Was Season 4 Of The Boondocks Better Than You Remember? A Chill Retrospective
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- So, we've finally reached the end of the Boondocks retrospective series. Bitter sweet ending that matches the bitter sweet ending of the Boondocks. I Hope you enjoyed the series as much as I enjoyed making the videos.
Let me know your opinions of Season 4 in the comments below.
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bro really did a whole ass heartfelt speech with nothin but ass cheeks on screen 💀💀💀
😂😂😂 it's all about the dichotomy my g
@@chillreview636 i think you did great. subscribed
I read this comment thinking "ha, what an unfortunate bit of b-roll for the closing moments" until I actually see the end and it's an intentional animation loop 💀
Greetings my friends from beyond and within the grave. In the short time in which we inhabit this world, It would be my honor to offer you a new life with Christ. Let today be the day you begin✝️
The 2020s have given us a lot of material for the boondocks, an entire season can be just from modern hip-hop
The problem with season 4, imo, was that it was more about "lets put these characters in funny situations" and not about the social commentary, which is what made boondocks great. Like the breaking bad episode and the siri episode.
Meanwhile earlier seasons had episodes like the prison episode that went over the exploitative prison system and how male sexual assault is downplayed
Very good point
I always thought that season 4 was jumping the shark a bit. It felt like bullet points that needed to be filled.
Tom episode ✔️
Stinkmeaner episode ✔️
Robbert dating episode ✔️
Ed wuncler episode ✔️
Uncle ruckus episode ✔️
The only thing missing is a thugnificent episode
Bullet point Boondocks is a great way to describe season 4
Ed & Rummy appearances ✔
Why though ... why did we get a full monologue over Kim Kardashians butt 😂
Because season 4 is..... ass 😂
Makes sense your free to go
Sometimes it's better to quit when you're ahead, but i don't think Fandom is capable of taking that into account in the moment. There's so many shows that people beg to have a continue just hoping to get more of what they like, woth no consideration for the creative process. It is what it is. I think its the responsibility of creatore and production companies to exert better judgement when it comes to when a show should end.
So true, but I can't blame either side at the end of the day. Fans want to be entertained, and the creators and businesses who produce the entertainment want more money. At some point, something has to give, and the art inevitably suffers. All the more reason to respect and appreciate artists who know when enough is enough and are able to end their stories gracefully and on their own terms. Thanks for watching and thanks for the great comment
@@chillreview636 bro I aint even watch this yet but y'all are doing too much- Aaron mcgruder wasnt involved with season 4- its that simple, quitting while ahead has nothing to do with it
@@Hidalgoes yeah, if you actually watched the video first you'd know he mentions exactly that..
@@ocdemon8999 ok- I was confused because both of these comments seemed to exist in a parallel reality where this wasn’t a factor. “The creator should exert better judgement when it comes to when a show should end” he wasn’t involved and it wasn’t his decision to make even if he was
@@Hidalgoes Gently, maybe watch before commenting so that you have proper context?
That badass retrospective outro over Homegirl twerking is crazy
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Season 4 is the filler arc that you turn your mind off for because it won’t be funny wether or not you pay attention. (Also amazing to see you have nearly 5k subs now, you deserve the success!)
Thanks brotha! Can't believe it myself. Thanks for being here since the early days. (Beserk is 🔥 btw. Can't thank you enough for getting me to actually watch it)
@@chillreview636 no problem! One more berserk fan is one more person to join the national Griffith hate association!
Season 4 didn't need a Stinkmeaner episode. Writers need to learn to let an idea end. Speaking of endings, thanks for finishing with a line that reminded me of my favorite Pet Sematary/South Park character.
Ayyyyy!!!!! Glad somebody got the SP reference 😂😂
Dude, this appeared on my recommend right after watching your retrospectives on seasons 2 and 3 just earlier. Great timing!
If you ever wanna feel old, season 4 released in my early teenage years, and now I’m a Sophomore in college😂 The cycle of life continues.
