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Man boycotts Mad Max Fury Road for being "feminist."

InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
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cnn.com/2015/05/15/entertainment/mad-max-fury-road-boycott-mens-rights-thr-feat/index.html

Macho Insecurity by Dead Kennedys describes this pendejo to a T. He hasn't even see the goddamn movie yet.

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    Like shooting fish in a barrel, critiquing this guy's opinion. Where would you even start? Maybe with the quote about "American culture" (with respect to an Australian series). Maybe the quote about "logic", from a guy who hasn't yet seen the movie he's criticizing.

    If you don't want to go see the movie, go right ahead.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,154
    Why is CNN reporting on this? Are they going to start writing articles about the crazy old man down the street that barks at the moon as well?

    I can't wait to see this film.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
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  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    Jason P said:

    Why is CNN reporting on this? Are they going to start writing articles about the crazy old man down the street that barks at the moon as well?

    I can't wait to see this film.

    Especially with that 98 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Holy sheit, I didn't see that coming!
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,154
    InHiding80 said:

    Jason P said:

    Why is CNN reporting on this? Are they going to start writing articles about the crazy old man down the street that barks at the moon as well?

    I can't wait to see this film.

    Especially with that 98 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Holy sheit, I didn't see that coming!
    I think I've watched the trailer 20 times. It appears the studio decided to give a crazy person $150 million dollars and said, "Have at it", and he knocked it out the park.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    Wow... Just wow.. So according to that guy writing the blog his mother is an unworthy speck.. With no rights? Don't get me wrong.. I'm all for women's rights.. But to be fair.. No
    Matter how much a woman tries.. She will never be a man.. Or his equal in many things. I agree women should get paid the same as me. If they are doing the same job.. But strength, and logic.. No.. Sorry ladies.. But very rarely are we EVER as logical as a man in an analytical sense. It's just a physiological fact.. Men are designed differently, both physiologically and physically.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,004
    He's upset that the movie might make women appear to be equal to men. Okay buddy. Men's rights activist?? He simply hates women. I wonder if he realizes he is the exact same as the radical feminists who hate men, who i'm sure he despises. :loser:
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  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Yea, who needs to hear Charlize Theron talk so much?
  • whispering handswhispering hands Under your skin Posts: 13,527
    PJ_Soul said:

    He's upset that the movie might make women appear to be equal to men. Okay buddy. Men's rights activist?? He simply hates women. I wonder if he realizes he is the exact same as the radical feminists who hate men, who i'm sure he despises. :loser:

    I was thinking this too.. And the Nen's right things had me in stitches laughing!!
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,380
    Next thing you know we'll have other people like Clarey making claims about how this Mad Max movie is an allegory within an allegory stating that the Mad Max series is apocalyptic and that feminism is a major driving force of the apocalypse...

    ...on the other hand, guys like that probably don't know what an allegory is in the first place so, OK, strike that theory, haha.

    "pendejo", InHiding, good word, haha!
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,845
    whispering hands said:

    Wow... Just wow.. So according to that guy writing the blog his mother is an unworthy speck.. With no rights? Don't get me wrong.. I'm all for women's rights.. But to be fair.. No
    Matter how much a woman tries.. She will never be a man.. Or his equal in many things. I agree women should get paid the same as me. If they are doing the same job.. But strength, and logic.. No.. Sorry ladies.. But very rarely are we EVER as logical as a man in an analytical sense. It's just a physiological fact.. Men are designed differently, both physiologically and physically.

    Yes, men and women are different physiologically and physically. How sad for men that their brains will never be as well adapted for analytic thought as women's brains.

    "The results, which apply to the population as a whole and not individuals, suggest that male brains may be optimized for motor skills, and female brains may be optimized for combining analytical and intuitive thinking."

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-mens-brains-are-wired-differently-than-women/

    That was the difference you meant, wasn't it??
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,154
    The movie is amazing.
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    brianlux said:

    Next thing you know we'll have other people like Clarey making claims about how this Mad Max movie is an allegory within an allegory stating that the Mad Max series is apocalyptic and that feminism is a major driving force of the apocalypse...

    ...on the other hand, guys like that probably don't know what an allegory is in the first place so, OK, strike that theory, haha.

    "pendejo", InHiding, good word, haha!

    My last name is Mexican so I know that word from my old man whenever he got angry.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,380
    InHiding80 said:

    brianlux said:

    Next thing you know we'll have other people like Clarey making claims about how this Mad Max movie is an allegory within an allegory stating that the Mad Max series is apocalyptic and that feminism is a major driving force of the apocalypse...

    ...on the other hand, guys like that probably don't know what an allegory is in the first place so, OK, strike that theory, haha.

