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Ridley Scott's Robin Hood Thwarted - For Now!!

First by Rick Flemming	Jul 28th, 2008 11:25:00 AM

First by YeahSureWhatever	Jul 28th, 2008 11:25:06 AM
?
Nope. by YeahSureWhatever	Jul 28th, 2008 11:25:26 AM
Oh well.
Also... by Rick Flemming	Jul 28th, 2008 11:25:54 AM
For my money Robin Hood will always be Kevin Costner. flemmingonfilms.blogspot.com
What a bizarre, pedestrian idea. by NiceGuyEddie19	Jul 28th, 2008 11:26:32 AM
It's just weird. Kind of like making a Jesse James movie from the perspective of the railroad companies and the Pinkertons.
Wasn't really waiting for this anyway by Kneprock	Jul 28th, 2008 11:26:36 AM

And... by Rick Flemming	Jul 28th, 2008 11:26:55 AM
How can you beat that Connery cameo at the end of Prince of THeives. PRICELESS~!
Costner nailed it ... by Luscious.868	Jul 28th, 2008 11:28:10 AM
No point in ever making another Robin Hood ....
Okay cool by kungfuhustler84	Jul 28th, 2008 11:28:55 AM
This really didn't sound all that interesting anyway. The premise really sounds kind of boring. I love Ridley Scott...a lot, but I was not getting excited at all for this movie.
Get Bale for Robin Hood... by Elemeno Pee	Jul 28th, 2008 11:32:23 AM
and then just remake 3:10 to Yuma.
Sounds like a mercy killing to me... by jimmy rabbitte	Jul 28th, 2008 11:33:14 AM
...although Ridley Scott's films are always interesting. This just sounded like a poorly thought out idea that was arrived at after a long night of alcohol consumption.
HELL YEAH!! NO RUS THUG AS GOODGUY NOTTINGHAM. by Damien Chowder	Jul 28th, 2008 11:35:55 AM
Robin Hood who is essentially us will be portrayed as a terrorist. Fuck that shit! The authority is never going to be the good guy so stop trying.
I'm glad by thefutureoffilm	Jul 28th, 2008 11:45:14 AM
Honestly, this idea really didn't rub me right. I felt that it would be a waste of time, that there were better projects I feel the talent in this film could do, and now with this news, hopefully they can do just that.
Good news... by BrooseTheScharuk	Jul 28th, 2008 11:47:33 AM
...I thought the concept was pretty stupid anyway. Who wants to see a character who's whole M.O. is sticking it to the man turned into a villain? Has Ridley Scott been going to Bilderberg meetings or something?
"Script Concerns" by ArcadianDS	Jul 28th, 2008 11:47:58 AM
meaning the concept for the film is art school quality, and the studio insisted upon radical changes before offering up the cash. Ridley, being Jesus, felt that his ridiculous idea should not be questioned by mere financial backers whose job it is to, y'know, understand what makes movies profitable - so he dug in his heels and now has a crummy script with no money to make it a movie. He'll eventually get the money because hes Ridley Jesus and nobody tells Ridley Jesus that his idea for a movie is stupid.
This felt like it was going to be Kingdom of Heaven 2 by Rameses	Jul 28th, 2008 11:48:39 AM
Like Burton doing alice in wonderland , Ridley making Robin , just has that already seen it feel.You can pretty much guess exactly how scenes would look and play out.I'd just like to see Ridley have another go at sci-fi.It would be interesting to see if he's still* got it*.where as the stuff he's making at the moment , just seems like such a waste.
Fuck Costner... by BrooseTheScharuk	Jul 28th, 2008 11:57:12 AM
...that dour, marblemouthed yank of a Robin Hood, who wouldn't know an English accent if it was falling out of his mouth (which it pretty much didn't). With his high-maintenance hairdo and joyless, monotone delivery. I always said if they really wanted to have and American play Robin Hood, they should've got Klein. The Robin Hood that came out around the same time with Patrick Bergen and Uma Thurman (which actually got demoted to TV movie to get out of the way of the unsightly Costner moviestar fest) was way better. Not the second coming or anything, just better.
Yes, Yes... by CatoTheCensor	Jul 28th, 2008 11:57:39 AM
I'm sure it would take an army to match these rogues...
The Sherriff calls you outlaws... by CatoTheCensor	Jul 28th, 2008 11:58:28 AM
But I say you are FREE. And one free man defending his country is better than eight hired soldiers...the crusades taught me that.
Ridley Scott can't do this... by CatoTheCensor	Jul 28th, 2008 11:59:17 AM
...with all that racket!
good...after Kevin Costner's American Robin Hood... by FlickaPoo	Jul 28th, 2008 12:07:09 PM
...I'm all Hooded out for the next fifty years or so....
Amen, BrooseTheScharuk by SubliminalJones	Jul 28th, 2008 12:07:55 PM
I like Costner, but his Robin Of Locksley is a lazy joke. The movie itself is cheesey good fun, in spite of his California surfer dude take on the character. I shudder to think there actually are those to whom Costner is the quintessential Robin Hood. Errol Flynn, anyone? Connery in Robin and Marian? Shit, even that animated fox in Disney's Robin Hood turned in a better performance than Costner.
