ROBYN HOOD is Downright Offensive

Robyn Hood is an adventure and a retelling of the Robin Hood tale. Let's see how this holds up to all the other iterations. This is a first look review and recap of the episode 1.
Robyn is a rapper from New Nottingham who, along with her hip-hop band, The Hood, fights corruption in the city; together, they pull out all the stops to prevent the Sheriff and elite developers from preying on their people and community.
First episode date: September 27, 2023 (Canada)
Network: Global Television Network
Created by: Director X
#ROBYNHOOD #robinhoodmovie #badmoviemonday
Outro Music - Nothing by Damtaro
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[@JoeSyxpack]

I think you're on to something. A post-apocalyptic retelling of Robin Hood. Robin uses a bow because the gangster lords don't allow anyone but their militia to use the firearms that are left over from the nuclear war 200 years ago. The new nobles abuse their power and force the struggling remains of civilization to pay their exorbitant "protection" fees. Maybe they had a just leader, but he went off into the wastes to rescue a struggling group of survivors, leaving his corrupt brother in charge until his return. Still loyal to the old leader, Robin turns to criminal acts to try and fight against the brother. Sort of a Robin Hood meets Mad Max.

[@Alteori]

Mmmm YEEEESS!!!

[@TrazynPrime]

Very well thought out! I commend you!

[@axiss5840]

Truly amazing that a comment on KZbin has a premise ten times as interesting as most of these $250-500 million dollar shows from the last five years.

[@dinojack5567]

YES YES YES

[@dinojack5567]

@@axiss5840 That happens often, sadly

[@danielsdimension2003]

Director X calling people racists is embarrassing. He can't accept the fact that he made a terrible show.

[@mikejunior211]

He is clearly a racist...In his show and in real life he is targeting and attacking white people... And he faces the obvious backlash calling others racists... Who didn't see that coming?

[@jimpatterson1111]

Directum X

[@nunuonroad9969]

Bro like he cart Chromaz 🤦🏾‍♂️ like no one, NO ONE, would have told him that was a good idea. That’s how disconnected he is from the culture

[@kira-dk2mx]

Can't be considered racists if half the people ragging on this show are black themselves. Myself included.

[@SirFailsalot91]

The dude goes by the kind of name an edgy 13 year old would call his deviantART account, how could you expect anything good out of someone like that?

[@JakNasty69]

Depicting black people as thieves how inclusive of you TV and she's a rapper that lives in "the bad part of town" that is LITARALLY CALLED THE HOOD!!! Holy shit I can't believe this show isn't satire

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

They’re so full of themselves and so willfully blind they refuse to realize how satirical their own work can be.

[@pittland44]

Seriously who wrote this thing, David Duke?

[@Darkshizumaru]

The hood is both where they live AND the super “Original” name of Robyn’s music rapper group. They call the Sheriff “the beast” and they call themselves unironcially a “gorilla outfit”. I promise you the director is black, the writer is white and they are all over the hill not kids. You might think the level of writing and racially horrendous material has to be a juvenile or someone who couldn’t have known better…. But….

[@mikzpwnz_3199]

It's like the KKK trying to come up with an idea to say they're not racist without ever going against their world view or positions on race. Though a show about that while being self aware would be a pretty good comedy.

[@user-th1qo4cq9g]

This is just Forspoken levels of "I'm making this to say I'm not racist. But I actually am." levels of "Representation." It's like they follow the same check list of ONE type of black stereo type.

[@Norbert_Sattler]

I love how they whine about how poor they are and how they can barely afford to live in this "dump"... while sitting in a big, beautiful and richly attired appartment, many people couldn't even dream of having. And apparently the mother can afford this all, completely on her own with just a single job, that still leaves her with enough free time to be an activist as well? Just how bathed in luxuary, spoilt and ignorant do you have to grow up to think that THIS is what being poor looks like? oO Also if she's really so hard up on money, wouldn't the mother be glad if her free-loading daughter finally decides to get a job and a place of her own and stop leeching off of her money?

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Just proof that nobody in modern Hollywood truly knows what it's like to actually live in the hood, or in poverty, paycheck to paycheck. I currently sleep on a couch that is slowly falling apart to the point I'm getting stabbed by the springs. Our Robyn Hood here sleeps on one of the comfiest beds that I may have ever had and twice the size

[@pittland44]

Your arguments are all well thought out and and make perfect logical sense backed by solid evidence. So of course you must be a r@ci$t!!! I'm assuming that's what Director X would say if he were here anyways. He might be, he's been fighting with AZ and Drunk3PO and Disparu and a bunch of the others from the FNT crew.

[@VenathTehN3RD]

This definitely gives off those "the ghetto as depicted by someone who has never lived outside an upper class gated community" vibes.

[@Darkshizumaru]

Just let’s you know exactly how privileged and we’ll off Director X must have been if he thinks that is what the projects looks like. Three bedroom apartment, full kitchen, living room and dining area… in a metro area????? Where on earth can the impoverished live in THAT. People own homes smaller than that…

[@sianais]

I've been noticing that too. These stories are written by people who have no idea what they're talking about, nor the skills to research it. They either grew up in some suburban area where they only saw the "ghetto" on tv, or were so far removed from any reality that comes with this kind of life they have nothing to go on. You can tell when people are portraying a genuine experience because it's not contradictory like most of this stuff is. We have people with understanding parents who live in a nice house, don't seem to have any financial worries yammering on like they're one paycheck away from poverty with two households to choose from. These people have zero idea what no, or sht, options look like. They have no idea what desperation of this type is, and for a story like Robin Hood, you need to understand that much.

[@kamikaze00007]

Thing is, Robin Hood was a noble himself. He knew the corruption and abuse the rich elites did to the people and so he chose to do something about it himself despite essentially being one of them.

[@jedimasterdraco6950]

Not to mention he and the Merry Men focused on the corrupt. My favorite Robin Hood story was of a knight debt trapped by a local bishop (the money was to ransom his son). Robin and company initially planned to rob him when they saw him, but hearing his story made them immediately change gears and help him. And heck, even the corrupt folks they robbed sometimes had changes of heart after being treated well by Robin.

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

​@@jedimasterdraco6950in some versions even if robin robbed his targets he would insist on stealing only what they could afford too lose

[@jedimasterdraco6950]

@@Blaze-xe8cl Yep. Like I alluded to, Robin Hood would kidnapped people (i.e. rich, corrupt, nobles) take them to one of their camps, through them a feast with entertainment, and then takepart of their wealth as "payment". I believe one version of the tales I read had them divide the wealth into thirds. One third would be kept by Robin and company, another third would be distributed to the poor and various charities, and the final third would be returned to the victim. A bit more nuanced than just rob rich people, which is what this abomination boils down to.

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

@@jedimasterdraco6950 i think i read that version aswell he also send a invitation too the king as a way too show that hes not just a robber but a4 good man with his group just trying too live and do good

[@jedimasterdraco6950]

@@Blaze-xe8cl Yep, Richard commending and pardoning Robin Hood is a staple of the stories, though there's a lot of irony in the actual history. The reason that Prince John was constantly taxing everyone wasn't because of his own greed, but because that money was needed to finance the various wars that Richard fought. Richard also had a nasty habit of getting himself captured by his enemies who would demanded large sums of money for him to be released. One such ransom I read about amounted to over a billion dollars, and considering inflation since my teenage years when I was obsessed with reading everything I could about the medieval world, I'd say it's an even greater sum.

