Virtual Birthday Party, Day 01

[wiseheart]

Hi folks! *waves" I know I'm late kicking off my virtual birthday party of 2013, but considering that I worked almost 11 hours today, I think I can be forgiven, right?

It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 57 on October 9, so let's party!

Last years virtual birthday party yielded 1328 comments on 6 pages, before LJ crashed the whole thing, and 617 additional ones on 3 pages at the second coming. Which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 2000-COMMENT-BARRIER! Let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. However, to avoid the same mishap that occurred last year, there will be a separate post for each day until the 9th. We will count all pages and comments together when the party is closed.

Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it. I tentatively started two topics, just to begin the fun somehow, but you may add anything you want.

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I liked the relationship between him & the Sheriff a lot, though the Sheriff himself was more of an archetype than a character. Much was also great, but so underused. One of the reasons I really hate that incarnation of Robin (the character) is the horribly cruel way he treats Much, which made watching some of Much's scenes really painful.

Did you ever get to see Robin of Sherwood? One of my teen heartthrobs was the Michael Praed version of Robin. And the series got me into Clannad, one of a tiny handful of non-classical musicians I enjoy.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

songfire3 sent me the series, but I haven't found the inner strength to watch is so far, as it doesn't have English subtitles, and I have a hard time to understand the actors. But one day I will. My other problem is that I'm way to fixed on Much of the Armitage series and have a hard time to get used to the different cast.

Aside from Robin, that is. I hate the idiotic, clown-like Robin of the Armitage series. Liked the Saracen girl, though. Too bad they replaced her. But what made the whole series completely unconvincing was the female Sheriff of Nottingham in the later seasons. Please, if we make a semi-historic series, let's at least try to present the society of that era half-way believably.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Looking back, I suspect Robin of Sherwood won't really bear watching in the cold light of day, but boy did I fixate on Praed as a teen. I adore men with long dark hair.

And oh, god, yes the Robin of the recent BBC series is so bad it isn't even funny. And not just badly acted & badly written, plain mean (especially to Much, but also to Marian). I haven't got to the female Sheriff yet; I think that must be season 3?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That, or later, I think. I'm not really sure. I started to watch the series because I wanted to see the guy who plays Archer (Clive Standen) in a different role, but he only comes late on.

He was a decent Gawain in Camelot, though.