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[@metatronyt]

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[@sarah-jaynemcdonald2594]

What are your thoughts on Dr. Ammon Hillman translations?

[@Didacmmv]

Red isn't on the sinistra? what is this?! EDIT: Did you make it so it looks as it should from our POV? I instantly thought of the two angels on your shoulder

[@CriticalEyeMMA]

o7

[@compiledtech1188]

Don’t stop throwing it out there. Truth matters! After getting yelled at at Georgetown when me and my friend was talking about the Yazidi genocide in 2014. I realize the haters did not want to hear the truth. My friend Omar lost 36 members of his family to Isis and his mom and sisters were a slaves. He was almost called a liar because they viewed it as political instead of just gaining facts from what was going on and the tragedy of the situation that’s sad.

[@DealwithitHand]

I hate your hoodie a lot. Overwatch is extremely fucking woke. There are 2 genders. Mutilating your body to try to be the opposite gender you are or a made up genders is evil. Pride is a sin. Indoctrination isn't cool. Just saying.

[@AscendantStoic]

The strongest indictment of this dumb movie came from Lupita Nyongo, she outright refused to work in the movie once she figured out the real history of the Dahomey and met the descendant of one of the people enslaved by them, she could have just played along with the propaganda and appeased her Hollywood friends, but she took a principled position .. hugely respect her for that, and frankly she had nothing to gain from this position and a lot to lose, yet she still made that choice.

[@lynnm6413]

I saw her documentary here on KZbin, it was eyeopening….huge respect for her, going to Africa and meeting the descendants.. I strongly recommend this documentary, you can find it on yt under *WARRIOR WOMEN* with Lupita Nyongo

[@SEKreiver]

She cared more about the TRUTH than her distaste for Whitey. Good on her.

[@howareyoualiveifyoudonteatbeef]

She made a documentary as a result. I watched it and was deeply moved by her sadness as she discovered the truth and all the history. I did not have an opinion on her before as I hadn't watched any of her films but after watching that documentary and then finding out why she made the documentary... It all made me respect her immensely. She has integrity and is an authentic artist. She could have taken the money and sold out her own racial history but she didn't. I will always respect her decision to not just walk away but also to push back against the propaganda.

[@OminousPortent]

​@@MagcargoMan And what does that have to do with anything?

[@Uthandol]

@@MagcargoMan And what does that have to do with anything on this video or this comment section?

[@anthonyoer4778]

"If the world is against the truth, then I am against the world." Athanasius

[@metatronyt]

I second that.

[@Lopfff]

Conversely. If the world is for titties, then I am for the world

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

​@@metatronyt Truth is important , however once it's understood the antagonist is mainly the oyo and not Europeans then everything has to be interpreted in that way especially in reference to Freedom. Thank you for correcting yourself. Integrity over identity

[@madcyborg1822]

You should quote it correctly, it was SAINT Athanasius, and the "Truth" is capital T, meaning Christ/God. What he said is "If the world is against God, then I am against the world". Because God calls himself the Truth.

[@anthonyoer4778]

@@madcyborg1822 I've never seen your quote refrenced, but I agree nonetheless.

[@Jaster_Mereel]

My grandmother told me: " i don't care what they teach you in school, the Metatron is the Pasta King."

[@atimidbirb]

They do teach that in school for SURE

[@surgeonsergio6839]

Well my grandmother told me: " i don't care what they teach you in school, the Metatron is the Metatron."

[@apalsnerg]

​@@surgeonsergio6839 Really? Well my grandmother told me "I don't care what Sergio says, the Metatron has spread his wings".

[@akivag.horvitch4985]

But he's white! I imagined Pasta King having curly hair, like me

[@robdel_actual]

She is a sage

[@stumccabe]

A quick search informs one that "In the 1840s, Dahomey began to face decline with British pressure to abolish the slave trade, which included the British Royal Navy imposing a naval blockade against the kingdom and enforcing anti-slavery patrols near its coast.". That's right, it took the British Navy to stop Dahomey continuing the slave trade!

[@rhetorical1488]

if i recall correctly they navy also shelled a few places there to get their point across

[@gregorywellssr7857]

Just more oppression from Whitey,taking away the black people's freedom to enslave each other. Colonizerrr!!!

[@bigenglishmonkey]

they didn't actually stop. they went to selling oils and britain even bought more from them to compensate them for the loss of slavery profits. but the dahomey found that it wasn't enough and slavery was still more profitable so returned to it like 3 years later. the first franco-dahomey war (1890) invloved the dahomey going in to french territory to enslave africans under french protection. which is another part of history a lot of people dont want everyone to know, the european empires rarely invaded africa, but smaller kingdoms joined their empires to gain protection ffrom the larger kingdom enslaving them every year.

[@krixpop]

Iirc in the end, weren't the Dahoemey pulverized by a French Colonial Battalion ?

[@jacktravers5049]

The British had to to intervene to stop slavery in Nigeria in the 1950's...

[@tamaraholloway9634]

My mother and I got into over this. Wtf would an American black descendant of slaves go cheer for a movie rewriting history , to cheer for the kingdom fighting to keep the slave trade going?! We literally know we have ancestors from that area, meaning a good chance the Dahomeys were involved in their enslavement. It also pissed me off, similar to how in the US they live to elevate the worst in the black community as heroes, they want us cheering for the worst of our history, while dummies imagine they were heroes!

[@reeman2.0]

Exactly! The very worst of the community, thugs and drug dealers, woman beaters, are the most popular. It's completely backwards in the US!

[@Walkeranz]

Gotta have the kids heroes being zeroes, best way to hold ‘em down.

[@Introvert-forced-Extrovert1515]

But history is still history.

[@RyanBrown-hp3sc]

I am mostly celtic. Black Americans should look at the history of the celts. We were rather violent people that were headhunters and fueded with eachother constantly even after the remaining celts of the British isles converted to Christianity. We had slaves and were made into slaves. We faced multiple successful and unsuccessful genocide attempts over thousands of years. Celts have been monsters and victims. We changed a lot over years and had to face being deliberately held back and had millions starve to death as a result of racist economic abuses at the hands of the English. Knowing the history and having to learn it i had to face my feelings about the English as they currently are. I will give each of them ,as i will give to any other person, the opportunity to give their first impression and to own their actions regardless of the past. No one has to respect anyone doing the wrong thing. Going forward if i only give the English grief for past events they had no hand in i will change nothing for the better. There is also no promise that my own people are being irresponsible politically. Too many of my celtic bretheren have been on the left and its extremely disappointing seeing them go in a destructive direction.

[@reeman2.0]

@@RyanBrown-hp3sc I agree. Far too many Celts hate the English for no good reason, which seems to have some parallels to race relations in America... Have a good day brother!

[@abrahampreciadoalvarez4461]

you are not RAAAcist, i adore everything about searching the historical truth, cheers from Mexico

[@metatronyt]

Thanks!

[@Dank_Kush_420-jp3ym]

I also like truths, but yet truths do nothing for mankind right now! For example, we all know America STOLED the land and Mexico land, too! Yet nothing is done about it! So knowing truth is only 1 part of the solution! Yet Metatron has said NOTHING on these FACTS and for him to say white racism is same as the 1 example he only says is THE MOORS. That is kind of scummy! I'm Ojibwe and my land was also stolen. America is destroying the world and you are all kitty about old COLONIZERS and SLAVE OWNERS history! Try watching MIDDLE NATION, LEE CAMP, POLITICAL ECONOMY REPORT with BEN NORTON.. Now they tell truths history on this side and all around the world. Plus today news.

[@FireflowerDancer]

​​​​​@metatronyt It's pretty amusing how people react when you refuse to 'take sides!'

