SAG-AFTRA, like a lot of unions in the West, is essentially just an entertainment mafia: "Join, or else".

They strong-arm their way into projects and have done nothing but ruin the entertainment industry.

Well stated.

And yes, the premise absolutely does hold up, because we're seeing in real life how putting promiscuity before wifely duties has caused a breakdown in the family unit.

We see how men favouring women's rights has destroyed the workplace environment, increased infidelity, and indirectly caused an antipodes nature in relationships where women are competing with the men they wish to marry, but cannot marry the men they're competing with because those men are equal or beneath them, thus making them seem ineligible to women naturally operating on hypergamy.

It goes back to the fundamental problem that weak men allow women to take control, and it ruins society for everyone.

It has a wide-sweeping effect, though.

The point of games like Veilguard, Dustborn, and AC Shadows is -- as you noted -- to push the overton window. They are so extremely Left that when someone who used to be centre makes a moderately Left game, everyone jumps on it with glee.

This two-pronged attack is quite successful. Forspoken sank so Baldur's Gate 3 could swim.

Think about the amount of people ragging on AC Shadows but gleefully swallowing the Kingdom Come 2 goyslop with gay Henry.

Force-feeding the Veilguards and Concords onto the market also forces those centre and centre-Right to creep over to the Left.

For example, before Split Fiction, think about the games Josef Fares made previously. Did they star two females? Were they overtly feminist?

A lot of times the reaction from studios who aren't full-blown woke is to move a little bit to the Left so they don't get accused of being "racist, homophobic, antisemitic", etc. People lap it up because a previously wholesome franchise that adds a little bit of Liberal Progressivism isn't considered that bad because people are saying, "Well, at least it's not Dustborn/Forspoken/Veilguard".

Think about how many so-called anti-woke YouTube channels have come out of the woodwork to defend Kingdom Come 2's gayness?

The amount of channels I see constantly throwing up the "We have no problem with faggotry! Faggotry is fine! We just don't like this particular messaging of faggotry!" is quite telling.

At this rate, we can expect in a few years for those same anti-woke channels to start throwing up "We have no problem with faggotry or transgenderism, we just don't like this particular messaging of trangenderism!"

And a few years after that, replace transgenderism with pedophilia...

Only the Scorpion vs Sub-Zero stuff was good. They could have based an entire movie around the first 15 minutes or so. Everything else was slop with the exception of Kano, who was the only one who was both believable and fun to watch. The main character with his literal plot armour was annoying and lame.

And they made Liu Kang extra zesty.

...on a Tuesday....

I don't care why you stop killing children, I just want you to stop.

It's abortion by any other name, and they're a-okay with abortion.

The Parallax View? That was a very interesting movie.

It was a little tough taking Beatty seriously in that role as he was both playing smarter and dumber in that role. I think Richard Dreyfus might have been a little bit more believable as a guy who thought he was smarter than what he was but ended up being a puppet nonetheless.

Yeah, I don't see why anyone would expect anything different. If Walsh had principles he would have left.

You beat me to it.

Holy fuck, she found the smartest cop I've ever heard of, and in Denmark no less!

I'll take this opportunity to suggest Enforcement once again, a movie about how the Muslims have ruined Denmark, and how "racist" cops are actually always right: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11081050/

The difference is that a man being obsessed with his hobbies can lead to creative, intuitive, and innovative ways of how we look at, expand, and evolve culture. A perfect example of this is Wintergatan....

Combining an obsession of intuitive engineering with classical musical design principles, based on the works of other hobby-obsessed historical figures: https://youtu.be/k8NXF2rtaEg

What you end up with is something awe-inspiring and culturally enriching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q

The LGBTQ crowd has nothing to offer culture; nothing enriching; nothing uplifting. It's a power-slide down a hill toward reprobate activities with no redeeming factors.

Now it's true -- and you are correct -- there are some hobbies that consume people with no positive outcomes. Indulgence for the sake of indulgence. At which point, the man loses himself in his obsession for nothing.

The bigger question is if his self-destructive obsession with hobbies would be any worse for him than gambling on trying to "better" himself for marriage where the dice-roll is a 50/50 chance of it ending in divorce and a 12% chance it brings him enough ruin to commit suicide?

In some ways, that's kind of the point...

How many people do you think this random viral clip reached?

Obviously, not every street preacher will go viral, but that's the point of stepping out on faith.

She's not necessarily correct, even with the qualifier of being "obsessed".

You're absolutely right about men being pushed out of many of their hobbies and pastimes, and have had to find solace in striking up new... obsessions.

However, being obsessed with these hobbies is not a downside so long as the man is productive and active.

Some of my hobbies do require an obsession or an inordinate amount of time, such as practicing music -- I have had to invest sometimes between two and six hours in a day practicing, building up muscle memory for certain songs or techniques. The obsession is necessary to get good. I also have other hobbies, which can also take up a significant amount of time.

