Product: Robin of Sherwood: The Complete Collection (1983)
Rating: 5.0
we need bbc not bbc-america
i have yet to open the box as i am finally recovering after being one of those hit hard with the flu. but i know i love it as i have been searching for it since 1986. it is a bbc production that was either made for showtime or sold the rights to showtime. this series shows how puny the bbc-america robin hood series is that is currently running as of this season. the writing, innovations, acting, and actors are very far above the more recent costner and even bergin productions of a decade ago....give or take a year or so. i hate to give away the differences beyond the superior production, but if it talks you into it; think of a melin overtone to some episodes. i go back to the errol flynn and alan hale jr. effort which to me costner shows he is no match even with decades of advances at his fingertips. this i sacreligiously say is superior than the original. it is greatly helped by being a showtime showing and not slaughtered by the censors. although it is still family friendly depending on the age of your family. under 13 it maybe over their heads. i cannot wait until my health returns so i can enjoy it again and share it with those who were not fortunate enough to see it the first time. i would like to add that i do not buy movies. the productions and reproductions just et better and better with technology. prior to this i have purchased "modern times" a charlie chaplin great. disney's "fantasia" as i was told it would never be offered again. and "phar lap" i believe an australian production about man's humanity towards man both good and bad and his humanity towards animals both good and bad. not only the best animal/horse movie i have ever seen but also a great movie that holds its own with such as "the grapes of wrath" etc. i believe that should tell you how highly i consider this robin hood production. also i have waited over 2 decades, so the only way of viewing it again i believe will be to purchase it and have it for prosperity and to pass on someday.