[@AMikeStein]

For some reason I read this in Nerdrotics voice.

[@ToeKnife166]

I’m from Sudan and I loved your historically accurate video

[@adaptivegamer9905]

Are you south Sudanese? Just curious because I’m Moroccan

[@LightKnight_Age_Of]

Sudan needs truth, just like it needs Peace. Salam to you!

[@everdinestenger1548]

​@@LightKnight_Age_Of yes, the truth. An author from Guadaloupe has written a trilogy about the area, Se'gou by Maryse Conde and it was great. She is living now in Esther Mali or Sudan

[@boreasreal5911]

The work that the Royal Navy's west africa squadron did in curtailing the atlantic slave trade in the 19th century is both fascinating and underrepresented in any history curiculum.

[@brittakriep2938]

In a book about east african warrior nations i read, east african muslim slave traders had been so rich, that they could hire mercenaries from Yemen.

[@mobbs6426]

​@@brittakriep2938I believe one of the Dahomey kings towards the end of the slave trade managed to amass a fortune of about a quarter million. Don't quote me on that or the conversion. I think it was 17B at the time I learned, so probably 20B in todays money.

[@ClashOfClans4Fun]

I only (mis)heard it as "the kingdom of the homie" for a solid minute there, and now I can't unhear it either

[@SEKreiver]

It's been the case for me for about FORTY YEARS. I've studied SSA history since the '80s and I've suffered the existence of urban slang for about that long.

[@pskarnaq73]

Yeah, I heard kingdom of da homie every time 😂😂 it's funny cuz it fits!

[@XdivineExp]

This is how I heard it every single time until I saw it printed on screen and was like "Ohhhh, that makes so much more sense".

[@thrrax]

Da Homie.

[@magyarbondi]

I feel ya, mah homies in da hood.

[@solamande]

You are consistantly problamatic to mainstream narratives. That's why I subscribe. Carry on Metatron.

[@metatronyt]

@@solamande Thanks!

[@solamande]

@@metatronyt You're welcome of course. That MAGAtron comment cracks me up! I'll be smiling about that all day. See you next video.

[@pacmonster066]

Not sure I'd agree with the sentiment that the things Metatron objects to are "mainstream" narratives. All of these shows and movies that Metatron usually comments on do *horribly* at the box office or streaming service they appear on (usually because they are just boring or poorly put together pieces of media, the eyerolling agenda playing a smaller role). The people who make them often are not "mainstream" producers, actors, directors, etc but instead are industry pariahs trying to gain attention to whatever their agenda is which usually is pretty blatant and why few other people in the industry support them. Like Jada Pinkett Smith is *not* well liked in the industry so I'd hardly call anything she produces "mainstream". It kind of annoys me when people act like cancel culture and "woke" people make up some majority of the population. It's the same thing with ultra-right wing types spewing conspiracy theories. They are a vocal *minority* and we criticize both sides specifically *because* they go against the normal.

[@solamande]

@@pacmonster066 I apologize for not thinking more deeply before commenting on YT videos. I understand the semantics of your argument and I'll try to do better in the future and be less annoying. Thank you for the time it took to correct my plebeian narrative. Have a good day.

[@rhetorical1488]

@@pacmonster066 soooo you have never heard of Disney?

[@John21WoW]

Ah yes, Metatron doing a 50 min video on Metatron doing a 16 min video, can't wait for Metatron doing a 3 hour video on Metatron doing a 50 min video on Metatron doing a 16 min video in 2 years XD

[@lynnm6413]

Lol…die unendliche Geschichte

[@nicoleg2544]

Responding to your own video is peak “I’m starting to run out of daily content” 🤣

[@UnexpectedWonder]

​@@nicoleg2544 Not necessarily.

[@MorgorDre]

That reminds me of Josh reacting to Asmon reacting to Josh reacting to Asmon

[@aidan1R]

One might even call it the Meta-metatron

[@atheistbushman]

The British role in ending slavery (including the Arab slave trade that started in the 7th century) should be taught to everyone.

[@Ancientreapers]

There is so much about history that is horribly taught in all levels of schooling.

[@OvalRock]

There is little appetite for glorifying the British Empire the way Roman Empire is, despite their equally global achievements. Maybe in another 500 years….

[@supremecaffeine2633]

They didn't finish paying off the debt for that until 2015. It took almost 200 years.

[@adaptivegamer9905]

INSANE I DIDNT know this until my love for learning history began at 23. I’m 29 now and i have questioned every single thing that raises a tiny red flag for me. The amount of propaganda no matter how subtle is staggering here in the west especially America so the “you just hate China and Russians the propaganda they do is anti democracy”! Is hilarious to me.

[@christopherbrice5473]

That was a strategic move to hinder the French, I believe. The French don't get enough credit for their role in slavery. When you are losing the game simply flip the board.

[@ChrisBunker-i6g]

The last people transported across the Atlantic to the USA as slaves were captured by the Agojie of Dahomey. They would gain their freedom due to US Civil War, and one of them, Cudjoe Lewis, gave his story to a journalist in the 1920s. Rather than making up stuff about Dahomey they should have told another story, and there are some great ones. The early life of Tewdros II of Ethiopia would be perfect for a movie. He started out a monk. He was a Robin Hood figure. He proved his skill as a leader and gained followers before eventually becoming Emperor. That would make an excellent movie.

[@scloftin8861]

I would pay to see that movie. Sounds wonderful.

[@scott2452]

Tewodros II would be interesting, but if the primary accounts written about him (e.g. by Henry Blanc) are to be believed, he wouldn’t be a very sympathetic protagonist.

[@scottmcrawford]

The story I keep hoping they make is the story of Robert Smalls - a man born into slavery who commandeered a confederate ship during the Civil War and sailed it past blockades to deliver it to the Union. That would make a great movie.

[@SolProxy]

​@@scott2452Nothing a little revisionism can't cure, amirite?

[@scott2452]

@@SolProxy Haha with enough revisionism, anything is possible. His wiki page already has been pretty whitewashed…no mention of Gondar or Islamgee etc. The contrast is stark when you read something like the Journal of Ethiopian Studies entry titled The Violence of Tewodros

[@rogueraven7603]

Face it they don’t want to tell African stories. They want to tell African looking stories that follow the narrative they want to push.

[@shawn6860]

You mean stories that don't make their narrative to look bad. LOL!

[@admirekashiri9879]

Even if they did they’d be boycotted I’m sure

[@shawn6860]

@@admirekashiri9879 Ya, they would find some reason to boycott it.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@shawn6860 So I’m done hoping Hollywood makes our stories now. I believe we Africans should do them ourselves.

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

I enjoy watching African films - watch them at a friend's house, she has a paid subscription to one of the several African KZbin TV channels - but I can honestly say that I don't think they would appeal to many people in the US [for a start they'd complain they can't understand them, even though the majority are in English, I'm used to hearing Africans talk and don't have an issue but I know many do] because the subject matter probably wouldn't interest them. A favourite for example is about a woman using traditional witchcraft to get a good husband, a good job, lots of money etc and how eventually it all goes wrong and backfires on her, I like it and the acting/storyline are brilliant but I'm honestly not sure many in the US would enjoy watching it, far too different and not sure they'd understand the undercurrents. But you're right, they DON'T tell the narrative that Hollywood/African-Americans want to push and I honestly don't think they'd like the narrative they do push. Like the channel on KZbin where an African American goes home to the motherland and is welcomed but she is welcomed as a USAMERICAN and not as a Ghanaian and she spends all her time complaining that they see her as and treat her as an American when she sees herself as an African who has ''come home''. She expected to be treated like the prodigal daughter, she wasn't and she was offended by the fact that they don't see her as Ghanaian who was forcibly taken by white slavers [she can't even admit her ancestors were captured and sold by other Africans, she blames everything on the nasty white people] but as an American who has decided to come and live in Ghana. She seems to have expected to have been treated like a returning hero and have everything paid for because she was ''lost and now she is found'' when they see her as being a rich American woman who has decided to move to Africa and live there.

