Drinker's Chasers - Robyn Hood Gets Destroyed, Director Blames Everyone Else

Now that the legend of Robin Hood has been remade for "modern audiences", how do you think it was received? And how do you think Director X chose to respond to criticism of his show?

[@murrayroodbaard207]

When a director calls himself "Director X," did you REALLY think he'd be open to criticism? Only pretentious, self-important narcissists would do that.

[@SuperMarkizas]

I think he used to create music video clips or smth, cause i have definitely seen this moniker before

[@garysuarez9614]

"Critic X" would like to dissect this movie now...

[@michaelmastriano7566]

He's like a dollar store version of Spike Lee

[@hope-cat4894]

​​@@SuperMarkizasThat explains his fashion sense and the show's...soundtrack. 😳

[@josephatherley]

​@@SuperMarkizasyeah he's been making music videos since the 90s

[@_1Brick1_]

I’m black myself and hate what they are doing to these characters. It’s actually embarrassing to me as it seems we can’t come up with original characters 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@HonestBottom]

I don't blame you sir. It almost feels racist to me how they're going about injecting black actors into things like this. My favourite actor is Denzel Washington, he didn't need all this sh1t to have a great career, he just took roles in decent films and acted brilliantly!

[@npcimknot958]

What’s funny is, this could have been actaully amazing.. if you had good writers.. and not activist.. canada has a lot of insanely creative people.. they just don’t get the jobs.. black as well.. only the victim grifters get it…. Also, black canadians dno’t act like that at all 😂😂😂no one is gonna wear those outfits and think theyre lit 😂😂😂😂

[@harrydbastard]

In the mean time they ignore actual characters like barracuda from punisher max who is a legit bad ass and original. It's like it has to be a race swap to these idiots or it isn't legit

[@scottbuckley823]

Well Denzel who I love did play Macbeth a White Scottish man and yet everyone forgot. @@HonestBottom

[@sirloin8745]

You shouldn’t need to disclose your skin color these days? You’re proving the point, without even knowing it. 🤦‍♂️

[@darkdoormat71]

Imagine directors using race to cloak themselves from criticism. Never heard THAT one before.

[@bugsy742]

😂🤝 it’s such a childish gaslighting trope that people who lean a certain way literally use it as their life mantra!

[@KitePerson]

I honestly don't get the director's logic. If you're a racist, how the hell are you even a 'fan" of the show in the first place? What racist spends their time watching a black-led cast and calls themselves a fan?

[@mkultra2456]

@@KitePerson Robinhood is a real nigga.

[@John-Doe-Yo]

​@@KitePersonracist fans of the original story is what I'm guessing he meant

[@KitePerson]

@@John-Doe-Yo ah i see.

[@mrcorrosion1831]

How sad is it that Robin Hood Men in Tights is more faithful and respectful of the source material than a "serious" drama made 30 years later?

[@flowsilver-valhallagc]

Men in tights was hilarious and will always be great.

[@blackdynamite_5470]

Men in Tights is a 10/10 movie

[@ragnapodewski4694]

"Men in tights" is better than "King of thieves", it has the spirit of the old story

[@Jedsa009]

We're men, we're men in tights. We roam around the forest looking for fights. We're men, we're men in tights. We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right! We may look like sissies, but watch what you say or else we'll put out your lights! We're men, we're men in tights, Always on guard defending the people's rights. [Dance number, chorus line style] We're men, MANLY men, we're men in tights. Yeah! We roam around the forest looking for fights. We're men, we're men in tights. We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right! We may look like pansies, but don't get us wrong or else we'll put out your lights. We're men, we're men in tights (TIGHT tights), Always on guard defending the people's rights. When you're in a fix just call for the men in tights! We're butch.

[@veronica-mew]

As a black AND latina woman, if I wanted a "reimagined & modern" robin hood story, I'd just watch Robin Hood Men in Tights. At least that has Dave Chappelle in it.

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

I prefer the animated Disney or Kevin Costner version’s myself. The former has a catchy tune and the latter has Morgan Freeman. Russel Crowe did an amazing job with his take too.

[@alnu8355]

And directed by the Legendary Mel Brooks.

[@spareumbrella8477]

"A *black* sheriff?" "And why not? It worked in Blazing Saddles" "Ohhh... yeah, fair enough".

[@mosesdouglas4325]

Hey Blinkin? Did you just say Abe Lincoln? Plus that braile Playboy lmao.

[@edcapeling8998]

And unlike some other Robin Hoods, Carey Elwes can speak with an English accent

[@dragonforks93]

Suddenly the term "cultural appropriation" seems less idiotic

[@ronsmith8424]

I feel triggered that my culture has been appropriated! Thanks Canada !!

[@TheUnseenPath]

No it's still very idiotic.

[@alexanderwaller7354]

Nah its still an idiotic term. I'm British and more than happy to see people retell our folk tales. This one being utterly crap notwithstanding. Sometimes we get great stuff, especially around Arthurian legend!

[@cstgraphpads2091]

@@zogwort1522 It has, but the term itself was not in use at the time and did not come into use as a way of describing those things either. So yes, it is an idiotic statement as conceptualized.

[@TheChadPad]

More like cultural bastardization here

[@dizzyizzy7403]

The problem is people don’t even know what the original Robin Hood tale was about. he didn’t steal from the rich to give too the poor in the way we perceive it he stole from an illegitimate government unlawfully taxing its citizens as well as thieves masquerading as beggars and corrupt members of the church (but he always gave that money back to the church to be used as it was intended). Robin Hood himself was a noble and stopped his work when the legitimate king returned and even fought for him in several wars eventually leading to his death. He was never a “fuck the system” figure his story taught the valuable lessons of not obeying someone just because they say they are the authority and to respect and fight for the actual authority of your government. The classical Robin Hood would have shot this brat for being a thief and disrupting legitimate law.

