBC like I did out of Windsor, Ont. it probably wasn't something one was familiar with. I figured it would be something up your alley. I just noticed that Amazon (and also Ebay) has dvds of the series. www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=Rocket+Robin+Hood
As a young kid, I watched the Disney animated Robin Hood about umpteen million times. Then when I got a bit a older, I watched the Errol Flynn movie umpteen million times. Unlike you, when I saw Prince of Thieves for the first time, it left a bad taste as it was much darker than the versions I was used to. I really need to revisit as an adult. I also need to look for that Mill Creek 5-pack you mentioned, as that sounds right up my alley. I didn't know there was a movie of Black Arrow, a Robert Louis Stevenson novel I read in middle school and absolutely loved.
Recommend looking up Robin Hood's Grave as it is said that his resting place is in the town I am both from and live in here in the UK! Love your passion man, still recall seeing Prince of Thieves at my local cinema opening weekend and think a revisit may just be in order! :)
@@CerealAtMidnight, there is indeed a monument near to the supposed actual grave which resides on private land so should you ever come back to England, head up to the North (West Yorkshire to be more precise) and you'll find it! :)
Wow! Can't believe you got Morgan Freeman for the opening of this video! haha And I've seen Robin Hood Prince of Thieves a good few times. Not as many times as you so you win! ;) My introduction to Robin Hood was the ITV Robin of Sherwood TV show. Loved that show. Fantasy, Celtic, mythic take of Robin hood. Got the DVDs. Not sure if it's on Blu ray. and I still have the soundtrack on vinyl from my childhood. Plus when I was at school my friends uncle played Little John in the show. Disney Robin Hood is a great film. Watched that while on holiday in Nottingham as a kid! And yeah the Patrick Bergin Robin Hood was in cinema's here in the UK. As i saw it. Was hungry for as much Robin Hood i could watch. And the Bryan Adams track from the movie was like number one in the charts in the UK for 16 weeks!! Maybe with the 30th anniversary of Prince of Thieves maybe we will get theatrical version and tons of new special features. Robin hood in SPACE! That's sound fun and interesting. But what about the Star Trek: TNG episode Qpid when Worf protests he in not a merry man. Have you heard or checked out the late 80s early 90s BBC show Maid Marian and her Merry Men? I enjoyed that at the time. not seen it in years though. Yay for Robin. The Hooded Man. Great vid dude.
The ITV Robin of Sherwood show is on Blu-ray, or it was, but I don't have it. I need to grab it. And yeah, how about that Bryan Adams song? It was a HUGE song worldwide. I had the casingle (the cassette single) and loved it. That whole album from Bryan Adams (Waking Up The Neighbors) is really great. Someone else was mentioning Maid Marian and her Merry Men. I'd never heard of it, but it sounds fun.
@@CerealAtMidnight Cassette singles takes me back. Still have some of my old casingles. And Bryan Adams Waking Up the Neighbours was great. Not put that album on for years. I think I might have to give it a spin!
Awesome episode, Heath. More of a Flash Gordon/Tarzan man, myself, but your love for Sherwood’s favorite son really shines through here. Well done, sir. Look forward to picking up Twilight Time’s Blu-ray release of Hammer’s “Sword of Sherwood Forrest.” And you’re right, Disney doesn’t do much merch on their animated feature (my first intro to the character), though “Famosa” did an *extensive* line of amazing figures and playsets back in the 1990’s for the UK market.
As a Flash Gordon fan, can your recommend a way to watch the old serials? I'm really interested in the original three serials from the 30s and 40s (Flash Gordon, Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe). In America, it seems they're all out of print, though "Conquers the Universe" is available from a ton of public domain collections in poor quality. I was wondering if you'd recommend any UK releases, as I'm region free.