[@nLocky]

I love the kingdom of the homie. Its my favourite

[@Mr.Marbles]

Me? From the hood? What hood? Its the kingdom of the homie!

[@gregorywellssr7857]

Oh, I'm glad it's not just me that thinks that is so funny.

[@matj12]

That English alters pronunciation of foreign words so they are not recognizable any more is among my least favorite things about English.

[@Mr.Marbles]

@@matj12 thats most languages tho. If i listen how a japanese person would pronounce my name, im getting an aneurysm 😂

[@matj12]

@@Mr.Marbles That doesn't surprise me. I dislike most languages. From a different perspective, I have unrealistic expectations about languages. But my original point is relevant because I hear “the homie kingdom” and struggle to figure out what I should ask a search engine to get results relevant to what Metatron is talking about. BTW, it turns out that asking “the homie kingdom” returns results about Dahomey.

[@iMightBeCrazy]

I've never understood this we need representation in the and movies because in the 90s growing up half of what I watched was all black shows like the Cosby show, family matters, the fresh prince, Martin, morsha, and movies like bad boys and Friday. I feel like it wasn't a problem until people started to make it a problem in the mid 2000s for no reason

[@cindyknudson2715]

Division. Divide and conquer. That's why.

[@HeatherWP]

In the 70’s they addressed the problem of representation. In the 80’s they began addressing how people were represented. In the 90’s we had plenty of representation but it was so overdone that the requirement for representation began with the trend of the “token” and by the early 2000’s the token became a joke so we needed to address that somehow. It’s certainly gotten out of hand now though, not for a lack of representation but how it’s morphed into now being an inaccurate representation of the statistical (and historically accurate) representation of the population. It is a massive swing of the pendulum from the 1950’s where there genuinely wasn’t representation and with any luck the pendulum will fall back to center.

[@Mallard942]

Because "representation" is window dressing. At core, it's a racial Marxism, meaning it's a mental division of the world into oppressors and oppressed. Because white people are considered eternal oppressors to these people, fairness or equality is not actually desired, it's revenge. The reason it gets worse is because they also spend a lot of time being historical revisionists, reframing all of history along a purely oppressor/oppressed perspective. They'll frame anything less than basically communism as oppression

[@SEKreiver]

@@HeatherWP Even in the '50s, there was SOME black representation. Blacks were only 13% of the US population. If there was a cast of 1-12, how accurate would it be to have a black in there (outside of context)? Should the Rat Pack have added 6 MORE whites to make things more "representational"? The goal since the '90s seems to have been to overrepresent blacks and insert them into high-status roles. Those of us who work in real, competitive jobs see the truth. BOTTOM LINE: Write/make stories that audiences want.

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

I was dating a Jamaican girl in college then who got mad at me when I suggested the Cosby Show didn't portray a realistic view of what life was like for most black American families (she herself had divorced parents and she was being raised in a Jewish neighborhood near North Miami - talk about standing out!), although I understood wanting to show a successful one. But we already saw that with the Jeffersons and Good Times.

[@legueu]

I'm offended... ... that the Pasta King was never released.

[@FireflowerDancer]

He was released into the pasta wild!

[@inisipisTV]

@@FireflowerDancer We must protect… the Pasta forrest.

[@justin9561]

@@inisipisTV pasta... pasta.

[@Ancientreapers]

7:27 Not just race swapping but gender swapping as well. Most of us know why Hollywood chose to do a movie about the Woman "King" and not a movie about the Songhai Empire or the Benin Kingdom. 8:50 "The truth" didn't that movie completely gloss over the fact the Dahomey Kingdom was one of worst prolific slave traders on the African continent.

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

BINGO!!!! The erasure of masculinity

[@admirekashiri9879]

The title Woman King is actually a translation of what the Fon called a female ruler called Princess Hangbe, it doesn’t make sense in English I understand but, they did not have queens, she ruled as king after her twin brother king Akaba died. The character in the film isn’t her though so I don’t know why they used that title. Hangbe lived a century prior and ruled briefly. And even if they did it on those other empires I guarantee there would have been controversy still.

[@mobbs6426]

​@@admirekashiri9879the title is the least of this films issues. It makes sense that we misinterpreted their word for ruler as "king," but if Fon translates to "Woman King," then isn't our word for that, "Queen" We also use it to mean "The King's Wife," but she's still the highest Lady in the land, so if she inherits the throne, we use the other definition of Queen, "A woman king." Her husband can never be King, because he was born her subject.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@mobbs6426 No it’s not as there was no queen in Dahomey. The king usually had multiple wives there was a favourite or head of wives but, she wasn’t classed as queen. The title used would still be translated as Woman King in English. Plus princess Hangbe wasn’t wife of a king she was brother to one who passed away.

[@TankinatorFR]

About the costumes, that's always the same trend. Everything "past" or "primitive" should be dress up in dull colors... Despite a lot of these cultures actually putting colors "everywhere", sometimes with much more assiduity than present day cultures.

[@rhetorical1488]

African cultures are ALL about color. When (then princess) QE II visited Africa in 47 she sat beside Chief Oba Adenji-Adele II in Lagos. Look up the pictures as his wardrobe is absolutely stunning in its palate.

[@MCharlesPainting]

It helps to make it seem 'old'. And, often, since no colour is with us today, we have this sense that 'the old world was dull' (impacted also by paintless Greek statues and black and white movies). Bright Chinese dress today just seems 'modern' even if it was actually truthful to 1710 or whatever you want. I'd aim for realism without confusing the viewer, as giving this sense is vital. Objective history as fact in itself means nothing. Nobody wants that in their fantasy movie. Nobody cares. It's not the important point, and would deeply confuse many, and conflict with how we feel about fantasy and 'oldness' as such. Then, there's a question of style and themes, etc. For one, marble paintless statues have a certain quality to them. Painting them now would make them seem cheap and unrefined, despite the fact we know most statues of the Greek world were actually painted/dyed (and also their buildings)! It's too late to start now, and has no real benefit. The only benefit is to understand that colour is not a modern invention, and we're no smarter or wiser than the Greeks. Humans have not changed much. This is vital to know, and should be throughout education and culture, not just movies. Of course, good fantasy movies do that already -- they teach you wisdom of the past, typically through a fictionalised and magical (dramatic, meta-narrative) lens, as opposed to 'real people'. And this applies to history-driven movies, other than the strictest. It's why Jackson's The Lord of the Rings 'feels real' even though not only are the dress wrong, but the people didn't even exist at all! Sometimes, it was fairly true to what you 'might have found', but other times, it's clearly 'wrong' and is better for it.

[@admirekashiri9879]

The images Metatron shared aren’t actually accurate. These were black people in France used represent the Agoji in some exhibition, many of them are from places like Sierra Leone historian Jeffrey P. Green made note on how inauthentic these images were. The people in the image were actually not even from the Fon ethnic group. The film did actually get the costumes (most of them at least) accurate if you look at actual historical illustration of the Agoji and other Fon warriors.

[@infinitesimotel]

Somehow the converse title: "The Man Queen", doesn't ring the same and implies something else...

[@QuestionsStuff]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@parrotshootist3004]

When you strip the narcy crap, it's seems no different.

[@andystegall7407]

If it was about Freddie Mercury then they might have something

[@infinitesimotel]

@@parrotshootist3004 Not really, A = B is not necessarily the same as B = A.

