# ANOTHER Robin Hood movie??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185 "2018-11-08T12:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/21 "2018-11-08T16:36:34Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Is this the one with Taron Egerton as Robin Hood? The trailers make it look lame as hell. Egerton brings Kingsman baggage to the film with his mug, and it seems some Kingsmen-level tech to the medieval world. How can this not become a camp classic? I’ll be seeing it, if only to nudge a bit more of Costner Hood out of my brain. And Jamie Foxx as Little John? Leaving aside the question of how a Moor becomes the leader of a band of outlaws in medieval England, Foxx is only about 5’9" tall, and not exactly a hulking giant in physique otherwise. Idris Elba (6’3") would have been more imposing. Is Foxx going to wear elevator buskins and padding, or will they digitally enhance him? Tim Minchin will also make a rather svelte Friar Tuck. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/22 "2018-11-08T17:02:12Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’d kinda like to see a live action version of _Rocket_ Robin Hood. The success of _Guardians of the Galaxy_ suggests the market is there. They should make feature films out of ALL the cartoons from the old **Banana Splits** teevee show. What was the one set in Arabia called? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/23 "2018-11-08T17:04:50Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But…this is NINJA Robin Hood! Twirling and spinning in the air and shooting arrows with unworldly precision. With explosions! > > Don’t know where they got explosives in the 14th century, but who cares! From his Moorish cellmate, of course. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/24 "2018-11-08T17:11:09Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > They should make feature films out of ALL the cartoons from the old **Banana Splits** teevee show. What was the one set in Arabia called? [Arabian Nights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Knights)! (The other cartoon on the Banana Splits show was [The Three Musketeers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(animated_TV_series)), not Robin Hood, btw.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/25 "2018-11-08T17:26:28Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > 12th. That’s even more problematic. At least gunpowder was know of in the 14th. I was going by when the tales were first written. My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/26 "2018-11-08T19:47:14Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > :smack:For corns [sake!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood_(2018_film)):rolleyes: > > What is Hollywoods fascination with this [fictional character?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood). > > The plots of these films are usually similar. And quite lame. How many of these [bad movies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Robin_Hood_films) are they going to make? > > Enough, already. This looks as bad as that last King Arthur movie they did with Charlie Hunnam. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/27 "2018-11-08T19:54:53Z")
I watched the trailer for this (hadn’t even heard of it until this thread) and it looks awful. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/28 "2018-11-08T19:59:43Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > They should make feature films out of ALL the cartoons from the old **Banana Splits** teevee show. What was the one set in Arabia called? Ahhhhh! Now I wanna recast Danger Island. Oh Oh [Chongooooooo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGVQrk9_5ns)!!! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/29 "2018-11-08T21:38:58Z")
Also agreed that you just can’t beat the Errol Flynn Robin Hood, but now that I’ve watched the trailer, I want to see this. Drunk. I want to see this really, really drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/30 "2018-11-08T21:43:23Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Also agreed that you just can’t beat the Errol Flynn Robin Hood, but now that I’ve watched the trailer, I want to see this. > > Drunk. I want to see this really, really drunk. If this had been an old school Burt Reynolds style movie, where everyone involved was drunk and/or high all the time while filming because it was really just an excuse to throw an enormous and complicated party, I’d prolly go see it. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/31 "2018-11-08T21:55:52Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > If this had been an old school Burt Reynolds style movie, where everyone involved was drunk and/or high all the time while filming because it was really just an excuse to throw an enormous and complicated party, I’d prolly go see it. With Jackie Gleason as the Sheriff of Nottingham. “Forsooth, you sumbitch!” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/32 "2018-11-08T22:02:29Z")
Anyone care to guess how long it’ll take for this movie to go to video? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/33 "2018-11-09T01:22:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > With Jackie Gleason as the Sheriff of Nottingham. “Forsooth, you sumbitch!” Then we have Jerry Reed as Will Scarlet, Dom DeLuise as Friar Tuck, and of course Sally Field as Marion. Thanks a lot, guys. As if I needed something else running around in my diseased brain. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/34 "2018-11-09T01:31:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > As opposed to their fascination with superhero movies? The plots of those films are usually similar. And quite lame. But they keep making more because people want to see them. > > Arguably, Robin Hood was the earliest superhero, so it’s just part of the trend. It’s not the same as other super hero flicks. The plot of these Robin Hood movies are virtually identical to each other, only the actors have changed. > [@GuanoLad](#): > > Robin Hood, King Arthur, Sherlock Holmes, repeat. It’s the Hollywood cycle. And an occasional King Kong or King Kong type movie. How many times are they going to remake that slop? We get it, it’s a big chimp gone ape shit. ENOUGH! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/35 "2018-11-09T01:57:46Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > It’s not the same as other super hero flicks. The plot of these Robin Hood movies are virtually identical to each other, only the actors have changed. > > And an occasional King Kong or King Kong type movie. How many times are they going to remake that slop? We get it, it’s a big chimp gone ape shit. ENOUGH! When King Kong flings poo, he _really_ FLINGS POO. ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/36 "2018-11-09T04:56:35Z")
I don’t mind different takes on myths/legends any more than I mind different adaptations of the same novel/play/musical. Each new take has the potential to illuminate the story in a new way. I’ve enjoyed many different incarnations of Sherlock Holmes, for example. What I mind in this newest version of Robin Hood (at least, as it’s seemed to be from the trailer) is that they’re trying to shoehorn it into dime-a-dozen action-movie tropes and cinematic styles. Which, from what I understand, was what plagued Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur movie. I mean, seriously–MARTIAL ARTS IN A \*\*_KING ARTHUR MOVIE?!_ \*\* The night it premiered, I went to see a local production of Camelot, and from what I heard I got the better end of the deal in King Arthur adaptations. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/37 "2018-11-09T05:56:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > When they make a version where Robin is a girl’s name. call me. Until then… Baldrick was miscast as the Sheriff of Nottingham, but [Maid Marian and her Merry Men](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096642/) had its moments. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/38 "2018-11-09T06:30:30Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Baldrick was miscast as the Sheriff of Nottingham, but [Maid Marian and her Merry Men](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096642/) had its moments. Well, Tony Robinson wrote the series, so he got to decide who he wanted to play. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/39 "2018-11-09T15:04:51Z")
The [first trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5B9jmB_4oM) had even. MORE. Explosions! And wire-fu. And terminator music. I see they toned it down in the current trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185/40 "2018-11-09T15:47:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > When King Kong flings poo, he _really_ FLINGS POO. [Better take a poncho!](https://kingkongbroadway.com/#home) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-robin-hood-movie/824185.md?page=3)