Robin Hood is 'Re-imagined' For A Modern Audience

[@greghannibal]

"How can we make Robin Hood and his band of THIEVES more modern?" "I know! We can make him and all of his THIEVES black!" "...dammit, that's GENIUS!" Edit: Wait, this was created by a BLACK GUY??

[@marktrain9498]

Robbing from the rich, to buy drugs from the poor.

[@JesseCuster]

But they're stealing from the 1% (probably) so that's ok.

[@fantochedollmaker7030]

Blacks are not known for forward thinking.

[@ericfrancisco6615]

Yes. A "creative" known more for making music videos than actual riveting cinema. He's had three films under his belt that seriously underperformed and never made back it's production costs.

[@greghannibal]

@@ericfrancisco6615 Huh, it says 4 replies but I only see yours

[@sirg-had8821]

This looks like a community college theater production.

[@ThePariahDark]

I will ask only two things ... Who wanted this? Who is this for? Thank you, Echo Chamberlain, for watching this so I will not have to waste my lifetime on it.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Love the bit where Mayor and John actually care about a protest of 5 people, pretty much all from the same family... Out of a building that holds a thousand or more people.

[@funonoldwheels7150]

1998 wants it's "edgy and clever reimagining" of a classic tale back.

[@NebLleb]

"Robin is, in this version, a rapper/activist." ...Where's Jlongbone when you need her?

[@19ate4]

Robin, no matter what Version they cast him in. He will always be a white English European legend With all this diversity, they still have to use old European stories not a single one of them have any history of their ancestors, sad

[@NebLleb]

@@19ate4 You could say that Activist Rapper Robin Hood might as well be an act of colonialization.

[@Luis-jl6oh]

I miss the boondocks

[@darrengordon-hill]

Wakanda Forever featured TWO Panther AND Iron-gyal

[@huhhuhhuh4069]

I honestly never heard of this movie until now

[@nickkowak9628]

It is a show i believe

[@fishertheadore6095]

I didn't know I needed to Subscribe, and like this Channel but I'm glad I did.

[@MendingWall2]

Caricatures creating caricatures.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

The modern audience really does get fed some shit doesn't it.

[@19ate4]

“Modern audiences” is key word for inferiority complex These people have no path, no future and no present day culture so they have to draw on reimaging white European culture, since they can’t even imagine a non white European story, myth or legends

[@simongrindell8483]

Men in Tights was underrated.

[@bryan81584]

People call me Little John, but as you can see, In Real Life, IM Very Big!

[@insertnamehere5809]

Dave Chappelle as ACHOO was hilarious 😂

[@TS-qr3rk]

Imagine actually believing that a black female protag is in any way new, fresh or original.

[@funonoldwheels7150]

No kidding. Groundbreaking would be an old, white male virtuous and heroic protagonist in 2023

[@albatross4920]

Kinda like how Disney would advertise their first gay character ... for the sixth or seventh time.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

Or desired!

[@brandonscott5544]

DIRECTOR X DUMDEST DIRECTOR EVER.

[@19ate4]

Imagining a black female, in any role is Beyond belief, totally immersion, breaking.

[@ComradeAart]

I thought Robin Hood was against high taxation of the population, which would have been a good contemporary theme. Or would the austerity following it cut too deeply in social programmes for Robyn and her crew? 😂

[@moserfugger6363]

Well, wokism deals with made-up problems, not with real ones. ;) You might even call it a huge distraction. Greetings from Germany

[@moderatecanuck]

Black liberals against high taxation?😂😂😂😂

[@Nicksonian]

How was Robin Hood against high taxation? He took from the rich and gave to the poor. That’s why she wants to take the gold from the rich guy. If this show had any level of sophistication they might play on the theme that the middle class pays high taxes because the rich pay little or no taxes, but I doubt they even thought of that.

[@killgriffinnow]

No one cares about politics, not this woke garbage, nor your weird right wing political views.

[@autisticlegionnaire3624]

'Re-imagining' Another entry into the dictionary of mealy mouthed words. Words like: "Modern Audience", "Inclusion", "Progressive".. All fall under the umbrella of garbage.

