For 12:50 at least, the young professionals are probably closer to middle-class than poor, it’s just that city prices are a shitshow. But also, probably figured they’d gentrify and raise the property values in the area that he would own/develop.
Please tell me your opinion... Do you think this could work if the concept wasn't about race but about technology and progress vs nature perseverance ? Like Robbin and the group are off the grid and use silent medieval weapons (arrows) and the villains use drones etc. ?
Maybe that's why Sheriff Ginger called this block "special": They just believe they are poor but actually they aren't and the real poor people hate them ...
I don't even think they know what a downtrodden living even is, lol they think their suburbs living and their Dad not understanding their "change" of being who their really is is being poor and being raised struggling
Very brave of Director X to make his main character a thief who comes from a home with a single mother with two baby daddies (neither of which are in the picture). Edit: Holy shit, wasn’t expecting this response, guys.
Don't forget, she's also promiscuous, AND an aspiring (c)rapper. All that's missing is for Robyn and her mom and sister to be shown having a fondness for fried chicken, watermelon, and malt liquor.
If this is set in Canada, you'd think the "ticking clock" conflict would be Robyn trying to get her mom outta the hospital before her doctors can try to shame her into assisted euthanasia.
We've really devolved into putting unwanted people down like unadopted animals in shelters, haven't we? 😳 They're getting sent to live on farms with lots of grass to run around in.
Director X just took all the stereotypes he's seen on American TV/News shows and put it in the series. Even down to a "Saintly" deceased Black man with a mural in the neighborhood.
This just proves how out of touch Director X actually is. My guess (and this is just an observation as a white woman, so don't judge me) is that he either never lived in the hood or if he did, it's been a long, long time. Now, I never lived in the hood. We poor white people tend to live in trashy trailers when we're poor. It's how everything feels so inauthentic. More like he's mimicking but doesn't actually know. It's kind of like "millennial dialogue." It's only how people think that clever people talk, but never actually had a conversation with a truly clever person to really know.
Makes you wonder if Director X just doesn't know what apartements of really poor people look like (despite him claiming otherwise) or if he thought we cannot make this neighborhood look bad ...
The fact they made Friar Tuck from a sweet, kind man of God into a high off his gourd hippie who lives in a basement and knows all and sees all....kinda made me physically ill....
You know, we only have the mom's word that Robyn's dad is a 'loser'. He probably has a well-paying job, he just didn't want to live in a place where someone's raising chickens above him, a potential health hazard.
I want Director X to watch this video. His brain will explode. He’s been losing his mind on Twitter lately and I can’t wait to see his reaction to a review of someone he can’t pull the race card against.
This show is unironically about a red headed woman getting revenge for all the other red headed women who have disappeared from pop culture over the course of the great culture wars. But honestly I’m glad to finally see some inclusion for the gingers for once.
Director x, created a Tiktok channel exclusively to respond to the "Toxic Criticisms" towards his show, the thing is hilarious, the guy literally degraded himself to a 2nd grader
Sticks and stones may break our bones But their idea of your "bigoted attacks" in the form of rational reviews and well-deserved mockery, is the TRUE violence. Dave Chappelle, or whomever named that groundbreaking special as such, was truly prescient about how much worse it would become barely within the space of sleepy Joe's term as the resident Walter puppet unstringed.
The cops getting called in to stop them from filming at a construction site reminds me of that girl who tried to film a flash mob music video at a Target store. She tried to call it racism, but you aren't supposed to film a music video at a store without permission. Are we supposed to think the cops were racist here too? 🤦🏽♀️
Me and my brother were joking about Disney making a live action movie with pretty much the same plot like a year ago, we’re reaching self-parody levels I didn’t know were possible 😂😂😂
The Robin Hood story is one of those things that left an indelible mark on my mind growing up as a young boy. If someone who was really clever tried to do this kind of hip hop aesthetic Robin Hood, I could kind of see it working, but the first problem is that the Hip Hop in the show sucks ass, and secondly even ignoring all the modern day crap this story has none of the gravitas or pathos of Robin Hood. What compares to the moment where King Richard returns and sees all the men who fought for him saying in awe, "All these have remained loyal"? Seriously these race swaps are horrific. No one deserves to have their culture appropriated by Canadians.
And also the fact this show misses the point of Robin Hood. He didn't take from the rich and give to the poor. He gave back what was unjustly taken from the townspeople. If you made your money fairly and worked for it he had no beef with you. He was also a patriot who fought in the Crusades in some versions and another reason he dislikes Prince John because he sees Richard as the true king of England.
