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"The New Adventures of Robin Hood" (1997)

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-
Met my approval, 28 January 2003
Author: maxvaughn from Arizona, USA/Hull, England

I am a Robin Hood fanatic. So, it had to meet my standards. True, it was cheezy and most of the plots were takes on my favorite movies, still I watched. Let's face it folks! Sometimes we just need good mindless entertainment....with Christopher Lee. I've always remembered seeing Christopher Lee on that show which was awesome. The acting was surprisingly good and it kept my attention. I would love to see it on the air again just for the re-runs. I just wish they had given it an ending.

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You have to have an imagination..., 7 July 2003
Author: thornedbud

The New Adventures of Robin Hood, known to the fans simply as NAoRH, is lack of publicity. To enjoy this show you need to at least like the legend of Robin Hood. After that you need to have an imagination, this is a fantasy show with a almost none existent budget. The special affects were literally cardboard cut-outs and tricks such as putting a sword to your side to make it look as if it went through you. If you have an imagination you can see past that and enjoy. One particular aspect of the show that made it so short lived was replacing Robin Hood. The original and by many considered the best Robin Hood after Errol Flynn was Matthew Porretta. He looked the part, and pulled off the terrible one liners in the scripts so that you HAD to like them. It also didn't hurt that he is gorgeous, has one hell of a voice and the most adorable smile in history. When he said he was Robin Hood you didn't feel the need to question it, you just believed. He was one of the few involved in the show that had talent, then they replace him with John Bradley, whose claim to fame is a bit part in Independence Day. He actually did that part well, but he made Robin Hood looked like a continually drunk, out of place and generally ignorant oaf. That change was very bad, where as the change in Marions was not quite so crushing. Their acting abilities were similar and they both portrayed the lady warrior as well as could be expected. Though it may be difficult to except a female fighter in the twelfth century, as woman I have to admit I enjoyed seeing a Marion that wasn't screaming and wringing her hands. The stories were interesting, but could have been done considerably better with a larger budget. They were good in the first two seasons then got so bad and half were stolen in the third season I got headaches. The first and second seasons are worth your time, but don't bother with the third unless your a John Bradley fan. As a huge fan of the Robin Hood legend, with a wild imagination and a woman with eyes I fell in love with the first two seasons of NAoRH.

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I just love it!!, 1 July 2004
Author: Donttrustines from Nienburg, Germany

I really liked that show( and I think it just ended too early). Well, I've only seen seasons three and four, but I became pretty mad about the whole series and especially about Barbara Griffin.I think she acted Marion exactly the way lots of people wanted to see her : Strong and funny but also with dreams of a normal life with family. She acted just great in every episode I saw. Admittedly the storys were a little too fantastic sometimes, but it was great fun to imagine what could come next. The only thing I sometimes hated was the relationship between Robin and Marion, because it was different every episode. One episode they kiss and in the next one , they're just good friends - I was pretty confused about that...

But all in all there's nothing else to say (at least for me) than: I just love it!

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The very best, 14 December 1999
Author: "L" from Tilburg, The Netherlands

I have followed NAoRH ever since it started in the Netherlands. I do think it is great and I also think that Matthew plays a very good Robin Hood. The third season has started already and so by now the role of Robin Hood is played by John Bradley. I think Matthew was a better Robin Hood. But I'll give John a chance to prove himself to. I've always been a fan of Robin Hood stories. NAoRH is about the best Robin Hood story of them all. I'll keep on watching it.

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The Perfect Robin Hood, 10 February 1999
Author: Shewolf-2

I've been watching this series of the Weintraub's since it started because I love adventure actions shows and the Robin Hood Story. I've always thought Erol Flynn the better of all and I've seen most on TV and movies,and enjoyed them all but my favorite was always Will Scarlet or King Richard even the Sheriff. But Matthew Porretta's portrayal of Robin Hood is for me the best. There can never be another Robin now. His acting his looks his voice, I can go on and on but there are other actors who also give reasons to watch. The two Maid Marions, Anna Galvin and Barbara Griffin are excellent and show that she doesn't need a man to save her that she can do her fighting. Richard Ashton is finally a sexy Little John and Martin Ellis is perfect as Friar Tuck and portrays him as a gourmet not a drunken glutton as others have.