@@CerealAtMidnight Hey, Heath. Wow, had no idea Ming had prevailed and that Flash had been vanquished from the States. I have the original snappers from Image (which are rather pricey now, though, per reviews on Amazon, the Madacy reissues have serious authoring problems). The Film Detective put out a two disc set of “Conquers” which is purportedly from a restored 35mm archive print and looks pretty good judging by their UA-cam trailer. I would definitely bypass the current, edited-down “feature” versions by Lionsgate and go for the real deal. Afraid I’m not familiar with any of the UK releases (I’m region-free as well -such riches!) The £20 Delta Leisure releases are spread over 3 discs, so one would *hope* for decent quality. (And if not, they’re region-free, so you could always re-sell if you don’t find them up to snuff). If it were me, I’d have to go with tracking down the Image/The Film Detective releases. Truly wish Universal would show these series some love -a restoration/re-release like Kino’s (superb) “Adventures of Captain Marvel” blu-ray would be most welcome and is long overdue. Also wonderful (and also out-of-print) is the excellent 1979 Filmation series. Lou Scheimer was a *massive* fan of the original and it really shows as they lavished a lot of TLC on their production (though the reworked second season was a bit lacking). Check it out streaming on Amazon before considering investing in the Mill Creek release. Even the UK release looks to be unavailable on the primary market. (So much for “Gordon’s alive!?”) Don’ have much to say on the SyFy’s ill-conceived reboot or the syndicated “Flash as skateboarding hipster” 90’s animated series. The German-produced TV series from the 50’s is one I need to track down as Steve Holland cuts quite a heroic comic book figure as the show’s titular lead. And, of course, I love the 1980 film so hard I really ought to give it a ring and make it official. 😄
Fantastic! Those Image Entertainment discs are kind of expensive, but maybe I can catch them at a good price, now that I know which versions to look for. I wasn't aware of the Film Detective version, but I see it now. I hate that I missed out on so much of this stuff when it was in print. Like you, I think that these serials need to be restored and shown some love in high definition. Hopefully someone (like Kino) will come along and do them justice soon. Thanks for the tips!
@@CerealAtMidnight Glad I was able to help. I had one of my Image discs spinning while I was responding, and it holds up well (i.e. no playback issues due to their age). I also noticed that the discs had the Hearst Corporation logo on them making me feel they are the only licensed releases out there right now (that I’m aware of). Fingers crossed that Flash et al will finally get their blu-ray due!
You didn’t talk about The Adventures of Robin Hood show from 1955. It’s truly amazing for an old black and white show and in all seriousness in my opinion the definitive Robin Hood experience. Every person is cast perfectly and every time I think of Robin Hood I think of the characters from this show. Every episode is really great, it’s almost a timeless classic like the twilight zone really.
I did talk about that, Nick. It's at 10:08. I also talked about the incredible Mill Creek box set, Richard Green, and how it ties directly into Hammer's Sword of Sherwood Forest.
Cereal At Midnight sorry what I meant was you forgot to talk about it, you mentioned it but I was curious on your thoughts about it because you talked more about Richard Greene starring in the old movie and not the show. Have you watched the old show yet? If not you won’t regret it!
So what you're saying is Robin Hood was Dread Pirate Roberts? Interesting :) btw. nice intro. You alway have amazing guests in your vids, how you do that? :D I don't know if Robin Hood 1991 had theatrical release in my country, I have only memory of watching it on tv. And I hadn't seen any of Robin Hood films in years, but I think my favourite adaptation is probably Prince of thieves. The tv series Robin of Sharewood was also really nice, I remember it had amaizing music. As for the Ridley Scotts one it's good but it doesn't feel adventurous and it's a shame because for me it's a key element in a Robin Hood story.
Regarding the Ridley Scott film, we seem to have lost adventure in our movies these days. We have spectacle and big science fiction thrills, but adventure only seems to exist in big summer comic book movies now.
The ITV show Robin of Sherwood contained 3 series, the first two starred Michael Praed and the third was Jason Connery and was written by Richard Carpenter and was the only one to show the outlaws in muck and not pretty like the films that had actors who couldn't do an English accent Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe plus Robin Hood Prince of Thieves stole the Saracen character from Robin of Sherwood and wanted to use the name Nasir but Richard Carpenter told them they had no permission. You will also notice that this is one of an earlier role for Ray Winstone before making big in Hollywood movies.
You need to see Robin of Sherwood,a short lived but fantastic swords and sorcery TVshow take on the Robin Hood legend.It starred Micheal Praed as Robin of Loxely and then Jason Connery as Robert of Huntingdon.It's where Prince of Theives took the Azeem character from,when he was orginally Nazir from the tv show,the first time a saracen was depicted as one of Robins men.
Have you seen any Maid Marian and Her Merry Men? It was a British spoof sitcom for kids from the 90s which told the "true" story where Marian was the leader. It was written by and starred Tony Robinson (of BlackAdder fame) as the Sheriff of Nottingham and was wonderfully silly. (I can imagine if it were made these days, internet people would scream "PC agenda!" but it really isn't anything like that.)