I want to throw out another historical fact of why Robin Hood's thievery was so brilliant. You see when you had to pay taxes to your Noble Lord they had to write you a receipt nowadays. A receipt is just a bill of sale so that you can exchange it for your money back after you pay for goods and services. Some Goods can be returned with the receipt but back in the old olden days. You see when the debt collectors came around to collect your taxes they had to write you a receipt. But these receipts were not only just a piece of paper but had written signature. By the debt collector and a wax seal of the king Lord or Baron of that area. In debt collectors would actually attend auctions for contract from these Noble Lords and even the king. To collect the taxes but you actually did pay your taxes on time. Even though they were outrageous and crazy it's proof that you did pay your taxes and due to the king. Or the Lord of that area but here's the thing you get some guy like Robin Hood who robs the tax collectors and the corrupt Nobles. And he gives that money back to the people you probably think it was stopping them from just you know taking that money back. Well the receipt you see if you had this receipt proof that you paid your taxes you didn't have to pay again until next year. or ever how long it takes for your debt collector to come and collect your taxes. So legally if these corrupt Nobles wanted to just take their money again they can actually take them to court and they had proof and the King's seal which means if they tried it that. Means that you're calling the question and calling the king a thief.
Like Robin of Locksley returning from the War to find all his lands and assents seized by a false ruler, prince John, who has also been harassing everyone else in the area, raking them through the coals for their hard earned money; Imagine it starting with Robin Hood, a successful rapper, finishing their jail sentence after the IRS went after them for Tax Evasion (because FUCK taxes) and now Robin's got a bone to pick and a chip on their shoulder, reclaiming their space and reawakening the fire in their family/friends/fans now that they're back. Could be phenominally _stupid_ or _really well done_
Exactly, a Robin Hood figure in modern public housing reclaiming taxes/resources for those who are unfairly taxed/represented could be interesting. This was total trash!
I agree this whole craps terrible, just for fun, how about mentioning some of those things? I can just tell it's wrong, but I'm not really knowledgeable enough about law enforcement to really pick out specific details
@@DanielAlves-xe4om The whole show would have ended 10 minutes in when they simply got a warrant and searched every apartment, because the idiots lead them right there then assaulted the police, and destroyed "2 people's yearly salary" worth of government property.
@@DanielAlves-xe4om Okay, so keep in mind that there may be some regional/country differences, but I'm judging based on how things were done in my county when I was a 911 Dispatcher. And this is only the first minute of the show I'm looking at here. Okay, so first off, cops and deputies aren't the same thing. His car says Sheriff Department, so makes him a deputy. (Deputies deal with county calls outside city limits. Cops do in city limit, though they do help each other out if needed.) So any time one of those guys are called cops, that's wrong. If the deputies are doing calls in the city, that's also wrong. "This is Sergeant Redcap responding to a noise complaint Monarch Construction." All of this is wrong. 1. He's using using his name and rank on the radio. Deputies and cops both use their badge numbers, and the other field officers and dispatch will know who they are and what rank. 2. Deputies and cops don't just get calls and show up and radio in where they are after they're there. lol DISPATCH takes calls and gives them to field officers. All he should be radioing in is that he's "on scene". If you need to give extra disposition for the audience, the MOST he should be saying is "*badge-number* on scene for that noise complain at Monarch Construction." 3. Dude instigates physical contact, antagonizes, and pulls a weapon when he has no backup, and then chases after multiple people ON A NOISE COMPLAINT. 98% of noise complaint calls are just Dispatch: "Can I get you to this location for a noise complain?" Deputy: "*sigh* 10-04" Deputy: "On scene." Deputy to people there: "Hey we got a noise complaint call, can you guys turn it down a bit?" People: "Yeah, sure, sorry!" Deputy: "No problem, have a good night!" Not deputy is going to try and instigate crap on a noise complaint. They just want to move on to another call.
Not only is the mom cool enough to HAVE a condom jar, and not only is she cool enough to refill it, but she's also cool enough to understand what sloots her kids are- to the point where the condom JAR needs regular refilling. What empowerment.
@@Dystopie173I think teens obsess over sex to much to the point they think sex = relationship. Many are just broken and will later regret their actions
Hire a poc to lead the show? check Advertise how diverse it is? check Make a runtime checking off all radical stereotypes? check Spin a tale in the media that the fans are the toxic ones? check Take no accountability? also check. How many times have we seen this same ploy?
Granted, there was once a project that housed a tiger, but chicken droppings have an atrocious odor. Who could bring themselves to raise chickens indoors?
Damn for a group of characters that's supposed to be depicted as being poor they certainly lived pretty good lives. A community center that apparently teaches martial arts and getting to go to a proper summer camp to learn a bunch of other shit. Honestly the idea of a modern day Robin Hood isn't a bad one, but this definitely ain't it. I feel like it'd be better to have this take place in the south. Have Robin be some hillbilly who's living off the land with his family in some small, rural town. Instead of the bad guy being generic evil rich man or generic corporation, have the main villain be the mayor and focus on the fact that they're trying to sell off the towns to some lefties who want to forcibly change the town. Could have an interesting dialog about how not all change is bad and how even if things do change you should remember your roots. Instead we get Robyn which says nothing of value and fails to tell a story that's been told hundreds of times already.