The thing is, are any of those worth sacrificing at this stage in life (too old to start and raise a family) for someone else? Absolutely not. Most men I know in most communities I'm a part of recognise that they inherently get zero value out of giving up the obsession of their hobbies for a woman.

What will she do instead? What time you impart on her benefits you more than improving a skillset, knowledge base, or technique in the hobbies that you find engaging? What will she provide you with that's better for you than the things you actually enjoy? And is it worth the downsides, baggage, and traumas she will bring into your life? (and make no mistake, everyone has baggage, especially the older they get)

If a guy spends 10 hours in a day architecting complex Lego structures, I don't see how that is worse than splitting that time between reorienting your schedule around someone else and spending several of those hours listening to pointless drivel or gossip or sitting on a porch. At least the Legos will give you better insight into structural philosophies, design principles and creative construction.

In short, one keeps the noggin' joggin', the other (usually) does not.

I'm guessing they're going to make it where the boyfriend in the film will be evil this time around and the two join forces to stop him.

Also, that article lists various other (rubbish) upcoming films, including The Thomas Crown Affair starring... Michael B. Jordan? Ha. Hollywood is full bore into the woke culture and there is no stopping it.

A demoralisation tactic...

Thank you for the breakdown. I noticed Graham had been putting out some great work in some areas, and there are a few things I believe I may have added to the watchlist, but I doubt (or I hope) this was not one of them.

Corner Office and The Passenger are indie/small budget, but The Passenger doesn't really feel small budget -- it definitely has this kind of horror, unpredictable vibe to it where you're not really sure what's going to happen next. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I would liken it to movies like the first Rampage (from Uwe Boll, which is actually a really good movie), Weapons (with Paul Dano) or a bit of Hell or High Water.

As for the rest? Definitely not low budget, but I suppose if you're in the U.S., then they would be considered foreign.

Mars Express is French, but it's a really cool film, definitely not low budget. Sci-fi detective film with some twists you will never see coming.

Hunt is pretty big budget but is South Korean, along with The Killer, and The Roundup Series.

Can't remember which country Project Wolf Hunting was from, either South Korea or Indonesia, definitely doesn't feel low budget but then again they know how to stretch a dollar in their films.

I think The Pig, The Snake, and The Pigeon is an indie film? The director usually makes low-budget but very good movies out of southeast Asia. But it doesn't feel like it's low-budget at all, because there's quite a bit of travelling involved. It feels big and expansive; it's a very contemplative film despite some extreme violence. Easily the one that kind of took me by surprise the most out of the list (that and Mars Express).

I have to be completely honest -- I genuinely no longer remember what the intro was like. I have not seen that show in decades. Your post reminded me of it, though.

I was also recently thinking about Monsters, but I can't remember a darn thing about it.

Nightmare Cafe? I definitely remember the diner setting and the doorway portal, but not much else.

• The Passenger (2023) (absolutely loved this movie)

• Mars Express (2023) (this was surprisingly far better than it had any right to be)

• The Roundup (2022) (the entire series of The Roundup is excellent and worth a watch)

• Project Wolf Hunting (2022) (ultra gory and violent, but the premise is wild and cool. Basically a mutant Frankenstein Terminator vs psycho murderous criminals vs hardened violent cops)

• Corner Office (2022) (this is one of those weird, ironic, dystopian comedies. I love movies like this -- kind of like a cross between Primer + Office Space + Brazil, but your mileage may vary)

• Hunt (2022) (superb espionage thriller with tons of twists and turns)

• The Killer (2022) (hard-boiled, masculine, no-nonsense action-thriller)

• The Pig, The Snake, And The Pigeon (2023) (this one is a trip; no spoilers here; easy 9/10 film. One of the best films I've seen in the last decade. )

Eh, Emergency Declaration was okay...

Nothing particularly special about it. It was at least paced decently, and showed how Korean men are always willing to sacrifice for the greater good at their own detriment.

Used to love that show -- they used to have a bunch of weird and unique shows back in the 80s and 90s, like The Hitchhiker (not to be confused with the Rutger Hauer movie), Tales from the Darkside, or Monsters.

Already heavily infected Vietnam.

The Philippines is definitely next.

Chinese Historian has been doing a ton of videos on this and how China is leading toward a collapse because of this.

Hmm, that could work. Assuming they're doing it in good faith (but when has that happened?).

Do you know if there is an article about it being a prequel?

Definitely looks French.

The clips I saw of it didn't look like anything special.

THAT is considered a relatively "good" product these days.

When the competition are games running blurry graphics at sub-60fps at an upscaled 1080p with fake frame generation for static environments and stilted NPCs where the stealth mechanics are thoroughly broken and the facial animations are stiffer than a T-posing NPC from a broken 2005 game, then yes, a lot of normies will consider a product that simply works and has generic and derivative gameplay as "good".

Current_horror is right, though, I see a ton of the "anti-woke" crowd jumping on this like flies on shyte talking about how "good" the game is simply because it works. It's this sort of kowtowing toward feminist indoctrination that lets me know that the Left has mostly won the culture war.