I was 18 then. Now I'm 3 weeks away from being 28 🤣😭
When season 4 of the boondocks air I was 6 years old back than
this comment made me feel young
You would've been 11 that aint teenage hood
Yup... definitely feel old now 😂😂
Your channel is critically underrated. I found your channel through the first episode about season 1 and for someone who has less than 5k subs these videos are incredibly high quality. Your voice and editing is fantastic. The messages you convey by talking about this show is heart warming because my best friend Airus who’s black introduced me to this show and I loved it. A big part of our friendship and inside jokes is based off of this show and to see someone who appreciated the show as much as we did, make an entire series about how great the show was aside from season 4 made me very happy. I hope you keep making videos and pursuing these projects.
Thank you for this comment. Whether I have 5K subs or 5 mil subs, my favorite part about making these videos will always be hearing from people like you who share my love for the shows I discuss. And s/o to your friend Airus. I had a friend like that coming up who was a big Boondocks fan as well. Definitely bonded heavy over this show
7:27 funny stuff
@@chillreview63610:19 funny
@@chillreview63611:17 kinda funny but grandpa's behavior was not cool
@@chillreview63613:03 good stuff
Sorry for this long comment but I just wanna say a few things
1- your retrospective videos on the Boondocks have been really enjoyable. Since it does feel like people only talked about it for the comedy and on a surface level and only now started talking about the deeper meaning. And it's clear you enjoy both aspect and have a lot of passion for the series
2- I agree with you that the Boondocks was a products of it's time and if we would've gotten a reboot or sequel it probably won't even be on the same quality as the original show. But sometimes I wish we gotten more shows just like it.
3- More animated tv series(adult or not) where it follows a black family and have social commentary about black culture( the good and bad), how society gave us a shitty hand and so on. Like I know people harp on shows and movies for being "too woke" 🤓 (which is a dissuasion for another day) which they aren't they are just poorly written. But it would been nice to have some tv shows just like the boondocks while still having an identity of its own.
4- And lastly keep on being amazing and awesome, I can't wait to see what're cooking next. 🎉
No need to apologize. I love reading long, thought out comments like these.
I 100% agree that we need more shows like the Boondocks that depict Black families, dealing the trials and tribulations that come with being black. The problem is that can be a very nuanced and difficult topic, and it takes writers like the early seasons of the Boondocks had to eloquently illustrate those concepts
The closest thing to the Boondocks I've seen since it ended was Donald Glover's live action series Atlanta. Shows like that and the Boondocks only seem to come a few times a generation unfortunately. But I'm sure we'll see more great black art in the near future
Thanks again for the comment. And thanks for the support on these videos
@@chillreview636 Yes! Please talk about Atlanta! Oh my god, what a fucking trip that show was! I binge - watched it a few months back and fuck me, mind = blown. It reminded me of when I was in my twenties up in too much bullshit. Couldn't trust people sometimes because of who I was fucking with, couldn't trust myself cuz I didn't know better yet, not a boy but not yet a man, coming into my own without a lot of guidance ... it really spoke to me and touched on the black experience in a way I hadn't seen before. I would hang with Darius any day of the week!
Thank you so much for making all these season recap videos. And a huge thank you for watching season 4 for all of us so we didn’t have to 😭
Lmaoooo thanks for watching the series ✊🏾
I watched it bro, it’s terrible, I don’t acknowledge it exists. The same thing that happened with SpongeBob happened to the boondocks, once the creative force behind it left, the show suffered.
Season four of the boondocks was terrible, I don’t acknowledge it. Once Aaron left, you could really tell that to show dipped in quality.
Honestly i like to think that Season 3 was the offical ending of the Boondocks and Season 4 was the epilogue of the series, a sort of what they're doing now type of season with Huey giving up being a freedom fighter
Riley being a real nigga as always
Grandad still trying to capture his youth and getting with the times and finally
Tom gaining his confidence and becoming his own man
I wish I could see it like that lol
@@chillreview636 season 4 is still trash or at the very least decent side from 2 episodes
@@shelxvesdreNO WAY OUT OF THAT SATAN SYSTEM "ZOMBIE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@chillreview636NO WAY OUT OF THAT SATAN SYSTEM "ZOMBIE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The conclusion to this video was dope beautifully said.
You ended your video on the perfect message & the perfect summation of why all art is ephemeral: it speaks to a moment in time that can’t be recaptured, no matter how many Hollywood execs want to cash in on it. Great work on this retrospective series!
