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Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road

Posted by samzenpus on from the too-much-time-on-your-hands dept.

ideonexus writes: Aaron Clarey, author of the blog Return of Kings and prominent figure in the Men's Rights Movement, is calling for a boycott of George Miller's new edition to the Mad Max franchise "Mad Max: Fury Road," calling the film a "Trojan Horse feminists and Hollywood leftists will use to (vainly) insist on the trope women are equal to men in all things..." and citing the fact that "Vagina Monologues" author Eve Ensler was brought in to coach the actresses on playing sex slaves who escape a warlord's possession. Critics have been applauding the film, which currently scores 98% on RottenTomatoes.

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  1. Sooooo...... by Feral+Nerd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it the 1st of April already? My watch must be a few months off...

    1. Re:Sooooo...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, it isn't a good movie. Not anywhere near a good movie. Actually kinda a dumb movie. It does have lots of car chases and explosions to distract you from the fact that it is a bad movie. I'm sure it will be successful - nobody eats at McDonalds for quality food but they still eat there.

      Well I suppose if you like movies about neurotic New Yorkers whining about their sex lives on the couch at their shrinks office and sitting around a table at some cafe slurping a latte while venting their outrage over people who pick their noses at traffic lights then a Mad Max film might seem like a bad movie.

    2. Re:Sooooo...... by Feral+Nerd · · Score: 4, Funny

      That should teach you to use a watch to tell the current date.

      Let me try and whore for some more Karma: It's an Apple watch.

  2. Sorry MRAs by flintmecha · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't hear you over this tiny, tiny violin.

    P.S. have any of these idiots ever heard of the Streisand Effect?

  3. WT everlovin F ? by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good grief, dude. Not everything has some deep underlying 'message'.
    It's a Mad Max retake. Weird vehicles, Crap blowing up. Post apocalypse...
    It's a gorram movie.

    Had you not so thoughtfully informed me, I would never have known, or wanted to know, that some woman associated with the "Vagina Monologues" was also involved with this. And you know what? I not not give a rats ass.

    I don't watch Mad Max for it's deep social message.

  4. I'm Confused by Guy+From+V · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I anti-men thinking this sounds really stupid or have I just internalized my philogyny?

  5. I await your answer, you have two days by Guy+From+V · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's been too much violence, too much pain. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away from this article.

  6. Oh shut up by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Part of "being a man" is not being a whiny bitch.

    Just sayin'.

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    -Styopa
    1. Re:Oh shut up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey, now, feminism is fighting against that masculine construct of "strong, silent types". They want men to cry and whine, too.

      You're not an anti-feminist, are you?

  7. Re:Agreed. by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm kind of in two minds here. I think I'll hedge my bets by pirating it but deleting it without watching it. Or at least not properly paying attention.

    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  8. Re:Yeah, disappointing by Garridan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Itâ(TM)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.

    Is that message "Australia is a crucial part of the USA"? I'm a little confused.