So you may have heard vague rumors that there’s a new Mad Max film coming out. You also may have heard that it stars Charlize Theron as a shaven-headed postapocalyptical badass named Furiosa alongside Tom Hardy as Mr. Max.
Well, the manly men of the Manospshere are having none of it. On the always terrible Return of Kings, the most-trafficked blog in the Manosphere, Youtube bloviator Aaron Clarey issues a clarion call to his fellow right-thinking men, urging them to
Not only REFUSE to see the movie, but spread the word to as many men as possible. … Because if [men] 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.
Er, “moray?”
As Clarey sees it, the central flaw in this film that he hasn’t seen is, well, it’s going to be starring Charlize Theron as a shaven-headed postapocalyptical badass named Furiosa. And that’s just not right, because everyone knows that women are just too damn womeny to be postapocalyptical badasses.
Even worse: in one of the trailers for the film “Charlize Theron’s character barked orders to Mad Max. Nobody barks orders to Mad Max.”
Clarey also reports, with a kind of growing horror, that none other than Eve Ensler, of Vagina Monologues fame, was brought in to consult on the film. (And trust me, Clarey’s discomfort with Ensler has nothing to do with her issues with intersectionality.)
Sure, Clarey acknowledges, Fury Road — at least on the surface — “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, he warns, despite not having actually seen even a minute of the actual film, nothing could be further from the truth!
[L]et us be clear. … 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.
Lines between masculinity and femininity blurring! Rivers and seas boiling! Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!
Clarey worries that
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.
You might think that someone this worried about the legacy of the original Mad Max might have noticed somewhere along the way that Mad Max is not actually a “piece of American culture” at all. It was an Australian film, filmed in Australia, directed by an Australian, and starring an American citizen who’d been living in Australia since the age of twelve.
I’m guessing that the director of Fury Road might have a somewhat more nuanced understanding of the original Mad Max than someone who doesn’t even know what country the movie was made in, especially given that the director of Fury Road, the director of the original Mad Max, the director of The Road Warrior and the director of Beyond Thunderdome are actually all the very same person.
But over on Return of Kings the fellas are as furious about Furiosa as Clarey is. In the top comment to Clarey’s piece, with several dozen upvotes, someone calling himself “truth” complains that the evil feminists who run Hollywood are ignoring the immutable truths of gender.
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.
Because “traditional” and “biological” roles always seem to be the exact same thing to these guys.
It is clear that the brainwashing of the masses will continue to go on with the promotion of these absurd movies in conjunction with the whole “girl power” themes that are present in these films. Furthermore, factor in the indoctrination of the liberal schooling and educational system, there is no doubt, that masculinity will be attacked from all sides in attempt to make the female gender more superior. …
I guess from the damage that I am seeing on a daily basis being inflicted by the feminist movement, there is really no turning back. Men will continue to opt out of society and by rejecting to watch these kind of movies, can help to further cement this narrative. And if ever, should the manginas and white knights reach that epiphany when they realise they are not perceived as a credible voice in this feminist driven gynocentric matriarchy that we live in, then even they will opt out of society.
Huh. And, let me guess, once the men all “opt out of society,” it’ll collapse in a giant heap and desperate women will turn to men for help? No wonder these guys are so angry about Fury Road; it challenges their favorite apocalyptic fantasy. Call it Mad Max: I Told You Bitches You’d Come Crawling Back to Me.
Women and feminists in general have without a doubt, proven that they are dysfunctional by nature and cannot be trusted with anything. And this movie helps to prove it.
FWIW, dude, the movie was directed by a man. It was written by men. And even though it’s got a lot more women in it than your typical action movie, most of the named actors in it are male. But apparently, to guys like Clarey and “truth,” it only takes a few drops of female blood to contaminate an entire action film.
Always maintain your masculinity.
And once again it’s the guys who think of themselves as the most macho who are the ones most anxious about their masculinity.
Truth is also horrified by one of the posters he’s seen for the film:
Even though the movie is called “Mad Max”, the poster clearly centres around Charlize Theron, while Tom Hardy looks like some ordinary guy in the background.
A woman’s face … in front of a man’s face! Can masculinity survive this terrible assault?
