Comments on: Riding Through The Glen http://fazzinchi.co.uk/2006/10/08/riding-through-the-glen/ Square eyes, well rounded views Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:03:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Fazzinchi » Blog Archive » Boys n The Hood http://fazzinchi.co.uk/2006/10/08/riding-through-the-glen/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Fazzinchi » Blog Archive » Boys n The Hood Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:50:11 +0000 http://fazzinchi.co.uk/blog/2006/10/08/riding-through-the-glen/#comment-778 [...] Debuting with a more than respectable 8m viewers and keeping 5m or 6m of them happy throughout its 13-week run, the latest incarnation of Robin Hood was a curious beast.  Trying to capture the newly formed family viewing slot of “Saturday at 7pm on BBC1″ it was roundly panned by critics to begin with but I felt quite comfortable with it all along assured that it would get better as everyone settled down.  By the time the final episode aired last week (the oddly titled “A Clue: No”) things were indeed somewhat better.  Marion’s ‘fake death’ (expertly deduced by The Other Viewer) provided the first and only cliffhanger of the series and led to a belter of an opening as Jonas Armstrong’s eponymous hero got nasty on the Sherriff and his henchman, Guy and then got nasty with poor old Much for good measure too.  Other than a faintly ridiculous ricochetting arrow shot at the climax, it was a great episode.  Classic ‘good versus evil’, adventure yarn that did exactly what it said on the family viewing tin. [...] [...] Debuting with a more than respectable 8m viewers and keeping 5m or 6m of them happy throughout its 13-week run, the latest incarnation of Robin Hood was a curious beast.  Trying to capture the newly formed family viewing slot of “Saturday at 7pm on BBC1″ it was roundly panned by critics to begin with but I felt quite comfortable with it all along assured that it would get better as everyone settled down.  By the time the final episode aired last week (the oddly titled “A Clue: No”) things were indeed somewhat better.  Marion’s ‘fake death’ (expertly deduced by The Other Viewer) provided the first and only cliffhanger of the series and led to a belter of an opening as Jonas Armstrong’s eponymous hero got nasty on the Sherriff and his henchman, Guy and then got nasty with poor old Much for good measure too.  Other than a faintly ridiculous ricochetting arrow shot at the climax, it was a great episode.  Classic ‘good versus evil’, adventure yarn that did exactly what it said on the family viewing tin. [...]

]]> By: fazzinchi http://fazzinchi.co.uk/2006/10/08/riding-through-the-glen/comment-page-1/#comment-75 fazzinchi Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:36:16 +0000 http://fazzinchi.co.uk/blog/2006/10/08/riding-through-the-glen/#comment-75 Episode two "Sheriff Got Your Tongue" was an improvement over episode one. Still has that sense of a show that is having difficulty in finding its feet and I can't help but feel that (i) the forest, (ii) the village, and (iii) the plastic castle are soon gonna get tired as the only locations being used. And isn't that "thwack'ing" arrow sound irritating?! Episode two “Sheriff Got Your Tongue” was an improvement over episode one. Still has that sense of a show that is having difficulty in finding its feet and I can’t help but feel that (i) the forest, (ii) the village, and (iii) the plastic castle are soon gonna get tired as the only locations being used.

And isn’t that “thwack’ing” arrow sound irritating?!

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