[@mstevens94]

He was basically a fed up noble, that saw that the King's son, was taxing the poor heavily on his feudal land and decided to rob the Prince's tax agents thwarting the Sheriff of Nottingham while doing so, with his gang of like minded followers and give the money back to those who the money was taken from. Somehow, modern interpretation took this as a anti-capitalist, pro-socialism tale, yet this fictional story is in medieval times, long before the ideas of socialism and capitalism was even coined. That is a crucial point you made as well, Robin Hood in the story fought in the Crusades with the King, why would it be a "f--k the system story", when the man is probably a close friend of the King, and probably respects the King, at the very least, as a comrade in arms over the Prince and the Sheriff of Nottingham who stayed behind in England, who are literally trying to bankrupt the kingdom and plunge it haphazardly into rebellion. Yea, the real Robin Hood would have killed this brat, because she is acting no different than a common thug.

[@Vaelosh466]

I don't know if it's the same for Canada, I think in the US there's a perception that the British government prior to somewhere in the late 19th century or maybe WWI was an illegitimate, tyrannical government by nature of having a hereditary ruler with actual power (helped by them being our enemy prior to relations starting to soften in the late 19th century). So the nuance of one king being legitimate and another not is sort of lost and Robin Hood is just a guy fighting a fundamentally wrong kind of government which predictably abuses its power because that's what hereditary rulers do (again, from the US perspective). Obviously that won't apply to everyone, but those who aren't that familiar with the folklore outside movies and shows about it.

[@dizzyizzy7403]

@@mstevens94 yes exactly. The prince had no authority to increase taxes as he was not king but did it anyway basically committing treason to the kingdom. If anything Robbin hood is a feudalist restorer of authority not an anti government socialist revolutionary. But like I said people don’t know anything anymore and so a lot of people are just regurgitating what someone else told them and not actually looking into things themselves. It’s how so many lies about fiction, history, and even current events are spread so easily because no one asks themselves “is this person telling the truth?” and double checks by researching themselves. I really do think this direction believes he’s being true to the Robbin hood tale and doesn’t realize he’s not because he never double checked what people were telling him.

[@mikey92362]

Exactly! He didn't steal from the rich. He took back what they had stolen from the poor. He basically hit factory reset.

[@dizzyizzy7403]

@@Vaelosh466 I think even if you are not from Britain you can still understand it. Lord of the rings had the true king plot and people loved it. The problem is lies about the tale of Robin hood have been going around for many years and no one every really bothered to read the original story. Hell I’m not British but after reading the original story I understood it. It also shows how narrow minded some people are because if a non British person like myself can read and understand the story by thinking about the time period and culture of the setting then others should as well. But I guess the ability to understand things outside of your personal experience is rarer than I thought.

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

Alan Rickman is tracking down the director and will rip his heart out with a spoon...

[@SMAXZO]

Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Guy of Gisborne : Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe? Sheriff of Nottingham : Because it's DULL, you twit. It'll hurt more.

[@Ebalosus]

Rickperson

[@maximiliand2544]

​@@Ebalosus/chuckle 😂

[@penhullwolf5070]

And cancel Christmas!

[@emberparadox458]

I wish someone on Chasers would finally just say it: This isn't "updating for modern audiences" and hasn't been for a very, very long time. This is "We hate the stories of old because they don't pander to our privileged, insane, woke ideals so we're going to do our damnedest to destroy them in any way we can so people will never be able to enjoy the original works again without their images being tarnished by what we've done." It's also an industry that has completely lost any talent for imagination or original storytelling and can only horribly twist and distort long-standing, existing stories that people actually like. It's a perverted version of standing on the shoulders of geniuses, only with the addition of stabbing them in the throat while they're doing it.

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

It goes even higher than that. This whole Woke revisionist movement is distilled Marxism: destroy a culture’s icons and the people become easier to control. Shows like this are a small part of a wide-scale attack on Western civilization itself, trying to replace its values with their own.

[@tomstraub1148]

Wow, perfectly worded. Mind it I quote you/share this ?🙂👍

[@erichurd7605]

You just described Cultural Marxism in a nutshell.

[@mikitz]

It surely takes a specific talent to surprise me with the sheer level of idiocy in modern writing. Tommy Wiseau should be quaking in his boots right now, he's got a real competition.

[@MattO-zf1jl]

I prefer to say they just hate Europeans, especially straight male Europeans.

[@billstrasburg384]

The classic Robin Hood story is more legitimate and noble than most people realize. He doesn't steal from the rich to give to the poor.....he steals from the GOVERNMENT to give to the PEOPLE.

[@looinrims]

The illegitimate government

[@murrfox]

The fact that the director jumped on social media to whinge about his show's poor ratings and attributing it to racism, during a time where shows are being dissected constantly due to their poor writing (among many other things) just show how woefully out of touch the man really is with reality.

[@Biscuits645]

Did you just assume their gender!?

[@murrfox]

@@Biscuits645 I like to live dangerously 😎

[@Biscuits645]

@@murrfox 😂

[@bjcantrell1990]

He knows his head will roll on the chopping block, so he's desperately trying to use the race card to save his job.

[@leonardodavi2695]

We've never seen that before have we?

[@gamerkingdom1442]

This Director is a perfect example of what WOKENESS does to your Brain….🤦‍♂️

[@kyotheman69]

when you are called Director X, you have more issues

[@guyvizard549]

Or, perhaps just being a spoiled rich kid.

[@zombifiedpariah7392]

Wokeness should be legally and nationally recognized as a very severe mental illness.

[@zombifiedpariah7392]

​@@guyvizard549 Nope. Definitely wokeness.

[@tonygreenfield7820]

He has a brain?