[@PunksterOS]

Don't forget, "Authenticity"

[@jerm8146]

"Empowering"

[@mallninja9805]

And "Woke" - don't leave that one out 🤣

[@jimivey6462]

Creativity is dead in Hollywood. RIP 🪦

[@TS-qr3rk]

I think I have a way to save it.... Black... Female... Lead. (pause for applause)

[@jimivey6462]

@@TS-qr3rk Ahh, the infinite pause.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@TS-qr3rkNuh-uh. This is what is required to save it: Black... Female.. LESBIAN... Lead.

[@Wildjason888]

This is all Canadian brother.. including the writer.. Hollywood should get a pass this time..😆

[@jimivey6462]

@@Wildjason888 Interesting! Thanks for the info! So, the cancer has spread.

[@kenward1310]

If you want to see a cheap, Canadian Robin Hood-type story done right, watch Trailer Park Boys. You're welcome.

[@fantochedollmaker7030]

I wish I could upvote you fifty times

[@bushwacka5187]

🤣🤣🤣

[@vania1917]

Rocket Robin Hood was much better than this.

[@darrengordon-hill]

Based

[@fantochedollmaker7030]

@@vania1917 I have very fond memory of RRH.. cheap animation but it was goofy as hell and fun

[@drproton85]

Bryan Adams would NOT sing to this movie!

[@MrsMacLover]

bravo

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

No movie should want Bryan Adams to sing to it.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

This would be Sam Smith territory

[@biguy617]

Lol

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

😂🤣 the way he dragged this show , in such a sophisticated , polite way 😅

[@Brian_Boru]

Yet still managed to call it "dog shit" on his way out. Most impressive.😊

[@brianmurphy6480]

Uh...no. "Director X" has about as much "authentic, lived experience" as a faux leather couch on sale at TJ Maxx. In between the shameless self-promotion photo shoots and inane Twitter ramblings about being a misunderstood genius, I can hear the lofty refrain of one of the hit musical numbers present in "CB4", wafting delicately through the aether... Song: "I'm black! I'm black! I'm blacker than black, and I'm black!" THAT is the most appropriate song track one could possibly choose for the talentless hacks of the race-hustling minority mindset, of which "Director X" is, at best, the usual mediocre example. 🤷‍♂️

[@texasknight5175]

+15 for CB4 reference.... "....cause we're straight oughta Lowcash...."

[@pure-blood17]

He's blackitty black....lol.

[@jimivey6462]

Hollywood: “Stunning & Brave!” Us: “Ho & Hum” 🤢 🤮

[@backgroundnoise9310]

Didn't know they still had money to burn on nonsense like this.

[@Artesian_mirage]

BlackRock and Vanguard investors in cahoots with WEF and the Federal Reserve baaayybeeeeeee! LESS GOOOO! WOOOOOOH!

[@19ate4]

They have to do everything they can to try to be like Europeans, since they won’t go out in the real world and work. Dressing up, and acting like characters from an English story, that these people obviously hate to reimagine them as themselves must produce a crazy inferiority complex. They won’t make movies about minorities, myths and legends but demand minorities play white European characters based of Europeans mythology. 😂.

[@Mr_Case_Time]

“The kids are going to think this is so fire….that’s what the kids call cool nowadays right? Fire? Yeah it’s gonna be fire”. -Studio executives talking about producing this show, probably

[@TS-qr3rk]

more like nifty or neato, these people are so out of touch

[@mellowgeekstudio]

How do you do, fellow kids?

[@JavierSalcedoC]

It's all intentional, never by mistake

[@balthazarasquith]

Using terms one is unsure of the meaning is tight 😅

[@Mr_Case_Time]

@@balthazarasquith making fun of these people is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@darktenor4967]

Fellow from Nottingham England here. Given the state of the real city of Nottingham, which used to be the gun crime capital of the UK and had worse crime statistics than central London, I used to joke that these days, the criminal elements of Nottingham were more like robbing hoods! I never thought a Canadian film studio would not only take my joke seriously, but make it the theme of a woke series so extreme, that honestly it's hard to tell if it's real or a parody! Five years ago, if some doom-sayer had looked at the 2016 Ghostbusters and the state of starwars and said: "soon, every western male hero from myth and culture will be a black lesbian!" I'd have thought they were at the least exaggerating, at the most perhaps being themselves a bit sexist or racist, (INSERT STANDARD DISCLAIMER ABOUT ORIGINAL NONE-WHITE OR FEMALE CHARACTERS). But look where we are now!

