https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7TykFYaAFA
I’m going to do a review of basically every movie and every TV show that’s existed in the past several decades in the American media, and I want to say they’re all psyops. I made a passing remark in a video a couple of days ago when I was actually talking about TV shows. This is very uncharacteristic for me; I don’t review media. But I made a passing remark that Game of Thrones is obviously a big psyop—like a giant psyop. Whether it means to be or not, it is accidentally a psyop. Some people asked me, “What do you mean by that?” I understand what you mean; there’s something weird about that show, and there’s something weird about shows and movies just in general in America.
Mostly, because everyone kind of hates them. People hated the way Game of Thrones ended. They hate that there are a lot of movies nowadays that critics just love, and they’re so popular and memed in public, yet everyone seems to hate them. What’s going on with that? My answer is actually not what a lot of people might assume; it’s something narrowly political. I think it’s much wider than that. I mean, that’s part of it, but I think the way to think of it is that American movies—and this, of course, has spread to movies made in other countries that are kind of under the thumb of America—are about being sorted. They’re about being corrupt. They’re about putting nastiness in your face: violence in your face, sex in your face.
This is for multiple reasons. One, to get a kind of edgy reaction from you, but also to create a new vision of what society should be like or what it is like, even if it is directly contrary to your experience. Here’s an interesting fact to think of: if you poll kids nowadays, or kids in high school or college, and you ask them questions like, “How many people your age or how many people in your class do you think are partying over the weekends or taking lots of drugs or getting drunk or having sex?” The one interesting thing about polls like this is that kids will always drastically overestimate how much their friends are engaging in various degenerate behaviors, be that taking drugs or having promiscuous sex.
They will drastically overestimate the extent to which other people do this. There are probably multiple reasons for that. One of them is just the background radiation of media, which is constantly portraying this kind of stuff. You can’t have a movie nowadays that’s just about normal people doing normal things; it all has to be amped up. There has to be alcohol and sex and all this kind of stuff in it. People cannot write normal plots anymore; you have to amp that kind of stuff up. But also, I think in particular, people are very afraid of seeming like dorks when they answer these things. When they say, “You know what? I don’t think people are actually doing that,” it makes them look like a dork because they’re not doing it, right? They’re admitting that they’re not.
It also makes them feel naive. In reality, they’re not actually being naive. If you look at polls, in fact, kids—especially in America—are doing so much less of this stuff. I mean, now everything is just online anyway. Kids, I don’t know, they don’t even have promiscuous sex anymore because we’ve moved on to more corrupt things that are just, you know, using your cell phone. So all of that is to say that if you take a person like that and put them in front of a movie screen, and you show all this absurdity—let’s say you show stuff that is basically torture porn in a horror movie where people are getting mutilated and killed—or you show them a movie about a family where everyone hates each other, or a drama where everyone is adulterous and having sex with each other, there’s this fear.
A lot of people are afraid to say, “You know what? I think this is stupid. I think this is dumb.” The reason they’re afraid to say that is because it makes them seem naive. Even though, of course, they’re making a very sensible judgment right now, there is a reason that we expect things in movies to be a little more hammed up from reality. But we’re now at a point in the United States where things are so nutty in terms of the stuff in media that they just have no semblance to reality. If they do have a semblance to reality, it is a causative relationship. This kind of media is now setting a standard for what’s normal.
Game of Thrones is a great example because, I mean, it’s just so absurd and ridiculous. Everyone has incredibly selfish motives, as everyone knows. The only noble guy gets killed off very quickly, and everyone else is just very selfish. They only care about sex and power, and they’re all killing each other and manipulating each other. Frankly, even however bad people are nowadays, that is not how reality works. I just have to say that even bad people have their own kind of virtues that they’re acting on. They might not acknowledge it or something like that.
When you look at a show like Game of Thrones—and this is not just for Game of Thrones; this is honestly for anything—it’s not so much that characters are developing or changing or anything. There might be some of that, but it’s always developing, frankly, in a bad way, or they’re doing something Machiavellian or becoming jaded. You can look at series like that as a slow-moving unfolding tragedy of all these people destroying each other and destroying themselves. People, of course, through Game of Thrones hoped that there would be some poetic ending to it, and it ends up there wasn’t. It was just “Haha” at those people because, you know, you got what you deserved; you got what you watched that entire time.
So that, I think, is kind of the norm. You just have media that is psychologically jarring in a way. It puts absurdities in your face; it puts things that are directly contrary to reality that are just nasty. There’s so much violence and degeneracy and psychopathy, and not only are you afraid to say, “Yeah, this is stupid. I’m sorry, this is cringe. This is ridiculous. This has no semblance to reality,” but what kind of weird perverts create this kind of stuff? People don’t want to say that because that might be construed as a kind of naivete. Aside from that, this actually does affect reality. When you have seen decades of people just acting like this, and this is the gritty real world—that’s Game of Thrones, the gritty real world, which is so absurd—then that obviously creates the idea that this is how people are.
You might know everyone you know in real life doesn’t work like that, but it creates the idea that this is how it’s supposed to be. That is why it’s a psyop, whether it’s intentional or not. When I say “intentional,” I mean intentional psyops. You know, the idea is that there’s some government agency putting them out here to change how the public looks at things and make them more psychopathic and manipulatable. That’s probably true. Unintentional just means, you know, demons are behind it or something else, or there’s just some underlying Geist behind how people look at the world nowadays.
I mean, that’s an unspiritual way to look at it for you atheists out there, but there is a sense in which there is a corrupt force animating all this kind of stuff. Whether you think that’s something spiritual or not, I think it’s kind of hard to deny. Even if it’s just some kind of cultural norm, there are so many shows in media—basically all movies nowadays—that you just watch, and they’re about people killing each other, manipulating each other, and taking people in real-world circumstances and acting in these totally weird, discombobulated ways, and then passing that off to people as normal.
I remember when I was a kid, one of the first movies I saw in Chinese cinema was actually an old black-and-white movie. What was it called? Oh, like Springtime in a Small Town or a Small Village or something like that. I just remember watching that and seeing how different American movies could be. In this film, it’s about a guy who’s kind of infirm and sick, and he has this young, beautiful wife. He has a friend from college, I forget where, come to his house. His wife is always taking care of him, but she kind of develops feelings for this friend of his who’s visiting, and they have this connection.
What happens in the end of the film? Well, what happens? What dramatic ways would an American movie in this plot point end? Here’s how the Chinese movie ended: they realized, “Oh, it would be the wrong thing for me to leave my husband and to be with this man, so we’re just not going to follow that up.” But that’s going to be it, right? At the time, I was so awestruck because American movies and film are so corrupt and pornographic that there’s no way that would happen. They would find some way to kill a guy off, or they would have some adulterous affair where they killed him, or all these things. It was so weird to see people acting in a film like normal humans.
I don’t know; it was just so bizarre. That’s one of the reasons there are lots of foreign films that are kind of under the cultural influence of the United States, so they will have degenerate stuff all the time. But it was just so weird to see a movie like that. Even early American movies, there are some of them that are still kind of pure and still kind of true to real life. Honestly, I don’t want to say Alfred Hitchcock is where it all began, but it’s funny how soon this kind of weird, “let’s just throw weird stuff in people’s faces”—like murder and adultery and all this kind of stuff—started very early in American film.
For whatever pretense people pretend that American film was very censored and stuff, all of that was basically notional and disappeared very quickly. So that’s just something to think about. Whenever I see the reason I find it so difficult to watch films and movies and all this kind of stuff now, especially TV shows—I mean, just the idea of sitting there for hours and hours. I’m more okay with movies just because they’re just a movie and it’s done. But it’s just so difficult to watch this kind of stuff now because there’s just all this, especially stuff with kids in it. When it’s like kids who are eight who are just saying all these obscenities, I’m like, “I don’t know, hooking up with each other and stuff.” It’s just like, “Who the hell?” I don’t know where this even comes from.
You know what I mean? It’s like this bizarre alternate reality. I will say this: I’m going to say something very unexpected. I meant to, you know, I didn’t think this video would go on that long, but I have stuff to say about this. We make fun of Marvel stuff all the time, and I will continue because I think it’s pathetic. Marvel is like the most pathetic, bizarre. Even as a kid, I was like, “The superhero stuff, man, I’m glad that’s gone for good.” But then it wasn’t.
The thing is, there’s a reason people like the Marvel stuff because the Marvel stuff is actually—even though it’s like weird superhero, I don’t know, tight stuff—the plots of them are actually very normal. They have normal character development; they have normal people acting in kind of hammed-up superhero ways, but they emotionally treat each other more like humans actually treat each other. I think there’s a reason that normies like those movies. They have a big appeal to them because even though it’s weird superhero stuff, the humans in them are still experiencing character development.
They’re still acting in a vaguely moral way; they’re driven by things that are not just their own desire to, I don’t know, just like their impulses and stuff. I think that is one of the reasons these movies have taken over the world. Again, I don’t endorse them; I think they’re very annoying. But I can definitely understand why they have. I think it’s just an unsold market: just make a normal movie about normal people doing normal things. I think that’s actually going to be a big—I mean, if Hollywood were actually about appealing to the public rather than subtly manipulating how they think and acculturating them to elite norms, this would be something that we’d see. But we don’t see it.
So anyway, that’s all. That is my review of every TV show and movie: they’re all bad nowadays. Goodbye.
@wallario - 2025-05-23 16:32:35
Who owns Hollywood??+23
@jacobmears3549 - 2024-06-23 16:32:35
The term you’re looking for is demoralization. I can hardly turn on the tv and watch a show or movie without needing to take multiple breaks because I start to feel physically unwell from that feeling that you described as feeling “off”. Media is demoralizing and anti-nature+72
@lsmithiv - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV. But where are those good old-fashioned values on which we used to rely?+1,9 tys.
@AbduMad - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
“We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.” ― Edward Bernays+1,1 tys.
@happytreefriends9976 - 2024-06-23 16:32:35
Adult actors portraying teens doing adult things and then passing it off as normal has always bothered me.+247
@edmundironside9435 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
10:35 "kids who are like eight... hooking up with each other" Well, I don't know what films you've been watching...+70
@dedwendell - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
I think if you overindulge in this kind of wish fulfillment media from a very young age and those escapist fantasies become your expectation for reality, you will always be unhappy, unsatisfied with your conditions and unmotivated to create something better for yourself. I speak from experience.+225
@vashlash6870 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
Fact is stranger than fiction. There is SUCH a massive potential for historical films. I don't know anyone who doesn't like history. It would be educational, inspiring, wholesome, and entertaining. We can't have that, because a people who know their history, is willing to fight for their future. I came up with that qoute. Please like.+20
@lautaro1670 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
There's a famous movie here in Argentina, Wild Tales (Relatos Salvajes). It's an antagonist movie depicting short stories about everyday occurrences that end up going to the extreme. For example, one of the stories is a wedding where the bride ends up killing a lot of people because the husband was cheating on her and invited the other woman to the wedding. Another one was a guy that planted a carbomb because his car got towed and had to do a lot of infuriating government bureaucracy to get it back. It's actually a pretty good movie, a solid recommendation to anybody who likes foreign movies. What struck me upon watching this video is remembering how during the premiere of said movie everybody went out to social spaces to say "omg I totally relate to *X character that resorted to murdering someone over mundane things*" while Szifron, the movie's director, said in multiple interviews that he intended the exact opposite feeling. The movie was about showing that extreme violence and psychopathy are totally incompatible with our societies, the movie was emphasizing the taboo aspect of violence while treating the PoV of the perpetrator. I fully believe that there's a point to make in how guillible people are because of movies. There's certainly a point to make that nobody likes government bureaucracy, but virtually nobody ends up planting a bomb in response. And if someone does that, the popular opinion is vastly overwhelming against the actions. But if that same people watches the scene happen in a movie, they are able to "relate" and not afraid to clap and give an ovation.+307
@rothbardfreedom - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
A content creator that adds YouTube Chapters is a good content creator.+562
@spaghettiking653 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
I am not gonna lie to you... the Game of Thrones example is possibly the worst one you could've invoked for this argument. I 10000% agree with your point, but Game of Thrones is quite literally a fantasy plot set in a world that's hardly as developed as our own middle ages, where everyone's already unenlightened and crude. No surprise, then, that their characters are degenerate and morally dissolute, because that's the whole point. It's supposed to depict a sordid, wretched power struggle that no one would ever call dignified, but it's just what humans do. When shit like this seeps into modern media that are actually SET in the real world, though... it's absolutely revolting.+10
@staticoverlay - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
Growing up in the 90s the worst one was pop music radio, I'm completely serious, and it was hardly the music itself, it was everything else, the things the djs would say, the people they'd have on as guests in between songs, the "culture news" that gave this impression that all adults are going to nightclubs and having one night stands constantly, when in reality it's a tiny portion of people who even can live like this if they wanted to. Keep in mind it's not even teenagers hearing this we're like around 10 and it's creating this warped perception of how you're supposed to act when you're older I'm not even a cultural conservative and you can't make an interesting movie about a guy who just goes to work and is kinda happy, there has to be some kind of conflict, but the same way you teach kids movies aren't real and you can't jump off the roof and fly like superman you have to about other media too+108
@atWorknowstiva - 2025-06-09 16:32:35
This reminds me that John Krasinski refused to film a storyline where Jim cheats on Pam in The Office.+8
@alfredocornelio4329 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
I noticed this bs years ago even in my early 20s. When i noticed people still to this day saying cringe shit like "kids are creepy" or "clowns are scary" especially with shows like Friends that influence generations. I recall that episode where Ross hands over his baby to Rachel and she holds it like it was a bomb. People just copy and start integrating that point of view into themselves thinking that that makes them cool, edgy, special etc. Like drones. Thats how you get the serious relations getting married and other biological truths subverted thanks to a Godless machine/state.+90
@slowcreep6978 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
The innocent nature of older American movies is precisely why I love them. It took me a long time to work that out. I just knew that I walked away feeling cathartic and generally positive, whereas something like Requiem for a Dream, while objectively a good movie, left me feeling terrible.+226
@ishashka - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
This is why I love slice of life anime. It shows normal life, friendship, pursuing a hobby together, etc. Just enjoying the everyday stuff.+19
@roylink - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
I think this issue extends beyond TV and media. I'm going to be a little bit political. I think there are a ton of guys who views on being masculine are manufactured rather than being based on reality.+33
@ivoryn - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
"The American motion picture is the greatest unconscious carrier of propaganda in the world to-day. It is a great distributor for ideas and opinions. The motion picture can standardize the ideas and habits of a nation. Because pictures are made to meet market demands, they reflect, emphasize and even exaggerate broad popular tendencies, rather than stimulate new ideas and opinions. The motion picture avails itself only of ideas and facts which are in vogue. As the newspaper seeks to purvey news, it seeks to purvey entertainment."+15
@ichster3629 - 2023-06-23 16:32:35
I tried to convince my parents to watch a scary movie with me. They refused because they didn't "Need that garbage in their heads". What did we watch instead? John Wick 2, where a man goes on a brutal 90 minute murder spree.+342
@clintonleonard5187 - 2025-05-23 16:32:35
We've moved to a new level of the simulacrum. Digital natives growing up today are 2 or 3 layers removed from reality. And feedback loops make it impossible to escape.+4
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:32:35
Hard-working Brazilian entrepreneurs+17
@Gu1d-0 - 2025-06-10 16:32:35
The irish, of course+11
@JoeHeine - 2025-06-18 16:32:35
Yufen+1
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
A man of culture ❤️😎+86
@Etherchannel - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
That has been in film for as long as film has been around.+17
@TheVestigialBrain - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
We abandoned them, they caused a bunch of wars.+13
@Bbderbala - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
Lucky there's a family guy+66
@yes8515 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@TheVestigialBrain it's actually the people who caused us to abandon those values who also caused those wars+30
@jorionedwards - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
"Good" old-fashioned? By what I've heard about rampant sexual repression, men of the house receiving free reign to beat whoever disagrees with him into submission, sucking up to whatever authority right or wrong, etc. Kindly enlighten me to what good values were left behind.+22
@eitantal726 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
Ironically, Family Guy is a show I can't watch anymore. It's too gross. Even for me+37
@atypicalambience3487 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
The term "values" is so vague and catering. What values? Who's values? From what shows?+16
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@jorionedwards he is quoting the family guy intro song...+32
@bowiethedog6285 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@atypicalambience3487 have you never watched Family Guy? ...huh actually that's probably a good thing+8
@arslongavitabrevis5136 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@atypicalambience3487 Very intelligent observation. Everything depends of your point of view, or, better even, from where do you stand ideologically.+3
@jorionedwards - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@bowiethedog6285 Wouldn't 've figured that out. I never liked family guy.+2
@eitantal726 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@atypicalambience3487 I don't know... I find it specific enough. I interpret it as 'wholesome'. An example show would be one like, say, Snoopy. The way I see it, it's a 1d scale with wholesome on one side, and gross on the other. Would you agree?+1
@perverse_ince - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
Sex and Violence is as old-fashioned as it gets tho+16
@TheVestigialBrain - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@yes8515 Interesting take, I associate extreme traditional values with the dark ages and centuries of war.+4
@eitantal726 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@perverse_ince As a concept, yes. Not as a virtue, tho+1
@aaronwalters2674 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@jorionedwards you didnt get the joke+1
@atypicalambience3487 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
@bowiethedog6285 LOL+1
@XandoCommando42 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
Lol, those "old-fashioned values" are NOT found on Family Guy.+4
@Aircalibur - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
You can't write a story set in today's world while espousing "good old-fashioned" values because it just wouldn't be authentic - people aren't like that anymore. Films aren't made to espouse values to begin with - they're made to produce profit. There's no unifying morality anymore, no metanarrative, but sex and violence always garner an audience.+6
@ThoreHLackebo - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
Not in Family Guy, that's for sure.+2
@SHMACKU - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
Home improvement is great television, TOOL TIME BABY+4
@skinwalker69420 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
God fucking damn it, I wasn't the first to think of that.+1
@rPk0hu - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
"I was always lucky there was a Family Guy. Even if your IQ is the room temperature of Alaska." "You are the best Chia Pet ever made." "Sam put a fucking speaker in his sword."+2
@fabricio4794 - 2023-06-23 16:32:36
The Chines Soldiers Disgused a Disney Owners Sholud Go To Jail.....this is a Psy OP+1
@imperatorscotorum6334 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
What values?+1
@Oera-B - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
@jorionedwards You got it right in your first few words. "By what you *heard*".+1
@microcolonel - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
@Bbderbala Lucky there's a man who positively can do all the things that make us laugh and cry.+1
@privateassman8839 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
On TV. You've never lived in the "good old days."+1
@tigerscott2966 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
Yes.... I miss the Waltons, the Real McCoys, Little House on the Prarie.+1
@LeperMessiah01234 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
@jorionedwards are you shure this was the prevailing condition, or merely what you’ve been told? For modernity to justify itself it must paint everything prior as wicked and horrible.+4
@jorionedwards - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
@LeperMessiah01234 > 11 Months ago. Good grief. I was already informed it was a song reference poking fun at moral police. But since you asked, my prior comment assumed that in America (cuz that's the only place on Earth apparently) predominantly Christian values were held for the past century at east. At the time I had just read an poster dated in the 50's for a graphic design course and noticed it specifically instructed men to give their wives a good slap if they misbehave. It used a biblical verse to justify it. Unfortunately I don't remember what said verse was quoted or even what poster that was. No thanks to this thread I'd later discover that sans the wife beating (outside Islam) those values are still heald today.+1
@J.Panxer - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
It seems to be about hypocrisy at its core... Exampled by this channel.+1
@DarkResonance - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
When did western movies, in general, NOT have that sort of thing? And not every movie has that either.+2
@thejohhny2943 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
Even when I'm at my Lois, I'm still a family guy.+2
@Linnetd - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
Is this sarcasm? Cause old movies and tv shows were all guns and fighting and definitely lots of nudity. Things are actually getting more tame now, and people are complaining that the new generation is full of prudes and prefer less nude scenes.+2
@nevilleharris4466 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
Compared to the 1970s, there's virtually no sex and nudity in movies nowadays!+2
@RoofusRoof19 - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
NOOO THOSE ARE LITERALLY FACISM WE CAN'T HAVE THAT!!11!!+1
@pixelneckgeek - 2024-06-23 16:32:36
Well, I would argue that everything has its roots in the underground scenes of all the different media subcultures, be it music or film. With movies you could've seen it coming, starting by 80s gore and splatter flicks to Tarantino making this aesthetic a little more mainstream and accessible in the 90s and 2000s to now.+1
@OverAndOverAndOver - 2024-07-23 16:32:36
@Bbderbala The comment I was looking for+1
@JH-uv3qx - 2024-08-23 16:32:36
Hallmark movies are balanced and realistic.+1
@OverAndOverAndOver - 2024-08-23 16:32:36
@JH-uv3qx LMFAO you're joking, right??+1
@lightyear3429 - 2024-10-23 16:32:36
In the books, as they always have been+1
@fg46yt13 - 2025-03-23 16:32:36
woosh+1
@TheTastyPancake - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
Adam Curtis really does make the best documentaries+11
@AbduMad - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
@TheTastyPancake i've quoted the book, but i'll check out Adam's doc on Bernay's+5
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
"oh and by the way, im one of these men" - Edward Bernays+58
@justinkennedy3004 - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
@AbduMad "century of the self" 4 hour segments iirc. All worth it. Incredible how much used to be said openly even 10 years ago.+8
@AbduMad - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
@justinkennedy3004 will do+3
@Thomas-mx1fh - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
Watch Devon Stacks stream about him.+6
@stefanoicepick - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
Early life section?+11
@Reichstaubenminister - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
...he said while at the same time revolutionizing the molding of minds. He couldn't have done it without his uncle, though.+9
@7Mindovermatter1 - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
Govern Ment , Govern Mental ...+6
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
The only book that should be mandatory in schools and then you get your diploma 😂. Piff, paff, poufff and you got a way better education.+2
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
Showed this book to a little zoomer that was working for me, fucking woke him up times 100 lol, even wrote en essay at university on it haha😂. Best kid ever.+6
@JewTubeUsername - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
I heard of them. I know them. I can even describe their physicality to you to a highly accurate degree. The biggest tell, is..no, not the nose, although it's good that you immediately thought about that, but no. There's a reason why flu masks don't cover them up. In fact, you could take their noses away and they'd still look weird. Biggest tell is: The lips. If you want the most basic "don't trust this person, just dismiss him or her" then, upper lip much thinner than the lower lip. That's the easiest tell, and only few of them lack that asymmetry. Going further. The upper lip often is bowed, wavy. The corners of the mouthes are often very sharp, and deep, like the 60s Batman Joker, or a glasgow smile. The teeth sometimes look like they're too big for the mouth, especially the top teeth. Ears, ears often have a kinked, crooked tip that goes sideways, or they look kinda mousey, rodent like, or both. Hair, many of them get fros when they let their hair grow out, without needing to get a perm. Eyes. Often angled, rarely a straight line that follows the arc of the lids. Either it's sleepy (eyes angled like they're sad) or 'hawk like' eyes angled like they're a bit angry. Often the eyes also bug out a bit. (That's part of the flu mask thing, including:) The boney 'bridge' of the nose looks very fragile and thin. those ) ( shapes at the eyesockets, where the bone is the nose attaches to. In fact, the entire ocular bone structure looks a bit fragile in many of them (not all of them), and gives the impression of the middle east. In men, you also get the 'ogre eyes' where the eyes seem like they're too close together. When it comes to the face, either it's complete soymilk, or the lower jaw and everything looks much broader than the upper half of the skull (think Thanos) Their names also are rarely pertaining to common professions, and in fact, if you analyze the words in their names and check their etymology (and translating it to English, or whatever language you speak) You will find that they are named after resources, or traits, like height, color, or words of delight, words like good, or sweet. Otherwise, if the name does translate to a profession, it's usually a nonstandard one. Like someone who smithes gold, or is a meyer (especially with the y instead of an i) and the like. IT also helps speaking out the last names. Like grien. Which sounds like Green, a color. A common name. These are the major tells you can use to completely dismiss someones opinion. Note: Since the creatures in question are the mixture of the globe on their wanderings, you will find these traits in real humans, too. The Italians and the French, for example. But they rarely promote awful things, so... just dismiss the ones who do. Or dismiss the Italians and French too, if you're foreign, like Asian, white people have no say over your domain. Good success, and enjoy being not duped and cheated so often anymore. P.S.: Many of the physical traits also apply to people of color. So, if you're Japanese and suddenly you're facing someone "Japanese" who sports an afro, has weird lips and ears and talks about how racist you are by wanting to be Japanese. Well, now you know what they are.+1
@JewTubeUsername - 2023-06-23 16:32:37
Oh, one more thing. If we do keep the noses. Then of course the low low septum one is a classic. But here is one that often comes up in cartoons and 3d stuff (but also exists in reallife, Ralph Bakshi for example has one) The high nose, where the nose, the ball of the nose with the nostril looks kind of...high up. Think the Incredible Hulk, especially the movie one. Study that face well, and along with the other hints I gave (usually the broad lower part of the face, the jaws) you will see it in many comics and cartoons. But again, that's just a bonus. I stand by the truth that the nose is not needed. It helps tho.+1
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:37
@bahshas Doesn't that only prove his point? The quote doesn't even say how you should feel about or react to this fact, it just points it out.+1
@bahshas - 2024-06-23 16:32:37
@poika22 im not disagreeing with him, just adding some pertinent information about his ethnic origins.+2
@littlefoot.. - 2024-06-23 16:32:37
Those jays.+2
@MrCharlieC23 - 2024-06-23 16:32:37
Tavistock institute et al.+1
@caleschnell - 2024-07-23 16:32:37
You've obviously never read the prophecies of the book of Daniel. The enemy is the Papacy; the little horn of Daniel 7. Jews are merely the middle men of their papal overseers.+2
@rao8559 - 2025-04-23 16:32:37
@caleschnell yep+1
@rao8559 - 2025-04-23 16:32:37
@JewTubeUsername are you ok bro+2
@JewTubeUsername - 2025-04-23 16:32:37
@rao8559 Of course I am, why wouldn't I be okay?+1
@Reichstaubenminister - 2025-04-23 16:32:37
@rao8559 "I don't know how to respond to this comment, so I will just imply that there is something wrong with the author."+1
@RustyShackleford-u3z - 2025-06-09 16:32:37
And they all seem to wear small hats 🧢+1
@heinoustentacles5719 - 2024-11-23 16:32:37
Funnily enough I think the best and most relatable depiction of teenagers I've seen is from stuff like old school Archie comics, from like the 60s. They play dumb games, make stupid bets, drive their teachers crazy, have arguments with their parents about chores or their allowance, don't do drugs--there's a bit of sexuality and risque humour, but that just amounts to kissing and mooning over girls in their bikinis, which is as far as it gets for most teenagers. And of course the recent live action adaptation of those comics, "Riverdale" turned it into a murder mystery featuring drug use, adultery, teacher-student relationships, suicide attempts, and some hackneyed point about how their idyllic small town 'isn't what it seems...'+32
@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 - 2025-05-23 16:32:37
The thing is, speaking as a 17 year old unfortunately those shows are accurate, it is not uncommon to drink or smoke and have premarital sex as a minor, you could make the argument that media like this is making children want to do these things, which is something that I would agree with media influences behavior and there are definitely motivations that certain people might have to create a degenerate society. We also have to remember that humans are flawed and sinful so when easy access to sex, drugs, gluttonous food, and all other vices, and it is consistently promoted throughout the media, people will become slaves to their passions instead of following the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and his Holy Orthodox Church.+6
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:32:38
Cuties?+12
@edmundironside9435 - 2023-06-23 16:32:38
@reilysmith5187 Do they hook up? I've never watched it.+8
@aksunglasses24 - 2023-06-23 16:32:38
Good Boys+1
@Dratchev241 - 2023-06-23 16:32:38
@edmundironside9435 knowing that show the young girls prob ran trains on 50 year old men pretending to be women or some shit.+5
@inditsnotdenon922 - 2024-07-23 16:32:38
The book IT has this as a plot, its how they beat the monster+23
@mrotss - 2024-08-23 16:32:38
@inditsnotdenon922 check the author's hard drive cuz wtf+9
@Kimmy_95 - 2025-01-23 16:32:38
@mrotss the mental gymnastics, when it came to making excuses, to defend that author, will piss you off even more. IMO those excuses were just as disturbing as the actual content they were defending.+1
@EtienneBonnafoux - 2025-02-23 16:32:38
@reilysmith5187 You haven't seen the movie have you ? There are no hooking up in this movie.+2
@opsec-failure - 2025-02-23 16:32:38
Literally any mainstream media ever+1
@NEVERGOON-e7q - 2025-05-23 16:32:38
@EtienneBonnafoux Still bad tho+1
@NEVERGOON-e7q - 2025-05-23 16:32:38
There's a rapper who said he lost his virginity in the third grade.+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:32:38
So you're no longer waiting for Truck-kun?+19
@dooglive922 - 2024-09-23 16:32:38
I agree. I watched too many of these movies as a kid and often my expectations of reality now are ingrained in the falsehood of fiction.+8
@frauleinhohenzollern - 2024-09-23 16:32:38
It's how demoralization works+6
@ToveriJuri - 2025-04-23 16:32:38
@dooglive922 I've watched plenty of dark TV show where villains are basically the protagonists life is bleak murder is rampant. And I have positive outlook toward life and good hope for humanity. You people are just weird and letting these things get to you too much. And a lot of this ugliness you see on TV doesn't even match the worst of what humanity can be. The news you can read about Mexican cartels, Russian army atrocities in Ukraine are far worse than what you generally see on these shows, but that news don't describe the whole world either.+6
@saavestro2154 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
Good point about nobody doing anything about the current situation of our (awful) mainstream media. I only want to say that "el ingeniero bombita" actually did plant a bomb in response.+24
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
its easy to say you dont relate to characters doing "extreme" things when you're safely sitting at home watching a nice relaxing video, now try doing that after the McDonald's employee screwed your order and you only realized when you got home+26
@bioemiliano - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
redsoldier8285 Yeah, it's just protagonist bias+11
@itsmaybetokyo - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
as an argentinian I cant believe I've never even heard about this. Thanks for the recommendation, I'll watch it+7
@Jon1on - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
>Szifron Oh no no no+13
@OckhamAsylum - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
Red Soldier Very interesting point of view. I'd agree and say it's a matter of people being very, very easy to string along, if you have the right narrative. That's essentially how politics work these days, it's a race to see who can get their story to be the more commonly accepted one first, with different versions of the story portraying wildly different realities. Look at the Pelosi break-in, depending on which version you believe he was either an innocent victim of a vicious MAGA extremist, or a depraved freak who owns and abuses sex slaves. It's all about who can compel you to feel empathy with the narrative first. If you have a good enough story, you can be in the same position as Walter White, with people taking your side even when they really probably shouldn't be.+8
@Cannedscourge - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
@bahshas "I'm sorry" "yeah?...well hey, I'm sorry too! *pulls out tech-9" "OMZG SO RELATABLE LOL"+2
@Swenthorian - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
I actually saw this at a theatre in the US for extra credit in Spanish class! I'd forgotten about that movie; pretty cool to see it referenced in the YouTube comments section.+4
@asddw4998 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
@Jon1on He hearted it lmao+3
@ricardorivas5955 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
that movie is just the teenage mind of Szifron and he is just saving face by saying that is actually not ok+4
@miique - 2024-06-23 16:32:39
The bride from the wedding story doesn't kill anyone. She does totally kill the vibe though+3
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:39
redsoldier8285 That's kind of the point of shows like Breaking Bad or Sopranos though. They get you to root for the bad guy, then in the end make you realize what you had been doing. That is the goal of the show. It's nothing nefarious. If anything it's a way to teach the audience an important lesson. It's way more effective when you realize you had been guilty of it yourself. Of course a bunch of dummies never get it and finish the show thinking Walter White was totally awesome and get a Heisenberg tattoo, but there will always be stupid people no matter what and you shouldn't wish the world to be tailored on their terms.+6
@andreydoronin6995 - 2024-07-23 16:32:39
I believe 95% of people don't even watch movies really. They just watch reviews, read what other people say and check shorts and edits.+1
@byte-me-666 - 2025-02-23 16:32:39
I watched the movie yesterday and it was a delight. Yes, everything is exaggerated but you can find a meaning behind the stories; the one about the ticket? People became too lazy to fight corruption and take the easy route by just paying the ticket than change the system. The other stories? How anger can lead to deadly yet stupid outcomes (Think of wars) and no matter how advanced we are as humans and look chique, we go back to our primitive instincts, how superficial people are and how everyone in life is acting to not appear bad, how only poor people pay the price of greed while rich people get richer, how corruption benefits the big whales but the small fish get eaten, whether they are corrupt or not.+2
@ToveriJuri - 2025-04-23 16:32:39
And you know what's even stranger. Literally no one of those people who clapped and gave an ovation, who related to those murderers are actually going to do anything of them sort themselves, unless they were inclined to do so in the first place in which case they didn't need the movie to get "inspired" in the first place. The biggest psyop are the people who are demoralizing themselves into thinking these people are out to get you and ruin the society.+1
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
takes notes+21
@cryrpwastaken - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
It's like adding headers to your paper/essay. Makes it easier to digest+39
@porteal8986 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
+5 social credit+6
@jsong8282 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
Long live chapter creators+4
@ash.r9k - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
The more you call Luke a content creator the less he'll upload+22
@CatPerson136 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
I'm taking notes+1
@rev8419 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
Luke is my favorite content creator™!+6
@abcdefghabcdefgh350 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
Based rothbardian+2
@2trains182 - 2023-06-23 16:32:39
Definitely don’t call him a social media influencer then!! We don’t want him to go completely off the grid and start sending packages to what he considers to be the more problematic college professors……..+3
@LowIiet - 2023-06-23 16:32:40
@ash.r9k I missed the part where that's my problem+1
@gen-zboomer - 2024-06-23 16:32:40
Luke would kill you for calling him a "content creator"+1
@benjaminjones5029 - 2024-11-23 16:32:40
A happy comment is a good comment. An angry comment is a poor comment.+1
@julianstephen1303 - 2025-05-23 16:32:40
Usher: Yeeeeah man!!!+1
@exclaim2820 - 2025-03-23 16:32:40
So glad someone commented this. The game of thrones part was was a really dumb take because the plot and characters were literally inspired by real people and events that happened in medieval Britain between people who were competing for power, we actually have that from the author himself. I'm not sure where mr smith got the idea GoT was supposed to make the things in the show seem normal. I can buy the argument for lots of other shows and movies but GoT is a terrible example because it was inspired by real history.+1
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:32:40
Have you tried "slice of life" anime?+23
@lurksnitchtongue8986 - 2023-06-23 16:32:40
All fiction requires conflict+9