Thank you 🙏
@@chillreview636NO WAY OUT OF THAT SATAN SYSTEM "ZOMBIE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@chillreview636NO WAY OUT THAT SATAN SYSTEM "ZOMBIE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree. Season 4 had some decent moments, but it’s obviously a step down in just about every way from the previous seasons, which is pretty much common knowledge at this point. Characters like Thugnificent, A Pimp Named Slickback, Ed Wuncler III, and Gin Rummy were nowhere to be found and all the main characters were shells of their former selves. The nuance wasn’t there and even a lot of Ruckus’s rants sounded half assed. It’s almost like they made this season because they were tired of people asking for it.
My thoughts exactly
I’m so used to seeing boondocks retrospectives taking the wrong message from the show and only talking about the humor, your retrospectives have been a breathe of fresh air
That's a big reason behind why I made these videos. Glad there's people out there that felt the same way. 🙏
@chillreviews i watched your whole series retrospective and i wanted to ask if you’d ever consider doing something similar for the black dynamite show? Or Black Jesus? I feel like your take on the series at the level of compassion you have for the boondocks would be amazing!! Awesome video and thank you for this whole series!!
Thank you for following the series! That means a lot. And I've had a handful of people recommend me to do similar thoe of videos about Black Dynamite and Black Jesus. I could definitely see myself making at least 1 video on both in the future
Loved this whole retrospective series man, the whole speech at the end hit hard, really hope you do well in anything you try! Looking forward to more videos on whatever u decide to make them on, keep it up
Thank you!! More videos are definitely coming 🙏
Dude, fuckin amazing video. But I think something to note is how this entire season is themed around “exploitation”. The exploitation of the lower class, the exploitation of women, the exploitation of marginalized/minority groups as a whole. The plot of the Freeman family being extremely poor could’ve been done well. Like you pointed out; Ruckus succeeding while the Freeman Family is suffering made me think of your analysis of Passion of the reverend Ruckus. I think an entire season where the Freeman family slowly prevail ending with Freedom land would’ve been pretty nice.
Edit: but I’m glad we got what we got. Season 1 is my favorite season for this reason anyway. It might just be me, but there are some parts of season 4 where you can just SEE the passion leaking through but being clogged by nonsense. But I digress.
Amazing video series man. Peace and love. 🫶✌️
Very good points about the theme of exploitation. I didn't really focus on it in the video, but it was definitely there. And I agree that there are moments and aspects of season 4 where you can see some of the classic Boondocks genius, but there's just soooooo much trash in between those moments. Definitely had potential to be great, if the right people were writing it
That's the whole point. Everything should come to good. But the Season 4 was bad....
Enjoyed every minute of this video. Boondocks szn 1-3 will forever be goated
Amen bro 🙏🏾
You have a great narration voice… Very calming, yet commanding. I appreciate these Boondocks vids! 🤝🏾😁
SN: Season 4 is the ONLY season I haven’t watched repeatedly. I honestly didn’t remember most of the episodes. 😩
I remember when season 4 was promoted all over worldstar hiphop. I was still in school at the time and we were promised 20 episodes. I was so disappointed with just 10. Like you said it wasn't all bad but it wasn't the same boondocks
I think about The Good Place, how there was such universal acclaim and praise. How they could’ve done what so many series did before and extend it for multiple seasons, but the creator said no. They knew what they had, they knew the story they wanted to tell, and rather than be blinded by fame and money, they stayed true to their vision and ended it on their terms.
I love The Boondocks. I got A Right to Be Hostile when I was 11 and it hit in a way that nothing else had up to that point. I’ve got the first three seasons on dvd. I don’t know if I want another season, because as you said, maybe it was meant for that time period. Maybe a reboot would only further dilute the message. I don’t want that risk.
Didn't know that about the good place. Only watched the fist few episodes and thought it was it was pretty good. I always love it when I creator can end their show on their terms.
Andy yeah, looking at pretty much every other reboot to come out over the last decade or so, I don't have much faith that Boondocks reboot will even come close to the impact the original had. And that's okay!! We always have the original. We should be pushing for new art to inspire us in new and amazing ways not reaching back to the past for the same inspiration.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the great comment homie!