Ironically enough in today's modern day its the lefties who seem to be the rich with how they can all afford to go to college, get the latest phones and clothes without having a job. I would definitely watch this version of Robin hood you came up
I really don't get why the cops are presented at the beginning like we should hate them... for reacting to a noise complaint in a construction site... Construction sites are dangerous dummies, reason why people who work in a construction site wear hard hats. It's not for fashion and on top of that Robbyn and her crew were trespassing XD Tell me how is it bad that the cops are doing their job??
I was watching this defense lawyer's channel and one of the things he said was not to do things that turn your misdomeaner into a felony. Fighting the cops and running away over a trasspassing and noise complaint is hard to feel any sympathy for the main characters.
also somebody in those buildings clearly called the cops. or did the call for a noise complain come out of nowhere? where the heck were they when the police showed up? probabl being quiet in fear of retaliation from their gangsters neighbours
@@2st486 I guess we're not supposed to think about things like that. They're cops! They're just permanently hovering like vultures around that neighbourhood, ready to swoop down and peck out someone's eyes without reason or warning. Obviously they have nothing else to do in such a well-run city.
On this & other videos criticizing the series, I've seen Canadians apologizing for this show as if they feel they have to which is probably the most Canadian response ever.
@akashajones6079 because we compensate with some of the best films ever made: casablanca, citizen kane, last of the mohicans, etc. It's all a balancing act--crap and gold. Otherwise it's not fun.
Director X has somehow made a show and put every black negative stereotype in it Robyn’s mom having two different baby daddies? Check Absentee father figures? Check Robyn being promiscuous? Check Wanting to be a rapper? Check Resorting to crime instead of getting a job? Check It’s honestly impressive how racist this show comes across
It’s really impressive that he’s reducing his directing of an art towards real stereotypes, considering that he made great music videos in the past. Seriously director X. Justin Lutz. You need to get past this childish mentality of reacting towards criticism. This art you call it would smear the past music video works you done. Don’t let it twist your legacy. You’re better than this.
I wonder if Director X will try to hit up Jlong for an "interview." like he did to AZ. He won't. And we know why. Does director X want women like Jlong to "see themselves" in Robyn "Condom Jar" Hood? 😂
Spoilers ahead \ / \ / That seems probable, seeing as how they're willing to shoot people for, basically nothing and yet instantly claims a criminal escaped because, while still in close line of sight, the criminal was driving away from parked cop cars, in a small shipping truck. Like the cops can't out run it easily
@@viscountrainbows2857 The question is: Who will he pick as the villain? Mr. Prince and Sheriff Ginger? Or the thieves (and later even kidnappers) of Sherwood? Maybe enough stuff for 2 videos ...
"oh god it's jack REALLY black" - oh my fucking god i laughed so hard... i love you so much xD This show has legit made me laugh more than any CW trash. I can watch that "shooting" scene endlessly and it still makes me laugh with how stupid it is!
Ten minutes in and we seem to be leaning fairly heavily on "tell, don't show". She's got her "feed the people, eat the rich" placard. So presumably we're meant to sympathise with these downtrodden people. And that's great. Robin Hood is basically about the downtrodden people fighting back against the corrupt landowners, aristocrats and royalty. Except what we *see* in this scene is a nice bright cheerful kitchen, they're tucking into chicken fresh from chickens that their neighbours *raised*, not extruded factory-farm chicken-related by-product. True, they live in a council flat in a tower block and from the outside the tower looks convincingly bleak, but the interior and the chicken breakfast do not suggest to me "downtrodden".
You know, there's this notion that everyone whos farming is some sort of a moron or crazy or whatever. And it's always from the big city folk, worked like this for years now, and it's pretty much present worldwide. I'm living in a pretty rural area - not some backwards village or shit, no, an outskirts of a rather small town. I have a barn with hay, and adjacent to it are places where I raise chickens and bunnies. Not for commercial purposes, no, just for my own benefit. I also have a small patch of land where I grow bunch of produce - corn, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, pumpkins - you name it. To top it all off, there are also trees around that give apples, plums, and also bushes with raspberries. And I can tell you right fucking now that none of it is retard-proof. Never will be. This shit requires effort, precision, and the track of time. It's hard work, but as a wise hospital director once said - nothing worth having in this world comes easy. And it's far from downtrodden - if you can raise animals and crops, it means you got land where you can raise them. And you know what? I prefer it this way. There's something satisfying about things going according to plan. That and... All that stuff kind of tastes better when natural, but I can't tell if it's just aforementioned satisfaction being a secret ingedient or if they really are pumping that many chemicals into market stuff... That being said... I will concede on saying that raising chicken in the apartment block is just pure stupidity. Health hazard aside, chickens just need open fields, grass and ground. Especiall sand, they adore sand - they cover themselves in the sand because it cleans them off of various parasites that tend to show up in the feathers. It does wonders for them. That and uh... I know how much those little fuckers shit. And I know how much it stinks. The idea of living in an apartment with chickens in it is... It's just disgusting.