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:32:40
@seronymus Anime is literally bankrolled by the CCP and has been since the mid 90's Suck start weeb+6
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:40
No shit, but even as child, I found pop music channels super annoying. the loud and brash personalities of the radio journalists and the continous high energy of the advertisements and music were just often quite exhausting. They would play the same songs over and over again, not even current hits but most from former decades. Well, I have always been an introvert and preferred peace and quiet. That's probably why I started to listen classical music as soon as I could. Also, the music is short. It is just like a sandwich you take as quickly as possible when you go to work. A symphony is a luxurious four-course meal in a fancy restraurant. Or, compare a TikTok video and a movie. There's just so much more you can say in longer space, and more elegantly and subtly. I am not a cultural conservative, at least a not a racist, religious, prudish ignorant asshole they tend to be, and you can criticise the excesses of modernity without necessarily being one like that.+20
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:40
@lurksnitchtongue8986 There are heaps of great fiction without conflict. Like the other guy said, slice of life anime is one example of an entire subgenre of shows without conflict.+5
@JayJay-z4z2p - 2024-09-23 16:32:40
I never found clowns scary I have no idea why people find them scary (maybe its genetic memory of war paint?) I always respected clowns and still do.+4
@TeddyTentacle - 2024-10-23 16:32:41
@JayJay-z4z2p Look up "the nephilims looked like clowns" on youtube and approach it with an open mind. That theory has a lot of ground and explains the reason why clowns are inherently scary to people very well. I was completely on your side before btw.+4
@InkfinityOkamix3 - 2023-06-23 16:32:41
viewz this is true, Hollywood subversion has been prevalent since the beginning of film.+22
@speedos - 2023-06-23 16:32:41
cigarette ash and shit everywhere, everyone wearing tuxedos like a robot, oh how lovely+8
@jgnogueira - 2023-06-23 16:32:41
@InkfinityOkamix3 eah they were all about propaganda, just look at all those cold war films, that made many americans braindeads by the reality of the world+5
@beloved-child - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
Requiem was an extreme example. The hopelessness, depravity, essential display by the finale that men are just disgusting rutting pigs that love sexually degrading women.....everything about the film was exaggerated and extreme worst case style resolved.+10
@legalfictionnaturalfact3969 - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
Belove, many men are exactly that. There is no lie.+1
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@speedos Oh no, not tuxedos! Not tailored clothing made of high-quality fabrics! That's terrible! I want more covid vaccines and trans children in my life just so I can avoid wearing a tuxedo.+21
@railfandepotproductions - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@poika22 what's wrong with trans people?+4
@Pg4141laika - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@railfandepotproductions my comment was deleted lmao+10
@Pg4141laika - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@railfandepotproductions because Im not allowed to say specifics, let's just say most things about their lifes are wrong+16
@railfandepotproductions - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@Pg4141laika bruh and your grammar...+3
@Pg4141laika - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@railfandepotproductions are we retreating to semantics now, lol? If Youtube let me say what I think you'd get a bunch of statistics that don't look great to worry about+11
@railfandepotproductions - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
@Pg4141laika wut?+1
@m3chanist - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
Right, it's important to always feel uplifted and never pay attention to "feeling terrible" Now if sir would just be so kind as to put on this mask that forces sirs mouth into a rictus grin, then I will fetch you a nice cup of cocoa with ten sugars and a blanket for your knees, you already have the rosy opaque glasses of yesteryear glued to your face I see so no problems there.+10
@tekrit3249 - 2024-06-23 16:32:41
What isn't wrong with John Money's greatest joke on humanity?+1
@kiminobigballs4167 - 2024-07-23 16:32:41
@Pg4141laika stop saying slurs in your comment and then you'd get your comment posted.+3
@Pg4141laika - 2024-07-23 16:32:41
@kiminobigballs4167 Computer nerds and trqqns won't be telling me what to do.+6
@god-babygirl - 2023-06-23 16:32:41
me too+8
@oscarlove4394 - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
@tostadorafuriosa69 real experiences rather than movies or television. ie knowing how a (good) man behaves based on people you know, rather than what movies and television tell you they should act like.+7
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:32:42
Relatable.+31
@SPARTANASASIN - 2023-06-23 16:32:42
@dylancounte1448 normies don't want to understand the wick movies because the story isn't spoon fed to them+45
@elio6861 - 2023-06-23 16:32:42
theyre right+14
@newt2246 - 2023-06-23 16:32:42
@SPARTANASASIN Yeah normies really hate John Wick+24
@ramberzahn - 2023-06-23 16:32:42
Wasn't he hunted since the second film? It's not a murder spree if those people want to kill you.+13
@bitwize - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
You're right. John Wick 2 is a movie where a man goes on a brutal 90-minute murder spree... over a dog.+15
@tysondance7476 - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
@bitwize no that's 1. And it's a stylish murder spree 😂+5
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
@SPARTANASASIN The John Wick movies are the most blatant spoonfed crap. They're comparable to Fast & Furious except less self aware.+11
@Dogman262 - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
Kinda based parents ngl+8
@jonetgames - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
I bet the scary movie would've had less deaths in it too lol. Horror movies only ever have a cast of ~5-10 people, action movies require more mobs.+6
@jetstreak2786 - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
Horror movies present monsters that don't exist. John Wick presents monsters that do.+8
@DogefromBroa - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
@poika22 Cope+3
@arieson7715 - 2024-06-23 16:32:42
He goes on a brutal 90 minute murder spree on Russian mafia gangsters and hitmen. Not exactly the nicest of human beings.+10
@bironjames9948 - 2024-11-23 16:32:42
John wick also induces violence Watchung a guy headshot people after 2hrs straight does a number on your brain+2
@linuxman7777 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Nowadays you don't have to consume media from your own country at all, you can find media from a place that best reflects your values, which is making society more divided and fragmented+22
@bbbo85 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
I think people picked up on the fact that negativity grabs attention and attention == profit. What I find amusing and disgusting at the same time is that they claim to be "inclusive/non-toxic" and they are the definition of not those things.+16
@thecomicssectionchannel5988 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
A summary of Luke's take: "it seems today, that all you see, is violence in movies and sex on TV. But where are all those good old fashioned values that we used to rely"+712
@filip6127 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
I think it’s best and also pretty simple to just watch old movies and read old books. There is probably enough that was released throughout history and that is highly acclaimed, that you would likely never run out. I don’t get why people feel the need to always watch the newest series.+103
@VincentTamer - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Everything has to be vile, cruel, vengeful or just insane and chaotic. I can’t stand it either, it just doesn’t appeal to me. We tend to watch older movies in our house when we watch them. Frank Capra films are always good.+28
@ReekRendTest1 - 2024-06-23 16:32:45
What the ?!?! You can certainly have a debate about morality of what should be portrayed in content, but it's complete (willful?) ignorance for anyone to pretend all this stuff doesn't mirror the real lives of humans since the dawn of civilization. All that sordid stuff IS what people do, any scratching of the surface of real Earth history tells you that (check The Bible for additional references). And yes due to very recent technology kids have mostly become autistic in their activities, but historically teens DID do all the sex and drinking and cursing, how sheltered are you? Absolutely bizarre take to say it's not realistic (excepting all the woke diversity and LGBT that is faked into everything, obviously). Also the mass media is mostly doing it because it sells, and they're allowed to now. That's how it's always been, this is unrestricted capitalism, that's all. Lowest common denominator, in every sense, of markets. But a lot of capable authors also genuinely want to write gritty realism (out of the pages of history, as it were), and that's also not new, they've been writing like that as long as humans have written drama. Honestly, you can read a ton of world history on Wikipedia that is actually more sordid and worse than what's in those tv/movies now, not for the squeamish. It's great that a Chinese movie shows people refusing the temptation of an affair, but humans have had affairs since homo sapiens lived tribally, not only is it in our evolutionary history but it's been omnipresent every year of our existence and holds a major presence in all human literature and even religions (again, see The Bible for examples). People didn't get the idea from TV haha.+7
@sasakanjuh7660 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
I just yesterday found out about band called INXS, and looking them up on youtube I click on the first result, which was a song called "Never tear us apart". After watching the video, I read the first comment which says something like: "No nudity, no autotune, just a pure talent", which has like 6k likes. Now, I know how silly/cringy is measuring things by views and likes, but given the age we're living nowadays when attention of vast majority of people is online, one can hardly say it's irrelevant metric. Point is, people definitely still resonate with seeing just a bunch of guys playing/singing and walking by the river, on the city streets, standing on the bridge, while everything is captured in kinda romantic imagery. Problem is, appreciating "normal" stuff nowadays may indicate one's lack of appreciation for creativity and not very "thought provoking" material, so I guess that might be the reason people are kinda reserved to say they like it, just so they wouldn't come across as boring and unimaginative..+63
@Redman8086 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
I've never been into this whole fad of every movie/show needing gratuitous sex and violence. I remember when it started being really turned off by it but now it's in everything and nobody else seems to see it the way I do. I miss wholesome family content. Not kids shows. Talking about shows/movies for the entire family. Now it's either ADHD hyperactive children's content or ultra-pornographic dirty-mouthed adult content (or both at once), no in-between. I think it's the younger generation causing this shift. They don't want kids anymore, so they don't care about wholesome content.+79
@KyriosHeptagrammaton - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
I think I've come to realize I don't hate coming of age stories. I just hate all the ones I read because they were all about sex and violence. But then you look at basically any Studio Gibli film, or Harry Potter, and it's just about wholesomely letting go of the things of the past and courageously facing the future.+38
@aalex100 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Euphoria is the biggest psyop of all+685
@abe6030 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Bet that's why anime is becoming much more popular than western media. Not saying it's all good but these tropes aren't nearly as common. They have men and woman that act like men and woman, sex isn't the main goal of the characters and the morals of most characters are at least decent+6
@revoltingpeasant9979 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Watched The Sound Of Music recently with my kid. It was so jarring watching a movie where all the characters behave like dignified human beings.+10
@regbot4432 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Those out in the wild videos look surreal. There is no wind, no other people around, no human built structures and there is always bright sun light with clear sky. It almost seems like luke smith died and now is bored in heaven so he continues to make videos for us.+16
@cognitiaquest8311 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
I don't think this is a very well thought out take. Your main/first example was Game of Thrones, which you argue is glorifying unrealistic violence and bad actors. You made the point that it is more tragic and completely seperate from the real world. Theres several things wrong with this. Firstly, reality is often times far more tragic and violent and filled with horrible and selfish people. I think a fantastic example of this would be the Soviet Union during the reign of Stalin and especially towards the end. The political intrigue, backstabbing, and violence makes GoT seem quaint by comparison. Not to mention that tragedy has been one of the main forms of story telling since humans could write. I'm not sure if youve only seen the show or what, but completely mistaken also, saying that the characters only developments are from bad to worse. I could cite many examples. If the main issue for you is the visual depiction of this violence and glorification of it, humans have been depicting war and acts of war as vividly as possible since the dawn of time. This isn't some modern Hollywood trend. I think media would be pretty boring if all we had was "slice of life" dramas that exemplify the mundane.+18
@imperatorscotorum6334 - 2024-06-23 16:32:45
Also, who actually wants to watch a movie about “normal people doing normal things”? Where’s the drama in that? Doesn’t sound interesting to me.+7
@uruseibaka9456 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
im gonna show breaking bad to my kids so they dont do drugs+151
@jamesostrander9454 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Contemporary American writers often undermine human dignity. These days, I find myself really craving entertainment or IRL interactions that reinforce human dignity, but that's hard to find in cinemas unless you go back to pre 90s Hollywood. I think this is why the new Top Gun was so successful. It was just a well-made blockbuster that celebrated the humanity of its characters.+379
@sgameirojr - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Say what you want about anime being cringe, but Totoro is probably my favourite animation of all time, just because of the commonality of so many of the scenes, like waiting on a bus stop on the rain, and enjoying the sounds of bigger water droplets on the umbrella.+9
@jimmyking92 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Not so long ago I thought of movies like Rocky 4 simply as corny American entertainment. Compared to what's been pushed today I can say that Rocky 4 can pass many positive messages to young men, especially regarding facing your demons and standing up after getting hit.+30
@pt17171 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
The "entertainment industry" is not very diverse at all. All headed by the same group with the same beliefs. Reviewers act like tastemakers deciding what is "good" before even seeing the film.+7
@canodepvc2837 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Thank god i don't have to consume media from my country lol. Don't understand how that is a bad thing+7
@linuxman7777 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
@canodepvc2837 Because there is less of a common media to follow and people aren't forced into conformist values anymore, society is more divided. Like the Weebs, Anglophiles, Europhiles, and Proud Americans can't really communicate with each other or have anything to talk about outside of their group because they all consume very different media that has vastly different outlooks on life.+8
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:32:45
Diversity leads to stability.+2
@KratostheThird - 2024-10-23 16:32:45
@linuxman7777 This is both a good and a bad thing. I regularly watch Korean films which are a breath of fresh air. My grandparents, who died in their late 80’s, regularly watched old John Wayne films. The culture has changed and America is no longer the singular society it once was.+2
@hero-scripts - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
???+3
@ChristianTheChicken - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
It seems today that all you see is Freddy Freaker dancing on the TV.+24
@GM4ThePeople - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
on which+4
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
@hero-scripts he's referencing the family guy theme.+59
@bear5945 - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
was such a big fam of your facebook comics back in the day+2
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
But he never answered the question why the use of violence and sex in movies or serials is so prevalent.+3
@gerardoesquivel9919 - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
So?+2
@M_CFV - 2023-06-23 16:32:46
@tokiomutex4148 he blatantly did around 7 minutes in+4
@senorfavorita7457 - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
Lucky, There's a family guy Lucky, There's a man who positively can do All the things that make us Laugh and Cry He's our family guy...................................................................+13
@UnchainedEruption - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
You beat me to it lol+2
@samueldeandrade8535 - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
Thanks. I am new to this channel and starting to think this Luke guy considers he knows more than what he really knows.+4
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
@samueldeandrade8535 Oh no, Hollywood mocked something? That must mean it's stupid. I must be so naive and such a dork for even thinking that.+1
@samueldeandrade8535 - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
@poika22 hum?+1
@pajeetsingh - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
Take Reacher 2. A cool anti-hero show and then every time the crew of the show sit to take rest, they need to have beer in the hand. Watched Ozark. Every other scene transition starts with children, teen and adults having beer in hand and drinking. It's like the are portraying it as very normal and harmless thing to do. This is all psyop for sure. The sub 90IQ population take it as "cool lifestyle".+3
@pajeetsingh - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
How much are you paid buddy?+1
@samueldeandrade8535 - 2024-06-23 16:32:48
@pajeetsingh "How much are you paid, buddy?" Oh yeah. You are definitely insane.+4
@FacepalmInteractive - 2025-05-23 16:32:48
@pajeetsingh yo man I saw you on another vidéo message like weeks ago you gave me a laugh now you're here. keep up the work+1
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
"b-but muh 4k teeeveeeeeeeee reeeeee"+10
@Barbarossa97 - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
You better get them on physical media and quick. They are rewriting and editing the old classics as we speak. Horde everything.+29
@midgetthingers6360 - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
"I don’t get why people feel the need to always watch the newest series" Its so their not left out of casual conversation/the friend group. When Stranger Things came out, my group of pals were always talking about it/praising it. I didn't''t really watch it, so, I couldn't add to/relate to anything they were saying about it. Same for a few games but eh. Later on watched the first season. Found it boringly slow and kinda wondering why people liked it so much, like yeah, the "nostalgia factor" is nice but want something interesting to actually happen...+17
@Midnight_Spectacle - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
@midgetthingers6360 That's also why I used to make a point of keeping up with contemporary media, to be part of the conversation, however I've realized over time that at the end of the day when I do that I don't end up feeling any "closer" to these people. At best I'm being dishonest with myself and pretending to like something just so I feel included, and at worst I'm the cynical guy who just hates all new movies/shows. And this got me thinking about how many of my "friendships" have just been based solely around a shared interest in media and how fragile they are because of that. So I figure if maturing and expanding my interests beyond what's trendy means weakening a few shallow friendships then that's what's gonna happen. Once you start to let go you can focus more on finding deeper ways of connecting with those people, or you can just try to find new people who are more on your wavelength, where the connection will be more centered around the things that actually matter in life.+17
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
Yeah. Classics are classics for a reason. Also listen to classical music. Brutally underrated. Or pop songs from 1980's, or 1920's jazz, but whatever else than this current mainstreatm crap rap+7
@KyriosHeptagrammaton - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
@Barbarossa97 They're redrawing "Where's Waldo"! My brother and I couldn't believe it+2
@asggerpatton7169 - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
I too seek out old movies to feel a little more hopeful about humanity but unfortunately they are not as good as modern cinema in providing action scenes and good visual effects. I try to stick with the less degrading and demoralising modern media though, which definitely don't include game of thrones.+3
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
@asggerpatton7169 yeah, I agree. Generally speaking, new films are always action-packed and full of special effects, but old ones can be too slow. New ones are too get excited and energetic, older ones to relax you and to calm you down. A healthy balance would be desirable. But I think movies like Inception, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Gladiator and Avatar achieved a good compromise between action and story, calm and action, pity there is not a lot of filma like them+6
@kornelobajdin5889 - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
@tj-co9go Facts. Been only listening to 80s pop or rock hits. And I love them, they are way more relatable and have that timeless feel. And Im 20. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that I listen to those songs since I don't like any of the new ones.+1
@jesustovar2549 - 2023-06-23 16:32:48
@tj-co9go I'm already listening to all the music you're pointing out and I'm just 19.+1
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:50
@jesustovar2549 i started listening to those works at 10. Now I am 24. No regrets, time well spent+1
@V3RITAZ_42 - 2023-06-23 16:32:50
@Barbarossa97 examples/proof?+1
@KratostheThird - 2024-10-23 16:32:50
The film he made in 1934 starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert will always be a classic. Witty, funny, intelligent, but more importantly, wholesome, clean, classy, timeless, and enjoyable.+2
@johncasey9544 - 2023-06-23 16:32:50
i mean, did you find it thought provoking? it is creatively meritorious? If so that's great. What's wrong with art that pushes the boundaries or uses new technology though?+5
@sasakanjuh7660 - 2023-06-23 16:32:50
@johncasey9544 I never said there's any problem with that, I saying kinda opposite. The problem is being judged if like/appreciate something mundane/humble, something that's not revolutionary or unconventional, because that might implicate one's "lack of capacity" to "comprehend" greatness in the new art.. I never said appreciation for both is mutually exclusive and can't coexists, I'm saying less exciting things are greatly discouraged simply because they are not "cool", but oftentimes, less can actually be more.. Just personal opinion, though :)+4
@callumraza5046 - 2023-06-23 16:32:50
His death tarnishes his legacy+1
@InkfinityOkamix3 - 2023-06-23 16:32:50
That’s funny they say INXS was “clean” considering the band indulged in tons of debauchery behind the scenes.+4
@the.littlest.toaster - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
I just fast forward as soon as the actors kiss like we know whats going to happen it brings nothing to the plot then bam next scene and what happened in the sex scene is already irrelevant.+13
@mimzy54321 - 2024-06-23 16:32:51
The bulk of the youngest generation is only now in college/graduating.+1
@ToveriJuri - 2025-04-23 16:32:51
Ah well you'll be glad to know that absolutely minority of shows actually have gratuitous sex and violence and that it's you who's focusing on that so much that you think that's the case when the reality is the opposite.+1
@madokalover - 2024-06-23 16:32:51
azumanga daioh, i watched recently. very good show for teenagers about the same thing+3
@glucosefructose - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
My friends and I decided to watch the first episode as a joke (which is a story onto itself). While we all agreed it was degenerative trash at the time they didn't seem that fazed by some of the smut while I didn't want them to see it. Our culture has a massive way to go in order to fix itself.+89
@NoName-to5xl - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
@glucosefructose u got cool friends.+12
@nono9543 - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
completely. the fact that some people say this reflects high school is offensive.+41
@femboydoja3760 - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
Made me and my sister uncomfortable+12
@cerradin - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
@Moonliightartist Was it really? That would make a lot of sense+6
@asandax6 - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
which one 💀?+5
@puhbrox - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
Here I am thinking you are talking bout the feeling an I'm just like , wait what+2
@thefrog4990 - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
This right here.+1
@idk-mz3sf - 2023-06-23 16:32:51
even the actors felt uncomfortable doing the depraved shit levinson was making them do, if there's any major takeaway from that show it's that in this day and age as long as you pay actors millions you can make your own degenerate fantasies into a tv show marketed towards minors. the original israeli show was not made for a short attention span (which is why people think it's boring) and has a far more meaningful story.+20
@Randomlad56 - 2023-06-23 16:32:52
@idk-mz3sf oof, Hollywood directors/writers (people in media in general that have higher authority) inserting their weird fantasies and using the actors like dolls and action figures for their own pleasure? Especially in seemingly unnecessary yet common sex/sexual scenes in out of place places? What an absolute shocking thing to occur, especially in the film industry+6
@Smougda - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
Euphoria? The anime?+6
@Turanic1 - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
Imao I only saw one episode but it was the first show I thought about where a bunch of teenagers having sex that they shouldnt 😂+4
@scuzyprod.1611 - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
I couldn't go past the first episode, it made me wanna throw up. there was sex and gay sex and drugs everywhere+6
@Begeru - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
@cerradin how would that make any sense?+1
@DarkResonance - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
Euphoria?? That's the easy one to pick. Why don't you males talk about something like GoT?? Or the Witcher?+8
@DarkResonance - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
@Turanic1 funny how males are almost encouraged to do this in real life even as teens but showing it in shows is wrong?? And I'm anti shows like Euphoria and GoT, Witcher etc. Just find the hypocrisy irritating. Get the morals going in real life too and don't just whine about it online.+3
@webiorg6147 - 2024-06-23 16:32:52
Yes, same was with the series called Skins which was deemed inappropriate in the UK like 15 years ago and people were worried it will have a devastating influence on already troublesome youth.+3
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:32:52
It normalizes loads of things, including being a cam-site poster.+1
@nikhilajith8880 - 2024-08-23 16:32:52
Produced by Drake. Need I say more?+3
@fallingrock7225 - 2024-08-23 16:32:52
@youtuberobbedmeofmyname Atheism is a great thing to push if you’re against religion, but it’s also the natural conclusion of a sound mind.+1
@jellyrcw12 - 2024-10-23 16:32:52
I hate that show!!+1
@bogdanlulelaru858 - 2024-11-23 16:32:52
In this moment i'm euphoric+4
@geotopolis - 2025-04-23 16:32:52
I respectfully disagree, fear and not euphoria is the biggest tool a psyop engages. The pleasure promised by hedonism doesn't have the same level of attraction without a little fear. "Eat, Drink and be Merry" would be all that's needed, but adding the fear of death makes it a little more attractive. "Eat, Drink, and be Merry, for tomorrow we may die" has deeper more convincing message.+1
@Ordnas95 - 2025-05-23 16:32:52
He's talking about the show called "Euphoria"+1
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:32:52
I'm actually just snobby about only recording when there is ideal natural lighting in the still morning.+11
@kay987 - 2024-12-23 16:32:52
lmfao exactly. i dont get why its such an expectation for everything to be such an accurate representation of life. the purpose of fiction is for it to not be real life, and this discussion has been occurring for thousands of years now. its a very reactionary take by people who cant take even a second to explore more media. the only thing i agree with is the real life vs media thing about how it skews the perceptions of people on how life should be. the reliance of people on media and increasing incentive to stay inside and consume seems to be the actual cause of this, not the media itself+3
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
Just show your kids Youtube videos of people tweaking in Walmarts+89
@felixlipski3956 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@Thomas B many such cases+12
@topokhancom - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
Show them real people telling their story of addiction and how they started using drugs instead+16
@aquepaique - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
Show them 'Requiem for dream'+9
@yaqubebased1961 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
The whole point of BB is that of drugs were made legal, literally none of the shit would happen as they'd lose all of their income.+4
@namesurname4666 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@nickpavia9021 or "cuties" if someone remembers it+2
@websurfer5772 - 2024-06-23 16:32:53
Show them Kensington.+1
@webiorg6147 - 2024-06-23 16:32:53
@aquepaique I have seen many people saying this film made drugs appealing to them.+3
@TodaTruth - 2024-07-23 16:32:53
Show them scar face+3
@jpunyedvideorestorations9347 - 2025-04-23 16:32:53
@nickpavia9021 did you mean twerking?+1
@DvNezarto - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
The new top gun was truly made “for you” to quote Tom cruise. Most movies and shows today are made for this “artistic class” that runs Hollywood, they’re not made for the audience, they’re made for the people that make it+50
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@DvNezarto nah all the other hollywood movies are also made for you, but they are mad to make you mad+23
@jamesostrander9454 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@godoforder1828 I suppose that's not outside the realm of possibility, you angry fellow. I can earnestly say that's not what I enjoyed about it though.+1
@FF-pi9fq - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
Could you elaborate on what you think undermines or reinforces human dignity?+4
@joshuajohnson3296 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
Top Gun was true American movie with patriotic and humane values+5
@jamesostrander9454 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@FF-pi9fq I'm sure my idea of dignity is fairly personal to my own set of convictions which can probably be traced to Christian metanarratives, or subsequent secular models of Enlightenment era humanism. I don't have any rigid guidelines, but many forms of contemporary media embrace schadenfreude, expect viewers to look sardonically on their unfortunate characters, and seek the most cynical ends for their plots. I think Luke is saying something sort of similar here - that there's something refreshing about a story that COULD find its way to a very lurid end if characters acted dishonorably, but instead concludes in a happy manner because its characters act with dignity.+8
@BlueNorth313 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@jamesostrander9454 May I give some recommendations? Have you watched A room with a view? (the 80's film, not whatever garbage came after) I think you might enjoy it. I also love Maurice (same director), but if you identify with the label of Christian you might not like that one as much, depending on your beliefs. I'm also a Christian, but an Anthroposophist Christian. They're both love stories, not much action. A room with a view is like a glorious day of sunlight, brimming with beauty, and it has its funny moments. Maurice is also beautiful (in my humble opinion), but in a darker, more melancholic way, like leaving on a journey at dusk, more dramatic. I find both manage to treat all characters as complex human beings, who are overall well intentioned, even if they're imperfect and make mistakes. They're all treated with great dignity, in my opinion. No character is dragged through the mud in horrific ways, something many filmmakers seem to love doing to their characters these days.+5
@jamesostrander9454 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@bluenorth3965 I will absolutely check those movies out, they sound lovely. Thanks for the recommendations!+2
@BlueNorth313 - 2023-06-23 16:32:53
@jamesostrander9454 You're very welcome! Hope you enjoy them :)+2
@_nom_ - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
Star Trek?+4
@jamesostrander9454 - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
@_nom_ While I haven't really watched much Star Trek, my understanding (from Red Letter Media vids) is that the old school Trek series are great examples of optimistic, philosophical, and respectful television. I've been meaning to watch some TNG or DS9.+1
@Thomas-mx1fh - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
viewz Shut it down!+1
@DvNezarto - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
@bahshas I disagree, they’re made for the Hollywood and media class. Not the audience+2
@Reichstaubenminister - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
Are you still talking about Americans? I might need to shut this down otherwise.+1
@Randomlad56 - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
True, i remember something being said somewhere “That mentality is reflected in media, where underdog stories are more popular than stories about being powerful but the struggle with responsibility, and people still think they are the underdog like they were 30 years ago, which causes all of our issues right now”+1
@gen-zboomer - 2024-06-23 16:32:54
Yes, dignity and human goodness are so rare. Twin Peaks does a great job at showing this, especially the first two seasons.+2
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:54
Watching older movies and reading older books has never been easier. With a few clicks I can have any book on my e-reader or torrent any movie ever made and there's more than enough CONTENT to CONSUME for the rest of my life. There's really no reason to watch modern TV and films other than the fomo effect.+4
@rpblackout743 - 2025-05-26 16:32:54
I watched the new Top Gun and it was kind of cool but very obviously a Pro-Military Naval Propaganda Film. There are better examples of wholesome movies.+1
@derzyjams6708 - 2023-06-23 16:32:54
Rocky 1 is definitely the best Rocky movie, in terms of messaging at least. Far more believable than the sequels. Rocky 4 sort of felt like propaganda for blind patriotism for me.+8
@millieschmidt5338 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
OMG XDD You reminded me of something I noticed several years ago, how in every movie where the girl is leaving her boyfriend for the protagonist, it's because the boyfriend is a bad person, abusive, liar, or whatever. They never show a girl leaving her boyfriend for another man as a terrible thing, and because of this video I understood why. Shit.+28
@SixFt12 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Respectfully disagree. First of all, Game of Thrones was in book form almost three decades ago so it isn't that modern (just changed format) and from what I understand, it was even more outside of reality. Secondly, I think being outside of reality in both setting and and character interaction, is exactly what makes them appealing.+7
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
It's spiritual warfare. Intentional and unintentional. Engineered at the beginning, but now you have an entire generation of producers/writers/directors that are steeped in the degeneracy and dont need to be explicitly instructed to bring it out. From time to time though you can still see the explicit hand...+112
@Rattifant - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Stopped watching degenerate hollywood garbage years ago. It was one of the best decisions of my life.+9
@micahsnyder7299 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Korean Dramas are a good example of this pure kind of storytelling that’s mostly dead. They get a bad rep for being hammy and silly, but I tried watching one recently and was very pleasantly surprised by how positive and normal it was. Basically just normal people living normal lives and perpetuating positive moral values. It’s bizarre that this is basically dead in most modern media.+544
@RainbowVision - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
A normal movie about normal people doing normal things is called a documentary or a vlog. But I sort of agree with your point. In my opinion, the absurdity in movies can be toned down, but having an interesting plot is desirable. Also nothing against mild violence or intimacy between characters, but it has to have an explainable reason. That's my opinion.+11
@SpectreXS - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Whoever invented the duck face should be isolated from society for ever.+74
@stencilman5030 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
People who are upset about bad endings in TV-shows don't realize it's themselves they should be upset about. It's the realization that they have thrown away a hundred hours of their life expecting some kind of divine inspiration as a payoff.+165
@Max-yo4cz - 2024-07-23 16:32:55
This whole rant seems like another way of saying "I would prefer my personal sense of morality to be depicted more frequently in movies and TV"+15
@danielyoung_ - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Very true, I watched It's a Wonderful Life from 1946 and it's entirely different from the content coming out of Hollywood today.+180
@qqqalo - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Most modern movies force sex scenes, where you can tell that the actors are uncomfortable, and which have very little to do with the actual plot.+63
@scythermantis - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Interesting thoughts... I've often thought that in this postmodern age it's impossible to even have a 'happy' story and not assume that things are going to take a horrible turn in the 3rd episode.+12
@tibbayr699 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
The one valid counterpoint I can think of, is that people should take certain film less seriously. I think films that describe themselves “biography” and muddle with history should be considered psyops, and same with films that take place in real life, that act realistic and try to put forward a message (like american history X).+11
@IndianBrah - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
One of my favorite 'psy-ops' is how so many medieval fantasy settings either settle on the Knights Templar or the Catholic Church as the bad guys pulling the strings. It's such an unconscious swallowing of protestant and enlightenment era myths that have been popularized by the new atheists who like to talk about how the catholic church destroyed the classical world. The other one is how male friendships are treated. There always has to be a gay subtext either inserted by fans or by the creators.+559
@derzyjams6708 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
I saw a few Russian movies from 60-100 years ago, and I also noticed this too. The violence in them is all for noble causes, and they have clear messaging and plot points, without pushing hidden degeneracy down my throat. I liked `Alexander Nevsky`.+17
@theash4361 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
I could say the same thing about Macbeth or most of Shakespeare's works. The main difference is that his stories 1) are much more competently written, featuring real character development, and 2) end in ways that reinforce social ideals. Using Macbeth again - in spite of Macbeth's plotting, he ultimately gets dethroned and murdered for his crimes. The subject matter of much of media has always been salacious by the standards of its day; the framing of it as normal and morals as unimportant are what's changed.+48
@RippDrive - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
I'm at a weird point in my life. I have no desire to consume mass media, but I feel like I ought to watch at least a little to understand what's happening in normie space. The more I radicalize I become the happier and lonelier I get.+49
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
I can't believe Luke is agreeing with the opening lines of the Family Guy theme.+8
@ADHD55 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Euphoria the show is absolute degenerate I watched a few episodes and was shocked,+9
@ghenghiskha8240 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
In Kazakhstan we dont allow reality tv and sexual content on tv , if it happens we throw stones at them.+540
@illiiilli24601 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Reminds me of Hayao Miyazaki's infamous quote: "anime was a mistake"+10
@roripantsu - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
@illiiilli24601 that was a misquote. Hes basically criticizing the people who make anime with no real life experiences+11
@illiiilli24601 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
@roripantsu Which is precisely why it reminded me of the quote. Because the context of the quote was how the second generation of anime producers didn't have any real life experiences and grew up with anime, just like how this entire generation of producers/writers/directors also grew up with this degeneracy+23
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
You forget that that writer/producer/director cohort are also mostly foreign Seriously the number of American to non-American influential people in hollywood is insane Still not as insane as the amount of people that think the stuff that comes out of hollywood is American+4
@spacemonke2937 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
@illiiilli24601 yet some of the best stuff came from that 2nd generation. I think Miyazaki has a point, but there can't be just one flavor of things.+6
@illiiilli24601 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
@spacemonke2937 I would have to agree that a lot of good stuff came from the second generation, but I'm biased because I grew up watching stuff made by that second generation+5
@whirled_peas - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
As great as Miyazaki is, it’s undeniable that anime is a net negative+5
@akshay-kumar-007 - 2023-06-23 16:32:55
Tyler Durden enters the chat.+1
@tolloromassi99 - 2024-06-23 16:32:55
