Product: Robin of Sherwood: The Complete Collection (1983)
Rating: 5.0
The best Robin Hood
I recall watching some of these episodes back in the 80s and when I rediscovered the series I bought it, hoping it would be as good as I remembered. It lives up to my memory for quality of story and entertainment value. The quality of image is not perfect by 21st century standards, but that could be the result of both the quality of the original copies and the extreme green filtering that was used in the first season.The story, particularly the 1st series has a great deal of coherency. I still find it amazing the the writer was able to maintain such a consistent story over several years. The magic in the first series is limited, subdued and more lurking than obvious. The second series shows a certain amount of budget cutting as well as the different writers who were employed. Magic becomes more commonplace in the episodes of the second series but does not detract from the overall story that is being told.The Sheriff of Nottingham is particularly well played through the series as is Guy of Gisbourne. Their changing and interweaving relationship over the series is almost as entertaining as the episodic stories and overall tale being told.