Trad Gang

I just watched the trailer on youtube.  Looks awesome and the little bit of archery footage they showed looked great.  Has anybody else seen anything on it.

I want to go see that movie.... Seems like they are starting to put out some really nice ones for change.

It opens May 15.

Just watched the preview. It looks like it should be a good film, similar to Gladiator which I really liked.

Can't wait to see it but I still like the Errol Flynn version best... heck I wore out a VHS tape and have it on DVD.

I can remember watching Robin Hood on TV back in the 50's. Can't remember the name of the star of it, but I believe he actually was killed from an arrow he shot into the air. At least that was the story I was given back then. The series kinda ended around that time, so not sure.

Anyone else remember that series?

Come on....show yer REAL age now!   :eek:  

Gonna go check that trailer. Thanks for the info.

1950 you had tv then,I was about 19 yrs of one nighters away from 1950...LOL   :biglaugh:

I have a 3 disc set of 39 television series. I ran from 1955 to 1960. Its star was Richard Greene. It's so hamy it's almost funny.

It looks like a good movie. Let's just don't be picky on May 14. Does that look like yew?   :eek:  

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/LostArrow/robin_hood_russell_crowe.jpg)

Herb,

Yes that Richard Greene series from England was a bit "hamy" but each episode dealt with a hisorical aspect of life at that time in England for the "serf" or "commoner" class.  Very historically accurate based largely on what they know about Saxon law at that time.

Yes, the British actor and World War II hero Richard Greene played the Robin Hood role on TV.

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/lwscott/robin.jpg)

I thought it was a great show...but I was only about 8-10 years old when it was on.  He died of a heart attack at age 67, and I do not know if he was a bowhunter.

Hmmmm, Russell Crowe as Robin Hood. Should be pretty good if he brings the kind of acting that he did in Gladiator. I'll definitely give it a whirl.

Wonder if Crowe will do his own shooting or if they will have a "Howard Hill" standin for him like Errol Flynn did. Maybe Crowe is practicing right now!!

sam

I read May 10 btw. Maybe that's just the premier. Looking forward to it. There's a great Swedish Robin Hood if you ever get to see it. Uma Thurman is Maid Marian. She plays the part well

sam

Well - good ( I hope) its got to be better than the English tv series !!!
Leave it to the English to totally mess up a good story.
If you have never seen it; he doesn't use a longbow; and he pulls the arrow back all the way before starting every conversation- it must be like  a 2 1/2 pound draw weight... and 'Robin' throws the bow off castles and into moats; and I tell ya- they must have gone through a 100 bows making that show!

I hope Crowe makes the longbow look good!

One small problem there's no one out there to match Howard Hill to this day!! The special effects teems working over time!!

This is gonne be good!Wonder when it will reach our shores?   :knothead:    :knothead:

Anthing that Russ Crowe does will at least be well made and acted.
he has made some of the best movies ever, and certainly the past decade and a half.
Looking forward to it

don't matter to me who's acting in it, who directed it, who wrote it, i'm gonna see it for sure - even if it does turn out to be a dog.

That is a good point Rob, I will evan watch that avitar movie, when it comes to video. I will have to look for that swedish version. I am pretty sure that ole Russ will be the butt kickinist(??) Robin Hood ever.
Well, I gotta git back to the set and do some stand-in shooting.
Later

The computer F/X guys/girls will have their hands full to make him shoot like Mr. Hill.

Hopefully they don't do like they did in Troy, when Paris was shooting his bow. When he was putting a arrow on the bow his hand went thru the string to nock it.. little things like that show up really big to those that shoot Trad bows. It was also done like that in LOTR movies, too.

I agree its a "Must See" Movie, but Russell Crowe?? I would say that Spoiled Punk has burned his Bridges with many Ex-Fans. I have seen interviews from Before "Gladiator" and Interviews After..... He has a Tendency to get a HUGE Head, especially when dealing with HIS OWN FANS!! Gets that "Out of My Way Peasant!!" 'tude.
How many Movies has he been in Since Gladiator that were "BOMBS" at the Movies and went to DVD really fast?
   Sorry, My opinion of course, there are so Many Better Actors that have more of a "Robin Hood" Attitude or Personality in them Naturally.
  Of Course, I will Shell out $30 to See It On The big Screen, no matter Who it Stars!!

Russell Crowe does the shooting himself. Would you take a look at THIS...

http://www.nowrunning.com/news/english/russell-crowe-obsessed-with-archery/27852/story.htm

:goldtooth:

Cool.  I didn't realize he was gonna be doing the shooting.

It appears there is better research as per clothes and equipment.  I heard it's really bloody.

QuoteOriginally posted by DngrsDan:
I can remember watching Robin Hood on TV back in the 50's. Can't remember the name of the star of it, but I believe he actually was killed from an arrow he shot into the air. At least that was the story I was given back then. The series kinda ended around that time, so not sure.

Anyone else remember that series?

Come on....show yer REAL age now!    :eek:    

Gonna go check that trailer. Thanks for the info.

Nope, died of a heart-attack. Had to look it up!   :D  

Sounds like a tradgang movie night!   :campfire:

Ya Brian, you must have seen the same one as me. On one disc it said the film was flown to the U.S. by Pan American airlines

Lol darn you guys... Had to whip out my Errol Flynn Robin Hood DVD.  Watching it now.

Good thing you're a good influence.   :D

I'm looking forward to seeing Russell Crowe's version of Robin Hood.  :archer:

Originally posted by DngrsDan:
I can remember watching Robin Hood on TV back in the 50's. Can't remember the name of the star of it, but I believe he actually was killed from an arrow he shot into the air. At least that was the story I was given back then. The series kinda ended around that time, so not sure.

Maybe your parents told you that story so YOU would stop shooting all those d$#@ arrows into the air!

I saw the trailer at the theater. Looked like a hickory bow to me. Who cares? Movies with bows and arrows man!

As a member of the Davy Crockett coonskin cap wearing, TV watching boys in the 50's (you other first tier baby boomers will recall how the King of the Wild Frontier "patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell"), I remember this little song from the 50's TV Robin Hood series. One of Robin's men (Will Scarlet?) would play on that old timey guitar, sing through the episode, and kind of narrate the story. Just before a commercial he would sing something like: "We'll have a merry time again, with Robin and his Merry Men, but til that time my friend, we ask this word with you". Thinking about that song (I know I got the words wrong, but close enough) takes me back to those "thrilling days of yesteryear" almost as fast as when I hear the best TV theme song ever from the Lone Ranger. I really believe that TV Robin Hood series I saw as a boy started my life long interest in bows and arrows ( ... and Maid Marion) John

JEJ, how about,  Robin Hood Robin Hood riding through the glen,

Robin Hood Robin Hood with his band of men,

feared by the bad, loved by the good, Robin Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood  lol.

Thanks Whittler for bringing that one back to mind. With that song making us feel ten feet tall, my neighborhood buds and I, armed with fiberglass bows, old beat up wood arrows, and curtain rod swords, would head to the woods looking for the King's deer (a cottontail to you), and that evil Sheriff of Nottingham. I'll be singing that tune now in my head all day (and that's not a bad thing either) thanks, John

Wow, that brings back the memories, how did I get so old so fast?Harrasing the Kings Deer( in my case the local jackrabbits)was my favorite thing to do.Come to think of it I still like it a lot. Can't wait for the new movie.

He may want to change his setup-FOC looks a little low to me!  

I remember my first bow that came about because of that show. A 25# lemonwood. I was all of 6 or 8 years old.