The main reason that there's no representation of Disney's Robin Hood in the parks is because it comes from the "Dark Age" of Disney Animation, which was between Jungle Book (last film Walt worked on) thru Little Mermaid (first film of the Renaissance). Most films from that time frame weren't hugely successful so they kind get pushed by the wasteside.
Ha! I have that two-sided 'Prince of Theives' disk! I'll add my vote for the Errol Flynn Robin Hood as the best. Though I may keep an eye out for the new Mill Creek collection...
I can understand your appreciation for movies and such I have appreciation for film as well but for me my major thing is cartoons and my gateway to animation was Hanna barbera and still to this day though they are both dead god rest there soul i still watch there shows over and over again and I can pretty much pin point my life and everything to,there shows Ecspecally my toy,collecting and stuff like that
Never owned the Kevin Cosner Robin Hood. But I have fond memories of playing with the action figures. Only saw the movie once in the theater, but after watching this review I'm going to check it out again.
@@CerealAtMidnight to be honest I wasn't a collector at that point in my life. The toys belonged to my older brother. I don't remember a Friar Tuck, but I remember vividly him having a sort of catapolt vehicle. And the Sherwood Forest playset, which I dicovered later was The Endor playset with a different paint scheme. Supposedly it's really rare
I enjoyed Russel Crowe's Robin hood! I think you're more right than wrong when criticizing it but my only exposure going into it was the Disney animated one so I'm sure our backgrounds going into it accounted for a different view. I'm looking forward to a King Arthur video! Have a great Thanksgiving Heath!
Ross, I don't know how old you are, but I think every generation has a Robin Hood movie that resonates with them. For my generation, it was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but for others, the Ridley Scott Robin Hood was that movie. Just like for me, the Michael Keaton Batman movies defined that character for me, but the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale movies did that for a different generation. O'm glad you enjoy the Ridley Scott Robin Hood! Happy Thanksgiving!
Heath I think what you're feeling around the Russell Crowe version of Robin Hood is the same thing I feel about the 2011 Conan. The problem with these remakes is that while the special effects are sometimes pretty spectacular they lack one really important quality: Humour! The Arnold Schwarzeneger version of the Conan movies have moments where you burst out laughing for some stupid little thing that's said or done. On another topic: a few months back I found 3 episodes of the second season of the BBC version of Robin Hood (at a thrift store) and I found myself really liking it (but you may not given your love for the other Robin Hood movies and shows). If I see the other BBC seasons of Robin Hood I'm definitely picking them up.
Conan definitely needs humor. While Robert E. Howard's original stories weren't laugh riots, they had some levity. For the last ten years or so, we've been taking ourselves very seriously.
I love the 1980's "The Writing Team is on Acid' Robin of Sherwood. I liked the pagan rooted flavor of it. It was my first Robin, next to Disney's animated take. I love Costner, I will stop everything, if it's on TV. Ridley Scott's felt too much like Maximus of Sherwood. The Guy Ritchie trailers straight up feel like Arrow.
The greatest version of Robin Hood ever committed to the small screen or big screen is unquestionably Robin of Sherwood from Showtime back in the 80’s! Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves borrowed heavily from this series especially in the creation of Morgan Freeman’s character! Michael Praed is just the best there is! The same way some consider Sean Connery the best James Bond and Christopher Reeve the best Superman, Michael Praed is in the same category to me as the best Robin Hood ever!!!! Anyone that hasn’t seen it has really done themselves a terrible disservice!
To Me, Robin Hood will always be Johnathan Armstrong from the 3 season long BBC series in the early thousands. The last season isn't the best, but the first 2 more then make up for it. With the Fox and Brooks Hood being a close second.
The 2006 series was great! Then again I haven’t seen it in like 10 years, the final series was weird since half the characters left or dies at the end of the second series, and had a dark ending. Robin dies
I have still sealed on card the sheriff of Nottingham from the Kevin Costner movie. I never got the treehouse playset i should have its just a repaint of the ewok treehouse playset i have. Thats the last Robin Hood movie that i saw back in 91 when it came out.
I had the Sherwood Forest Playset and I have no idea where it is. Every time I go to my parents' house, I look around for it, but it seems to be gone. I can't imagine I would ever have sold it, it meant too much to me.