[@Mr-__-Sy]

funny enough that'll be a great movie about Olga of Kiev

[@o0alessandro0o]

A funny realization I just had... This isn't just "right-wing, all white people are good" vs "left-wing, all black people are good" bullshit. It's much worse, and much more insidious. Triangular trade was only possible because the various African kingdoms/nations/tribes call them what you want... Adopted a Roman approach to slavery: they all hated everybody *else* equally. A white slaver could go to any African kingdom and buy some slaves; those slaves would come from a different part of Africa, and would therefore not be part of the in-group of that particular kingdom. And that's what they are trying to hide: the in-group vs out-group mentality that gave rise to the worst of slavery (i.e., sugar cane plantations), a mentality that is very much prevalent in modern US politics. You *must* love your candidate, and hate the opposing party's candidate, because your candidate is yours, and the opposition's is theirs. It's chariot races, factio albata vs factio prasina vs factio russata vs factio veneta, except there's only two of them. That's what Hollywood is pushing: not left-leaning sentiment but "us versus them" sentiment. Our in-group is righteous, and the other is the enemy, and must be destroyed. Push that sentiment hard enough, and you'll rationalize slavery again.

[@scloftin8861]

No joke.

[@o0alessandro0o]

@@scloftin8861 Yeah but that also means that, if you are a Republican, you should reach out to Democrats, and if you are a Democrat, you should reach out to Republicans. That's the only way to prevent radicalization and extremism. Admittedly, the right is resorting to fear tactics more than the left, but that only means that it's even more important to reach out to your opponents if you are on the right. Explain your point of view and get the other party's. Bipartisanship used to be a staple of US governance, These days it's just hate hate hate all the way through.

[@richardavery4692]

​@o0alessandro0o Really? "Trump is the next Hitler" is not a perfect example of extreme fear mongering? Both Walz & Harris just did campaign stops where they told the audience Trump is going to use the military against journalists.

[@tempestvenator9809]

@@o0alessandro0o Yeah, as someone who votes Republican, I can agree that there is some right-wing fearmongering, and I've seen plenty on the left. One thing I hate about this culture war is the fact that it has contributed to this.... I'm going to say it, anti-American mentality. You've got both sides calling each other the evilest things on planet Earth while trying to downplay or flat out deny their own internal problems. It's why we've got lots of talking about a future civil war, because discussion has been so thoroughly poisoned by the Media. And here's the shocking truth about the Media, it consists of both the left and the right. So sure, you have all those left-wing groups calling everyone right of them racists, transphobic, or fascies. Then you've got groups like EndymonTV, Critical Drinker, Arch, and many many other right wing youtubers who are starting to gradually push more.... problematic ideas. Heck, Tucker Carlson and Caedance Owens are big honking red flags that there is something rotten in Denmark given what ideas they espouse and who they allow to voice their opinions unchallenged.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@o0alessandro0o not any African kingdom some forbid the practice of slavery.

[@CriticalEyeMMA]

Doubling-down is a sign of knowing what you are talking about, or being ignorant af. With Metatron: I guess the former!

[@nathandouglas624]

Double dog down on that!

[@sharkchaos5160]

So true.

[@Prettywhite4awhiteguy]

As a moderate man myself I feel like both extremes just want us to pick their side and go down with the ship. I just don't even like talking about much anymore since everything turns political and why do I need that extra stress when I argue with my own self enough. Thanks for doing things like this, people just don't stand firm that often anymore

[@tempestvenator9809]

It is interesting isn't it. Both sides are on a proverbial sinking ship, and yet neither side wants to do anything about it aside from pinning the blame on each other.

[@abigailstanglin1611]

I had a whole baby since this video. Funnily enough I used to watch you before this video but somehow ended up unsubscribed (I did not unsubscribe myself) and I never could find your channel again UNTIL THIS VIDEO!!! And now I have son who is 8 months old since finding your channel again. A lot can change in 2 years.

[@finflwr]

Congratulations! Enjoy your little lad. Time flies swiftly. Mine is nearly 15 and it feels like yesterday he was 2. 🌸🌱🌳

[@olleolausson]

You have a baby and found metatron again? You are living the dream life😅 Wish you and your kid health and prosperity🥰

[@Wolffur]

Congratulations to both of you! 🎉🎉🎉

[@szymonstepniewski4946]

If you are quoting yourself from the past I will do the same :D "Boyo, if they wanted to make a movie about a woman king they could have just dig in polish kings list. Like... We had litteraly a woman king named Jadwiga from hungarian dynasty. And yes, she was a king not a queen, mostly because in this times in Kingdom of Poland wasnt something like that, atleast as a main country leader." Yeah, my english improved too for this 2 years (or I hope it did) Big love spaghetti knighty-samurai

[@CommanderRedEXE]

Jadwiga never gets any mention save once in a Civilization game. Quite sad since she was a very interesting character to read about.

[@hernanreipp3321]

I really want a movie or miniserie about Jadwiga. Also we can include Queen Tamar from Georgia on the list. Seriously there is plenty of female historical rulers that have their pro and cons that deserve more attention. But with the producers we have this days better don't give them any...idea.

[@lynnm6413]

Did you see what they did to the Witcher? I bless every book left untouched in the current fad to destroy fantasy or historical IP‘s

[@SGProductions87]

King Jadwiga. King.

[@-Kidzin]

That's not quite true, while she was a coronated as a king she wasn't referred to as a "king" nor did she do it herself either. It was "Regina" in documents, stamps etc. So calling her queen or królowa is in fact correct.

[@kaiser9109]

Im a black man and i totally agree with you

[@markenetube]

You want truth, not lies. There are many good African stories to be told, but they chose to lie.

[@metatronyt]

Thank you for your support sir.

[@panzer00]

​@markenetube does black mean African?

[@jeremiahsmith7924]

Like he said in the first video, black people aren't stupid, and that means they won't just gobble up any media based solely on it being vaguely related to black history. Hollywood seems to think as long as there's a black person in it you should be brainwashed enough by their race baiting to love it! It's ridiculous! And fucking OFFENSIVE!

[@nicholasroach880]

Same here I am another black man and I agree with him.

[@BLP04]

9:58 that’s a perfect way of putting it. I don’t mind historical inaccuracy as much if the narrative acknowledges the fact that it’s fiction and doesn’t try to pretend otherwise. It’s when they act like it’s purely historical and factual when I take issue with the inaccuracies.

[@alangay4180]

The truth is not political, the use or misuse of the truth is political. Want to watch a historically set film about strong black women, get a copy of Hidden Figures, a film with a story not propaganda.

[@jeffslote9671]

It’s a brave man who speaks the uncomfortable truths

[@HeatherWP]

It shouldn’t be “uncomfortable”. Historical truth is what it is and people should realize that if it were not for our history we wouldn’t be who we are today. Good or bad.

[@storytellernylan9157]

A movie dedicated to the British Crusade on Slavery would be dope, plus i feel like Britian could use something to get behind other than each other in a line.

[@MagcargoMan]

Yeah, more colonial propaganda. You got plenty of those movies glorifying white invaders, buddy.

[@randomperson6433]

Americans really need to use the word “queue” more. You can remove 80% of the letters and it’s pronounced the same.

[@danielsorensen8444]

You mean like the 2006 film Amazing Grace?

[@storytellernylan9157]

@@randomperson6433 Usually do when writing Character dialogue but eh, didn't come to me.

[@michaeltelson9798]

I watched on History Hit a multi part set of videos about the political struggle in Britain that lead to abolishing slavery. Jamaican Sugar Barons who wanted to keep their “economy” verses the movement in Britain to end slavery. It was a great series.

