Nothing's forgotten. Nothing's ever forgotten
I agree, RoS is pretty much the gritty view - less blood than would be in a modern one, though. Like I say above, you can Flynn it right up without loosing much of any historical fidelity - much of that is in the costuming and sets. Make it all a bit muddier, more brown and green and grey, and on top of that the stories about getting one over on a large ham of a Sherrif with a set of memorable mooks and you've essentially got your Saturday evening show.
Pretty much what I have in mind.
(As long as the old ""medieval people were willfully dirty barbarians coated in mud" chestnut is avoided, I'm okay with believable grubbiness.)