Oy vey!+2
@JoseManuelCornelio - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
My wife and I, lately we are watching Turkish, Korean or Indian movies and series. Because undoubtedly the level of degeneration in them is much lower. It's not that they don't have productions in that style, but at least it's not the norm as it happens with Hollywood.+61
@amateurstanding - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
Gimme some recs+3
@zojaXII - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
yeah I was pleasently surprised when I watched parasite, the girls that recommended it to me were either zoomer kpop stans or alcoolic, sometimes both (this isn't even a joke btw), but the plot was about a familly of poor people that needed to survive in society and although it did get a bit weird/absurd after the second half it was nonetheless a great movie+27
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
Kdrama is so far left field of reality it's ridiculous+16
@micahsnyder7299 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
my real name the main one I’ve watched and enjoyed is Extraordinary Attorney Woo+8
@micahsnyder7299 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@victorkreig6089 really depends on the series+2
@Thomas-vd7ez - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
It's funny you say that because out of all of the korean movies I know, none of them are of "pure kind storytelling" that you are talking about: Parasite, Old Boy and Battle Royale. Do you know why? Because those "pure kind stories" are hecka boring and so they don't reach a wide audience. I'm sure every day there are many American movies that come out that you would classify as "pure kind storytelling" but you don't know about them for the same reason that I don't know about Korean ones: they are BORING.+25
@psnotavailable - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
KR- Misaeng: Incomplete Life IN- Toilet: Ek Prem Katha CH- The Long River+2
@Alex-ck4in - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@zojaXII ah yes, Parasite, a movie about good down to earth moral values 🥲+12
@roastinred - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
You'd probably like Hallmark movies, they are the same way+3
@akshay-kumar-007 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@psnotavailable Nah bro, Toilet is mid at best. Good Indian movies I would recommend are 3 Idiots, Udaan, Chichore, RRR.+1
@stryyker9 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
caveat - Netflix and such american distributors/producers have got into the game. And as expected slowly but surely certain newer K-dramas have been skewing towards the same woke/liberal ideology in the west. The same for Indian movies/dramas it seems.+3
@hdjfjd8 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
the serious ones are really good the rest have that hammy vibe to it+3
@miilodude_8529 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@Thomas-vd7ez That's the degeneracy of you saying that korean film is bad because it doesn't align with the american norm of film and storytelling, your take is cringe and korean film is far superior than american film, literally they're making the best films like in the last decade and in our modern times.+3
@Thomas-vd7ez - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@miilodude_8529 I didn't say korean movies are bad at all. I'm just saying that ALL countries produce lighthearted movies. Those movies just don't reach wide audiences, which means that people from outside of the USA think that it only produces the kind of stuff described in the video when it is not true.+1
@RedHazeCh - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
Kdrama's portrayal of society is nowhere near as "normal" as you may think, these show are just a fancy layer of fabric to hide a very dysfunctional society underneath.+1
@micahsnyder7299 - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
@RedHazeCh oh they’re definitely not accurate to the reality of Korean society, but at least there’s an attempt to portray positive social and cultural values.+3
@4chewbaca942 - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
lol all korean movies i watched are fucked up (oldboy, handmaiden, all kim-ki duk films even parasite and bong earlier movie about policemen)+1
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
@Thomas-vd7ez Slice of life is probably the most popular subgenre of anime and it's nothing but "pure kind stories".+1
@XD-xt3xx - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
Millenials and gen z find eccentricity more relatable+1
@overtrist - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
Korea has a massive influx of brutal slasher and horror movies. What are you on about?+1
@Dogman262 - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
Weird that it doesnt really reflect SK as a whole+2
@hopscotchoblivion7564 - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
@overtrist that doesn't rule out the fact that K-dramas are more tame and normal than what you get in Hollywood+1
@oscarlove4394 - 2024-06-23 16:32:56
@amateurstanding i like hometown cha-cha about a big city dentist who movies to her hometown in the sticks. she starts off as this kind of stand-offish judgy stuck up lady but over the span of the season she becomes a much more generous community minded person and gets along well with the people. The only really unrealistic part is how the main love interest seemingly works every part time job known to man. i also really like 'Mad for Each Other', its a romance between an ex-policeman who has Borderline Personality Disorder and a woman with paranoid schizophrenia. At the start they drive eachother crazy but slowly they begin to trust eachother and fall in love. They even help eachother learn to cope with thier mental illnesses.+1
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
That's literally just how her face looks always.+54
@alpharoo2581 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@LukeSmithxyz Anya Taylor Soy+17
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
if her eyes were any farther apart, they'd be her ears+16
@yoshi314 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
someone else would have come up with this. it was sadly inevitable.+4
@namesurname4666 - 2023-06-23 16:32:56
@desktorp that reminds me of miis+6
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:32:57
thats why they should wait for the review+1
@lurksnitchtongue8986 - 2023-06-23 16:32:57
This is truly a fart huffer's take.+5
@dawnstriker - 2023-06-23 16:32:57
@lurksnitchtongue8986 coping binge watcher+26
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:57
yeah it's like working hard and expecting to get rich by that. what are you, twelve? you should by this point one cannot improve their social standing by their effort+11
@HarishBabuM - 2023-06-23 16:32:57
@tj-co9go what so mean not by their effort?+1
@NN-cc8uo - 2024-06-23 16:32:57
Never thought about it like that myself. Damn+1
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:57
Nah, that's just nonsense. People were upset with the ending of Game of Thrones because the show's quality rapidly plummeted during the last few seasons. The first seasons didn't become retroactively any worse or the time spent watching them any more "thrown away".+6
@ladev91 - 2024-06-23 16:32:57
@poika22 You still wasted hours doing nothing but staring at a screen.+6
@Ixe2077 - 2024-06-23 16:32:57
@ladev91 They watched a story and got a shit ending, thats not just staring at a screen. I can understand the notion, though.+2
@omnitone - 2024-06-23 16:32:57
sometimes art isnt about anything more than art. a bad end has the feel of a bad ending and sometimes that's the intention. using that for anything else than that could easily be labeled as media illiteracy. "tomb of the mutilated" isn't a manifesto, isn't a death metal album and is to be moshed to, not to be cosplayed.+3
@servus_incognitus - 2024-08-23 16:32:57
@poika22 the first seasons of Game of Thrones didn't get any worse with the ending because they already sucked to begin with. The ending just proved that there was no point to any of that from the beginning.+1
@Kotardt - 2024-11-23 16:32:57
@ladev91 I started staring at a screen watching a good story and ended up with a bad one (It was not at the finale that it changed but rather after season 4 doe)+1
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:32:57
Don't waste your time with any books less than 100 years old or any films / TV shows less than 40+1
@Hero_Of_Old - 2024-07-23 16:32:57
Just morality in general.+7
@elliesuckz - 2024-07-23 16:32:57
Wrong what he’s saying is not that it’s necessarily a bad thing but the that constant wish fulfillment and graphic imagery make you jaded….obviously most will separate the two but unconsciously youre not and it effects your brain and the way you see the world wether you realize it or not and that highschool question thing was such a good example+5
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
It's sobering to think that we could live in a world where movies were like that instead of what we have.+115
@TheLazyEconomist - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
I just saw clips from the Grammy's. Compare that garbage to the scene with community saving the local bank from going under. It was like a hit to the skull.+15
@VenomSnakeMGS - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
That’s such a great movie. I watched it for the first time a few years ago and it’s one of my favorites.+8
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
Go watch Footloose. I was born more than decade after the movie and it was really hard to understand the characters in the movie wanting to completely leave behind their quaint little village. Because the city I live in really isnt that great. But it was also strange to see how 'normal' life in America used to be like.+5
@holyzeitler77 - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
@LukeSmithxyz what happened to the motion picture production code hmm+14
@karenwang313 - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
I'd be more shocked if nothing had changed in the last 80 years tbh.+5
@kornelobajdin5889 - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
I watched some old movie Harakiri. Like a samurai that wanted to do sepuku in front of a lord. But turned out his goal was completely different. I was pleasantly surprised it kept my attention for 2h and the story was well constructed. And its from 1962. Ive also watched some other older movies and they are usually really good If you appreciate them for what they are.+6
@trailerwager8850 - 2024-06-23 16:32:58
Favorite line in that one is, "You can only take with you that which you've given away."+3
@sanriosonderweg - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
Most modern movies don't even have them, they are so chaste now, if there is any nudity, its a mans behind.+10
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-06-23 16:32:58
I can tell you don't watch modern movies+5
@oscarlove4394 - 2024-06-23 16:32:58
i always think about that always sunny in philadelphia joke where frank makes a movie with a sex scene, and its inserted in the most jarring and sudden way possible. just "hey hows it going" and then BAM frank hunched over in shitty lighting grunting like an asthmatic pig.+3
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
Unfortunately your average person isn't going to think past "Based on a true story". They probably think shows like "Vikings" are documentaries.+5
@whirled_peas - 2023-06-23 16:32:58
“People should” isn’t a point, let alone a counterpoint.+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
I see Luke hearted this comment. If I were a netflix show writer I'd conclude that Luke is secretly in love with you. Take the hint IndianBrah!+90
@jackywackysmacky4031 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
The gay thing is extra annoying. After watching master and commander my mom asked "so were they gay?" Which isn't her fault but the industry's where you can't have a good male friendship without it having gay undertones.+86
@yaqubebased1961 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
Sorry, but The IVth Crusade has made catholicism completely irredeemable.+33
@dusantesanovic4216 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@yaqubebased1961 This guy is undeniably right, come to orthodoxy brothers+14
@joshuajohnson3296 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@dusantesanovic4216 which orthodoxy? Greek, Russian, Serbian, Syriac, or Coptic? Or does it matter which one? By the way, is Luke Roman Catholic or Orthodox?+8
@dusantesanovic4216 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@joshuajohnson3296 I don't think it really matters, all orthodox churches stick to its apostolic teachings. I don't know where you live, but assuming that you're a westerner, I think that ROCCOR is the most common there. I might be wrong so don't take this for granted. Luke has converted to orthodoxy, he has a couple of videos and blogposts on his site on the topic, so you can look it up.+7
@mkd1113 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@dusantesanovic4216 the eastern "orthodox" do not stick to apostolic teachings. Divorce and contraception (allowed by some "orthodox" sects) are not part of apostolic teaching, and neither is the heretical palamite (polytheistic) conception of God held by some, or their denial of the papacy or the filioque. The true Church is the Catholic Church, outside of which there is no salvation.+18
@elio6861 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@mkd1113 these people are just too edgy to accept the Church, they want to look based and redpilled bro, its the new cool thing+11
@elio6861 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@thesquee1838 like what?+1
@elio6861 - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@thesquee1838 just because someone inside the Church did something you dont understand it doesn't means the Church somehow failed or changed a dogma+8
@JewTubeUsername - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
Christianity literally is the current year as a beta test. Including the word Catholic meaning "global" or "universal".+4
@elio6861 - 2024-06-23 16:32:59
@KoopstaKlicca -generic anime pfp -edgy, pointless and lost affirmations -illiterate level slangs -answer to 5 months old topic my friend youre scoring HIGH+2
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:32:59
@MrFirefox The psyop isn't that they're the bad guys in the show. That's surface level. The psyop is that if you grow up watching TV shows where any time the church or religion is mentioned they are the bad guys that slowly starts to trickle over to your real-world perception of things. Even if you think you are super smart and unaffected by such things.+2
@gbrls - 2024-06-23 16:32:59
@yaqubebased1961 The Pope excommunicated the crusaders way before they even reached Constantinopela, the sack was done to pay the debt they owned to Venice+4
@yuttorres2896 - 2025-01-23 16:32:59
@mkd1113 no man’s made dogma can save me only my relationship with Christ and my faith because Catholicism is definitely not what Jesus would have wanted and even his disciples. If they’d see all of this the would be so upset and sick to their stomachs.+3
@JasonSpanhur - 2025-06-19 16:32:59
@mkd1113 no dude jesus is the only path to salvation.+1
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
You should probably know they are communist propaganda. But, nevertheless, they can probably have their good sides regardless of that. I didn't like Nevsky. It was too simple, one-sided, good vs. evil drama. Cliched, boring and long+5
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@tj-co9go didn't you just say you were leftist in another comment?+2
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@seronymus yeah, and those things aren't mutually exclusive. to be precise, I am a social democrat. of course media made in USSR reflects the interests of that state, and was heavily censored+2
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@tj-co9go >social democrat >2023 Anno Domini My goodness, at the very least lean "tankie" or something. It should be exceedingly obvious by now in the past few years we are never getting a Star Trek future. You seem intelligent and educated, how could you abide by such a milquetoast ideology that is failing much of Europe anyway?+6
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@seronymus No, since the ideology of the Soviet Union led to an autocratic, one-party dictatorship. Since I support democracy, I cannot espouse such views. Violent rebellions and coups often do more harm than good. In real terms, my goals for politics is whatever works, and that's measured by real-world consequences. On nearly every possible metric, the Nordic countries are on the lead. And yes, on an ideal level, I would love to live in a fully automated luxurious society, where we all can live like the nobility of the past and oligarchs of today, but that's not coming soon.+2
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@tj-co9go Hold on, wait, okay. That's all understandable, but all within a very worldly certain mindset. Isn't your philosophy though ultimately just Hedonism with extra steps? Trying to build Heaven on Earth, even if it takes ages? Not to mention, Nordic prosperity with social democracy is largely factored by indirect exploration and imperialism of 3rd world (hence many leftists too oppose EU etc). I'm honestly surprised that you would unironically espouse this, ironically it seems very early 2000s. We live in a chaotic multipolar world again, with concerning developments even in technology. I'd be more sympathetic to you upon two contingent clauses being accepted, which I cannot: A) There is no incarnate God. B) "End of History" theory was not a myth. Overall, I am firmly convinced that social democracy is well, it's associated with Reddit types strongly tbh, and not in a good way.+4
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@seronymus nah, I don't know exactly what it is. You see, there is a difference between ideal world and practice. I think humanism, art, the common good, sustainability and the long run is important. We often forget how life-changing such things can be to experience. Technological progress, scientific and philosophical inquiry, wisdom, efficiency, frugality, quality, productivity, and prudence I value too. Not at the expense of the exploited, but to benefit them too. Freedom for people to do what they love, and love who they want, but good manners, propriety and respect for other people, (especially of minorities and disadvantaged groups) are important. Intelligence, curiosity and an aspiration to improve oneself could be the most important aspects of a person. And yes, I do believe humans should become better in every respect, within their biological constraints. While I somewhat believe in equality, ultimately, experts of a field or people interested in the matters should be the ones to conduct policy according to their wisdom, however, they too can make mistakes, like the rest of us. How different would the world look like, if climate scientists were to dictate climate policy, for example! We should take of and listen to other people and their concerns, whether it regards education, healthcare, psychology, social work, employment or whatever there is, and provide them the best ways to help them, to solve their problems and improve themselves Neither socialism and capitalism do value these properties properly at the moment. And I don't believe in God or End of History, both are naive myths+1
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:32:59
@seronymus So you could say I am a tecnocrat. The kind of hedonism I espouse is not momentary pleasure of the senses, what is usually meant by the word. It is rational, long-term, sustainable hedonism, spanning years, decades, generations, millenia, for the improvement and survival of our societies and species. We need lasting, beautiful and thriving structures and societies. So something closer to Stoicism or Epicureanism. A man content with little, desiring little more, can be more happy than a person who has the greatest luxuries on Earth but always craves more. One who also always chooses the present cannot be truly happy, if he does it at the expense of the future.+2
@windws7137 - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
@tj-co9go You're right. And the West seems to stop making something worth watching anyway (same with post-soviet countries)+1
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
@windws7137 yeah. and the problem is with modern films, regardless of origin. Old Hollywood films are better, with more just acting and plot. When you have no CGI and fancy graphics you will actually have to put some effort into other things. Nowadays it is more special effects and spectacle. Of course, there are still dramas made, but they can be hard to find. Many films, especially in genres like superheros or children's movies are often nothing but marketing products for toys, cosmetics, games etc. Few are thought-provoking, more like just mindless consumption. That's why I recently liked Force Majeure and Triangle of Sadness, despite their faults. Also, Parasite and Shoplifters seemed to have what I wanted from movies, a coherent poot.+1
@yxtqwf - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
Isn't that also true of Game of Thrones? Despite a few tragedies, most of the plots tie up with the villains being eventually defeated (ex: White Walkers, Boltons, Lannisters, and Daenerys) and the protagonists, who are not so cynical, surviving. The only things that are significantly bad about the show are the excessive and unnecessary sex and violence, and the awful ending; but neither of these things are unique to modern media.+6
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
Shakespeare's works all overflow with Christian themes though, and he's barely subtle about it. To miss the point in King Lear or Hamlet for example, is like thinking LOTR is pagan.+7
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
macbeth was supposed to be shocking. what he did was supposed to be the greatest most vile crime a person could ever commit. it wasnt in any way shape or form made banal, it was given the appropriate importance on how much of a aberration it was. they even say there "most unnatural deed", that sort of thing that creeps up your arm hairs. by your logic you could say the same things about the bible+5
@theash4361 - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
@bahshas This isn't me saying anything bad about Shakespeare or good about modern entertainment. The point I was getting at is that the presence of debauchery and broader evil isn't the thing the focus on - it's how they're portrayed and handled in the story. The average Shakespearean play, at least for the standards of its day, is filled with general evils and socially unspeakable crudities. However, just like the bible, it doesn't glorify them and is structured to make sure you understand they're bad and abnormal. The more basic argument is that entertainment shows horrible things to draw people's attention, but modern entertainment is unique in that it fails to put those things in their proper perspective.+2
@spacemonke2937 - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
particulary Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare can get away with it because he is so immensely skilled tho+2
@spacemonke2937 - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
@yxtqwf no the creative process for that went more or less like this: Oops, we just got rid of the ice zombies we have been building up for the entire show in one episode. What do we do know? we still have several hour long episodes to go. Daenerys goes insane.+1
@josethepenguin - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
@yxtqwf Honestly I love Luke's videos but he really missed the mark on this one. People enjoy dramas and GoT has complex characters at least in the beginning.+5
@Chameleonardodavinci - 2023-06-23 16:33:00
Agreed, the violence and sex can be excessive but I think this man has a slightly warped view that he's imparting on impressionnable people. Occupation mockingbird is a real thing and we should all be wary and conscious of what we consume but I think it's all a bit blackpilled. Throwing the word psyop around so casually. I don't care for these videos+5
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:00
@yxtqwf The main problem with Game of Thrones is that they used the book material to set up a bunch of interconnected side stories, then realized they had no book material left and the actors wanted to leave, so they just tied everything up real quick and messy. It's like if you had a movie with a 90-minute act 1 and a 10-minute act 3. Plus they just replaced all the talking bits with CGI action since writing the talking bits was more difficult than just having people fight in front of a green screen.+2
@yxtqwf - 2024-06-23 16:33:00
@poika22 That's a criticism of the plot and the quality, but I think the question here is rather the moral impact of fiction.+2
@sorenjunkers3834 - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
Dont Fall for the memes like Luke+15
@JohnSmith-ry7wh - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
Get yourself a good woman. There is some still my guy. You may have to run off to the hills and your gonna need her+14
@vornamenachname594 - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
@JohnSmith-ry7wh just get yourself a good woman, bro+7
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
The only problem is feeling like you ought to watch at least a little. Nothing bad ever came out of not consuming content. If you don't have any desire, all the better!+9
@Cannedscourge - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
Baste and Horseman pilled+72
@samraatbharat6325 - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
Based Original Turk+43
@TOAOM123 - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
Baist+12
@commiehunter733 - 2023-06-23 16:33:01
Exquisite+10
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
brb moving to Kazakhstan+19
@stefanms8803 - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
The Muslim and the stone. A never ending love story 😂+45
@Frankygotdatbag - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
At the TV?😂😂😂+10
@Jackwis - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
Based+5
@justing1810 - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
Are you guys really the world's number one exporter of potassium?+6
@HickoryDickory86 - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
I have always wanted to visit Kazakhstan, especially the mountainous regions. From all the pictures and videos I've seen, it looks breathtakingly beautiful. And the former capital city Almaty, nestled right up against the mountain range, is just stunning.+6
@nevilleharris4466 - 2024-06-23 16:33:01
It sounds very boring!+3
@LegsON - 2024-07-23 16:33:01
Верю, я поверил.)+1
@MuhammedAL-Chad-nz4jx - 2024-07-23 16:33:01
Love From Kazakhstan...+3
@sirllamaiii9708 - 2024-07-23 16:33:01
Mai waife+2
@taoflo8015 - 2024-08-23 16:33:01
Thats the other extreme of the spectrum, i think its possible to have an intelligent and conscious balance in everything+7
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:33:01
@nevilleharris4466 Just because a movie doesn't have smut, that doesn't make it boring.+3
@AllenIverson-to5uy - 2024-08-23 16:33:01
@nevilleharris4466 Not having lewd content isn't boring.+2
@thatonescrambler - 2024-09-23 16:33:01
Hell yea dude+2
@JayJay-z4z2p - 2024-09-23 16:33:01
Based+2
@trunestor - 2024-10-23 16:33:01
unfortunately that's not true😢+1
@TRUTHbot3000 - 2024-11-23 16:33:01
Fair enough. I appreciate the traditional marital situations out that way. Keep control with the iron 👊. Can you also have multiple commitments? That would help with the headaches. Constantly rotating keeps too much time with just one down to a minimum. Keeping things fresh regularly.+1
@TRUTHbot3000 - 2024-11-23 16:33:01
Do as I say and only speak when spoken too. American men lost their set. Letting them get away with everything.+1
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
re: the point about Marvel characters having normal motivations under the genre trappings, this is why people watch anime too, most of it is hero's journey stuff or slice of life which glorifies normality and people more or less getting along+61
@chronotriggerfan - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Luke is so close to taking the WeebPill.+10
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Well, If you want to succeed today, just make a show about a 450lbs afro-american transgender who identifies as a rainbow-helicopter-squirrel and fights this cold cruel world for not accepting him/her/it/whatever for what it is 💪+11
@MarkHalberstram - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Luke tricking me into thirst-clicking an Anya Taylor-Joy thumbnail shows he understands his audience. It’s a great point about the lack of correlation between hedonism on TV and hedonism in real life, and it’s not really a new thing either. When I was a kid (mid 2000s) we had a show in Britain called Skins, which was effectively six series of 16 year-olds doing hard drugs, screwing everything that moved, crashing cars into canals etc. But what’s really odd is that the media coverage of it always emphasised how true to life it was, which couldn’t be less accurate to the lives of anybody I knew as a teenager in Britain. You see the same thing happening now for Americans with Euphoria. There’s an appetite for the opposite of this, and ironically I think Game of Thrones is the best example of that. The sordid society depicted in the show was originally written by GRRM as a spiteful caricature of the Middle Ages, and the sexual violence in particular was ultimately satirical in nature. The idea that it’s meant to be a realistic world is a misunderstanding of George’s preoccupation with the minutiae of government and political life, best typified by his famous anecdote about wanting to know what Aragorn’s tax policy would be after the events of LOTR. The book audience was sophisticated enough to understand this, and the essential layer of “irony” did survive the adaptation to TV for a few seasons. But ultimately the populism of the medium and vapidity of the showrunners and writers ensured that it ended up becoming exactly the moronic spectacle it was originally admired for not being. It’s a real shame, because I do love the books and did enjoy the TV show for the first three or four seasons.+358
@jessehorstman - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Yes, but partying should not be on your list of degenerate activities. People at parties are overwhelmingly decent people who invested time and money to bravely go out and interact with their community. They are not hiding behind screens full of lies. They are confronting the world and developing social contacts which are fundamental to physical accomplishments.+7
@Maceta444 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
When are you gonna give us your take on Anime/Manga? I know you would probably call it degenerate but it's worth a try.+11
@tonischumacher2 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
I don't know what type of people you hang out with but I can't imagine anyone watching Game of thrones being afraid to said that what they are watching is ridiculous. It is. That is kinda the point why people watch that type of stuff. Does it reflect reality? Not in a literal sense..it exxaggerates the brutality of reality to make it consumable as entertainment. I mean you could go argue that the culture industry is perverted because it makes the barbarism of reality consumable...but that would be frankfurt school. And that's probably where your open mindedness ends right?+5
@MonkeyDLee27 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Another point to add to this is what sexual content really means in film. Sexual content is an extremely easy way to for a director to acquire LEGAL pornographic material of their employees to watch however many times they need to-"to get it right". I always think about this whenever I think of all the weird shit dan schneider was able to do with barely legal teen girls. He had his own personal spank bank of ariana grande feet and ass shots. crazy+39
@HinaTan250 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
This is why I enjoy the Beverly Cleary books I have read. In one of the Ramona books, the girls witness their parents having a fight. Later that night, the two sisters have a talk and worry about their parents getting divorced. But the next morning, the parents are acting like nothing happened. This causes the sisters to become upset with their parents over it all. They then all have a discussion about the whole thing, and everything is fine in the end. The parents fighting is clearly shown to not be a normal thing like it might in a lot of modern entertainment. And they end up all talking about it the next morning and dealing with the whole thing. A lot of modern media would have dragged something like that out for way too long. It's something I always hated about sitcoms. When there is confusion or a problem, the characters dance around the issue instead of dealing with it directly. If anything like that happens in my life, I try to address it once possible.+23
@ofsvnm - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
If I see a movie that looks interesting I just wiki the directors early life and decide if Im going to watch it based on that.+179
@AliceinEntropy - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
While I get what you are saying, I think that goes more for things like "Euphoria" and not "Game of Thrones". I think GoT was never supposed to be "real life" you are supposed to realize how stupid all that is but just enjoy the drama, whereas Euphoria seems to try to pretend to be realistic (I haven't watched it, it sounds gross.) I think theres 2 types of media in this idea then. One that is weird and supposed to be weird and thats fine, and another that pretends to be normal but is very weird and is probably evil.+20
@MrCrackerjack121 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Media has always been political. Just look at the original star wars trilogy. Making Leah just as strong of a lead character as Luke was a message about equality of the sexes. The only thing that's changed is the message.+4
@TotalyRandomUsername - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
I recently talked to the young trainees in my company about what movies and series they are watching. Lots of them told me they do not watch any movies or series. And i understood that, they grew up in a time were everything that is produced in Hollywood is stupid, ugly or just propaganda. They literally spend their childhood and youth in a time were watching a movie or TV is not fun anymore.+75
@aihkas - 2025-06-10 16:33:02
All of them have propaganda embedded. Once you notice, you can't unsee it.+2
@edwardcumpstey9061 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
I recently came across a book called Sexual Personae by Camille Paglia, and it pretty much discusses the sexual undercurrents throughout much of Western art and culture. I know you aren't a huge fan of Freud, but there are some pretty striking passages in that book that speak to the decay and decadence in modern artistic mediums.+62
@theblack5kull - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
So basically what your saying is: It's seems today, that all you see, is violence in movies and sex on tv, but where are those good old fashioned values, in which we used to rely+3
@inahaze76 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
I don't watch much TV/movies anymore, and part of the reason is because of what is brought up in this video. Also, I get tired of the nonstop snark.+6
@user-db4dd4ze3n - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Even Marvel have gone down hill and degenerated these past years.+25
@ABB14-11 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
finally, someone put into words what I've been thinking all these years. A lot of comments on Skins and Euphoria and I'm glad I never fell for it and sensed just how hard they were trying to sell it as "real life". Just looking around me and being as involved as I can be, it's not hard to see none of that is real. Or if it is real, it's in a very small part of the world that doesn't affect you and it's not as glamorous as they make it out to be (the sex, drugs, etc.). It's just, even fans of those shows, when they talk about it, it doesn't sound like they believe it either, it sounds more like they want other people to think they have that kind of wild life.+15
@ten_tego_teges - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Don't even get me started on cartoons. As a kid being brought up in post-Soviet Eastern Europe in the 90's and early 2000's, my dad explicitly forbid me from every watching Cartoon Network, because of how weird the cartoons were. Instead he got a drawer full of VHS cassettes with Polish, Czech and Soviet cartoons + the occasional American family films he got in the US from business trips. I am literally gonna do the same for my kids, perhaps throw in some Ghibli animations in there as well.+114
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
I like anime because it's cute and beautiful and makes my brain buzz in a very pleasing way.+16
@Aircalibur - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
It's extremely hard for a Westerner to even write a story without any pre-designed conflict, and if someone miraculously produced a work like that, it wouldn't get published or distributed. Asian societies tend to be more rigid, but Asians tend to produce art much more organically. They enjoy starting with some small seed, then discovering conflict or tension or dissonance, character and little details, and the finished works most often contain much less conflict than a comparable Western work. They actually seem to have a lot of fun while working too. It's just something I've noticed. Maybe Westerners should start producing Western tales with that method, but they'd obviously have to forego mainstream help in getting their work to the hands of the audience. Kishotenketsu over Hollywood three-act drivel.+8
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
@Aircalibur I'm an amateur writer and I'm perfectly fine with eschewing the mainstream entirely. I also know a handful of people from the far East who have been gently correcting my pop-culture understanding of how they do things, so if I ever attempt writing in an Eastern style it hopefully won't end up as a caricature.+1
@nibelsteiner929 - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
Not planning a story is not a thing of east vs west. Let's take naruto, for example, and presume the author did not plan, but "grew his seed" as you put it. The ending was a disaster.+7
@xXx_Regulus_xXx - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
@victorkreig6089 feel free to offer up some non-pozzed western entertainment since you feel so strongly about it.+1
@alejandrosrwebmaster - 2023-06-23 16:33:02
@Aircalibur I agree with Lukes idea and most comments here but I cant even understand why would you think its hard for western writers to do that. Have you even seen The Simpsons? Have you seen anime? They usually have already thougth the conflicts that will happen seasons in advance.+1
@rtyzxc - 2025-02-23 16:33:02
@alejandrosrwebmaster in a drama slice of life anime (no extreme harem slop or magical events), 90% of the content is the characters, personality, life etc. and only 10% about the events. It doesn't even matter that much what happens in the end. Western writing hinges on plot developments befalling on target dummies whose personality or life details don't matter (anything would work and the show wouldn't be defined by it) or they have a very one-dimensional goal as a part of the plot. I haven't had the opportunity to watch western slice of life content (maybe some book in school), but I would assume that at this point it's completely extinct. Western society has become ill and doesn't have a reference concept of normal life apart from maybe rare few childhood memories. Zoomers don't have that either.+1
@seamusthatsthedog4819 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Let's see Paul Allen's literary analysis+130
@saavestro2154 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Sounds like this show really ruined a generation+12
@arcade5765 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
very nicely put+2
@Wingedmagician - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
It’s not so much a thirst click for me. But hey maybe on some subconscious level that contributed.+4
@illiiilli24601 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
To throw a Reddit take here, Game of Thrones has become what it swore to destroy+10
@tj-co9go - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Well, for me, a 19th century aristocratic drama or a 1950's American housewife show, or "Keeping up appearances" is a better portrayal of my childhood in a wealthy family in a middle-class suburbia, and of the values my parents espouse, than any show depicting a "normal" family or a grimdark drug and violence show. But it doesn't meet that everyone's life is like that. There are huge differences between social classes, different cities etc.+11
@platonymous - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Skins was a satiric yet an accurate depiction of life for many teens at that time and even now. You don't relate to it so no one could possibly relate right.+2
@MarkHalberstram - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
@platonymous I didn’t relate to it, sure, but neither did anyone I knew. I came from a very typical background and went to a couple of very typical schools and I didn’t personally meet anyone whose life bore any resemblance whatsoever. I’m sure there are fringe cases, but that’s sort of the point. It was mainstreaming a fringe lifestyle.+9
@platonymous - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
@MarkHalberstram We watch, listen, and read stories to step in the shoes of others. If there was a show about my life it would be very boring and no one would watch. I feel like you guys aren't saying anything revolutionary of course these shows don't represent most of us. I don't live like shameless, I don't get into hijinks like in friends, and I never did drugs and alcohol as a kid but I did know kids who did. Euphoria does tend to glorify sex, drugs, and violence amongst minors.+3
@holysmokes4493 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
I just thought Luke put her in the thumbnail because she looks weird lol.+3
@MarkHalberstram - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
@platonymous The Inbetweeners is a spin on the Skins thing which is much more mundane and down to earth, and is a much more fun show to watch because of it.+3
@der.fuhrer - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
@MarkHalberstram Helo, I didn't get it, can you explain in simpler words what you said about GOT.+1
@debtminer4976 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Remember though, the abyss stares back. The thumbnail tells us something about Luke too.+2
@MarkHalberstram - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
@der.fuhrer basically in the source material the hedonism of the plot is a criticism of the setting. It’s written in a POV, so the characters often enjoy participating in it and that is described on the page, but it’s very rarely an erotic read. You’d struggle to get turned on by it. The show just bungled that whole aspect of the books.+5
@der.fuhrer - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
@MarkHalberstram 👍👍+1
@kpcraftster6580 - 2024-06-23 16:33:03
"Thirst-clicking" a disturbing fishbowl lens alien? That makes it sound like the psy op already got to you.+3
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:03
@platonymous I knew a ton of people who watched Skins and none of their lives beared any resemblance to Skins. It was an accurate depiction of life as viewed though music videos. Like if aliens who only knew earth by watching copious amounts of MTV2 tried to depict the life of an average teenager.+4
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:33:03
This is basically the "Verhoeven / Starship Troopers Effect"+1
@SociologistEugenFitzherbert - 2024-06-23 16:33:03
depends on the "party".+5
@ccfliege - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Yup, if you want to know wether the movie you're watching has any value : Does it have a sex scene? There is not a single instance where this elevated the movie, sometimes some exposed boobs can be alright, I won't cry about that, but for the rest its just non-sensical.+18
