meganbmoore | Robin of Sherwood(finished)

Is it really, really bad of my that, in "Swords of Wayland," what stood out the most to me was when the riders were chasing Morgwyn and I thought "so THAT'S where Jackson got those scenes!"(because really, if you look at 80s fantasy, you see the early versions of a lot of LOTR visuals and effects, especially in Legend.)

BTW, watching the outtakes, Praed sure trips and stumbles a lot...and Judi Trott has problems keeping that arrow notched...*is amused*

But, most of you just care about the end, so...

I've known that the second half of the series(which I hope comes out over here soon) features a different Robin after the death of the first, so it's mostly been a case of "will it be good?" for me. IMO, it was far better than most TV or movie deaths, and it actually meant something. It also fit with Robin Hood as has been portrayed in the series, which is that it's the job and the fact that some one is doing it, as opposed to WHO is doing it. And, even though I think it was more meant to portray the philosophy of the show and Robin's humility than as an indicator of things to come, they DID warn us at the start of the series.

I also liked how it was far from the end of the episode, as most shows today would do(with a quick montage after) Instead, we are(after a fashion) introduced to the new Robin(who doesn't seem to have the same confidence in his movements, even though it was probably Praed at the time) and the montage(nearly identical to the funeral in the opening story) comes a good 10-15 minutes(sans commercials) later.