Asterix
The Romans, after being constantly embarrassed by Asterix and his village cohorts, organize a brawl between rival Gaulish chiefs and try to fix the result by kidnapping a druid along with his much-needed magic potion.
Wokeness: 40%
Overall Score: 60%
Please Log in to Submit a Review!
Cast
User Submitted Reviews
George
Forced diversity
Black woman in ancient Europe and a smart ass girl boss
Created: 05-28-2025
NoWo
Funny Asterix remix, with retro-woke add-ons
This short series is pretty obviously a labour of love, or at least passion, from Chabat, and (most probably) friends.
It mixes elements from different Asterix stories, although I'm not versed enough in the lore to identify which, for a fast-paced, pretty comical result.
It's visually creative, adds some more modern elements (Fastanfurius the legionnaire ...), and a pretty good watch overall.
It's also very French, you probably need to dock 2 stars if you can't watch it in the original, so, there's that.
Sadly, it has the greatest blight of early 21st century wokism, namely morally and intellectually perfect female characters.
Well, supposedly, they just come off as bland, predictable, and frankly nagging, but hey, nobody ever accused your average leftist of self-awareness.
Thankfully, the pacing is brisk and well-controlled, meaning those extraneous characters have very little screen time. Silver lining.
At least Asterix and Obelix are indeed the main characters in their own show.
Also, and I have no idea whether these were imposed on the script writers, quick plugs of climate change, covid1984 being accidentally transmitted by eating bats, and such.
Ah, le sigh. Being funny requires more wit than intelligence.
Created: 06-12-2025