@@bliczb8772Seriously, chickens produce obscene amounts of crap and it stinks like a kitten wet from its own diarrhea. Couldn't imagine raising them in an apartment block.
One of the things I will never forget during the discourse surrounding the show before it aired, is that one of the supporters of this show actually said that Sherwood Forest isn't real just because it's most known for being the setting of the Robin Hood legend. The guy probably has internet, he doesn't need to spend time looking at a map, yet he couldn't be bothered to look it up.
How on earth can people be this ignorant and brainless? I hope they get called out, because…man. Guess the people living near that area don’t exist now!
Even if Sherwood Forest were fictional, that is still such a nonpoint in whatever argument they thought they were making. It'd be like saying "New York City can't be real; Daredevil, Punisher, John Wick, and Spider-Man live there so obviously it's fake by virtue of being featured in a work of fiction." I really want to pick the brains of people like this. I'd probably fry my own neurons as a result, though.
@@viscountrainbows2857 IIRC, it started when someone said that, as a resident in Sherwood (probably meant the district in Nottingham City, rather than the Forest itself), he takes offense to this show for butchering his country's folklore, especially since it's set in his specific county. So the "Sherwood Forest isn't real" guy clapped back as a means to invalidate the other guy, while looking like an idiot in the process.
9:24 I don't know why this almost broke me, but all I know is I'm struggling not to burst out laughing at work. "Why'd you get fired?" I was laughing too hard at a JLongbone review. "Understandable."
Elementary was an American modern adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story. And at least they tried to make it feel like Sherlock Holmes as a New Yorker. At best.
I have so much damn respect for people of color who put their own reputation on the line to call out the main stream for the bs race-baiting and gas lighting… Director X (lol) is over here gas lighting us critics as racist when in reality he just can’t accept his show is maybe garbage? Thank you for all you do ❤
"You were in the military? Why are you acting all twitchy?" Well, if he's seen a) how military marriages and relationships often end, and b) been forced to watch lectures about how to talk to women and minorities... Also, I think the Sheriff's actor is legitimately doing a good job of being sinister, overbearing, and cold. Especially with the material she's been given.
That scene from the bad version of Old Boy (9:29) always bothered me. It's just ridiculous to the point of unbelievability. Now don't get me wrong, I'm under no impression that high schoolers would be charitable and supportive of a girl in an elicit love affair with her dad, but I find it much more believable that they'd be huddled away from her whispering things like, "ew, I can't believe she screws her dad" instead of following her around chanting "whore." that sounds more like what they'd do to the girl who blew six football players at the party last weekend. Of course, in this context, that scene is perfect. This trashfire show makes that movie look like Schindler's List by comparison.
to be honest (and I talk by experience) high schoolers are absolutely cruel when they bully someone, even if it is someone who comes from a bad experience that they hardly move on from
Also love how the cop can't be a guy doing his job, Has to be a violent prick that starts swinging as hard as he can when he was blinded, Honestly shocked they didn't have him open fire
As a Canadian myself, I am so ashamed that we have THIS shit airing on Global. We deserve better. If you want a better Robin Hood adaptation, just watch the Disney one.
Couldn't the police just call a swat team to deal with the egg throwers? I like to imagine the cops know they'd be deemed racist if they went in to arrest the black people assaulting them.
16:56 For a second I thought it was mural dedicated to Saint Floyd. The amount of stereotypes in this show is unbelievable, and it's not even a CW show.
Holy shit that fucking edited caption at the Star of David necklace joke had me dying, and I’m so glad your channel is growing, I remember when I subbed years ago thinking you should have so many more subs cause your editing is on point and your humor is one of a kind
When you're dressed so badly that it embarrasses people you know, to the point that they won't acknowledge you on the street: "Actually, it disrupts facial recognition."
He lied at the start when he claimed all the blk actors just happened to be the best to show up, he straight ripped off the famous given explanation as to why the blk guy was chosen for the first of Romero's 'of the living dead' movies.
Oh my god J, I love you. This is hilarious. “Cinnamon flavored Felicia.”😂🤣😂 Robyn’s acting is the worst. This whole show is beyond cringe I think “director” x.. Julien should stick to music videos.🤣😂
This has the making of a good funny blaxploitation project but it takes itself so seriously that it is ironically funny. Also for the projects those apartments look great