[@jaredbezes7806]

What’s more ironic is the “bad guy” has more morals than any other character of in the entire show. Like in real life, he would be reasonable and a “good guy”

[@AmaryInkawult]

By design, Hollywood been on a fit about people with morals that don't match their own so they'll throw them in as caricature villains... Too bad their writing is shit and people can see the morals.

[@pattonramming1988]

And then they have the gall to act shocked that audiences sympathize with the villain when the heroes are about as likeable as a salad bar at a body positivity group

[@AmaryInkawult]

@@pattonramming1988 that's an insult to the salad bars, they'll occasionally get a customer... Some Day.

[@realdragon]

There's so many way they could have make him evil but they made him a reasonable guy. Director literally could look up what any billionaire does

[@chaiam]

This seems to be universal in woke garbage, and consistent with ideological subversion as propaganda, which is what soviet and communist societies depend on, either through censorship or literal moral inversion (hence George Orwell’s famous adages “war is peace” freedom is slavery”) Much like this, the travesty Ring of Power wrote Sauron as a justified, strong and also roundly masculine figure hide made most sane viewers root for him above everyone else most of all the self entitled insufferable girlboss psychopath Guyladriel

[@MrWilson812]

"We don't do the flashy flashy" as she dances in a glowing mask. Such Genius.

[@brownstarslots]

Maybe she means she don't strip?

[@gamerboiiiiiii]

I thought she was saying fleshy fleshy-

[@MrWilson812]

@@gamerboiiiiiii She's saying "We don't do the flashy flashy, gutter how we live." Despite living In a nice and well taken care of apartment and a member of her crew having access to NASA technology somehow.

[@swollenheadofdragon832]

Me too

[@ianyoder2537]

I think it's funny how the writers made a black character who's entire role in the story is to be a criminal and uses the title of "hood" then accuses the audience of being racist for not watching the show.

[@nostoevsky]

Yeah, also her father was absent and she was promiscuous. That doesn't sound stereotypical doesn't it?

[@TheKonnoisseur11]

I can’t wait til they make the black Tarzan!!!

[@TheKonnoisseur11]

@@nostoevskyyea it’s funny how the wolf feminist stuff can clash with the black representation stuff 😅

[@startrekker5888]

Yeah racists calling racists racist is so racist 😂😂😂. Good job director ex.

[@IncineraSean]

The racist thing is casting blacks. Other than tat it is uncannily true to form.

[@Warrior-Of-Virtue]

An accurate portrayal of a modern day Robin Hood would be someone waging war against the IRS.

[@Prototype-357]

So like an alternative history of Al Capone where he actually sent IRS agents to sleep with the fishes?

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

No, more like a rebel fighting the Japanese puppet government of Manchukuo.

[@jacksonglass3447]

More like the IRS and Google.

[@usernamealreadytaken9330]

So twisted Jordan Belfort.

[@vertigo2894]

No, it would be stealing just like the original Robin Hood.

[@erinaltstadt4234]

The best thing about this show, is if anyone aspires to be a writer, no matter how insecure they are, they can confidently say that they are better than Director X

[@Riseofziggy]

Don’t challenge them!! Every time someone says they can’t sink any lower they do as though there’s an actual record there’re trying to break😂.

[@markanthony1004]

@@Riseofziggy 🤣🤣🤣

[@doublebrewski1855]

"We wanted this to be as accurate to the original story as possible, therefore we only changed a few minor details such as the time period, the country this happens in, and the race, genders, and sexual orientations of every main character." ~ Director Xcrement.

[@aeroprime3322]

Well he is completely full of crap after all.

[@dragostorm259]

Honestly I don't think anyone would complain that much if he got the spirit of Robin Hood in it. Unfortunately he apparently called an exorcist before filming the show

[@Mediados]

Robin: "Take this and live a good life." Farmer: "Wow thank you, we're rich!" Robin: "You what?"

[@GodOfPlague]

Oh no the flaw in the plan

[@billsykes2977]

This is lietrally the dialogue from Lucky Luke episode with Jessie James hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahah

[@SandJosieph]

Reminds me of the one Monty Python sketch about a Robin Hood-type of character who eventually realizes that the redistribution of wealth is confusing.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

“I-I mean, we have just enough to live comfortably, AND NOTHING ELSE” *arrow goes back into quiver* “Good answer”

[@WilliamMosicki-Nystrom]

1. Love Disney's Robin Hood. 2. Robyn Hood makes me embarrassed to be a Canadian.

[@GFKCEG]

No love for Mel Brooks' Robin Hood? Shame on you

[@geekymetalhead5112]

As if Canada isn't responsible for enough war crimes already 😂

[@MrSpy13011]

You Canadians aren't sending their best...

[@WilliamMosicki-Nystrom]

@@GFKCEG Never saw it, but still be better than Robyn Hood, in fact all other adaptations are better than Robyn Hood.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@GFKCEG We’re men! We’re men in tights!

[@28starwarsfan]

"I shouldn't have to sit through a slog if you can't hook me on the first episode." THANK YOU! I'm tired of people saying I need to watch half of a season before it gets "good." It better get really freakin' good and stay that way a long time before that is worth it. I always compare it to someone saying "You only watched the first movie in the trilogy? What? No. You have to watch the second one and then it starts to get good in the third film." No. I don't have to watch it. The show has to give me a reason to watch it. That's good storytelling. Its like Christians insisting other Christians watch crappy Christian films because it supports their values. That's okay if that's what you want to watch. I want to watch a good story that compels me to keep watching.

[@unknownname8591]

Guys, I used to think creating stories for tv and movies was hard, every day I'm more convinced nearly anyone here in the comment sections can create better stories than many shows now on tv...

[@notreallymyname3736]

I'm absolutely sure you could give a public school 6th grade class a creative writing assignment, and they would produce more entertaining scripts than these.

[@unknownname8591]

@@notreallymyname3736 I can see that XD

[@Snakedude4life]

“How can you mess up a classic tale like Robin Hood?” A: give it to a grifting music video director, make it about race, [current year] and have it have heavy-handed “anti-morals” like “looting iz kool!” 🎩 🐍 no step on Snek!🇺🇸🇭🇰

[@vertigo2894]

It's not meant to be a remake.

[@Ashkihyena]

100%

[@Ashkihyena]

@@vertigo2894Yeah, it’s meant to be cultural appropriation, which their side constantly REEEEEEEEEs about.

[@vertigo2894]

@@Ashkihyena What? Who's "side"? What are you talking about?

[@Ashkihyena]

@@vertigo2894Leftist, SJWs, NPCs. I know you know who I’m talking about. The people who cry “racism, sexism, cultural appropriation, any kinda -phobic) at the drop of a hat.

[@kellymays5138]

I'm Black and I'm telling you this is one of the top three worst TV shows of this generation. 1. She hulk: attorney at law 2. Velma 3. Robyn hood

[@ultranecrozma7449]

The new Cleopatra netflix doc

[@noahmeehan1327]

How much do you want to bet this is not the end showing these kinds of shows? Hell, we haven't even made it halfway through the decade yet

[@beartackle]

​@@ultranecrozma7449Don't forget Santa Inc.! I think that's what it was called.

[@pittland44]

@@noahmeehan1327I fear you're right.

[@pittland44]

@@beartackle Was Santa Inc a show or a movie? I don't even remember.

[@dlelfe3]

Personally I'm really tired with just the trope of the main character being morally ambiguous or a "do whatever" kinda person. I miss when there was actually good people being main characters. Not someone who I need to come up with some kind of defense to justify them and what they do.

[@kieranadamson3224]

Yeah, a similar thing for me is what is happening to Superheroes nowadays. It used to be a fun critique and contrast when the corrupted superman archetype showed up but now it's gotten very samey and cringe.

