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Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road
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.
Just skimmed the article. Summary: Max Max might be woman-friendly. Even if you were remotely interested in this thing, it still is unproven click-bait.. Let's keep the amount of comments as little as possible and save it for 'news that matters' (even for non-nerds).
They went a different road from the original(s).
In the original it was more dark and grimy, it felt more dramatic, and the atmosphere in general was sad... very sad.
In the remake, you have drum trucks and flamethrower electric guitars, it's a much more humor-ish comic take, which makes this, again, not a sequel, but a cash-in remake.
It's not a Mad Max movie. The main character isn't Max, the atmosphere isn't Mad Max's, it just happened to have spiked cars chasing plated cars in the wastland.
But hey, how many movies with spiked cars and crazy wasteland chase scenes do we get every year? Am still down for it.
This isn't a call for a boycott. This is an article saying 'don't waste your time, the movie is going to be crap'. Typical modern pap where the 100 lb female kicks down doors and karate chops the 300 lb men attacking her into submission. I mean, it's cute that girls want to be a man's equal, but since that ain't ever gonna happen, it's quite right that somebody calls Hollywood on their bullshit.
Next up: Eva Longoria as Rambo?
Road Warrior was peak Mad Max, it's eminently rewatchable. Thunderdome II, not so much.
I looked briefly at the massive "MRA" "activists" behind this. One mental patient with a wonky web page.
Makes me wonder who's behind the massive publicity behind this non-story.
Meanwhile I have a friend who's paying child support in *two* states for a kid he has sole custody of his only child and putting her through college despite the fact his toxic ex beat the kid. Bue she went to school with the prosecutor, who knows the judge in a small town in Georgia. Backwoods southern justice strikes again.
Family law is still the 900 pound gorilla in the room.
Need Mercedes parts ?
1. Return of Kings is not MRA. Return of Kings is anti-MRA. That's a pretty big difference.
2. It's not plural activists. It's *one* guy.
3. This is the first time ever I've seen someone use RottenTomatoes as a reference for movie quality? Why?
"In California, the police can only arrest the "dominant" (physically stronger) partner, regardless of who was the initiator or the aggressor. So a woman can attack her husband, and he goes to jail."
You should have added a second disclaimer that you don't know the law. I'm willing to be convinced that ANY DV laws are written as if men were the sole abusers and putting that aside I have seen a surprising number of women prosecuted for DV, even when they are petite and the violence is de-minimus. (IAAFormer Prosecutor.)
That web site is not an advocate for "mens rights", it's a flaming, garish train wreck of a crock of shit. (Tell us how you really feel)
Except, well.... men aren't a majority group.
Why would this be a "troll"? It's a true statement. In fact, as the gender obtaining only 40% of college degrees, they are becoming a distinct minority in well-educated populations.
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Very little CGI was used in Mad Max.
"Over 80% of the effects seen in the film are real practical effects, stunts, make-up and sets. CGI was used sparingly mainly to enhance the Namibian landscape, remove stunt rigging and for Charlize Theron's left hand which in the film is a prosthetic arm." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13...
Maybe if it were an acutal Men's rights activitst who was saying this. This comes from a peice on Return of Kings, which is NOT part of the Men's Human Rights Movment, but is instead a pickup artist site run by a man who is hostile to the Men's right's movement.
The Men's Human Right's Movment is more concerned with the following:
The unfair way in which family courts treat men with regards to custody, child support and alimony
The lack of services for male victims of domestic violence.
The male suicide rate.
Selective Service and the Draft
Infant circumcision.
Women earning positions of power or being represented as powerful isn't even on their radar. Several of the most prominent men's rights activists such as Karen Straughan are female.
I hope this is educational.and might open your eyes a bit.
That which is done from love exists beyond good and evil
How about a retraction Slashdot for not doing your fucking research.
http://www.returnofkings.com/31590/5-reasons-i-am-not-a-mens-rights-activist
Clearly not a men's rights page. He even has reasons why not.
That which is done from love exists beyond good and evil
The MRM and the MHRM are two different entities, the former having split from the latter when it corrupted itself and diluted the message. The fundamental difference is that the former understands that the state is the primary enforcer of feminist ideology and goals and thus the 'primary aggressor' targeting men, while the latter often uses the refrain 'they're all the same, don't bring politics into it.'
Basically, the left infiltrated 'a voice for men' early on, and neutered it in the process. Those issues you listed are quite accurate, but the MHRM refuses to acknowledge that the state and current crop of politicians are the cause.
You see a conspiracy where there is none. They had sex slaves in the plot and wanted to do a better than average portrayal, making them proper characters instead of the usual generic dross. They got in an expert to consult.
What exactly are you trying to say? That this person taints everything she touches? Can you provide specific criticism of the film to support that point? Or are you just saying it is a zero sum game and that men must lose out for women to be portrayed positively in movies?
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