Walt Disney was already dead when Robbin hood came out Disney passed away while jungle book was in post production that was back in middle of 1965 our 1966. But all the Disney movies made up till aritoscats in middle of 1977 I think were approved of by Walt those that were approved of by Walt May have been approved of by his nephew maybe a smig who died in 2009 he was manly a consultant but he didn’t have much control of the company explain why Disney company almost went into bankruptcy between middle of 1981 and 1986 up till mouse detective Disney was losing more then the way we’re making even on the robin williams Popeyes movie that they partially distributed too. Also I have one important question why do all these Robbin hood movies do well on home video and cable but when the were released in theaters they all have flopped except for the flyn Robbin hood the Disney one and the parody men in tites. Then the 2001 movie didn’t lose money because princess of thieves was a made for TV movie.
I knew what you were doing, and I LOL'd! Then, "Hi, I'm Morgan Freeman..." and I was lost... It's just one of those things when you try do a Morgan Freeman impression...Don't! ;)
There's absolute no representation of the black cauldron so I wonder if they are just trying to forget about the dark era of disney animation witch was between 1970 - 1988 well besides the pooh movie that came out in the early 70s
The Disney Robbin hood was not a big money maker the film only made 32 million back in 1971 unadjusted theatrically it may have been to dark our there were maybe some other iissues with it.
When it was released, Disney was in that slump that lasted from Walt's death to the '80s. I think it found its audience through re-releases and eventually on home video. Many people really love it, myself included.
You definitely need to get Robin of Sherwood, easily the best telling of the Robin Hood legend.
Hey Heath, I live in Nottinghamshire and worked for many years in the Heart of Sherwood Forest just a short walk from the actual place Robin Hood lived in the forest. Love the Adventures of Robin Hood. Great Video.
That's amazing!
Hey, i have that Mel Brooks set
Dances With Wolves is coming out with the theatrical cut, from Shout
Hey Heath, Its a real shame that the timeless heroes like Robin Hood, Zorro, Flash Gordon, Tarzan and so many others have been completely lost to the last couple of generations. How these characters have been replaced by Mario Bros. and the like I can't understand. One of the reasons Walt Disney's Robin Hood is so good is because it is LOADED with classic Western character actors doing the voices. Man, those guys were good! One word for Crowes Robin Hood is ANGST! Would like to see a Zorro themed Video from you in the future -Cheers Shawn
Speaking of Burroughs this reminded me of a movie I picked up (new on Blu-ray for $5.00CDN): Princess of Mars. It stars Antonio Sabato Jr., Traci Lords, and Matt Lasky. Here's the IMDB link if anyone is a Burrough's fan: www.imdb.com/title/tt1531911/ I mention this one instead of John Carter because JC got a lot more press.
Great video Heath! I recall peeing my pants during Costners Robin Hood when the witch slammed down her potion bowl, stared into the frame and exclaimed, "the painted man!" Ugh. Still shuddering.
PS Batman 89 is my Robin Hood. That one started it all for me.
That scene was intense!
Great video Heath. I reckoned this was coming with the new Robin Hood movie coming out. I have great memories of Prince of Thieves. The Old Man took me to see it when the new 4 screens theater just opened at the mall. So many great lines “The Hospitality here is as warm as the weather” “ I’ll carve his heart out with a spoon!” Probably not the greatest Robin hood in Costner but Rickman as the Sheriff and Freeman as Azeem were great. The part where Will Scarlett has gets an arrow through his hand, that was shocking to me at the time. I reenacted the final scene with my Lego Castle and Forestmen I don’t know how many times and my friend I did a whole choreographed bow-staff fight scene after renting it once too. I still have my re-curve bow and arrow set from that time. I can’t say I’ve watched it 45 times, but my folks still have it on VHS and I watch it about every other summer as the VCR is still hooked up at the old cottage.
Great story! Costner wasn't the best Robin Hood, but for the life of me, I can't think of a better choice at the time for who could bring butts to seats in the summer of 1991.
100% agree they couldn't have found a bigger name in the summer of '91 to play Robin hood, without it being a crazy 80s action star which would have been probably much worse. Could imagine Jame Cameron directing it with Arnold as Robin hood and Bill Patxon as will Scarlet? Though maybe Curt Russell and Keith David as Robin hood and Azeem respectively would have worked. Regardless Happy Thanksgiving.
Awesome story.love the Flynn movie.
Kevin Costner is my favorite Robin Hood! I grew up with that version!
Errol Flynn and Carey Elways (Robin Hood: Men in Tights) are my fave Hoods.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was a huge movie to me as well.