I’m super late cause UA-cam sucks at notifying people of new uploads but just wanted to say I’ve appreciated this series retrospective a lot.
I watched The Boondocks long after it ended (in 2018 I think?) and couldn’t quite articulate why, but also felt that season 4 was just meh. Personally my favourite is season 2 and I totally agree with your ending sentiment that the show should just be allowed to end.
My favourite sitcom is Seinfeld and a large reason it has the legacy it does is because it ended without being dragged out. Maintaining a legacy is more important than constant revenue. Great reviews man 👏
Better late than never my man. Happy to hear you liked the series.
Season 2 is definitely the funniest in my opinion.
And yeah, it would have been great if the show could have ended like Seinfeld. I wish more shows could go out on the creator's own terms like that, but at least we got 3 great seasons before season 4
Best UA-cam series ever! Thank you for your service
High praise!! Thank you 🙏
I was a middle class white kid and we’re probably the same age, I’m 32 now and I also didn’t know s4 backstory but felt something was wrong immediately also. I’ve gone thru the show so many times in my life and lately it really hit me the hardest to the point that I went on line looking for documentary’s and videos like these. I love ur take on the show as a whole. This show is so wonderful and as much as i wish it wasn’t over I hope they never make a remake because the 3 first seasons are special.
Edit: I liked ur pet cemetery sign off lol
Hahaha much love homie. It's cool to hear stories about how other people connected with the show. And s/o to you for catching the pet cemetery reference 😂
Such a great video as always. Been watching your channel since the season 2 review, watched season 1, then 3 and now this. Love it man!
Thanks for watching all the Boondocks vids! Glad you enjoyed em ✊🏾
We ALL remember the breaking bad parody episode. Its obvious that Mcgruder or some og writer had a script for that episode they found laying around. The breaking bad stuff was definetely what the S4 team provided😂
Hey man I really appreciate you breaking down my favorite show of all time and making me rewatching and really enjoying it also Ik this might be your last video on the boondocks but I think it would be a really dope idea of you trying to fix the show .
With John Witherspoon passing and so many new and interesting topics/ stories of 2023 how would you write the show like you have 10 episodes to pull it off what would you come up with. Keep of the great work I’ll definitely keep my eye on this channel ( Happy New Year brother
Thanks homie! Happy to hear these videos got you back into the show. And I hadn't thought of how I would write a Boondocks season, but I am now.... 😏
Thanks for the boondocks reviews for the past months no one goes on this level of detail in any other boondocks review and I thought of something like thugnificent story from rags the Bs to Bs to rags or Huey and Jasmine duo arc that disappeared but overall thanks for all these reviews
Thank you for watching! Glad you liked the retrospective series
Damn glad u did this video but I wish they was all as Long as the og video but the seasons honestly aren't that big conversation starters as much as season 1still very glad I watched and followed u my brother ✊🏾🙏🏾
Thank you bro! Honestly, this was only ever supposed to be a 1 part video essay about Season 1, but I'm happy you all pushed for me to make more Boondocks videos and finish out the whole series. Going back and really analyzing each season gave me a greater appreciation for the show as a whole... season 4 still trash tho 😂😂
Damn dude that ending smacked me in the mouth. Great video and analysis, absolutely subscribed!
Thank you 🙏
Appreciate you for this, fam. I've been rewatching the Boondocks in prep for a long-style video essay like this and it's always great seeing others take on it too. I feel it too and I hated the New Black so much and like you said, part of what makes it so frustrating is that it's also the end of the series.
I guess for me too, since I'm Black, queer and disabled, this show was a huge part of my upbringing and I loved it, but it was also disappointing seeing the same production team making these groundbreaking, insightful, and moving stories also make the conscious and continual refusal to grow when it comes to their depiction of things that don't affect them. The New Black is rushed, but a lot of those issues kind of creeped up in seasons 3 and 2 as well and it's sad for me that something that came out during a very rough time in my life didn't have that same growth.
Thanks for watching! I'm happy to see you and a lot of people really resonating with the Boondocks videos.
