Of the 8 films comprising the Dark Age, the animation had a sketched, almost surreal-looking vibe in some instances, and the films themselves proved to be less whimsical and more serious.
With a stronger focus on other ventures such as the launch of Walt Disney World in 1971, the animation division fell by the wayside, and animators began to option and create more obscure stories to turn into movies. This 18-year period was chaotic to say the least as the company struggled to find it’s footing after Walt’s death. The Dark Age, also known as the Bronze Age, spans the years 1970-1988, the immediate period following Walt Disney’s death in 1966 and ending with the release of Oliver & Company (1988), which preceded The Little Mermaid (1989) and the start of the Disney Renaissance. Just because he’s not played by a cartoon fox doesn’t mean the show can’t be lots of fun.All things considered, not everyone likes Disney’s Dark Age animated films. That’s only a small quibble, though, because the show is excellent and the bonus features are as well.
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My only complaint about the set is that, for a Blu-ray, the show itself has a full screen (as opposed to a widescreen) layout. The show is a really solid period piece that doesn’t take itself too seriously, and the set includes plenty of special features, including most notably a forty-page booklet about the legend of Robin Hood. Is the Blu-ray set worth the buy? Well, it contains all thirteen episodes of the show’s first two seasons, including the shocking episode thirteen, a true game changer that doesn’t feel gimmicky in the slightest.
He’s sort of Merlin-like figure who is given subtle magical abilities. Then there’s Herme the Hunter, a shamanic type figure who gives Robin his bow and sets him on the path of righteousness. In the first episode, “Robin Hood and the Sorcerer,” Robin fights off Little John, who has been possessed by the titular sorcerer. The British television version of Robin Hood features plenty of sword fighting and medieval trickery, but also has just enough supernatural elements to make it fantastical. In this three-disc set, we reach the happy medium between the chuckling fox pictured above and the grey-toned grimace of Russell Crowe.
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With Acorn Media’s new release of Robin of Sherwood, a 1980s British television series based on the legend of Robin Hood, we can finally get back to enjoying these stories the way they were meant to be told: as myths. Sure, we like to pretend that they looked like Clive Owen and Russell Crowe, but those gritty and “accurate” films such as 2004’s King Arthur and last year’s Robin Hood are still criticized because, well, a lot of their stuff is made up. Of course, the story of Robin Hood is like that of King Arthur in another sense: there is no such thing as real historical accuracy when telling the stories, because nobody really knows who these figures were. His story’s just as famous as that of King Arthur, save for one thing: he’s probably most famous as a fox. Everyone knows who he was the fellow with a bow and arrow who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. There’s a strange thing about the tale of Robin Hood.
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