I was about 8 when it came out and I actually got to see it in the theater as well. I also had seen the Disney cartoon previously but, like you said, Prince of Thieves was seeing Robin Hood in a much different way for a young kid. I remember renting it and watching it several times as well, although not even close to as many times as you probably did. It was a movie that first exposed me to things such as swordplay and medieval/fantasy style settings.
I'm glad that I'm not the only kid who was transformed by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It was such a huge movie and had such a massive impact.
@@CerealAtMidnight And let us not forget the Bryan Adams hit rock ballad that came along with it! :P
I love when you do these retrospectives, besides hearing about ones I'm not familiar with but also how you put them all in context with each other. Glad you mentioned "Robin Hood in Space" which is actually the Canadian animated series "Rocket Robin Hood." I wasn't sure if you were familiar with it- unless American kids like me lived in a northern border city like I did (Detroit) and watched the CBC like I did out of Windsor, Ont. it probably wasn't something one was familiar with. I figured it would be something up your alley. I just noticed that Amazon (and also Ebay) has dvds of the series.
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=Rocket+Robin+Hood
And here's a cool breakdown of the series.
www.kevinmccorrytv.ca/rrobin.html
Yep, Rocket Robin Hood! I've never seen it, but I want to. Almost impossible to find. Well, legally, anyway.
I need that Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn on Bluray. I remember it being the Saturday afternoon movie after the morning cartoons. =]
Someone just posted (in a movie FB group) that they found this Robin Hood with Flynn at Dollar General. Figures. O_o
was never a robin in the hood fan but always an interesting show my fave eroll Flynn film is captain blood
As a young kid, I watched the Disney animated Robin Hood about umpteen million times. Then when I got a bit a older, I watched the Errol Flynn movie umpteen million times. Unlike you, when I saw Prince of Thieves for the first time, it left a bad taste as it was much darker than the versions I was used to. I really need to revisit as an adult. I also need to look for that Mill Creek 5-pack you mentioned, as that sounds right up my alley. I didn't know there was a movie of Black Arrow, a Robert Louis Stevenson novel I read in middle school and absolutely loved.
Recommend looking up Robin Hood's Grave as it is said that his resting place is in the town I am both from and live in here in the UK! Love your passion man, still recall seeing Prince of Thieves at my local cinema opening weekend and think a revisit may just be in order! :)
Wow! Is there a monument or plaque or grave that can be visited?
@@CerealAtMidnight, there is indeed a monument near to the supposed actual grave which resides on private land so should you ever come back to England, head up to the North (West Yorkshire to be more precise) and you'll find it! :)
Amazing video ;) Always been a fan of Robin Hood, especially the Disney cartoon. Also, it was really cool that you got Morgan Freeman to do the intro.
Wow! Can't believe you got Morgan Freeman for the opening of this video! haha And I've seen Robin Hood Prince of Thieves a good few times. Not as many times as you so you win! ;) My introduction to Robin Hood was the ITV Robin of Sherwood TV show. Loved that show. Fantasy, Celtic, mythic take of Robin hood. Got the DVDs. Not sure if it's on Blu ray. and I still have the soundtrack on vinyl from my childhood. Plus when I was at school my friends uncle played Little John in the show.
Disney Robin Hood is a great film. Watched that while on holiday in Nottingham as a kid! And yeah the Patrick Bergin Robin Hood was in cinema's here in the UK. As i saw it. Was hungry for as much Robin Hood i could watch. And the Bryan Adams track from the movie was like number one in the charts in the UK for 16 weeks!! Maybe with the 30th anniversary of Prince of Thieves maybe we will get theatrical version and tons of new special features.
Robin hood in SPACE! That's sound fun and interesting. But what about the Star Trek: TNG episode Qpid when Worf protests he in not a merry man.
Have you heard or checked out the late 80s early 90s BBC show Maid Marian and her Merry Men? I enjoyed that at the time. not seen it in years though.
Yay for Robin. The Hooded Man. Great vid dude.
The ITV Robin of Sherwood show is on Blu-ray, or it was, but I don't have it. I need to grab it. And yeah, how about that Bryan Adams song? It was a HUGE song worldwide. I had the casingle (the cassette single) and loved it. That whole album from Bryan Adams (Waking Up The Neighbors) is really great. Someone else was mentioning Maid Marian and her Merry Men. I'd never heard of it, but it sounds fun.
@@CerealAtMidnight Cassette singles takes me back. Still have some of my old casingles. And Bryan Adams Waking Up the Neighbours was great. Not put that album on for years. I think I might have to give it a spin!
