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AndyD

Fantasy




Now after the first arrow has flown from his Saracen recurve, would he shoot the three remaining from the other side, as they do in Kyudo...?









Chedawan

Grab one.... massive overdraw to get arrow on correct side of bow, attempt to not damage bow.... bring down to full draw, attempt to not put broadhead through back of hand.... sight, atempt not to be put off by sight picture having more than one arrow reference point in it...  loose, remembering to follow string with hand to grab next arrow, attempt not to slash hand as broadhead slips between fingers...  Rinse and repeat, attempt not to get Marion killed this time!
Eaglearcher

Hey!
I know that the latest series is full of mistakes and is about as historically accurate as "Men in Tights" but at least they didnt make Robin a Frenchman as they did in Shrek!!!!
segolden

Glad that show isn't over here, I throw enough stuff at the TV as it is.
AndyD

Quote:
get arrow on correct side of bow


Ah, but he's a hero, he can apparently shoot from either side of his bow, holding extra arrows in his bow hand...


It's a very entertaing show.  The thing I find most unreal is Jack, the saracen transvestite  
Liam

Not sure Robin Hood on the BBC is going to be quite so appealing now that Marion has been killed off
Celtic Dragon

I can't stand this series..

A horsebow that is supple enough to turn into a lair, and yet still strong enough to throw an arroww through a door mmmmmmmmmm    

And a sherrif that gave us a whiney north london singer that can't and who miss represents her self.
JimN

Liam wrote:
Not sure Robin Hood on the BBC is going to be quite so appealing now that Marion has been killed off


Maybe she has a twin sister, who's been holed up in a nunnery learning then ancient & mystical art of penguin-fu and is going to turn up to avenge Marion's death.  Initially believing Robin to be the culprit she tracks him down to their secret lair in the middle of Sherwood Forest (the one that is about 100-yards from the road and must have so much traffic there's trodden path to it's door) where they battle using loaves of french bread until Robin manages to convince her of the truth.  After that she joins the 'Merry Men' although still holds Robin partly responsible and displays a level of disdain for him. Over time this turns into a grudging respect that eventually goes all squidgy and they start looking doe-eyed at each other.  This is just in time for the season finale where she gets killed by the Sheriff (or does she?).
Mjollnir

JimN wrote:
Liam wrote:
Not sure Robin Hood on the BBC is going to be quite so appealing now that Marion has been killed off


Maybe she has a twin sister, who's been holed up in a nunnery learning then ancient & mystical art of penguin-fu and is going to turn up to avenge Marion's death.  Initially believing Robin to be the culprit she tracks him down to their secret lair in the middle of Sherwood Forest (the one that is about 100-yards from the road and must have so much traffic there's trodden path to it's door) where they battle using loaves of french bread until Robin manages to convince her of the truth.  After that she joins the 'Merry Men' although still holds Robin partly responsible and displays a level of disdain for him. Over time this turns into a grudging respect that eventually goes all squidgy and they start looking doe-eyed at each other.  This is just in time for the season finale where she gets killed by the Sheriff (or does she?).


I see you have read next seasons script then?
Celtic Dragon

 Theres a script              
Mjollnir

Celtic Dragon wrote:
 Theres a script              


of course, no writers strike over here, this is the best script writing uk script writers can produce.
CaptainBeaky

JimN wrote:
Liam wrote:
Not sure Robin Hood on the BBC is going to be quite so appealing now that Marion has been killed off


Maybe she has a twin sister, who's been holed up in a nunnery learning then ancient & mystical art of penguin-fu and is going to turn up to avenge Marion's death.  Initially believing Robin to be the culprit she tracks him down to their secret lair in the middle of Sherwood Forest (the one that is about 100-yards from the road and must have so much traffic there's trodden path to it's door) where they battle using loaves of french bread until Robin manages to convince her of the truth.  After that she joins the 'Merry Men' although still holds Robin partly responsible and displays a level of disdain for him. Over time this turns into a grudging respect that eventually goes all squidgy and they start looking doe-eyed at each other.  This is just in time for the season finale where she gets killed by the Sheriff (or does she?).


I'm sure we've seen this storyline before.

She must be learning deja-fu...
Chedawan

JimN wrote:
Maybe she has a twin sister


Maid Miriam!
M Hardman

Right, in all seriousness, if he tried shooting off the other side with fingers he'd find he arrows flew in a very unexpected direction indeed. But perhaps ol' Robin knows more than us.

Before you even critise the archery, perhaps we could get them to sort out the leather RAF jackets and machined collars? Dropping the Hungarian guardsmen would be good too.

I'm betting that the last series was all a dream (she didn't die, honest).
Chedawan

Just out of interest, and in all seriousness... In those times (and I acknowledge that the bow isn't correct) would they have had serving on the string as in the pic? When did this start, have they always had it, or is it relatively 'new'?
Celtic Dragon

Probably, I can't see why not. Afterall it would help reduce string wear.
Chedawan

Celtic Dragon wrote:
Probably, I can't see why not. Afterall it would help reduce string wear.