[@nerdpocalypse5004]

The Metatron Symbol in neon lights would be awesome

[@turinturambar347]

The Woman King bombed. It has a 99% score on rotten tomatoes because rotten tomatoes often censored negative reviews of controversial movies, if the negative reviews don’t fit the mainstream media narrative.

[@gordonpromish9218]

a rapid review of the Dahomey Customs utterly demolished this movie's pretense of accuracy.

[@iberius9937]

You are dismantling the mainstream Hollywood understanding of history. God bless you and all you do.

[@sickk0073]

In a world where Cleopatra was black, the Dahomey can be anti slavery... trust me, my grandmother told me that so it must true! 😅

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@sickk0073 they were anti slavery for their own people not for all black Africans. This is what people are failing to realise.

[@ianwright4255]

Pasta King sounds like a restaurant

[@janetsmiley6778]

I like the King of Linguine

[@ballenboy]

What would have been forbidden in these times would be showing the Europeans coming and putting an end to the slavery and the "Woman king" shown having to fold to the technological and statescraft advantage of the Europeans, begrudgingly .

[@MagcargoMan]

Lol, pretending the invaders did it for any reason beyond control. The continued colonialism they carried out throughout the world long after shows how "heroic" they truly were.

[@ballenboy]

@@MagcargoMan Yes, it could show the leaders of African tribes being forced to become protectorates of the Europeans by force after not being able to go against the Europeans. The European empires were competing with each other to claim as much land as fast as possible. The African tribes really didn't have any say as they lacked unity by having stayed in the tribal stage and not achieved any cultural unification like the different tribes of Europe. The divide and conquer works great when you hate your next door neighbor more than the conquerors. The conquering and enslaving that the Africans themselves had done for hundreds of years before that really made good relations or unity impossible.

[@MagcargoMan]

@@ballenboy That's a lot of meaningless words in this wall of text trying to justify your colonial jerkfest of a movie idea. Glad it will never happen.

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@MagcargoMan Do you just have no ability to accept good events unless it's people you agree with? Just because they did it for control of a region doesn't change the fact that they did it. Many people in history have done good things out of self-interest rather than altruism. Doesn't change the fact that the things are good. It just changes the goodness of the people doing it. You will never find a culture or civilization in human history who did everything right. You will also be hard-pressed to find a culture or civilization who did everything wrong. Acknowledging both good and bad doesn't make anyone a worshipper of a civilization. It's what makes the story historical.

[@oz_jones]

@@MagcargoMan White men ended slavery. Cry harder.

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

"DOUBLE DOWN! TRIPLE DOWN! OVER DOWN!"

[@bjornsteelside]

oh, halo. Took me a second there.

[@jeffreyherda9684]

Touch down? lol

[@katarinatibai8396]

Take the sh*t down. We want the truth ❤😊

[@theunknownatheist3815]

How about “ALL IN”? 😂

[@admirekashiri9879]

1:50 - 2:02, 29:19 -29:43 The images aren’t actual images of the Agoji Metatron. These were black people in France used to represent the Agoji in some exhibition, many of them are from places like Sierra Leone historian Jeffrey P. Green made note on how inauthentic these images were. The people in the image were actually not even from the Fon ethnic group. The film did actually get the costumes (most of them at least) accurate if you look at actual historical illustration of the Agoji and other Fon warriors. 7:55 The title Woman King is actually a translation of what the Fon called a female ruler called Princess Hangbe, it doesn’t make sense in English I understand but, they did not have queens, she ruled as king after her twin brother king Akaba died. The character in the film isn’t her though so I don’t know why they used that title. Hangbe lived a century prior and ruled briefly. 17:26 - 18:41 This is where some people get lost. The film is about the Dahomey Oyo war of 1823, Dahomey were forced into being a tributary to the bigger Oyo empire. Their own people were taken by the Oyo to be sold into slavery. Dahomey was Anti-slavery when it came to the majority of their population (not all their people of course). Now when when it came to other non-Fon people they didn’t care and were indeed brutal in that department. Unfortunately I believe that marketing and lack of understanding of the historical context and situation is what doomed this film. Because it appears to you and most people they’re talking about ending slavery as a whole when the conflict was about getting out of Oyo domination and ending the tributary status. 25:00 27:40 I’m happy you addressed this I mentioned this in the last video the Oyo Dahomey War is the focus here but, of course they didn’t do this accurately. Like I said their marketing department is partly the issue they made it appear as though the conflict was the Frano Dahomey war. 29:40 Yes King Ghezo was a usurper and a very brutal king! He justified slavery in his statement so they did not represent him correctly. He same with the overall Dahomey Oyo War. As explained Dahomey hated being humiliated and enslaved by its more powerful rivals but, they didn’t care about people who weren’t Fon. In all honesty Hollywood starting African historical fiction with Dahomey was a bad idea! I knew there was going to be controversy and likely misunderstanding of the complex history and dynamics which would lead to boycotts. In all honesty I have little faith that any African historical fiction film would be successful there will be controversy always surrounding certain historical figures and their dark deeds as well as the overall issue of slavery. I think such projects should just be left to African studios.

[@camilofonseca2073]

Well said once again

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@camilofonseca2073 Thank you! Just needed to be clarified.

[@rakantopini]

As a slave descendant, I will always say it and never shut up...this movie sucks and it is an insult to every slaves and former slaves.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

As anyone who's a slave descendent- that's EVERYONE - I agree.

[@toddwhite700]

Dahomey also practiced human sacrifice at a huge scale.

[@Sidistic_Atheist]

They take liberties to a whole NEW level, when they say "Loosely based on...etc etc" Loosely based on what?? A dream they had ????

[@ziopera9601]

It reminds me the "based on true events" at the start of Fargo lmao

[@serafine666]

42:02 Cancel culture would be impuning Viola Davis and trying to ruin her career. Boycotting a movie she made is exerting the power of consumer choice to signal to the studio that a particular entertainment product is not wanted. This may tend to harm Viola Davis' career, but consumers are not obligated to buy anything out of a fear that not buying will harm someone.

[@creaturesofqueens]

I witnessed teenagers debunk this movie with a Google search and a quick skim on Wikipedia. They were very confused as to why the movie was made with such inaccuracies and purposeful rewriting of history. That confusion led directly to understanding. Kids are the best. If they’re not brainwashed already they often have the ability to look right through the nonsense.

[@olincekongo]

0:15 My dude is like: I'm colorful too don't cancel me!😂

[@tecumsehcristero]

Italians are Latins(Latinos) even if they’re not Latin American

[@None11358]

@@tecumsehcristero I got alot of Latin dna So are you telling me I’m not fully white ? Because I look like the average white dude.

[@MDM1992]

​@@None11358yes.

[@BlackAdder665]

Your standpoint used to be the norm. Because it's the only one that makes sense and people used to have common sense. Keep up the good work, we got your back!

[@agranero6]

This remembered me Hatshepsut: she was a real woman Pharaoh: she even used a fake beard to make it more acceptable.

[@oz_jones]

That's because it is one of the symbols of pharaohs. IIRC anyway. I'm tired.

[@cedyanlee666]

Ok..to this day..I still wonder..why not just say The Queen?

[@ghostthelizard]

Maybe they forgot that there is a word for female rulers. 🙄 That aside, a movie called just the queen wouldnt be very descriptive unless maybe its specifically about the former british queen, but i guess they also couldnt come up with any other title. Couldve picked the name of the queen it focuses on but since she isnt that well known people probably wouldnt have paid much attention to the movie

[@LifeandLiesSyra]

because the whole movement is targeted to the erasure of womanhood.

