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ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (1984)
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K2OAC5ISPI[/video]
Even after all these years, Robin of Sherwood, is still my DEFINITIVE VERSION of the Robin Hood legend. And I am happy to say the series still stands up exceedingly well after all these decades. The acting has a bigger than life stage quality, but that sort of adds to it's world.
The show cleverly taps into the various different legends of Robin Hood origins when the lead actor departed the show and was replaced by a new actor in season three.
The show has also had a tremendous influence on future Robin Hood productions. As the series created a Muslim character as part of Robin's Merry Men, which as since been copied by other productions like Kevin Costner's version and the newest upcoming release with Jaime Fox.
Needless to say, I love this show and recommend it to everyone.
Yesterday, I bought the latest release version and was exceptionally disappointed by it.
Here is the review I posted on Amazon:
This is a review of the most recent release version ( October 2018) put out by a company called CINEDIGM.
This a bare bones release, no extras of any kind, of the complete Robin of Sherwood series, which I knew ahead of time and did not mind since the pricing seemed very reasonable.
What is not reasonable is the horrible video quality! The compression is terrible, the video is loaded with noise. At times the video is out of focus. There is also a very obvious frame rate issue in many/most of the episodes... a slight jitter to the motion... as though the company did not convert the video properly from PAL to NTSC, as this is a Region One release.
This looks worst than if they simply transferred badly encoded VHS to DVD.
Also the dvd cover art is ugly, made up of dull desaturated pics... Not capturing the vibrance of the original series in any fashion. This feels like a simple money grab to ride the back of interest from the newest Robin Hood movie hitting theatres this fall. There is no attention to quality in any respect.
I can not recommend this release version. Avoid it at all costs.
Do yourself a favour and seek out the DVD release by ACORN MEDIA from a few years back. It is superior in every way possible.
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K2OAC5ISPI[/video]
Even after all these years, Robin of Sherwood, is still my DEFINITIVE VERSION of the Robin Hood legend. And I am happy to say the series still stands up exceedingly well after all these decades. The acting has a bigger than life stage quality, but that sort of adds to it's world.
The show cleverly taps into the various different legends of Robin Hood origins when the lead actor departed the show and was replaced by a new actor in season three.
The show has also had a tremendous influence on future Robin Hood productions. As the series created a Muslim character as part of Robin's Merry Men, which as since been copied by other productions like Kevin Costner's version and the newest upcoming release with Jaime Fox.
Needless to say, I love this show and recommend it to everyone.
Yesterday, I bought the latest release version and was exceptionally disappointed by it.
Here is the review I posted on Amazon:
This is a review of the most recent release version ( October 2018) put out by a company called CINEDIGM.
This a bare bones release, no extras of any kind, of the complete Robin of Sherwood series, which I knew ahead of time and did not mind since the pricing seemed very reasonable.
What is not reasonable is the horrible video quality! The compression is terrible, the video is loaded with noise. At times the video is out of focus. There is also a very obvious frame rate issue in many/most of the episodes... a slight jitter to the motion... as though the company did not convert the video properly from PAL to NTSC, as this is a Region One release.
This looks worst than if they simply transferred badly encoded VHS to DVD.
Also the dvd cover art is ugly, made up of dull desaturated pics... Not capturing the vibrance of the original series in any fashion. This feels like a simple money grab to ride the back of interest from the newest Robin Hood movie hitting theatres this fall. There is no attention to quality in any respect.
I can not recommend this release version. Avoid it at all costs.
Do yourself a favour and seek out the DVD release by ACORN MEDIA from a few years back. It is superior in every way possible.