my favourite reason: "the film's forests need to be green" by newc0253	Jul 28th, 2008 12:08:41 PM
yes, apparently they couldn't find enough green trees to film under. yet another to film in Canada, folks: our forests are evergreen, not deciduous!
Unlike some other Robin Hoods... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 28th, 2008 12:10:21 PM
...I can speak with an English accent.
Set the film in space... by TheGoddamnSiege	Jul 28th, 2008 12:42:35 PM
...Where a group of intergalactic vikings attempt to take over the Starship Sherwood; which had already been stolen by the villainous Robin Hood. Now, to save the ship from the space vikings, Robin Hood turns to help from his prisoner and captain of the Sherwood - Nottingham.
Just as well. by PotSmokinAlien	Jul 28th, 2008 12:43:39 PM
This always sounded like a pretty dumb idea anyway.
Blood Meridian! by s8ntmark	Jul 28th, 2008 12:44:53 PM
Now that some time has opened up, lets hope he gets down to business and finally shoots this damn thing! Who doesn't want to see a bad ass Ridley Scott western??
I guess I'm the only one... by ICantBelieveIRegistered	Jul 28th, 2008 12:49:34 PM
Who was looking forward to seeing Nottingham. Sounded like a nice twist on the old legend, and with Ridley and Crowe involved, it would've been a good movie.
Ridley Scott to remake Star Wars from the POV of the Death Star by Royston Lodge	Jul 28th, 2008 12:53:07 PM
Kevin Smith launches plagiarism lawsuit.
... the Death Star's contractors. by Royston Lodge	Jul 28th, 2008 12:54:02 PM
(got cut off there at the end)
Batman from the POV of Wayne Industries' shareholders... by Royston Lodge	Jul 28th, 2008 12:59:25 PM
...
Good by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 28th, 2008 01:02:44 PM
Sounded crap anyway. Get on with Brave New World now instead Ridley.
CatoCensor by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 28th, 2008 01:24:57 PM
Hey, how about your troops come home from Vietraq and Afghanistan and kick some ass in Washington? In fact, THATS for a "reimaging". Robin Hood is some American Marin, comes home from those senseless wars in the Middle East who are primarily fought for religious craziness and keeping the war profiteers rich, and fight the local authoritarian in Nottingham/Washington. Oh but Alan Rickman just has that more charisma then W.
Whoopsie by Wants Vaders Executor	Jul 28th, 2008 01:26:12 PM
Marine, not Marin.
Fuck TRIPOLI, Where's Blood Meridian, Ridley? by theredtoad	Jul 28th, 2008 01:30:01 PM
That one is good!
The best Robin Hood ever is... by dagonet_	Jul 28th, 2008 02:04:41 PM
the 1938 version with Errol Flynn. No contest (in my opinion). I don't need to another, that one always satisfies.
not such bad news by m_reporter	Jul 28th, 2008 02:06:30 PM
I'm sure Ridley would make a fun movie, but Robin Hood has been done to death. Hope he gets Tripoli back on track somehow. I heard him talk about it in the KOH DC bonus features DVD, he really had passion for that project, and it really sounded as good material for him.
diagonet by kungfuhustler84	Jul 28th, 2008 02:22:42 PM
I agree 100%. There's really no point in ever trying to recreate the character again after that version. That movie is my crack when it comes to classic adventure film making.
Still.. by kungfuhustler84	Jul 28th, 2008 02:28:29 PM
Morgan Freeman running around with a fucking huge scimitar is still more than welcome in any movie ever.
I agree about Morgan by m_reporter	Jul 28th, 2008 02:37:41 PM
He was, besides Rickman, the only really good part about Prince of Thieves. Ok, the Kamen score was good too, but the movie was utterly unnecessary. Only really good version is (as said before by some people here) the Errol Flynn version, and the Disney cartoon was kinda cool too. But Flynn WAS Robin.
Ridley Scott to remake Excalibur from the POV by Second Try	Jul 28th, 2008 02:39:00 PM
of the Lady of the Lake.
What, you don't want to see Bale as Robin the terrorist? by Calico Pete	Jul 28th, 2008 02:40:43 PM
It sounds awesome. Robin Hood was always a story told from Robin's POV. Al-Qaeda's POV would make them out as heroes as well! If Robin Hood via Fox News is a terrorist, it would be interesting to see. Ok, so Bale's not playing Robin, yet, but still...
Ridley Scott to implant brains to talkbackers by m_reporter	Jul 28th, 2008 02:44:48 PM
from the POV of Death Star Shareholders' Excaliburs.
ridley scott by Charlie_Allnut	Jul 28th, 2008 02:45:01 PM
Anyone ever seen The Duellists? One of Scott's first films, w/ Harvey Keitel...awesome. I'd like to see him stick with original material...more sci fi would be nice, it doesn't seem like many directors are able to pull sci fi off properly these days.
Indiana Jones from the POV of the tribesmen... by Royston Lodge	Jul 28th, 2008 02:45:14 PM
"Hey, git yet grubby mitts off OUR golden idol! It's our friggin' GOD, you Yankee tomb-robber!"
Robin Hood needs Heart of Darkness treatment by The Goon	Jul 28th, 2008 02:57:02 PM

