Of course, there are some important differences between how The CW chose to promote Arrow back in Season 1 and how the Filipino network GMA is choosing to promote Alyas Robin Hood.
Dingdong Dantes isn’t shirtless even once in the trailer, and Stephen Amell was frequently shirtless in the early Arrow ads.
Only time will tell if Alyas Robin Hood will be as much a success in the Philippines as Arrow was in the U.S. Arrow returns to the small screen for Season 5 on Wednesday, October 5 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.
Is it still pretty clearly a hilarious knockoff of the early elements of Arrow?