Robin Hood BBC series - Blu-ray Forum

Riverside666 · 03-02-2008, 06:58 AM

Can anyone tell me if this is any good? I'm in states and I've never heard of this and just saw an ad for it. I was wondering if the series is any good.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Hood-C.../dp/B000VA3J84

ulri4651 · 03-02-2008, 07:52 AM

yeah its pretty good, as are most of the bbc shows. you can import it from amazon.uk

Sylin · 03-02-2008, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Riverside666

Can anyone tell me if this is any good? I'm in states and I've never heard of this and just saw an ad for it. I was wondering if the series is any good.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Hood-C.../dp/B000VA3J84

I enjoyed the first two seasons on BBC America. So much so, that I recently ordered the Blu-ray from SendIt. Hoping to get it soon.

Now, if only they'd release them on Blu in the US... along with Doctor Who and Torchwood, I'd be set!

katharsis · 03-02-2008, 08:40 AM

IMO this is total junk! Watched like half of the first season hoping it would get better... wish they'd bring out the old tv show on BD at some point!

simon1976uk · 03-02-2008, 08:52 AM

Torchwood season 1 is listed as being released in June on amazon.co.uk

Dr Who wasn't recorded in High Definition, well the first 3 seasons weren't anyway so it may be a wait for those, before they are remastered.

Hope this helps

Striker · 03-02-2008, 11:55 AM

I just finished watching season one and enjoyed it. I rented the season from Netflix and I am looking forward to season two being released but this is not a "must buy" for me. They were really close to making this a great show but went a little overboard on the Sheriff and some other characters trying to add humor to the show. Worth watching but I would not buy. The standard DVD season one is like $70 bucks in the states - to high for this show.

Salinger · 03-02-2008, 01:10 PM

I watched this on BBC Canada. Quite liked it. I actually felt the Robin and his men characters were more realistically portrayed than in most other versions I've seen.

As to whether it's worth buying, I'd suggest renting a disc first. I'm on the bubble as to whether this is a buy or not. Perhaps not. Then again, unlike most on this site, I wouldn't take Transformers if they were giving it away, so like all releases, it's a personal call.

OokieSpookie · 03-02-2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by katharsis

IMO this is total junk! Watched like half of the first season hoping it would get better... wish they'd bring out the old tv show on BD at some point!

I very much agree with the last part of this.
I do not think that this show was total junk, it was just that they are trying to go the Xena/Hercules route and are not very good at .

Alan Gordon · 03-02-2008, 05:57 PM

I really enjoyed this series... and if it was released here in the US, I'd snap it up in a second... but I'm not real big on importing...

~Alan

cdooley · 03-02-2008, 08:37 PM

I watched the first season last year and enjoyed it. It isn't the best Robin Hood ever made, but it is one of the more fun versions. Sit back, turn your mind off and enjoy. :-)

The second season starts on BBC America some time in April, so hopefully they will rerun the first season so you can catch an episode or two. Having never seen it, I can't comment on the Blu version of this series.

david2189 · 03-24-2008, 05:10 PM

just reopening this thread, was wondering if anyone has this and could tell me what the picture and audio quality is like?

Sylin · 03-24-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by david2189

just reopening this thread, was wondering if anyone has this and could tell me what the picture and audio quality is like?

I have it as an import from the UK, and I am very impressed. It is very much what you'd expect for a TV show transfer, tho, so don't get your hopes up too much. It isn't reference material. I'd rate the PQ a 3.5/5 and the AQ at a 4/5, given what we're dealing with here.

Word of advice: if you import the set from the UK (I used SendIt), a lot of companies have Season 1 listed as a Region 2 Blu-ray. It's not. It's region free. The confusion comes from the fact that Take 2 (not the software company) does the production, and their logo is a friggin' triangle with a "2" inside it. Ironically enough, the region code symbol for Blu-rays is... a triangle with a "2" inside it! Thus the confusion. But I've sampled the show and the extras and they all run fine in both the PS3 and the Sony BDP-S300.

Disco_And · 03-27-2008, 07:45 PM

Is the UK version in 1080p or 1080i?

