[SCA-AS] Re: Artssciences Digest, Vol 44, Issue 4

Tue Jan 30 02:06:35 CST 2007

FYI - the Robin of Sherwood fan club offers the entire series , as well as periodic conventions( mostly Mid-West) - see http://www.robinofsherwood.org/ 

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> 1. Rome New Season / Release of first season Robin of Sherwood
> (mmagnusol)
> 2. Re: Rome New Season / Release of first season Robin of
> Sherwood (Heleen Greenwald)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:23:10 -0500
> From: mmagnusol 
> Subject: [SCA-AS] Rome New Season / Release of first season 
> Robin of
> Sherwood
> To: - Adrian Empire - NC - Shire of Galloway
> , - Austlend - Vikings-NA 
> in NC
> List , "- BARONY of WINDMASTERS' HILL"
> , - IrgenTLA 
> , -
> Manx , - SCA-ARTS
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> The new season of Rome [for adults only] begins on 
> HBO next Sunday nite.
> If you like it you probably want to see it. 
> Filmed in Italy.
> ............................................
> Secondly - acornonline.com is advertising they 
> have an exclusive on
> the first 13 episodes of Robin of Sherwood with 
> Michael Praed as Robin.
> 11 hours, 19minutes on 5 DVDs. $59.95. 
> 1-888-870-8047
> There is a full size photo of the original Merry 
> Men on the catalog cover.
> You might like to request a copy of the catalog 
> but I'll bet they ship one
> with an order.
> 
> The Irish Band Clannad did the music for the 
> series - Robin the Hooded
> Man is the theme song. For those of you with a 
> mid-eastern bent this is
> the first entry of a Saracen into the Robin Hood 
> legend I believe and he
> is a series regular, using double scimitars and 
> throwing knives.
> 
> In America you had to be aware in the mid 1980's 
> and able to watch Showtime
> then to see it as it was a Showtime program. In 
> the later episodes Praed
> is replaced by Jason Connery, Sean Connery's son. 
> The episode I most
> remember of the whole thing is Robin [Praed] 
> pitted against the Sheriff's
> men alone on a hilltop. That one was pretty good 
> [in my opinion].
> 
> Previous to now there were 4 mini-movies released 
> and then available only
> on old VHS tapes if you could find them. I bought 
> a PAL version in order
> to collect it two or three years ago in DVD. PAL 
> is what is generally used
> outside the US and Canada. Now it is available in 
> NTSC for them. It has
> been at least 20 years since they played here in 
> North America.
> Old SCAdians probably enjoyed it.
> 
> Magnus, OL
> Great Barony of Windmasters Hill, Manx, Adria, 
> GDH, Archer-Antiquaries
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:39:16 -0500
> From: Heleen Greenwald 
> Subject: Re: [SCA-AS] Rome New Season / Release of first season Robin
> of Sherwood
> To: Arts and Sciences in the SCA 
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> Thank you for letting us know My Lord. Hubby and I just saw ROME 
> the 
> first season, for the first time 2 weeks ago, Really good 
> series... 
> but yeah, adults only.
> Phillipa
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 10:23 PM, mmagnusol wrote:
> 
> > The new season of Rome [for adults only] begins on HBO next 
> Sunday 
> > nite.
> > If you like it you probably want to see it. Filmed in Italy.
> > ............................................
> > Secondly - acornonline.com is advertising they have an 
> exclusive on
> > the first 13 episodes of Robin of Sherwood with Michael Praed 
> as 
> > Robin.
> > 11 hours, 19minutes on 5 DVDs. $59.95. 1-888-870-8047
> > There is a full size photo of the original Merry Men on the 
> catalog 
> > cover.
> > You might like to request a copy of the catalog but I'll bet 
> they 
> > ship one
> > with an order.
> >
> > The Irish Band Clannad did the music for the series - Robin 
> the Hooded
> > Man is the theme song. For those of you with a mid-eastern 
> bent 
> > this is
> > the first entry of a Saracen into the Robin Hood legend I 
> believe 
> > and he
> > is a series regular, using double scimitars and throwing knives.
> >
> > In America you had to be aware in the mid 1980's and able to 
> watch 
> > Showtime
> > then to see it as it was a Showtime program. In the later 
> episodes 
> > Praed
> > is replaced by Jason Connery, Sean Connery's son. The 
> episode I most
> > remember of the whole thing is Robin [Praed] pitted against 
> the 
> > Sheriff's
> > men alone on a hilltop. That one was pretty good [in my opinion].
> >
> > Previous to now there were 4 mini-movies released and then 
> > available only
> > on old VHS tapes if you could find them. I bought a PAL 
> version in 
> > order
> > to collect it two or three years ago in DVD. PAL is what is 
> > generally used
> > outside the US and Canada. Now it is available in NTSC for 
> them. 
> > It has
> > been at least 20 years since they played here in North America.
> > Old SCAdians probably enjoyed it.
> >
> > Magnus, OL
> > Great Barony of Windmasters Hill, Manx, Adria, GDH, Archer-
> Antiquaries>
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