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:33:03
Yup kind of annoying when they're having a 20 min sex scene that as nothing to do with the plot. Annoying fillers+7
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:03
@ccfliege Nah, that's virgin copium. There are definitely times when a sex scene is important to the plot of the movie. Like it or not, humans are sexual animals. Even if you're the most conservative orthodox christian you should recognize the value of marriage and procreation, two things which involve sex. The problem isn't the existence of sex in movies, it's how many movies shove in sex for no reason because audiences instinctively react to it (like violence).+9
@andrewhngle - 2024-06-23 16:33:03
@ccfliege This is not a good metric, especially when a movie's themes center around sex+3
@koumorichinpo4326 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
love your ytps+2
@HinaTan250 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
@koumorichinpo4326 Thanks! I love your avatar. Adventure Call were some of my favorite skits from Limmy.+2
@jimbarino2 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
Neo: "So you're telling me I will be able to learn everything I need to know from the early life section?" Morpheus: "No, what I'm telling you is that, when you're ready, you won't have to."+80
@maxresfault7925 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
That section is being made far less useful. Don't rely on it.+5
@sanityseeker - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
@maxresfault7925 Eh, if it's got a stein, och, or kov ya' got 99% odds without it.+19
@clantitan7078 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
@sanityseeker anime pfp+4
@Heroglyphics - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
I don’t understand could you explain+3
@ladev91 - 2024-06-23 16:33:04
@Heroglyphics the early life section usually tells the directors ethnicity. You can figure out the rest.+10
@Zach-bt2ky - 2024-10-23 16:33:04
@sanityseeker kov is a completely normal russian surname ending and och isn't common for any group. level up your noticing friend, it's embarrassing+5
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
Lol, they were watching tiktok, that is so much better 😂+11
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:33:04
By the way, you can pretty much watch, WHAT EVER YOU WANT. It's not like they "had" to watch game of thrones. Infinite possibilities and if they're not watching TV, what the hell were they doing? Playing outside? 😂 I think you have greatly over estimated the youth. Every generation was gonna save the world and look what happened!+4
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:04
Yeah kids these days don't watch movies not because the movies are crap, but because they can't sit down and concentrate on one thing for 90 minutes.+7
@edwardcumpstey9061 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
viewz Interesting, I will take a look.+2
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
Read Nihilism by the late, great, saintly Fr. Seraphim Rose. Life changing review.+10
@edwardcumpstey9061 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
viewz I agree entirely.+1
@edwardcumpstey9061 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
@seronymus I've been meaning to pick that book up. I will certainly take a look.+2
@stable-confusion-x - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
She's a super intelligent woman that one.+2
@edwardcumpstey9061 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
@victorkreig6089 It's a lot more than just a mere sexuality book. Btw, folks from /lit/ don't read.+4
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
@edwardcumpstey9061 that does not change at all what I said+1
@edwardcumpstey9061 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
@victorkreig6089 I don't care.+1
@Stoigniew666 - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
Freud is an important part of the problem+2
@Verbux - 2023-06-23 16:33:05
9:56 Luke tries to say "For Whatever Reason" but says says "Freud" instead. Also did you hear of sexual Personae from memeanalysis?+2
@trailerwager8850 - 2024-06-23 16:33:05
Who is "they" and if it's "their" shows, their solution, what does the solution rectify? Money cannot be their aim+1
@jedediahharper9092 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
You missed out. Genndy Tartakovsky is one of the greatest animation directors out there. Samurai Jack is just telling The Heroes Journey, one of the very best stories for a child to experience through the magic of animation+27
@blank-mq8ef - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
as a 2001 polish kid you are missing out a bit, while a lot of modern cartoons are absolute garbage there are some gems+16
@ten_tego_teges - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@blank-mq8ef Which ones do you recommend? :)+4
@blank-mq8ef - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@ten_tego_teges avatar, phineas and ferb (doof is the best tv dad change my mind), old scooby-doo, my minds blanking rn+9
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@jedediahharper9092 Cartoon Network is all absolute trash. They're one of the reasons so many millenials are Funko Pop collecting ADHD pill poppers. Whenever someone has nostalgia for Cartoon Network shows I can already figure out 80% of their personality by that fact.+15
@jedediahharper9092 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@poika22 I'm sure you can bud 🫡+21
@mimzy54321 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
Damn we had the same media childhood. I grew up in America and didn’t speak English until age maybe 7/8.+2
@merlin_the_great - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
don't forget the japanese Monkey tv series. "The nature of monkey was - irrepressible!"+1
@markd.9042 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
Studio Ghibli is always a win. I respect that list.+3
@ishashka - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
I also grew up in the same area at the same time and my parents didn't forbid me from watching Cartoon Network, but definitely frowned on me watching some of their weirder shows (like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed Edd and Eddy, or Cow and Chicken). I didn't like to upset them, so I didn't watch too much of that stuff and soon whenever I saw some of it it would put me off. Part of it might also have been also my natural high disgust response, I never liked these hyper-detailed closeups all these shows would feature, but it's probably also because I didn't get the chance to get used to the weirdness.+3
@RYPA190 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
I've watched Dragon Ball in the early 2000s as a kid, it's the greatest and most creative cartoon a kid can watch, aside from that, pretty much anything else on tv was trash.+2
@DarkResonance - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
Bruh, as a 90s kid, cartoon network was awesomw. As a kid, you don't even notice some of the weird jokes or whatever. I have good memories of the cartoons on there. You missed out.+2
@ten_tego_teges - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@DarkResonance Nah, not really. I still think you might not understand it, but it messes with your sense of what is normal behaviour. Kids don't understand everything, but they absorb things intuitively.+2
@ishashka - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@DarkResonance idk, I definitely noticed a lot of disturbing stuff on CN as a kid. Not "if you know what I mean" kind of "adult" jokes that can go over kids' heads. Just visually disgusting things+1
@econo1708 - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
As a Polish kid who watched early Cartoon Network as a kid, looking back at it, a lot of the cartoons there were just dumb and almost fever dream-ish, along with a bunch of gems, not too many of them were genuinely malicious. Your dad might have considered them weird since they definitely were very, very different from the stuff made in the good ol' commie days. Most of the cartoons that aired there in the early days were classic cartoons from the US, like Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, along with some more new and weird stuff like I Am Weasel, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, Courage the Dog and other stuff, those are the ones that I remember the most.+2
@ten_tego_teges - 2024-06-23 16:33:06
@econo1708 Yeah, Scooby-Doo and Tom&Jerry were fine, it's the other ones, like Cow and Chicken that must have put him off. Frankly, I too find them insufferable over 20 years later...+1
@LegsON - 2024-07-23 16:33:06
I was born in Ukraine in 1995. FOX kids cartoons were fantastic. Spider-Man, Life With Louie, X-men, What's Up With Andy, these were all great kind shows with no crap in them. Nickelodeon is a whole other can of worms, much of its art was plain ugly, and my parents didn't let me watch. Though there were some very cool cartoons, like Jimmy Neutron, nothing in it was bad in any way. Even as a kid/teenager I despised ugly Cartoon Network artstyle.+3
@bironjames9948 - 2024-11-23 16:33:06
Yeah cow ans chicken was wierd as hell for a kid to watch that def created some weirdos subliminally @ishashka+1
@galaxyanimal - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
I think most people see movies as entertainment, &, as such, it would make sense for them to have a hammed-up storyline not really based in reality. As such, I think the "gritty & realistic" aspect of movies is supposed to be more a realistic interpretation of things that people will never actually experience than a representation of actual reality. That being said, there are a whole lot of subtle things that are supposed to be realistic that end up being extremely gritty & violent, & also especially in relation to sex & drugs being portrayed as fun & exciting, when almost everyone I've talked to that's into such things seems quite miserable & unhappy with themselves. On the other hand, I think a lot of media in the past really leaned heavily on trying to be "wholesome" & it's sort of over-corrected to being more violent than reality, though historians will tell you that erotic & violent media have existed more or less forever alongside the "back in my day" complaints about new media being so much more violent & sexual.+11
@newperve - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
"The only noble guy gets killed off very quick..." It's actually pretty debatable that Ned Stark was "noble". He did a lot of things that were questionable at best to protect family members.+2
@KulKulKula - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
Hah, another big win for Anime, it's time you acknowledge it Luke!+59
@medleysa - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
I mean, movies and television are supposed to be an escape, so of course they will have unrealistic characters or plots, etc. But I do agree that modern movies escape to the wrong things, and then modern people are conditioned to expect those escapist fantasies to become real life. The worst offender in recent times is The Office. The number of people that have become disillusioned with office environments because it’s not quirky and fun like the TV show is staggering. They expect their work to be fun and entertaining. Bro, it’s work.+25
@omfgcow - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
The unrealistic part of GoT is depicting so many 'cynical' characters as cultured and purposeful (Roose Bolton, Cersei and Tywin, Tyrells) or heroic (Sandor Clegane) when in reality, there's a bunch of Janos Slynts and book-Cerseis that get where they are through luck.+57
@EugenethePhilostopher - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
A really profound observation. I gotta say, didn't expect that from an American.+2
@dj3904 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
to anyone reading this. The heroes journey that could be your life leaves a lot to be desired from the media discussed here. Matthew 7:7. This is a good rundown of the current situation with that stuff+4
@iahimoh4838 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
Instead of thinking its a government psyop, I would just think that movies are made like this because thats what sells the most on the free market. the rest is just children who can't separate fiction from reality.+2
@ironuckles - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
Is this supposed to be some kind of profound observation? Yeah movies and tv shows are incredibly violent. But the studios are just making what sells. And people like movies where something extreme happens because their regular lives are boring and they want to escape to a world of excitement. How do you not get this?+5
@JM-st1le - 2024-08-23 16:33:07
Past Lives (2023) is a Korean-American movie with a simlar story to the Chinese one you described. It was written by a Canadian. There are still great moviesh but they often aren't as mainstream as the average stuff.+3
@transberg - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
I wish they made King of the Hill a serial show.+108
@omnitone - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
i could've sworn aldous huxley said that trying to write good fiction without negativity and conflict is impossible. and of course not all media should be super sour, but to say that the sourness is the problem is wrong. the lack of creativity is the problem. and i might be mistaken, but it might have always been the problem. creativity creates beautiful art. and no one of our colors should be off limits, but seeing the same colors in every painting isn't creative or beautiful.+3
@ezemdianosike5277 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
I watched a recent American movie called "First Love" and I was SHOCKED by how relatively normal it felt. No overdramatization, well-paced; I couldn't believe it. We really need to start making normal movies for normal people. It will blow up, people are yarning for normalcy.+6
@nibelsteiner929 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
Superheroes are called that for a reason - since their beginning, they were supposed to deliver values and be someone you could look up to.+2
@an2qzavok - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
I just stick to my Japanese animes about getting hit by a truck.+86
@HyenaEmpyema - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
For being as educated as you are, I'd expect a lot sharper and direct critique. This reads like a high school kid at the lunch table trying to describe to his friends an idea that his ADHD-laden brain can't quite put its greasy finger on. Also, never read Shakespeare, it might trigger you.+4
@twn5858 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
Yep, noticed it 15 or 20 years ago. It's been all down hill since the late 90s. Why people would ever pay for something like Netflixs I'll never understand.+5
@happytreefriends9976 - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
I’ve been saying this for soo long. “Romance scenes” aren’t very romantic anymore. Its hard to watch. All the $ex scenes are so unnecessary.+2
@pyro3323 - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
"I just want NORMAL media about NORMAL REAL life and NORMAL REAL PEOPLE. Absurdity is BAD creative new settings are BAD only stick to whats ALREADY HAPPENED and ALREADY KNOWN. Movies and shows MUST ALWAYS be like real life and the people MUST BE NORMAL. Its all so unrealistic, like in Game of PHRONES where most of the powerful aristocratic characters were SELF CENTERED and didn't care that much about other people 😢. EVERYONE knows that aristocrats and heads of state in real life were such GOOD people who ALWAYS cared about everyone!! Duh! All this degeneracy is POISIONING SOCIETY because most adults form their worldview and beliefs off of fucking fiction media and its being used as a PSYOP to brainwash people into being lousy meanies!!"+8
@JoseCastro-to6rx - 2024-06-23 16:33:07
It's not about changing us. It's about tapping our current desires. Deep inside we wish we had that life. Drugs, sex, power, lies, manipulation. That's also why we love movies and TV shows about psycs like House of Cards, Dexter+2
@SantaClaauz - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
👁️👄👁️+6
@aRaskyl - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
slice of life chads vindicated+31
@derzyjams6708 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
Satan wrote this comment.+12
@michalos14 - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
@derzyjams6708 i was super anti anime and manga but after I've realized how much garbage is pumped out in the west i gave it a try. Most of it is what you'd expect, porn and overamplified virtues of hero-like character, but there are some gems to my pleasent suprise. For example, Hellsing Ultimate on the surface its a goreporn about vampires, evil catholics and nazis, but the dialogue below discusses what it means to be human, and if redemption is possible even for Dracula himself. Or Berserk, same thing on the surface, game of thrones level, but the journey of main character Guts is about finding meaning in a world full of negative and noise, deciding what is important to you in life, making that choice. Now go watch Velma, new Star Wars or whatever and tell me what messages you can find there.+5
@RippDrive - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
When you say they are 'supposed' to be an escape. Why?+5
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:33:07
yes let me escape my horrible reality for this other fantasy that claims to be a horrible reality but it is even worse than the horrible reality of my own life+5
@bobfarker4001 - 2023-06-23 16:33:08
I thought it was the flaccid penises. I've never seen GoTs just the south Park of the creator.+2
@KratostheThird - 2024-10-23 16:33:08
There has to be a balance. Pulp Fiction had lots of violence and profanity, but it was backed with strong acting and an actual plot. Most modern films showcase either sex or violence, but without a meaningful story or narrative direction.+2
@o0julek0o - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
This. It’s the most wholesome show I know of.+16
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
There is subtle plot development from season to season, but yes, it could have been even better if they had actually aged the characters.+16
@Strangelove657 - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
I would love to see KOH come back for just 1 season and have Hank deal with the culture and politics of today. I can imagine a whole video of Hank trying to wrap his head around tranny bathrooms.+19
@Vermino - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
That boy ain't right tho.+13
@erictrommer - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
@Strangelove657 It actually is coming back apparently+2
@RippDrive - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
@Strangelove657 Mike did a Bevis and Butthead movie recently. It was okay.+3
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
simpsons season 1+3
@AnEnjoyerofYoutube - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
@Strangelove657 They would not be allowed to touch this subject unless it was in a purely supportive and positive light for the LGBT, there would be no way to make anyone have a negative view unless they were one dimensional.+1
@Strangelove657 - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
@nevergiveafuck404 growing up I loved the Simpsons, but in retrospect its actually quite a subversive show.+5
@whirled_peas - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
@Strangelove657 the early seasons of the Simpsons really weren’t.+1
@matthew8153 - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
It was semi-serial. Even though the plot would resolve itself by the end of the episode anything that happened still carried over like Peggy having to do physical therapy after jumping out of the plane or Luann having the baby. So it was a serial, just with very little in the way of seasonal arcs.+2
@boguslav9502 - 2023-06-23 16:33:09
Heck the reason older movies are taking a root in me is because of this. Conan the Barbarian is a shockingly normal fantasy movie that I now have a soft spot for.+5
@manutebol956 - 2024-06-23 16:33:10
S tier reference+5
@tf2-9394 - 2024-07-23 16:33:10
A moment of silence for all those killed by truck kun+1
@etzabo - 2024-06-23 16:33:10
Dude finally an actually good comment. Everyone else on here is just saying “Jews” and dogwhistling what the fuck.+4
@lemonheins2720 - 2024-08-23 16:33:10
i thought what luke said was interesting to think about. but it all came down to being essentially this.+3
@pyro3323 - 2024-08-23 16:33:10
@lemonheins2720 I mean he did have some interesting things to say as to why he thought this way. Some.+3
@TheSolidSnakeOil - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
I'd stopped watching TV and movies for the most part around 2017. I completely got off them right around End Game. I just completely check out of it all. I just went, "You know what, I don't care anymore", and went back to reading a book every now and then.+12
@Sputnikcosmonot - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
I don't entirely agree about why the films are the way they are. To me it isn't about presenting avision for how society should be. It's a symptom of the pervasiveness of detached irony and numbing yourself to the world that postmodern society has created. Most people, the filmakers included, but also politicians and corporate leaders down to the average gamer or funko pop collector - have adopted a position of detached irony from the world. This is a coping mechanism for the alienation inherent to postmodern society and for the upsetting nature of the problems the world faces - climate crisis, companies and countries exploiting and hurting people on a daily basis. This is a dialectical relationship - poeple are ironincally detached because of the actons of the ironically detached, and the elites who do what they do for material gain on top of that. All of ths numbness and detachment creates a disdain for the world, as borne out by the actions of the elites - climate destruction, impoverishing of the masses etc. People who hate the world, which is the norm today, create sordid artworks and films that show the world in a state of ruin, they create anti-society films, anti-human. But importantly - the presence of violence or sex isn't the problem - Shakespeare and Homer feature violence and sex, as does real life, - the problem is the philosophical position of the artworks, what they say when treated as a theoretical text. And what many of these postmodern works say is a disdain for the world from a postion of detached irony. These "sordid" films are borne from a hatred of the world rather than a vision to build a shitty society like the great reset. Although i could be wrong here the two ideas could both exist simultaneously - they could want to build this new worse society like you say, because they don't care, like I say. the only way to combat this is to care about the world and your fellow humans and act on that earnest care. Abandon irony and work to be better - that's te only transgressive thing in our society today - not this shock jock violent imagery etc. But i would also say that this isn't new - sordid films have existed for as long as film has - although perhaps the old 1920s ones had more artistic merit than your average marvel or GoT. But there are no - "old 1940s values" to return too - back then burlesque and prostitution were just as rife as today, just read henry Miller. Despite his proclivities I think his solution to the problems of modern life are rather interesting.+3
@DMystic1 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Great video, I really do think you bring up a lot of valid points within how our society's morals and mindset is shifting towards dividing us and thinking everyone does dirty things. I really do believe us as Americans have forgotten the fine line between reality and media, it is easier within older generations but for for my generation (Gen-Z) I would say there is this weird mindset invoked by media and instilled in into our mindsets. Many people my age have admitted to me when they watch media they like to 'grasp' the parts of their favorite characters personality traits and implement them into their real personality trait. Likewise, I have always been considered weird for not liking or watching any movies or TV shows, I don't take pride in that or think I am any different, however I do believe this video has a lot of the reasons why I have never truly liked our current mainstream media. One last thing is that people are afraid now to express true creative and individual artistic takes into any form of media now, it is an echo chamber that produces no originality and is hurting our media+13
@resofactor - 2024-08-23 16:33:11
It's all about mass programming mass 'cultural pessimism' and 'cultural nihilism'. And it's working to great effect on many a number of people.+3
@timonpasslick - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Why would I watch a normal movie about normal people behaving normally? I can experience that every day in real life.+6
@SnokeZ - 2024-06-23 16:33:11
i have watched this video and my conclusion is you have never watched a movie.+2
@u9vata - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
I was watching this "Knieves out: Glass Onion" with my girlfriend and the "bad guy" in the movie likes mona lisa - so the "good girl" as a revenge in the ending scene destroys... the painting... I was like "WTF?" and to my amazement my girlfriend tried to defend that act "explaining" how the attachment the guy had to the painting and that people will connect his name with loss of an art he liked is painful for the badguy.. Really? We have really moved from old-style sycilian vendetta of kill by revenge (at least the bad guy is affected) to destroying art pieces randomly and is viewed as normal???+44
@gonnaga9302 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Game of Thrones isn't a TV show primarily, it's a series of books, and the show follows the books really well the forst 4 seasons. And the books have among the deepest character portraits I've ever read. As in real characters. GoT is not about everyday Joe working in the factory or the field, it's about people in power. That's EXACTLY how the world works. You NEED those traits to get that amount of power. You're just wrong on this one.+2
@GodsOwnPrototype - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
That Chinese film sounds a bit like our English classic: A Brief Encounter+11
@rtyzxc - 2025-02-23 16:33:11
Grew up in a christian household without American media, always found it jarring and foul. I love good slice of life anime (also romance and drama) that's just 90% daily life and characters acting normally and not suddenly getting violent like in american media. I also like how anime is often very character driven instead of an outside circumstance invading their life. Not talking about shitty isekais, and modern anime is getting worse by the way.+2
@Sw87sw87 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
I can’t get over how fake and unnatural acting is so I don’t watch movies/tv shows in general.+4
@Ordo1980 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
While I see your point it is more nuanced than that. For us in Europe it is "the American way" to end a movie with complete happy end. European folk tales or Greek dramas etc often had dramatic things. What is different now is what you said about GoT. They are normalizing things what was something special previously. Before it was something what the bad guy would do or maybe even the protagonist but at least for a reason. Now they do it just for the shock value or to normalize degeneracy.+3
@kamrynrist6049 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Let's ignore all the weird stuff that went on in the bible+7
@CosmeFulanito476 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Theres something wrong about calling it "torture p0rn" like puting the word "p0rn" besides something that isn't sexual doesnt mean it is exaggerating it, it's just putting the short word for "p0rnography" beside other unrelated thing, like "food p0rn", it's weird to be using that word for food for example. What made americans talk this way?+2
@Steerable6827 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Modern comedy often relies heavily on pop culture references and sexual humor to create "comedy." This approach has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, as comedians are wanting to keep their content new and trendy/fast-past. However, this reliance on pop references and sexual humor is awful for a number of reasons. First, the use of pop references as a crutch in comedy can lead to a situation where the humor is only relevant for a limited time period, and may not be enjoyed by future audiences. For example, a joke about a popular TV show or celebrity that is hugely popular today may seem dated and obscure in just a few years' time, making the humor less accessible to future audiences. Furthermore, the overuse of sexual humor in comedy can detract from the potential of the show. While sexual jokes have a possibility of being "funny", it can also be limiting and predictable, and can detract from the more creative, innovative aspects of a comedy performance. Moreover, sexual humor can also can young audiences from an other wise great piece of work, or others who are not comfortable with this type of content. On the other hand, older shows like "Dick Van Dyke Show" relied on character-driven humor and situational irony that can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages. This type of humor is timeless, as it is rooted in universal human experiences and emotions, rather than ephemeral pop culture references. Character-driven humor is also more flexible and adaptive, as it can be enjoyed in any era, regardless of cultural trends or societal changes.+4
@hermitxIII - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Your take at the end is so bad, it's unreal. Capeshit is the epitome of contrived writing. Thinking they behave like realistic human beings is the last thing I'd expect anyone to say.+3
@3er24t4g1 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
I think part of it is that this generation of writers grew up on degenerate media. It is not like the previous century where reading classical works was the norm.+15
@Peter_Muskrats_void - 2025-05-23 16:33:11
Video games rated M have nothing on TV14. Hell, most movies are far more degenerate+3
@shadow_of_the_spirit - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
i find this intisting as while i see on social media that "subversive", and "mature" show are being talked about a lot, in my personal circles everyone is tired of those kinds of shows and really prefer the slice of life genre. do you think that is a sign that the "main stream" is just out of touch because of how divorced a lot of these creators seem to be from normal day to day life?+4
@GarethStack - 2024-09-23 16:33:11
American tv shows and films depict less sex and less explicit sex than at any time since the 50's for cinema, and the 80s for TV. The is quite literally reactionary moral panic. Sex simply is not depicted on network television, and is a rarity on subscription television. The reality is literally the opposite - a disneyification of media to appease the moral majority. At the same time the rise of Christian film to box office success has reinforced hollywoods fear of developing anything contentious. The super hero and franchise films that dominate American cinema most often depict only a kind of consequence free A-Team style violence and little to no sex, or even relationships. Your analysis is precisely incorrect. Sniff. Incidentally, if you rub your nose any more times it'll fall off. Sniff sniff.+7
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Yeah that movie was really disappointing for a number of things, then ending being one of them.+21
@mychannelforlisteningtomus495 - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
Leave her+2
@Leo-sd3jt - 2023-06-23 16:33:11
You missed the point of why the painting was destroyed. It was destroyed to prevent a high explosive from being deployed worldwide that would've caused millions of deaths. That's why the Mona Lisa got destroyed since it was the only way to prevent that from happening.+6
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:11
I didn't watch Knives out: Glass Onion because I saw the first Knives out movie and it was 2 hours of explaining to the audience why Trump is bad.+2
@nothingdos - 2024-06-23 16:33:11
@poika22 i don’t believe it was. It was political at times, maybe even through the subtext, but it wasn’t even 50% about “Trump bad”.+1
@sekaiyoru01 - 2024-06-23 16:33:12
@Leo-sd3jt Ok but why does it have to be the Mona Lisa?+1
@KratostheThird - 2024-10-23 16:33:12
Comedians like Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Red Skelton and the like still looked to pop culture for their lines. But it was “clean”, not dirty, as all three men worked in an industry that had very strict guidelines. The Andy Griffith Show was another great show which looked at small town America and was able to draw wholesome entertainment. Stuff like this doesn’t exist anymore, because our industry not only desires cheap thrills (sex, violence, dirty humor, etc) but it also wants to squeeze every last penny out of its properties. Disney is now a propaganda machine. Long gone are the days of Walt wishing to entertain families and children with wholesome shows and films. Star Wars was great, but it’s now to the point where nobody really cares because the quality has gone down the tubes. Andy Griffith, along with the show you mentioned and other ‘60s classics like Bewitched and Green Acre, come from a time now long past us and the values and morals that are mostly absent from American society.+1
@SA-rb5xq - 2023-06-23 16:33:12
Name some slice of life. I'll give you a title. Tokyo Story from 1953.+1
@fuwa9616 - 2024-10-23 16:33:12
Everything in this comment is false or even ignoring the context, and the fact that you begin attacking Walt Disney, Christianity, and morals is telling. How's the weather in Israel?+2
@eternalwang9550 - 2024-06-23 16:33:13
I'm glad this was the first vid I saw of your channel. I'm going to check out your other stuff knowing you're a level headed thinker!+1
@lichessonly - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
Game of Thrones is based in a medieval setting, with the primary characters being in positions of power. It's obvious that most of the characters will be pieces of shit vying for more power, but we do see good people in the middle. And even in the so-called evil people we see a humanity, Tywin cares about his family to the point that he is blind to Cersei and Jamie's relationship . As for meaningful character development, we have Jamie Lannister who went from being a toxic dick to an honorable character, Daenerys Targaryen who becomes more experienced in the art of ruling, and there are many more examples. As for the ending, I consider anything post-S5 to be non canon, since that's where the books end. How you say it, Game of thrones is just a mindless collection of human depravity, which it is not. The fact that you think people in positions of power are generally good and not out for themselves does show your naivete, even though you claim that it doesn't. Although I do agree with the larger point you're making about western shows in general, GoT is not a good example.+3
@frickezthias8638 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
9:22 The Jewish ending of the story would be that the man plans to kill the husband but the woman says no, but then the woman finds out the man is exaggerating his illness then poisons him herself and it would be portrayed as a feminist virtue/rising against the patriarchy and also she's following her heart" and thus, says the movie, it is actually a good ending. Cosmopolitan, subversive, Jewish.+2
@feras5017 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
5:56 imagine someone saying that he has a stepsister and they do all (parents and boy and the girl) live in the same house. Now tell me that that didn't bring all those porno memories about stepsis in front of your eyes.+5
@lanik8163 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
I mean the movies and shows are realistic, they perfectly capture the completely fucked up world of hollywood. It's just sad that we can't get anything normal people can relate to.+2
@pazu_513 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
fun fact! George RR Martin is Jewish. The more you know!+6
@TFlound - 2024-06-23 16:33:13
If I wanted to watch normal people do normal things with normal values, I would just go people watch at a park or something. A big appeal of movies is to watch things that aren’t normal and you wouldn’t want to actually see in real life like dramatic sex and violence. It’s meant to excite and make you feel things that you don’t feel normally but in a vacuum where it doesn’t have consequences. Also what movies are you watching that have 8 year olds hooking up with each other? If you want wholesome movies without sex or violence that’s what the Hallmark Channel is for, but there’s a reason they get dogged on for being white bread movies. It’s the same shallow plot every movie that isn’t interesting. I’m not disagreeing with you, there is a lot of action slop out there, but it isn’t slop because of the gratuitous violence. It’s slop because it’s only gratuitous violence with nothing interesting holding it up.+2
@ArneRief - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
I think you're on to something, another example would be the popularity of antihero protagonists. And I don't mean the type that are a bit cynical and a little greedy but ultimately have their heart in the right place, but the outright psychopath type. Joker and Hannibal Lecter come to mind, both clearly evil but portrayed in ways which paint them as cool and fascinating, try to make you "understand them a little better", maybe even feel some kind of sympathy for them. Those are extremes but the bad guys becoming synonymous with the cool guys seems to get more and more acceptable. Of course there have been morally ambiguous antiheroes or troubled murderers with complex personalities as protagonists in earlier times as well, like Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment. Somebody else mentioned Macbeth. But Raskolnikov repents and receives his eponymous punishment and I don't think the audience is meant to sympathize with Macbeth or think of him as the cool badass we'd secretly like to be. Overall there definitely seems to be a change in how society reacts to morally questionable protagonists and plots. They seem much more welcomed and admired than even a few decades ago. And that Chinese movie that you mentioned, I feel like the ending could fit an older American movie too but would be considered stupid, boring, preachy and self-denying by the majority of a modern Western audience.+8
@geoffl - 2024-12-23 16:33:13
i'm not saying hollywood is demonic. But if they did believe in satan, this is the content they would produce.+2
@idan4989 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
if normies were not normies they won't watch all those crap, but they are. its designed for them+5
@jamesstaggs4160 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
I'm not sure how much filmmakers are trying to convince people that all the debauchery in them is a reflection of real life. I think, and it's especially true today, that they're trying to influence all of us to behave like their characters. I also know that I really really wish they'd stop putting random nudity and sex scenes in their creations. It's not like it's 1991 and having some "bewbs" in your movie will draw more attention, and it makes watching them very uncomfortable with other people. What I hate the most is when they do a hard cut from one scene directly into another scene where a woman is getting drilled and screaming in fake pleasure. They did that in Boardwalk Empire and everyone in the house heard it with someone coming in and asking me what I was watching. That's worse than a jump scare. Entertainment does influence the way people behave. I was in middle school the first time I heard Eazy E's Eazy Does it. Being 11 and never having heard that much foul language, violence and sexual innuendo in songs before of course I got a kick out of it. Fast forward to high school and I'm already sick to death of "gangsta rap". I'm all for creative freedom but I prefer songs that discourage violence, ignorance, and just behaving like a jackass. I was and still am a huge metalhead, so much of what I consumed had lyrics containing violence and all manner of darker subjects, but they weren't saying that they did those things not did they encourage the behavior. The lyrics shone a negative light on, well, negative things. Contrast that with rap after The Chronic came out and all of it glorifies screwing everything that moves, taking advantage of people, being violent and just acting like an all-around scumbag. If you can't see that it's turned multiple generations of teenagers and young adults into what amounts to human garbage you may be one. I'm not at all singling out any race since jackassery crossed racial barriers with ease, so save your "you damn racist" comments. It's made being a criminal something to strive for. I did 7 years in state prison (19 felonies, all burglary and theft, I still feel very bad for causing what was likely hundreds if not over a thousand people so much strife). I'm well acquainted with what the genre has done since prison is full of people who did things because of it's influence. Not only that but when I got out and any teenager or people in their early twenties found out I was in prison for that long their eyes light up and they think it's the coolest thing ever. That's what it's done. The only way they want to succeed is by selling drugs and being a rapper, even if they get caught breaking the law and are sent to that nightmare they still think they win. All the dudes walking around in their rapping some song they like are the same ones who don't seem to mind where they're at and were making no plans to change one bit. Hell it gives them street cred, so for the "career" they chose it's a benefit. Always rant over.+8
@Wesley-gu2he - 2025-05-23 16:33:13
The cover aged like fine wine+2
@meloncrusher3316 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
7:29 " There is a sense in which there is a corrupt force thats animating all this kinds of stuff." Well we know who they are, the politically correct term is the "early life people" and I'm sure 90% of them do it unintentionaly as you hypothesized previously. It was this realization that makes me rethink the events of the 40s in a completely different way.+4
@insidetrip101 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
I'd like to make a few distinctions. First, I do agree with you that American cinema and television is wayyyy too sexualized, and generally too violent, but I got to say that really isn't that odd in culture. Don't get me wrong, cinema and television turns that up to 11, but I think that's a consequence of the visual media and the near anonymity of the viewer rather than something "special" about American degeneracy. I mean, if you read some of the plays of ancient greece . . . even Shakespeare . . . I'm not saying that modern television/cinema is the same as Aristophanes or Shakespeare, but if you put people in a dark room, where you can't really see each other suddenly its ok to be significantly more sexual and graphically violent. Second, I don't agree that choosing not to leave your husband for another dude is "normal." That's what is known as "good." Its not normal to be neither good nor bad, because normalcy isn't a matter of morality. The issue is that (in my opinion), the west has been quite puritanical for some time. I mean Geoffrey Chaucer thought the Canterbury tales were immoral, and sure the topic of sex does get brought up throughout the tales, but its always in the context that the right thing to do is to only have sex in marriage. While I think there was a small blip in the enlightenment, the 18th, and 19th centuries were both very puritanical. In fact, the 19th century is a bit of a turning point, where sexual morality began to become more important to appear to be sexually chaste rather than actually being chaste. From that point on, the west has been more interested in evil than it has in good. Maybe this is just a cultural reaction to the past 1400-2000 years, but I don't think so. I think its because the west has genuinely abandoned the idea of God, around the time of the enlightenment, and has no interest in replacing Him with any kind of justification for Good. Its just taken this long for the West's faulty moral assumptions to fall apart, and I think we'll see a religious revival in the near few centuries so long as we don't destroy ourselves. Third, I never could understand the hate for Marvel. It took me a while to get into the Marvel movies because I'm just suspicious of anything that popular. However, when I finally gave them a chance, I was actually disappointed that it took me that long to give them a chance. No, its not cinema in the way a movie like Rocky is cinema. However, they're genuinely good movies and they're fun to watch. Around the time of Thor Ragnarok, I think the movies started to be a little too self deprecating in their humor (i.e. the hulk getting ready for battle and then tripping . . . ugh such cheap jokes), but that's really the worst thing they do. The Marvel movies actually deserve more credit than they get and I think they're too criticized on "cashing in." Not all of them are good, Captain Marvel was a little "ish," but even the ones that are bad aren't nearly as bad as most all of the filth that Hollywood produces.+2