[@StonyStevenson75]

Finally got the memo eh?

[@Artesian_mirage]

Underrated comment

[@potman4581]

​@@StonyStevenson75Better late than never, I guess.

[@StonyStevenson75]

@@potman4581 Concurred.

[@ericfrancisco6615]

On behalf of Canada, we sincerely apologize for our film industry being just as woke and full of cringe like our American contemporaries.

[@chrisgibson5267]

The appropriation of England's culture continues unabated.

[@19ate4]

inferiority complex is strong with western leftist. Imagine having to walk the earth, knowing that your ancient ancestors didn’t do nothing compared to what the English has and are still doing.

[@nickkowak9628]

If you try to compare this show to a natural calamity, it would be a cringe tsunami.

[@quatore-5886]

I'm adding "cringe tsunami" to my vocabulary

[@EatWave]

They somehow did it. They made the darker edgier modern re-imaginings of old tales from the 1990s-2000s look well considered and restrained by comparison to anything at all.

[@lazyllama8649]

Im so glad the main character is a strong, stunning black female woman of color, who is also brave and strong, and dont forget independent and stunning.

[@19ate4]

Africans should be upset that Hollywood keeps on making them play as white European Characters. They can keep on playing dress-up and using white European stories as their backdrop. I would be highly embarrassed if I was a person of color and have to rely on European stories to “ Reimagine” since they can’t even imagine stories from non-Europeans

[@j.a.velarde5901]

Thank you for plodding thru this nonsense, cash-grab, ego-trip for us.

[@jesusojeda7850]

To be honest, I'm surprised by the fact of the sheriff being female- I wonder if it's a creative decision or just a way to show the antagonist as empowered and independent, only to later on team up with the protagonist to fight the "real enemy" which will surely be a white guy.

[@greghannibal]

White women have more social power than anyone else in America (I assume Canada is similar), but I doubt the show is aware enough to know it.

[@darrengordon-hill]

THAT'S A WOMAN????? I've got bigger tits and I'm under weight!!!!!!!

[@jamesclark7448]

My six year old nephew would have done a much better job of writing this show.

[@PunksterOS]

I'll be Reviewer _Sigh_ and that kick from ginger police person was absolute gold. Where she barely even lifts her leg and still sends the copper flying. (Perhaps she broke wind.) I cannot believe that you undersold that... brilliance.

[@thomasd4738]

the writing in these analyses is absolute poetry -- why am I not surprised that Echo reads Dostoyevsky?

[@JavierSalcedoC]

More like Solzhenitsyn I'd risk to bet

[@piotrd7355]

In most European countries, Dostoevsky, specifically Crime and Punishment, is school reading.

[@Kevin_Street]

It's pretty clear from these videos that Echo Chamberlain has an extensive education and an interest in the arts.

[@brycefalloway]

Y'all know he's an author, right?

[@darrengordon-hill]

​@@JavierSalcedoCall the literature

[@Tai_Fung]

I don't mean to compare various critics I frequent on YT, but let me say this -- in your video here, you've managed to lock down fundamental flaws, tropes, and nonsense in the show in a fraction of the time used elsewhere. I like my long form criticisms just fine, but this is really well done.

[@19ate4]

I don’t understand their fascination with European legends, mythology and stories, You’re telling me all these diverse, non-white people cannot come up with a story of their own culture or history? I feel extremely bad for them. They literally have nothing except for this to look forward to in their culture.

[@darrengordon-hill]

Most can only do "anti woke rage". This is a CLASSY takedown.

[@jimivey6462]

Robyn Hood & her Mary Sue Minions, Freya Tuck, Li’l Joan, and Shield-Maiden Marion.

[@user-ck9wv5cw8y]

And the costuming for Freya Tuck can be done by Target.