Sylin · 03-27-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Disco_And

Is the UK version in 1080p or 1080i?

1080p

Ernest Rister · 03-28-2008, 12:04 AM

The problem with the series is that Robin is adept at breaking into Nottingham Castle whenever it suits him, or engaging in all kinds of derring do, but if he only stopped on one of those trips into Nottingham and shot a few arrows into the right people, he would alleviate all the suffering of the townspeople, end the repression, end the danger to himself and his men, and restore justice to the land.

Does this ever happen?

Nope.

Why?

Gotta keep the series running. So Robin runs away. There's an episode where Robin catches the Sheriff and has him tied to a tree. Does Robin kill him? Well, he certainly wants to, and he struggles the whole episode with the question. If you think about it logically, though, you know what the outcome is going to be. Of course, Robin can't kill him. It's a TV series, and he's a high-profile character. He has to be back next week.

It's that kind of internal logic gap that frustrates me about much of episodic television. There was an episode of The X-Files in its eighth season when Dogget was killed, and then an Indian Shaman regurgitated gallons of grey goo into a body mold, and then the body mold formed into a new body for Dogget. Now one would think being reincarnated via the vomit of a Native American would tend to make one more open to extreme possibilities. Nope. Next week's episode, Dogget was the doubting thomas again.

Sylin · 03-28-2008, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Gotta keep the series running. So Robin runs away. There's an episode where Robin catches the Sheriff and has him tied to a tree. Does Robin kill him? Well, he certainly wants to, and he struggles the whole episode with the question. If you think about it logically, though, you know what the outcome is going to be. Of course, Robin can't kill him. It's a TV series, and he's a high-profile character. He has to be back next week.

Yeah, I hear you on this one. Of course, that's why the writers have made small adjustments to the series so now Robin considers the Sheriff to be "useful" just like Gisbourne (sp?) is "useful". There have been a lot more 3rd party antagonists lately.

PS... that episode was downright awesome, tho! Good quality drama.

Frumious Boojum · 03-28-2008, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by david2189

just reopening this thread, was wondering if anyone has this and could tell me what the picture and audio quality is like?

Look in the news about the US Blu-Ray release... I think Sylin's alone on the picture quality.

It's pretty bad. Compression artifacts, banding, etc... doesn't make a very pretty picture. Worst picture I've seen on a Blu-Ray so far that wasn't the SD special features.

punkguy03 · 09-03-2013, 10:06 PM

So the UK version is 1080p instead of 1080i? Anyone know about the German versions?

punkguy03 · 09-03-2013, 11:02 PM

Well I ordered all the German versions since I can actually get season 2 and 3 on blu that way! Ordered the regular UK version of season one tho since it has 5 discs instead of four, so it must be special features or something.

punkguy03 · 09-07-2013, 07:18 PM

Well got my UK version today of season 1. It is indeed 4 discs, not 5 like the picture said. Also, it is region free and the back says 1080i however, it's 1080p on my tv. So, the UK version has a better resolution apparently than the US.

03-02-2008, 06:58 AM	#1
Riverside666 Active Member Member since:Sep 2007	Robin Hood BBC series Can anyone tell me if this is any good? I'm in states and I've never heard of this and just saw an ad for it. I was wondering if the series is any good. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Robin-Hood-C.../dp/B000VA3J84 Last edited by Riverside666; 03-02-2008 at 07:03 AM.

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03-02-2008, 07:52 AM	#2
ulri4651 Banned Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray collection:162 Trading Score:36	yeah its pretty good, as are most of the bbc shows. you can import it from amazon.uk

03-02-2008, 08:40 AM	#4
katharsis Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:SoCal Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:379 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	IMO this is total junk! Watched like half of the first season hoping it would get better... wish they'd bring out the old tv show on BD at some point!