As you can see I loved this show and cannot wait until on video so I can watch and re-watch. If anyone at IMDb has any influence with Warners or the Producers please beg them to put it out on Video. I promise many will buy them. All you have to do is search the web and see all the fans. Especially as there is a new actor in the lead role not Matthew. He is missed.

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The trailer trash version of Robin Hood, 10 December 2004

Author: Bjorn-Again from Scandinavia

I can see that the producers of this show had Hercules and Xena as a reference when they wanted to do the show. But it falls flat when compared to the above mentioned shows. Hercules and Xena was groundbreaking when they appeared in the 90's while this is bad copycat.

The show got a lot of action, humor and good looking women so why is it so bad? Sometimes you got the feeling you're watching Hercules all over again but this time he is dressed as Robin Hood. The plots seems ridiculous. Hercules and Xena had some references to the modern world(our world) but tNAoRH has way too many. The costumes just looks stupid and are not believable as being medieval at all. They look like they have been bought in a cheapo costume store.

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Body and Soul, 24 July 2001
Author: jadzia92 from Sydney, Australia

I just saw the episode Body and Soul. It is a take on Heaven Can Wait. The episode is not great entertainment but it is a good time passer. Unlike the Warren Beatty film, Robin Hood does get his body back in the end. The episode answers the question, "What happens if you are in the body of your killer." I think this episode could have been improved but it not a bad episode.

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COLORFUL AND CRAMMED WITH ACTION, 15 August 1999
Author: ALAN MOUNT from CARDIFF, WALES

This show,unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of "HERCULES" and "XENA" is colorful and crammed with action and is one of the most enjoyable adventure series that T.V. has ever produced easily surpassing British attempts at portraying the Robin Hood legend. Of course, Errol Flynn remains the definitive Robin but Matthew Porretta in the first two seasons of NAORH is by far the best of any since, especially the wooden and ineffectual Kevin Costner. Unlike any other shows in this vein,the makers of "ROBIN HOOD" import many good British actors into Lithuania( where it is filmed)and they make for a sense of authenticity which the show might otherwise lack. The action is frequent and well handled (by martial arts movie veteran Richard Norton) although they could reduce the sound effects slightly in the fight sequences. All in all,Warner Bros. have something on their hands here which if marketed properly could be a substantial worldwide hit.Although John Bradley has now replaced Matthew Porretta in the lead role there is no reason why the arrows shouldn't be flying around Sherwood Forest, Lithuania for a couple more seasons.I,for one,particularly hope that this proves to be the case.

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So bad it is almost good., 22 January 2005
Author: Chris-742

"The new adventures of Robin Hood" can be described as a light-hearted, silly piece of recorded live role-playing. The actors(?) probably had a lot of fun playing out their own fantasies, but the result is lacking. The plots consists mainly of Robin Hood and his merry men (Marion, Tuck, Little John) helping people in need, resulting in fights against the antagonists of the relevant episode. As in similar series (Sinbad, Hercules etc), there is no blood. In fact the whole series is completely bloodless and soulless. Instead silliness rules. Robin Hood is flippant (for comic relief), Marion is haughty (for comic relief), Little John is stupid (for comic relief) and Friar Tuck is a fat fart (for comic relief). Topping off this silliness is a lack of credible plots and a long line of historical inaccuracies. For instance Vikings (ca 800-1000) and Mongols (Asia and Eastern Europe ca 1200-1400) appear in what should be an late 12th century England setting. A series like this should make you very, very upset that someone wasted even low-budget money. But you can also revel in all the silliness and play "Silly Bingo" and try to finds as many historical inaccuracies or ridiculous fight scene events as possible, say: Two Mongols (beep, inaccurate), slash at Robin Hood with their swords. Robin Hood blocks both swords with his bow (beep, ridiculous), which is made out of glass-fiber (beep, inaccurate). He then hits both Mongols over their metal helmets with his bow, and they go down (beep, impossible). And so on...

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the best Robin Hood story of them all, 7 October 2002
Author: shirly-scheerhoorn from Netherlands

NAoRH is about the best Robin Hood story of them all. I'll keep on watching it.The first actor that played Robin Hood was a lot better than the second one. The second actress to play Marian was better than the first, this because with her the fights look real.With the first actress it looked like the enemy fell down by themselves and not by her punches or things like that.

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