Why do they keep remaking Robin Hood?

[DrFidelius]

As an insufferable pseudo-pedant. I pronouce it “Robin of Locksley” or “the Earl of Huntington.”

[kelly5078]

@njtt

A bit of a hi-jack, and I have raised the issue before, but why do Americans insist on pronouncing Robin Hood as though it were a single word, with a strong stress on the first syllable: ROBenhd? It is a name, first name and last name, and the British (whose story it is, after all) pronounce it as such. Why do Americans think it is different? They do not pronounce (or stress) other names in this weird way.

As long as the Brits continue to believe that “sinjin” is an acceptable pronunciation of “St. John,” they’re kind of in a glass house, don’t you think?

[tdn]

@BrotherCadfael

*Frankenstein
Dracula
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Phantom of the Opera
Alice in Wonderland
Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
Henry V
Richard III
Little Women
Mutiny on the Bounty
*

You forgot A Christmas Carol.

And wasn’t there a movie or two made about Jesus?

[BigT]

@msmith537

There was also the Disney cartoon version from 73 where Robin and Maryanne were foxes and Little John looked like the bear from The Jungle Book.

They even used the same animation in certain spots.

[Odesio]

@TV_time

What with the Errol Flynn version, Sean Connery, Men in Tights, Disney, Kevin Cosner and now the Robinator with Crowe. And this is not even counting the two television series.

The Connery version dealt with a part of Hood’s life that is rarely seen in film. It’s set after his main adventures in Sherwood forest and he is at the end of his life. It’s a really good movie.