Oh dear.
The BBC's much publicised new version of Robin Hood makes the Patrick Bergin movie version look like a masterpiece.
Zero appeal from the eponymous character, a humdrum script, middling action scenes and the revelation that mascara apparently was developed in the era of merry men - well, that's one excuse for having one photogenic character parading around like something from a 2006 fashion mag.
Only Keith Allen as the Sheriff of Nottingham makes this worthwhile.
His deliciously corrupt tyrant adds levity and menace to the rest of the poorly realised scenario.
With David Tennant as Hood and Billie Piper as Maid Marian, this could have worked... oh, and Russell T Davies scripting would have helped as well. In other words, get the Dr Who crew on board and it may work.
As is stands, this is a big disappointment.
Whoever swiped the original episodes may have been doing the world a favour.
A shame they didn't pinch the apparently re-shot bits as well.
Hopefully things will improve as the weeks go by.
In the meantime, catch the Michael Praed/Jason Connery series to see how this should have been done.
The BBC's much publicised new version of Robin Hood makes the Patrick Bergin movie version look like a masterpiece.
Zero appeal from the eponymous character, a humdrum script, middling action scenes and the revelation that mascara apparently was developed in the era of merry men - well, that's one excuse for having one photogenic character parading around like something from a 2006 fashion mag.
Only Keith Allen as the Sheriff of Nottingham makes this worthwhile.
His deliciously corrupt tyrant adds levity and menace to the rest of the poorly realised scenario.
With David Tennant as Hood and Billie Piper as Maid Marian, this could have worked... oh, and Russell T Davies scripting would have helped as well. In other words, get the Dr Who crew on board and it may work.
As is stands, this is a big disappointment.
Whoever swiped the original episodes may have been doing the world a favour.
A shame they didn't pinch the apparently re-shot bits as well.
Hopefully things will improve as the weeks go by.
In the meantime, catch the Michael Praed/Jason Connery series to see how this should have been done.