I highly recommend the BBC America, 2 Season, Robin Hood series with Jonas Armstrong. It was awesome!
Awesome episode, Heath. More of a Flash Gordon/Tarzan man, myself, but your love for Sherwood’s favorite son really shines through here. Well done, sir. Look forward to picking up Twilight Time’s Blu-ray release of Hammer’s “Sword of Sherwood Forrest.” And you’re right, Disney doesn’t do much merch on their animated feature (my first intro to the character), though “Famosa” did an *extensive* line of amazing figures and playsets back in the 1990’s for the UK market.
As a Flash Gordon fan, can your recommend a way to watch the old serials? I'm really interested in the original three serials from the 30s and 40s (Flash Gordon, Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe). In America, it seems they're all out of print, though "Conquers the Universe" is available from a ton of public domain collections in poor quality. I was wondering if you'd recommend any UK releases, as I'm region free.
@@CerealAtMidnight Hey, Heath. Wow, had no idea Ming had prevailed and that Flash had been vanquished from the States. I have the original snappers from Image (which are rather pricey now, though, per reviews on Amazon, the Madacy reissues have serious authoring problems). The Film Detective put out a two disc set of “Conquers” which is purportedly from a restored 35mm archive print and looks pretty good judging by their UA-cam trailer. I would definitely bypass the current, edited-down “feature” versions by Lionsgate and go for the real deal.
Afraid I’m not familiar with any of the UK releases (I’m region-free as well -such riches!) The £20 Delta Leisure releases are spread over 3 discs, so one would *hope* for decent quality. (And if not, they’re region-free, so you could always re-sell if you don’t find them up to snuff).
If it were me, I’d have to go with tracking down the Image/The Film Detective releases.
Truly wish Universal would show these series some love -a restoration/re-release like Kino’s (superb) “Adventures of Captain Marvel” blu-ray would be most welcome and is long overdue.
Also wonderful (and also out-of-print) is the excellent 1979 Filmation series. Lou Scheimer was a *massive* fan of the original and it really shows as they lavished a lot of TLC on their production (though the reworked second season was a bit lacking). Check it out streaming on Amazon before considering investing in the Mill Creek release. Even the UK release looks to be unavailable on the primary market. (So much for “Gordon’s alive!?”)
Don’ have much to say on the SyFy’s ill-conceived reboot or the syndicated “Flash as skateboarding hipster” 90’s animated series. The German-produced TV series from the 50’s is one I need to track down as Steve Holland cuts quite a heroic comic book figure as the show’s titular lead. And, of course, I love the 1980 film so hard I really ought to give it a ring and make it official. 😄
Fantastic! Those Image Entertainment discs are kind of expensive, but maybe I can catch them at a good price, now that I know which versions to look for. I wasn't aware of the Film Detective version, but I see it now. I hate that I missed out on so much of this stuff when it was in print. Like you, I think that these serials need to be restored and shown some love in high definition. Hopefully someone (like Kino) will come along and do them justice soon. Thanks for the tips!
@@CerealAtMidnight Glad I was able to help. I had one of my Image discs spinning while I was responding, and it holds up well (i.e. no playback issues due to their age). I also noticed that the discs had the Hearst Corporation logo on them making me feel they are the only licensed releases out there right now (that I’m aware of). Fingers crossed that Flash et al will finally get their blu-ray due!
You didn’t talk about The Adventures of Robin Hood show from 1955. It’s truly amazing for an old black and white show and in all seriousness in my opinion the definitive Robin Hood experience. Every person is cast perfectly and every time I think of Robin Hood I think of the characters from this show. Every episode is really great, it’s almost a timeless classic like the twilight zone really.
I did talk about that, Nick. It's at 10:08. I also talked about the incredible Mill Creek box set, Richard Green, and how it ties directly into Hammer's Sword of Sherwood Forest.
Cereal At Midnight sorry what I meant was you forgot to talk about it, you mentioned it but I was curious on your thoughts about it because you talked more about Richard Greene starring in the old movie and not the show. Have you watched the old show yet? If not you won’t regret it!
I think it's great. It's not my favorite Robin Hood, but it's still one of the best shows of the 1950s.
When Morgan retires and little practice you could totally pull of narrating National Geographic
There is also the 80's BBC series Robin of Sherwood which ran for 3 series. It's available on blu-ray and I highly recommend it.