03-02-2008, 08:52 AM	#5
simon1976uk Member Member since:Nov 2006 Location:Belton , North Lincolnshire	Torchwood season 1 is listed as being released in June on amazon.co.uk Dr Who wasn't recorded in High Definition, well the first 3 seasons weren't anyway so it may be a wait for those, before they are remastered. Hope this helps

03-02-2008, 11:55 AM	#6
Striker Member Member since:Oct 2007	I just finished watching season one and enjoyed it. I rented the season from Netflix and I am looking forward to season two being released but this is not a "must buy" for me. They were really close to making this a great show but went a little overboard on the Sheriff and some other characters trying to add humor to the show. Worth watching but I would not buy. The standard DVD season one is like $70 bucks in the states - to high for this show.

03-02-2008, 01:10 PM	#7
Salinger Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Toronto, ON	I watched this on BBC Canada. Quite liked it. I actually felt the Robin and his men characters were more realistically portrayed than in most other versions I've seen. As to whether it's worth buying, I'd suggest renting a disc first. I'm on the bubble as to whether this is a buy or not. Perhaps not. Then again, unlike most on this site, I wouldn't take Transformers if they were giving it away, so like all releases, it's a personal call.

03-02-2008, 05:57 PM	#9
Alan Gordon Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Dawson, GA 4K collection:867 Blu-ray collection:2455 DVD collection:437 MA collection:1874 Digital collection:2065 iTunes collection:4091 Prime collection:1896 Trading Score:44	I really enjoyed this series... and if it was released here in the US, I'd snap it up in a second... but I'm not real big on importing... ~Alan

03-02-2008, 08:37 PM	#10
cdooley Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Rome, Georgia, USA Trading Score:14	I watched the first season last year and enjoyed it. It isn't the best Robin Hood ever made, but it is one of the more fun versions. Sit back, turn your mind off and enjoy. :-) The second season starts on BBC America some time in April, so hopefully they will rerun the first season so you can catch an episode or two. Having never seen it, I can't comment on the Blu version of this series.

03-24-2008, 05:10 PM	#11
david2189 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:London, UK Blu-ray collection:183	just reopening this thread, was wondering if anyone has this and could tell me what the picture and audio quality is like?

03-27-2008, 07:45 PM	#13
Disco_And Active Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Bristol, England 4K collection:102 Blu-ray collection:684 Blu-ray reviews: 7	Is the UK version in 1080p or 1080i?

03-28-2008, 12:04 AM	#15
Ernest Rister Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jan 2008 4K collection:100 Blu-ray collection:590 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	The problem with the series is that Robin is adept at breaking into Nottingham Castle whenever it suits him, or engaging in all kinds of derring do, but if he only stopped on one of those trips into Nottingham and shot a few arrows into the right people, he would alleviate all the suffering of the townspeople, end the repression, end the danger to himself and his men, and restore justice to the land. Does this ever happen? Nope. Why? Gotta keep the series running. So Robin runs away. There's an episode where Robin catches the Sheriff and has him tied to a tree. Does Robin kill him? Well, he certainly wants to, and he struggles the whole episode with the question. If you think about it logically, though, you know what the outcome is going to be. Of course, Robin can't kill him. It's a TV series, and he's a high-profile character. He has to be back next week. It's that kind of internal logic gap that frustrates me about much of episodic television. There was an episode of The X-Files in its eighth season when Dogget was killed, and then an Indian Shaman regurgitated gallons of grey goo into a body mold, and then the body mold formed into a new body for Dogget. Now one would think being reincarnated via the vomit of a Native American would tend to make one more open to extreme possibilities. Nope. Next week's episode, Dogget was the doubting thomas again.

09-03-2013, 10:06 PM	#18
punkguy03 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:361 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:10	So the UK version is 1080p instead of 1080i? Anyone know about the German versions?

09-03-2013, 11:02 PM	#19
punkguy03 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:361 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:10	Well I ordered all the German versions since I can actually get season 2 and 3 on blu that way! Ordered the regular UK version of season one tho since it has 5 discs instead of four, so it must be special features or something.

09-07-2013, 07:18 PM	#20
punkguy03 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:361 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews:13 Trading Score:10	Well got my UK version today of season 1. It is indeed 4 discs, not 5 like the picture said. Also, it is region free and the back says 1080i however, it's 1080p on my tv. So, the UK version has a better resolution apparently than the US.

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