# Yes, my friends. It is time, once again, for Time Bandits love. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2008, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057 "2008-10-29T06:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/41 "2008-10-30T18:06:09Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > It contains one of my Top Ten Lifetime Moments In Any Movie Ever: at the end of the the bandits’ magic act before Connery’s King Agamemnon, when they disappear, and the crowd goes wild, while at the center of the applause, the King has a slowly dawning horrified realization that All Is Not Well. There is a very small number of absolutely flawless perfect moments in world cinema, and this is one of them. Gives me chills no matter how many times I see it. That was heartbreaking. It went from being (from my perspective) merely a distant ‘dream come true’ sequence for Kevin to a very real loss for both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/42 "2008-10-30T22:52:40Z")
> [@Iteki](#): > > Another who saw this age 6-ish and has “Don’t touch iiiiit!” burned forever into my mind. Actually I have the “It’s eeEEEvil!” part embedded instead of the “Don’t touch it!” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/43 "2008-10-30T22:57:37Z")
ZAP! BLAST! FRY! “I’m a reasonable man . . .” ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/44 "2008-10-31T10:21:47Z")
I think my favorite bit from the ‘Robin Hood’ segment is that Marion - Robin’s traditional love interest - turns out to be a _guy_. ---
**Author:** ![beowulf573](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@beowulf573](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulf573)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/45 "2008-10-31T12:08:13Z")
This is the last time my parents insisted they come along with me to see a movie. I walked out raving about how good it was, they walked about with a glazed look in their eyes. This is how I saw most of the 80’s horror movies by myself. ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/46 "2011-06-16T09:26:05Z")
A classic and a must have for Gilliam fans 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/47 "2011-06-16T10:32:38Z")
A zombie! Don’t touch it! Its evil! ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/48 "2011-06-16T10:58:22Z")
It’s no zombie, the thread mearly fell through a hole in the fabric of space time. I think I have a map somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/49 "2011-06-16T11:08:04Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > It’s no zombie, the thread mearly fell through a hole in the fabric of space time. I think I have a map somewhere… Yeah, give us some credit. We are the Straight Dope - we’re not entirely dim. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/50 "2011-06-16T12:13:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I see that Craig Warnock, who played Kevin, is still working as an actor. He’s currently on the Canadian TV series _Instant Star_. Here’s to stinking Kevin! ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/51 "2011-06-16T13:52:11Z")
I saw this movie repeatedly on cable when I was about 11 or 12. Didn’t quite get it - I just thought it was some weird British movie that made very little sense to me. After reading this thread, I’m thinking it might be worth watching again as an adult. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/52 "2011-06-16T14:00:17Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > I just thought it was some weird British movie that made very little sense to me. Well, it is. But this one is funny as hell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/53 "2011-06-17T02:43:35Z")
We have turned our kids onto Time Bandits, and now they are busy indoctrinating the other 9-11 years olds! Gotta love the iPad! And yes, we now get “Mum… Dad… It’s evil- don’t touch it!” at regular intervals (like cleaning up or emptying their backpacks). 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/54 "2011-06-17T15:18:46Z")
I always thought that “Horseflesh”, the ex-group member, had turned to the dark side and was the dwarf seen in Evil’s lair. I also got it when first out on DVD and it came with a replica map (A3 glossy paper) doesn’t seem to work though… ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/55 "2011-06-17T15:21:47Z")
> [@SunSandSuffering](#): > > I also got it when first out on DVD and it came with a replica map (A3 glossy paper) doesn’t seem to work though… I suspect the Supreme Being has changed the IP addresses. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/56 "2011-06-17T15:37:30Z")
netflix.ca: Time Bandits is not available, but you might enjoy these titles… ☹ [calgarypubliclibrary.com](http://calgarypubliclibrary.com): copies available 9. Woo hoo! How come you guys didn’t recomend this when I was looking for family movie night ideas? ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/57 "2011-06-17T15:42:42Z")
“Dad, don’t touch that! It’s pure evil!” \ ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/58 "2011-06-22T07:37:26Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Here’s to stinking Kevin! 😃 Exactly!! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/59 "2011-06-22T15:37:52Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > “Dad, don’t touch that! It’s pure evil!” > > \ Yep, that freaked me out too. I watched it by myself on one of the first occasions when I was left home alone without a babysitter while my parents went out to dinner, which made the feelings of possible abandonment all the more creepy… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057/60 "2011-06-22T18:17:30Z")
I discovered _Time Bandits_ in high school and really liked it. The Agamemnon scenes are brilliant. The movie is uneven overall and even drags a bit at times, but overall is quite good, I think. > [@Mach Tuck](#): > > I remember my father taking me to this when I was young, and him losing it during the Robin Hood scene. > > “Is that absolutely necessary?” > > “He says, yes, it is.” > > “Oh, right. Carry on then.” John Cleese said in a later interview that he based the pleasant but slightly-clueless figurehead Robin Hood on Prince Charles. > [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > We and our kids loved it. We always took the ending as happy – Sean Connery, who was the kid’s protector and adopted father, winks at him as he drives away. We took that to mean that he would be back for him, and would be a far better parent than the ones he had. That’s what I wanted to think, too, but even now I can’t be sure that I wasn’t just rationalizing. Wouldn’t a compassionate fireman take Kevin along, or wait until Children’s Services arrived? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-my-friends-it-is-time-once-again-for-time-bandits-love/470057.md?page=4)