So what you're saying is Robin Hood was Dread Pirate Roberts? Interesting :) btw. nice intro. You alway have amazing guests in your vids, how you do that? :D I don't know if Robin Hood 1991 had theatrical release in my country, I have only memory of watching it on tv. And I hadn't seen any of Robin Hood films in years, but I think my favourite adaptation is probably Prince of thieves. The tv series Robin of Sharewood was also really nice, I remember it had amaizing music. As for the Ridley Scotts one it's good but it doesn't feel adventurous and it's a shame because for me it's a key element in a Robin Hood story.
Regarding the Ridley Scott film, we seem to have lost adventure in our movies these days. We have spectacle and big science fiction thrills, but adventure only seems to exist in big summer comic book movies now.
The ITV show Robin of Sherwood contained 3 series, the first two starred Michael Praed and the third was Jason Connery and was written by Richard Carpenter and was the only one to show the outlaws in muck and not pretty like the films that had actors who couldn't do an English accent Kevin Costner and Russell Crowe plus Robin Hood Prince of Thieves stole the Saracen character from Robin of Sherwood and wanted to use the name Nasir but Richard Carpenter told them they had no permission. You will also notice that this is one of an earlier role for Ray Winstone before making big in Hollywood movies.
Yep, that's the one I was referring to! I need to add that to my collection. It was a very influential series.
Hey, great video! I was wondering if you ever made a video or got the arrow video release of prince of thieves. all the best!
I didn't make a video about it, but yes, I have the Arrow 4K of Prince of Thieves. It's a BEAUTIFUL release.
You need to see Robin of Sherwood,a short lived but fantastic swords and sorcery TVshow take on the Robin Hood legend.It starred Micheal Praed as Robin of Loxely and then Jason Connery as Robert of Huntingdon.It's where Prince of Theives took the Azeem character from,when he was orginally Nazir from the tv show,the first time a saracen was depicted as one of Robins men.
Have you seen any Maid Marian and Her Merry Men? It was a British spoof sitcom for kids from the 90s which told the "true" story where Marian was the leader. It was written by and starred Tony Robinson (of BlackAdder fame) as the Sheriff of Nottingham and was wonderfully silly. (I can imagine if it were made these days, internet people would scream "PC agenda!" but it really isn't anything like that.)
I have not, but I dig Tony Robinson, so I'll have to look it up!
The main reason that there's no representation of Disney's Robin Hood in the parks is because it comes from the "Dark Age" of Disney Animation, which was between Jungle Book (last film Walt worked on) thru Little Mermaid (first film of the Renaissance). Most films from that time frame weren't hugely successful so they kind get pushed by the wasteside.
hahaha, i love when you do the accents.
Ha! I have that two-sided 'Prince of Theives' disk! I'll add my vote for the Errol Flynn Robin Hood as the best. Though I may keep an eye out for the new Mill Creek collection...
You should do a comparison of marvel essentials and marvel epic Collection
I have! ua-cam.com/video/YX1TvbpGoXQ/v-deo.html
My favorite robbin hood was the disney one from the 70s
I can understand your appreciation for movies and such I have appreciation for film as well but for me my major thing is cartoons and my gateway to animation was Hanna barbera and still to this day though they are both dead god rest there soul i still watch there shows over and over again and I can pretty much pin point my life and everything to,there shows Ecspecally my toy,collecting and stuff like that
Never owned the Kevin Cosner Robin Hood. But I have fond memories of playing with the action figures. Only saw the movie once in the theater, but after watching this review I'm going to check it out again.
Did you have Friar Tuck? I never found that action figure.
@@CerealAtMidnight to be honest I wasn't a collector at that point in my life. The toys belonged to my older brother. I don't remember a Friar Tuck, but I remember vividly him having a sort of catapolt vehicle. And the Sherwood Forest playset, which I dicovered later was The Endor playset with a different paint scheme. Supposedly it's really rare
I enjoyed Russel Crowe's Robin hood! I think you're more right than wrong when criticizing it but my only exposure going into it was the Disney animated one so I'm sure our backgrounds going into it accounted for a different view. I'm looking forward to a King Arthur video! Have a great Thanksgiving Heath!
Ross, I don't know how old you are, but I think every generation has a Robin Hood movie that resonates with them. For my generation, it was Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but for others, the Ridley Scott Robin Hood was that movie. Just like for me, the Michael Keaton Batman movies defined that character for me, but the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale movies did that for a different generation. O'm glad you enjoy the Ridley Scott Robin Hood! Happy Thanksgiving!