@RenardEtGerminal - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
It's really a dynamic in western and western influenced media between the melodramatic tragedies or the wholesome comedies. It's even funny how this is expressed in anime and manga too, with the real kicker being that western boomers will hate the later but not the former (slice of life is for WEIRDOS but muh based 80s and 90s MANLY shows with violence) but will see live action stuff in the opposite vein and love live-action comedies with no melodrama.+15
@jhdfjdfhdfg - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
Nobody is scared to say GoT is just extremely violent incest porn lol ...having said that (and I hate GoT), the movie you're describing about normal people doing normal things sounds even more boring 😂 Assuming you're a "normal" person who does "normal things" why would you want to engage in passive entertainment that isn't somewhat insane and fantastical when you could just live your life? ...and transgressive media aside, isn't weird synonymous with interesting? For most people TV and movies are an escape from the mundane: it makes sense that the worlds depicted aren't an accurate representation of "reality". It's definitely problematic though: it seems like media needs to be increasingly extreme for it to be stimulating and even that is becoming predictable and boring.+3
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
Once you start noticing Pill popping scenes in US movies, you'll never unsee them. You know, the scene with the translucent amber bottle and white lid where the character scoffs a handful like they're candy. "The Boys" is a great example of creeper vibes, the premise is interesting, but it's done in such a disgusting way. I managed to slog thru most of the series but now there's some truly disgusting scenes involving a shrinking man. At that point it had totally confirmed that there's no redeeming value in the show.+4
@orthocoinbitzantium1002 - 2025-06-19 16:33:13
5:50 "you got what you watched that entire time" sums up watching most shows tryna be edgy for no actual deeper meaning+1
@GIANTOCTOPUSOCITY - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
Well, of course people are attracted to and curious about "extreme" stuff. They go to the cinemas (and regular theatres) to watch something that's somewhat greater and more interesting than their – more or less – miserable, "boring" lives.+4
@hernameisten - 2024-06-23 16:33:13
I love your insight and discourse in this subject. ‘You can’t have a movie nowadays about normal people doing normal things.” 😊 Exactly!+2
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:13
Yeah at this point when I read "stepsis" it almost seems like a synonym for girlfriend which goes to show how widespread this 'joke's has become.+5
@maxresfault7925 - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
losing WW! "Hey, we can bring the USA in for a price" - 👃 Balfour declaration Win+1
@RenardEtGerminal - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
I know it's due to the fact that alot of slice of life anime will often be majority or solely female casts with waifubait in mind for the weebs, or have a harem type setup with a sole male protagonist. So most of it is sexually degenerate. But it's still funny boomers will like more melodramatic and violent shows that aired when they were young despite hating GoT.+10
@RenardEtGerminal - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
The most respetable boomer position is the one that hates all anime and is more often than not a literal baby boomer who was (rightly) terrified and/or mad of Japanese products taking over in the 70s and 80s.+4
@bahshas - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
i dont care what anyone says k-on is BASED+3
@RenardEtGerminal - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
@bahshas It's alright, granted the fanbase is insufferable but it's not sexually degenerate like alot of SoL anime/manga so it gets a 👍🏻+6
@spacemonke2937 - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
@RenardEtGerminal cute girls doing cute things!+2
@RenardEtGerminal - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
@michaelturk7237 There is a difference between boomers who were hippies growing up and the conservative types that never went through that nonsense. The former are utterly detestable.+5
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:14
@RenardEtGerminal Not counting ecchi (which is like watching softcore pornography and complaining how it's sexual) most "waifubait" in slice of life shows are just dependable women with good moral values or upbeat personalities. There's really nothing wrong with that. Of course delving too deep into fantasy where it starts to interfere with real life is bad, but if you're going to watch some show slice of life anime is probably among the better.+2
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
You've never asked yourself about the reasoning behind the choice of the means of expression in that show, did you?+1
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
@tokiomutex4148 I do constantly. But I can not think of a valid reason for such gratuitous, high fidelity simulated violence aside from malice.+1
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
@TravisHi_YT It serves as an audience filter and an aid in the exploration of the philosophical issues depicted in the show.+2
@tokiomutex4148 - 2024-06-23 16:33:14
@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish The violence in the show has a powerful emotional impact indeed but it has everything to do with the philosophical problem of domination which is anything but uninteresting.+1
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:14
This. The masses want escapist excitement that doesn't outright disgust them. Thank God like child abuse for three hours straight still would cause outrage+2
@rationalityfirst - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
Talking about normal movies about normal people, I want more movies like the Mastroianni and Sophia Loren era of the Italian cinema. But that would involve talent and the american cinema is not looking for that these days.+8
@phsc7 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
See, I agree with you, but I just want to mention: this is all 1000x worse if you consider modern seasonal anime and other like cringe things like that, like it it so absurdly degenerate and pathetic, and even the more mainstream ones fit this, and see, I am a young adult in my early 20s and I go to an university, and people there do not really consume these weird movies, but they do consume anime that is like bloated with degeneracy and straight up braindead things, which is interesting because if you go back in time, anime had the cool like plots and stuff like Dragon Ball for normie things but even like Naruto (I have not seen this) and stuff, now like the Chainsaw Man anime like wtf is that?+3
@GuerreroMisterioso95 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
Doesn't apply to Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul, I would even call those shows "conservative".+6
@andrewosbaldeston3893 - 2025-06-09 16:33:15
Media shows aspirational lives to sell products and lifestyles+2
@chrisrosenkreuz23 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
You are like a youtube unicorn, as Im watching this I still have a hard time believing you exist. It's like they decided to let this one guy talk sense on here, hey maybe they are making a psy op out of you, lol. Keep on keepin on, I hope you reach more people, we need more like you these days!+4
@emperorpicard4901 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
Game of thrones is loosely inspired by britisch history, with fantasy elements added onto it, in particular the events of game of thrones are inspired by a the war of the roses, a period of britisch history where a bunch of people made claims to the throne and went to war with each other. Now the war of the roses could be considered a relatively dark time in britisch history, and yes there was deceit, murder, war, assassination and various other bad stuff going on, but no where near to the extend that game of thrones shows it as, they just dial it up to 11 and then call it "realistic". The same is true with the lord of the flies books, everyone seems to think that this would be how kids would react in real life under such situations, but in reality they wouldn't. in fact we have seen examples of real life lord of the flies situations where kids where stranded in survival situations and they did not murder each other, they actually helped each other. In one case, six boys from Tonga where marooned on a remote island and one of them broke their leg, the other five boys helped him for 15 months until their rescue to survive, they got him food, water, build shelter, took care of his injury etc so much so that when doctors examined the boy after being rescued, they where impressed of how well his leg healed. None of them went to war with each other. For whatever reason people seem to believe that humans are inherently "bad" and that when push comes to shove we would all kill each other, whereas in reality, people are inherently "good", or at the very least we are social, whether you want to believe we are designed that way by some form of "god" or evolved to be that way, it is very clear that we are social creatures, which is the reason why we can build societies. Even when you look at some of the worst activities humans do, such as war, the vast majority of wars only last a few months, why? Because people actually don't want to fight, people resolve their differences relatively quickly most of the time, but in the end you only hear about the wars that last years and kill millions because the majority of wars which are small, are boring. Even looking at ww2, the vast majority of soldiers in ww2, on all sides, where draftees, meaning they did not volunteer, i.e. they did not really want to fight. Now why did non of these draftees ever comment on this, personally I think its because if you survived being drafted, and sent through a war, and returned, you are not going to admit that you did not want to be there, its not good for your image, you are going to pretend to say "oh yea I was very happy to fight for my country bla bla bla...". Particularly if there is a shortage of men, and a loot of women swooning over the victorious soldiers, and a bunch of male soldiers not having had any for a few years now.+2
@72ibises - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
I am a huge fan of Chinese television. It’s quite mind blowing how pure and inspiring their tv is. I tried watching the National tv here (Sweden) and noticed it was just packed full of hellish American nonsense. Sex, violence and excess. It was like watching entertainment a bunch of reptiles came up with. Great video! Subbed!+42
@eustacemcgoodboy9702 - 2025-05-23 16:33:15
House of the Dragon - they cut a child's head off.+2
@neill9819 - 2024-07-23 16:33:15
yeah idk about this one mate...seems like you have your own biased way of looking at those things. this is the most Marvel take ever☠️+4
@justinkennedy3004 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
A dangerous aspect to not looking like a dork is not looking weak. In many uhh, diverse areas being corny or dorky practically requires one or more bullies to be assigned. This is not just kids being kids in these areas, it's how anti-snitching culture is imposed. The weak/dork types are more likely to go to authorities, being an open dork is almost an insult in these areas as it signals you don't feel threatened, which signals you might trust the authorities enough to snitch.+2
@EricMurphyxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
There's no way a show so deeply rooted in nihilism like Game of Thrones could have ended any differently. Of course it was destined to be a completely meaningless ending, as the overarching theme of the show is the "realism" of the randomness of the universe. As "realistic" as it may be, it can't give you a satisfying ending like the "unrealistic" Lord of the Rings can, with all of its chivalry and heroism.+5
@bakters - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
I believe, what we are going through is a three pronged problem. One is the innate human interest in danger and depravity. It's not necessarily because we like it, quite often it's because we fear it. Like in, we used to scare children with wolves and bears, because those were very real dangers, so if the kid ended up scared, it had a higher chance of survival. Nowadays drugs and crime are much more problematic than bears, so no wonder they appear in art. The other problem is that our art is dominated by narcissts with psychopathic tendencies, and they write how they feel. Lots of money there, lots of fame, they obviously dominate in such environments. And all of the above was always the case. Artists are narcissts by definition. Sophocles was likely a narcisst. So, what has changed? The third prong has changed. There is a real intent behind it all. The intent to change our culture to something weaker, because weaker people are easier to control.+2
@zipkitty - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
If there is one singular sex scene or heinous murder in a piece of media, before the characters even had a chance to develop, I am immediately turning it off and going to something different.+30
@Tanmanhologram - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
I would also like to add, based on my own experience. People dont really like sex scenes.+3
@p_serdiuk - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
I wonder how Andor would place in this framework. It's a Star Wars series about pretty nasty stuff (uprisings are always morally questionable), but it's also inspiring at the same time, and I don't think it shows any degeneracy. Good writing isn't completely dead, just mostly dead.+8
@arturorochoa9359 - 2025-01-23 16:33:15
Luke! You’re a Godsend, man! Thank you for posting this.+1
@alostvalleyson7436 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
You just summed up quite eloquently my recent thoughts on cinema and TV, even YouTube and really all modern forms of artistic entertainment...although it's a conclusion I've been struggling to accept because of the dissonance it's been causing in me as a lifelong cinephile and television junky...before I was hip to the psychological warfare being conducted at the most fundamental levels of our existence I thought TV and movies were a good thing. Now I cant enjoy them at all because their purpose is sickening. Even actors and directors I used to admire or feel inspired by now seem like traitors. I feel highly betrayed.+3
@nikodemkazmierczak3318 - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
First of all, thank you for making me think about the topic more than I thought I cared about it. I get your point and it definitely rings true in some major cases but I feel like we need to look at fiction through the lens of... fiction? Is Breaking Bad passing Walter White's behavior as normal? Is Succession? Is Silicon Valley? Is The Office? Is idk Dark Souls? At which point do we say that is a psy-op and that has monsters in it so no. As an adult human being, as of late, I believe I'm not braindead enough to think that selling meth is cool, rich people should be able to cover up murders, paper companies are like Dunder Mifflin, and that I need to roll through bullets when I'm being shot at. But as I wrote in the beginning there is something to be said about media targeted at kids and teens where their ability to distinguish "right from wrong" is not there yet. Writing this sentence gave me the idea that there is a bigger problem with ADULT people not being able to scrutinize the actions of characters through the lens of their own values. Maybe people don't have values stemming from anywhere else other than media? Also, I find saying something is stupid when it comes to works of fiction unless it claims to be realistic, not appropriate. Is Interstellar stupid because there is no wormhole near Saturn? If the actions of characters are inconsistent with the world built within the medium then stating the stupidity of something seems more valid. TL;DR It's all a little bit convoluted but the point is that I like me some John Wick, yet I don't condone shooting people in the face.+5
@Blackwingsss - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
Isnt it strange that everyone you get really attached to in tv shows die sooner or later nowadays? Especially the good guys. ;)+2
@J0derVIVIVI - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
Queue the "if only you knew how bad things really are" meme. I used to watch a show called "Shameless" (the US adaptation) and tell people that's the kind of stuff you will be seeing as "real" in a couple of years, the name of the show describes it perfectly. Unlike shameless game of thrones at the very very least may have had motivated some people into reading books, most things after it are 100% in your face propaganda to make the weak descent into insanity and degeneracy. Shameless is a full throttle shinkansen ride to it.+7
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
I'm surprised Diabolik was not adopted by American media+1
@FrostyFrostyFrostyFrosty - 2023-06-23 16:33:15
Diabolik was excellent until the last 3 minutes.+1
@KratostheThird - 2024-10-23 16:33:15
Italian movies of that era were actually wholesome.+2
@fromthesouthofafrica6815 - 2023-06-23 16:33:16
Chainsaw man is not as bad as you think. Denji's character is used to show the consequences of degeneracy rather than approving it. The fan base is more degenerate than the story in general tbh.+1
@MP-tz2yn - 2024-06-23 16:33:16
Those shows are in a different league, and I agree, breaking bad I don't remember too well since it's been a few years since I watched it, but better call Saul is realistic and down to earth, and you feel for the characters+2
@s.b.3275 - 2023-06-23 16:33:16
Reptiles are pretty chill and quiet, sounds more like a bunch of apes....+2
@justinkennedy3004 - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
And, respectfully cause you're one of the best on yt Luke 🙏, accepting dorkiness as an end point of kids incentives feels to me like a remnant from 80's/90's nerd psyop. Kids are the biggest nerds on the planet and most dont care if they're nerdy, they just care if it gets them bullied or shamed. As in, the nerd/bully trope was predictive programming to normalize the coming low-trust, high time-preference diverse society and the "vibrant" physical consequences it brings.+2
@aksunglasses24 - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
early.... and often+2
@theunifier4298 - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
Brainlet mindset. You'd miss on many good stories like berserk+8
@andrewhngle - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
Me when I turn off a crime noir because it starts off with a heinous murder+10
@zipkitty - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
@andrewhngle Same to me, good for you if you enjoy crime investigations, I do not.+1
@omnitone - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
you also turned off human history. idk about you but learning history can determine the difference between failure and success. and history is full of brutal murder beyond our comprehension. if you're young you should wait, but anyone over 15 should be aware of warcrimes and the nasty side of humanity. if they don't know, they live a life of falsehood.+4
@zipkitty - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
@omnitone History is written by the victors, so I do not believe history and I think there is nothing to be learned from falsehood.+3
@freakyjim2131 - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
@theunifier4298 Not my heckin japerino cartoon!+2
@theunifier4298 - 2024-06-23 16:33:17
@freakyjim2131 chronically online+4
@belottov - 2024-09-23 16:33:17
@theunifier4298 What is Berserk even about? It's cool and all but it's not like you'd miss out on a lot. I don't know why it's so propped other than being baby's first serious anime+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-09-23 16:33:17
@zipkitty Hopefully you aren't like this in real life because I can tell you don't get invited to any parties or hangouts+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-09-23 16:33:17
@zipkitty You literally don't enjoy anything+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-09-23 16:33:17
"I'm perpetually miserable so I'll do something different then also complain about it"+1
@Hero_Of_Old - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
Andor is cringe and so is Disney SW+11
@p_serdiuk - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
@Hero_Of_Old Disney SW is cringe, yeah.+1
@p_serdiuk - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
@Thomas B Well, such as?+1
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
Some might not know, but I did a "review" of where Star Wars actually went wrong: https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/pnmEZLzHzNLwvMyaSzYj1K+10
@p_serdiuk - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
@LukeSmithxyz This show has nearly nothing to do with the big movies, that's why I mention it. But whatever, people hear the name of the franchise, people hate. Predictable.+3
@p_serdiuk - 2023-06-23 16:33:17
viewz Yep, exaaactly.+1
@goodstuff8156 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
Isn’t the whole point of television and movies is that it isn’t real? The whole point is that it is a escape from how boring and bleak real life is? That’s why we watch it, because things happen. Of course game of thrones isn’t real, it’s a fantasy world. And I think stuff like this is a little more realistic than you give credit for. Usually I agree a lot with your videos but I think you missed the mark on this one.+2
@I.____.....__...__ - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
10:37 YOU don't know where that comes from, but that doesn't mean it's an "alternate reality". You might think Euophira isn't realistic, but over 20 years ago, Oprah had an episode about tweens having "skittling parties" and orgies where they "toss each other's salads". - Several years before that, Kids (1995) showed the same thing and won award for showing "gritty reality". I wonder if that had any influence. 🤔 - 12:20 I agree on that, 99.99% of media is OBJECTIVELY bad these days. 😒+2
@fillo9873 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
ITS TOO MANY CANT WATCH THEM ALL+12
@lilyanne8522 - 2024-06-23 16:33:18
i only watch horror movies, documentaries about things that interest me (usually nature docs) when i use my tv otherwise i just watch youtube or listen to music. current horror is really in a sad state but it always makes me a little sad when i hear people brush off horror as just stupid or senseless violence. my favourite movie of all time texas chainsaw massacre was the first time i ever saw an intellectually disabled adult as a main character, bubba sawyer (leatherface) i watched it as a kid long before i knew i had a learning disability and felt such an instant connection to him. he lives in his own little world until he’s forced out of it to “work” (kill) for his brothers, he’s scared of his family while he loves them and he’s scared of his “victims” who continue entering his house while he doesn’t understand where they come from. he wants to earn love by behaving well but he clearly does not enjoy killing. he decorates the house and makes his masks and fears the world and as a child i just saw so much of myself in him he’s such a beautifully written, human character i wish more people paid attention to him and how he’s written. TCM birthed the slasher genre which went on to create so many memorable disabled, deformed, “stupid” outcasts many of which (like bubba) are victims of their circumstances while being killers. i can’t finish TCM 2 although i’ve probably seen it 100 times in my life because it makes me cry. todays horror is just so horrible, beautiful characters like bubba and jason are hardly recognizable witch each remake they’re destroyed more and more until the movies become nonsense violence. the last good horror i saw was hereditary which was nice but none of the characters really pulled at my heartstrings or made me feel much. i haven’t watched any popular tv shows like GoT or euphoria or skins i just can’t. unlikeable characters doing unlikeable things while feeling flat and soulless. i wish i could get into more feel good movies and TV but it just doesn’t interest me to see normal people doing normal things or being normal, i’m not normal so maybe that’s why lol. i’ve tried to watch some pretty old movies from the 50s and 60s and couldn’t get into them either. i can’t believe i forgot to mention saw, the first few saw movies are fantastic and really helped me appreciate the value of my life and health as a young kid when i first saw them (hehe) the gore never bothered me or desensitized me so maybe i’m just lucky. because there’s always someone who wants to argue that horror is shit there is no real purpose to my comment other than sharing my personal thoughts on horror being lumped in with needless sex and needless gore. many early slashers have amazing, tragic and complex characters you really don’t see elsewhere.+1
@traddad9172 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
It's like idiologues write scripts solely focused on social initatives As wife and I finish another movie that abruptly ends without closure to the "plot" we look at each other in disappointment...🤯+6
@texasrox2010 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
I finally picked up on this fact when the new It movies came out. Why on earth does any decent person need to see any of that? Specifically with the violence against very young children? Who asked for this? Nobody. It's intentionally and forcefully grotesque to make you feel bad and weaken your psyche.+2
@Alex-ck4in - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
After watching the Lighthouse I became depressed, since I knew I would never be a murdering lighthouse worker 😔 its a psy-op by Big Lighthouse+4
@conradgarcia6874 - 2024-06-23 16:33:18
Art is extremely connotative. This means if you give observer A gives interpretation A to the artist, the artist will respond "that's not exactly the message but it's just a connotation. That's the main issue and main attraction of art.+1
@baw5xc333 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
A theory I have is that as more and more women got added to writing rooms (probably due to affirmative action reasons) developing a compelling story took a back seat to character-driven narratives where the characters serve no deep purpose to the story, but rather exist to drive drama. You see this with game of thrones and many other shows. They're written essentially like soap operas. Half the characters don't need to even be in the show.+15
@gen-zboomer - 2024-06-23 16:33:18
Honestly Luke, you sound like you would love Twin Peaks. David Lynch, even in the 1980s, disliked how media was so focused on the negativity, purely on the evil. Watching those original two seasons, you can see that vision. There is genuine good here fighting evil, with characters that don't have to be bad. It's refreshing, it's unurban, it's so different to everything else. Like, there is murder, but the murder serves a purpose. It is there not to add evil, but to be won against, to have evil be dispelled. I actually really dislike television, but I will stand by Twin Peaks.+1
@lllKokunailll - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
My wife and I have been watching a lot of Korean and Chinese shows and movies over the last few years and have noticed, for Korean shows anyway, the corruption and stuff you're talking about is entering into their shows and movies. You could take the last 4 years of Korean themes and overlay them with US entertainment over the past 50 years, and it's the same just FAR more rapid. It's insidious and apparent. Just crazy to see it happen at such a speed and knowing the end game, it's disturbing.+5
@mynameisearl9283 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
I Can’t really agree on this take. People watch movies because it’s a step away from reality, or it offers us some sort of material to reflect on or relate to. While there is something to say about what kind of influences media has on the general population, hedonistic material isn’t new or groundbreaking and has been going on long before cinema or the internet. Even old cinema that followed the film code used these tropes. All of this material is just more accessible now than ever. Love it or hate newer media, but it’s hyperbolic to say that newer American media is just corrupt or brain washing. If anything, most new media just cannibalizes on old media. You can cherry pick the Bible or Shakespeare and compare it to things like GOT and see some similarities. Hell just read some Greek and Roman mythologies.+2
@Ronzo777 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
Yeah watch some movies from the 40s and 50s, they are amazing, better in almost every way than modern films. The corruption began in the 60s.+4
@realaccount2000 - 2024-06-23 16:33:18
It's not accidentally a psyop. This has been an intentional attack on good.+3
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
Luke you need to stop referring things that come out of Hollywood as American Hollywood stopped being American all the way back in the 20's+3
@carmichaelk.5214 - 2024-06-23 16:33:18
"Whether it means to be or not" I don't think you know what psy-op means....+3
@netfelix487 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
a lot of people still make good movies, but nobody watches them. i think by design it gets tougher and tougher for people too reach the point of realising that all of that is bullshit, be it music, movies or politics. its like a wierd man made machine that gained its own life at some point, everyone who managed to escape should be grateful.+9
@dafoex - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
I kinda get it with the superhero stuff. I never got it as a kid, I think now its because no one can aspire to be a superhero, they're all aliens, or created in a lab... but now I can kinda see, even in a world where everyone's immorality is turned up to 11 for shock factor, its hard to make a superhero not heroic, and that's a surprising breath of fresh air for people.+2
@blaphtome9382 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
It's okay to talk about how subversive media is, but it's not okay to talk about who is making said media+5
@bretzel30000 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
The real reason why movies and books are full with flawed characters is because "normal people doing normal stuff" would not make a cool story. Read the old testament in the bible, read the illiad, read greek mythology. Those Works are full of machiavelian characters. I hated the ending of GoT because it was done really poorly that is the reason. But nobody is forcing noone to read 120 days of sodom or watching 50 shades of gray. There are plenty of boring works out there with goodie two shoes characters doing absolutely unremarkable things. Nowdays you can even let chat gpt generate boring stories for you.+2
@chrishnah - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
It's like this shit is written by AI+2
@traddad9172 - 2023-06-23 16:33:18
@chrishnah thats spot on actually and explains tone deaf & abrupt endings+2
@Archibald45 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
The same is true for Turkish series and movies. As a Turkish, born and raised in Western Europe, it is very easy to spot how the same tactics and arguments are used. It seems like ‘rootless cosmopolitans’ are trying to ‘Westernize’ the Easterners into their way of thinking before they leave the West.+2
@somebodysomewhere8217 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
Dune and Interstellar are really great movies and there’s nothing weird about them, for example. You choose yourself what you’re watching.+6
@barrdack - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
I think the Marvel movies make normal human values look unachievable by packaging them into superhumans on the screen.+2
@joenathan8059 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
I think luke got replaced by a clone after his interview guys. Theres no way he would upload this frequent+7
@spitefol5504 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
Dude you are regularly uploading, this is cool+1
@leteethgirl8778 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
I guess my second thought as regards this is that, "how normal people act" is not exactly fixed, they are influenced, already, to some extent, by the standards of the world around them. There is a place for media that plays with that, but I think the way you describe it occurring is also right. Instead of media's "manipulation" having a tangible goal or message, it's more like a shallow "HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE? BET YOU HAVEN'T!". If I imagine this attempt at influence as to a river, it's just like pouring a bucket of water from a different stream on it and hoping to change it's flow. The river simply captures this water and carries on its way, after a very brief moment of being haphazardly diverted in all directions. Diverting the stream takes more than that.+4
@drumitar - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
TV died the day the wholesome sitcoms went off the air.+2
@Papaimpy - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
Hard disagree. Perhaps living in the countryside has distanced you enough from the opioid crisis that you no longer pay attention to it. People in big cities where a large chunk of the population still lives walk over needles and broken meth pipes on the sidewalks. In a sense, film and TV are doing a poor job of showing just how bad things are. I have seen people using or be under the influence of drugs almost every time I'm in public. Assuming that TV and film can hold even a small amount of blame doesn't sit right with me.+10
@s1nistr433 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
Movies are like this because they are interesting. Who wants to watch a movie of a family sitting down at the table playing uno, or having some boring normal day? Nobody is going to watch it. Having movies full of action and suspense is what gets people to watch and therefore what makes Hollywood money, and corruption / selfishness happens to go well with that formula.+2
@UberBiji - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
the world getting brainwashed, more ppl need to see this honestly. entertainment have gone too far+18
@BLOOM604YVR - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
Bro. THANK YOU. There are few of us but we see it CRYSTAL CLEAR.+1
@howlinginsburg7412 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
I'm sorry, but the ending o GOT where she torches Kings Landing was the only part that made sense. Thats who white saviors truly are. It was the truth that hurt the progs feelings.+4
@kledynk6591 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
I've always been more of a book person, so when the series got big I picked up the novel, and let me tell you, it was really bad. It was confusing to see R.R.Martin being paraded around as some litereary genius, when his books have the depth of a middle schooler's angsty fanfiction. It is a psyop.+2
@plantbakker7437 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
George R R Martin, writer of Game of Thrones, admitted his goal was to instill a sense of fear in his audience, to horrify them. David Benioff, the co-producer of Game of Thrones, is the son of the former head of Goldman Sachs and lived near the United Nations headquarters in his youth according to wiki.+37
@yxtqwf - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
I don't think it's correct to conclude that Game of Thrones isn't an accurate reflection of reality - it definitely is, especially within the context of politics and power struggles, both modern and historical Just take a look at politicians right now harming people for whatever corrupt, selfish goals of their own; or try reading anything about history without coming upon people who are willing to kill thousands or betray their closest friends and family just for power Bad people exist outside fiction, and evil exists in the real world too, but shows such as Game of Thrones don't glorify or normalize that; rather they show how the main characters, who do have humanity, who do have virtue, overcome this evil+2
@undergroundsubway7023 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
Funny how you use the word pornographic it’s true because it’s exactly what you want to see but it’s not real like the Queen’s gambit was a girl beating 20 pro chess dudes in five minutes all at once I mean how realistic is that? And everyone is just watching going “wowwwww, sooo cool”+4
@slavajuri - 2024-06-23 16:33:19
Cynicism in media tends to come across as such a caricature of real people. That was the most interesting point in the video. I guess alongside the idea that this cynicism and tends to be uniquely American. That does seem true.+2
@jonsnow7844 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
My mind got blown away by respectful ending of Force of Nature with Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.+2
@jefe9206 - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
White Noise is about an "airborne toxic event" where a train derails filled with chemicals into a explosive place and a huge cloud of toxic shit goes over the center of the US. Right now in real life - Ohio train derailment: Controlled burn of toxic chemicals went 'as planned,' PA gov says...The evacuation area includes parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania. It's literally the plot lmao. In the movie they were also running a "drill" that went "live" like all of these controlled operations.+2
@alback - 2023-06-23 16:33:19
The answer I simple, just don’t watch modern entertainment. You don’t need to know what’s weird about it+4
@technolus5742 - 2025-04-23 16:33:19
"Fiction isn't realistic enough!" The explanation: "It's all a giant unrealistic conspiracy (psyop)!" You just ignore the reality where actual people are trying to make stuff that sells and/or gets noticed......+4
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:33:20
The problem is that weirdness is relative.+2
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:20
He probably just records from time to time and then uploads them in batches.+5
@aksunglasses24 - 2023-06-23 16:33:20
@reilysmith5187 no, he got replaced by a clone+1
@gunnerulrich9209 - 2023-06-23 16:33:20
Was gonna say. But again, this is only with druggies. Stay away from the big buildings, druggies, and libs, it'll all be good.+7
@charmingmander331 - 2023-06-23 16:33:20
I disagree with his idea that the world isn't as degenerate and corrupt as media shows lol. It's been like this for mellenia. Dante even talked about it in the Divine Comedy.+4
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
No, people need to think critically.+2
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
It was very poorly handled though. A character that was built up over years of story telling as a savior of slaves & downtrodden, suddenly snaps and decides to genocide her own people.+1
@howlinginsburg7412 - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
@TravisHi_YT thats the part that makes the most sense. It was everything else that was poorly handled. Bran the broken? Come to think of it, even that was too close for comfort.+1
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
@howlinginsburg7412 Honestly there's a lot that went wrong in the last 2 seasons. We could be here for hours pointing out how thoroughly destroyed the story was.+2
@Hero_Of_Old - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
I must admit, I did really enjoy the novels but yeeeahh...+4
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
viewz "racially systemise world mythology along euro centric lines" Tolkien's work was based on european folklore. D&D was derivative of Tolkien's stories, but in a way that was tasteful and not hamfisted. Of course it's shit now, but it started off faithful and not gay. Game of Thrones is trash.+8
@Thematic2177 - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
When did Martin say this?+3
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
@Thematic2177 his source is his ass. Also wth does being born near the un have to do with anything+2
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
viewz Yeah, you're so well read, you can hardly string together a coherent sentence.+1
@desktorp - 2023-06-23 16:33:21
viewz Ah, fair enough. You're welcome.+1
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:33:22
If you think that cynicism is uniquely American then I have to question whether you have watched any European films or TV shows in the last.. century?+2
@Pabloguerreromunoz - 2025-02-23 16:33:22
Even weirder is what I noticed about 18 years ago. And that is that people tend to have overly weird reactions or personalities, almost as if they were trying to live out a crappy sitcom.+5
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
I got ridiculed in college for saying Big Bang Theory was the only watchable show on TV. It wasn't interesting and was rarely funny, but compared to everything else, the morality of the show was damn near wholesome Christianity.+2
@rolandinnamorato1953 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
"What kind of perverts write this type of stuff?" Hey cool it with the anti semi tism Luke!+5
@MagicManAleister - 2024-06-23 16:33:22
Film has been part of our evolution for less than 1000 years. Our brains are able to immediately differentiate the difference between fiction and reality. Our brain processes these experiences as memories and on a subconscious level it affects us without us realizing it. If you're feeling like stuff is having affect on people, it is.+1
@THNKKY - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Saw this movie vengeance earlier this week. I actually liked it. It’s no surprise that it didn’t do well at the box office…+4
@MisterBones2910 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Devon Stack's been doing reviews about specific movies and shows like this under the name "Blackpilled" for years.+3
@JonSumisu230 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Cute Aliens Thumbnail+4
@ThisVideoAnnoyedMe - 2024-06-23 16:33:22
Yup, can't watch almost any series anymore since it's all disgusting. One of the best examples is how inspirational 90s Star Trek used to be and how the recent Trek shows are just there to shock viewers with how disturbing and nonsensical everything can be.+1
@AbduMad - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
This is why Movies in the middle-east and muslim countries have been getting banned or getting backlashed+6
@Carlos-qi8er - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Nowadays people fail to realize that most evil characters are not design to be likeable but instead to be a lesson of how bad people in society could get, take for example: Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) or Arthur Fleck (Joker) these character are meant to represent bad patterns and behaviors that lead to destructiveness, but for some reason people fail to see that this are parodies of reality an they shouldn't aspire to be like they, unrealistic versions of people I agree that both of these are great movies, but people need to keep fantasy in the fantasy realm.+3
