Swashbucklers & Heroes

Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews are great in this movie (made for TV). This is the most romantic of the Pimpernel movies, in my opinion.

This Scarlet Pimpernel with Richard E. Grant were done as a series. I bought a set in the US with under 300 minutes and then found another set that never got to the US, which I ordered from Amazon in the UK. I got the whole complete set of 600 minutes which included the first set I already had. It was region free but is in PAL format. Fine for me since my player will do PAL.

I love this series but it is more action than romance.

I watched all 10 seasons of Smallville just as season 10 was ending and I love this show. I was a huge Superman comic book fan as a kid and this series did a great job depicting what Clark Kent may have been like growing up in Kansas on a farm and learning to become Superman. There were some story lines I didn't care much for--like Lana Lang and the girls getting possessed by witches or Lana becoming a vampire. Other story lines seemed to be longer than necessary, but on the whole, this is a fun and exciting show to watch. There are over 200 episodes, so it is very satisfying.

This is one of my all-time favorite swashbuckling stories. I wish Hollywood would do a remake with modern techniques, but making sure they don't mess up the story. I could picture a young Colin Farrell or Orlando Bloom as Captain Blood.

Zorro is one of my all-time favorite heroes and Anthonio Banderas wasn't bad in the role. He isn't the original Zorro, but is trained by the original to take over.

This is a sequel to The Mask of Zorro and it is full of romance and action with a very evil bad guy.

Disney produced the best Zorro there ever was with Guy Williams as Diego/Zorro. If you can get your hands on this Disney Treasure with 82 episodes, you will love it.

This is another movie that would be nice to get a modern remake of. It still is enjoyable with Tyrone Power as the swashbuckling hero who uses his wits and skills to save Maureen O'Hara from pirates who attack their ship.

This movie (made for TV) is based on The Prince and the Pauper. I like it because of the swordplay and it has some humor.

Disney had a 3-part movie on TV that starred Guy Williams as Miles Hendon. I am not sure this link is to the same movie but the time frame is about right. The only place I could find to see this version starring Guy Williams was to rent it on Amazon's Unbox. The quality of the video was poor but I still enjoyed it. I am hoping Disney will come out with a better quality copy for sale one of these days.

Robin Hood is a favorite story and who doesn't like Russell Crowe?

When I first saw this movie with Errol Flynn, I loved it. It is still pretty good now that I am older, but I do have to admit those green tights are kind of ridiculous.

I enjoyed this British TV series of Robin Hood although they killed him off at the end of season one. Then they replaced him with another guy in season two--they didn't bring him back to life but just had a new leader take over.

These Horatio Hornblower movies are part of a series starring Ioan Gruffudd and they are so good you can watch them over and over.

This remake of Superman is better than most I have seen. There are quite a few changes to the old story we are used to, yet the hero is still a man who is morally above most people. The fact that Superman has super powers, he could become a tyrant/dictator, but instead he is a protector of mankind.