[@RhiannonSenpai]

What "Director X" said about his TV series: While the protagonists are people of color and the antagonists are primarily white, Director X stated that the show was not written "with any race in mind". He elaborated by calling it an "all-black show", but said it was not about "being black". He said it was focused on "rich versus poor... we have gay characters and black characters and all this stuff." So yeah...What did you guys expect other than anti European and leftist rhetoric?

[@thumperjdm]

He's the type of personality who'd say; "Black people can't be racist."

[@TheUnseenPath]

The protags are black, stop with this people of color shit. I am not using their words.

[@guyvizard549]

His parents are Swiss and Trinidadian. Just putting that out there... (The guy is full of it.)

[@RhiannonSenpai]

@@guyvizard549 Yes, it's on wikipedia.

[@woodwyrm]

@@guyvizard549 When it comes to Switzerland, always remember: Money don't smell!

[@macmcleod1188]

The 1950s Robin Hood Series is highly entertaining and portrays many of the original Robin Hood stories in faithful adaptions. The actors who play Little John, Friar Tuck, and the original Sheriff are very good. The sheriff (both versions) are really good representations of Lawful Evil . They have honor and keep their word but are needlessly cruel to the peasantry.

[@never2late_mtb349]

It's not up against internet trolls. It's up against a well known, centuries old, established, and much loved tale that has fans across the globe of all ages. Those who know and love the tale don't appreciate when an ignoramus tries to use it as a Trojan horse for their crap ideology. Now, where else have we seen something similar playing out with similar results?

[@Cortanis001]

More and more I feel like I should be looking for a hidden camera for a prank show or something. This feels so dumb that it can't be real.

[@Craig_Narramoore]

There are a ton of shows where we should pray Auston would jump out and screaming "YOU GOT PUNKED!"

[@harbl99]

Oh foolish one! You have fallen straight into the trap of underestimating their absolute lack of self-awareness.

[@Lonovavir]

If it was satire I wouldn't be shocked.

[@douglasarthur2673]

​@@harbl99Yep. Total absence of self-awareness is SJW 101.

[@Higesgirl]

I'm black and I can't stand characters who just share the same skin tone and have no personality. Characters like Static Shock, John Stewart, and Cyborg are awesome characters who just happen to be Black. Also Azzy talking about his encounter with the director was hilarious. He is a treasure. And nice to see Robot Head on! 💛

[@maximiliand2544]

I legit liked Cyborg in the movies and would have liked to have seen a stand alone movie for him(with same actor).

[@Trustme77]

Heh, I was reading those names and thinking "Wait a minute, I watched those shows and they all had personality, didn't they?" Then I got to the part where you make it clear that those are examples of GOOD characters and it made more sense and I felt a bit silly...

[@ronsmith8424]

Want good crime drama then watch Top Boy ! This is trash ! Blame Canada !

[@toh6261]

That's not right. Don't you know that when you're black, the very act of having black skin, unites ALL of you over space and time. When one gets pricked, you ALL bleed. That's what my phone tells me anyway. You're supposed to say "us" every time. Read the rules 👍

[@the-trustees]

Your thoughts on Netflix's "Cleopatra?" 🤮

[@kolajoabiola2790]

As a black man, I feel insulted, demeaned and disgusted by the race-bending of classic and well-established characters. I just loathe this with every fiber of my being. Why TF can't we create our own original characters and stories from the ground up? This, in particular is so stupid and misguided that it has be some kind of practical joke.

[@TheChadPad]

I feel like, every time I see this, they’re saying, “You can’t like a character unless they have the same skin color as you.” That’s racist!

[@Biscuits645]

Because this director is talentless and needs to piggy back off the success of an already established character. The worst thing is there are so many awesome stories from history about black people that would make a great series. The story of Yasuke springs to mind, the black Samurai. I would watch that in a heartbeat.

[@mariebussinger6565]

Good writing is finished, nothing is taught in schools. Think of Sidney's eyes when he said "They call me Mr. TIBBS.."...gone.

[@kolajoabiola2790]

@@Biscuits645 Exactly. A "Yasuke" film was actually in development with Chadwick Boseman playing him until he sadly passed.

[@ericfrancisco6615]

​@@kolajoabiola2790just watch out mate, Director X will see that as you internalizing your subservience to the system, you must open heartedly embrace the creatively bankrupt drivel he shat out. Hell, even us Canucks down voted the trailer to this 80 likes to 4k dislikes. Even we hate what this narcissist made.

[@EvertfromNederland]

Her name is Robyn, a black bi-sexual woman and she's in a band called "The Hood" So she is Robyn of The Hood. And the bad guy is John Prince. It honestly sounds like something you would think of with your friends when you're having a few drinks and a laugh about things. Can't believe the director actually thought it was a good idea and good writing.

[@EwanCumia]

No, it's the kind of thing some minority would think of after a cocaine/crack cocaine binge.

[@justaregulargamer1860]

Love that Disparu just couldn't hold back his laughter at the Robyn Hood quality shows gag, well delivered Drinker hahahaha

[@carlrood4457]

I've said this before and I'll say this again. Robin Hood doesn't work if you "modernize" it or try make it "grounded in reality". Sure, you can do a Robin Hood-type story, but it can't BE Robin Hood. Hell, The Dukes of Hazzard had Robin Hood-type elements (even in the theme song). It worked because it was its own thing. Robin Hood (same for King Arthur IMO) needs to embrace that it's a set in the Medieval period with good guys and bad guys. The dashing hero saves the kingdom from the evil sheriff/Sir Guy/Prince John. It's guys eating mutton legs. He wins the heart of Lady Marian and lives happily ever after. It's sword fights, quarterstaffs, and archery. It's Errol Flynn. The further you get away from that, the less it works.

[@toh6261]

The A Team 👍

[@blindlobster]

But it totally worked with Baz Luhrman's modernized "Romeo + Juliet" (joke). (Granted, Luhrman's R+J would be considered old by kids these days but I'm sure people get the point.)