@saavestro2154 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
About that chinesse movie you talked about, american directors are so predictable we already know what the ending would be: 1. Quentin Tarantino: husband hires a Manson-family member to murder his friend, wife tries to stop him with a shotgun, in the end everyone dies in a bloodbath 2. Stanley Kubrick: husband tries to poison friend during dinner, he survives but gets a psychedellic trip instead, ending is ambiguous whether friend actually died or everyone did 3. David Lynch: husband hires a dwarf to poison his friend, we don't know what happens but the dwarf dances for 20m, the end+6
@cunjoz - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
In lieu of all this, when you propose anarchism as a viable option to organize society, a lot of people oftentimes retort with "have you seen the Purge?".+2
@MegaChichang - 2024-06-23 16:33:22
i don’t agree with you, but i understand what you’re trying to get at. what bothers me the most about your take is your choice of example. if you walk away from got thinking that medieval fantasy folks represent current day social dynamics, even subconsciously, you have a room temp iq. in fact, we watch shows like this BECAUSE we acknowledge it’s not reality. we indulge for a little while to see what life could be, then we go back to our dumb lives where we know we can’t just rape and kill for our own selfish gains. also, in what world would a medieval time period be anything but violent?? all that kind of stuff, sans the dragons and magic, all did happen at that time. a better example might be euphoria, because at least that takes place in our current reality+5
@OblateSpheroid - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Thank you for your work, Mr. Smith.+1
@N-A762 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
My friends wanted to watch terminal list one time while hanging out. I never really watch tv but I was caught off guard by how many scenes had alcohol in them. It was like no one could talk unless they where having a drink it was bizarre. What little bit of tv I watch I cant help but notice it now.+6
@SwissCheese1717 - 2024-06-23 16:33:22
if you seriously think like this maybe you shouldn't be watching tv.+3
@cherubin7th - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Japan has a lot of good stuff, but in the west you usually only hear about the degenerate stuff, because the good stuff doesn't sell well in the west.+10
@eucharistenjoyer - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
It's probably intentional, considering Yuval Noah Harari is a major Klaus Schwab advisor and they surely want to push those views in major movies and music. Atheism being pushed comes from the same root. I remember turning atheist during my teenager years (only coming to my senses a year and half ago) and trying to see everything as a game of biological interest. A truly miserable way to see life.+2
@Transcendental.thumbs - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
Grandparents confirmed correct yet again -- Gunsmoke is the only TV show allowed in the house 🙈🤣+9
@elbowjuice2627 - 2025-05-23 16:33:22
this should be put in a time capsule to see how dumb we were at one point+1
@rightwingsafetysquad9872 - 2023-06-23 16:33:22
@seronymus Thank you.+2
@Mr_Mistah - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
Which is funny since "The Purge" isn't an anarchy+1
@victorkreig6089 - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
Can you blame those people? I'd drink too if I had to live in the modern world and interact exclusively through the societal enforced cultural norms of today+1
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
Could you recommend a nondegenerate show from Japan? I want to see more of those+5
@cherubin7th - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
@gnomelinux I currently watch kimi no todoke+3
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
@cherubin7th So its a romance anime without fanservice? and btw why is it that the degenerate stuff sells over here? I find that rather annoying about anime fans+4
@cherubin7th - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
@gnomelinux No fanservice at all and the people are very decent, even the bad enemy is rather decent troubled person. I also just remember "Good morning call" has a real humans version, and given the premise they are more decent than people in real life (no sex scenes at all), it is comedic. I too often forget the names of the shows I saw. Idk know why the west (including Korea) is like that, but Japanese somehow have different taste. I mean the most viewed Japanese song on YouTube is about losing a loved one to death (song called Lemon), while from the US it is despacido.+4
@gnomelinux - 2023-06-23 16:33:23
@cherubin7th Thats kinda bizzarre everyone keeps making the weird stuff were complaining about. Also what do you think of the moe genre? Is it even worth watching?+1
@VenomCarson02496 - 2024-06-23 16:33:23
The worst thing is when they take a manga with little to no fan service, then turn it into an anime filled to the brim with it.+1
@mitragyninethespeciosa6891 - 2024-06-23 16:33:24
What made you start believing in God? I'm kinda interested in any arguments for the existence of God as a agnostic.+1
@xXRustyShacklefordXx - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
I WILL NOT WATCH THE GOYTV+58
@wendyphoenix - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
Do not watch any TV or films anymore, Do not even own a TV for more than 10 years, all garbage.+2
@kortaffel - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
If you watch Midnight's Edge, you'll realise that everyone like Disney is pushing ESG and DEI as propaganda down your childrens throat. It' intentional+6
@JoãoPedroFavoretti - 2025-02-23 16:33:24
If creating a movie is a way of creating a reality, why not make it different than the real one? Besides, a different personality is always attractive, isn’t it?+2
@pipino_boi - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
Flagged for antisemitism. Sorry not sorry!+5
@iAdden - 2024-11-23 16:33:24
5:48 😂 wild+2
@evanhanke3396 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
I liked "The Whale", it runs contrary to the "geist" as you say, it's a story about people who think they are irredeemable looking for redemption+8
@alexeisavrasov888 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
You think that is bad? Just about every person is the Western world thinks sex is about feeling good. THAT"S IT.+2
@Maibes - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
The Last of Us 2 comes to mind+5
@faro_inc - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
This is the kind of content that I truly like! thanks Luke+2
@jessedarko - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
I can't wait until you discover the Bible or Shakespeare.+3
@arjunharikumar7176 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
"if there was a news agency that tried its best to find and report on the truth it would go bankrupt because people only want to see stuff that affirms their bias" - Destiny+1
@dandrechesterfield5411 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
I don’t think I’d call it a psyop. It’s just a formula that works for entertainment. Extreme characters have a larger character arch+5
@webiorg6147 - 2024-06-23 16:33:24
The reason tv series like Friends are popular again is because young people crave something simple and relatable - just something about people having ordinary lives. I miss productions like "Dude, where is my car", "Eurotrip", "You have got mail", not to mention older stuff like "Bewitched" or "Dukes of Hazzard". Most of the time, people want to watch something to relax, something fun, uplifting, something that makes them feel look about themselves and the world around them.+1
@philjames6893 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
What's funny is that sometimes movies with propagandistic undertones have the opposite effect than what people intended, or that they reveal unexpected truths about society that the establishment doesn't want to spread. Case in point: The Hunger Games movies. You get the sense they are trying to compare the games to North Korea or to some totalitarian hermit state, but the aesthetics of the so-called 'elite' in the movie look almost identical to what you see the so-called cultural establishment doing today. Katniss almost seems just like a regular person terrorized by the media complex that resembles the propaganda spectacle we see online. And best of all, she helps to overthrow the government with almost no insane resistance, revealing that the government is a paper tiger. That message is the opposite of what a western government would want to project.+4
@chaoy22 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
I had a similar train of thought after my autistic partner binge watched "big mouth" and started acting more weird, where can I find media that isn't literal children's shows that has healthy people acting with good morals? I refuse to watch Marvel.+1
@fizzybubblyify - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
this is why Seinfeld is timeless and the GOAT sitcom+11
@franciscofarias6385 - 2024-06-23 16:33:24
Culture for all its existence reflecting about the dark side of people and nature: I sleep Culture reflecting about the dark side of people, by Netflix: Real shit+1
@RedactedBrainwaves - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
Weimar republic moment+49
@kebman - 2024-10-23 16:33:24
Hey Luke, I really liked your video "Social Media as Social Control." I'd love to see more well-researched videos like that from you! That was super interesting and enlightening. Thank you!+1
@NikhilSingh-007 - 2023-06-23 16:33:24
Stupendously based.+8
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:33:25
Germany 🇩🇪 reporting in. What does ESG and DEI mean?+2
@josethepenguin - 2023-06-23 16:33:25
The first one was honestly so fucking good it pains me that they butchered it with the second one. Looks like the show is following the same path+1
@YellowJell-O - 2023-06-23 16:33:25
Jewish+2
@MP-tz2yn - 2024-06-23 16:33:25
@YellowJell-O showerless+1
@an2qzavok - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
There's a 1930~ book by Ilf and Petrov about their travels across America, and in one of the chapters they dunked on Hollywood saying it's all hot trash for mindless consumption. I remember finding such criticism as unfair, and I still find it unfair when people dunk on MCU etc in similar fashion nowadays: Normal people go to the cinema not to watch kino but to hang out with their friends, and kino is just an excuse.+7
@illumialter8755 - 2025-03-23 16:33:26
The reason why ppl didn’t like the last season of game of thrones was specifically because it was very much unlike the earlier seasons, not that it was idk the “logical conclusion” of the show or whatever. Maybe you picked a bad example, but like game of thrones is not at all analogous to the world the average American lives in. Also “I wish more movies depicted average people who act and think normally.” Who are you to describe what’s normal when in this same video you’re all like “I think these American shows are all influenced by a secret ominous demonic entity with soul purpose of turning everyone into degenerates.” That’s most certainly not normal. Normal ppl don’t think like you do. As a matter of fact many would call your line of thinking hysterical.+3
@WolfrostWasTaken - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
luke should watch k-on!+4
@stevendouglas3781 - 2024-06-23 16:33:26
It’s also an issue that adult entertainment (not the euphemism) seems to be based entirely on things that would be worse for children.+1
@CraftyF0X - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
this guy is just wrong. Not even decent normal ppl want to watch movies about normal things (maybe once in a while) but we instinctevly drawn to the weird, unusual stuff. Hollywood is just a money making machine, nothing more nothing less, it has no "big plans to change ppl" they coulodn't care less, they do what they think will sell (and sometimes they are dead wrong ofc) and what sells ? Sex violence deviance all sorts of interesting negative stuff what ppl otherwise could not safely experience in their life but tthey want the thrill of it. Before these opportunities, if someone wanted to experience what a serial killer is like he might just get murdered, now you can enjoy the hunt for them from the ssafety of your couch. Its morbid curiosity in many ways, the thing while ppl flock o the scene of a horrible accident. When this guy says decent ppl want decent stuff he vastly overestimate the inteligence of avg ppl (or their need to hear realistic stories) and under estimate the lizard brain of those ppl, who want nothing but thrills. I too wanted to belive otherwise, but then all you need is to take a look at what is most popular on every platform all the time, the cheap thrills always lead.+7
@irnTincture - 2024-07-23 16:33:26
Theater supposed to embraced as a good when tragedies end with catharsis. Without any moral standards catharsis starts sounding as hard to reach as enlightenment+1
@scottyyoch3537 - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
There's being a dork: wimpy, spineless, and clueless, and being virtuous: courageous, stiff*, and informed. The latter is awesome+9
@Andrea-iw9gh - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
I think this is why Jane Austen films are still so appealing. They show that a person can be flawed and need to grow, without acting out in extreme behaviors+1
@leadrevolver - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
Would you consider the northman a psi-op?+7
@luqmanhamdan9285 - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
I think this is because most of the American movies and tv shows nowadays has become woke. They don't know how to write men, good plot and good character, combine all of that and you got perfect recipe for box office disaster. Just look at what happened at M-She-U phase bore, they try so hard to push "The Message" and the audience end up despise them a lot, especially Disney.+3
@roarzish - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
10:39 i ✡dont ✡know ✡where ✡this ✡even ✡comes ✡from+7
@Jack-ht3fr - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
People also overestimate minorities population like LGBT and of different skin colors because of media.+2
@JoeBlow-pu3yt - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
The matrix was a documentary+6
@oleghrozman4172 - 2024-06-23 16:33:26
I heard so many times that Song of Ice and Fire is much more mature and smarter then Lord of the Rings. But in fact I can see that the world of Tolkien is much more wiser, smarter and deeper. Tolkien was writing his books like a philosopher and old-wise man, but creation of Martin looks like creation of naive teenager with maximalistic psychologycal complexes and who acts "edgy" for looking more "mature".+1
@oniondesu9633 - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
I agree, I think a modern "It's a Wonderful Life" type movie made by Hollywood would be phenomenally successful. But the even if they existed, creatives capable of making such a project would completely shunned from those circles before ever making it.+12
@ChauNguyen-wd6fm - 2024-06-23 16:33:26
The good thing about Chinese censorship is they are very aware of this problem and does best they can to prevent this happening in Chinese mainstream entertainment media.+1
@Aramythr - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
This video goes unhinged at several angles. It sounds to me you're just at odds with seeing unconventional and anti-moralistic perspectives. While I think Hollywood might go excessive with certain angles, just for cheap shock-value, I don't think these angles are inherently bad to explore. I don't really like to watch Western stories. But I do like my darker stories, like Bloodborne or Made in Abyss. My mom loves Korean slice of life shows atm, and finds the interactions between people to be much more realistic than whatever Hollywood stools out. Though even though I acknowledge their quality in that respect, those shows just don't really interest me. I wouldn't want to go to a world where only such content was available. I believe the Hollwood movies have one big flaw; cheap intrigue. Whether it be from cheap relatability (not bad unless excessive) or from cheap shocks, like loud, nasty and selfish people or disturbing acts. Gore and sex and drama just do something to the brain and catch the attention, and due to market forces, the emphasis has gone from quality writing to whatever catches the attention the fastest and keeps people watching. With contemporary morality politics within companies, another feature is also necessary for shows nowadays; contemporary political correctness. With all these factors being necessary for a writer to be hired, it's no wonder bad writers are being hired in favour of critical and competent writers. A good writer can turn a "degenerate" concept into an intriguing insight. Therefore I believe the biggest flaw of Western shows and movies to be the incompetence of their writing, whether it be from bad writers themselves, or lead directors/companies/shareholders pushing the writers into creating flawed works.+4
@Bbookinn - 2024-12-23 16:33:26
I never understood the idea of not wanting """"degenerate"""" things in media, as if age ratings haven't been a thing since forever now. In my mind, the real problem is parents not sufficiently monitoring the activity of their children online and in media. No, your 13 your old son/daughter should NOT be watching game of thrones. It's R rated... not to mention, it's fantasy, so implying that fantasy shows should be a moral compass for viewers is just dumb. It's why children aren't allowed to watch this type of media, because they are more likely to do this kind of thing. Blaming tv shows for the failings of modern parents who fail to adapt to a modern world is just fucking dumb and lets parents get away with being shitters, as they usually do. Source: see modern parenting at work all the time working at a middle school, these ppl really don't tell their kids no, ever.+3
@OliveMule - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
Theres a tv show called Scandal Or something and it's the most degenerate sht I've ever seen+4
@sfasfads - 2024-08-23 16:33:26
This has been a long running theme. It's not only horror, it's deep rooted through rom coms & everything else. The character behaviors influence the way people reflect on their personal experiences.+1
@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 - 2025-05-23 16:33:26
Well he's actually correct, normal people believe and God and are Christian.+1
@rivciks5045 - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
Not exactly. If a movie is well made you do not need to "fill" it with unusual or wierd stuff, only if movie is dull and characters in it are two-dimensional you need to resort to violence or sex to not to look it boring to the audience. The are plenty of very good examples of old classic movies.+1
@CraftyF0X - 2023-06-23 16:33:26
@rivciks5045 Im afraid you over estimate the atention span of current audiencies. What the MCU prove is that spectacle all that is matter for the modern audience. Don't get me wrong, I think its a sad state, but that just how it is, and when these movies get greenlighted by the dozens you know that what sells. Film making is a business, and it only matters what sells, artistic integrity be damned.+6
@scottyyoch3537 - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
@eitantal726 yep lol, I'll fix that+2
@eitantal726 - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
@scottyyoch3537 No worries. I'll delete my comment+1
@gunnerulrich9209 - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
@scottyyoch3537 did you write spineful?+1
@Hero_Of_Old - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
Good film, but yeah its pretty much still propaganda.+3
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
ATJ is the thumbnail for a reason. Every piece of media she's ever been in is exactly what I'm talking about. Started with Witch and hasn't changed at all. Sordidness, the occult, arbitrary and unreasoned bloodlust.+16
@JarlMaximus - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
@Hero_Of_Old How?+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
@Hero_Of_Old Propaganda? If they were all black despite being European vikings you might have a valid argument there+2
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:27
I think Luke was saying that this already happened much earlier, to the point ministry of us dont even realize that its abnormal in the first place.+2
@thegreatboppilini9006 - 2025-02-23 16:33:28
When every single thing has sex and drugs in it you can’t get around it. Shows like shameless have fucking in the shows opening credits+1
@Hero_Of_Old - 2025-05-23 16:33:28
Wow, you're completely missing the point. Easily manipulated.+1
@JoeBlow-pu3yt - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
Social engineering+5
@theplasmacollider6431 - 2024-06-23 16:33:28
Does anyone think that the portrayal of society in Gangs of New York was exaggerated? It seems like it was just chaos and people had no moral compass.+1
@onemorequarter1087 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
A world gone mad.+4
@redgt827 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
6:30 "people may not want to say that" because it's antisemitic+2
@tortapounder69420 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
Who owns Hollywood?+4
@flytrapYTP - 2024-10-23 16:33:28
People don't watch these fictional shows to watch reality, this seems like a false assertion that keeps getting repeated in this video as if it's true. Why is there so much drug use and sex in these shows? Because it's fiction. Because reality is much more mundane. Also, Better Call Saul is 50/50 courtroom drama and cartel shit and it rocks, so I'm not sure what this trend even is supposed to be. Game of Thrones is lame, people have moved on from it because it became lame.+2
@TheMacedonianGeneral - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
Looking at any sitcom nowadays (Big Bang Theory) and you see just how psychotic it is.+23
@andrewpearson1903 - 2024-09-23 16:33:28
The same has been happening for decades in pop music. I listened once to Maroon 5’s “Songs about Jane”; most of the songs make love sound like a drug addiction and sex sound like domestic violence. The dance pop stuff I grew up with on the radio was similarly gross and unreal — even though all the songs were about “love,” there was no tenderness or respect in the presentation. A lot of 80s music is about as bad, and the big 70s acts were well on their way to bleaching human relationships of humanity like this. Pop listeners reject this for short periods, like with Nirvana (too ironic and anti-life to be helpful, but at least anchored by a suffering human being) or maybe even Adele, but most of the time they only take what the radio gives them.+1
@old_account189 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
They put cynical, nihilistic and outright sad characters in the spotlight to make anyone watching them think to themselves "wow, it's literally me". Propaganda works best if the people who are being manipulated think they act on their free will.+6
@2trains182 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
Hopefully tv and film become more like music has, where it’s actually feasible to independently produce and distribute your work, using YouTube, or whatever else. I desire a situation where artists can make the art they want, distribute it themselves, via a monetised platform, and get the exposure they need, in order to reach the people they want to. In fact, it already kinda exists, and real legitimate artists are already doing it. Some obscure band or rapper can now just upload their music to YouTube, and the algorithm will suggest it to people like myself, who actually have an interest in hearing some new black metal, or some new underground rap. It takes away most of the manipulation and desire for mass appeal, that record companies etc are known for. Because you’re the one profiting, you can actually choose to retain your artistic integrity, make what you want to make, appeal to whoever you appeal to, and still make money. That way, artists can be more free to truly express themselves, and not have to turn into Kings of Leon or Lil Nas X, just to make good money+2
@owen755 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
I'm glad you made a video on this. Anytime I happened to see a scene from Game of Thrones, I thought it was some weird hyperreality that somebody with a fetish for violence and sex made. It was off-putting and I wondered why so many people liked it.+7
@ImHeadshotSniper - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
one man looks at a toothpick and sees a device for picking his teeth. another man looks at a toothpick and sees a device for stabbing people with. the issue is not the toothpick, it's the man.+1
@technologic21 - 2024-06-23 16:33:28
Holy sh-t this guy goes off on tangents. Dude, movies aren't 'weird', they simply suck. They suck because of bad screenwriters, bad directors, both of whom have their hands tied by studio heads. They are fully committed to turning profit, even if the product is subpar. People still buy slop. They leave no room or reason to take creative risk anymore. Whatever stupid fad is en vouge at the moment, they roll with it, even if its cringe and awful.+5
@marciomaiajr - 2025-05-23 16:33:28
The time has come, Luke. Even pewdiepie is using Arch Linux now. It's time to make the Year of Linus on the Desktop a reality.+1
@KayttakaaHumehia - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
In Europe at least where I live there are definitely still productions aimed at a national audiences that follow more or less the ideal that Luke speaks about, plots with normal people maybe making mistakes but in the end living well and all their stories not being complete tragedies. If you dont want to watch hollywood then dont, there are options, they just are not so conveniently available. Edit, movie recommendation: Oma maa (2018) by Markku Pölönen.+4
@engin3ar - 2025-05-23 16:33:28
Great commentary. Game of Thrones in particular still stings.+1
@ctrackthezer0 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
If I recall correctly the criminals that did the North Hollywood shootout were inspired by the movie "Heat".+6
@Idontknow_anything - 2024-06-23 16:33:28
4:50 I mean think about it. People are more selfish because of these entertainment junk types. And if everyone only cares about themselves, at the cost of others, it indirectly tears down the strength of a society. Back then, way before this, there were unwritten rules (gentlemen-ness, lady-behavior, solidarity, helping neighbours, eating fresh food, drugs and promiscuity were low-status behavior), that indirectly made all of society "one", Making society strong.+2
@joaovasconcelos6047 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
The timeless and pristine lessons of old media! Take Triumph of the Will for example - No smartphones, no adultery, just a bunch of blonde dudes enjoying the moment.+4
@willpaxman5236 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
"Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" Is a good movie that came out of serbia from the 90s, it shows normal people dragged into the horrid yugoslavian war and how they cope with it+1
@carmen_13 - 2023-06-23 16:33:28
yo mama+1
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:33:29
Try to find a clip with the laugh track removed. It's eye opening.+20
@ccfliege - 2023-06-23 16:33:29
Yeah, its such a huge difference from Scrubs (f.ex)+1
@namesurname4666 - 2023-06-23 16:33:29
@TravisHi_YT nickelodeon ones probably had more+2
@chrishnah - 2023-06-23 16:33:29
I feel so validated by this comment section. Thank God+4
@iancuninghame9163 - 2023-06-23 16:33:29
That's the impression you'll get if you're just watching those scenes, lol. I can tell you why I think people enjoyed it: the suspense, the feeling that no character was safe, and that anything could happen because this isnt some wuss daytime tv show.+2
@owen755 - 2023-06-23 16:33:29
@iancuninghame9163 yeah I'm sure the show is wonderful and all, but that content I'm talking about still comprises the whole series.+1
@doublesushi5990 - 2025-05-23 16:33:29
dude a movie can be weird....+1
@thefunnysmoke1526 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Since you are talking about anything, can you talk about modern kinks and how they are different from past.+4
@PedroHenrique-x17 - 2024-06-23 16:33:30
I think the reason is in part explained in the parable of the wheat and the tares. God wants to gather souls, but the selection process involves their free will, it is still not clear to me how it works, but that seems to be why he allows sin to multiply. “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”+1
@feras5017 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
No idea how a man allows his wife to watch two actors having sex while he just watch that. Same for a woman that allows her man to watch a sex scene in a movie. İt's just not right. But the man allowing this to happen is baffling for me. To let your girl watch a usually better looking guy in a sex position for a minute.+8
@DocwelGaming - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Very good points at the end of this video. I pretty much just expected you to say that the wife and the friend got together but the fact that they didn't is shocking, and that's very telling of what you're talking about. Also, the marvel point is spot on. They are so bland and filled with almost nothing which is actually the reason people like them because it's just like some minor bit of normalcy when everything else around them is complete degeneracy.+1
@Podzhagitel - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
AYY LMAO Taylor-Joy 👽+5
@randomrfkov - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
That's why "As 80s Dark Fantasy/Sitcom" is a popular AI trend+2
@cyberguy3376 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
I remember watching It's a Wonderful Life recently and thinking about just how nice of a film it was and how removed it was from the practices of modern films. It was refreshing to actually enjoy a movie for once.+5
@rusty39939 - 2024-06-23 16:33:30
Oppenheimer is a good movie about normal people doing normal things+2
@windowsxseven - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
why her eyes so far apart like damn+4
@MisterConscio - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
It's odd how TV shows about drug dealers and their lives are so popular despite in reality people really hate this kind of people.+1
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Something feels very "off" about modern movies/TV shows. Maybe I don't like them because I'm "autistic". I remember that I hated watching anything with talking animals or giant puppets as a kid. I thought The Lion King was very boring, for example. It surprised me as an adult to find out that the taste of most people was the exact opposite.+5
@ivarellefsenmentz7446 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
another big part of this issue is how cringe writers are. they think making the main character a homosexual fireman makes the writing interesting.+1
@ahallock - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
The degeneracy and corruption and depravity, when done well, triggers some sort of catharsis in me. It's like a hit of dopamine. But I would never conflate that with real life or think that people remotely act that way, apart from truly sociopathic individuals. The last really depraved movie I watched was The House That Jack Built. It wasn't an easy watch, and it upset me, but paradoxically, also gave me my fix.+11
@epix4300 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Another great video luke+1
@replikvltyoutube3727 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Is Anime a psyop?+4
@Deapcrash101 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Anyone have examples of films that aren't like this? I'd love to see ones where I can notice the contrast. Best I can think of contemporarily are kids shows like The last airbender. Other than that principled characters in films and tv seem to be outliers. Often if there is a principled one the principles are dismantled so the story can be told. I think one of the early examples of modern tv like this is breaking bad. It blazed the trail of stories focusing on morally contemptable characters. Except modern stories rarely has half as good writing. And the characters actions usually aren't even thought provoking or sympathetic.+3
@sevdev9844 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
This video is 10-20% correct and then mixed-up with 80-90% weirdo mental BS.+5
@fish6911 - 2024-08-23 16:33:30
A lot of these films and shows are psyops and there is obviously something going on, but basically every opinion here was completely pulled out of your ass and totally disconnected from reality. I had high expectations, but this was hardcore midwittery.+2
@smackamoe - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
Talmudism+4
@gravyfan - 2024-06-23 16:33:30
The movie Past Lives just came out this year which has nearly the same plot of the good old fashion values movie you described. There's a willingness in the american public to consume garbage, to watch what is easy, and lead garbage lives. But there is still a very real artistic and spiritual vein alive in cinema and art that you have to look beyond the superhero movies to find. It's there, it's always been there. The pattern of the grotesque and shock and awe has been well alive in western literary tradition since the beginning. We consume, and are consumed. We look back to a past that wasn't like it was remembered. But what we can do is pursue current lives that are ethical, beautiful, and kind.+1
@charmingmander331 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
You'd be shocked how not new many of these kinks really are lol+3
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:33:30
People have always had disgusting fetishes. It is just easier to find and broadcast them with the internet. People are also collectively shamed less now.+3
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
A deeper question: Who actually enjoys intercourse in a movie or TV? Who wants to see that? It's one thing to imply a sex scene, but to show it or portions of it is truly bizarre as I've never seen a person not feel awkward about watching it with others.+28
@djwormdaddy5771 - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
@LukeSmithxyz Sex scenes have only gotten more gratuitous and pointless in recent years. It's basically filler to bolster runtime with titillating imagery. Won't be long before you have more "unsimulated" sex scenes in mainsteam media.+8
@shaurz - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
I hate sex scenes in films or TV, it just makes me feel really uncomfortable and its completely unnecessary to tell the story. It adds nothing except making the viewer in to an unwitting voyeur.+8
- 2023-06-23 16:33:31
@LukeSmithxyz The only good sex scene I recall was in The Terminator. I think it's because it isn't portrayed in a dramatic way.+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
I never understood them either. Especially because sex scenes are just that scenes with sex, when they're supposed to portray romance, that makes it more bizarre.+2
@TravisHi_YT - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
It always adds nothing to the story. You can simply allude to it like they did in Austin powers and that's enough.+1
@Sputnikcosmonot - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
There were violent and sexual films back then too. Too many to mention. Queen of sheba is a lost one that was supposedly highly sexual. Life imitates art but art also imitates life and there was a lot of burlesque and prostitution back in those days too.+4
@cyberguy3376 - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
@Sputnikcosmonot That's not what I meant. It wasn't the lack of violence that I enjoyed, but how optimistic the film was. Maybe I'm simply ignorant to what's actually being produced anymore, but I can't imagine that a modern film company would produce a film where someone who stays true to himself and does what he knows is right would succeed.+6
@windowsxseven - 2023-06-23 16:33:31
@NeverKnow9 no bubba I'm talking bout the machinery in the thumbnail+1
@JoeBlow-pu3yt - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
You're vaccine injured+2
@dankeykang4576 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
The Lion King may be one of the most overrated movies of all time.+4
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
@JoeBlow-pu3yt Probably lol+2
@nickpavia9021 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
@dankeykang4576 Every normie seems to think it is the best children's movie ever. I really don't understand why talking animals appeal so much to children. I find it hideous.+7
@shaurz - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
The anthropomorphism of animals in kids TV is the direct cause of furries.+5
@gunnerulrich9209 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
@shaurz Can confirm. As a kid wanted to bonk the mouse in An American Tail and the triceratops in A Land Before Time.+1
@charmingmander331 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
@shaurz the anthro thing goes back decades+1
@JohnSmith-ry7wh - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
Bugman+2
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:32
"I would never conflate that with real life" is the worst type of delusion. It's the same as "ads don't affect me". Of course you don't consciously think "I saw this in the movie therefore real life is just like that". Doesn't mean it has no effect on your thinking.+2
@poika22 - 2024-06-23 16:33:32
"I would never conflate that with real life" is the worst type of delusion. It's the same as "ads don't affect me". Of course you don't consciously think "I saw this in the movie therefore real life is just like that". Doesn't mean it has no effect on your thinking.+1
@tex8939 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
Which anime do you think is a psyop?+2
@notuxnobux - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
Yes, abe wants you to procreate (rip abe)+6
@gunnerulrich9209 - 2023-06-23 16:33:32
How couldn't it be?+2
@MaxRussel-m7t - 2025-06-09 16:33:32
No there are good ones+1
@Gu1d-0 - 2025-06-10 16:33:32
fma brotherhood may have some heavy "insider" spiritual backing behing its message it'sfucking INSANE how much there is in this+1
@MaxRussel-m7t - 2025-06-10 16:33:32
@Gu1d-0 Give an example?+1
@Gustaviustwinkelberry - 2024-12-23 16:33:33
What about games? East asian games to be specific, is there any psyopery going on there? I play alot of those...+1
@NuIndustrialMetalcore - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
"Weird super hero stuff" Yeah not unlike greek myths, norse myths, roman myths... Humans love super heroes dude. It's not weird.+4
@Witnessmoo - 2024-06-23 16:33:33
This guy have never seen Shakespeare 👀 Mass media has always been salacious my guy!+2
@Darkprince7764 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
You can thank our good wicked friend Aleister Crowley who released pandora's box upon the entire world with his abominable and degenerate works and his "Do What Thou Wilt" philosophy.+4
@robertleechford4250 - 2024-06-23 16:33:33
Truth is spoken here.+2
@frickezthias8638 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
It's not "American" movies. It's Jewish Hollywood movies. Watch the 1st season of Gunsmoke and then watch the later seasons of Gunsmoke. They subverted that Cowboy show too.+4
@adarax1 - 2024-06-23 16:33:33
There are two parts of my personality. Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. I'm OK with both as an adult.+2
@MrNinjaFish - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
Gangster rap going on about the same subjects, nobody having any idea about sex (and still not having a clue), not being able to explain things properly - probably because we haven't been in a direct war for so long we crave violence and gore because we're too comfortable. Here in Scotland there was an advert for a new film named "Cocaine Bear", and I just thought "hang on, I thought they'd have to change the name, they can't just reference drugs like that". Soaps have to ham it up as well because it would be political to just depict life as it is. Again here in Scotland we won't have another Still Game for a while because it would be too sensitive given the current debate about independence. It's odd. You'd think someone could make a film about a dictatorship where a guy escapes to what we think would be a free country but he eventually goes back because he doesn't like it there. Maybe someone should try and make stuff that adheres to Hayes Code rules again.+7
@perverse_ince - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
If movies were truly realistic, what would be the incentive to see them rather than actually just experiencing real life itself? Want a realistic movie? Touch grass.+1
@woj95 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
What? I have no idea what you are talking about. Anyway... Have you seen the third episode of The Last of us?+4
@patrickprucha5522 - 2024-06-23 16:33:33
good point about marvel movies. I say this is because at the end, you saw some pretty good relationships being built.+1
@amezitroll3670 - 2024-06-23 16:33:33
Jews+4
@07forgot2 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
Hey Luke have you read War and Peace? I'm curious if you think it's also a psyop+2
@1oveFent - 2024-10-23 16:33:33
pack up your ben shapiro talking points and bring them straight back to reddit my man... it's okay to admit that you can't understand everything+4
@riverwildcat1 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
Thanks for the good explanation. Truly.+1
@careythring1 - 2024-09-23 16:33:33
Actual word soup.+5
@marcushagey4110 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
Luke, I’m not terribly familiar with your content, but are you acquainted at all with Generative Anthropology? I’d hate to see an intelligent reactionary constrained by this mode of media.+1
@mariansam_was_taken - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
I hate the artificial american uniform "forests" in Luke's videos+2
@diego1590 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
Everything is gonna be weird with that girl in it, she looks like an experiment to mix greys and humans.+2
@johncasey9544 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
Yeah stories tend to be interesting and not boring and "ham up" things in ways. You're describing myths. The behavior of the greek gods was often on par with the shit that happens in game of thrones. Hollywood sucks more in modern times because the small number of extremely powerful media companies have been getting better at playing perfectly to people's tastes, carefully following trends and providing just enough irreverence to seem "hip and cool" while sanitizing things that could actually challenge people's views. The solution is to give tons of money and complete creative control to the artists, something which Luke would immediately decry because it would result in really edgy art that would push cultural norms, i.e. stuff that's actually interesting and good. Artists are overwhelmingly left leaning for a reason.+2
@KyriosHeptagrammaton - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
I think you're wrong about it being causative. GOT came out in 1996. The books/ TV show couldn't become popular unless people wanted to watch it, not the other way around. It's the same thing you see SJW types do with complaining about body shaming and unrealistic standards in television.+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
I mean, super heros and gods are supposed to be completely different things. I guess people comparing them says something about how narcissistic people have become to think humans can become the equivalent of gods.+3
@NuIndustrialMetalcore - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
@Reily Smith Perseus, Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus, etc. were NOT gods they were demi-gods and regular humans. Also half of modern super heroes literally ARE gods, or may as well be in terms of power. Thor, Superman, Flash, Hulk, etc.+2
@arcade5765 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