Obviously based on Richard Kluger's by Dingbatty	Jul 28th, 2008 02:57:18 PM
excellent book "The Sheriff of Nottingham." This could work. For me, Michael Praed and Jason Connery are the definitive 'Hoods.
Alien 5 by superunknown85	Jul 28th, 2008 03:19:57 PM
Please.
Nothing to do with Crowe having put on about 100 lbs then? by MaxCalifornia.	Jul 28th, 2008 03:26:46 PM

What about The Low Dweller? How many films by GQtaste	Jul 28th, 2008 03:39:28 PM
does he have left in the tank? Shit, and the same goes for Leo as well. http://tinyurl.com/5jbw7x
Can they get Bale now? by RawShark13	Jul 28th, 2008 03:50:13 PM
Hmmmmmmmm?
Thank christ. by OBSD	Jul 28th, 2008 04:20:01 PM
Sorry, I know he made some great movies once, but he hasn't touched that greatness since Thelma & Louise 20 years ago. And don't mention Gladiator to me. The camerawork in that shit gave me more seizures than a Japanese kid watching Pokemon.
Book of Exodus from the POV of the Canaanites. by Royston Lodge	Jul 28th, 2008 04:32:02 PM
Ok, I'm gonna stop now...
The Exocist from the POV of Satan. by Flim Springfield	Jul 28th, 2008 04:38:20 PM

Scott remaking Back To The Future from Biff's POV by SpencerTrilby	Jul 28th, 2008 05:21:22 PM
You'd pay for that? Me neither.
Excalibur was the best Arthur adaptation and by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jul 28th, 2008 05:24:53 PM
it keeps Helen Mirren fans happy. Don't blink or you'll miss Patrick Steward and Liam Neeson.
And Errol Flynn's Robin Hood owns all by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Jul 28th, 2008 05:26:32 PM
C'mon his first weapon of choice was a deer slung over his back. We don't need no stinkin' shakycam or CGI. Quint ought to put this version in his movie a day talkback if he hasn't seen it already.
Ridley should remake "The Usual Suspects" from the POV of... by rosasaks	Jul 28th, 2008 05:31:17 PM
Erm....
Ridley should remake Rashomon from the POV of... by rosasaks	Jul 28th, 2008 05:38:49 PM
A CCTV camera.
Ridley should remake "As I Lay Dying" from the POV of... by rosasaks	Jul 28th, 2008 05:43:42 PM
Ernest Hemingway
Michael Bay should remake Citizen Kane. by rosasaks	Jul 28th, 2008 05:53:58 PM

Vantage Point from the POV of... god, who's left? by Flim Springfield	Jul 28th, 2008 06:08:14 PM