[@Shorjok]

The only reason they do this is because they're long nose tribesmen who either want to humiliate white people or the alternative: stupid hollywood hacks with zero creativity aren't able to come up with their own stories, so they have to steal them from others.

[@alchemystudiosink1894]

I'd say you can modernize it, but you have to be at the core of what the story is about. Most people who are the modernizing sort view it as a socialist anti-capitalist piece, when in reality, its actually more anti-government/taxes. If I was bringing it more modern, I'd actually go past current date, current time and bring it more in the future. You have a land that was great, but the great ruler was removed from power and instead a new person sits on the throne. The old ruler possibly died in a plane crash or something, but isn't actually dead. Possibly our Robin Hood knows this, but cannot confirm it fully, and most others don't know it. New ruler is greedy and egotistical, taxes everything. Has a whole military or smaller personal army all ran by the sheriff. The sheriff likely has something to force him to obey, but it never really needs to be used because he really enjoys causing pain and suffering.

[@kyotheman69]

it can work, issue is when you have terrible hacks making the show, it be shit

[@kpsk8031]

I can't remember the last time I heard good news about Canada. This country is politically and culturally in the gutter.

[@buntado6]

I think last time was in the fairly odd parents

[@william4996]

Chill dude, Nacho from better call Saul was going to run here with his dad when things went south so it can't be that bad

[@kpsk8031]

@@william4996 Nacho in Canada, a few episodes later: "I get arrested for 'misgendering' this pervert?! What the f... is going on here?"

[@dabosh78]

I live here and this is correct. Trudeau has ruined this country 😢

[@Sig509]

When I was young I've seriously considered emigrating to Canada, or New Zeland. Mostly due to their natural beuty, polite people, and they were safe. Also Canada is similiar to Europe in many ways, so e.g. a doctor bill would not bankrupt me. However for years now they are in a political downspiral. Sure, probably in smaller cities it is more "normal", but I've lost any interest of moving there. Just vacationing.

[@thomaspunt2646]

This show has a lower IMDB rating than Velma. How is that possible?

[@saldiven2009]

Here is some info that will help you understand the creative choices made by "Director X:" He's primarily a music video director. About 90% of his credits as a director are for the music videos for various artists. He has three TV series credits as director (Robyn Hood being the 3rd). Both of the other two were canceled after one season. He has three "feature film" credits. "Across the Line" (2015) has a viewer score on Rotten Tomatoes of 43% Fresh. "Center Stage: On Pointe" (2016) has a score of 42% Fresh. "Superfly" (2018) has a score of 46%. As a director, he doesn't really seem to have any significant success, either critically or commercially, so not sure why he keeps getting more directing jobs.

[@LargeChap]

Because he's black and woke.

[@Braindeadevilash]

Current era Black Privilege.

[@Theendman42]

Once again I am floored by the critical doggo’s world view and ideas. Whether it is Smokey or Lara, they always add their unique flavor of criticism to the channel. It simply wouldn’t be on the same level if they weren’t present. No disrespect to the other guests.

[@LitD]

My pet peeve about a lot of Robin hood stories is that Robin didn't "rob the rich and give to the poor" he robbed the tax collector and gave to the tax payer (minus the share to fund the merry men)

[@Sig509]

and he did that NOT because he was "against the man", against taxes, BUT because the tax colllectors represented illigetimate rulers. Prince John was in the process of stealing the realm. So not event the taxes, not the poor were the issue, but was collecting them...

[@alidaraie]

Based and Hayek pilled

[@EvilDoresh]

@sterlingarcher3619 Men in Tights. That one has a _proper_ Englishman as Robin

[@alnu8355]

Ironic since this show was funded by the "Canadian Media Fund" as in actual Canadian Tax Dollars were put into funding this show. Yes that is a real fact. Yes it is my hope you bring this up whenever this show is mentioned. Now spread the word. 😊

[@alidaraie]

@@alnu8355 HOLY SHIT, I am speechless. Reality sometimes is stranger than fiction

[@bobbywagner1113]

I need to stop asking "how stupid can modern entertainment get" because they seem to be taking it as a challenge.

[@BoraHorzaGobuchul]

We have a saying in Mordor, that goes "we thought we hit the bottom, but then we heard someone knocking from down below"

[@Atalanta01]

😂😂😂

[@alnu8355]

Wanna hear how stupid this story REALLY gets? It was funded by the Canadian Media Fund. A part public, part private organization. So yes, Canadian Tax Dollars were indeed used to finance this show. I imagine that's awkward whenever a Canadian Citizen with poor health is offered state sponsored euthinasia.

[@MikeRitiques]

Tries to be woke Creates a film about a black person that steals 😂

[@mrkeogh]

Hahahaha! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Biscuits645]

Brilliant.

[@mstevens94]

When in reality, it reinforces a bad stereotype of a community that these very people cannot stand. Funny how they make a show pushing their agenda, only for such a show do the opposite and come across pretentious and condescending while doing so.

[@theinsurance2450]

That's the point. They trying to say it ok for bk to steal from whites. They not even being settle about it. They trying to make this the norm and encourage this Behavior.

[@newdivide9882]

Holy crap… Do you think they realize what they’ve done or what?

[@remus2565]

I'm black and this stuff gets on my nerves. A lot of the stuff they are pushing now are things our parents told us to go the other way from back in the 80s & 90s. Yea we all had cousins or people at school that were like that, but we knew better. Now it's being pushed like this is normal for us and it does nothing but make things worse. All the race swapping etc.........none of us that I know asked for this stuff. It's some new age thing. All I can say is I guess I am from a different generation. I just don't get it anymore.

[@TaoScribble]

How can 'Director X' blame toxic fans when the show doesn't have fans? Do people _genuinely_ not know what "fan" means?

