Film Review - Robin Hood (1973)

Oo-De-Lally

Walt Disney Productions sort of fell into disarray after the death of its namesake founder, with the studio's Robin Hood being their first animated feature following his demise. Walt's interest in adapting the tale went back to his interest in the tale of Reynard the Fox after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with the idea coming to full fruition albeit with an all-anthropomorphic animal cast when the film released in 1973.

The minister Alan-a-Dale, depicted as a rooster and voiced by musician Roger Miller, narrates the story, with the opening credits being notable, using the theme "Whistle Stop," which would inspire the "Hamster Dance" that would become an early internet meme. He performed the subsequent track, "Oo-De-Lally" that introduces Robin Hood, depicted as a fox and voiced by English actor Brian Bedford, and Little John, voiced by Disney regular Phil Harris, who coincidentally had previously voiced another bear, Baloo in The Jungle Book.

Read my lips

The film pretty much follows the standard "rob from the rich, give to the poor" story of Robin Hood, although it can be interpreted either way ideologically since the "rich" are government officials and the "poor" are taxpaying citizens. Prince John, depicted as a lion, is sitting in his brother King Richard's throne as he fights in the Crusades, his henchman the Sheriff of Nottingham depicted as an obese wolf and having a hillbilly southern accent.

Robin Hood is overall one of Disney's underrated classics, with the mix of American and English voice actors being a nice touch and preventing the dialogue from feeling too stuffy if the studio had hired performers solely from Britain. The animation is good as well, even if the studio recycled from previous films like Snow White--which is really visible during "The Phony King of England--The Aristocats, and The Jungle Book. It's also blatant the film was made in the 1970s, with some other oddities like vixen Maid Marian having lion relatives, but otherwise, it's a fun movie worth seeing.

The Good

• Good anthropomorphic cast and interpretation of tale of Robin Hood


• Nice mix of American and English performers


• Some catchy music

The Bad

• Obviously made in the 1970s


• Reused animation from previous Disney films


• A few minor oddities

The Bottom Line
One of Disney's underrated classics.

Pride Month Stuff

Pride Month is coming, but I don't really feel the need to be visible about my sexuality since I believe what happens in the bedroom is none of the government's business, and I can understand making it Military Appreciation Month instead. Being autistic affects me far more than anything else, so that pretty much fronts my identity.

Old but good Cracked article. I can attest to 5, 3, 2, and 1 from personal experience. I was straight before I became legal, but the furry fandom really changed things for me. To be honest though, I probably lean more gynosexual.

Another good article in National Review about trans groups exploiting autistics (sorry, grimmrow), and I know in the furry fandom there are a lot of autistics that have become trans, and the fandom itself pretty much exploited me as an autistic, which in part made me hate most of my own people.

I know biological males in women's sports is a biggie for many, but here's a UN report from last year that says that biological women are vulnerable to injury as a result ("A. Physical Violence") and that they lost hundreds of medals to biological men ("C. Opportunity for fair and safe competition"). And this website. I know "correlation doesn't imply causation" but I think here it does. I think they should either get better in their own league or form a new one. I don't get why the American Left wants to make dumb shit like this a hill to die on. Definitely a manufactured crisis just as the eugenics movement was.

Here's some related meme stuff I did:




I know in some countries like The Netherlands the second is true. Demographics never make one superior to anyone else, and I don't think the general population should have to conform to the standards and values of minority groups.

I know it's all about "tolerance," but it seems that those that advocate this seem to be the most intolerant, and labeling others they disagree with as "fascists" really exemplifies that. I know they don't like "straight pride" since they believe, "They're about us and them and we're about unity!"

What? Gay activists seem to be all about "us and them." I know the State Department just uses LGB now, but apparently activists seem to think that's bigoted as well.

I'm autistic, but I'm really not proud of myself about anything since that goes against my faith and is pretty much a deadly sin. Be it for nationality or sexuality, pride still goeth before the fall.