@NuIndustrialMetalcore they descended from divine beings; while partly-human, they derived their strength from the gods. this isn't as pedantic a stipulation as it might seem: take iron man or batman, for example. he elevates himself to a godlike status via science and technology - entirely autonomously, by virtue of his own intellect. spiderman was bitten by a spider created by humans in a lab. the source of the godhood has evidently shifted from without to within, and in that sense, the poster you replied to has a point regarding the narcissism of it.+2
@NuIndustrialMetalcore - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
@arcade yeah I'm not arguing with that at all. I'm just saying humans love tales of the fantastic. Super hero stories aren't weird or new. A little different maybe but the concept of looking up to these stories isn't weird to me.+2
@arcade5765 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
@NuIndustrialMetalcore i agree with you there, but i will say that, for me, the removal of something "beyond," something divine, and its replacement by secularism and rationality takes the magic out of it.+2
@NuIndustrialMetalcore - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
@arcade if it gets us in the gym, and keeps us chasing higher things, then I'm with it. I don't like focusing too heavily on deconstructism.+2
@arcade5765 - 2023-06-23 16:33:33
@NuIndustrialMetalcore fair enough+2
@KratostheThird - 2024-10-23 16:33:34
Gunsmoke premiered in 1955 when Hollywood was still under the Hays Code. John Wayne even made a pleasant introduction to the series. The later seasons (1970’s) of Gunsmoke had different writers and it was a period of revisionist Hollywood. Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch further diverted from what were John Wayne movies and had scenes of sex, violence and debauchery that the Hays Code simply would not allow. People also forget that Hollywood was making a lot of rated X films, many of which aged poorly and mean little apart from the generation who experienced them firsthand.+2
@chocolateneko9912 - 2023-06-23 16:33:34
Still game 💪💪💪. Also yeah that bear movie looked really weird+1
@galaxyanimal - 2023-06-23 16:33:34
The interesting thing about that movie is that it's inspired by a real bear that ate a duffel bag full of cocaine. Of course, the real-life bear quickly overdosed and died.+3
@Hero_Of_Old - 2023-06-23 16:33:34
Hahaha. Its a shame, because The last of us game was a beautiful story.+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:34
My sister loves it. Guess who never played the games?+2
@fuwa9616 - 2024-10-23 16:33:34
I didn't know criticizing Israel was a ben shapiro talking point.+2
@fuwa9616 - 2024-10-23 16:33:35
How's the sun in Israel?+3
@seanh0123 - 2024-06-23 16:33:35
Funny I just watched an episode of black mirror where the wife falls for her husbands colleague at work and the colleague steals the husbands body to be with her 😂+1
@MrToryhere - 2024-06-23 16:33:35
We now live in a world where hypocrisy is the tribute virtue pays to vice. So many people who live normal bourgeois lives are pretending that they are not bourgeois, that we have reached a stage where we are expected to be deviants. The unwritten rules of society are thus being broken all the time. People cannot do-operate so well and they often perform their work poorly, knowing that they will not be condemned for it.+1
@faiz.shaikh - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
Marvel has normal plot I guess you haven't heard about she hulk.+2
@yamahadodger - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
Good thing is that I don't watch any of shows. None of them were interesting enough to grab my attention.+1
@trashcan3958 - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
My man needs to watch some slice of life anime.+2
@dimitrilensflareabrams2893 - 2025-06-10 16:33:35
Huh. So I'm not wrong at all for cringing at very grotesque stuff and the shear amount of it in modern media. Like Arcane is a really really good show, but they over use gore and shock a lot. Things will seem like they're going fine then boom everyone dies. Someone is trying to police a bad neighborhood and the animators made sure to make her murder as bloody and gorey as possible.+1
@tellmey1 - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
what do you think about everything everywhere all at once?+3
@FRANKMUSIKOFFICIAL - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
The Bachelor and Bachelorette show was my red pill.+3
@uwugaloo - 2025-06-12 16:33:35
Who is this guy, where has he been, how did he get SO good at swimming... Subscribed.+1
@matyasmarkkovacs8336 - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
Not all modern movies are bad! Yeah, it's the 21st century so nowadays there are more of those types what you mentioned, but that's not all, and it's not necessarily degenerate. At least not every modern movie. The world is changing, people are changing, but there will always be good movies. (I hope...) But I get your point. You miss those good old movies and I can understand it.+2
@YakeFake - 2025-04-23 16:33:35
I miss Luke 😢+2
@randomguyontheinternet7940 - 2024-12-23 16:33:35
In America, this also infects social interractions. So many people just dont treat each other as real people. At its core, there is this deep barbaric romantication of genetics based on fantasies sold to people. I'm glad that, in some ways, younger people have helped with this on the internet, but we still have a long way to go.+1
@ltonchis1245 - 2024-06-23 16:33:35
That's cringe to call people normies for watching Marvel movies when it's just sci-fi fandom imagination of emulating alternative possible futures that are fascinating to wonder in part of space exploration, I suppose your definition of creativity or imagination is "cringe"+1
@jordan-mn6yy - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
If you think for a moment that popular media is there by chance than you are lost way too deep into the matrix. Its like a farm animal thinking they got food cause its happening by chance alone.+2
@imperatorscotorum6334 - 2024-06-23 16:33:35
4:53 this is where you start to go wrong, I don’t know if you’ve actually watched much of game of thrones apart from the first season, but Jon Snow remains a very moral character throughout the series, Dany remains a very moral character who actively tried to make the world a better place (until the botched final few episodes), Tyrion has a moral compass. The characters you’re talking about are mostly the villains, and shows need villains.+1
@stevendouglas3781 - 2024-06-23 16:33:35
I don’t believe that the multiple Family Guy quoters didn’t see each other’s comments.+1
@branislavhatala3067 - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
Imagine we get movies like 12 angry men back, a movies that goes as positive example on values.+1
@voidvoid5151 - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
Luke what's your opinion of 4chan?+1
@virginiasaintj - 2023-06-23 16:33:35
I can tell you the name of that corrupting force you alluded to, but I'd get banned.+3
@asantiago9409 - 2024-07-23 16:33:35
Glad someone finally addressed this. I thought it was just me. Literally every piece of media I've consumed in the past 20 years is a psyop. Realizing that's what media IS.+1
@neonblood4658 - 2025-05-23 16:33:35
he's alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdXRI-5BxMw&t=856s&pp=ygUUbHVrZSBzbWl0aCBpbnRlcnZpZXc%3D+2
@dabutchaistoxic - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
A really wholesome movie came out last year called "The Greatest Beer Run Ever."+1
@Dustweaver - 2024-09-23 16:33:36
Luke has been showing up in my feed again. Perhaps a return is imminent.+1
@biomez - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
Paul Schrader is still making great things, always has. I do still like the metaphorical stuff like what Robert Eggers does, but I see your point about it being weird and violent, even though his stuff shows violence but from the past.+1
@misterblade5272 - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
What's a good movie/series in your opinion, Luke?+2
@ChrisLeRose - 2024-10-23 16:33:36
You use the word "weird" wrongly, I think. "Grotesque" might be a better fit.+1
@pelagiuslobo5474 - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
"The Menu" is the antithesis of this, if you remember that villain who is clearly heinous despite having points is bad.+1
@SwissCheese1717 - 2024-06-23 16:33:36
clout chasing game of thrones isn't worth a video.+3
@steveoATL6 - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
I love the way you think, finally someone I can actually listen to.+1
@djokerbrfan - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
Hallelujah! New video!+1
@kris8165 - 2024-10-23 16:33:36
Don't forget the DEI agenda in pretty much everything that comes from the Western world... IKEA commercials here in Croatia,are all about the race mixing, inclusion,and all those Western "virtues" I say: "Let's cancel the West !"😅 Greetings from Croatia from Kris 😎+2
@michaelturk7237 - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
It's not just film and TV. The post-WW2 explosion of "abstract expressionism" (surrealist bullshit) was pushed and funded by the CIA as a means of breaking down Western notions of art, and thus their notions of "normal"; this was in addition to dunking on the Soviets by proclaiming to be pro-artist and much more "progressive" when they promoted all these non-artists, though that proved to be much more narrow, very short-term in scope. Before this, American impressionism (as well as more classic European impressionism) was very well-liked and perceived by the public at large as normal. Then the articles came rolling in, heralding welding shapes together or flinging paint around as genius, and declaring pastoral scenes of happiness and peace as stuffy, derivative, slack-jawed. The 1960s as you have "known" them in general were a set rally point for those in shadow to beset degeneracy and iniquity upon the general populace as a beautiful, desirable lifestyle to strive for. Were it not for the current era of neverending cavalcades of manmade horrors beyond comprehension, and the psychotically myopic impermanence baked into it to constantly drive the masses ever closer to the cliff face, I'd be tempted to declare the '60s as the "last decade". So many changes made in the face of near-unanimous opposition to it, pushed through under the cover of darkness by faceless, unelected suits from foreign lands with dirty money. And today's children are taught that it was nothing but good (except for all the parts that are still no-no bad evil that they themselves need to atone for personally).+1
@SimGunther - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
You would think that the MCU films would be the most "commercial" of all these movie, but a movie about transforming robots is more commercial than an entire superhero movie universe (minus The Amazing Spiderman 2).+1
@piotrd.4850 - 2025-05-23 16:33:36
Every storytelling is Psyop by defnition. Even kid goodnight stories, that are supposed to be educational etc. Talks at campfire (to make us feel good). And that's not "psyop" it's just part overstimulation, part response to overstimulation, to just say, turning the volume up because public has been desensitized; same content nowadays and say, in 1950s movies was presented in totally different manner. Gone are e.g. articulate actors, well thought out lines and well enunciated dialogue, camera work. It's shouting, and running and and fast cuts and Ron Moore'sque pseudo tension. All cut to attention span of sub-minute. 12:22 - you realize, that source material for Marvel movies is like, 2-3 generations old....right....RIGHT? PS: have you considered pondering your obsession about sex? For person concerned about it, you circle the subject too much.+1
@theplaymakerno1 - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
Luke, you forgot to mention that the reason for all of this is because Satan's hold on the world is strong+1
@GlazesRaV - 2024-10-23 16:33:36
All of that begun with Wiliam Shakespeare, and makbet, oh wait it begun with paintings made by Bosh. Those freaks huh?+2
@dontmindme1025 - 2024-12-23 16:33:36
There is a overreliance of sex and drugs in media tbh. Like they cant pull people in without those things or something.+1
@anxo_ - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
Great idea, make a 3 hour long movie about a couple in a city doing their dishes. Instant success.+1
@yakhalheart - 2024-08-23 16:33:36
Supply and demand, free market, and freedom to watch what people want. You could always moved to a country without these things that dont allow you to watch what you want.+1
@ash0787 - 2024-06-23 16:33:36
Never really liked hollywood and modern music because it didn't feel relatable to my life experiences as an English person and I think its more than cultural differences due to geographic regions, I prefer anime usually.+1
@Alan_the_Red - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
Yeah... GoT was kind of a turning point for me too. I liked it at first but I started to be disgusted by a lot of TV and ended up getting more into gaming again instead. Games are great for replay-ability, I can always go back to ones that have values I like.+2
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
None.+13
@Mr_Mistah - 2023-06-23 16:33:36
@LukeSmithxyz Expected+1
@aksunglasses24 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
you'd love to hear what Luke thinks about video games+2
@Alan_the_Red - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
@aksunglasses24 I think he said they were soy and a waste of time but I don't care lol+6
@aksunglasses24 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
@Alan_the_Red based+3
@eaea2332 - 2024-11-23 16:33:37
You have to give the credit to US and Hollywood that they are through the years of this industry do create family films and realistic films. in my country everything is so offensive.+1
@gamma4053 - 2024-06-23 16:33:37
This ladies and gentlemen is pure gold.+1
@ervinsavage392 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
Thanks for the video uncle Luke+1
@Hammid - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
You’re on a roll, Good Sir.+1
@jaikumarjadhav6575 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
There was a poem by Roald Dahl "IDIOT BOX"+2
@cmr2079 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
I think this is downplaying things after what happened on the grammys.+2
@milkteaalliance1748 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
Let's not forget the adhd camera shots+1
@Akkorokamuy - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
This woman gets hamfisted into every Netflix original, she’s kinda just annoying.+1
@iAdden - 2024-11-23 16:33:37
The point of movies and tv shows are to escape reality. Yes a lot of them are created just to push a specific narrative but in general, these people just want to make something that they think is cool. And it’s ok if you don’t like it+2
@southj89 - 2024-06-23 16:33:37
St Cosmas of Aetolia prophesied that one day we would all have the devil in our living rooms, a box with horns+1
@vulcanworf7422 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
5:00 gets really good, 10:50 gets even better+1
@allmertalex - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
I think you're making a valid assessment of American culture but TV isn't the cause of it, it's a symptom or a reflection of it being in the general culture, which I think is something you missed.+1
@stevendouglas3781 - 2024-06-23 16:33:37
Richard Linklater is a bit hit or miss, but I remember seeing “Everybody Wants Some” and being rattled at how refreshing it was. Just dudes excited to grow up and play baseball in college.+1
@musty5551 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
I don't watch new movies since 10 years because they all are some kind of psyop.+1
@hopscotchoblivion7564 - 2024-06-23 16:33:37
This reminds me of a commentary of the Sound of Music by Slavoj Zizek, in which the scene where the Nun sang song allowing Maria "Free herself" was censored by Yugoslavia because it encouraged promiscuity.+1
@jamesm5192 - 2024-10-23 16:33:37
What's weird is I'm not sure your thumbnail is of a biological female...+1
@butjok - 2024-06-23 16:33:37
this bald man has just stolen my heart ❤+1
@leviticus8930 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
Never watched Game of Thrones, never will. I don't trust people who don't use DWM....+1
@galacticusX - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
If you had watched some of the latest Marvel mini series, your opinion for it would have fallen through the floor. The wokeness and cringe factor is off the charts.+1
@tab8803 - 2023-06-23 16:33:37
I wanna see Uncle Luke talk about the certain propaganda by certain people for certain groups of people trying to manipulate and push them to have sex with certain groups despite it being to the detriment of the child's genetic health and society's overall well being.+3
@doublesushi5990 - 2025-05-23 16:33:38
lol+1
@Jader7777 - 2024-06-23 16:33:38
I'm very sorry but you're very late to the party. Try watching Twin Peaks (1990) to catch up with the rest of us.+2
@tylersingleton9284 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
This is why I mainly watch slice of life anime.+2
@_virendrasingh - 2024-08-23 16:33:38
But then people compare Marvel movies to the shows like The Boys because it supposedly shows the reality of how being a superhero is like? But if you remove all the graphic content especially superheroes killing normal people like nothing....you know...make it more normal than it quickly loses it's all appeal.+1
@alexal4 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
Noticed? I can't watch TV for 2 years already, except hockey and baseball.+1
@SoRusted - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
when I havent watched almost any netflix movies at all in my life and then watched "Don't look up" I was in stupor. I can't explain it. It's not that it was bad, it just was so messed up and weird I cant even explain it... And not weird in a move artistic way, just a cringe social engineering psyop, not even polished out well at all, and possibly with million dollar budget+1
@acid_8 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
Luke, take care man and please post a video telling us how you're cognitively stable and not self deleting, it might be a good idea in a vim sage pasta.+1
@LeoxandarMagnus - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
The best movies in America were made under the Hayes code.+2
@rkdeshdeepak4131 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
Out of frame has a video on this. "Morality is dead. Hollywood killed it"+1
@Slippindisc - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
My whole life I have tried to play the “what’s the agenda wity this movie/show/entertainment” and I have to say that the most insidious stuff lately are Taylor Sheridan’s works. It’s got all of the accoutrements of something that working class yts like to see, but the underlying message is ALWAYS anti yt. Edit: another extremely subversive form of entertainment is “reality” tv. Or as I like to call it “Real Catty B*tches of Your City” teaching people to act like absolute pieces of trash. People learn how to act by watching other people. Especially if they think those people are acting genuinely (although largely I think that Americans watch shows and movies and they actually forget that it’s written by a writer, and that the “moral” of the story isn’t something that they landed on spontaneously through their own thoughts, but rather their thoughts were steered to that “moral” by a writer.)+2
@Zantorc - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
I noticed how weird TV had become 10 years ago. Since then I have not watched TV so I have never seen a single episode of game of thrones. Likewise I have not watched any movie made in the last 10 years.+1
@Aleksandar0100 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
ah yes my favorite lifestyle guru has finally decided to review the latest last of us episode, thank you luke+1
@TheProudHeretics - 2024-06-23 16:33:38
While I agree to an extent with your overarching point (although I would say that it is so general a point as to verge on too much equivocation; can your really say anything about ALL media of the past several DECADES?), I wanted to talk about the observation as applied to Game of Thrones as a fan of that series. So, basically what I will say is that your critique applies to the TV adaptation, not the book series. A Song of Ice and Fire the book series is I think a great work of literature which has a lot to say about the genre and about history and it's a very anti-war tale, and some of that comes through in the TV show and to the extent that the TV show is good it is good insofar as it is being faithful to the novels. Whereas when you specifically look at the changes made to the source material by the showrunners, you'll see that they are very much playing up the gratuitous sex and violence in pursuit of ratings. There's a youtuber called The Dragon Demands who documents this to a like absurd degree of meticulous detail. They will just insert a sex scene where in the book there was none. Or like, if in the book two or three out of the dozens of characters are implied be it directly or indirectly to be gay or bisexual, in the show that becomes each one of them gets several gay sex scenes depicted onscreen. Or, there's a character in the book who is implied to have been tortured in a dungeon between chapters -- in the tv show, they show that onscreen and regularly make a gag out of the fact that he was castrated, rather than tonally taking it seriously as like a severe trauma to that character. The books do have sex and violence in them, but a., it doesn't always directly depict all of the sex and violence that it implies, b., there is less of it, and c., what there is is more justifiable in the context of the story. There's sex and violence because it's a story about decadent elites. And not all of the characters behave in the exaggerated way you describe, either, especially in the source material. Many of the characters are monogamous or outright celibates. There are numerous noble characters, and they don't all die. There are characters who change for the better over the course of the story. And like incest is certainly a theme in the book but that's because it's an allusion to real history -- the Targaryens are no more incestuous than the Ptolemies or the Habsburgs, for example (at least, in the case of the Ptolemies, if you believe the nominal descent of all the monarchs of that dynasty as recorded in the histories). So anyway, that's my little defense of Game of Thrones. Read the books they are decent. I would also say that I think at least as much of this is due to the advertising industry and social media as it is attributable to popular media like movies and tv shows. Marvel stuff I find saccharine for the most part. Like yeah, there is positive character development (at least for the protagonists), but it is usually really forced. Loki was good though I guess.+1
@sarundayo - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
The new Hellraiser was very very woke I thought+2
@voiceofhermit2823 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
You are breath of fresh air+1
@jonathanp906 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
You clearly haven't seen any Hallmark movies!+1
@ecclesiastesxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
I got an ad for a movie called "Cocaine Bear" while watching this 😳 what does this mean???+2
@NotThisShipSister1 - 2024-06-23 16:33:38
I think that Bridges of Madison County was a bit like the movie you were describing and it has somewhat a wholesome ending+1
@FernandoRodelasSantos - 2024-06-23 16:33:38
The way you use "normal people stuff" in here sounds really insidious+1
@tildoyagins7931 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
Theres still stuff like this being developed today, its just that because its not sensational its not as popular. If you want a recent example of a good emotionally mature piece of media watch the show "Fleishman is in Trouble." Nothing to crazy and bombastic, but very wholesome at the end in its own way.+1
@stephan1834 - 2023-06-23 16:33:38
Ah, so that's why it felt extremely refreshing to watch something like Brian and Charles. Felt like I was watching an actually decent movie in a while.+1
@peterjansen4826 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
Luke called me a normie for liking the Marvel Movies, until they got wo k e.+1
@jRsqILVOY - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
I really like the movie Boyhood for this - of just showing normal people with normal problems.+3
@Mipetz38 - 2025-01-23 16:33:39
were the sjw right about normalization of incorrect values?+1
@justzs4866 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
I took a class last quarter called American Film in the class we went back through American through the films made. Its crazy how much more quality there was in older films compared to modern day films.+1
@oscarlove4394 - 2024-06-23 16:33:39
its kind of jarring when you compare like a john wick film (to pick an extreme) to something like crime and punishment. on the one hand you have this dude casually slaughtering probably a hundred people, people who just went to work to do thier job, then just shrug it off and pretend like he's in the right. on the other hand you have a moral protagonist commit a single almost justified murder and then agonize about it for 600 pages before deciding to just turn himself in and pray for absolution. i know its just slop action flick, but they really really cheapen the value of life.+1
@felixlipski3956 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
To be honest, Queen's Gambit is way closer to the normal type of movie.+2
@scythermantis - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
Let's be honest, Luke, couldn't this also be said of the last 5 chapters of the book of Judges in the Bible? And many other places?+1
@scythermantis - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
Let's be honest, Luke, couldn't this also be said of the last 5 chapters of the book of Judges in the Bible? And many other places?+1
@alone-gn8 - 2025-06-12 16:33:39
Interesting that you picked the chess actress, because she just rubs me the wrong way. Same with wednesday. They seem so ... self-centered.+1
@MelancoliaI - 2024-06-23 16:33:39
Ah, it's Davis Aurini's sith apprentice+2
@maydude2 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
I think it's cute how many different spiritual groups are saying the same thing about this, but differently. :)+1
@thomascee - 2025-04-23 16:33:39
I agree 100%. Two thumbs up if that were possible.+1
@thescarecrow897 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
This would apply more to The boys than game of thrones+3
@zeevdrifter2707 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
A return back to the moral Pulps is needed, like Doc Savage or the The Shadow, unapologetic good doers who punish evil and stamp it out.+1
@JH-uv3qx - 2024-08-23 16:33:39
That's why you should watch more of Hallmark movies. They are balanced and realistic.+1
@apreviousseagle836 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
This is why I refused to watch that stupid show. If you want a better show, watch The Expanse. There is political intrigue, and factions warring with each other, BUT there are characters that were bad people who became good people (Avasarala and Amos for example), and characters that had a good moral center that never wavered, from the beginning (Holden, Drummer, etc). Even characters that were just losers that redeemed themselves quite well (Miller, Naomi, etc). It's what nuBSG should have been. EDIT: I just also remembered that movie "Passengers". I had no interest in watching it, but there was a shaitstorm when that movie came out about how it was a "male" fantasy, and a bunch of other crap. So out of curiosity I watched it, and it was a well done film, similar to what you said about the Chinese movie. Spoilers below: * * * * * * * What the guy did was wrong, but out of desperation, not malice. The girl had to make a choice at the end whether to forgive this guy or not. He even got the chance to make things right again and "repair" what he did, but it would mean she loses him, and she chose to stay and be loyal. Holy shait did that cause a shaitstorm on social media! Feminists were up in arms about this "evil" man who was confining this "poor" woman. But even worse, all the videos (such as from the channel Nerdwriter) and their garbage take about how this movie should have been a horror story, with the guy actually being evil and tormenting the woman, he she manages to kill him, but now she is all alone on the ship for the rest of her life. Wow, this is what was getting HEAVILY promoted as an acceptable alternative to "fix" this movie. To me, that just speaks of extremely sick minds (and if you were one of these people, YES I am talking about YOU!)+1
@stable-confusion-x - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
10:20 OMG my long lost twin!+1
@ΑρτεμισίαΠλοκαμίδου - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
Is the video cover created by an AI? I wonder what the input description was.+2
@stevendouglas3781 - 2024-06-23 16:33:39
The horror trope of the monster child is clearly antinatalism.+1
@wintermute701 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
5:32 serieses+3
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:33:39
Overindulgence in anything lessens the content and enjoyment of the thing in each individual part, and eventually makes it completely hollow+1
@arcade5765 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
i thought the drug-use was bizarre and obscene. it felt like the writers needed to meet a 'degeneracy quota' of some kind and just threw it in, despite it being completely irrelevant and nonsensical. other than that, though, there wasn't anything too egregious that i can recall+2
@felixlipski3956 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
@arcade5765 Actually, I might be not remembering details. I forgot about those parts.+1
@arcade5765 - 2023-06-23 16:33:39
@felixlipski3956 the part that stood out to me was how they had the main character, as a child, steal drugs from her orphanage pharmacy, with the explanation that the drugs allowed her to hallucinate a chessboard on the ceiling. i think there was more drug stuff that i forgot, but that one stuck with me.+1
@perpetualcollapse - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
It appears that modern Disney productions tend to propagate a notion that parents are inherently flawed individuals. This could be seen as a manifestation of personal struggles and perhaps a cry for assistance on the part of the individuals responsible for creating such media within the company. Rather than channeling these difficulties into children's entertainment, it might be more appropriate to seek professional psychiatric help.+3
@gateronblackinksv2173 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
completely agree+2
@dumbllama8495 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
you green screen game is on point+1
@InboxJYP - 2024-06-23 16:33:40
The biggest one happened this year. Barbie.+1
@t0xy22 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
why are you uploading daily, whos holding you hostage+1
@aegis_helion - 2024-12-23 16:33:40
GoT shows the truth. Poetic ending was that all bad guys died. It was time of war with all brutalities, then war ended... Check 2nd world war in Europe+1
@lucasrizzini1 - 2025-05-23 16:33:40
The reallity is just boring, but we have to accept that.+1
@theDemong0d - 2024-08-23 16:33:40
I noticed this recently while watching the new show "Masters of the Air." How bad could a show about ww2 aviation be, you ask? I wouldn't have thought it either, but they take literally every opportunity they get to show some liveleak-tier gore to make the crew deaths more impactful in liu of creating an actual emotional connection with them to make the audience feel for it. There was a sex scene too that was way too pornographic. Everything is just way too over the top, gratuitous fanservice that could easily have been skipped.+1
@JoeBlow-pu3yt - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
Hollywood, wizards wands were crafted form the Holly tree+3
@korootz - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
If only that was the problem. Thought you're gonna mention the ubiquitous LGBT & inclusivity propaganda.+1
@suspiciouscoin30294 - 2025-04-23 16:33:40
Manga can be even worse than american movies.+2
@kitchenersown - 2024-06-23 16:33:40
A lot of what happened in game of thrones were based on the English war of roses so it had some credibility in the earlier season but it went to hell later on.+1
@eitantal726 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
I thought I was the only one who hated GoT+1
@PapaRoboto - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
We need to bring back prohibition.+3
@UnchainedEruption - 2024-06-23 16:33:40
I've never seen Game of Thrones, well not really, I may have seen part of an episode once years ago, but what you describe where all the characters have some moral failing sounds like it would make for a good tv show. Really, you're the one being naive if you think characters' behavior on a show is any way shape or form an endorsement of said behavior or a statement about how common and pervasive such behavior is in real life. Particularly strange since GoT is literally a fantasy show, with knights and dragons. I like complex stories and characters. The hero's quest is such an overdone and boring cliche. Every movie has to have a hero and a villain, and it's so predictable and dull. My favorite science fiction stories in Doctor Who by the great Robert Holmes were the ones in which there were no "good guys" (except for the titular Dr. & his friends), but all the other characters in the script were all morally bankrupt in some shape or another, each trying to screw each other over till they all met their inevitable doom in doing so. Caves of Androzani was a great example of this.+1
@nitendler - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
"Where did all of this come from?" FRANCE+1
@sumansaha295 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
Lovely video.+1
@ApeBoy1787 - 2025-06-19 16:33:40
I dont notice it because i stopped watching tv and movies in 2009+1
@newglof9558 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
Reinstate the Hays Code+2
@XD-xt3xx - 2024-06-23 16:33:40
Its because TV show producers are just weird and artsy+1
@tokiomutex4148 - 2023-06-23 16:33:40
The notion that parents are inherently flawed individuals is an assurance that those Disney productions have a large audience.+1
@MP-tz2yn - 2024-06-23 16:33:40
Bad take+2
@concretegamer5667 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
7 samurai is still my favorite movie, can't stand any modern media especially that new Yellowstone show that has started airing recently its so cringy+1
@MrSomethingdark - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
What then would You say 'Kramer vs Kramer' is? A transitional piece. Also some things connect to the seventies, agricultural fertilizer use, productivity-pay difference, oil crisiis...+1
@Kumaerisan - 2025-02-23 16:33:41
It is for a good reason satan is called the god of this world, it is all made to condemn you, to tempt you into eternal damnation+1
@ThatGuyWierd - 2024-07-23 16:33:41
I ahree with a lot of your points to GOT is set in like 1400s. A very different world to what we know now. Lofe was far cheaper and people were more barbarous and cruel. A cursory glance at a history book will show you how cruel and sadistic we were to eachother+1
@WaifuDynamics - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
It seems today that all you see Is violence in movies and sex on TV But where are those good old-fashioned values On which we used to rely?!?+2
@bitwize - 2024-06-23 16:33:41
I recommend My Adventures With Superman. It's weird superhero malarkey, sure, but Clark is shown as a good man who wants to do good things. His developing relationship with Lois is like something out of a 1960s romcom. They borrowed a lot from classic Superman media including the 1978 movie to create these series. Oh, and the guy who plays Clark also was a main character on The Boys, a series which you'd definitely consider "sordid", and he said he was refreshed with how sweet and hopeful the Superman series is.+1
@Barbastruzzolo - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
I feel the urge to add some parenthesis+2
@Knotmanstartros - 2024-06-23 16:33:41
Most of these don't get outstanding ratings. Sure, they get a lot of publicity, but rarely are favoured by the critics. Edgy late 90s indie films tended to be popular with the audiences rather than the critics. As Juvenal once said "everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses" Even in the Soviet Union, where major restrictions were enforced on production, audience tended to favour "cooler"/"taboo" so to speak movies such as the ones by Gaidai. Popular Chinese films are no different by the way. Of course you could blame publicity agents for popularizing "shock" media, but honestly most people are already "savages" at their hearts. In religion sins wouldn't have to be defined, if most people didn't gravitate towards committing one or the other.+1
@hhvhhvcz - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
And they wonder why weebs and kpopers are so obssesed with anime and k- and j-dramas+1
@craigharrison1274 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
It’s like that in our commercials often too.+1
@wisnoskij - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
Some of the old films are the worst, but we are least produiced some good films then. Now even the anti establishment Christian films are fill of degeneracy.+1
@jamiemclachlan19 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
Still shadowbanned for me Luke.+2
@familyplan979 - 2024-09-23 16:33:41
The strong whaymen maxxing psyop is no accident, but gew can’t name the who. Big brains have been trained to spend hundreds of words to talk around the issue.+1
@reilysmith5187 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
I think these movies never had that effect on me as I was already influenced by the dark side of the internet from a young age. And by dark side I mean all the infamous gore and gross pron videos.+1
@Basher.G - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
I enjoyed the Queen's Gambit+3
@ac130kz - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
idk, for me there was a lot more of gore and sex in the 70s and the 80s+2
@fauberkaupfmann982 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
Even 80s films like "the breakfest club" is just self serving, feel good nonsensical normie garbage to me. Am i too far off the deep end? 😮+2
@Eltipoquevisteayer - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
So Euphoria is not a documental?+2
@simonlinser8286 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
is that why people are so weird now? i haven't watched tv in years. YouTube is the closest i get to tv and movies+1
@MHammonds18 - 2023-06-23 16:33:41
Thirst trap thumbnail. It worked tho lmao+2
@Basher.G - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
@getgle lol+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-06-23 16:33:42
No you're just terminally online+1
@bobfarker4001 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
I remember Jersey shore, real world, ancient aliens. No one took that shit seriously.+1
@frankprit3320 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Luke, you should do a video on your favorite movie picks. i would like to see that. 👍👍thanks+1
@sweetmelon3365 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Thank ou for your input+1
@maxnemo1643 - 2024-10-23 16:33:42
Now I understand why my sister likes Hallmark movies.+1
@verifyinfield - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Social media has entered the chat+1
@callumraza5046 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
The Ninth Configuration is the last spiritual movie to come out of the USA, and to think it's a sequel to The Exorcist+1
@vashlash6870 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
I REALLY don't like the actress in the thumb nail. Woman in Hollywood now are promoted for looking weird.+1
@Geekomm - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
It seems today that all you see is violence in movies and sex on TV…🎶+1
@Etherchannel - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Everything that Luke said has existed in all forms of media for as long as media been around.+2
@scythermantis - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
The hyperreal has REPLACED the real, it is 'more real than real', the signifier has become the referent, and our old attitudes and sentiments are left without any apparent referent. Read Jean Baudrillard, 'Precession of Simulacra".+1
@GE0attack - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
That's why slice of life genre is big in Japan and in anime. People just wanna something good. After work. Marvel tried it with she hulk i didn't saw single episode because the trailer was agenda driven. Every single YouTuber and their moms shat on she hulk except lefty youtube.+2
@alex-costantino - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
I we fear each other we are not united, and if we are not united, we are not strong+1
@nullivory - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Cool conspiracy theory luke+1
@timhackfort - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Lol I thought I am the only one noticing especially Wednesday # cool video+1
@Dino-13 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
I have an observation that while American culture used to be very puritan, it is now equally anti-puritan. And by anti-puritanism, I don't mean the absence of Puritanism, but rather its distorted reflection in a mirror. Virtue signaling is for example very Protestant, very Calvinist thing. Americans love to go from extreme to extreme. Maybe it's the fault of capitalist consumerism, maybe it's the lack of developed public institutions, maybe it's a matter of being a Protestant country at its core, or maybe it's because of the two-party system? Idk+1
@rafaelcampos5159 - 2024-06-23 16:33:42
Glad to see another pearson saying this. There are almost no good movies today with music at least the more hyped on is almost the same thing.+1
@ArmandoCalderon - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
We all proyect out shadows in our judgment. TV shows are for entertainment purposes. it like books, people like drama, fiction, tragedy and epic story's like theater.+1
@ryang7759 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
watched the first episode of GOT after being recommended by twenty or so people... found it unbearably juvenile... and I don't think I'm a snob - I enjoy all kinds of goofy crap... this show just had the feeling of being written and produced by teenage boys with zero self awareness... "Yeah! Then they should have sex! Yeah then a dragon should kill that guy! That would be AAWESOME!" kinda feel...+2
@spaceschizo8573 - 2023-06-23 16:33:42
Ayyy Taylor Joy is from one of the stars in the Orion constellation.+2
@BatmanBoss - 2024-10-23 16:33:42
Thanks+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Could you be any more liberal?+1
@preeth-raksh - 2025-01-23 16:33:43
Marvel is a global success and are targeted for a wider reach globally hence I think these movies are descent enough compared to others+1
@ssznajder - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Tbh I owned you in my response to this video tbh+1
@navirobayo - 2024-06-23 16:33:43
Interesting.+1
@0xKilty - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Anyone have thoughts about Mr. Robot with this?+2
@faisalrizvi2876 - 2024-09-23 16:33:43
4:05 That's why I hate Shameless+1
@johan_thoren - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Super hero movies are popular because of the ancient desire of man to take the place of God.+1
@manonthemountain7272 - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Blackpilled did a nice review on the documentary "Hollywoodism"+1
@billh.1940 - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
This is the same as daytime soaps. Not new. We have all gone nuts. BTW watch classic movies from times past or foreign movies.+2
@nextfangtechlead6239 - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
They'r weird asfk, esp due to the lack of BASH 🤯+1
@swwox - 2025-05-26 16:33:43
I would be interested in what you think about video games like for example r* ones+3
@PViolety - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Nice.+1
@Wayne2019-s1z - 2024-07-23 16:33:43