[@jimivey6462]

@@user-ck9wv5cw8y Excellent! I see what you did there. So funny! 😜😂🤣

[@scribesntribes]

Isn't it interesting that in every promo image of "X" he looks exactly like Prince and not at all like Robyn? Apparently he's one of those "oppressed" rich black guys. This show is the epitome of what's wrong with Hollywood today. 🙄

[@jimivey6462]

X: “I believe so strongly in this feminist project that I am going to have my junk cut off! This will be featured in my next documentary.”

[@toybugcarl]

This plays like it was a skit on SNL and someone in the writers room exclaimed “Wow, we’ve really got something here!” This is beyond ridiculous.

[@skiphorni]

Hilarious. Thank you for this.

[@SulfuricDonut]

I like that somebody in the ideas room had the train of thought of "Hey, you know Robin Hood? That story about a gang of thieves? They should be black!" and everybody clapped.

[@marcelgardner8497]

I love how the lady who partnered in to make this works for a company called Original Content.

[@MrsMacLover]

well, I wish all the merry men and women responsible for this show good luck in finding new careers. entertainment clealy wasn't for them.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Honestly this show would of always been trash imo, but where it tries to force the Robin Hood bits is the worst. The Sherif has a gun and suddenly people are fighting with bows and swords. While every one ignored the threat of the gun, the bow is so powerful no one moves. Never mind the fact those gold coins are likely near impossible to fence and even if they did how would Robyn's family explain the sudden influx of wealth? Given it was to be used to pay for a lawyer in a court case against the cops, people would notice money turning up from no where right after a high value item was stolen.

[@stoneymahoney9106]

9:00 The writers gave sheriff lady a shocking dark secret - she's really a 9-tentacled Cthulian horror, and that's how she's so efficient at her job and can afford to spend time in the middle of day subjecting her desk to an OCD-style arrangement ritual. Can't wait for that setup to get paid off!

[@jimivey6462]

I can tell you are a lover of Lovecraftian classics. 😉 👍 🐙

[@RJ420NL]

That is not dead which can eternal lie.

[@saurojason]

I appreciate your channel. I found you through Little Platoon and think you both fill a niche the internet absolutely needs. Intellectual and objective critique, keep it up

[@Wildjason888]

Don't forget humorous😂😅❤

[@isaacpriestley]

Correction: Wakanda Forever features TWO stunning and brave teenage girl technology geniuses!

[@SpaceHawk13]

Errol Flynn's Robin Hood and Costner's prince of Thieves are still the best two adaptions of the story. Disney's Robin Hood is also a lot of fun.

[@piotrd7355]

Costner's Prince of Thieves is worth watching only because of Alan Rickman's brilliant performance.

[@floydffrogfloydffrog7453]

Back in the day Costner's California accent was all we 'kids' needed for the movie to be *updated for modern sensibilities*. And we were happy with it. I'm kidding, it was a major distraction. But otherwise the movie was pretty entertaining.

[@zwippie92]

Let's not forget Mel Broooks Robin Hood Men in Tights, it's a classic parody.

[@ЖудаМ]

Best one was the 2010 with Russel Crowe.

[@piotrd7355]

@@ЖудаМ In my opinion, this one was not good at all. Typical deconstruction done according to a checklist.

[@MrEd6066]

It's extra cringey because it would have been the kind of Fantasy I might have written as a pre-teen (If I were a Marxist). I'm Cringing for having childish fantasies as a child, and for the writer who produced this , and for the actors who participated in it. Cringe has become a high art it seems, they missed no opportunities.

[@funkrobot9762]

What does Marxism have to do with anything?

[@MrEd6066]

@@funkrobot9762 Woke=Marxism- same thing.

[@drewstinson3901]

@@funkrobot9762 -- Pitting groups against each other. It's more neo-Marxism than anything.

[@J-P89]

​@funkrobot9762 look up Fabian socialism and it's connections to Marxism and propaganda induced population control through use of the destruction of the patriarchal family relationship. You asked don't remain ignorant. If you can't make the connections between money, people, and ideology no one can help you.😂

[@19ate4]

Who wants to go watch a bunch of no culture or history having minorities dress up and reenact white Europeans legends It truly shows how desperately they want to be white and hate it that they’re not

[@MetalGearTrav]

When the sheriff kicked one of her own guys in the thigh and sent him flying I nearly died from laughter, truly amazing stuff Also the guy who is their “tech guy” at one point is questioned about his robe he is wearing and he responds with “it’s anti facial recognition tech” yet he’s wearing it on his body.

