Mik’s Mindstorms

Yesterday, I finally started watching the second season of the tv series Robin of Sherwood, which all of you might remember if you’re about the same age as I am (or older of course). Ever since the 1980s, when the series was broadcasted on Dutch Television, I’ve been longing to see it again. A sweet sense of nostalgia you might say, and yes it is. Although sometimes nostalgia is better left nostalgia; some series you should not watch again and just keep in memory.

That I really wanted to see this series again maybe also illustrates how I was hooked at it from the very first beginning when I was a little boy. The darkish, sometimes approaching the scary, atmosphere of the series backed by the mysterious music of Clannad, the thrilling story and just the amount of work spent to get every detail right for the atmosphere of the series, just left me breathless back then. So it was also my curiosity of finding out if the series really have been as good as I remember that made me check it out again. Some couple of months ago, probably sparked by the popularity of the new BBC series, Robin of Sherwood was brought out on dvd and of course I bought the first season immediately.

And yes, the series was as good as I remembered it. The first season was already nice to see, although looking and sounding ancient because of the old soft focus recordings and sometimes amateuristic sound effect. However, the first season I finished already too fast, and it left me wondering more and more about the rest of the series, increasing my impatience for the next dvd boxes to arrive. Luckily, about a month ago I stumbled across the second season and started to watch that yesterday. And from the first episod, I already dare to say that I think that this second season was the one that impressed me so much. The acting of all of the actors greatly improved and also it seems that more detail has been spend on the decors, probably because of a bigger budget than the first season that only was 5 episodes long. Writing this post, I think I will again watch an episode this evening, getting that old rush and starting to roll into that old addiction again…