426 - Geek Challenge: Hawk the Slayer vs. The Adventures of Robin Hood

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ah, merry old England. A land of many fine tales as well as some pretty crummy ones. This week, Paul and Arlo explore both sides of English mythmaking in a</span> <strong>Geek Challenge</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that hearkens back to the Middle Ages; i.e., the 1930s and 1980s. First up is a movie Paul has been trying to get Arlo to watch literally as long as they've been podcasting: Terry Marcel's 1980 sword-and-sorcery epic (?)</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hawk the Slayer</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, featuring John Terry and Jack Palance as improbable brothers warring over the power of the Mind Sword. In return, Arlo has Paul watch Michael Curtiz's 1938 classic</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Robin Hood</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, starring Errol Flynn as the screen's most iconic Robin. The boys discuss</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hawk</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">as Paul's Rosetta stone;</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robin Hood</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">as one of those movies you just sort of absorb by osmosis; gloriously cheesy synth scores; Daffy Duck becoming a friar; and more. Plus, Jonathan Hickman's</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">X-Men</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">!</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">NEXT: TBD.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>BREAKDOWN</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:00:30  -  Fade In / Intro</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:06:34  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hawk the Slayer</span></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">00:52:10  - </span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Adventures of Robin Hood</span