And it might be depressing that the Boondocks devolved as you evolved. But that's the nature of entertainment unfortunately. Like I said in the video nothing is meant to last forever and most things can't be good forever. At least we got the amazing first 2-3 seasons
I wish Aaron and the others would come together and tie all the plot loose ends together in a film or one last season… there have been so many controversial topics that have transpired relating to the black community since the Boondocks ended that they could touch on…
Yeah that could be dope, but I don't want them to run the risk of messing it up and ruining the show's legacy even more
Season 4 had 2 really good episodes
2/10 is a crazy bad ratio lol
@@chillreview636 it is. Freedom ride or die probably one of the best in the series tho
Just going off the title Yes, Those episode have aged so well. Yet when the season aired it was a very bitter pill
I disagree, but it's cool to see that somebody actually likes Season 4 lol
@@chillreview636 it not that i like them just in the context on time past their better than when the first aired all things considered. I would much rather have had Aaron playing young grandad
One series I can think of that came back twice as was better than ever is beavis and butthead. Each season got better in fact, and they didn't miss a beat between seasons 7 and 8 or 8 and 9. But I agree, it is rare. Though perhaps easier with cartoons than with live action. But with so much of the cast of the boondocks having passed, I don't know how well it could really turn out. Gonna be hard to replace Witherspoon.
That's cool to know. I never got into to Beavis and Butt head for whatever reason, but I'll have go back and do my research on it someday
great series. you are amazing at what you do
Thank you kindly 🙏
22:38 it really hit different! I couldn’t agree more. Everything u said I felt that fr💯
In the Sony hacked emails some execs were talking about Aaron taking too long writing season 4 and his agent told them to take his name off of episodes he wrote or co-wrote. And I think in a John Witherspoon interview he said they were maybe halfway through recording what was written when they heard Aaron left. So it seems like there was alot of beefing going on and the failure of turning the Boondocks into a franchise.
Interesting didn't know the Sony hacks were part of the backstory
I’m in full agreement that EP. 5 is EASILY the best of ‘Boondocks, Season 4’
I think it’s understated how much ammo they would have for a season 5. I always point out that in-universe, the usage of chairs is a thing. They could redo the brawl in the south that the chair was thrown at that riverfront and really strike gold. And a thousand other viral things over the last 10 years. Huey and Riley in their high school or middle school era would make for some interesting social commentary. Similar to how Atlanta used viral moments and surreal real world news stories. I think Boondocks, with good writers, would have a excellent return.
Lmaooo very true. The first thing I thought of when that clip went viral was The Boondocks
"* sigh * so we really doing this huh" 🔥please make this a producer tag
😂😂😁 genius idea tbh
@@chillreview636 😂😂 that’s all you my boi, another great boondocks video btw🤝🏾
Thanks homie! I just peeped your J Cole vid too. You went crazy on that. Straight 🔥
@@chillreview636 ay i appreciate that brother 💪🏾💪🏾 real recognize real
Aside from VAs passing away, I think the disaster that was season 4 was a huge reason why the Boondocks reboot was canned and why Adult Swim has been so scared of doing anything Boondocks related again
Also, creators leaving their shows would typically result in jumping the shark, but even if the creator came back for a reboot, it just won’t be the same and I think corporate meddling would kill it like how they did with season 4 without him. It’ll be like what Ren and Stimpy went thru back in the 2000s, where the show came back, only for it took like Shaq on the Celtics.
I agree 100% Might even be Shaq on the Suns bad 😂
Chefs kiss send off to this amazing retro series! Cant wait for what’s next!👑
Thank you bro ✊🏾
Freedom ride or die is on my boondocks playlist.
I remember I got into the boondocks 2 years ago when I was 13, and once I got on szn4, straight from episode 1, the season fell off, and it kept getting more worse and worse until I was disappointed my favorite show ever ended on a season like this
Yeah it really is sad to see how far it fell. But hey, just do what I do and pretend season 4 is just a non canon spin off 😂😂
@@chillreview636 😂 a bootleg season
How do you feel about Carl Jones working on the Good Time animated series? Would love to hear your take on that show!
I've only seen the trailer and a few clips of it so far, but I can't say I'm excited to watch it 😅
@@chillreview636 Same. I’m baffled how Carl Jones can fall so low to work on it, too.
I didn't become a true fan until Thugnificent made his debut. That was the turning point for me very funny episode. I feel like the show really picked up after that.
