The ACLU Wants the U.S. Government to Combat Sexism in Hollywood

[The Larch]

+ Cimino was a man; doesn't that end the question of which gender can be trusted with a budget?   

Largest financial flop in film history had a female lead though.

Cutthroat Island?

[merithyn]

Here you go, guys. Men up in arms about the new Mad Max movie.

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Not to get all "Reaxxiony" on you, but the geek inside of me was excited when I saw the previews and marketing material for "1886: The Order." Great period in Western Civilization history. An environment that one could get lost in. And technology (supported by Nikola Tesla) that promised those new, fun, fantastic weapons you'd need to take on an undead horde.

It flopped worse than Operation Market Garden.

Of course, this just reiterated a lesson that my hope (1886 would be a good video game) made me temporarily forget: Rarely does a game, book, or a movie live up to the hype surrounding it. And sadly the same thing can be said for "Mad Max: Fury Road."

If you were like me, the explosions, fire tornadoes, even the symphonic score surrounding "Fury Road's" first trailer made your attendance a foregone conclusion. It looked like a straight-up guy flick. No fucking around.  Perhaps even a little, hidden acknowledgement from the director that when the shit hits the fan, it will be men like Jack Donovan Mad Max who will be in charge.

But then my spidey senses started noticing a couple things.

Charlize Theron kept showing up a lot in the trailers, while Tom Hardy (Mad Max) seemed to have cameo appearances. Charlize Theron sure talked a lot during the trailers, while I don't think I've heard one line from Tom Hardy. And finally, Charlize Theron's character barked orders to Mad Max.

Nobody barks orders to Mad Max.

Sure enough, what I suspected (but desperately wanted NOT to be true) was confirmed with two articles in the past week. One, Eve Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues" was consulted by the director to consult the female actresses in Fury Road about what it's like being sex slaves. Her presumed expertise in this area was based on work she claimed to have done in the Congo. Work I investigated and deemed "fishy" in a recent podcast (around the 1hr 6 min mark).

Two, of all the outdated, obsolete, Baby Boomer leftist rags, TIME MAGAZINE just comes outright and says it.

"Here's a surprise: Tom Hardy, a.k.a. Mad Max, isn't the star of Mad Max: Fury Road. Charlize Theron is. An even bigger surprise? Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler consulted on what turns out to be a very feminist film....Theron, not Hardy, leads the charge; she also does the majority of the fighting."

Alas, I was forced to accept reality.  Fury Road was not going to be a movie made for men. It was going to be a feminist piece of propaganda posing as a guy flick. And like "1886: The Order" I would be let down, and would have to pin my hopes on something else.

The real issue is not whether feminism has infiltrated and co-opted Hollywood, ruining nearly every potentially-good action flick with a forced female character or an unnecessary romance sub-plot to eek out that extra 3 million in female attendees.

It has.

And the real issue is not whether Hollywood has the audacity to remove the name sake of a movie franchise called MAD FREAKING MAX, and replace it with an impossible female character in an effort to kowtow to feminism.

It has.

It's whether men in America and around the world are going to be duped by explosions, fire tornadoes, and desert raiders into seeing what is guaranteed to be nothing more than feminist propaganda, while at the same time being insulted AND tricked into viewing a piece of American culture ruined and rewritten right in front of their very eyes.

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The truth is I'm angry about the extents Hollywood and the director of Fury Road went to trick me and other men into seeing this movie. Everything VISUALLY looks amazing. It looks like that action guy flick we've desperately been waiting for where it is one man with principles, standing against many with none.

But let us be clear. This is the vehicle by which they are guaranteed to force a lecture on feminism down your throat. This is the Trojan Horse feminists and Hollywood leftists will use to (vainly) insist on the trope women are equal to men in all things, including physique, strength, and logic. And this is the subterfuge they will use to blur the lines between masculinity and femininity, further ruining women for men, and men for women.