Slashfund complains that in the poster it “looks like he is wearing a muzzle like her bitch.”
Well, not really. Anyone who’s seen the original Max Max and its first two sequels may remember that a lot of the characters wore weird headgear and creepy masks; this was intended to make them look scary and, you know, postapocalyptic. Max’s new mask is no different.
Clark Kent whines
Where I can’t stand these female characters in kickass movies is when it is so damn obvious that they are forcing the female character in just to appeal to the blue-pill masses. The whole point of Mad Max is that he is the most hardened self-respecting man in the post-apocalyptic world. He lived through the decline, and thus carries all the grief of having been strong enough to see what the world has become.
To turn Mad Max upside down and make it into a feminist flick is horribly telling of our times. Rather than creating new films to depict the world from a women’s perspective, we take the great myths of men and boys and rewrite them to make women happy.
What? Mad Max is a “great myth of men and boys” now? It’s a movie made in 1979, not a tale told around the campfire by our ancient ancestors. And don’t any of you Return of Kingers remember Beyond Thunderdome, the second Mad Max sequel, released six years after the original? You know, the one co-starring Tina Turner, stomping around like a badass as the ruthless ruler of Bartertown?
Like it or not, fellas, but badass women are part of Mad Max canon.
MajorStyles, for his part, suggests that the film may be part of a sinister plot to con men into liking women with (gasp!) short hair — a major Manosphere bugaboo.
And what’s the end game of all this horse shit? That Alpha men will start finding bald, androgyonous women with anger issues attractive? Yeah, when pigs fly…
Again, another fail on the part of Team Feminism. As it has been noted many times, they do not get to order men what to be attracted to. Erections cannot be legislated. Only a man of supreme thirst would find this angynous thing attractive.
And the women who choose to impersonate Theron’s look in this movie will always be relagated to the same position – bridesmaid, cat lady, or beta male abuser.
TS77RP1, meanwhile, wants his fellow men to think of the children. And what he thinks about the children — specifically, those of the female persuasion — is genuinely horrifying.
Seriously: if you’re having a decent day so far, or, hell, a crappy one — basically, if you’re a having any sort of day so far, you may want to skip the rest of this post. No joke.
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Ok, if you’re still with me, here we go:
The only way back is to begin punishing ambition in our daughters and in all female children. They need to be physically and psychologically disciplined to be servile and deferential and they unfortunately need to have it beaten into them that they should NEVER trust their own judgement and always seek guidance and permission of their male headships.
Please tell me this monster doesn’t have a daughter.
My daughter would be turned out with nothing but a shirt on her back if she so much as looked at a college website or played with her brother’s educational toys.
Aw, fuck.
She would be belted to the point of being unable to sit if she exhibited confidence in decision making.
Fucking hell. A proud abuser.
I don’t want my wife to step foot out of the house unless her every dime and minute spent can be accounted for and executed in conjuncture with my approval. My daughter will exude obedience and timidity for whoever her future husband is and it’s imperative that all Christian Men demand nothing less within their own homes. Playtime for feminazis and the left is over. This is our world and our heritage to protect. Let the cultural war begin!
No words.
In a followup comment, he assures one skeptic that his wife and daughter are indeed real.
I do in fact implement this in my own home and practice what I preach vehemently. I have a daughter and sons and they are being raised to know that they are unequivocally different and 100% not equal. My wife is from a highly devout family and she was cowed long ago into obedience by her powerful, alpha father. I kinda won the life lottery >:^)
I can only hope that he’s bullshitting in an attempt to impress the Return of Kings regulars.
But impress them he does, winning upvotes and an awestruck comment by englishbob:
Wow! Its like you have a mini Saudi Arabia right in your home!
Apparently hatred of women trumps hatred of Muslims on Return of Kings.
I have no idea if Mad Max: Fury Road is actually going to be a good film. But I hope it does well, very well, if for no other reason than to spite these assholes.
“Cherry 2000” (1987) was sort of post-apocalyptic and had Melanie Griffith as a tough tracker.
Yeah, TV is full of all these problematic women, being strong, making decisions and acting all capable and stuff.
Could there be more? Sure.
But it’s not a new concept.
