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To: Dilbert San Diego

Looks like the Russel Crowe version didn’t do well but the Costner version did pretty well.


8 posted on 11/26/2018 11:47:06 AM PST by circlecity
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To: circlecity
The Russell Crowe version was not the traditional Robin Hood story. It was RHino, Robin Hood in Name Only. Not a re-imagining, but a completely different story with ridiculous Norman landing craft complete with Higgins boat ramps crossing the English Channel!
28 posted on 11/26/2018 11:56:30 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: circlecity

I read that the original script Crowe’s “Robin Hood” was made from was called “Nottingham.” It followed the Sheriff of Nottingham investigating a series of murders based on 13th Century techniques (the writer was a history buff, apparently). The murders point to Robin Hood, but he eventually determines it was a setup. Robin Hood was even supposed to be portrayed as a scummy criminal. The film’s third act was woven into a real-life battle, too, where the Sheriff confronts the killer.

It sounded really interesting. Then it got picked up by Ridley Scott and he changed absolutely everything thus giving us the generic Crowe piece of crap.


53 posted on 11/26/2018 12:19:23 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (Get a handle on vote fraud or we're likely finished in 2020.)
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