Was gonna say something clever... by thedottedlion	Jul 28th, 2008 07:18:20 PM
Then I read the comments. Turns out I'm not half as clever as I thought. I'm glad the film's suspended. Sounds like at least someone has half a brain.
Russell Crowe... by myrtle_mae_simmons	Jul 28th, 2008 07:52:33 PM
being as fat as very fat man probably also played a role in this decision.
Denzel Washington as Hood. by kirttrik	Jul 28th, 2008 08:07:10 PM
Screen magic.
It's actually postponed because of... by arizonahotrock	Jul 28th, 2008 08:24:47 PM
Legend 2. Do it.
Crispin Glover as Evil Robin Hood. by fiester	Jul 28th, 2008 08:25:37 PM
That would be so awesome.
Rocket Robin Hood by Manos	Jul 28th, 2008 08:39:11 PM
The villan thinks he has us now He'll soon be on the run. Our systems now are A-OK The battle shall be won. So watch our rockets soaring by As Robin's ships light up the sky In ROCKET ROBIN HOOD! ROCKET ROBIN HOOD! Anybody old enough to remember that?
Damn by tenfingersofdoom	Jul 28th, 2008 08:56:24 PM
i guess he can work on alien 5 in the meantime.
Well at least I didn't use a spoon, heheheh.... by Han Cholo	Jul 29th, 2008 12:06:05 AM
Cmon, you can't get a better Nottingham than Alan Rickman.
THAT'S MY WIFE, CRONE!!!!!! by Han Cholo	Jul 29th, 2008 12:10:13 AM
It doesn't get any better with line delivery like that. Sorry, Rickman IS Nottingham.
Well, according to THIS.. by oneragga	Jul 29th, 2008 12:41:49 AM
http://chud.com/articles/artic les/15728/1/UPDATED-WHY-NOT-IN GHAM/Page1.html Crowe is Sheriff of Nottingham...AND Hood?!?! Nottingham is Hood... Hood is Nottingham... Finckel is Einhorn!!! Holy SHITballs!!
I hear Hollywood Hulk Hogan was gonna be Robin Hood by KINGOFDINOSAURSHIT	Jul 29th, 2008 02:03:16 AM
I've seen knights in armor panic at the first hint of battle. And I've seen the lowliest, unarmed squire pull a spear from his own body, to defend a dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright. It's defined by one's actions, BROOOOOOOTHEEERRRR.
THANK FUCK! by SG Xibalba	Jul 29th, 2008 02:13:32 AM
If he does another film with Russell Crowe after this I'll eat my own colon. Hell, i'll eat yours too.
What the hell. by halberd	Jul 29th, 2008 02:39:58 AM
now that the delay seems definite, this truly vexes me.
Faux Schloss by ClanDestiny	Jul 29th, 2008 05:19:45 AM
Damn shame... the builds here at shepperton looked amazing. Luckily we're still making 'Berlin' which has hitler as the god guy trying to defend Germany against an empirical churchill and those pesky yanks...
Beer and meat pies by The Brains	Jul 29th, 2008 07:18:36 AM
Go the Rabbitohs!!!
Get Costner to play Robin Hood. by Knuckleduster	Jul 29th, 2008 07:19:15 AM
No, I'm serious. He can do it. And someone get Brian Adams to write another song. God, the chicks loved that shit.
Yes by The Brains	Jul 29th, 2008 08:10:48 AM
Kevin Costner is a lot cheaper these days and he can bring his own masseuse.
Costner American Hood> Connery's Scottish Hood by JackRabbitSlim	Jul 29th, 2008 09:57:44 AM
I love Sean Connery but he was NEVER a good actor. Look in your heart - you know this to be true.
Errol Flynn = Definitive Robin Hood. by Dick Bahls	Jul 29th, 2008 12:14:12 PM
No need to ever make it again. As for Kevin Cocksner's "Robin of Malibu Beach", that turd is where it belongs, every time I see it in the deeply discounted rack of unwatchable DVD's.
I think this is progress... by bswise	Jul 29th, 2008 02:33:23 PM
Now, if his Blood Meridian can be permanently postponed, I think we'll be getting somewhere. Who doesn't want to see a Ridley Scott western? I, for one, especially not Blood Meridian. Give it back to John Hillcoat and Nick Cave instead. It's the logical next project for them after the The Proposition and this year's The Road, which will surely kick everyone's ass. Scott seems like he doesn't really know what he wants to do anymore, other than studio prestige projects. But he could make a lot of people happy by again directing some groundbreaking science fiction.
Sean Connery was never a good actor!?!? by bswise	Jul 29th, 2008 02:44:18 PM
Yeah, except as the quintessential James Bond in seven outings, and in such films as Marnie, The Wind And The Lion, The Man Who Would Be King, Robin and Marian, and The Name of the Rose, and even in such B-movie fare as Outland, The Untouchables, The Hunt for Red October, The Rock, and Highlander, but, yeah, other than those few performances, what good was he?
Armageddon from the POV of the asteroid! by FastEddie8139	Jul 29th, 2008 07:19:18 PM
I smell Oscar!
Rick Flemming eh? by J.B.M.A.	Jul 29th, 2008 10:57:55 PM
I guess I should've expected as much from someone who thinks Costner's Hood to be in any way definitive, but curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on your blog. Wish I hadn't now. Regardless of the quality of the films you reviewed, I've seldom come across such poorly written nonsense. I'm utterly unsurprised that you got fired from, well, anywhere...
On Connery - Trainspotting said it all by JackRabbitSlim	Jul 30th, 2008 04:02:10 AM
"No, it's not bad, but it's not great either, is it? And in your heart you kind of know that although it seems all right... it's actually just shite." AND "All I am trying to do is to help you understand that "The Name of the Rose" is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory." He's an immensely charismatic MOVIE STAR who could NEVER do ANY accent besides Scottish and whose James Bond has already been outstripped by the far superior ACTOR Daniel Craig.

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