[@farvencore]

That "director" claimed to be making this faithful to the source, yet then says, "No one really cares about Robin Hood."

[@cameochris]

The people of Nottingham would disagree with him

[@Cruddy129]

Just another shitty director that thinks they know better about what they're doing even though everyone can see they're the worst choices for the job

[@deadli-us]

If it has a 1 out of 10 on IMDb, that tells you a lot considering somehow Ashoka has an 8 out of 10 and is rated higher than Empire Strikes Back. IMDb’s ratings are a bigger joke than Rotten Tomatoes’.

[@nojuanatall3281]

Isn't imdb owned by amazon?

[@deadli-us]

@@nojuanatall3281 I honestly don’t know. That’s news to me, if true.

[@Gengh13]

They forgot to add the IMDB boosting in their budget.

[@deadli-us]

@@Gengh13 Exactly what I w as thinking. I’m willing to bet IMDb is “pay to play,” just like RT.

[@MaD0MaT]

Ratings? What ratings? Those funny numbers that are paid by studios to fit what they want?

[@HonestBottom]

I was pissed listening to this last night and laughed my ass off when i heard about this "Director X", still makes me chuckle now

[@npcimknot958]

Tbf he was a music video director of yester years 😂 clearly he doens’t know how to direct long form

[@scottbuckley823]

He directed the superfly remake that also got bashed so he can't blame racism. @@npcimknot958

[@Jekyll_Jackal]

He also did the Superfly remake

[@AxenfonKlatismrek]

Director of Twitter or BRAND X from Foodfight?

[@HonestBottom]

@@AxenfonKlatismrek I'm thinking a false call to Malcolm X myself 🤦‍♂️

[@ChapMeifan]

This isn't a reimagining. It's just a half-assed attempt to throw something together while depleting the Canadian arts coffers. Many woke directors come to Canada to take advantage of the easy money. As long as they check off the boxes they are given tons of money to pander to their sad projects. Unfortunately, anyone who doesn't have the right boxes (ie: white Canadians) are ineligible for this money as the CBC and Ontario Film Board, as well as Corus, seems to feel that group have zero right to have their own projects come to light. Thanks, Director X, for giving Canadians this trash while legitimate writers and directors aren't afforded the same 'privilege'.

[@SylverWWA]

I love how much Disparu RELISHES in the atrociously stupidity of the show 😂😂😂 I saw his commentary on the first episode and I kept laughing my arse off with him 🤣🤣🤣 defo gonna check if he continues to watch the series 👌

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

Just a little fun thing. If a show is filmed in Vancouver, or even a commercial is filmed in Vancouver, and it uses the famous pink alley, that's generally a sign of the creatives being pretty new to filming in Vancouver. A lot of students see the alley for the first time, see that it's painted pink, and think "Wouldn't this be a cool place to film?" So, we're probably gonna see the pink alley in this show at some point, I just feel like that's something they'd do with the aesthetic they're going for and the quality of the show thus far.

[@yourikhan4425]

Bets are on. xD

[@Miyuki2319]

Before reading this, I never considered describing "head empty; no thoughts" as an aesthetic.

[@KingUnKaged]

I'm just glad that our tax dollars are going towards funding wonderful CanCon like this instead of something frivilous like affordable housing.

[@theok391]

"students" is a heavy word

[@toh6261]

"So, we're probably gonna see the pink alley in this show at some point" No we won't. You'd actually have to watch the show to see anything in it. This is the only time I'll ever know about it, unless the Drinker does a review. It would probably be far more entertaining than the show.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

The director didn't even have the decency to blame everyone *before* it was released.

[@davidkhan1626]

Alan Rickman is spinning in his grave………………. With laughter!

[@mariebussinger6565]

Great and handsome actor.

[@cleopatra1633]

Indeed, he was @@mariebussinger6565

[@ComicGladiator]

"PPPPPOOOTTTTTTTTEEEEERRRRR...I mean HHHHHHOOOOOOOOOODDDDD!"

[@Darth_Chicken]

'A silo full of condoms' 'What kind of family is this?!?' I nearly choked hearing that!

[@milton7763]

“…but they’re all hip hop artists” Glad they stayed close to the source material

[@paulanderson771]

I'm not mad at this show at all. It's unintentionally ridiculous and Disparu's reviews are going to be awesome

[@mysterymastermind175]

He already did ep 1

[@Uzarran]

I've never seen him laugh so hard about anything before.

[@vilena5308]

His episode 1 review was fricking awesome. He had fun, we had fun.

[@soffren]

I can't wait until this show comes out so I can get crossed and laugh my ass off.

[@leonardodavi2695]

Mauler is right, it sounds like a f#$%ing joke. It doesn't sound like a reimagining of a character or an adaptation of a core theme to a different context, from what Drinker described it actually sounds like a parody. It's not something you create in order to be taken seriously, it's something you create to be made fun of.

[@scottbuckley823]

I have literally never heard of this until now looked it on IMDB and here's the plot 'Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.'' Directed by : Director X This is beyond race/gender swap this sounds like the plot to a 2007 music video. It sounds like they watched V for Vendetta while listening to Beyonce.

[@murrfox]

I equate it to serving exclusively blue cheese at a party. YOU yourself like it, and by that math you assume that literally everyone else likes it. But when you force your guests to eat it and they utterly hate it, you get unreasonably angry with them and kick them all out of your house. Then run to the nearest social media account to complain that everybody hates you. You also claimed to have made the cheese yourself, but forgot to remove the supermarket packaging.

[@ab-gail]

Fun Fact: Director X did music videos before directing this.

[@toh6261]

They should just call it "ESG... The Movie".