[@toybot99]

The writers all play chaotic neutral characters in DnD

[@kieranadamson3224]

@@toybot99 nah, they say they play chaotic neutral but really they just play chaotic evil. Narcissists with a sense of moral superiority.

[@senatorarmstrong4662]

@@kieranadamson3224it’s scary how on the nose that is.

[@the_inquisitive_inquisitor]

Even objectively evil characters can be good protagonists when written well.

[@oli8296]

I love this program's whole approach of fighting stereotypes with stereotypes 🤦😂🤣

[@monk3110]

They’ve gone from reject negative stereotypes to “actually all that stuff is true and you are bad for not accepting them”

[@oli8296]

@@monk3110 but then they turn around and try and cancel you for saying that 🤣

[@markbiermann]

If they had made the first episode feature things like , say Robyn and her Mom having their own little bakery or something, trying to make things works. Watch them both having second jobs in the evening just to make ends meet while living in a rundown apartment. They are just scraping by, but one day, one day their own bakery will take off. That's their sparkle of hope. And then Evil Prince John comes in, obviously having bribed city council or the bank (and damned well show this in a scene) or whatever and closes down their bakery so he can build stuff. Then maybe I could have rooted for her. Instead...we don't see mom working at all, just busy tresspessing cause she can't just protest outside of the building where it would be ok. Robyn delivers a grand total of 1 package. The rest of the time they seem busy with having sex I guess cause of refilling the condom jar remark, painting signs, more tresspassing with friends to make rap videos....while their apartment complex looks pretty fine to me. Heck, even has a gym!

[@najpotenicewolf934]

It's funny how you can find many better ideas for the scenario and characterisations in the comment section, than what the actual director came up with. From people who have a better understanding of the issues themselves, as well as the actual legend of Robin Hood and its message.

[@herstoryanimated]

If you went with the bakery idea, then John could have been a gang leader, with the sheriff as an enforcer and they could be extorting local people and businesses for 'protection' money

[@jeangentry6656]

Emotionally manipulative/abusive mothers are not an uncommon thing, especially toward daughters. I speak from experience. I don't know if the show is trying to highlight the mom's toxic behaviors or if it's trying to portray her as a well meaning helicopter parent.

[@casualcausalityy]

No they're trying to portray the Mom as a protagonist. The messaging in this show is truly awful

[@_S.D._]

She strikes me as toxic. The condom remark is something my narc mom would say to embarrass me while trying to make herself look like a 'cool' mom.

[@laurabeane8862]

That's true.Robyn and her sister didn't raise themselves. Who let the "Condom Jar" be acceptable behavior in the first place?

[@hariman7727]

The mother is portrayed as a "friend" to her daughter... by enabling the daughter to be slutty and worse. Also, it's an issue in modern black culture that black women will raise daughters to be lifelong friends/dependents instead of adults.

[@franciscorafaelmontielpale7854]

She is a young activists mother with 2 daughters from different fathers… I belive the questions answers itself.

[@bigj1905]

One major thing I would fix about this show (and many other things) is Robyn’s backstory. Rather than a black girl growing up in the projects, have her as the daughter of a successful black businessman/woman. She goes to private schools, has tutors, can afford nice things, etc. Then have her parent(s) lose their jobs because of their companies CEO deciding to downsize and close the office they work in, while simultaneously revealing the company to have had a record year of profit and the CEO’s living an extravagant life while their employees suffer. So Robyn decides to fight the CEO and gets together a group of misfits to air the company’s dirty laundry and ‘rob’ them of their customers, all to the disapproval of her parents who just want to move on. What do you think?

[@mazkeraid4039]

More compelling premise than what we got in the actual movie.

[@kevinarnold8634]

If the parents are all that successful being downsized would likely have been bundled with a lovely compensation package along with a hiring bonus from whatever company successfully courted them. Robyn's revenge spree would likely embarrass them more than anything else. It doesn't seem the best setup.

[@Kionala]

@@kevinarnold8634 this premise could work better if robyns parent was framed for embesseling or something like that?

[@JaneDoe-fo8yj]

@@Kionala Maybe they could also be screwing over their employees and are just made they got embezzled from?

[@Kionala]

@@JaneDoe-fo8yj so the usasal corporate big wig/bad manager shenanigans, yhea.

[@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936]

The 1973 furry Robin Hood will always be the definitive one. This… This version is just racist.

[@joesmutz9287]

I'm going to contest that Men in Tights is the definitive Robin Hood (The Disney one is good too)

[@thememeseller7181]

bruh my family members like the new one i do not understand how like bro

[@animezilla4486]

I think we can all agree the show sucks but people need to stop calling every day they hate racist there are we using the word way too much

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

You mean Errol Flynn? Because that's what most modern interpretations are based on. Unless you're talking Kevin Costner.

[@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936]

@@animezilla4486 I mean, you look at how they portray the people of color in this show and tell me that it isn’t a little stereotypical.

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

Robin is appealing as a character because of the fact that he represents a force of justice, taking some of the exorbitant excess the owning class has accumulated by sitting on their asses all day making people pay for the necessities of life like food and shelter, and giving it back to the exploited working class. Not just a guy stealing stuff because he can. Those kinds of characters are fun, but have a completely different kind of appeal than a Robin Hood. The fact that the writers for this show missed that is genuinely impressive.

[@MrS-pe6sd]

The rampant crime that much of black culture holds so dear is one of the main reasons we have such an increased police presence in most cities. The same police presence that they complain about they are causing

[@pattonramming1988]

Maybe if viol🎉crime wasn't synonymous with black "culture" law abiding citizens might give half a shit about them getting killed over drug deals gone wrong

[@monk3110]

Honestly if they all started snitching they’d be so much better off. yknow idk if they still do but whitey has neighborhood watches like the contrast is nuts

[@christiancsq]

There is just as much crime in majority white cities

[@gabbodelaparrawrites]

"Then she, John, and her bad weave," I spat my soda and screamed then laughed on the floor like for five straight minutes. 😅

[@Alteori]

😂

[@gabbodelaparrawrites]

@@Alteori It had me cackling because it's something my mom would say! 😅

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Hopefully someone reads this long rant, *warning* I live about 30 minutes from Sherwood forest, and my family have lived in this area for generations, so Robin Hood is a part of cultural heritage for me. What everyone fails to understand about the Ballad of Robin Hood is that it isn't about "taking from the rich to give to the poor", the story is a reminder to those who hold power what their duty is to the men and women who serve them. An example of what i mean is when Robin and his men kidnap and rob the Bishop, they tie him to a tree and he assumes they're either going to kill or torture him, instead Robin unties him and asks him to perform mass for him and his men, to remind the Bishop that his purpose and role should be first and foremost to bring religion to common folk and nobility, not to collect and horde tax money that is used for corruption. I wrote this before i watched this video, glad our fox girl thing picked up the moral of the story 😊

[@kitalalaris]

I feel old now, realizing how many Americans and just people in general have forgotten this. I think oversimplifying it to "stealing from the rich to give to the poor" was a huge disservice to the original legend.

[@emberfist8347]

@@kitalalaris As does the this video lumping in the king with the villains. King Richard was a hero who returns at the end.

[@kitalalaris]

@@emberfist8347 Yes, that exactly.

[@aliway4136]

​@@kitalalaris just an FYI the guy that wrote this abomination of a show is Canadian not American🤣🤣

[@OR56]

The thing with the sticks is in the original story, when Robin and John met they met on opposite sides of a stream, with a fallen tree acting as a bridge that wasn’t only wide enough for 1 person, because they both had staffs with them, they fought (and yes, that is roughly how staff fighting looks) for the right to cross the bridge first. It was a “LoOk At ThIs ThInG wE dId, ItS jUsT lIkE tHe OrIgInAl RiGhT!!??”

