Comments on: Robin Hood, with spoilers http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/05/17/robin-hood-with-spoilers/ Autumn Rain 2110 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: David Williams http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/05/17/robin-hood-with-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-3779 Mon, 17 May 2010 22:44:00 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1988#comment-3779 @ Erik – -hmm, never realized that. Interesting. I suppose that’s our tendency to romanticize the outlaw. . .

@ Joni – – yeah I don’t think there was much cavalry action going on in Caesar’s initial hitting-the-beaches. . . only horses I’ve heard of were the Britons with their chariots. . . but once the legions got ashore, they managed to clean ‘em up pronto .. .

]]> By: Joni http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/05/17/robin-hood-with-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-3776 Mon, 17 May 2010 19:14:12 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1988#comment-3776 Most interesting, Erik. I will try and go see the movie at the theatre but I have an ominious feeling that I have to settle for a DVD or Blueray instead.

Dave, true, it would be awesome to see Julius Caesar’s invasion on big screen. On the other hand his cavalry was all Auxiliary forces because Legions were infantry and Romans had a small handicap with cavalry. They didn’t have stirrups, so melee combat was not very effective at the time :P

]]> By: Erik http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/05/17/robin-hood-with-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-3774 Mon, 17 May 2010 18:21:01 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1988#comment-3774 I haven’t seen this incarnation of Robin Hood yet. Probably will go check it out on DVD. I actually took a course on Robin Hood in college. Yes, a full semester devoted to the man in green tights.. Interesting fact that basically nobody seems to know, Robin Hood originally was NOT a good guy. Not even in the least. In the earliest stories, dated right around 1400, Robin Hood was a brutal highwayman. In one particular story he murdered some merchants on the road, then proceeded to cut their faces off so they wouldn’t be recognizable. Over the centuries the character softened to more of an anti-hero and the band of merry men was added. It wasn’t until the 18th century when he underwent the full modern interpretation with the release of “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood” by Howard Pyle.

I actually had high hopes that we may get the brutal nasty Robin Hood from Ridley Scott.. but apparently nobody wants to tackle that side of him.

]]> By: AlexJCavanaugh http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/2010/05/17/robin-hood-with-spoilers/comment-page-1/#comment-3772 Mon, 17 May 2010 16:37:06 +0000 http://autumnrain2110.com/blog/?p=1988#comment-3772 Voiced my opinion on Iron Man II this weekend – still not sure if I’ll see Robin Hood or not. Inception is THE movie on my list this summer.

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