That episode us one of my favorites too. Eff Grandad is LEGENDARY!
@@chillreview636 😂🤣
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Definitely agree it was hard to watching the freeman family get shit on the whole episode. Grandpa didn’t have heart in season 4 it was all “comedy” no grounded moments to make him feel like a real parent.
Yeah they really ruined his and Riley's characters in this season
For me the last ep was my fav in the whole season and I found it funny.
I disagree, but hey... to each their own.
(Also, I read your comment in Trump's voice and that made it way funnier 😂)
oh lol😂@@chillreview636
Once I heard McGruder wasn’t part of S4 back in the Day. I knew that Season was gonna be a Trainwreck.
No smart Huey, A Pure Racist Ruckus, Grandad being Dumb and Ed the 2nd came out of nowhere.
It's fucked up how this season has a total of 10 episodes instead of 15 or the fact that the reboot was halfway finished before being axed by Warner Media in favor for shows like Velma and My Adventures with Superman.
Man I had almost completely blocked that Velma show out of my memory until you had go and remind of that bullsh!t 😭😭😭
But yeah as much as I don't really need to see another Boondocks reboot, i was kind of interested to see what they would have done with it
You're the truth, appreciate these Boondocks videos
I haven't seen them since the first watch. The disappointment every week was heartbreaking.
Glad I discovered your channel! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I love all the Boondocks retrospective videos I mostly love season 3
Season 3 has aged soooooo well
Uncle Ruckas movie would kill it today...😂😂😂
Dude I enjoy your videos 👍🏽 any chance of doing a few videos on Atlanta and HBOs Insecure? Maybe even Eric Andre’s show ok Adult Swim too?
Thanks homie! And yeah Definitely been thinking of branching out to some shows like those.
I was clapping it up at the Kardashian episode hate rant lol 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The least funny, trashest episode of The Boondocks in my book. Watched it again a year or two back and I don't think I laughed once.
These retrospectives have been great, man. I was one of the ones who use to hold out hope for some sort of Boondocks return, something to let it end on a better note than season 4. But you're right, everything has its time. And season 4 doesn't stop us from appreciating the 3 great seasons that came before it.
Hahahaha I needed to get that sh!t off my chest! But I appreciate you rocking with the retrospectives my man.
Huey is my favorite character!
Imagine ace hood casually watching this video only to catch a stray for no reason 🤣🤣
Hahahahahaha. Every time I see this video, that's my first thought
I had this discussion with some friends about, if they were to do a continuation of the Boondocks, have Ruckus take care of Hury and Riley and slowly try to bond with them after Granddad passes away.
Interesting idea. I just can't picture Ruckus giving enough of a damn about Huey and Riley to do that lol
Season 4 is the best looking season animation and art style wise for me, but even in middle school I noticed the drop in writing quality. I used to sneak and watch the show as a kid, I was 9 when season 4 started, but even then I noticed this season was a lil goofier than the rest.
"I was 9 when season 4 started" just made me feel older than I ever felt on my life 😂. Crazy to hear you could tell something was off with season 4 at 9 nine years old
Honestly, I though Season 4 was okay. Not bad, but not very good either. Probably a 6/10.
I feel like the problem with this season is that the new writers didn’t have the foresight of Aaron McGruder and Rodney Barnes, and didn’t really understand what made the first 3 seasons so special. They made a lot of episodes that weren’t necessarily bad, but weren’t really in the right show, like the Siri one, and the Stinkmeaner Clone Wars specifically (Also the Kardashian one, but that one was actually bad). Many of the episodes don’t have deep messages or themes like some in the first 3 seasons, which results in many episodes that aren’t awful, but just more generic. It was decent in terms of TV overall, but it still was very far from its peak, which is why I feel so many hated this season. There were definitely some episodes that I really liked (Freedomland, Pretty Boy Flizzy, Freedom Ride or Die mainly), but it was definitely more mixed overall than good.
