Disney's Robin Hood...
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Disney's Robin Hood...
...there are a lot more boob jokes in this than I remember.
Awesome film.
Awesome film.
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Robin hood and Little john a'running through the forrest...
Haven't seen it in years but used to be a video favourite. Would I be right in remembering that like Tail Spin it had the conceit of "Actors" from The Jungle Book in new roles? I'm failry sure Baloo was Little John but the old memory may be playing tricks.
Haven't seen it in years but used to be a video favourite. Would I be right in remembering that like Tail Spin it had the conceit of "Actors" from The Jungle Book in new roles? I'm failry sure Baloo was Little John but the old memory may be playing tricks.
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Cliffjumper wrote:I thought that, but ti looks like they just used Baloo's model for Little John.
I thought Sheer Khan was Prince John as well. I'm probably getting it mixeed up with a Tail Spin episode where they all dressed up for some reason...
Oddly enough I think it's fairly faithful to the original myths with the archery contest and all that.
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Nah, John was a mountain lion/cougar/puma. Because King Richard is a proper lion, you see.inflatable dalek wrote:I thought Sheer Khan was Prince John as well.
I'd say you're epically confused, unless The Jungle Book starred two foxes, a wolf, a badger and some chickens.
I was always somewhat disappointed that, lionheart gag aside, they didn't manage to keep it limited to indiginous UK wildlife.
That aside, I love that film. I picked it up on DVD last year and had forgotten how absolutely wonderful it is. Sir Hiss (Terry f'n Thomas!) is one of my all time favourite screen characters. Solely for the bit where he folds his arms over his basket.
Aside from that, Sheer Khan is a tiger, not a lion.Halfshell wrote:Nah, John was a mountain lion/cougar/puma. Because King Richard is a proper lion, you see.
I'd say you're epically confused, unless The Jungle Book starred two foxes, a wolf, a badger and some chickens.
I was always somewhat disappointed that, lionheart gag aside, they didn't manage to keep it limited to indiginous UK wildlife.
That aside, I love that film. I picked it up on DVD last year and had forgotten how absolutely wonderful it is. Sir Hiss (Terry f'n Thomas!) is one of my all time favourite screen characters. Solely for the bit where he folds his arms over his basket.
Robin Hood & Jungle Book are awesome films. Own them both. A couple years ago, my wife and I joined the Disney Movie Club cause they sent us a good deal. Now we own a bunch of animated classics and most of the Pixar movies. Oddly enough, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid are a couple of my favorites.
Oh yeah, and Sir Hiss is phenomenal!
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It's awesome. The only Disney animation that I own on DVD. Really love the songs too. Especially Whistle Stop (better known as the Hamster Dance!).
Love the Sheriff too. He's great.
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Admittedly, I used to think that Little John was played by Baloo and the snake guy was played by Kaa, too. Didn't figure out they were just recycled models until some time later.
It's a good movie and one of the Disney flicks I watched most often when I was a kid. Odd that it was so good, considering it came out in those "awkward years" between Walt's death and Disney's resurgance in quality at the end of the 80s.
So many of their movies from that time period were either terrible or totally forgettable. Robin Hood was an exception, though. Oh, and Great Mouse Detective. That one was great.
It's a good movie and one of the Disney flicks I watched most often when I was a kid. Odd that it was so good, considering it came out in those "awkward years" between Walt's death and Disney's resurgance in quality at the end of the 80s.
So many of their movies from that time period were either terrible or totally forgettable. Robin Hood was an exception, though. Oh, and Great Mouse Detective. That one was great.
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Hell yes. Always rather liked Fox & the Hound as well... Personally I think the main reason that little run of films are relatively... shunned is because they aren't as easy to merchandise as the 1990s-onwards ones, or the earlier Fairytale ones, as they're more unisex rather than primarily aimed at girls (to be fair, the Pixar stuff has redressed this considerably).
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And you thought this worth spelling out to the literally fractions of people reading who may not have realised that Khan was a tiger?ganon578 wrote:Technically, you didn't say he was a tiger. You inferred that he wasn't a lion when you said Prince John was a cougar/mountain lion and King Richard was a proper lion.
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Never seen that...as I look down the list, I've never seen Bambi, Three Caballeros, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, Melody Time, Ichabod & Mr. Toad, Sleeping Beauty, Aristocats, The Black Cauldron, The Great Mouse Detective, Oliver & Company, Pocahantas, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, or Home on the Range either...and I thought I liked Disney animated movies.Cliffjumper wrote:Hell yes. Always rather liked Fox & the Hound as well