Diamondback. Her name was Diamondback.
Aww man…
Here I was hoping that after the last few heavy articles David had posted, we’d having something to bring us back to the more lighthearted realm of guffawing at ridiculous MRA butthurt. Reading about an (ostensibly fellow man) blubbering about his masculinity being threatened by the THEORETICAL VIEWPOINTS OF A FILMMAKER WHOSE WORK HE HASN’T WATCHED, well that’s just a tickler for my day. Hilarious, I tell you. Almost as good as reading about the whinging over video games. Look fellas, I like movies and video games too, but I don’t see my masculinity being affected by them either positively or negtively. Great subjects for ridicule.
And then the second half of the article rears its ugly head, and we read about a “man” (so, so, hoping he’s just a basement dwelling fantasist) who psychologically abuses his family.
Not so funny, unfortunately.
Lea: Yeah! I love that character and Vasquez.
I was 16 when I saw Terminator and then very shorty after that Aliens. Those movies had a profound effect on my attitude.
Anyway, I’d still really like to see some of these jackasses going on about how women are physically inferior go a few rounds with Cyborg.
When I read the first half of the post, I giggled, thinking that Joan of Arc must be LOLing somewhere in the great beyond.
But then I got to the Christian so-called “father” and it was no longer funny.
What a despicable excuse for a human being, he and his fellow misogynist fundies (and not) who only feel “manly” if they can control, use, and abuse women, including their own young daughters. These men are as awful as he presents himself.
I have no words to express my anger and contempt for this… individual. I hope the women in his life manage to miraculously retain some independence and self-esteem, and do not fully absorb his hatred, despite his efforts to instill it in them. A very tall order, that, but it happens sometimes. May gods and people of good will help them.
@Sandy Lee:
“And then the second half of the article rears its ugly head, and we read about a “man” (so, so, hoping he’s just a basement dwelling fantasist) who psychologically abuses his family.”
Not “just” psychologically — he openly brags about and advocates physical abuse.
I… can’t.
Isn’t Furiosa a bodyguard for a bunch of non-actiony women who are valued only for their reproductive potential? I wouldn’t be surprised if Eve Ensler had to squelch some stupid line about how Theron’s character envies the Five Wives in some way.
The only feminist message I’m expecting from this movie is “not every woman is a damsel in distress,” which honestly is pretty basic.
@kirbywarp:
“Is there enough information to submit to https://tips.fbi.gov/? Because TS77RP1 needs to be in jail for child abuse, and most likely abuse in general. Jesus fuck.”
Whether or not there is enough info available to us, it won’t hurt to report this sick f***.
This is one of those things you read that really hits home, isn’t it? The need for gentleness is highlighted when people like this embrace cruelty and violence as weapons against equality. I don’t mean gentleness to the proud and active abuser or the oppressor. I mean gentleness to the people they wound, especially the children.
So many people in this authoritarian, fucked up society think attitudes like this are OK. They so aren’t. I was raised in it. We’re all soaking in it. I’ve met too many kids who have been abused (many for stepping outside of their gender roles). At this point I’m ready to assume that whatever level of empathy I am feeling, it isn’t enough. Whatever level of outrage I’m feeling, it isn’t enough. Whatever conditioning poisoned this man into becoming monstrous conditioned me too.
I’m kind of glad I’m partially numb to it. I’m also glad I know I am.
Got to work harder on that self awareness stuff.
How Toxic Masculinity is killing us all: http://gizmodo.com/why-male-suicides-outnumber-female-1703843928
I just want to throw out here that mad max has always taken orders from men and women. Max has always been a pragmatist who did what he had to survive. He was in many ways the opposite of john Galt.
And when he went his own way, he really went his own way. He never stuck around to punish people back home in a passive aggressive way
Here’s a factoid, guys: New Zealand was the first country giving women the right to vote, in 1893. Who was the second country? AUSTRALIA. Western Oz women got the vote in 1899, and then the rest of the country joined in by 1901. Not that women’s suffrage is relevant to red-pillers and their ilk, as women don’t have thoughts above that of a toddler.