[@fedeonio555]

historically in the middle ages king=ruler, queen=consort many historical queens who held power called themselvs king (like Jadwiga of Poland)

[@LifeandLiesSyra]

@@fedeonio555 interesting

[@MCharlesPainting]

@@fedeonio555 Somebody above said this is false. She did not use the term 'king' in reality. Secondly, lots of ruling queens of Europe exist and were called 'queen', as of Russia, Spain, and England. Finally: studies find that European queens were about 30% more deadly than kings in terms of invasions and overall brutality. So, already, 'queens' are not so peaceful, after all. Note: A title such as 'The Ruler Consort' would be interesting, or 'Killer Queen' (joking, of course). Another might be 'The Crowned Consort' or 'The Great Queen'. The viewer is not stupid enough to get a sense of what this might indicate, if they were doing anything normative. They just wanted to use the word 'woman' and make it about a 'black story' for political and anti-male, anti-Western purposes. This is impossible to deny.

[@zbyszanna]

To paraphrase that the famous French Revolution satire "After having criticized everyone on KZbin, Metatron criticizes himself".

[@tor4472]

Changing the review ratings is crazy

[@serafine666]

The most aggravating thing about these movies, where they glorify a woman in power who was actually a terrible person, or do a race-swap of an established person whose history is generally understood, or play any of these other tricks to increase "representation" is that they're lazy little ignoramuses. You, and others, have pointed out that there have been some very impressive "minority" (and I put that in quotes because blacks are not a minority in Africa) monarchs in African history. Shaka Zulu is one of the most well-known, but there have been others that have been gloriously wealthy, exceptional statesmen, or had the chutzpah to attack Rome and then send a letter to the emperor himself written in Roman Latin laying out _her_ position. Where are the movies glorifying these men and women, who actually existed and were actually a big deal? Nowhere, because the people who make movies and documentaries are lazy race-baiting fakes that have no intention of giving underrepresented people actual legitimate real-life historical figures to take pride in.

[@bwright88dragon]

Well said 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@GeromeSmith-me9im]

Shaka zulu? You mean the mass murdering psychopath?

[@serafine666]

@@GeromeSmith-me9im Yes. I think I also misspelled his name.

[@GeromeSmith-me9im]

@@serafine666 Curious. What is interesting about him?

[@serafine666]

@@GeromeSmith-me9im Mainly, his larger scale of borrowing elements from predecessors and tribes around him and combining the borrowed pieces into something very successful. A civilizational example of this method is Rome, who invented relatively little themselves but took everything they absorbed and used it to maximum effect. So it was with Shaka Zulu: high mobility, a cow-hide shield, and the ikwha stabbling spear were not the creations of his genius but borrowed things he used to make a fast-moving infantry force orientated towards the classic tactic of "holding them by the nose and kicking them in the ass" to quote the movie "Patton." This method proved highly effective after his assassination by rivals against European armies that were not as quick-moving and were still using muzzle-loading firearms.

[@Ja1sc3L113r]

1:47 Metatron, watching metatron, is the most metatron thing I have ever witnessed. The Metatron truly, has spread its wings.

[@Rick8191-tv8pg]

The blade of freedom. She meant her freedom to own slaves.

[@mobbs6426]

It's almost insulting hearing that apparently from a Dahomey. I'm only British. I imagine some watching had a little bit of sick hit the back of their throat with that one.

[@SomeOrdinaryJanitor]

22:17 people very conveniently that the British and French were among the earliest to abolish Slavery in their Kingdom and all their colonies, which resulted over half of the African coastline being closed to slave traders. they even used their naval force to deter slave traders.

[@MagcargoMan]

Only for their own benefits. They still engaged in colonialism and other atrocities long after. You should look into France's current day Neo-Colonialism with it's former colonies in Africa, and its attempts to keep New Caledonia under its control.

[@camilofonseca2073]

only back in Europe, not in the colonies. Many free men from the colonies were considered slaves by status and law until they entered the country despite still being looked down as former slaves or descendents of slave. A good example of this is Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the father of Alexandre Dumas. He was born in the colony of Haiti and considered a slave by status because his mother was a slave and a concubine. And his father sold her and her daughters from a previous man before taking Thomas-Alexandre Dumas to France were he lost the slave status only because of his father title and because slavery was forbidden inside Europe.

[@Colonel_Blimp]

@@MagcargoManNew Caledonian is majority European. If France leaves and a democratic govt ensues there will be little change. Unless an undemocratic constitution is instituted.

[@William-Tyndale]

​@@camilofonseca2073 Britain outlawed slavery throughout the empire shortly after it was formally outlawed on the British Isles. It also literally went to war to stop the trans Atlantic slave trade.

[@camilofonseca2073]

@@William-Tyndale and ?

[@anonym45]

I watch his content for about a year and you can really hear through his sarcasm that he is slowly getting tired of being called racist

[@finflwr]

I think a lot of people are tbf. It's ridiculous how that term gets thrown around now.

[@nicholasroach880]

It gets thrown at me as a black man. I am told by other black people that I am a racist because get this I told the 17 year old cousin in their group that He can't enter a 21 year old and up bar.

[@oz_jones]

@@nicholasroach880 Stop being such an uncle. /s

[@NateSH72]

While on a similar topic, a video for Sundiata Keita (the founder of the Malian empire) would be cool, and also a flex on the ignorant.

[@TomasFunes-rt8rd]

If these enemies of reason really had a point, they wouldn't need to make it with relentless censorship and harassment of other viewpoints.

[@benu_bird]

Metatron, how about a video about Mansa Musa! His pilgrimage from the kingdom of Mali on the way to Mecca. I’d love to see that come to life!

[@MagcargoMan]

Metatron doesn't like to cover Africa unless it's pandering to right-wingers and debunking some niche Afrocentrist meme that no significant quantity of people actually believe, aside from his token video about Amanirenas, which was the first, but it took about fifty videos pandering to people who love to post "WE WUZ" in the comments to get there.

[@kalkhalinzhui1753]

The man's about to drop the value of gold for a decade by spending too much! 😂

[@GeromeSmith-me9im]

Ah yes, the most overrated king in history. Such an interesting character.

[@colonel__klink7548]

One thing to note on the ethnic fixation that is worth considering: The argument the proponents of that world view have for that sort of fixation is in the early 20th century in pop media black figures were openly discriminated against and driven out explicitly because their ethnicity. They argue that continues implicitly to this day with "color blindness" as the excuse. They argue that roles black people get on screen are 1) not proportional to their population and 2) almost always typecast in a few genre (gangster, or cop as prime examples.) When the activists point this apparent bias in hiring and casting practices film makers say "what are you talking about!? I'm color blind! I wouldn't discriminate against black people like my father would!" In other words, they argue "color blindness" is a motte and bailey argument to continue discrimination in our society by refusing to admit the discrimination is even happening. So their counter is explicit focus and pushing of a counter culture to get a wider range of roles and a larger percentage of actors to be of their own ethnicity.

[@Alte.Kameraden]

Imagine making a Holoc***st film and having the SS save the prisoners from the Soviets. That is how ridiculous the film The Women King is. 😂

[@askmitch]

Still waiting for the Man Queen sequel

[@oz_jones]

Is it about Freddie Mercury?

[@RichardEnglander]

UK government Hansard Documents make it clear that the Dahomey did thousands of human sacrifices.