[@48cxy2]

Watching Alteori tear this "show" to pieces is more entertaining than the "show" itself.

[@natto4now]

Bro imagine if the cops were there to respond to a domestic abuse situation an all the people start to throw stuff till they go away This the same people that complain when target or wholefoods leave those areas

[@nathansuss]

YUUUPPPP LMAO

[@GFKCEG]

Police: Nah, this is a black neighborhood, domestic abuse is a custom here

[@vertigo2894]

What "areas"? Who are "these people"?

[@nathansuss]

@@vertigo2894 poor areas and people that think it's cool to steal sh*t

[@vertigo2894]

@@GFKCEG At least you are upfront about your racism so we don't spend too much time categorising you.

[@HellsCaretaker]

We are really dealing with a generation of mentally ill people who really believe that THIS is all sensible, cool and justified. We have ignored this for too long and allowed ourselves to be told that we have to accept such behavior. Now we have a youth that is completely detached from reality and morals. God help us when they grow up and pass on their “knowledge” to their children. We're screwed.

[@Reamstreams]

Bold of you to assume they will even have any children of their own 😂

[@Alondro77]

They're not going to have any children. They all took the Jab. I know exactly how to use this fact. #GeneticEngineeringHasConsequences

[@GodOfPlague]

​@Reamstreams1 yeah we can trans like at least half of them if we try.

[@kinman3051]

Reminds me of a video which tells how the TV and media deteriorates society or something. Basically the country and its morals are reduced thanks to outside powers. I'm not sure how accurate it is but yeah.

[@zeogold]

Here's a reality check, these kind of people are also oro choice, so safe bet they're not going to have any kids to pass their crazy hateful views on to.

[@EndThusIAm]

I love how one of the easiest fixes would've been to make John Prince the mayor or governor, instead they made him a random rich dude. Also, I can't believe you skimmed over the condom cookie jar!

[@toodlescae]

I made the point about the "cookie" jar too.

[@realdragon]

It's not only just random rich dude, he could be rich dude that exploits workers and doesn't care about people but they actually made him a reasonable guy

[@paulgardner5079]

are you saying that John Prince ISNT the hero???

[@emberfist8347]

Agreed the entire point of the original story was the Prince was a dude who abused his power because there was no bigger fish to stop him in the original tale that was his brother the king. Here the PM as a stand-in for the King would work better.

[@AzraelThanatos]

With Robin Hood, especially the ones that tie in the Crusades, you also have the setting where the overall person in charge is not the true ruler. It's Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham who are getting greedy while John is acting under the aegis of his brother who is away at war in the Crusades. Robin is sent home for whatever reason, normally one where he was captured and was released, partially, on agreement to not participate in the war as part of his parole to find out that the Prince and his buddies have been raiding to coffers and bleeding the peasants and others illegally. It's why King Richard's return is a major thing in a LOT of tellings of the story. It's a lot of corrupt bureaucrats who illegitimately stole power that Robin is fighting against. One of the major things with Robin Hood is that he's also an example of what a true noble ought to be in things, when the government turns on the people their job is supposed to be fighting it as well. And in several versions of the story, Robin is the descendant of one of Arthur's knights or Arthur himself. This show, however is a group of thugs out to be thugs

[@winry2357]

I’ve got a coworker who has a $500k+ house and a loving family, and dude legit told me once that if he hears about someone self deleting who has more than he does, he wouldn’t feel bad. Some people out there are just literal trash. He doesn’t think that a person who is financially well off can have personal or mental problems. He thinks that just being able to afford help means that they shouldn’t have problems to begin with. He’s the person that thinks this version of Robin is an accurate or good portrayal. He also thinks that the athletes that make millions are equivalent to slaves. He’s psycho.

[@sarahb.7175]

Has he read the poem "Richard Cory"? A favorite of mine.

[@winry2357]

@@sarahb.7175 I’m not sure. I’ll definitely add it to my reading list and ask him about it.

[@winry2357]

@@sarahb.7175 I went and read it. He’s definitely the type of person to say he didn’t understand how a man so rich could possibly be on a situation where he’d feel the need to end it all. It was a fantastic poem, but I feel like it would go over my coworker’s head. Thank you for sharing it though.

[@chocobear4078]

Does he not realize that the shame of seeking help is something that isn't a class issue?

[@winry2357]

@@chocobear4078 he doesn’t. He thinks they should because they can afford it and that money is the only thing standing between people who need help and people who can help them.

[@Prototype-357]

I honestly thought people were joking about this being a real thing, it came out to so little fanfare that when everyone was complaining about how bad it is I was like "wait what are we talking about?"

[@chaiam]

It’s none of those things that would have been dead on arrival if it weren’t such an embarrassing wokefest. They used to say there’s no such thing as bad publicity but that was before 8 years ago when for some reason people nought using communist subversion and taking George Orwell’s 1984 as something to try and emulate like Canada seems to be doing.

[@mnirwin5112]

First time I read an article about this show, I thought it couldn't be for real. Silly me.

[@thatonkgau5221]

We already have a modern day Robin Hood and it's Green Arrow. Oliver Queen is the perfect modern interpretation of Robin Hood, he fights crime with a bow and arrow.He fights for the people against the corrupt elitist system. Oliver is also a more interesting, complex and charismatic character because of his evolution from spoiled rich playboy to hero. If you want to do a modern day Robin Hood esc teen drama fine. But at least try to be more original or creative with the concept. And maybe try being more subtle with the messaging.

[@jackbelmont4389]

"YOU FAILED THIS CITY"

[@vertigo2894]

Original Robin Hood stole.

[@thatonkgau5221]

@@jackbelmont4389 I would rather rewatch all 8 seasons of arrow with all its flaws then watch one second of this garbage.

[@renegadeguardian]

Pfft, BAHAHAHAHA! LOL! ROFL! LMAO even! Do you have any idea how much of an SJW statist Green Arrow is in the comics? Modern Robin Hood, my ass. XD

[@jackbelmont4389]

@@thatonkgau5221 I only saw 2 seasons of it but it makes way more sense than whatever this is

[@LokiTheAnsuz]

In today's world where people like Director X exist, people that can only see race and are creatively bankrupt, I'm actually surprised this thing has a minimum amount of coherence... But I'm actually not surprised this thing exists at all and is as disgusting as it is...

[@Tony_409]

Its hilarious Director X claimed that this is a faithful retelling of Robin Hood

[@positivea9111]

For a second I I thought it was Malcom X Grandson made this show.

[@richardray6258]

I guarantee, all of us in the comment sections can make way better films than this trash.

[@adamwampler2135]

The funny thing is, his rich ass is the absolute truth that these race baiters are wrong. Racism is fringe at best. 100 years ago there would never have been able to be a director X

[@ShidaPenns]

It's weird how they don't race swap the villains.

[@Evangelionism]

Bro turned a British-heritage classic into a hood statistic 😢

[@Ostsol]

Trivia: sheriffs in Canada aren't at all like they are in the US. For the most part they do courtroom stuff, like security and prisoner transport. Some provinces do have them performing limited law enforcement, but even then: a sheriff isn't a rank. A sheriff isn't the head of the local police organisation. He or she is just another peace officer.

[@Galeanthropist]

I was absolutely not aware we had them at all.

[@marley7868]

in small towns and whatnot american sherrifs are basically just what you said it's also why there the guys in charge of the law in westerns it's literally the lowest notch in our organized law enforcment

[@CazRaX]

The thing is... Director X is CANADIAN!!! He should know this yet he does not.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

​@@marley7868Where does that leave Deputy?