[@gagesmythe6635]

Makes me think of that terrible romeo and Juliet modern times remake

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@gagesmythe6635 “Fetch me my longsword!” * grabs shotgun *

[@dalemanolas5994]

You guys should get together and present your own online awards show at the end of the year. Robyn Hood is definitely a strong contender for a "participation" award. That's the award they give to young Timmy for eating glue and finger painting with his own poo. I'm guessing that Secret invasion will win the "golden clown shoes" award for utter failure on a huge budget. Ahsoka is a sure bet for the scfi "Void" award for telling the minimum amount of story in a season.

[@VolvoImpala]

I love that there's a description of the show running and it's being accused of being a joke in real time. "Yeah, he's got booze in his computer banks and he's got subdermal implants so he can type in the air." Like- I feel like that's a step down from just typing. Isn't that a step down from just typing? It feels like it. If I started typing in the air people would question my sanity. The condom jar is a good bit. They could call it the jimmy jar. You know I'm going to give the director here a lot of credit for not saying this type of thing he's doing with the character is GROUNDBREAKING. Usually these talentless morons also have vastly outsized egos and think they're saving the planet with their mediocre trash. If Director X says what he's doing is not groundbreaking then he's a few steps ahead of Jennifer Lawrence.

[@REELWORKS12923]

If people want a “modernized Robin set in the hood” watch Robin and the 7 hoods, an actually good piece of media, unlike this show

[@mikavirtanen7029]

Starring Frank Sinatra as Robbo, Dean Martin as Little John and Sammy Davis Jr. as Will Scarlet..."You stay out of the North Side. You come over there like George Washington and i send you back like Abe Lincoln". You tell 'em Robbo!😄

[@carlrood4457]

That's partially because it was a comedic take on the story. It's also a bit cynical since the whole "giving to the poor" part was for good publicity.

[@rexlumontad5644]

Robyn Hood movie: *exists* Everyone: "I don't even know who you are."

[@jkfozul2316]

Ooh ooh bench warmers reference??

[@RogueFox2185]

As Jacob Kane was the shining beacon in Batwoman, the Prince will be remembered as the true hero of the story and that’s all thanks to Director X’s incompetence as a writer.

[@Quazi-Moto]

We're all being dragged through an era that will become known as The Great Creative Desert of Hollywood.

[@leosun8356]

Love how Disparu couldn't help himself piss laughing 🤣🤣🤣

[@defenstrator4660]

I am utterly sick of these bigoted scumbags that call people racist so they don’t have to take responsibility for failure. It is an awful thing to say about someone, and I am tired of these garbage people not suffering the consequences of their hateful speech.

[@aldunlop4622]

This show is utterly blatantly racist against white people. Talk about hypocritical!

[@alpd7638]

Canada is a meme of a country. Thanks Justine

[@Raycheetah]

Hey! You leave Fidel's boy alone! He does a fine job running Chinada. ='[.]'=

[@FedupAmerican1982]

Yet again, another BlAcK director screams racism after he steals from another culture.

[@erroneous6947]

Exactly. Clout chasing race baiters who are stealing my culture. I don’t want to see any black people celebrating Halloween or Christmas either. Cultural thieves.

[@TheJimmyClip]

.....when in Sherwood...... steal

[@cleopatra1633]

He is not black, its a biracial crybaby

[@jamesbenton4123]

I swear the first producer to start turning out original content will be hailed as a genius.

[@Zephyr503]

Robyn: 'These are the Merry Men.' Wendy: 'But you're not all men?' Robyn: 'So?'

[@GorristerYT]

They’re pretending this is just an anti black thing. But if they made a new blade movie with a white dude I’d be just as mad. only they’d never have the balls to do anything like that.

[@Tsugimoto1]

The problem with this argument is that it's played out. Too obvious. A BETTER solution, would be to replace blade with a person whose race is despised by black people, but still gets liberals rock hard because DIVERSITY. So you make him Chinese. P.S. You REALLY wanna stir the pot, make him Jewish too. Now NO ONE is happy.

[@rexlumontad5644]

Critical Doggo made quite a constructive and rational review of this terrible rendition of Robin Hood.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Robyn Good god Time to recast Ally McBeal as Ali McBeal. A blank black lesbot of colour.... who was a dude

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

He just never misses does he? How does he do it?

[@CJ-kg7yq]

@@LoneSilverW0lf I am more interested in how long it took him to master playing dead.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Has a "modern reimagining" of Robin Hood *ever* worked? I honestly don't think it has, probably because half the stuff Robin does just doesn't work in the modern world.

[@proto-geek248]

Yes, modern reimagining has definitely worked. Seek out Robin & the Seven Hoods.

[@rayanderson5797]

I love how Disparu is saying real, true things from the show and the other guys are like "You're making that up. You're taking the piss aren't you?" You'd think they'd all know better by now.

[@paulcarmi8130]

Their brains can't comprehend the absurdity 😂😂

[@Rosseboi]

BBC Review: "This is the greatest tv show of the last decade, essential viewing with an incredibly deep and nuanced script. 11/10"

[@js-cm9si]

I think this Robin is made of Hood.

[@SuperMarkizas]

He goes robbin hood

[@themurmeli88]

I think this Robin, is robbing da hood.

[@the_absurd_hero]

Disparu is having such a good time with this show; it’s infectious

[@emorsi]

There never was a time like this with the entertainment industry putting out so many bad movies and shows. You know the idea itself is not that bad, a Robin Hood like figure in the modern world could be a very cool thing if the story is compelling and with good twist ideas in the story... but that would require good story telling and directing also... something which is no longer present in Hollywood anymore.

[@All2Meme]

Hollywood has become an echo chamber. They keep doing the same things over and over again, until it becomes trite and tedious. They will keep at it and all the time wonder why people don't like it, then blame its unpopularity on the usual litany of -isms and -phobes. They will never see the problem as long as the echo chamber keeps reinforcing the same ideas all of the time.

