Why Is Robin Hood Always Old?
Um, actually, I don't know. This title was inspired by this "Yahoo Answers!" question that I stumbled across, and it's actually an interesting thought (obviously, I kind wrote a book about this one).
Robin Hood is seen as this young, lively, fun bad boy with a heart of gold, but often he's shown as old, at the end of his rope. Even in my fave-ever Kevin Costner Prince of Thieves incarnation, dude is supposed to be a young man returning from war, but he was 36 when he played that character. And PLEASE, Robin is a bit of heartthrob when you think about it. He's got skillz and he's running through the forest all the time, saving people and stealing from the rich to give to the poor.
Rock out.
Anyway, my Robin Hood is young and hot and kind of angsty and broody–just how I like 'em. So yes, clearly, Yahoo Answers, there will be a new (young) Robin Hood in town, but while we're at it, I'd like to look at some other "young" reboots of popular characters.
Because really, what's more exciting than looking at the formative years of a legend?
X Men: First Class
Ok, I just saw the movie, and I'm not one of those people who knows the X-Universe inside and out. I got the opportunity to be delighted by this story and the depth of imagination that goes into all of the origin stories of all the X Men, Brotherhood, and various other mutant leagues. I LOVED the movie. James McAvoy totally kicked ass as Professor X, and his whole role felt so wise and compassionate. Lucas Till should be in everything, ever, and if, say, SCARLET gets made into a movie in like five years, he is SO Rob if he can learn a British accent.
The Young Sherlock Holmes
I just saw that a new series of books is out (DEATH CLOUD is the first) by Andrew Lane (interestingly and quite literally unrelated, I actually have TWO cousins named Andrew Lane) that is about a young Sherlock Holmes. Ummm…AWESOME, especially since the relationship between Sherlock and Watson always seems to speak to a teen boy's friendship. HOWEVER I'm a little miffed that at the moment because apparently it won't be available on the Kindle until Dec 31st, 2012. What the hell?
I know there are other "young" reboots out there–what's your fave?
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