Robin Hood
Jun. 21st, 2009 03:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99Robin Hood is either getting worse, or failing in its attempts to do interesting things with the characters. Because Isabella has such great potential, but she's so flat. With her being the big evil from here on in (dear Prince John having retreated to London), it's going to take some major re-jiging of the plot, because she just doesn't chew scenery as well as PJ or the Sheriff.
Also, interestingly, events of the last episode have moved Guisburne towards what he could have been at the end of last series. Even if the basic moral of the story appears to be Guisburne can never be happy. I think they've done the right thing giving him all the major dramatics because Jonas Armstrong cannot do the major dramatics, but he can do light and fluffy.
By the by, Robin, stealing your best friend's girl is wrong. And Kate, how could you! (She asked Much to tell Robin it was okay for Robin to go out with her, knowing that Much adores her.) Much then tries to run away from home, all very Gromit in the Wrong Trousers, and ends up saving the day. What on Earth do you see in Robin, Kate?
Other than that, Robert Pugh acted his socks off, Toby Stephens appears to enjoy playing a pantomime villain, the Archbishop of Canterbury is made of awesome and Thorton is a suitably nasty piece of work.
They seem to have stuffed a lot into the last two episodes, if only to allow Isabella to make her three allignment turns per episode (seriously, it's like Stephanie McMahon but more so).
You've got someone who was sold to a monster at the age of 13, by her only living relative (I have to assume). And, understandably, it broke her, so she's spent the rest of her time trying to make sure that she is never in that kind of position again.
Unfortunately she does this by scratching and clawing at everyone in her reach who doesn't do what she wants them to do. She and PJ make a wonderful twosome because they both want to be loved, and are both batshit crazy when they don't get it.
She really ought to be far more sympathetic than her brother (who is the one that sold her in the first place) but for some reason (don't know if it's actress or writing) it just doesn't. I think partly because Guy doesn't ever use his history as an excuse (except when talking to Isabella, mostly saying that he thought the life she would have with Thornton would be better than the one she would have in the deep, dark depths of France with him) and because she is just such an emotional whiplash girl it's a bit hard to keep up with her.
We're still left with at least 4 sides to every plot (Robin's, Guy's, Isabella's, PJ's and possible the villain of week) which tends to lead to over-complication.
Also, if there's a sillier scene than Guisburne infiltrating the church on TV this year, I will be deeply shocked.
Also, interestingly, events of the last episode have moved Guisburne towards what he could have been at the end of last series. Even if the basic moral of the story appears to be Guisburne can never be happy. I think they've done the right thing giving him all the major dramatics because Jonas Armstrong cannot do the major dramatics, but he can do light and fluffy.
By the by, Robin, stealing your best friend's girl is wrong. And Kate, how could you! (She asked Much to tell Robin it was okay for Robin to go out with her, knowing that Much adores her.) Much then tries to run away from home, all very Gromit in the Wrong Trousers, and ends up saving the day. What on Earth do you see in Robin, Kate?
Other than that, Robert Pugh acted his socks off, Toby Stephens appears to enjoy playing a pantomime villain, the Archbishop of Canterbury is made of awesome and Thorton is a suitably nasty piece of work.
They seem to have stuffed a lot into the last two episodes, if only to allow Isabella to make her three allignment turns per episode (seriously, it's like Stephanie McMahon but more so).
You've got someone who was sold to a monster at the age of 13, by her only living relative (I have to assume). And, understandably, it broke her, so she's spent the rest of her time trying to make sure that she is never in that kind of position again.
Unfortunately she does this by scratching and clawing at everyone in her reach who doesn't do what she wants them to do. She and PJ make a wonderful twosome because they both want to be loved, and are both batshit crazy when they don't get it.
She really ought to be far more sympathetic than her brother (who is the one that sold her in the first place) but for some reason (don't know if it's actress or writing) it just doesn't. I think partly because Guy doesn't ever use his history as an excuse (except when talking to Isabella, mostly saying that he thought the life she would have with Thornton would be better than the one she would have in the deep, dark depths of France with him) and because she is just such an emotional whiplash girl it's a bit hard to keep up with her.
We're still left with at least 4 sides to every plot (Robin's, Guy's, Isabella's, PJ's and possible the villain of week) which tends to lead to over-complication.
Also, if there's a sillier scene than Guisburne infiltrating the church on TV this year, I will be deeply shocked.
