Robyn Hood

[Andrew NDB]

With a race-swapped, gender-swapped Robin Hood.

https://cosmicbook.news/first-look-at-woke-female-poc-robyn-hood-takes-on-rich-blond-white-dude?fbclid=IwAR0Hab8e_S5ujLe36z7_qxjhA9SVvo57NgtT pPkuu7Fw6erJBjVWA9WtCnI

https://insidethemagic.net/2023/08/disneys-robin-hood-gets-woke-remake-but-not-by-disney-zg1/

"Robyn Hood follows Robyn Loxley, a young woman whose masked hip-hop band, The Hood, is known for their inventive videos and anti-authoritarian message. She lives in Sherwood Towers, a community of rental high-rises in a working-class corner of New Nottingham, where the cost of living has skyrocketed, leaving an ever-widening gap between the rich and everyone else. When Robyn finds herself fighting for her home and her family against local property developer John Prince and The Sheriff of New Nottingham, Robyn and her band The Hood decide to fight back, righting the wrongs of the corrupt elite to give back to the people."

[Sabacooza]

Sounds atrocious. An instant flop.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Another ginger character blackwashed:

https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/874/2b9/c3d4f1ef4bf2601ef6c1e5908fba99277c-robin-hood.2x.rsquare.w330.jpg

And genderswapped on top of that. They must be feeling pretty good about themselves right now

[IMJ]

Release it! Release it! :lol::lol:8)
Lose MORE money, please! Release it!

[Autbot_Benz]

Funny thing is its not Disney releasing this

[IMJ]

Funny thing is its not Disney releasing this

Every studio had to give woke $#!( a shot! It's only fair for everyone!

[KROW]

From what I've read, it's only unique in its setting which is clearly part of the screenwriter's agenda. Dude wants to send a message and that just leaves a bad taste in people's mouths.

This would be slightly more interesting if they fought with their music -- like literal music notes shot out and did damage. Or if it was given a Scott Pilgrim feel to it; fun, kooky, and not so serious.

[ZariusTwo]

Sounds like something you'd read about in 20000 AD

[Andrew NDB]

From what I've read, it's only unique in its setting which is clearly part of the screenwriter's agenda. Dude wants to send a message and that just leaves a bad taste in people's mouths.

This would be slightly more interesting if they fought with their music -- like literal music notes shot out and did damage. Or if it was given a Scott Pilgrim feel to it; fun, kooky, and not so serious.

Heavily stylized. Masking any overt agenda, sure. That might work. Though maybe without the co-opting an IP part.

It's increasingly funny that they're showing their whole hand here. JUST CREATE NEW STUFF! Why is it such a prerequisite that new stuff needs to co-opt something existing? We all know the answer... because they're afraid it will fail on its own. But stop! They're literally almost out of IPs to do this experiment with, and then what?

[neatoman]

I've said this before but I don't really care when this is done with Public Domain characters. It's one thing when the CW decided to make a Batwoman show that took a dump on the Batman lore every chance it got, just for the purpose of propping up Kate Kane. But when anyone can use the Robin Hood mythos, who really cares? At least 24 movies and TV shows have been based on Robin Hood in my lifetime alone, and that's just what Wikipedia considers noteworthy enough to mention.

Hell, Disney themselves did Girl Robin Hood over 20 years ago!
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Yeah, I get that this show could still suck ass but it's not like... Hold up... Corus Entertainment (literally the first time I've read about them) have the exclusive rights to make Robin Hood material. There's probably some other Robin Hood show going on right now under a different production company somewhere in the world.

[Cowabung-Gal]

Hell, Disney themselves did Girl Robin Hood over 20 years ago

That’s not a genderbent Robin Hood, though. That’s his daughter.

[Bahamut810]

I might give it a chance if they at least tried to keep the theme the same, and not have it be such an *obvious* stupid woke production.

The original Robin Hood "robbed from the rich to give to the poor" in what amounted to over taxation and government corruption. This one is going to fight business owners in a place she can just leave.