[@marley7868]

@@KeybladeMasterAndy aid to said person the deputy is usually around but not necessary a sheriff is considered the minimum and deputies could literally just be some rando hired at a random point to shore things up

[@sojalemmi1515]

i guarantee there will be people who call you racist cuz you thought the lighter skinned girl would be a better robin than robyn. people are obsessed with rooting out "racism" despite the lack of any such pattern occuring.

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Honestly, I feel that if anything, it only makes the problem of racism worse. People can only take so much bulls&*t until they lash out. And not always at the right target.

[@tomw.6757]

It's genuinely shocking that anyone thought this would be a good idea. It's even more astonishing that a whole GROUP of people were deluded. I mean.....people paid good money to produce this. They sat around a table and actually planned this abomination. And all the while they were congratulating each other on their genius.

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

I’m guessing embezzlement and or laundering is behind most of this.

[@Gritan721]

This garbage was paid by government grants, meaning Canadian citizens' tax money. Crazy.

[@chaiam]

Well you saw rings of power (or more specifically didn’t, I know I didn’t, the trailer is all you need to run a mile) and that was the most expensive show of all time. Shame to see such a waste of money.

[@metalmadness5851]

For a guy "all about calm meditation to solve violence" he certainly promotes a lot of violence and crime in his work. In my opinion, that shows exactly who he really is.

[@revolvertaco7493]

Like a male feminist who calls all men sexist?

[@metalmadness5851]

@@revolvertaco7493 Yup

[@whitemagus2000]

IRL it was the other nobility of England that defeated prince John. They all banded together, captured him, and took him out to a big field, where he was forced to either sign a bill of rights, or have his head cut off. That first bill if rights is what the American constitution is based off of. Thanks English nobility for defeating prince John and giving us rights.

[@mishaalkisan1688]

With the “Director X” thing My guess is that he was trying to do what the likes of Malcom X and his companions did - who changed their previous surnames to “X” so that they wouldn’t have the surnames given by those who enslaved their ancestors. Back then that made sense. In today’s context it’s a little silly…

[@JaneDoe-fo8yj]

I thought X was used for signatures when people who couldn't write/illiterate

[@AtmonTheExectioner]

@@JaneDoe-fo8yj It was especially in Europe were you were a grafter from childhood and had little to no education.

[@genxer1]

I thought he was royalty. Like his father was "Director IX" and his son will be "Director XI". But what you said makes sense too.

[@Galeanthropist]

Nah, pure appropriation. He wanted his feels firmly wedged in, so he could ride on the fame of giants, and act like he is as momentous as they were.

[@Daolnwood]

As someone who grew up on the 1938 Errol Flynn version of robin hood, hearing the 1973 Disney version referred to as the 'original' is just a little bit painful.

[@joosoo]

As someone who grew up on the 1377 version of Robin Hood, hearing the 1938 Errol Flynn version referred to as the 'original' is just a little bit painful.

[@Daolnwood]

@joosoo Oof. Guess that's what I get for engaging in lunchbreak scholarship Although, if you find it that painful, you might want to have a word with the Wikipedia article on the movie. 1938 everywhere.

[@medd1990]

@@Daolnwood I've also watched the 1922 Douglas Fairbanks version. That would be the first famous movie version, if any, but every generation remade it which was good - until recently...

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Well, most people active on the internet are in their late 20s or younger (many are under 18). So it's quite understandable they likely saw the Disney version first, which itself was already considered an old movie when I was a child. It is likely that many of us never had a chance to watch the older version.

[@ChaosRain786]

@najpotenicewolf934 Fair point I still wouldn't call the Disney adaptation the "Original"

[@hope-cat4894]

19:08 I wasn't ready for the weave criticism. 😂 Every reviewer brings something new to the table with this show.

[@Alteori]

They did her dirty 😂

[@viscountrainbows2857]

That hairdo has got to be one of the worst I have seen allowed on screen that wasn't deliberately a mark of either being disfigured or otherwise unfortunate. The waves leading into that straight up stapled on ponytail is jacked up to the point of being tragic.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Doesn't matter who you are or your skin color, if your hair is wack there ain't no goin back.

[@monk3110]

@@AmaryInkawult for me a girl being bald/shaved is less of a turn off than fake hair. It wigs me out

[@MrS-pe6sd]

Clearly the mother tried to get herself injured in an effort to keep the daughter around

[@skits_3d824]

In the original story even in classics it's all different types of people following Robin Hood for the right cause. Even a man of the church Friar Tuck, taking on the cause to fight back to protect the innocent by helping steal which goes against one of the 10 commandments for the right reasons. Here we're basically shitting on police force because they showed up? I'm over here just seeing all the check boxes they're trying to fill off

[@housewilma4904]

leyes to these people afiwican americans literally are angels who never deserve to be punished for breaking laws and any attempt to do so is called hate agasint there entire peop

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Perhaps the crapping on police force is leftover 2020’s mentality that worked its way in?

[@NephritduGrey]

Well, maybe EVERYONE in the twin towers of crime is a criminal hence doesn't want the police there? Like what job does the mother of Robyn have beside being a slacktivist?

[@IchbinX]

Ah, early Disney. Movies that made a generation either love animals, or REALLY love animals. ;)

[@nobafan7515]

They're so good at the arts they invented a whole new type of love.

[@Ashkihyena]

Back when they weren’t insane.

[@senatorarmstrong4662]

Back when Disney had heart and interesting and fun ideas now it’s just remakes nobody asked for or bland stories.

[@pattonramming1988]

The last time Disney had any creativity was before I had hair in my ass crack

[@najpotenicewolf934]

@@senatorarmstrong4662 Yeah, I feel like the only good movies Disney itself made in the last 10 years are Zootopia and Encanto. The rest is just meh, or really awful.

[@NavyMMPHMA]

Never watched a second of this show except for all the review videos- they are my favorite laugh-riot evenings! PLEASE have a SEASON 2!!!

[@theunkownbanana1823]

17:27 Mercia is a region in England. Big ol plot of land directly East from Wales. That reference is what really confuses me as to where the heck this is supposed to take place. The Sherriff vehicles are very American (don't know how they are in Canada, but definitely not British). And when "Little John" shows up he's wearing an American Army uniform (Canadians have a different pattern and Brits have a different pocket arrangement). My best guess is that this takes place in a bizzaro world that is completely separate from our reality.

[@jeremyrichard2722]