It’s why most series and films i like to watching are old ones like in 1970s to 2000s since they look more sensible compare modern ones while there are some modern shows i also like .Such Queen’s Gambit ,Wayne and Yellow Stone ect.Actually these shows are the ones you mentioned that characters acted like normal people in real life. And I don’t like Marvel movies just because it’s sci-fi movie. I don’t like this type which’s content is far from real life.But same for some Hollywood films you described in the video. I don’t like them either because their drama scenes are very ridiculous and far from real life .But there are some good shows in modern times actually.As like i mentioned. I also like some drama scenes and some scenes which are sensible and acceptable.I don’t think it’s weird if these characters could act in an acceptable and sensible way.While Some foreign movies like people act like their content just show very average life experiences that is just boring.The meaning of movies and shows are they give some fantasy to people if there doesn’t have any thing to surprise people then it’s just like taste water.If it’s just pretty average real life stuff then I ain’t gonna watch because my life likes this so I will think watch such stuff is just waste my times.+1
@GodsDogICXC - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Jay Dyer does great analysis of this stuff. Been doing so for over a decade. If anyone is interested.+1
@ObtecularPk - 2025-06-02 16:33:43
Not once did I think, GoT is how we ought to live, after finishing GoT. Not once did I think, yeah GoT is a reflection of real life and excuses behavior that mirrors the show. What are you yapping on about?+1
@pipbernadotte6707 - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Yes.+1
@walter_lesaulnier - 2024-06-23 16:33:43
I'd love to see your opinion of "The Boys".+1
@winterkatzen - 2024-12-23 16:33:43
3:35 - 3:55 so basically Family Guy.+2
@lightningvini - 2025-06-09 16:33:43
Guys we've found the family guy+1
@lv1543 - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
Anya is my favorite little snack+2
@СергейШевченко-ч9ц - 2023-06-23 16:33:43
BASED+3
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-06-23 16:33:44
You only need to use "tbh" one time, tbh+2
@skend3489 - 2025-06-10 16:33:44
Not how it works bud+2
@lyalas - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Tbh i would agree if your point was less broad, i dont watch that much american shows so my vision IS definitely biased but can see what you are talking about, but it depends what you aim to watch, ofc if someone's a blockbuster lover yeah its easy to see, but if ur more of a biopic, mlo drama, or even "artsy" sci-fi kinda person its imo way less visible . But also i feel one forgotten fact about how the movies have evolved towars this denerate/violence/abuse ect is capitalism; The need to always do more than what precedes. To "assure" the "money lender" that the movie will generate "da big money", in movies like fast and furious or transformers ( and even marvel to an extent) it could not be more visible than it already is THO i would be lying if i said i didnt like to have a better contrstructed/written villain in a story, now feel weird when i seen someone being evil just because they are , and i think it is kind of a good thing(?)+1
@10z20 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Lmao this is akin to saying that movies depicting racism make the world more racist strange take+2
@lindboknifeandtool - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Damn bro nice thumbnail I would’ve never guessed it was you I’ve been seeing it everywhere. The idubbbz gaslight document is just modern media. It’s almost overt. I see the dissolution of culture. “Euphoria” is like the most popular teen drama. If you compare skins UK to euphoria, one is beauty of life, the other the dredge report.+1
@vincentrusso4332 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Someone in the coments recommended this after watching the Lotus Eaters episode on " Are the Grammy's Satanic..."+1
@dasenase - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Game of thrones is a book series from the 90s+1
@breadman32398 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
I'd say shows like that 70s show, Seinfeld, Friends, aren't like that.+2
@sergioBlancoGonzales - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
That thumbnail... "Empanadas"+1
@jackkorovev5217 - 2024-06-23 16:33:44
I really miss something like "Northern Exposure".+1
@serratedcreature890 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
I also support K-On!-type, Luke.+2
@4chewbaca942 - 2024-06-23 16:33:44
you should watch more arthouse, like Patterson by Jarmush and its weird to imply that only american cinema is weird and immoral, given that La Dolce Vita came out in 1960+1
@joko49perez - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Ok Luke.+1
@frickezthias8638 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
YES. Everything is SORDID and SUBVERSIVE. Ned Stark in GOT. Good guy + subversive twist (cheated on his wife once). Every character in GOT is 3 definining character traits + jewish subversive twist. (Brienee of Tarth, Renly Baratheon, Bran, Tyrion, literally every character) Compare and Contrast GOT with the chinese show Three Kingdoms. GOT is subversive and pessimistic and which wrong action is the least wrong in a given situation and Three Kingdoms discusses more virtue and is optimistic.+1
@saeedxgholami - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Gaywood will be appropriate name for Hollywood+1
@edwardmacnab354 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
ever notice how weird the original twilight zone was ? The only thing I notice about stuff these days is how fkking good the CGI has become and that I'd rather dive into a fantastic game than watch any hoaky television crap.+1
@colinsmith364 - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
I thought Toy Story wasn't a psyop+1
@oraz. - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Speaking fax+2
@glucosefructose - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Thank you Luke for calling out the early cinema as well. People love to be sold on the idea of RETVRN TO THE HECKIN' 80's because the degeneracy wasn't THAT bad and how its ground zero for modern nostalgia marketing. I remembering finding out that the first kiss on the silver screen was between lesbians. They got away with it and were able to influence Hollywood be starting out as something "fringe and niche", just as some modern degenerate beliefs are now.+3
@commentandlikedistributor - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
I will never forget this one girl told me watch GOT before i talk to her. This was back in 2014 i said wtf is wrong with ppl.+1
@zigafide - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
i thought this was gonna be a schizo video but you actually have a good point+1
@KyriosHeptagrammaton - 2023-06-23 16:33:44
Avatar the Last Airbender, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Detective Dirk Gently I thought were all good, and I don't like television.+1
@fuwa9616 - 2023-06-23 16:33:45
Not really. Because that statement is extremely vague. In some cases, such a statement would seem strange. In others, it makes perfect sense, such as the type of media Rwanda was producing in the early 90s. This video is very detailed and explains the case for it, and I partly agree.+2
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-06-23 16:33:45
GOT is a great show all things considered. It's fantasy though there's nothing real about it.+1
@iennefaLsh - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
10:28 "...especially stuff with kids in it, when it's like, kids who are like eight, who are just like, saying all these obscenities..." ...what do I have to say about this? Indonesia might've... well, had this problem? Not sure for how long, but it's pretty bad in its own right. Hell, it's gotten to kindergarteners as well.+1
@amazingaccountant - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
Not so sure about your thoughts on 'Game of thrones', have seen only last season. Anyway. These places of power are really like that. I remember an interview from one former EU parliament employee. So basicaly what one said, that this place is filled with shills, masks, fake smiles, intreagues and absolute majority just waiting for good opportunity to stick a knife in a back, or betray for bennefit, all despicable that one can see in movies.+1
@leesydreamy - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
I've seen Torture for "comedy" everywhere! Including kids shows!There was always a little of that, but it was cranked up to eleven these days! Just why?! Also, sex, drugs, including alcohol, blood and swearing are abundant in works for adults! There wrre always a little of that stuff in media for adults but they had limits. Now. They're everywhere simply because they're cool. But I find them so overated. I'm working on being a writer, but most of my stories are family friendly and not mean spirited, rather when bad things happen to innocent characters, we're meant to sympathize with them, not laugh at them. Also, whenever there is any adult content, it's limited and there's a better reason for them, not because they're "cool".+1
@Aczxser - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
Things used to be so much better+2
@efwefweffrwfef9145 - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
I do believe it's unintentional, people tend to create media that represents their lives, and since hollywood people are degenerates, they create degenerate media. If you imagine every show as taking place in LA it all starts to make sense: the selfish motives, the backstabbing, the obsession with sex and power, using people as stepping stools, drug overuse etc... this isn't bad writing or a exaggeration, they genuinely live like this.+1
@UnchainedEruption - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
It seems today, that all you see, is violence in movies and sex on tv. But where are those good old fashioned values, on which we used to rely? Lucky there's a Family Guy! Lucky there's a man who, Positively can do! All those things which make us Laugh and Cry! He's A Fam-ily Guy!!!!+1
@rolandinnamorato1953 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
I wonder who's behind the weird stuff in America media??? 🤔+3
@TheVestigialBrain - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
hopelessly plugged in and coping out loud+1
@kiryls1207 - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
fast forward to the actors & writers strikes+1
@ricardodsavant2965 - 2024-07-23 16:33:46
Sometimes.+1
@NotrapiPhone - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
Sopranos is great tho+2
@thentheric6361 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
I've seen a screenwriting authortube yesterday. The guy referred to these as 'exploitation genre'. Sorry, I'm bad with names and from my phone, you'll have to do a search for it.+1
@yomajo - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
Seems like Luke movie's universe was made out of netflix catalogue. Don't know... There's are tons of great movies that lift the spirit. Fincher once said in an interview: "I believe people are perverts". So you can view it as psyop, but you could equally say it's the populace forming a demand. I wanted to find a tweet, but could't, which said new movies depict less and less sex. Contra (tweet had source ;( ) data driven argument, and in line with "soft generation" leftism. Anyways, appreciate the perspective. (subscriber for a week).+1
@DawsonFord - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
luke likes marvel+1
@tictac1020 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
Man, I miss home seeing you walk around in the pines. Where are you located? Looks just like north central Florida.+1
@edmundironside9435 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
I had you down as someone who didn't even watch TV and films+1
@Avo7977 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
Any high vibration show/media recommendations for the boys+1
@j.jarvis7460 - 2024-09-23 16:33:46
I mean no you only covered a general genres movies. What we want is mostly what we get! If we want a deeper movie you go find a deeper movie.+1
@jamesmanolakis2420 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
wow... newsflash. Its been a psyop all along+1
@smokeyoak - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
It's demons brother+1
@anonemoose102 - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
L take, there never is a "perfect" time in the history of civilization, who cares, just live in the present and accept what you cant control+3
@Aczxser - 2024-06-23 16:33:46
Good Zoomer - the video is a rambling reactionary caricature saying things used to be so much better. Also read your comment back and try not to wince.+1
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
I watch films, but mostly older stuff for the reasons discussed. I've seen some recent movies, but usually just download them, realize they're stupid and quit watching. I don't watch any TV ever, although I had sped through parts of GoT.+8
@edmundironside9435 - 2023-06-23 16:33:46
@LukeSmithxyz it's all been downhill since D.W. Griffith's Intolerance+1
@actualphysicalkelp - 2024-06-23 16:33:47
When will Luke return to us???+1
@xynyde0 - 2025-05-23 16:33:47
Everytime I come across videos from you, i'm reminded of why I unsubbed in the first place. Delusional af+1
@sierra.mike.atomic8177 - 2024-07-23 16:33:47
You articulated my thoughts very well. For me, the best example is "The Boys". They just had to corrupt all the superheroes having decency and morality, and twist them into assholes and degenerates with no hope of redemption. I watched S1, in the hope that atleast 1 character can be normal or decent or have some redeeming qualities, but nope, they all are just assholes because they can be, or just don't give a fuck about other characters around them or just too dumb. It's pathetic.+3
@gerardoesquivel9919 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
You should do a list of good tv shows and movied with good morals and good messages+1
@vdanger7669 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
A lot of people laughed at the GoT brothel scenes. Wiener. Wiener. Party Wiener.+1
@abdaalahmad5483 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Enjoy it while you can boys, suddenly he is gonna leave for months xD+2
@OoTRIGGAMANoO - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Nice! I quit watching GoT after they ko'd JS. I got sick of how much the show hates goodness. I did watch the final episode though and was left feeling somewhat... Okay? My dawg got to live a free man while everyone else was either dead or wished they were. It was still garbage though. Count how many times the Avengers kill people or Snyder's Batfleck. Ain't no way he didn't kill a whole mess of dudes in BvS!! They, whoever that is, love to ruin wholesome stuff don't they.+1
@keveinkevin4422 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Do they not have winter in the us?+1
@Jombo1 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
i just want i3wm+2
@yash1152 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
0:28 what is a psyop? oh, its short for psy + op. wikitionary: a psychological operation, usually of a clandestine (secret) sort+1
@HYPERBOWLER - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Theyre all men in dresses. But its always been that way+2
@leisiyox - 2025-05-23 16:33:47
What about anime slice of life? Seems pretty normal to me apart of the silly jokes compared to American media+1
@MasterSergius - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Since I started to use Linux and Vim I have no time to watch TV+1
@abundantharmony - 2024-06-23 16:33:47
That's definitely Florida.+1
@classicpinball9873 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Obscuratinism at its finest+1
@wefeffwfwfewwfe - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
griddy real world+1
@MAINHUBB - 2024-07-23 16:33:47
A bit late to the show but another perspective I've been able connect to your "marvel has good things happen in it" ending bit is something Charls Carroll touched on in an interview. He made a point that all these "super hero" movies that have all these good & great things happen in them are a psyop in itself because people leave the theatre subconsciously thinking the only good changes that can come from society will come from super heros which makes people even more complacent with their shitty crumbling society. Something to think about for sure!+1
@blackedelweiss601 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Luke Smith is a psyop fam.+1
@lucs0091 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Yes+1
@georgeunknown2833 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
Is this by any chance the grandson of Lenin (Ulyanov)?😯+1
@beakusmcmunch1961 - 2023-06-23 16:33:47
You're stuck trying to close Vim aren't you?+1
@astrailiaous_Sempticreed - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
You need a Beanie like tim pool+1
@geodav5700 - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
Nanite correction. Also GOT is trolling wastes of human endeavor.+1
@littletimmythefifth29 - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
Here at 499 views. Luke is killing himself with all the videos he has been puttibg out recently.+3
@eax2010EA - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
What is Games of Thrones?+1
@themasculinismmovement - 2024-06-23 16:33:48
Lol I tried watching like 10 minutes of game of thrones but it looked so overdone and silly I couldn't take it seriously, it felt like a kids show or something+1
@BinaryDood - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
Same to anime but Japan+1
@humanlifeexperience - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
@LukeSmithxyz Will you speak about ChatGPT? :>+1
@dopejoel - 2024-06-23 16:33:48
Lots of vomiting on Tv and movies now.+1
@SciHeartJourney - 2024-06-23 16:33:48
The last time I saw Game of Thrones, this kid was climbing a wall and saw thid dude boning his SISTER (Cerces)! 🤢🤮 He kicked the kid off the wall and I walked out. In my mind, he's been falling for years now. 🤣 Now it's years after it ended, so I'm fast-forwarding through the final episode on a streaming platform. The last thing I saw Lena Heady (Cerces) dying with her one-arm lover. Hmm, who was her dude? He looked familiar. 🤔 Later I find out that was her BROTHER, the dude who kicked the kid off the wall! I've gone full circle. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮+1
@BoffinGrusky - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
✡+3
@serafdev - 2025-05-23 16:33:48
So when are you reverting to Islam, it solves all the issues from all your videos+2
@joshm6683 - 2025-06-02 16:33:48
Hollywood is state TV+1
@SaqlainAly-f1s - 2024-11-23 16:33:48
Nice+1
@PlasmaSnake369 - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
Geist means spirit in German so maybe not an unspiritual viewpoint+1
@malleuscalgary - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
Gee, I wonder who might be 👃🏼+2
@NEVERGOON-e7q - 2025-05-23 16:33:48
6:00 Like Seinfeld. The main four characters are all villains.+1
@Raccoonov - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
So, that’s how European movies are )+1
@Kotardt - 2024-11-23 16:33:48
So which movies or shows are we allowed to watch? Disney Channel? Discovery kids?+1
@Ramonbecker - 2024-06-23 16:33:48
I have the same problems to watch movies, because I am just tired of all of it.+1
@scuzyprod.1611 - 2024-06-23 16:33:48
somebody had to day this already+1
@ArniesTech - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
We are so blessed ❤️🙏+2
@eitantal726 - 2023-06-23 16:33:48
He just did. See the video on how AI makes the internet mediocre+1
@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 - 2025-05-23 16:33:48
Wrong, Christ is king not a prophet.+3
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:33:49
Just four hebazoids+1
@NEVERGOON-e7q - 2025-06-09 16:33:49
@Laotzu.Goldbug Hebazoids? ✡️+1
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:33:49
Sí+1
@Kotardt - 2024-11-23 16:33:49
tfw The Godfather is a psyop because murder and mob activity is degenerate+5
@isambo400 - 2023-06-23 16:33:49
Unintentional Psyop would be what Matt from Quantum calls the “Notnilk” or “Asshole dark reality”+1
@chelonianegghead274 - 2023-06-23 16:33:49
> normal people doing normal things You mean like slice of life anime? >:D+1
@Starplatt33 - 2023-06-23 16:33:49
Most of the psy-op movie and TV shows Luke alludes are terrible anyways. If you really want a “normal” movie you have to go the independent route because all the big movies and TV shows have to go through a series of “checks and balances” in order to receive their budget.+3
@karenwang313 - 2025-05-23 16:33:49
The thing about Hollywood is that it's not about the art, it's about profit.+1
@ryanlee2546 - 2024-07-23 16:33:49
Who owns the entire industry? November Oscar Sierra Echo+1
@nojuanatall3281 - 2023-06-23 16:33:49
Venture bros is the best anything in over 50 years.+1
@saladvolcano3103 - 2023-06-23 16:33:50
Have you watched Jud Süss+1
@z0uLess - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
you should check out Barry, or Dexter 😅+1
@vikingthedude - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
DORK!!!+1
@georgemcfly3482 - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
I stopped watching TV and movies a long time ago.+1
@TreeLuvBurdpu - 2025-06-02 16:33:50
Game of Thrones was better than most. The ending was a real moral lesson about the concentration of political power. It only offended people who adore tyrants.+2
@bsherman8236 - 2023-06-23 16:33:50
1 i don't watch modern tv or film ever 2 hail robocop+1
@shaurz - 2023-06-23 16:33:50
I would expect nothing less from The Great Satan.+1
@jesseanonanimous8728 - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
My family and I have recently decided that for certain shows, we're just HATE WATCHING. We know they're trying to mess with our heads and resent it, but we call it out and continue watching.+1
@TheLostBijou - 2023-06-23 16:33:50
Dude - are you in the Pine Barrens?+1
@wesleytaylor-rendal5648 - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
But Demons are behind it. They also threw stones at Christ+1
@motozappa225 - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
i mean it's called fiction cus you know it ain't real. You maybe can make a point that this unreal fiction is too out there nowadays (it isn't ) ok, but it isn't like ohhh made for normalizing stuff. That's loony talk. I'm not a TV guy too, i'm 10 yrs without a TV but i can appreciate good fiction and stories in all its "unwholesome" characteristics sometimes despite of them, sometimes it makes sense in a worldbuilding or tone of the play / show / book you're reading.+1
@diedforurwins - 2023-06-23 16:33:50
This just actually woke me up to how much sitting on my ass consuming this media has messed Me up. I need to cut my internet off.+2
@czeqer - 2024-06-23 16:33:50
a man who thinks+1
@knife1406 - 2023-06-23 16:33:50
based+2
@Hero_Of_Old - 2025-05-23 16:33:50
It's about social engineering, not profit.+1
@Laotzu.Goldbug - 2025-06-09 16:33:50
I think the large numbers of people who were offended by the end of Game of Thrones were not upset by anything to do with the ideological content but rather it's absolute failure in writing, acting, and production. In short they were mad not at what the show had to say but that it sucked at saying it.+3
@user-cf2pl9uy5k - 2024-08-23 16:33:51
nah we gotta let anya be bruh+1
@geodav5700 - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
Whoa heard of italy?+1
@NEVERGOON-e7q - 2025-05-23 16:33:51
Wyatt Stagg?+1
@TheUnaBoomer - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
I honestly haven't watched anything sense 2016+1
@davidoconnor3930 - 2025-06-09 16:33:51
But got is about rules in the Middle Ages not people today+1
@mmartinu327 - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
I haven't seen Queen's gambit, but is it really that degenerate?+1
@spagettech - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
What can i say but that i agree+1
@PeterParker-ff7ub - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
they make no sense.+1
@jackslepowron5905 - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
Theres a few gems out there but in general that's true about corruption+1
@astrailiaous_Sempticreed - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
Probably ai generated now...+1
@necksugar - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
They all are to pre program the AI.+1
@JoeBlow-pu3yt - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
The teLIEvision idiot box+3
@peterwilson9327 - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
"Casablanca" was americas last great movie.+1
@MattMiller-fe4yg - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
I can see why you dont review media+1
@elliesuckz - 2024-07-23 16:33:51
I’m torn tho…I like fantasy escapism shit bc I’m a gay little artist….it’s hard to not care about this kinda stuff because I in way want to make something cool and “interesting” like it ….idk+1
@turtleboy1188 - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
Don Quixote de la Mancha+1
@brazzo975 - 2023-06-23 16:33:51
How would I notice? I don't watch it.+1
@Axyo0 - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
I'm still trying to figure out whether this video and the comment section are just an elaborate meme or if people actually believe this+2
@DevonPhoenix - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
it's about money and nothing else+1
@patrickprucha5522 - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
i agree somewhat with your logic. It is all in your face. Before there was no sex, now there is all over, and not only heterosexual sex!!! I believe is "lets put it all out in their face..they'll love it, and we cater to the current demographics. There was none in marvel movies but there was some slight reference, "like i hope you and banner were not playing hide the zucchini" 🤪+1
@fuwa9616 - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
Because he is better and you are just bitter because he called out on your morals?+1
@Messihaz - 2024-06-23 16:33:51
steam of consciousness thang+1
@v1one952 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
noticed+1
@KaiserTheAdversary - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
I cringe when I think about the fact that I got my parents to start watching Game of Thrones 12 years ago. What a worthless, depraved show.+2
@noldo3837 - 2024-06-23 16:33:52
"You atheists out there"? Aren't you a bit too big for believing in some zombie magician, and considering it some higher moral ground? I wonder how anyone connected to any organized religion can say anything else on morality but a humbly whispered "Sorry". Anything else is intolerable.+2
@commiehunter733 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
GOT was ruined by D&D+1
@Denverdude7 - 2024-06-23 16:33:52
This guys contebt is unwatcheable due to all the commercial interuptions.+1
@marcusmiller5443 - 2024-07-23 16:33:52
Looks like you're walking somewhere in my neck of the woods, near Wakulla.+1
@a.whyattmann5057 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
Something tells me Luke doesn't like, or even watch movies. I'm not sure if he's actually seen a movie.+3
@matt8578 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
Read "Return of the Gods" by Johnathan Cahn. Explains a lot.+1
@irlshrek - 2024-06-23 16:33:52
Is that Alabama?+1
@frankprit3320 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
Great Video, Yes everybody wants to sell us something, even if it's only an idea. that's why i stopped watching WOKE, movies, TV and media. because it's STUPID !!!!+1
@Seakingalpha - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
gave up on movies years ago, no netflix, dont even watch my old fav animes,\+1
@SurfbyShootin - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
I noticed how Kosher it all is+1
@evanjrowley - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
Thinking about this most of the time these days. Step out there is getting worse and worse all the time.+1
@benj6964 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
All normies are fashionably selfish, choose your virtuous friends wisely guys+1
@clinton2935 - 2024-07-23 16:33:52
Its an inversion, up is down! a Proper psyop and mindfuck!+1
@UCs6ktlulE5BEeb3vBBOu6DQ - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
«Hello fellow kids, how many of your friends had sex or other degenerates stuff last weekend?» FBI OPEN UP !!!!!+1
@Lucifermorningstar21 - 2024-06-23 16:33:52
Simulacra & Simulacrum+1
@andrewm5612 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
Let’s be honest nobody wants to watch a normal movie about normal people doing normal things+2
@getgle - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
I HATE THAT WOMAN+1
@Ashurbanipal7446 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
Have you ever read ‘the taste for vulgarity’ by Julius evola? It would be very helpful for your endeavor+1
@andrewm5612 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
In fact it’s a boarder line re-tarded take. I don’t quite understand what you’re advocating here. I understand that you’re simply expressing you’re opinion which is fine and dandy but you’re simultaneously making these leaps as if you’ve cracked the code just because you’re analyzing it all through not even simply a conservative and traditional worldview but almost in a kazcinski esque way+1
@andrewm5612 - 2023-06-23 16:33:52
The impact a film or series has on a normal person with reasonable views and philosophy isn’t going to impact someone who’s an NPC the same way. If people are so dull and movable as to be persuaded or subconsciously misguided by films that’s another discussion. Game of thrones, breaking bad, the last of us, etc are good shows and worth watching for entertainment alone.+1
@HamguyBacon - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
Oy vey shut it down!+2
@xboxbreadbox8404 - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
have you read the bible+1
@HRML813 - 2024-06-23 16:33:53
Alfred was brit intel. Nough said.+1
@Hypnotically_Caucasian - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
Heeeeeeeeey still want to start that parish in SouthEast GA? It's TJ+1
@GANJAMANSFL - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
Wholesome propaganda preferences are irrelevant. GOT was just fun fantasy. Agree on the lack of poetry and the traumatic psyops in media ( GOT justified war with "dark forces" in my opinion which isn't real war). Not everything needs traditional values tho. That's why I watch slice of life anime to get my fill of wholesome fun.+2
@democracybacksliding - 2024-06-23 16:33:53
come on you watch tv . . . commercials ?+1
@JoeBlow-pu3yt - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
Predictive programming+1
@kooolainebulger8117 - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
repulsed by the media my mother consumes, any entertainment i get is either online or from books then again i have very few free instances that i get to use, and i tend to use my fee time to do amateur chemistry and garage time+1
@lazy7911 - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
goku made me jacked+1
@nullset2 - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
I only watch japanese TV+1
@PrincipalButtsavage - 2024-10-23 16:33:53
If by weird you mean shit then yeah ive noticed.+1
@user-zw8nb1po1j - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
but I love breaking bad!+1
@ChristianTheChicken - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
Luke pls upload to peertube+1
@1toneboy - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
"oy vey" -Edward Bernays+1
@rhinotion4485 - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
B..b…b..based+1
@intfamous4001 - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
not that simple+1
@matthewstott3493 - 2025-05-23 16:33:53
Paul Harvey broadcast this message in 1965 and it rings remarkably true even more today than in the mid-60's. https://youtu.be/S9NoQHgjM_0?si=rbnXWTprKFnPB7wl+1
@DorperSystems - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
say like one more time luke and+1
@disquettepoppy - 2024-12-23 16:33:53
Better watch Sophie's from Mars "Monster Men"+1
@larry_the - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
The only reason I clicked on the video was because I thought you would discuss Anya. Utterly disappointed.+3
@ChristianTheChicken - 2023-06-23 16:33:53
Thanks Luke :)+1
@disquettepoppy - 2024-12-23 16:33:53
And Jack Saint's video about Netflix's Dahmer+1
@LukeSmithxyz - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
like shooting thirsty fish in a barrel+10
@turtleboy1188 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
It's not that weird+1
@marksteinburg4726 - 2024-10-23 16:33:54
you sound like a destiny fan.+1
@moredeposits - 2024-08-23 16:33:54
Exactly. Why are there so many affairs in TV shows? Definitely to normalise it in society and destabilise homes+2
@Hoorkie - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
Euphoria is the king of cringe+2
@laylahope. - 2024-08-23 16:33:54
3:00 also kids are engaging less in the physical world yeah ok you got there I think that all this stuff can mostly be attributed to the evolution of attention capture& the attention economy It's more emergent, not so planned But the outcome is the same either way+1
@crausbeat - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
Yeah i think we just need to watch chinese cartoons like naruto+1
@russellbloom4378 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
Friends tried to show me shameless I immediately said wow this is bad. Friends tried to show me game of thrones I said wow this is bad. Friends tried to show me euphoria and I said wow this is bad. Writers have no creativity or free will anymore and it shows. Ever notice how there isn’t any “new” big name actors and actresses? Because producers and directors all had their balls cut off by big Hollywood+1
@fullmoonsociety7463 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
My dude anya-baited me+2
@opfax163 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
South Korean movies are good+1
@bluecatcopy811 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
S N E E D+2
@ji1046 - 2024-06-23 16:33:54
Drama and mumbling is cringe+1
@stevendouglas3781 - 2024-06-23 16:33:54
I remember many times walking by my parents watching HBO and wanting to like scold them about it. “Why are you watching this??”+1
@brofister9682 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
I think the better description for app the super edgy annoying shit thats coming out would be something like misanthropic nihilism+1
@uutanapatta - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
the thing in the photos is a dood, simple as+1
@wzqdhr - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_in_a_Small_Town+1
@transberg - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
❤️❤️❤️+2
@Joe-Przybranowski - 2024-09-23 16:33:54
Watch anime.+1
@vampyr_2000 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
The marxists+1
@dnastyness5811 - 2023-06-23 16:33:54
watch Hollywoodism documentary+1
@The_Natalist - 2024-12-23 16:33:54
Do any of you even watch this crap?+2
@Hero_Of_Old - 2025-03-23 16:33:56
Then you obviously don't know this channel. Luke is an orthodox Christian and lives semi off grid.+2
@laylahope. - 2024-08-23 16:33:56
The audience feeds the beast+1
@laylahope. - 2024-08-23 16:33:56
It's all about subversion And when people get tired of subversion/expect it, the subversive things to do is be "pure" again, ex Ted Lasso, superhero movies+1
@laylahope. - 2024-08-23 16:33:56
I feel like u would enjoy studying art history+1
@bluecatcopy811 - 2023-06-23 16:33:56
E+1
@bluecatcopy811 - 2023-06-23 16:33:56
E+1
@bluecatcopy811 - 2023-06-23 16:33:56
D+1
@Mipetz38 - 2025-01-23 16:33:56
I watched the squid games recently+1
@elliesuckz - 2024-07-23 16:33:57
There are a lot cool normal movies you just gotta find them bye+1
@elliesuckz - 2024-07-23 16:33:57
I do agree tho I don’t wish to take away this shit from anyone but from a spiritual level this shit really do be messing with you whether u see it or not…. I myself am a degenerate but I acknowledge that yeah…were definitely fucked because of this shit but also …what do you expect from such a broken world. I disagree when you said most people aren’t bad. I think most aren’t bad but if the few that are are in control than we have bigger fish to fry bud+1
@SantaMaria-j3u - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
ABSOLUTELY!+1
@elliesuckz - 2024-07-23 16:33:57
I wish I was normal lol+1
@dacho707 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
alien waifu :3+1
@TreeLuvBurdpu - 2025-06-02 16:33:57
You're crunching 100+ years of American film into a simplification.+1
@ahelmstub1142 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
lol+1
@jirislavicek9954 - 2024-06-23 16:33:57
It's all porn+1
@fyradur - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
Is the thesis that American modern media is unique in having disturbing motifs? Ehmm Shakespear, Dante, The Illiad, The Bible?+2
@alacastersoi8265 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
it's so crazy how you're religious+2
@churblefurbles - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
Women and the 13% are the majority of viewing audience.+2
@SantaMaria-j3u - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
the world needs more people like you. Where did you grow up to be so different from the "average" brainwashed individual?+1
@int-64 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
Oi vey+2
@UenoHeavyIndustries - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
p l e b+1
@redrockexecutive - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
based china+2
@RandomGuy4964 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
new avatar movie had an extremely “normal” plot and doesnt suffer from marvel cringe+1
@junjae. - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
I do agree that hoIIyweird is d,egenerate, but wholesome/vanilla media trending doesn't mean the society isn't d,egerate or broken. Some of the worst wars and events in history happened when entertainment used to be more censored, and countries like China with the most censorship are still falling apart and they're currently g,enociding the Uyghurs. D,egeneracy was rampant in many cultures like Italy and Japan, where young boys in the 17th and 18th century were c,astrated to become singers or they were given by their families to be a,bused by monks and samurai in the case of Feudal Japan. I don't think the type of entertainment made by creatives is the problem.+1
@Midnight_Spectacle - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
Unironically why Avatar 2 is great.+1
@reiden90 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
Wow very edgyy😂😂+1
@iancuninghame9163 - 2023-06-23 16:33:57
Luke's unleashed the boomer takes+1
@Mr_Mistah - 2024-06-23 16:33:57
Nothing says based more than disrespecting human rights+1
@alix6xgorg839 - 2024-06-23 16:33:58
5:10 I'll have to disagree on this. Bad people do be like this. Edit: Or is it? (insert Vsauce music)+1
@porky1118 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
I technically like sex and violence in media. I don't like how it's portrayed in most media, thought. Especially most of the time sex is shown in some way, the intended reaction is probably "Oh, how funny", "Oh, sexy", "Oh, kinky" or "Uuh, dirty", while I think it should be "How cute" or "How wholesome". But maybe that's just because I'm an Incel.+1
@SantaMaria-j3u - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
I stopped watching TV like 15 years ago and only watch some foreign movies.+1
@venturelord32 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
American media is very much in love with the image and icon of the psychopath. I'm utterly disgusted by shows like "Breaking Bad" (I refuse to watch such nihilistic dross) and even more disappointed that so many people I know seem to enjoy such things.+3
@avavaviv1 - 2024-06-23 16:33:58
Default runescape character is angry about the meat-world+1
@ashwin372 - 2024-06-23 16:33:58
feminism, LGBTQ woke etc+2
@DanielToubul - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
ima first!?!@#+1
@fernandotaveira7573 - 2024-06-23 16:33:58
Even though I kinda agree with you to some extent, you are looking at things with a huge bias and very religious. This, right here, was a cringe video.lol+2
@hugochavez1287 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
J+1
@kiryls1207 - 2024-06-23 16:33:58
this belongs to /pol/+1
@excelsiorcomicsink - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
Will you do a video about normal people doing normal things?+1
@BinaryDood - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
The culture war isnt real+1
@upsetforever7643 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
GOT is not a very good example, in GOT you do have a lot of betrayal and sex but the only sex scenes are when someone was married so.... or in the brothel which is well...made for that, also Tywin the supposed bad guy in the series is (in the books and to some degree in the show) depicted as more ruthlessly pragmatic to the point that to us with our sensibilities and morality it seems immoral he for instance improved economy of the seven kingdoms made roads protected king and people from the king at numerous occasions and as long as he was hand of the king kingdom was stable, the moment he left is when everything fell apart not to say because Tywin was indispensable but because the ruling king was not only incompetent but also insane like todays leaders are, sure Tywin is uncompromising but his terminal goal is to build a dynasty that will last a thousand years, and so any instrumental goals that come from that will seem selfish which he undeniably is but so is in contrast Ned Stark the supposed good guy of the series, i dunno to me GOT seems a very complex subject, it seems that if you are sufficiently rational you can rationalize anything.+1
@MitternachtssternXIII - 2024-06-23 16:33:58
they r not overestimateing stop the cope xD+1
@KBALIAS - 2024-09-23 16:33:58
Dramatic paranoia+1
@Etherchannel - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
Really sad to see Luke get conspiracy brained.+5
@mbahmarijan789 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
I watch Game Of Thrones 5 times in a row. Doesn't affect me at all. Coz I have Islam that I learn carefully.+1
@slushai_syuda - 2024-08-23 16:33:58
Generalizing in every video is your shtick+1
@gscutaru - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
You are aging like milk :(+1
@tommy2791 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
Rit eems soday tat thall ou yee sis iolence vin ovies mand ex son V. Tut bere whare ose thood gold-ashioned falues von ich whe wused o tely?+1
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
Breaking Bad is a very unusual example. What? It literally has Christian themes and is very clear on the "crime doesn't pay" aesop. Walter loses and dies. They literally show a mural cameo of Orthodox saints in one shot and all the children characters are precious. Bravo Vince+4
@venturelord32 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
@seronymus That doesn't change the fact that the main character is a cold blooded criminal and the show is centered around his actions, even if it ends with some form of divine punishment, that's not worth watching multiple seasons of evil simply for entertainment and a possible turn to good at the end. If you can't see why that in itself is distasteful I can't help you.+1
@seronymus - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
@venturelord32 the show regularly reminds you that Walter is being a fool though, like his friends and even enemies repeatedly remind him how his pride is making him stumble deeper and deeper, instead of humbling himself. It's a tale about the dangers of chasing your ego instead of following a higher path. By your standards you'd only accept Lord of the Rings and copycats. What if Frodo let the Ring corrupt him?+2
@elysebasile4011 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
I haven't watch "Breaking Bad", so no argument on that, but does this mean that you won't watch/read tragedies whether ancient, such as Oedipus, or modern? Imo, there's a difference between tragic stories in which you can pull value on what NOT to do vs. nihilistic trash that doesn't teach anything good.+4
@venturelord32 - 2023-06-23 16:33:58
@elysebasile4011 Tragedies are based, cathartic even.+2
@brynthmacoto1258 - 2024-07-23 16:33:59
Judaism✡️+2
@lolplayfelix-_-2713 - 2024-07-23 16:33:59
which part exactly was religious???+1
@mitragyninethespeciosa6891 - 2023-06-23 16:33:59
I think it's pretty rad+11