    "pendejo", InHiding, good word, haha!

    My last name is Mexican so I know that word from my old man whenever he got angry.
    Look out, muchacho!

    I worked in the south bay area for a number of years and heard "Cabron!" quite a few times with a few "chinga tu madres!" thrown in. My step daughter just spent a few months down in Lima. She could probably teach me a few more by now, haha! Español is such a colorful language!

    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    brianlux said:

    InHiding80 said:

    brianlux said:

    Next thing you know we'll have other people like Clarey making claims about how this Mad Max movie is an allegory within an allegory stating that the Mad Max series is apocalyptic and that feminism is a major driving force of the apocalypse...

    ...on the other hand, guys like that probably don't know what an allegory is in the first place so, OK, strike that theory, haha.

    "pendejo", InHiding, good word, haha!

    My last name is Mexican so I know that word from my old man whenever he got angry.
    Look out, muchacho!

    I worked in the south bay area for a number of years and heard "Cabron!" quite a few times with a few "chinga tu madres!" thrown in. My step daughter just spent a few months down in Lima. She could probably teach me a few more by now, haha! Español is such a colorful language!

    I actually didn't know about Cabron until that RHCP song.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,380
    I didn't know Chili's did such a song so just checked it out. Whoa, cool! Like it a lot- thanks!
    "Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!"
    -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"

    "Try to not spook the horse."
    -Neil Young













  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    brianlux said:

    I didn't know Chili's did such a song so just checked it out. Whoa, cool! Like it a lot- thanks!

    It's on By The Way which is my favorite of the WB era.

    BTW, just saw the movie today and it's awesome. Nice to see an action movie with character and story development instead of just action for action's sake.
  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    I saw it this week as well.I thought it was a great,fast paced action flick.
  • ldent42ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    edited June 2015
    I tried reading the linked article but I skimmed after the phrase 'feminist propaganda' and quit after 'real women'.

    If this film is the example of feminism that MRAs are going to use to make a lot of noise about then Bra-fucking-vo. Couldn't have picked a better example. (No sarcasm. Dead serious.) I watched it the weekend it came out and I couldn't understand 99.9% of the dialogue. I was only vaguely aware of the film getting called 'feminist' as an insult, so when I watched it I was just watching an action movie, not really looking at it through a critical feminist lens. I will though, when it comes out on dvd and I can watch it with subtitles. In the meantime what I can remember from the film's 'feminist propaganda':
    Ladyperson drives big train car. Super important job.
    Multiple ladypersons are sex slave baby factories for the king tyrant of this town/country/community.
    Ladyperson uses her super important job to rescue the sex slaves. All of them prove to be not entirely useless in conflict/combat.
    Manperson joins up with them as the better alternative to his previous position 'blood bag' - so they work together.
    Manpersons are the leaders of the tyrannical communities in the film.
    Film's titular role goes to a manperson.

    Oh yes please do get upset about this one, so perhaps just maybe it will open the opportunity to clarify exactly what feminism is to those who otherwise wouldn't have noticed or cared, and just assumed the definition shoved in their faces from those who get upset about things like women talking was in fact accurate.

    /end_rant
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  • InHiding80InHiding80 Upland,CA Posts: 7,623
    ldent42 said:

    I tried reading the linked article but I skimmed after the phrase 'feminist propaganda' and quit after 'real women'.

    If this film is the example of feminism that MRAs are going to use to make a lot of noise about then Bra-fucking-vo. Couldn't have picked a better example. (No sarcasm. Dead serious.) I watched it the weekend it came out and I couldn't understand 99.9% of the dialogue. I was only vaguely aware of the film getting called 'feminist' as an insult, so when I watched it I was just watching an action movie, not really looking at it through a critical feminist lens. I will though, when it comes out on dvd and I can watch it with subtitles. In the meantime what I can remember from the film's 'feminist propaganda':
    Ladyperson drives big train car. Super important job.
    Multiple ladypersons are sex slave baby factories for the king tyrant of this town/country/community.
    Ladyperson uses her super important job to rescue the sex slaves. All of them prove to be less than useless in conflict/combat.
    Manperson joins up with them as the better alternative to his previous position 'blood bag' - so they work together.
    Manpersons are the leaders of the tyrannical communities in the film.
    Film's titular role goes to a manperson.

    Oh yes please do get upset about this one, so perhaps just maybe it will open the opportunity to clarify exactly what feminism is to those who otherwise wouldn't have noticed or cared, and just assumed the definition shoved in their faces from those who get upset about things like women talking was in fact accurate.

    /end_rant

    There was dialogue in the movie? *half joking*
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