A correction of sorts. Robin Hood is a legend that may or may not have some loose basis in reality, like King Arthur, we will never really know what actual inspiration it had if any, just theories. A lot of the popular version of the story comes from an oral tradition that became somewhat formanized combined with the usage of the character in a novel from 1819 called "Ivanhoe" which takes place in the same time period (also being fantasy) and uses Robin Hood under the name of "Locksley" as a supporting character. A lot of his current characterization and even look comes from how he was presented in that as initial printings had illustrations. It is important to note that anyone who thinks Robin Hood was a criminal or anti-government or anything somehow missed the point, or saw the stories too young to really understand the concept. The idea is basically that King Richard the Lionheart was captured during The Crusades (something like this really happened), a noble who fought in the Crusades, Robin Of Locksley, returns home to find that due to the religious and political alliances that allowed the powers of the time to unify, "Prince John" has taken over England due to blood ties to King Richard, though this happened due to political alliances with France to whom he was primarily loyal, and well France and England have some nasty history "The Hundred Years War" and all of that. This is why you have the whole thing of Normans (a reference to the city of Normandy where French power was centralized at the time) oppressing the Saxons. Prince John being pretty much French has used him being the highest ranking royal they can find to take over England and start taxing the crap out of the people for not only his own enrichment, but also to send back home to France. So you pretty much have the imagery of England paying taxes to a hated foreign power due to blood ties and politics. You can sort of guess how that pissed people off. At any rate, this was from a time period where things like knights and nobles were not seen as being bad. In fact calling someone "noble" or having "noble traits" still has positive associations going back to this time. While of course things didn't stay that way, understand that originally nobles did take decent care of their people in a sort of symbiotic relationship before what we all know historically happened. Robin Hood is a throw back to the time period where it was not considered somehow offensive to think a literal "White Knight" was going to come charging out to protect his people from bandits or whatever as nobles actually did that sort of thing once upon a time. At any rate in this context Robin is a good ruler, and the rightful lord of those lands. He tells Prince John he can fuck right off with what he's doing, so Prince John declares him an outlaw even if this is technically all Robin's land in the name of the missing king. Robin is supposed to be the one who collects the taxes based on what's reasonable, and then give a portion of that to King Richard, and in the context of the story since he was well liked before he had to leave for the crusades, we can presume he was reasonable about it. From there as we know the details vary, but Prince John fails to kill Robin, and Robin goes and rounds up a bunch of militia as "bandits" who start robbing the tax collectors lead by the local Sheriff, and murdering the crap out of any French soldiers or Knights Prince John sends after him from his foreign alliances, as using foreign troops was a big part of how he was supposed to have seized power. The story ends where Robin keeps this going long enough for King Richard The Lionheart to return from The Crusades, and of course then Prince John has no claim to rule since the actual king is back and there is no need for a regent. Given what happened he of course is generally portrayed as simply pardoning Robin Hood, and declaring him the king. In some stories, he dies when Prince John tries to murder King Richard or something, and then unleashes one final arrow over Sherwood from the battlements of his castle, and of course kids around the general region could then look to see if they could find Robin's final arrow for many generations. It's been told in different ways as it's a legend, we can assume if something like this happened, the specifics are probably substantially different, sort of like any reality that might have been behind King Arthur. I doubt many read this (I've written it before to explain it on youtube) but if you read most of the versions you'll notice all of these elements. This is sort of why something like Robyn Hood is genuinely offensive, they miss the point of the story and why it resonated all these years. The thing is Robin Hood was not a criminal... he was simply declared one, he's literally the rightful ruler of those lands, defending his people against incredible odds. It's a story about a guy fighting a foreign invader, and a totally messed up political situation that was hurting people. Also if you must know the reason why Robin Hood uses a longbow is specifically nationalistic symbolism as he's fighting The French. See in verified history in the final major battles between France and England, France seemed to have an overwhelming advantage and pretty much road in with masses of knights, being a group of cocky bastards, and a bunch of British levies with Long Bows mostly just stood back and massacred them all with massed fire as at the time they had never seen anything like that before. If you look up things like "The Battle Of Agincourt" you will find out this is absolutely true, and it turned France from the obvious winner, into a bit of a joke as the literal flower of French Knighthood got turned into pincushions in massive numbers. Thus the Long bow is specifically symbolic of England really messing up the cocky French and turning the tables against them specifically when there should be overwhelming odds in their favor.... pretty much what Robin Hood is doing on a smaller scale you might note. As a result you might get the impression this story is intended to be just a wee bit nationalistic on top of everything.

[@christophermonteith2774]

Made a similar comment, though didn't know those vital details

[@darkwitnesslxx]

Prince John did become King, as John I, and is the father of Henry III

[@darkwitnesslxx]

This comment is historically inaccurate, and misplaces events by hundreds of years. The hundreds Year war didnt take place until 250 years or so after the time of King Richard and King John. There are other glaring issues in yoir comment but i dont have the time or inclination to point them all oit. But they are numerous.

[@mayborneflower]

69th like, thank you for your enlightening context on the legend and character.

[@Achieme]

I could be wrong but the director pulls the race card which is funny because anyone can call the director racist for making Robyn Hood Black as if it's a metaphor that all black people go around stealing and are too lazy to get a job

[@animezilla4486]

People really need to stop pulling the race card I agree with everybody that the show sucks but I don't think making Robin Hood black is racist people keep forgetting Robin hood is a public domain story anybody can do whatever they want to the story

[@thelastsathoii]

He also alludes to being black. In one interview, he was going on about the racist attacks his critics were saying to ' our community', and they all hated blacks and Africans. He's half Philippino and half white.

[@Saltedroastedcaramel]

@@animezilla4486 Animezilla, we live in a world where gangster gorillas and King Kong were accused of being racist to black people. It shouldn't take a scientist to tell you why having a character known for stealing be race swapped with a black person is a bad idea. If this director was white, the tune would definitely be different, especially how racist the show is.

[@housewilma4904]

he literally calls any critscm of the show wacism you are a wacis in his eyes for not loving this show.@@thelastsathoii

[@senatorarmstrong4662]

I’m black and I watched the first episode and I felt nothing the whole time it wasn’t till the stick fight scene were I just had enough and watched something else.he can call me racist but honestly the shows sucks.

[@HerrTex]

i dont understand why the american black subculture bled into the Canadian black subculture, they really don't have the same issues with poverty as the ones in the states do, there is no issue with police brutality and nothing even close enough to that of the states to really justify calling racial violence by cops or the like I just find it so very perplexing

[@fatcat5817]

Makes me laugh reminding me of Operation Trident from the UK. 😂 👌 I think it's humorous.

[@Daxter609]

Because American Black subculture is more trendy and gives you more oppression/victim points.

[@Overlord99762]

Because people want to feel like they are in LA without being in that hellhole

[@monk3110]

@@Daxter609 hedonism is easy

[@bad-people6510]

"A rich man did this to me, to get me out of his way." A beat cop did this to you because you broke the law and then resisted arrest.

[@EvilExcalibur]

Thing that bugs me the most about Director Alphabet is that he's so high off of his own colonic fumes that he doesn't understand how much this show hurts the narrative he's trying to push. Also not only is the music terrible but he'll just jam it wherever he wants regardless of whether it fits or not

[@Evangelionism]

*Director Alphabet* 😂

[@EvilExcalibur]

@@Evangelionism Now that I read that again it sounds like a Sesame Street character

[@geardog24]

Are you sure this wasn’t made by the same people who made Batwoman?

[@GodOfPlague]

Batwoman was way higher caliber 😂

[@cinderellahour1070]

I actually think it was.

[@senatorarmstrong4662]

They kinda do seems similar don’t they.

[@shawnamiller191]

It's not a cw show is it?

[@boomingbob1579]

@@shawnamiller191I think it’s made by Global tv

[@kev95]

Who honestly thought this series would be anything but bad?

[@Alteori]

If they went post-apocalyptic I could maybe see something there lol

[@arbhall7572]

You find the guy at high school who has made his entire identity and personality, Black. Like his great grandfather Black, but hes a puddle of milk named Julian who had a Bat Mitzvah. Real suburban old money white kid leaning hard into his "heritage" lol

[@clayongunzelle9555]

​@@Alteorithat's actually really interesting just thinking about it

[@Skulduggery_G]

If his tweets finger pointing and victim card playing is anything to go by, the director. He thought it would be good.

[@Commissar_tomcat]

Literally no one lol

[@slaapt]

About Robyn's job, she "picked up a few more apps" so she is probably just doing deliveries of various kinds for companies. Or driving an uber or shit like that.