Heath I think what you're feeling around the Russell Crowe version of Robin Hood is the same thing I feel about the 2011 Conan. The problem with these remakes is that while the special effects are sometimes pretty spectacular they lack one really important quality: Humour! The Arnold Schwarzeneger version of the Conan movies have moments where you burst out laughing for some stupid little thing that's said or done. On another topic: a few months back I found 3 episodes of the second season of the BBC version of Robin Hood (at a thrift store) and I found myself really liking it (but you may not given your love for the other Robin Hood movies and shows). If I see the other BBC seasons of Robin Hood I'm definitely picking them up.
Conan definitely needs humor. While Robert E. Howard's original stories weren't laugh riots, they had some levity. For the last ten years or so, we've been taking ourselves very seriously.
Steal from the rich and give it to the poor
-Robin Hood
Here in England that is called funding welfare
I couldn't even finish the Crow film, I only watched it for about ten minutes or so.
I love the 1980's "The Writing Team is on Acid' Robin of Sherwood. I liked the pagan rooted flavor of it. It was my first Robin, next to Disney's animated take. I love Costner, I will stop everything, if it's on TV. Ridley Scott's felt too much like Maximus of Sherwood. The Guy Ritchie trailers straight up feel like Arrow.
The greatest version of Robin Hood ever committed to the small screen or big screen is unquestionably Robin of Sherwood from Showtime back in the 80’s! Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves borrowed heavily from this series especially in the creation of Morgan Freeman’s character! Michael Praed is just the best there is! The same way some consider Sean Connery the best James Bond and Christopher Reeve the best Superman, Michael Praed is in the same category to me as the best Robin Hood ever!!!! Anyone that hasn’t seen it has really done themselves a terrible disservice!
To Me, Robin Hood will always be Johnathan Armstrong from the 3 season long BBC series in the early thousands. The last season isn't the best, but the first 2 more then make up for it. With the Fox and Brooks Hood being a close second.
The 2006 series was great! Then again I haven’t seen it in like 10 years, the final series was weird since half the characters left or dies at the end of the second series, and had a dark ending. Robin dies
I have still sealed on card the sheriff of Nottingham from the Kevin Costner movie. I never got the treehouse playset i should have its just a repaint of the ewok treehouse playset i have. Thats the last Robin Hood movie that i saw back in 91 when it came out.
I had the Sherwood Forest Playset and I have no idea where it is. Every time I go to my parents' house, I look around for it, but it seems to be gone. I can't imagine I would ever have sold it, it meant too much to me.
Same thing happened with my Jurassic Park Jeep it just disappeared.
Walt Disney was already dead when Robbin hood came out Disney passed away while jungle book was in post production that was back in middle of 1965 our 1966. But all the Disney movies made up till aritoscats in middle of 1977 I think were approved of by Walt those that were approved of by Walt May have been approved of by his nephew maybe a smig who died in 2009 he was manly a consultant but he didn’t have much control of the company explain why Disney company almost went into bankruptcy between middle of 1981 and 1986 up till mouse detective Disney was losing more then the way we’re making even on the robin williams Popeyes movie that they partially distributed too.
Also I have one important question why do all these Robbin hood movies do well on home video and cable but when the were released in theaters they all have flopped except for the flyn Robbin hood the Disney one and the parody men in tites. Then the 2001 movie didn’t lose money because princess of thieves was a made for TV movie.
I wish Morgan freeman lived at my house
Oh my Morgan fricken Freeman 😂
I saw this in the theaters twice at 11 yrs old.The new one with the Egerton boy is atrocious. *Join the Resistance!* 😖
I knew what you were doing, and I LOL'd!
Then, "Hi, I'm Morgan Freeman..." and I was lost...
It's just one of those things when you try do a Morgan Freeman impression...Don't! ;)
Strum Dogg, 🤔, I think that’s the joke. 😂
@@breemidnight4995 Oh, I know. I guess mine was a bit too subtle. I like Heath's attempted impressions. :p
There's absolute no representation of the black cauldron so I wonder if they are just trying to forget about the dark era of disney animation witch was between 1970 - 1988 well besides the pooh movie that came out in the early 70s
The Disney Robbin hood was not a big money maker the film only made 32 million back in 1971 unadjusted theatrically it may have been to dark our there were maybe some other iissues with it.
When it was released, Disney was in that slump that lasted from Walt's death to the '80s. I think it found its audience through re-releases and eventually on home video. Many people really love it, myself included.