[@GaelThunder]

So did the ancient celts is central and northern europe

[@UnderratedBurnyBadger]

There is a disturbing trend in Hollywood, the media, politics, and basically our entire culture. A trend of taking the WORST representations of black people and twisting or outright altering the facts so we can turn them into martyrs. Why go out of our way to specifically take a person like Nanisca and twist her into something she wasn't? When you can tell a historical story about a woman who doesn't NEED to be twisted. Like, I don't know, the Kandaka? All twisting the bad people into good guys does is send the message that there IS no good representation of black people. That the only way for there to BE good representation is for a bunch of out-of-touch Hollywood elites to twist facts in order to BESTOW that representation. And that just isn't true.

[@Heylon1313]

If major studios are too blind to see the potential in "The Pasta King," we need to crowd fund it, make it happen, people!

[@oz_jones]

Ramen!

[@sarahwong5592]

​@@oz_jones 😂😂😂😂

[@Grandwigg]

I will say one potential issue in the vein of "Portray African mythologies" is availability. A friend of mine from South Africa pointed out to me once that many cultures, including/especially in parts of Africa, even today refuse to share mythologies and other culturally significant stories to outsiders. It is similar with writing them down. There are many cultures in North and South America that follow similar principles. I do not know or remember for sure, but I think some of the tales and stories of the Roma in Europe are still only verbal. That said, there are still MANY many stories that are available to be explored in film and other media. It's a shame that some people only see African history as a tool to exploit the political discourse of today seeking to keep people focused on differences as a weapon, rather than showcase the beauty in the various cultures. Excellent video. Hopefully more will see this and want to see the ACTUAL good stories from around the world.

[@admirekashiri9879]

There is a ton available what do you mean? Plus even if they make such content it would be just labelled as woke DEI stuff. So I say Hollywood should leave our stories to us alone.

[@Grandwigg]

@@admirekashiri9879 I fully understand and respect why many of the cultures of the world have not shared their folklore with outsiders for the very real concerns it being fundamentally altered - often for political purposes. That was the main thrust of my original comment. That said, there are still stories that have be shared already that can still be faithfully adapted (as in to film or such) to properly reflect the source culture. As well as some that, for example, have largely sat unknown outside their region. I also feel the disgust with the way stories have become twisted away from their original values. But it is still possible for films to be made without the modern social insertion. Films can be made without 'Hollywood' now me then ever. In short, I agree with you, and have a measure of jealousy for the cultures that kept some stories away from outsiders. But I also believe that the world would be better if there were accurate representations of stories that are important to all the cultures of the world.

[@gabrielmatei9243]

20:36 “The British”… :)) keep doing what you’re doing! history enthusiasts need your content! all the best from Romania

[@Vandbærer]

Hail, Pasta King!

[@anonthehousemouse]

He cannot have that title, he has not been crowned by the High Priest of the Pastafarians while wearing the proper ceremoonial robes and observing the appropriate rituals!

[@artnull13]

Pasta King Metachud Woketron I

[@beverlyblanton6031]

Dang its been 2 years?

[@mattikuokkanen]

Perkele from Finland! Make a video about us sometime. First Swedish crusade to Finland, or what English language calls 'Cudgel war'. Other cool stuff between as well.

[@oz_jones]

Literally not a crusade, though.

[@CptFishBowl]

The Metatron doubled down. Bro spread his wings twice that's crazy. Great video, my historically accurate brother.

[@HankD13]

I grew up in post colonial Africa - and for that matter have seen the "great" towers of Zimbabwe (er, nope, nothing great but I suppose it is the best they can point to). The US/Hollywood vision of what Africa, and African history consists of, is totally ignorant at best and more commonly just laughable. Your first video was totally on point, and still is.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@HankD13 best thing who can point to?

[@MagcargoMan]

@@HankD13 Another racist l053r that Metatron's channel attracts in droves, yawn.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

If I was a wealthy Hollywood type, and I REALLY, TRULY wanted more black people in film, I would take a bunch of that wealth I have and promote movie making in Africa. The movies that would come from that would be PURELY AUTHENTIC.

[@KainaX122]

Or try to find ACTUAL black history to make a movie about, because it’s not like there are NO notable figures in African history to make movies about

[@anonthehousemouse]

Mansa Musa (arguably the most well known figure of African history outside of Egypt). Queen Amanirenas of Kush who led her people against the Romans and won. Sundiata Keita, Founder of the Mali Empire later ruled by Musa, and the man who wrote the first charter of Human Rights for his citizens. Queen Amina. Ezana of Aksum. Those are just five names garnered from a 1 minute google search.

[@badfoody]

Wakaliwood with a million dollar budget hahaha we cooked

[@KainaX122]

@@anonthehousemouse see what I mean? It’s not like there aren’t African historical figures that you could make a movie out of!

[@admirekashiri9879]

Exactly what needs to happen.

[@purpleempressrenee]

Honestly, The Woman King wasn't about how Nanisca became the woman king. The main plot of the story (aside from the "white people bad, black people good, black women best") was mostly centered around Nanisca's past coming back to haunt her in the form of her daughter that she abandoned when she was a baby, because she was the product of assault, and Nanisca was too traumatized to raise her, then the child being brought back to the tribe to be raised by a family that treated her like a servant, and the girl wanting to join the female army because she admired the general, whom she (and Nanisca) find out that she is really her mother. The part about Nanisca becoming king was the secondary plot. Viola Davis wasn't even the main character as the trailer and interviews led people to believe. The main character was the woman who played Nanisca's daughter. As an African American woman, I never watched that movie to learn about historical facts...because I knew it wouldn't be 100%accurate. Because...Hollywood. (Even when Hollywood tries to make historical films, they still tend to make it historical fiction.) People tend to forget that when a movie starts with the words "inspired by" or "based on" that the movie will have very little to do with actual facts. It may be sprinkled in here and there, but the majority of the plot is made up. Mostly for entertainment, as Metatron pointed out. That is the reason I watched it. For entertainment purposes. I never took this movie as complete historical fact, especially when it became obvious that the movie had very little to do with Nanisca becoming the first woman king of the Dahomey tribe.

[@dontdeletemeyoutube6689]

Am I the only one finding the fact the place was called da homey utterly hilarious?

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

"Da homie". 😂😂😂

[@MagcargoMan]

@@dontdeletemeyoutube6689 No, I'm sure there's plenty of other boomers around here.

[@dontdeletemeyoutube6689]

@@MagcargoMan hah I’m a millennial I’m afraid. All the best kiddo

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

@@MagcargoMan awww.........cry more

[@GSteel-rh9iu]

What Metatron is analyzing here is that real history is multilayered and often those layers go against popular understanding of that same history. Good for your Metatron!

[@player1_fanatic]

What a Meta of having Metatron react on old Metatron videos.

[@HeatherWP]

And maybe a year from now we will see his reaction to his reaction to himself.

[@jobe5514]

My grandmother always told me, "I don't care what anyone tells you, Metatron is Greek!"

[@acerrubrum5749]

To say nothing of being 57 yrs old actress and being in active combat😂 Yes, she was in great shape, but seriously...

[@lynnm6413]

That‘s what video editors are paid the big bucks for

[@damirregoc8111]

It's called acting. You think they should do everything shown in the movie?

[@acerrubrum5749]

​@damirregoc8111 Of course not. No matter how brilliant the actor, should a 57 yr old, who is clearly older than the rest of the cast be leading the charge? I'd say yes, to her training the army and strategy, tactics, and politics. Her character was a General, not a door kicker.

[@stalinlovsciafbifakemsmzio6674]

Killed in a joust when unhorsed by a lance of linguini sghetti.

[@paintingrambling645]

The trailer definitely gives the impression that Europeans are the big bad guys of the movie. This was probably done because their opening week would have gotten a lot fewer viewers if they came out and said that the bad guys were another African tribe.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@paintingrambling645 why would it have? It would have been more interesting and helped reduce the controversy

[@christophermonteith2774]

​@@admirekashiri9879probably because of ignorant individuals that either would call it woke, or that it would be racist. Both would be way off point of course, but I guess it's better to annoy one group of extremists, rather than both in the Hollywood mindset

[@christianlenik5307]

19:15 Something I would NEVER notice but is true! The Actor was not the Role at this Moment! She was herself!