I’ll leave it on this note; Season 4 was definitely a case of seasonal rot, but it’s at least one of the better cases of seasonal rot I’ve seen. It’s at least generic instead of 14 awful Family Guy seasons way after its peak, or The Simpsons. I still love this show and it will always be one of my favorite cartoons of all time. Hopefully they reconsider the reboot with Aaron McGruder that they cancelled
the Iphone ep was a parody of a movie of a man who fell in love with his phone. the movie was niche and most people didn't watch it but the writers definitely saw it
Interesting. What was the movie?
@@chillreview636Her (2013)
It's the classic phrase "You can't go Home Again"
Some early drafts were written by Mcgruder he just didn’t want to receive credit you can find the copies online that say written by Aaron and Rodney
Didn't know that. Do you know which episodes specifically they were both involved in, or was it all of them?
@@chillreview636 just some and they were very early drafts it take me a while to find them but I know he left right after Carl Jones and on all the commentary Rodney Barnes has mentioned Aaron would take his scripts off and work with other writers and secret teams and the network wanted to keep Carl who was able to help him stay on schedule so I don’t think it was too long. It’s also the same reason they canceled the reboot. He cares more about the overall product then meeting 15-20 episode orders bi-yearly
The ace hood stray caught me off guard and then you were spitting in your conclusion but i couldnt stop cackling at the booty butt cheeks ??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmaoooo I felt bad for even writing that Acehood joke.... (it was funny tho 😭)
@@chillreview636 it was lol. I hate this season for all the reasons u listed and normally pretend it doesnt exist, but i knew your retrospective would be good 🙌🏾
I damn near cried how Adult Swim Fired Aaron Mcgrooder because this season was not it I like pretty boy flizzy the slavery episode and the freedom or die that was pretty dope but everything no trash and adult swim had the dumb idea to play reruns of the season 4 episodes
Great video man keep it up
Tbh the only show reboot that came back and lived up or even surpassed the hype was the adult swim samurai jack continuation
Mannnnnnnn!!! That sh!t had me locked in every week on Toonami. Definitely one of the best reboots/continuations ever made
@@chillreview636 was my first time actually tuning in to cable television in years. And it was absolutely worth it
I cope with this by telling myself that season 4 is non canon or that it was just an “experiment” lol
Lol same tbh
the only episode i remember from this season is the hair one. I always heard people say season 4 was bad, but i could never recall a episode. I took that as a bad sign...
Edit: Wait wtf!?!? freedom bus is season 4???
Hahaha crazy right? Doesn't even feel like a season 4 episode
I was one of the people that would cut Boondocks comic strips out of the paper. When Adult Swim announced they were making it into a show, I was beyond hyped and I was not dissatisfied in the slightest, until season 4.
Damn we got the same origin story my guy 😂😂
Great retrospective
I remember when the reboot was announced and I was excited because I could finally wash the taste of Season 4 our of my mouth.
But with John Witherspoon dying and Regina King going though problems, it was for the best that it got canceled. And it made me appreciate the magic of seasons 1-3.
On an unrelated note, did you ever watch Archer? That show just ended recently after 14 seasons and is a pretty great example of a show going way past its relevance and should have ended multiple seasons ago. I stopped watching since Season 7 and came back to watch its ending.
Totally agree about the John Witherspoon and Regina King point. And yeah, I actually just watched the Archer Finale with my dad last week. So crazy that it's over after all of these years
Mane season 4 came out when I was 12 years old now I’m going to be 22 on the 11th of March. I feel old lol
You only being 22 makes me feel old 😭😭. Thanks for watching homie
This is the first review I’ve seen of season 4 that’s not completely shitting on it. I agree with you. It’s not bad. It’s just not good either. Other than Pretty boy Flizzy & Freedom Ride or Die (which I’ll die on the hill of that being one of the funniest episodes of the whole show), the season stays at about a 6/10. Definitely a disappointment, but far from “completely unwatchable garbage” like most people say.
Also. Very well said at the ending. The boondocks was a product of the time. And while I do think there’s a world where it could continue (everyone comes back. Maybe get a few younger writers in the room. The find a replacement for grandad (I’ve been saying Jenifer Lewis as the long lost grandma for years. I really think she’d be dope). And they sort of turn into a more surreal Atlanta type of show), it’d be WAY too much against it. Especially if McGruder was pissed about censorship in the 2000s lol. I just enjoy it for what it was. It had its run and 3.5 good seasons is still a lot of content to watch and enjoy. That being said, it’s still funny imagining Dababy in the Boondocks universe 💀
Hahahah Jennifer Lewis as "'Grandmama" def has potential 😂😂
Post edit was fire
I remember 3 years ago my first time watching boondocks I was on s4 and I was on the last episode and when it ended I was like that’s it? And it was looking to see if there was more and when there wasn’t I was so disappointed
I think honestly the problem was.
