Walkerbaby-people in England call it the same as you: domestic violence. But there is violence throughout the show. Just look at season 1; she fights as the nightwatchman, gets stabbed, Robin goes mental and starts to kill the Sheriff's men. The violence is there, and to some extent is expected in shows where the main theme is "Sheriff kill Robin, Robin kill Sheriff."
I'm not saying I agree with the ending; a lady with such veracity as Marian should've gone down fighting if she was going to go down at all. It was unnecessary, but I think it was in Guy's nature to have such a passionate response to that. It wasn't romantic, (and I have to say if we are going to be personal about nations here, that the US splurges out lots of romantic/adventure films where it is glamourised, but yes, i am aware that Austen glamourises it too) and perhaps it was wrong for the BBC to put in a scene in an essentially 'family show'.
The fact that Djaq was brushed aside like a used doormat bothers me also. And I think that she deserved a better ending. If she (the actress) did want to leave, in fact for both of them, they should've been afforded a little more dignity. They basically turned into sub-humans: if they wanted submissive women in their show, then the writers ought to have made them submissive from the start and not given them a sudden change of heart.
I guess Marian did stand up to a man wielding a sword (not the cleverest of things) which shows how courageous she could be. But it seemed Robin couldn't even shed a tear for her-which I thought was against his (spineless) character.
And then we come to Little John. He was a back handed character change if ever I saw one. Yes we all know he is torn up about his wife....But in no way, NO WAY, should he have 'wanted to die'. It was against his character. Yes, 'its a good day to die' is a nice little phrase which rolls of the tongue, perhaps even stirs some camaraderee but good grief, Little John was never made to be like that. He was never set up to be a character like that. The same way Djaq wasn't meant to be all weak and submissive. The same way that Marian was supposed to be strong and feisty.
They really mucked about with the characters at the end. It didn't and doesn't correspond to how the writers set them up. I was disappointed with the ending, but not shocked (if that's what the BBC wanted) as I knew Guy of Gisbourne was a murderer-and really Marian had played with fire. Even if the episode before made them seem like they were beginning to be friends.....
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Date: 2008-01-17 08:12 pm (UTC)I'm not saying I agree with the ending; a lady with such veracity as Marian should've gone down fighting if she was going to go down at all. It was unnecessary, but I think it was in Guy's nature to have such a passionate response to that. It wasn't romantic, (and I have to say if we are going to be personal about nations here, that the US splurges out lots of romantic/adventure films where it is glamourised, but yes, i am aware that Austen glamourises it too) and perhaps it was wrong for the BBC to put in a scene in an essentially 'family show'.
The fact that Djaq was brushed aside like a used doormat bothers me also. And I think that she deserved a better ending. If she (the actress) did want to leave, in fact for both of them, they should've been afforded a little more dignity. They basically turned into sub-humans: if they wanted submissive women in their show, then the writers ought to have made them submissive from the start and not given them a sudden change of heart.
I guess Marian did stand up to a man wielding a sword (not the cleverest of things) which shows how courageous she could be. But it seemed Robin couldn't even shed a tear for her-which I thought was against his (spineless) character.
And then we come to Little John. He was a back handed character change if ever I saw one. Yes we all know he is torn up about his wife....But in no way, NO WAY, should he have 'wanted to die'. It was against his character. Yes, 'its a good day to die' is a nice little phrase which rolls of the tongue, perhaps even stirs some camaraderee but good grief, Little John was never made to be like that. He was never set up to be a character like that. The same way Djaq wasn't meant to be all weak and submissive. The same way that Marian was supposed to be strong and feisty.
They really mucked about with the characters at the end. It didn't and doesn't correspond to how the writers set them up. I was disappointed with the ending, but not shocked (if that's what the BBC wanted) as I knew Guy of Gisbourne was a murderer-and really Marian had played with fire. Even if the episode before made them seem like they were beginning to be friends.....
BBC, hang your head in shame.
M x