[@NicholasNappi]

Honestly I would love to see Hollywood make a historical accurate documentary of one of the kingdoms in Africa. I accept everyone no matter what they look like. I can say I hate when people change history and make movies that insult groups of people because Hollywood decided to make a movie so inaccurate and wrong

[@hernanreipp3321]

I agree. If the want one with a female regent or very important individual, there is plenty. We have Amanirenas from Kush, Zaynab from the Almoravid Dynasty, Amina of Zazzau and I can going.

[@ChaoticYak1]

I wish we did have more about the kingdoms in Africa other than Egypt and the Arabs. I love both of those, but I also love learning new things. One of the reasons I started studying Islam in graduate school was because of the fact that I knew very little about it and I would feel the same about the kingdom of Zimbabwe or Aksum in Ethiopia.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@NicholasNappi Such projects would get boycotted too. People will find something to complain about I’m sure.

[@beekeeper8474]

Dude I'm a right person and truth is truth, history is history, The good the bad and the ugly.

[@iberius9937]

Yes, The British indeed ended slavery as an official institution in the 19th century.

[@Ukitsu2]

I assume there's an epilogue in which it's explained that it was Europeans who ended slavery in Dahomey? By the time that slavery was a crime in France and the UK, the UK try a naval blockade but it fails because it's completely ignored by the Kingdom of Dahomey, which keeps slaving and selling people; then the French decide to put troops on the ground and after two brief wars, slavery is finally defeated.

[@Ancientreapers]

9:41 You know I wouldn't mind a movie about Shaka Zulu played by Ryan Renolds but he was playing the character just like Deadpool. That would be hilarious.

[@DeusRegum]

@metatronyt You Sir, are an inspiration to us people who just want a factual based take on history and historical context. I am so tired of these 'progressives' who try to change the past by using today's cultural standards or their 'progressive' agenda. Thank you, Good Sir!

[@gregorywellssr7857]

I agree that Nyongo must be a very principled and strong-minded lady,praise to her.

[@sharkchaos5160]

Cool that you are look back on old video's to see if you still agree with them. I would like to see you do more video like that.

[@zakkolodzinski7835]

The pasta king cannot be made anymore, the king pastaway....

[@rev.jonathanwint6038]

Dahomey were not just slavers. They committed human sacrifice they cut off the genitals of the prisoners to make health tonics to sell to European so-called red medicines. Slavery sadly was the least of the many evil sins. And I don't use the word evil casually. The Dahomey really worked for that distinction. They didn't just see other Africans as slaves property. They saw them as slaughter animals.

[@nanolfo_]

Keep up the good work, mate :D

[@oklaftrahlegne7298]

That movie was about as historically accurate as The Twelve Tasks of Asterix.

[@ChaoticYak1]

You mean that Asterix and Obelix weren't real???

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@oklaftrahlegne7298 it had a lot of accuracies actually the clothing, weapons and architecture for example, it’s just the story was too oversimplified and marketing didn’t understand their assignment.

[@oklaftrahlegne7298]

@@admirekashiri9879 The story wasn't simplified, it was completely made up and directly opposite to historic facts. Asterix on the other hand is completely made up and at least has the decency to ask for permit A38.

[@admirekashiri9879]

@@oklaftrahlegne7298 No the war between Dahomey and Oyo took place. When I say oversimplified I mean they didn’t show the brutality of the events of the war. What many fail to understand is Dahomey was indeed fighting for freedom, its own freedom. Dahomey was a tributary state forced to pay tribute in the form of slaves to Oyo. In 1823 they were able to beat Oyo and were “free” they were able to thus continue the slave trade without giving their own people to the bigger more powerful rival. If they showed this history and the brutality in R rated form I think there would have been less controversy over people assuming the film was about Dahomey ending slavery for everyone.

[@oklaftrahlegne7298]

@@admirekashiri9879 I mean, yeah if they properly went with that part of the story instead of making shit up it could actually have been a decent movie.

[@mentallydisturbedscience8900]

“I agree with myself so far.” 😆

[@Drejzer]

34:22 I loved Blade movies... And last time I checked, they had a black main character. Underworld movies (from the top of my head) had female lead... Also liked them a lot. I can't think of any movie with a black female lead... But I wouldn't see a problem with movie about Storm (from X-men), for example. Or Senna from League of Legends. I could concede that there aren't that many black female characters that come to mind... Might be that I didn't play/read/watch enough stuff where such characters were memorable.

[@iamsheep]

This might be more related to the Rings of Power adaptation, but there was an interesting case recently with the Netflix adaptation of Three Body Problems though that viewers who would go on about correct racial representation had no issues with the complete dilution of the Chinese cast of characters and had hilarious justifications for them. The problem is that those novels had very specific reasons for the cultural backgrounds of each characters, based on history and geopolitical realities. This even accounted for the in-game historical figures. It really blew my mind how the original work was disrespected to justify the white-washing of the cast and story.

[@paulodelima5705]

There are not many good Chinese actors who knowns how to speak english. That is the reason.

[@mcchuggernaut9378]

"I thought I should give my people a myth to live by." - Alex Haley, author of Roots. Stuff like this is just racial propaganda. Both sides of my family are Scottish, and we can all realize that Braveheart isn't historically accurate. Doesn't make me hate the English either or want revenge or reparations or any other stupid notions. I was born in the late 1980's, not in the late 1200's. But idiots look at this Woman King movie and deliberately try to use it to warp historical facts to align with current-year feminism and Afrocentrism (Which is as stupid as Eurocentrism or Asiocentrism), push their dumb ideas and demonize Europeans. And that's why it gets objected to - because people are buying into it and then trying to apply complete historical fiction to modern politics as fact.

[@wambokodavid7109]

What are u even rambling about???the woman king isn't even about black vs whites...and what does roots have to do with u being Scottish??

[@mcchuggernaut9378]

@@wambokodavid7109 It's pointing out how different groups are reacting to obvious works of fiction based very loosely on historical events - only one is pushing them as "truth" (Afrocentrists), while other ethnic groups (like Scots who didn't buy into Braveheart and use it as racial propaganda) are not doing this. The quote from the author of Roots is him coming out and TELLING you that his book was a work of pure fiction specifically intended to be taken as fact by Black Americans - "A myth for my people to live by". And The Woman King is also that. It's so ridiculously far from the historical truth, yet people with agendas are trying to say it isn't: The Dahomey were a ruthless slaving tribe, the "women warriors" were basically a forced harem guard for the dictatorial king that didn't actually fight, and their rulers were very bad people. But only Europeans are allowed to be portrayed as slavers... Although it was actually the British Empire that ended slavery almost entirely, world-wide, for the first time ever in all of human history. But all you ever hear now days is "blacks peaceful and good, whites all evil colonizers!" which is NOT true and needs to stop.

[@wambokodavid7109]

@@mcchuggernaut9378 the movie potrays africans as the slavers.as usual u people don't watch a movie and then complain about it with feelings.also 300 is not real but you whites took it as "myths to live by " and so did brave heart but you are here gaslighting

[@Bizagro]

All female warrior team enters the men’s league and loses first game 19-0. Wait…that was modern day futbol, and they were *men.

[@Crabbitt55]

I love this kind of massively exhaustive critique. It is exactly how my brain works and no one in my world can stand it. Their eyes glaze over and I just give up. Thank you so much. You really get me!😂