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

It could also do without all the work pandering and in your face politics as well. But again, competent directors.

[@aldunlop4622]

I’m vaguely thinking there was a full black Robin Hood movie in the 80s. I could be wrong but I seem to vaguely remember something.

[@andyt2979]

I'm with Drinker on this one; if Robyn Hood doesn't get renewed for at least another season, there really is no justice in the world 🤣

[@andrewmack2161]

Across the years there have been a few decent comedies from Canada, but Robyn Hood is undoubtedly the funniest Canadian show ever... even though it's not intended to be a comedy.

[@mitchkelleher7972]

I know Director X's true identity: Neil Breen. At this point, I'm convinced the arbitrary casting of minorities-that are often insultingly written stereotypes-is less about feeling diversity is necessary and more about having an easy excuse to use the label of racism as a get-out-of-criticism card. Very few people actually care what the ethnicity or preferences of a character is, they just want those characters to be believable and realistic and to be in good, interesting stories that make sense. Also, wouldn't a modern day Robin Hood story be about a collective of hackers? I know that doesn't sound exciting, but the theft part could glossed over for showing them actively evading authorities. To use an actual sheriff in the modern age, too, WTF. The sheriff in the original story is a representative of corrupt authority and that's what is important, not his actual title that holds a lot less power in a completely different time and place! A friggin' small child would understand this even if they couldn't articulate it. I get that the suits care little about actual quality, but how do these clueless hacks get and keep these jobs in a brutal, profit-driven corporate world when their works aren't even successful? Is it all one giant troll and that is the point? If so, why? Is that just what happens when you have enough vacation homes, mega yachts, get first invite to purchase the highest end new Ferraris, and your number of trafficked concubines exceeds your ability and interest?

[@DocZoidberg549]

Neal Breen.... LOL

[@edwardpaddock2528]

Neil Breen is better than this.

[@blackdynamite_5470]

Bro, it's obviously Elon Musk

[@rao8559]

Hey dont diss Neil Brein

[@heyj64]

Hey now, he's a real Human Breen

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

"A gritty crime drama in Canada. It doesn't seem suited to that kind of thing." Drinker, East Hastings Street in Vancouver is one of the most infamous slums in North America, filled with crime, drugs, and homelessness. It's probably the best place in all of Canada to film an urban dystopian thing.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

How bad are the crimes there?

[@tenchraven]

You're defensive about someone not knowing that Canada has slums....

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

@@altechelghanforever9906 Sidewalks during the day are filled with people sleeping on the streets in tents and selling stolen goods. It isn't on the level of Skid Row just because it's in a tourist area, though. At night you'll see gangs go in to sell them drugs and the turf wars can get pretty brutal. But, the actual crimes occur in Surrey, where the gangs tend to live, and there we get, like, cartel stuff. It's quite depressing and dangerous. But, if you want some b-roll for a grim, dystopian tv show it's hard to find a better place than some pretty grim, dystopian streets filled with homeless people that exists in large part due to so much immigration being funneled into the area as rich foreign people send their kids to university overseas, and an absolutely terrible housing crisis that means that a mouse-infested studio apartment is unaffordable to a lot of people and the competition for even the worst place to live is fierce.

[@claudiameier666]

toronto too. real crapholes

[@Eric_Hunt194]

​@@altechelghanforever9906really bad... you're pretty much guaranteed to get robbed at knifepoint. But it's also Canada, so the muggers will apologise afterwards.

[@GLJosh]

Drinker and Disparu should have just free styled the Robyn Hood theme song.

[@americandad4864]

“Director X take out the trash” 🤣🤣🤣

[@iberius9937]

The condom jar bit is just unbelievable. Just unbelievable. I cannot say it enough.

[@noahsmith1053]

They always assume if they made a show with a predominantly black cast EVERYONE who hates it is racist. What if I just hate it because it's poorly written, and racial portray is at the lower spectrum of my issues with it.

[@hope-cat4894]

They always seem to ignore how these shows aren't popular with black people either.

[@JohnSmith-sb2fp]

Luke cage literally proves all that wrong.

[@mariebussinger6565]

Poor writing is across all media now. I tuned into a TV series and saw "actors" going through motions reciting very bad dialogue. For this they get paid? There's no craft.

[@ComicGladiator]

You mistake is accepting their paradigm. If they need this, because they say groups want their own people represented, why can't we want a show with people of European descent?

[@AMikeStein]

Hearing Disparu not being able to contain his laughter at how bad Robyn Hood is made me happy. I’ve seen his review and Az’s before I saw this. So I know exactly what he thinks.

[@Al.D.Osskrak]

You know a series is going to look good when the creator is named after the graphics API powering most three-dimensional games.

[@kudabanda13]

Directx 😂😂😂👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@nathanaelwilliams8624]

My ad for this was the trailer for the show. Product placement at its finest

[@TALKOFSD]

Best part of the clip was Mauler saying “what are you doing Drinker! This is a shambles” LOL funny ass hell guys made my day! Gotta be able to laugh at yourself from time to time.

[@jainittai5104]

They stole from the poor and gave it to BLM with this one🔥🔥🗣️

[@jarrodpagac]

Mel Brooks got closer than this, and he was trying to mock it.

[@theequalizer9154]

Blazing Saddles😂

[@kevins4213]

The irony of rich entertainers espousing rob the rich

[@Lonovavir]

Can we start with them?

[@mrcbi460]

Wasn't it "Alan Smithee" that was commonly used back in the day as a pseudonym for directors who are ashamed by their work ? Times are truly changing

[@zombiedodge1426]

"Supernova" had "Thomas Lee" as a pseudonym for the four or five different directors (including Walter Hill, Jack Sholder, and *Francis Ford Freaking Coppola*) who worked on it. But it never really caught on.