[@kevinmccabe7263]

If the IMDB scores are anything to go off of I think the vast majority of people have seen through and rejected this filth.

[@memoryhero]

_Reviewer Y_

[@stoneymahoney9106]

I came so close to snorting coffee across my keyboard when I heard that...

[@CORIOLANVS]

You are way too lenient.

[@methylmania]

For some reason Marxists really hate ginger people. Gingers are true minorities, the rarest and most beautiful type of person on earth. For some reason, they are often used to depict villains, especially in older works. There seemed to be a period recently where gingers were depicted as normal people and were used often in television and print ads because of their rarity. Now apparently, red heads are the symbol for ultimate whiteness. The grand wizards of the Caucasian menace. Their ranks as titular characters, supporting roles and roles as human beings with complexity must be completely purged for the sake of "diversity" Oh well. Gingers had a good run there for a minute. It's time to start burning them as witches again I guess.

[@Squall17x]

Social commentary done right is presenting the idea, then challenging the idea yourself with a question, then leave the idea open-ended for the audience to decide themselves which argument is more solid. But the characteristic of a despot mentality is to only have answers but none questions.

[@floydfanboy2948]

Hahaha, hohoho, hahaha. This is baaaaaad! My God, the fact that this even got made boggles the mind! Clown world!

[@justandy7963]

rewriting culture is a precursor to rewriting history

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

“Now director X, he’s no slouch when it comes to dramatic tension and emphasis”. The photo you selected is priceless.

[@TheIceMan23]

I'm just waiting for a post on the Internet that tells me this is the most watched show in the world this week

[@emmagrove6491]

So... It's come to this... I'm not sure what Hollywood has against redheads, but for the past ten years or so they've been elliminating iconic redheaded characters by changing their race and hair color, and now a female redhead is the arch villain. Merida from Brave is very, very nervous. She knows she's next on the chopping block.

[@jimivey6462]

Sturgeon’s Law: “90% of everything is crud” If only the percentage of crud was that low for modern Hollywood, there might be a reason to watch something.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

This show would’ve been right at home in 1992.

[@floydffrogfloydffrog7453]

But is it "Reviewer Y" or "Reviewer, why?"

[@Drixenol86]

Probably calls himself that to protect his identity from someone.

[@ValyrianPrince]

It’s painful anyone can predict this type of shows so accurately now

[@MasterHoo36]

Being from Canada this is on course for media within last 10 at least. X as a music director is legend in Toronto but this show has tubi vibes imo

[@Wolf-bz6kq]

Another example of using a classic tale as a skin suit to push a crap story and an agenda

[@Kevin_Street]

Nicely done. You confused me a bit with all those sophisticated cinema terms, but everything worked out in the end. Robyn Hood was roasted with just the right amount of withering sarcasm. And only a week before Thanksgiving! Sadly this turkey comes from my country. It's a cheap series done to fulfill government legislated Canadian content requirements. Chorus Entertainment owns a bunch of broadcast TV and cable channels, and makes a good living repackaging mostly American entertainment for local audiences. But the government says that big companies like Chorus have to spend a certain amount of their budget on locally made productions, hence this show. No one expects Canadian shows to have an audience, not even in Canada. So you get stuff like Robyn.

[@Fourgiastic-zv8ip]

Canada has loads of woke garbage. Like the dog series Hudson & Rex where the dog is a retard and everyone is black in Newfoundland.

[@pigpuke]

"Reimagination" means "disrespectful bastardization".

[@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot9]

"Robin Hood is Re-imagined for modern Investors with political agendas"

[@Degarth]

This show and so many like them remind me of that Emo Kid parody song...."You'd be non-conforming too, if you looked just like me." If the average 45 year old white dude knows exactly what you are going to do (and they do) in your "groundbreaking and fresh modern take" on a classic story maybe you aren't breaking ground, maybe you are just piling up dirt.