So do yourself and all men across the world a favor. Not only REFUSE to see the movie, but spread the word to as many men as possible. Not all of them have the keen eye we do here at ROK. And most will be taken in by fire tornadoes and explosions. Because if they sheepishly attend and Fury Road is a blockbuster, then you, me, and all the other men (and real women) in the world will never be able to see a real action movie ever again that doesn't contain some damn political lecture or moray about feminism, SJW-ing, and socialism.

That and you can expect Hollywood to further condition young women to be like "Imperator Furiosa" and not Sophia Loren. In the meantime, if you want to watch a real action flick I recommend watching "Kelly's Heroes" instead.

[derspiess]

Here we go.

[The Larch]

I think that Aussies will take exception to Mad Max being appropiated as American culture in that article.

[crazy canuck]

Charlize Theron kept showing up a lot in the trailers, while Tom Hardy (Mad Max) seemed to have cameo appearances. Charlize Theron sure talked a lot during the trailers, while I don't think I've heard one line from Tom Hardy. And finally, Charlize Theron's character barked orders to Mad Max.

I am surprised a guy like this wants to see more Hardy and less Theron on the screen.

[The Larch]

I was barely aware that the movie had actual characters after watching the first trailers.

[merithyn]

I think these guys disagree that the ACLU has anything to combat at all:

Hollywood is a garbage propoganda machine which spews out this feminist drivel filth into the minds of today's young audience. Even though science has told us and proven, that men are physically stronger than women, it is nonetheless discarded by the forces driving this feminist nonsense.

There is a sick agenda at play here, and it only continues to get worse over time. First this, and now the upcoming "Terminator Genisys" which shows Sarah Connor in a more heroic and superior position to that of Kyle Reese, really makes me wonder how much further down the toilet society is going to go down, in it's ridiculous attempts to try and reverse the traditional gender and biological roles.

[The Larch]

Disparaging Sarah Connor? Those guys must have skipped T2.

[Duque de Bragança]

That and you can expect Hollywood to further condition young women to be like "Imperator Furiosa" and not Sophia Loren. In the meantime, if you want to watch a real action flick I recommend watching "Kelly's Heroes" instead.

Should be Imperatrix Furiosa, unless the author took Latin classes with merithyn.   
cf. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

[The Larch]

Charlize Theron kept showing up a lot in the trailers, while Tom Hardy (Mad Max) seemed to have cameo appearances. Charlize Theron sure talked a lot during the trailers, while I don't think I've heard one line from Tom Hardy. And finally, Charlize Theron's character barked orders to Mad Max.

I am surprised a guy like this wants to see more Hardy and less Theron on the screen.

After seeing a picture of the cast I'd be in favour of giving the female characters a spin off movie just for themselves.



But the guys of the article don't have to be afraid. They'll be able to feast their eyes on former wrestler Nathan Jones playing a character called Prince Rictus Erectus (the guy that created Mad Max has a real knack for character naming).

[frunk]

Should be Imperatrix Furiosa, unless the author took Latin classes with merithyn.   
cf. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

Reviews I've seen list it as Imperator.  I'm assuming a post apocalyptic wasteland doesn't worry about proper Latin.

[merithyn]

That and you can expect Hollywood to further condition young women to be like "Imperator Furiosa" and not Sophia Loren. In the meantime, if you want to watch a real action flick I recommend watching "Kelly's Heroes" instead.

Should be Imperatrix Furiosa, unless the author took Latin classes with merithyn.   
cf. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

I copied and pasted, didn't write. Not sure of the reason for the dig.

[The Brain]

I don't think having quotas is the way forward. And if it is (which it is not), then it is not obvious to me that the male/female distinction is the most relevant.

[Duque de Bragança]

That and you can expect Hollywood to further condition young women to be like "Imperator Furiosa" and not Sophia Loren. In the meantime, if you want to watch a real action flick I recommend watching "Kelly's Heroes" instead.

Should be Imperatrix Furiosa, unless the author took Latin classes with merithyn.   
cf. Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi

I copied and pasted, didn't write. Not sure of the reason for the dig.

Earlier Latin mistakes.

[garbon]

You keep track of people's Latin mistakes?