[@marychocolatefairy]

Thanks for pointing out Friar Tuck, lol. I've been following Disparu and Az's reviews, but I still don't know who most of the characters are supposed to be. As with the worst fanfics, a lot of them just seem to be randomly assigned names from the original. Also, I have to say, this show could be used as an example of how a writer's race doesn't matter in making believable characters. I mean, there were 4 black women on the writing team, along with the showrunner, and the black characters are stereotypes while the white characters are the best. And they obviously know little of "the projects".

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

I saw the clip of "Director X" (???) saying that the outrage is false because no one really cares about Robin Hood, there are no little boys looking up to Robin Hood etc etc. Nonsense. As a kid in the '80s, I began collecting and reading an entire series of hardbacked books all about Robin Hood, and watching the weekly TV series. Now, as an adult, I continue to watch DVDs starring Michael Praed, Errol Flynn, Jason Connery, Barrie Ingham, Richard Greene, John Derek, Cornel Wilde and others all starring as Robin Hood, because I care. And if I care, there will be others who care too. This "Director X" person is full of it. 👎 (Edited for spelling. Darned incorrect predictive text!)

[@JamesBurrTV]

Robin of Sherwood was outstanding. I'm amazed it hasn't been repeated much.

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

@@JamesBurrTV - I love that show. I just wish they'd used Herne's magic to explain the recasting, rather than using death! 😉

[@josephfisher426]

@@peppermintspacecapsule9898 Well, they kind of DID use the magic to explain the recasting part, just not the death...

[@peppermintspacecapsule9898]

@@josephfisher426 - Ah, yeah, yeah. That's what I meant. You nailed it! 👍

[@ComicGladiator]

Robin THE HOOOODDDDEEEEDDDDD MAN!

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

This is what you get when people grow up with zero feedback or criticism.

[@georgelooney8949]

I've watched the review disparu did of this show multiple times and I still can't stop laughing. If you haven't seen it I highly recommend it. 😂

[@stacey7529]

I came here to say that 😂

[@gnarwhal7562]

2:31 "Rap snitches, tellin' on they business. Sit in the court they be their own star witness" -MF DOOM.

[@v8matey]

So glad RobotHead and MauLer were on together. I swear both of them are very much alike. Thanks Critical Drinker for making this possible. 🤘🤘

[@8ojack]

It was about time!

[@tlk4554]

Guess what show I got an ad for when I clicked on this video!

[@Milton2k]

Disparu's Review is even longer than the actual Robyn Hood episode. Love it.

[@bengirard1984]

I'm Canadian and I'm sorrey for this.

[@darthbaluuduh6598]

Well the one thing this show has accomplished is making me watch the best Robin Hood movie again, Men in Tights.

[@jschap712]

The "hood" in Toronto is the Jane and Finch area. The problem was that a lot of high density highrise buildings were erected there in a short span, with a larger than normal percentage of public housing, without first ensuring all the necessary amenities were in place. So it underwent a population explosion and wound up with a very high density population with a large percentage being low income. So it has higher rates of crime and gang activity than the rest of the city. But even then you'll find that the majority of the locals are dedicated to improving the area and have zero tolerance for crime. Many government initiatives have been undertaken to provide opportunity and local improvement to the benefit of the locals. If anything, it is an argument for gentrification and city planning. The very opposite of what's portrayed as heroic in Robyn Hood. Director X? He grew up in one of the least dense areas of the Greater Toronto Area and went to good schools. I'm not sure how residents of the Jane/Finch area would take his potrayal of them. Frankly, his characters come off as spoiled upper-middle class woke kids.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

I didn't even hear about this but it makes me happy that this will make Kevin Costner's rendition more popular.

[@dunkelctankwie8019]

Just imagine the remake of Roots nowadays, it'd probably end with Kunta kinte going to watch Robin hood or the woman king in theaters and it'd just zoom out on his tear slowly falling down his face.

[@Spurdospaerde692]

Featuring Ryan Gosling as Kunta Kinte. I mean, how else could we white people identify with a dramatic character?

[@bubbadarth]

The full embodiment of the simpsons meme

[@MrBeac0035]

As a Canadian, and an Ontarian, this absolutely sounds like something that my country has produced. 😓😓😓

[@wolfkult4320]

How Director X Sees Himself: I am edgy and stick it to the man regularly. People aren't as cool as me How Director X Actually Is: *Veggie Tales "Gated Community" Starts playing*

[@jasonmiller7800]

The masks? Literallly nostalgia bait AGAIN. Because the famous Disney Robin Hood they were animals. And Robin Hood was a fox. This chick has a fox mask. Coincidence?

[@dwavenminer]

I'd go with coincidence, if they'd remembered that, considering their target audience, they'd have a bunch of furries in the show...

[@pigsoftheindustry]

I just figured they saw the led masks in the purge film, and thought that looks cool let's appropriate it.

[@bellissimo4520]

Just one of many egregious details: The actual Robin Hood was not anti-authoritarian. He was absolutely loyal to the monarchy. He just as standing up against a local government acting like a bunch of criminals, terrorizing the local people. After everything I read about this TV show, these punks like to take from the rich, but don't give a fuck about giving it all to the poor... this is just the worst possible take on this old story.

[@GIBBO4182]

Nice to see Robot Head on here! Been a fan for a while. He’s done some great videos recently

[@8ojack]

Appropriate that it should be for a discussion about Robin Head / Robot Hood. The R-H probably reminded the Drinker to reach out 😂

[@Marvolo14]

We already have a modern day interpretation of Robin Hood. Its called The Green Arrow and he's been in comics, cartoons, and live action for many years. Director X isnt breaking any new ground, but he is certainly breaking rhe rules of good taste.

[@rossclement7321]

You'll never beat "Maid Marrion and her merry men" frim the 90's. It was a kids show and brilliant.