But there must've been a time when someone thought 'Ah!  You know what would reduce string wear?!?'  They surely can't have thought of serving the string from the get go?
segolden

You just hit one on one of those little mysteries that bug archery historians. There are examples of string serving on silk bowstrings found in permafrost-buried tombs or mounds, going back over a thousand years in the Northern East Asian Steppe and China. Problem is that conditions west/south of there don't favor recovery of biological materials used in strings, so little that's certain exists, just speculation and stone or bone articles. Considering that bows were verging on modern designs as far back as 5,000 years ago, it wouldn't surprise me if serving was easily that old.
Ratfighter

even though I couldn't be bothered to watch  the series. Here;s my prediction
After killing off one of the main characters, completely surreal storylines, slim grasp of either reality or the truth,

Programme 1 scene 1 series 2
Bobby Ewing will walk out ther shower
Liam

Well word is Lucy Griffiths has signed up for series 3 of RH, come on how could you refuse this



 Jim's kinda girl - she cants

Not sure how they'll write it in, maybe she haunts guy or something  

As for RH's technique well he is THE MAN with a bow and arrow, anything is possible with Robin behind the bow
Eaglearcher

Well i know what really happened.
Marion was rushed to the Nottingham priory Intensive Care Unit where highly trained nuns nursed her back to health using the latest techniques from Hungary.....oops sorry.....from the Holy land.
Well....it could be true...its about as believeable as that leather jacket that Guy of Gisbourne wears.
rainmaker

Marion killed off, (maybe..) no soppy plonk on the new version of Life on Mars, telly is just rubbish nowadays....
(what ever happened to Friar Tuck???)
AndyD




Guess we'll never see her sort out that anchor point then
Liam

And whats wrong with that ?

wipes  slobber of the keyboard
Eaglearcher

Now thats a real deep hook! No chance of an accidental loose with that technique.
Joe(thebow)M

What!  They killed Maid Marion off???  That's not right!

The BBC I get here in the states doesn't seem to be carrying Robin Hood anylonger.  At least I haven't seen it advertised in some time now, but even I know that killing off Maid Marion is the wrong direction for that series to take.  Must be the "new generation" of writers that haven't a clue about how this story suppose to go...  
Chedawan

He is officially the worst Robin Hood ever!  None of the others have ever managed to get Marion killed!  Not even the really soppy one from 'Maid Marrion and her Merry Men'... now there was a series.  
zetabow

A lot wrong with the picture, the first arrow is on the wrong side and he should really be using a thumb ring, holding the arrows like that I would imagine as he released finger pressue for an arrow he would have dropped all the rest.

I'm surprised it's so wrong as the whole series was shot in Hungary where Kassi Lajos lives who is a true master with these bows. I watched him shoot six arrows accurately on horseback at a rate of one arrows every 2 seconds.

On the second Crusades the English did start using Asiatic Bows because they found the dry heat didn't do the English Longbows much good.





The cult movie Deliverance nearly whent the same way, the writer James Dicky saw what was going on set, he called his good friend Fred Bear to supply the Bows and give some lessons to Reynolds and Voight, this saved the movie by giving it and authentic feel and cult status among American Archers.

I think Directors think the general public are just ignorant and think these details dont matter, once you spot these mistakes for me I start not believing in the character or the story. With this series it seems like a case of screw historical accuracy and do as the Director says.
Berniethebolt

By God you guys are taken a TV drama soooooooo seriously arn't you    I'v watched Robin Hoot ...... Hoot because that is what it is a real hoot and nothing else I think the sheirff is a right clown and you can do nothing but laugh at the whole thing,  and if you have sat watched it you will have heard referance to other shows from time to time my fav was when they where trying to catch a pigon  and the sheirff said those words  "catch that pigon catch that pigon now"           I half expected Dick Dastardly and Mutley to fly overhead with a bow an arrow

JimN

Berniethebolt wrote:
By God you guys are taken a TV drama soooooooo seriously arn't you    I'v watched Robin Hoot ...... Hoot because that is what it is a real hoot and nothing else I think the sheirff is a right clown and you can do nothing but laugh at the whole thing,  and if you have sat watched it you will have heard referance to other shows from time to time my fav was when they where trying to catch a pigon  and the sheirff said those words  "catch that pigon catch that pigon now"           I half expected Dick Dastardly and Mutley to fly overhead with a bow an arrow



That's it precisely, couldn't agree more.  It's a work of fiction based upon a work of fiction. My kids love it (and I quite enjoy it, but, shhh, don't tell anyone).
Joe(thebow)M

I'd just like to see it again!

Oh well, it's getting that time of year when I need to start building bows again.

I have a couple I need to get made and sent out to a couple friends.  It's almost workable in the shop this morning.
M Hardman

I thought I'd just post these links here, one is a big list of all the amusing faults in the latest Robin Hood, and the other is 'Rules for movie archery' which is in roughly the same vein.

http://www.companionsofthelongbow.co.uk/index_files/Page28276.htm (it goes on for many pages, and there is a goofs section at the end)

http://www.companionsofthelongbow.co.uk/index_files/Page31445.htm (this one also goes on for many pages....)

After reading them I decided that I wasn't quite the archery nerd, as he puts it as I didn't notice every single point....

Regards
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