Banned@4Chan:
I have it on good authority that the rest of the women in the film arent just bystanders. The do get to exercise a little agency in the film. They were abducted, raped and some of them impregnated before deciding to leave their abuser and I guess Furiosa volunteered or was hired by them. I think they’re a little more than damsels, but your message still stands.
Max sacrifices himself in Thunderdome to enable a group of women and children to escape. Okay, he doesn’t die, but he gives up his chance to get out of the wasteland.
Let’s see any of these AVFM wankers do that.
Whoops, I forgot to add that unfortunately Australian Aborigines, male and female, did not have the right to vote until 1962. So shame on me, but double shame on Australia for that.
@M
I loved your feminist moray. Really cheered me up after reading that awful abusers comment.
I would like to add my two cents in that and say that he should be investigated, whether he is just fantasising or not. I have a gut feeling he isn’t. Abusers self reveal and the ROK community is for sure a bunch of dudes who would tolerate and even agree with crap like that. Maybe this T guy felt safe to express himself around them (while also being dumb enough to forget that other people would be reading his comment too. Hello NSA).
To whoever said “if he was being serious he’d be in jail by now” or to that effect…um, you’d be surprised. Unless I misread your comment.
You gotta admit, “man of supreme thirst” has a certain ring to it.
@lkeke35, @banned: It’s my impression that the skull-face guy was keeping the Brides as chattel, and that Furiosa agreed to help them escape.
There’s a brief shot in one of the latest trailers of a wall with WE ARE NOT PROPERTY or similar scrawled across it in red.
Also, Furiosa’s only got one hand. She’s got an awesome dieselpunk prosthetic, but I’ve seen stills where she isn’t wearing it.
On “strong women in TV”: You’ve forgotten the later Star Treks. B’Lanna and Captain Janeway in Voyager and Dax and Kira in DS9. T’Pol in Enterprise and Seven in Voy wore ridiculous catsuits for no other reason than to show off their Barbie-like proportions, but they were certainly not helpless, demure, submissive or incapable of making their own decisions – quite the contrary.
Boy, masculinity sure is fragile and abusive then. Feminists are not the ones are saying that masculinity is bad these monsters are. As a Christian woman I am so deeply sorry about this. No it’s not right for a man to this. When God made Eve he took a rib from Adam which symbolizes that women and men are equal no person should rule over the other.
Thank you all for the images and gifs
Shoot, how do I report this monster? Kirbywarp got the site but how do I copy the information?
Continuing the topic of women on TV… Me and Husband read this article: http://www.cracked.com/blog/what-your-favorite-doctor-who-companion-says-about-you/ We had just watched Dr Who to the point where Rory and Amy leave, and so I asked “do you think Clara is gonna be as horrible a companion as the writer of the article makes her out to be?”, and Husband went “I can’t take that seriously… that critique of her is so [don’t know how to translate “snubbig” but, um, “dude-bro-ish” perhaps?]. He’s all like “oh she’s hot, I’d totally have sex with her, but she’s the worst“.
And then we came to talk about Star Trek and how quite a lot of male Star Trek fans seem to really dislike Seven – they can only go on about how her catsuit is ridiculous. And, I mean, it is ridiculous, but it seems to me that most female Star Trek fans are rather like “yeah, they put her in a ridiculous catsuit to show off her body, but she’s a good character, I still like her”.
Like, there’s a certain kind of male geek who hates conventionally hot women, for reasons familiar to all readers of Mammoth, to the point where he must find all the faults even with fictional TV characters who are traditionally hot and dressed in sexy clothing.
(For the record, we’ve watched a few Clara episodes now, and we don’t hate her guts.)
AH! Fruitloopsie, please don’t start apologizing for Christian misogynists. If you do, I’ll have to start apologizing for the atheist ones. Please don’t make me do that.
The feminist eels are coming! A conventionally attractive blonde white woman is in a movie! Oh, the horror!
I think I’ll watch Alien, Aliens, and the episode of Game of Thrones in which Brienne kicks the Hound’s ass and revel in all the short haired bad ass female misandry. Just to spite them. I wasn’t planning on seeing Fury Road, but now I might. Maybe this is a marketing ploy. They got people to pose as horrible misogynists opposed to the movie so the rest of us would see it out of spite.