[@sebastianmontano9979]

To be fair, Robin Hood adaptations have been pretty lame for a while now. I tried looking for another set in modern day and I found a 1978 Jamaican film called "Rockers" which is about "Horsemouth, a drummer living in a ghetto of Kingston." The plot seems to be a combination of Bicycle Thieves and Robin Hood. It's also considered a bit of a hidden gem so maybe people should check this one out instead.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Sad to say modern movies and shows are just bad fanfiction. As some one who actually loves a lot of fanfiction, shows like this are the bottom of the barrel self insert type of stuff.

[@jneilson7568]

That seems to be because all the self-important Mary Sue writers were the ones who blagged their way into these jobs.

[@arkwhite23]

This is one Canadian who is proud to say I would rather read the original story of Robin Hood by Paul Creswick than watch this pile of unimaginative preachy garbage.

[@redsoxu571]

And here I thought "business mogul wants to evict innocent residents for profit and is this revealed as the bad guy" had been played out by the 1990s. Or, no, I'm underthinking it - it must be a case of "what is old is new again", with that story beat having been played out for so long that it is ready to be fresh again for a new generation. Yeah, that's the ticket! Nailed it!

[@msd5808]

It's not that new of a thing. I mean when I was a kid there was that Romeo and Julet movie set in modern times. American McGee re-imagines Alice in Wonderland for his video game series. Lots of things like that.

[@jneilson7568]

Maid Marian and her Merry Men was a far superior 'reimagining' and honestly that contained many 'woke tropes' but it was actually entertaining.

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

Funny how politicians are seldom the bad guys in today entertainment, specially if it’s a female politician

[@bryanhaycock672]

Did you actually sit through this entire episode? Just the clips made it difficult to sit through the review.

[@MilleniumFalconSuperCool74]

Honestly, this is so on the nose and ridiculous that, if it was made with any kind of self-awareness, it would be amazing.

[@trollmaster4523]

Please tell they are running out of white skinned actors and this isn't just a lame recolour of an old time classic lazily done. 😂

[@Leery_Bard]

It should also be noticed that the "villain" does nothing illegal while the "heroes" are indeed criminals.

[@Wildjason888]

Yup, filmed in Toronto..🤦‍♂️

[@justinwood7232]

If HBO had produced this concept I’d watch it 😂

[@turkN9NE]

devoid of creativity

[@Pers0n97]

These modern audience piece of media are soooo samey and boring ti's not even funny to bash them anymore.

[@chucheeness7817]

This has the stink of Saint's Row reboot all over it.

[@Kombo-Chapfika]

lol 'Robin Hood' tried to do a version of Cristobal Tapia de Veer's recurring audio motif in 'Utopia', but did it in a hacky way that highlights the chasm of creative ability between the two projects.

[@LordFalconsword]

Kinda getting tired of being pissed on and told it's rain.

[@genghisgahan9623]

Of for f@ck sake. How have we ended up here.

[@sterling7]

The glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel I see is this. Works like Netflix's "Arcane" demonstrate that audiences will full-throatedly cheer stories full of strong and diverse characters of various sexes and sexualities if those characters have depth, complexity, and flaws. Similarly, "One Piece" demonstrates that an audience with low expectations *will* come around and give something they expect to disappoint a chance, and celebrate if their expectations are overturned for the better. Eventually, maybe creators of things like "Robyn Hood" (and many others) might have to face up to the possibility that if the audience sneers at their work, it may not be prejudice, but their failure to create something of worth.

[@Fuzzycat16]

No men in tights? this isn't Robin Hood in my book.

[@IAmTheEagleHTM]

I low-key thought the first 2 minutes of the video were joking

[@samuelsmith5400]

Just more proof of ginger slander

[@ValyrianPrince]

Sigh everything is trash now

[@80sdreamwave32]

More woke that will flop badly

[@ObsidianFrog]

All for theirCOUDENHOVE - KALERGIplan.... " The English as a race are not worth saving...." - JackStraw.

[@os8856]

everyone: how low can they go? director x: hold my ginger beer

[@19ate4]

They can’t go any lower because their ancient ancestors have no stories to tell so they have to use white Europeans myths to reimagine. Sad

[@Kadejones01]

I think the.... "Music" exists because X Director watched Squid Games once, saw it was popular and probably... "composed" it himself.

[@dcbdiscerns7617]

This show looks dope, yo! 😂