You didnt bring on the right people.
And they didnt let it adapt to the modern world.
What makes a good revival.
Is having a certain feel, and respect for everything.
The people writing and making it, have to love the thing they are making.
Thats the most important love and care.
And little network interference.
But nowadays we got a lot of great art carrying a similar spirit, and I think thats enough.
But if they do this shit again, they gotta bring in people who really care about this.
And I think because of the lack of love, and a studio forcing this shit together we got deprived.
You explained exactly how I felt about season 4. It was mid at best and I hated the season/series finale. It was a disgrace to be consider a finale. There were some funny lines in there maybe with stinkmeaner and grandad, and there are some retcons in there that just felt off oppose to the previous three seasons. Though it's over, I still enjoy watching the first three seasons from time to time.
Man. Is there by any chance we could assist in getting a reboot of the cartoon. Season 5?
They tried that just last year. I heard they had a good amount if episodes written and recorded, but Warner Bros or some big company pulled the plug at the last minute
They should just drop the episodes for the fans… I mean they can’t just record and write this shit all in vain💔
The Siri episode felt like a parody of the Spike Jonez movie "Her"
Yeah it probably was.
boondocks season 4 to me was extremely disappointing and pretty much the worst season of the boondocks. honestly, boondocks will not make a comeback since no one, besides macgruder, can top season 3 due to the amount of edgy and offensive humor it has. it wouldn't surprise if it turns out the execs from sony found out about it and booted macgruder off the show and brought in a soulless sony exec to make season 4 to make it palatable for the normie audience.
24:00 futurama... WELCOME TO THE FUTURE🗣️📢🔥🔥🔥
7:30 - Yeah, thing about Good Times was that all the white characters were either stupid, racist, or both--except for the social worker who looked after Penny, and she was just socially awkward. And yet Esther Rolle _and_ John Amos both claimed it portrayed _blacks_ poorly. The lack of self-awareness was palpable, but I still liked to watch it because the situations were relatable, even tho they were a black family living in the projects and I was a white kid out in Podunk.
On that Ruckus being part of the elite I agree it was fun seeing ruckus being a nobody but wasn't the reboot with Aaron gonna have him become a politician as well?
I'm lowkey glad the reboot didn't happen. As much as I want new boondocks with Aarons McGruder returning, the new art style and other changes would've made me miss the original show. Hopefully one day Aaron can create another animated black show one day.
Yeah I heard he was basically gonna be like Trump, which has potential. That's pretty similar to what they did in the Reverend Ruckus episode, but that was only for 1 episode. Idk how I would feel about a whole season focusing on Ruckus being Trump
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Season 4 just wasn't good.
I actually like season 4 lil bit it’s not that bad if you see it as a reboot/spinoff
Yeah, if it was the same thing just with a different title and different characters, I definitely wouldn't hate it so much, but unfortunately... lol
cool.
I was a kid when I watched this show the first time so I didn’t realize the quality downgraded because I barely got these jokes at the time anyway. Now I see a huge difference. First 2 was great. 3rd one was cool too. Just like all adult swim shows like the simpsons,South Park and family guy they all eventually became unfunny. Its frustrating when it comes to the boondocks because I think have Sony kept Aaron and not did him dirty the show would’ve stayed pretty strong. I would like this show to pick back up. I do not want a remake since I think this animation is still great and holds up and I wouldn’t want them ruining that trying to make it too modern or artsy.
I've heard of at least 2 reboots that were planned since season 4 and both fell through for different reasons. I just don't think more Boondocks is meant to be... and that's okay
4th season had 3 good episodes but nothing as solid as anything from season 1 to 3 mainly the only reason why the kept watching was voice cast was golden even if Charlie Murphy and Samuel L Jackson wasn't back and 99% of the episodes were parodies of something else