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Robin Hood (non-zoid post)

POSTED BY: WHOODAHN
UPDATED: Monday, June 14, 2004 05:21
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Monday, May 31, 2004 4:48 AM

Maybe this has been discussed before, but it never hurts to resurrect a good thread.

I was thinking of the opening scenes in OMR when Inara is walking with Mal after the shootout. Her reaction to his noble actions seemed so familiar and then I realized that Mal is just a modern day (future) Robin Hood. A fact that has probably been very obvious to most on this board.

The comparison of most of character then became some what obvious too.

Mal - Robin Hood
Inara - Maid Marion
Jayne - Little John
Book - Friar Tuck

There needs to be a Wil Scarlet, would that be Zoë or Kaylee?

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

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Monday, May 31, 2004 7:17 AM

ANNIK

There was a direct reference to the Robin Hood thing in Ariel (I think): talking about what to do with the loot from the hospital.

I think it was Wash saying something like "Well, this stealing from the rich and selling to the poor is all fine and nice ..."

Consider that a paraphrase, not a quote, LOL!

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

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Monday, May 31, 2004 3:18 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.

"Come gather around me. Space travelers surround me.
Hark now to the ballad of Rocket Robin Hood.
I may well confound you, astound you, spellbound you,
with heroes and villains, the bad and the good.
Watch now as our rockets race here from afar.
For now, with our Robin, we live on a star."
"Three. Two. One. Blast off!
Band of brothers, marching together.
Heads held high in all kinds of weather.
With fiery blasts, our roaring rockets rise,
beyond the Earth, beyond the skies!
At the sight of Robin, take your stand,
with the gallant leader of our band.
Send a joyous shout throughout the land!
For Rocket Robin Hood!"

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Monday, May 31, 2004 3:29 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.

I've been think about this, and depending how you look at it Zoe might be a better fit for Little John than Jayne, not physically (Jayne has that hands down) but by the fact that she is his lieutenant. I think Will was third in line, so rank wise that would be Wash?

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Monday, May 31, 2004 3:35 PM

WHOODAHN

From IMDB.com

Memorable Quotes from
"Rocket Robin Hood" (1967)

Friar Tuck: If there's one thing I cannot abide is being interrupted at mealtime.

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Narrator: When the problems of Rocket Robin Hood call for "heavy" thinking. It's time for Friar Tuck to come to the rescue. Some like the wicked Sherrif of N.O.T.T. think him fat, foolish and not worth worrying about but don't you believe it. Friar Tuck, who's courage is as tremendous as his appitite, is just one of the astounding space characters in the merry band of Rocket Robin Hood in the astonishing years to come.

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Rocket Robin Hood: Careful Little John. I almost got you there.
Little John: Yeah and I almost go you too.
Rocket Robin Hood: Say Little John, Maid Marrian is watching you.
Little John: She is?
[Rocket Robin Hood bops Little John on his head with his jousting staff]
Rocket Robin Hood: Now she's laughing at you. Let this be a lesson to you Little John. Never let your gaurd down.
[Maid Marrian giggles]
Little John: I guess I should return the favour.
[Little John heaves Rocket Robin Hood over his head and throws him into a pond]
Rocket Robin Hood: I guess I should take my own advice.

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Rocket Robin Hood: What happened?
Maid Marrian: He was hurting you so I stopped him.
Rocket Robin Hood: You stopped him? But how?
Maid Marrian: I gear stripped him or whatever.
Rocket Robin Hood: You stripped? You stripped his gears? But how?
Maid Marrian: I just used my compact, my lipstick, and my mirror. Now my makeup is a mess and I can't make myself look pretty for you because you won me in a contest and...
Rocket Robin Hood: Maid Marrian you're wonderful.
Maid Marrian: I am?
Rocket Robin Hood: Yes you are. Never underestimate the power of a woman with make-up.

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Narrator: The mightiest of Rocket Robin Hood's merry men is Little John. The brawniest space man ever to rocket through the cosmos in the fantastic years to come. This goliath of the galaxy has the brute force of an ox combined with a truly super weapon: the electro quarter staff. Little John has a good hearted kindness towards all living things. Mightiest of Rocket Robin Hood's Merry Men in the fantastic years to come... Little John.

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

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Monday, May 31, 2004 3:37 PM

WHOODAHN

In Robin Hood, didn't Robin and Little John meet and fight before they banded together and became friends?

Sounds like Mal & Jayne.

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

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Monday, May 31, 2004 9:03 PM

VETERAN

Don't squat with your spurs on.

Yeah, they were on opposite sides of a log, trying to use it to cross a stream. Robin notched an arrow and told John Little to step aside. John called him a coward, because all he was holding was a staff. So Robin cut down a sapling, made a staff and squared off against him. After John beat him Robin called his band, and convinced John to join. So the dunked him in the river and changed his name from John Little to Little John.

Robin met a lot of his followers that way. In fact, he usually loses and then convinces them to join him.

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Saturday, June 5, 2004 9:42 AM

FIREFLEW

Quote:
Originally posted by Veteran:
Yeah, they were on opposite sides of a log, trying to use it to cross a stream. Robin notched an arrow and told John Little to step aside. John called him a coward, because all he was holding was a staff. So Robin cut down a sapling, made a staff and squared off against him. After John beat him Robin called his band, and convinced John to join. So the dunked him in the river and changed his name from John Little to Little John.

Robin met a lot of his followers that way. In fact, he usually loses and then convinces them to join him.

Like Mal and Jayne

(/Obvious)

Jayne: "Know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I beat you with till you understand who's in command."

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Saturday, June 5, 2004 9:44 AM

FIREFLEW

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Monday, June 14, 2004 5:21 AM

MANTICHORUS

I always thought Jaynestown had a very overt Robin Hood feel to it...

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"BADGER: You think you're better than other people.
MAL: Just the ones I'm better than." -Shindig.
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"MAL: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous.
SIMON: Yes, I'm very proud." -Safe.

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