[@Alteori]

Ohhhh apps. Ok I guess that makes sense. I thought that was code for something

[@TitanusGojiraEditz]

So Alteori claims not to be a furry, but had a crush on a Fox guy 💀

[@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936]

Step 1 is denial

[@Alteori]

@@mylastaccountgotdeletedtha6936 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 HEY!!! I am not. I was attracted to his charm. YOU KNOW WHAT SHHHHHHHHH

[@TitanusGojiraEditz]

@@AlteoriSuuuuree 💀 that makes sense-

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@AlteoriWhatever floats your boat. 🦞 ⚓

[@GFKCEG]

The female version of "no homo"

[@AndragonLea]

So let me get this straight: I'M the racist for not liking this show, but the guy that wrote a script that features a black female protagonist that is the product of a single mom household (with several absentee baby daddies, no less), who is so sexually active that her mom has an entire condom stash devoted to her daughter that she apparently needs to refill regularly, who is a trespassing criminal gang member that steals things to then use the proceeds to throw a party, gets her own mom almost lethally injured in a publicity stunt and blames society for the backlash is fine? I couldn't write a more racist caricature of a modern black protagonist if you paid me.

[@Hyth]

Considering the original tale of Robin Hood happened in medieval times when there was no capitalism, no private property and no free choice to start a business, "the rich" then and "the rich" now are not really comparable.

[@joshuacr]

When a show runs on average from 43-52 Minutes with no commercials, and Alteroi spends likely more time broadcasting (57 minutes) what a crapfest it is, that truly shows how patheticly this show impacted her. I got nothing else to say she didn't masterly say or crack up better over in that video.

[@marshalhammel5065]

A post apocalyptic Robin Hood story about a band of thieves fighting the tyranny of a warlord is a neat concept.

[@subjectc7505]

Or dystopian Robin Hood would sound nice as well.

[@NephritduGrey]

@@subjectc7505 Hm, maybe a nice Cyberpunk setting? Could have some sweet Tech-bow stunts being involved, plus evil pseudo-governments aka Big Corporations and it would surprise nobody that they'd be corrupt.

[@nathanielscott4413]

I hate that everytime woke shows and movies use hiphop music for black characters and strong females. Its so stereotypical of them. I as a biracial american loves techo and rock music. Of course ive been called too white for listening to rock and techno.

[@jackalenterprisesofohio]

Now I know that this genre of music like like 150 years old, but it was in fact invented by a _"person of color"_ (tm) Ragtime was invented by Scott Joplin in like 1899 and is mostly considered as America's first originally made genre of music. I just find it amazing in all of this _"woke"_ (patent pending) stuff that none of these virture directors have come across Scott Joplin.

[@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954]

Hell yeah Scott Joplin

[@MegamanZero410]

So funnily enough to, the reason you probably thought of the “Bear Necessities”, is because the animations from the Jungle Book, were reused in Robin Hood for the animation of Little John. There are a few circumstances that this occurred.

[@Merisu_Sheep]

I loved your explanation of Robin Hood and what its truly about. So much of Hollywood doesn't understand it and the fact that it's lost on so many people baffles me.

[@jamesverner9132]

As a Canadian i wholeheartedly apologize for this.

[@LoneSilverW0lf]

No need cousin. We get it. These clowns don’t represent you. It’s the very few losers who make things sour for everyone.

[@ronaldjeffrey8712]

Just like race, the bad actions of a few should never reflect on the masses.

[@p.d.l7023]

If this was filmed in Canada = where is the hockey...eh? 🇨🇦

[@black-redpill3]

It's not Canada's nor Canadians fault the blight escaped Haiti. It will be yours should you and your countrymen allow your nation to repeat Haiti, though.

[@cashkitty3472]

I'm a Brit and p*ssed off with this show for destroying my culture but they made you guys pay for it. F*CK that. You should be way more p*ssed than embarrassed

[@iambilly1134]

I saw some things on the guy who directed this, he can’t take criticism on his show receiving negative feedback. It’s funny to watch..also those masks look like something I would see in GTA ONLINE.

[@joesmutz9287]

It's especially funny how desperate he's been to get on podcasts with anyone who criticizes the show...while he's whining about them being able to criticize him

[@harlannguyen4048]

Or Watch Dogs 2.

[@senatorarmstrong4662]

@@harlannguyen4048broooo I was just saying that this feels like a watch dogs 2 but without any of the fun characters and without any of the fun in general. This feels like we have watch dogs at home but it’s garbage.

[@kitalalaris]

@@senatorarmstrong4662 That is just begging to be a meme 🤣

[@lutherlesenya3569]

The thing is, they haven't shown the rich guy doing anything wrong other than a slight suggesting that he has done some unkind things (Mind you unkind does not mean illegal or bad) to get his way. More crime has been done to him than he has been shown to do. And you want me to root for the merry men?

[@brianpembrook9164]

Yes, only because the rich guy called the merry 'men' rats in a dumpster. That one phrase alone is supposed to codify him as a bad guy worthy of losing everything... because that is how those people think.

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

so...the 83 people who dislike this video think the show is the best thing ever ? 🤷‍♀

[@THEINFINITIVERSESAGA]

You can see the dislikes

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

@@THEINFINITIVERSESAGA yes , i use the " return youtube dislike" chrome extension

[@DanaOtken]

From the perspective of retelling the classic Robin Hood story, it's maybe important to remember that the main character is one of society's elites. Having a privileged education as a ruler and knowledge of the realm beyond the visible area of the story helped justify his actions, because he was able to judge the consequences to society. (You could also argue the specific ways in which society and the local government was messed up helped as well.) Might be able to claim that given the changing forms of education, in the modern age a normal person with enough access to high-quality data and putting in enough research and study to comprehend it could do the job. One of the big problems with taking the story into an urban setting is that you replace the steady stream of travelers who basically disappear from the world like game NPCs once robbed and out of sight with people who will be sticking around, and you replace the forest which could theoretically (albeit not usually in practice) provide all a bandit group needs to survive with an environment entirely dependent on goods flowing in.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

The sad part is, with just a few tweaks, this could have actually worked. BTW: Part of the original stories was that Robin was an Anglo-Saxon noble rebelling against an illegitimate Norman ruler.

[@ArcanistBlack]

You got autocorrected. You mean to say "the legitimate" Norman ruler.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@ArcanistBlack Depending on what version we’re talking about, that would be the case. But a majority of them have King John getting into power in various illegitimate means either by poisoning the old king, engineering the kidnapping of the old king, removing the king by other means, etc.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@bluespirit5112 See how easy it is? Anyone could have done a better Robyn Hood story.

[@TheBaconWizard]

@@ArcanistBlack Nope. Illegitimate is right, they were an occupying and very draconic occupying military force who replaced the Saxon ruling class.

[@tmntgirl4life]

@@bluespirit5112both of those ideas I would pay actual money to watch

[@borivoje1991able]

There is a comic book hero called Robyn Hood female version of Robin Hood that was monster hunter, I was very disappointed when I found out that in this series Robyn Hood is not hunting monsters and supernatural creatures

[@callmetakkun]

Your laughter is contagious for me. I couldn't wait for you to cover this show.

[@Lightscribe225]

Fun thing I learned about Robin Hood was that Prince John was raising taxes up the wazoo not because he was a greedy asshole, but because France had captured his brother, King Richard, and held him for a huge ransom. The taxes were to pay that ransom.

[@georgeray1906]

Well he still was an unliked king that the Magna Carta was created as a means to limit his power and yet Prince John continued being unlikeable.

