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Slight update (and rant) On the cultural front today:
Looks like the much anticipated Five Nights at Freddy's movie has really made bank, breaking all sorts of box office records, and proving, once again, that what movie critics say is worthless.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-five-nights-at-freddys-kills-at-the-box-office-78-million-domestic-130-million-globally
What I did not expect is that there is quite a negative reaction to this movie amongst our ranks. Look at some of these examples from Jack Poso's Truth Social page:
https://truthsocial.com/@HappyFroggie/posts/111322894910630028
https://truthsocial.com/@dappledan/posts/111322463215431955
https://truthsocial.com/@Krausjr/posts/111322257306005215
https://truthsocial.com/@GrannyMM/posts/111322785950681429
https://truthsocial.com/@LindaWolf/posts/111323417089898757
Such delusional wet-blankets! Implying that there is something wrong with people if they enjoy horror films (in fact, Five Nights at Freddy's is quite tame in terms of gore and blood, and absolutely no obvious Satanic elements within the official games!) If they do not like horror movies, fine, but do not dare to suggest that there is something wrong with people who watch and like works belonging to the horror genre. There are plenty of sane and functioning God-fearing people who enjoy horror works and I oppose censorship of a genre just because you do not like it.
And if you are to criticize the work, at least make an effort to do basic research to make sure you get your facts straight, because implying that there is Satanism within the FNAF works, when:
1.) any fan or anyone with deeper-than-surface level knowledge of the franchise and lore can point out that there is no Satanism within the games nor movie, and
2.) when the maker of the franchise is a devout Christian (he even credited God to help him through his lowest points of life) and a Trump supporter,
is absolute lunacy at best, a malicious lie at worst.
...Sorry, but I am a bit disappointed that, even amongst our ranks, we have plenty of NPCs whose way of thinking is a disgrace to the MAGA and Great Awakening name.
I’ve never watched horror movies, and I don’t even know what this movies is about that you referenced. I can only assume it’s some gory cut them up horror movie with lots of graphic and bloody scenes.
All I know is that once some thing is seen, it cannot be unseen. I’ve chosen to not allow brutal, graphic imagery to be a part of my life.
Claiming that a movie, such as this, would have a little or no affect on someone’s mental, and emotional and spiritual psyche, is foolish.
Everybody has their own choices to make, but the eye is the light of the soul, and I’m choosing to protect mine.
God bless you and have a great day!
I can appreciate your viewpoint on this, and your evidence of the developer / IP holder's Christianity is a bonus.
The games, and the movie, aren't for me personally, but I do believe you're correct to not let our zealotry be misguided, or in this case even co-opted.
That said, Greekish had a fair comment about avoiding "traumatic" material in general as a best course of action, and I can't disagree with him either. In a perfect world, that'd probably be the way to go. I'm certainly imperfect in this regard. 🤳
In regard to u/Greekish sentiment, it is absolutely true! Dress up like Halloween & you're bound to attract ghouls...
Yet, on one hand we need to distance ourselves from absorbing soul draining media.... And on the other, we need to research it adequately in order to understand the who/what/when/why/how? said media's are used against us, and how to use them to our advantage judo styles.
Recognizing & reigning in the infotainment media machine can be a very tight rope to walk. Lean one way & you may inadvertently succumb to media magick. Lean the other and you might discover one of the many "right in your face/under your nose" tricks used against humanity and help spur on the great awakening train of truth!
I agree, adults should be able to watch a horror movie or show without getting jumped on. I'm not one for gore but I do like horror movies that aren't full blood and guts.
Sorry, whats the significance of this movie for MAGA?
That the creator of the game series the movie is based on (he is also active in the development of the movie too) is both Christian and a Trump-supporter (that second part got him and his family, including the children, doxxed and relentlessly bullied and harassed by leftists on Twitter).
We would need to combat the woke left and the Deep State on ALL fronts of battle, and that includes on the cultural front, and that also includes the cinema. One tactic is to replace the franchises and creators who has gotten woke and subverted by the Deep State with new fresh franchises and creators with big dreams and ideas, who hasn't gone woke.
...Or are you suggesting that we MAGA fully retreat from the land of cinema and leave a very powerful cultural tool forever in the hands of our enemies, one that can quickly and permanently undo everything we have achieved so far.
My question was very simple. Is the content of the movie related to Awakening in anyway?
No.
But I am not here to talk about that. I am just voicing my concerns that we have people amongst our ranks who are such a wet-blanket on certain topics or genres or entertainment pieces that they spread lies about them or talk about censoring them. If our cause is so great, we would not need to spread lies or censor items we do not like.