[@jasonjones7461]

The cut to the Jurassic park 3 raptor saying "Allan" is when i knew your channel was for me

[@sleepyxhollow]

The thing is though there is already a modern day Robin Hood no not Arrow the show I'm talking about is called Leverage. The show is about thieves helping people and bringing down corrupt people and while also stealing and giving back to those that were harmed by the corrupt. It features a diverse cast and interesting stories that are both fun and moving at times.

[@crakhaed]

Leverage was so fucking good! It came out at the perfect time too

[@good7bad13]

Hell of a good show! The continuation was decent though wasn't as good as the original run

[@sleepyxhollow]

@@good7bad13 I like Leverage Redemption but prefer OG Leverage. I just like the vibe of the characters better and missed Nate being the leader of the group.

[@good7bad13]

@@sleepyxhollow yeahhhhhh there's a very good reason why HE'S gone 😅

[@boomingbob1579]

Both are great

[@karlrichardson3295]

Robin Hood is not a legend he is a historic figur. His real name is Robin Locksly his father was Sir Locksly. Their estate was near Doncaster.

[@networknomad5600]

"Who were you out with? Oh you're a slut?" "Yeah, HAHAHAHAH we're so funny!"

[@ImTheKingOfHyrule]

The basic concept of a modern day Robin Hood was already done in the '80s, and actually done well, and that was the A-Team. Even Knight Rider was closer to the concept of modern day Robin Hood who rights wrongs and punishes those who are above the law way better than this.

[@fakename4642]

that quick sting you added of the Earthbound battle music when the car washing guy encounters the characters in their goofy glowing masks was *perfect* and really won me over. First time I've seen one of your vids, had been enjoying your discourse, but that moment gave me a much needed good laugh, I had to pause and make an appreciative comment, nice work! ^_^

[@soulechelon2643]

15:05 Oh don't worry. That's also a culture shock for me and I'm black. No way would my mother say something like that.

[@Alteori]

Right! That's wild to me, but then again I couldn't even talk to my mom about my sex life. If she even KNEW I was having sex, wheeeew. I mean she knows now bc I moved out LOL. It was sooooooo awkward when I moved out and in with my bf, who's my husband now, and she was like, "are you having sex with him?" and I said yes. Her reaction was like.... "Lord have mercy." But what was she gonna do, spank me? LMAO

[@worldwardud3357]

11:24 This argument reminds me of the current Batman comic called “Batman/Catwoman: Gotham War.” Where Catwoman builds a criminal empire but they only steal from the rich. And what sorta pisses me off about that comic is that the whole Batfamily is with her and Batman is by himself. Though given that there was something in his mind messing with him, it just kinda rubs me the wrong way. Literally when one of Catwoman’s workers was busting in a rich persons place, he got shot and killed. The guy who got killed had a daughter btw.

[@thatwaffleguy4958]

Well, to be fair, Batman is probably one of the richest people in Gotham, and he'd have to at least pretend to be upset to not be suspicious.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I hate Gotham War. When are Batman writers going to come up with a story that isn't "Batman and somebody fight for Gotham"?

[@Prototype-357]

Rather than post-apocalyptic I think a Dystopia would work better for what they were going for (Well, what I THINK they were going for, I have no idea what was going on in their minds when they greenlit this) Government vs rebels, rich vs poor, you don't have to push it as far as the ridiculous Teen Dystopias out there, just keep things simple, it might be cliche but it's still better than this.

[@NephritduGrey]

Seems what they're going for is: "Crime is cool, but if there are just consequences, just do more crime."

[@DudeInTheJacket123]

“ROBYN HOOD is Downright Offensive.” Couldn’t have said it better myself. Good video btw.

[@Dieci-9]

I'm looking at this and...I thought after seeing some stuff that the show was going to be shit...let's just say, my incredibly low expectations couldn't have ever prepared me for this and have been thoroughly shattered.

[@senatorarmstrong4662]

I saw the trailer and I instantly thought oh it’s another one of those type of shows.

[@IngloriousBastard616]

Robyn Hood, in the hood....... It's so ridiculously bad i can't help but laugh. Oh, and my friend brought this up, he said this series reminds him of that comic where Miles Morales was Thor and in said comic he says that "Asgard is my hood" 😂😭💀

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

Like I posted earlier, they could have made it work but they want to beat the message into the audience in the most crude and simplistic possible. Guy should go back to making music videos.

[@ravenloh6677]

Yeah, stereotypes and caricatures in live action at it's finest and I'm lovin' it!

[@LordFoxxyFoxington]

This show is blatant appropriation of my culture, history, myths, and legends.

[@khylerbane4523]

It's a sad day when Robinhood: Men in Tights took itself more seriously than a supposedly serious show. Also comparing “Robyn’s” apartment to most apartments me and my siblings have lived in along with some of the actual “projects”… Just how privileged and cushy a life did Director X have live to think *this* is poverty?

[@scubawolfliquidsnake6111]

That was amazing, I'm glad I just found this channel

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

I think the john and robyn stick fight is in reference to how Robin and Little John meet in the actual story, Little John and his outlaw gang attempt to force Robin to pay a toll to pass a bridge, then a fight with quarter staffs begin, Robin defeats John but John respects Robin and they become firm friends

[@toolegittoquit_001]

But I doubt the they slept together

[@goosegas2087]

​@@toolegittoquit_001They were close, they were even roommates.

[@muichirotokito7714]

Whoa!!! Remember Robin Hood?! Whoa!!! Remember Robyn Hood?! Whoa!!! Remember Robyn's Hood?! Whoa!!! Remember Robin' Goods?!

[@ssharp755]

The symbolism they were going for was a 'George Floyd' moment -to the point that said mural doesn't actually resemble the actor who later plays their martyr charactor (named 'Lionheart').....

[@NephritduGrey]

Funnily their Lionheart Jesus Floyd figure was a killer, as in not such a great person to begin with and overhyped in martyrdom.

[@DaddyVader87]

​@@NephritduGreyso .on brand as expected.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

If they were going for a George Floyd moment, they should have completely restrained the victim first - once the victim was in custody, *then* the pigs decide to go in for the kill.

[@guydammit3287]

I thought I was the only one who busted out freestyle rapping to the music that's played while being out on hold. 🤣🤣🤣 It's so funny to me that you mentioned that.

[@coconutcore]

The song at the beginning isn’t bad. It’s GENUINELY anti-good. Bad insinuates it’s not good or at worst annoying. This song is UNDENIABLY designed to be the worst thing I’ve ever heard, because it’s such an overwhelming success at that. I don’t know why, I don’t know by who, I don’t know their reasoning, but they did it on purpose. There is nothing, NOTHING! Not Friday, not It’s Everyday Bro, not ANYTHING that even approaches the level of disgust this song raises in me. It’s the worst. It’s created a whole new league of its own. It wasn’t made by someone untalented, it was made by someone talented at failure. You cannot start a song with “blablabla FLESHY-FLESHY” and be serious about it. This this is the equivalent of puke that was shat in and used to make a contemporary painting. I want to put the composer and everyone who agreed to put this out there out of their misery, because this is a cry for help.

[@unholyhardy4359]

Finally an opinion that I can 100% agree with

[@w4shep]

@alteori your laughing fit at around 26:15 had my in tears. It is sooo infectious and, well, hilarious. I could listen to an entire video of you losing your shit laughing.

[@viscountrainbows2857]

Kevin Costner's Robin Hood is the best. Fight me. But yeah this whole movie, show, whatever, is entirely a mess, and even the fact it's spelled with a Y is emblematic. As in, "Y, did anyone involved in this project think this was even remotely a good idea?"

[@kidaver1]

I would argue Robin Hood Men in Tights.

[@whitbyabbey4830]

We all know Cary Elwes is the best Robin Hood.