“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”
He’s on point. Christians have attached themselves and their religion to one of the most depraved celebrities alived
By their own criteria, trump is the antichrist.
The number of contradictions between conservative Christian nationalists and the parables/stories/teachings/fiction of Jesus Christ is humongous.
Nahhhh he’s white couldn’t be.
/s of course. Lol
But that’s why they latch on to him. They WANT to kick off the rapture so they can all get to ride the escalator to heaven while looking down on the world and say “told ya so.”
doesn’t that part say they’re gonna follow him tho? still just doing as the bible says to.
I’ve read a couple Ritchson interviews. He seems like a good dude. I watched Reacher and figured him for just some muscle that looks good on screen, but he’s had to work pretty hard and been through a bit to make it to where he is. Most commentary by him seems pretty good, even if I don’t necessarily appreciate religion, and I hope he stays on the rails for a good career.
He in that Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare movie coming out with Henry Cavill.
Yep, just saw the preview the other day. Hope it’s good.
Reviews not looking great
The dceu should bring him back as alternate universe aqua man
With the way multiverses are so in right now, more likely he’ll reappear as Hawk from Titans
He’s actually being eyed for Batman I think.
I like him but he’d make a bad Bruce Wayne. You can’t hide that bulk, everyone would know he’s Batman right away. His Batman would be a beast though, just crushing everyone
Agreed.
There’s going to be two Batmans?
I think one of them is called Bruce, and the other is called Wayne. Or something like that.
My favorite Alan Ritchson bit is when he played young Scully on Brooklyn 99. Also he seems like a gentle giant.
Wrong, I think you’ll find “Thad” is your favorite character played by Alan R. (/s)
Thad Castle is a hilarious character and Ritchson committed to it to the max. Wouldn’t have been the same without him.
After watching the new road house, gf and I noticed that shitbird Connor walks just like Thad in the cookie race
Officer Barbie is my favorite role of his.
I could never remember his name but he always stood out in every role i saw him. Not just because he’s soch a handsome big boy.
Seems is the keyword here.
I hope he is.
Read his response to the Fraternal Order of Police being their usual self-aggrandizing crybaby selves. He’s cool as hell so far.
I remember when he was on Smallville. See him then to Reecher gotten buffed. Great actor glad to hear this from him.
Imagine if they brought him into the dcu as alternate universe Aquaman? That would be so good
Definitely he is Aquaman.
Hilarious as micropenis guy from New Girl too
Well, he’s not wrong.
Not only is he not wrong, he’s right!
Some people don’t live in reality. Crazy how effective propoganda these days can be
He’s literally supported by court cases.
If right wingers can watch two seasons of Reacher and be fans until this moment then they’re just too dumb for life.
Literally both seasons baddies were stereotypical right wing criminals.
You don’t end up in the right wing thanks to your political awareness
or intelligence, or thoughtfullness
But they are so happy the show is “anti-woke” with its lead being a yoked-up hobo manly Mary Sue male fantasy.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy it for the light entertainment but I find it hilarious that conservatives get mad when a slender woman beats up a whole bunch of strong men but find it perfectly normal for a guy who never works out, eats exclusively fast food to have a bodybuilder’s body, be more or less unbeatable, get the ladies and know all the things he needs.
damn - you just connected some obvious dots for me. The reacher character is their gravy seals fantasy personified.
He’s the ultimate “lone wolf”/“alpha male”. Zero attachments, no daily grind, on the road, yoked, badass, solves all the cases, never afraid, no fucks given, plays by his own rules.
I find it highly entertaining but he’s as realistic as the Black Widow character from Marvel. Lee Childs was in talks to write James Bond books and when the deal fell through, he made his own ultra-macho superhero fantasy.
Ritchson should totally play the lead in a Wolfenstein adaptation. Have him smash Nazis and make closet-Nazi conservatives angry.
Yes, of all the books of that ilk, Reacher just never resonated with me, and I feel like you may have helped me come to realize why. Jack Ryan (amongst others in Clancy books), Mitch Rapp, they all kind of gave a background on how the character got there, and even took time to show them training in some fashion. Jack Reacher just did.
They’re all smut for men though. And that’s okay.
Yes, simple fantasy/escapism is fine for entertainment. Speaking of Jack Ryan, the current TV series pretty much turned him into a Mary Sue character but very seriously and drily.
I do savor the irony of conservatives preaching Reacher as their “anti-woke” hero while crying when a fantasy features people not fitting their archetype doing the same things (notably women).
Ive read two reacher books and they’re fucking hysterical. I cant believe how god damned dumb they are (first one was a gift from a client and I felt obliged to read it. second my wife got me as a joke).
Two bad dudes, thick as oak trees squared up to me. Bad choice. One made a move to see if I’d flinch. I didn’t. His friend’s eyelid flickered just a tiny but when his fake-out plan failed. Fear. I span around and swept my leg through both of their legs. All four of their kneecaps exploded into red mist and sent pressure shockwaves up their vascular systems with enough force to blow their eyeballs out of their sockets. Four peach pit sized occular orbs with red ribbons arced across the parking lot. Your move. Checkmate. I went back inside the bar and finished my beer looking like I’d been airbrushed with crimson. The beer was warm.
Lol. Is that an actual quote? It is hilariously bad. Reminds me of the Remo pulp fiction series I used to read as a kid when there was nothing else to read. That was even more over the top, but by much less than I would’ve thought from watching the Tom Cruise Jack Reacher movie. Might have to read one just for shits and giggles.
its not, I was riffing, its not that exaggerated but its like that.
Its like: Two guys square up to me. Big mistake. I swing wide with a right hand hay maker and he crumples like wet newspaper. His friend steps back. Too late. I gave him his chance. My fist fire out and collapse his solar plexus. He’s gasping for air as I stand over him. “Whos’s paying Franly to follow me?”, I demand. etc etc
But the hero also engages in vigilante behavior in order to get the bad guys, and they’re all for that, so I can see the confusion.
Almost nothing Reacher does is laudable in real life, no more than Bauer in 24. It would be a poor morality play…if that’s what you thought it was.
You’ve never booted a bumper to set off an airbag?
How do you say hello?
Well, there’s a neighborhood handshake where I live. It starts with a knife and ends in the other person’s guts, so I guess there’s that. 🤷♂️
I’m surprised they didn’t realize he wasn’t right wing, when neither season baddie was a migrant caravan.
Their ilk aren’t receptive to subtlety. Everything has to spelled out for them like little children.
Somewhere, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are using Jack Reacher blu rays for target practice…
Just a daily reminder that Ted Nugent is an admitted and proud pedophile.
waiting for kid rock to publicly join the right wing diddle train.
I read Kid Rock as The Rock and was like ahhhh fuck, not him too.
I mean, the Rock Rock did just recently come out with his whole “yeah but both sides” cowardice. Apparently too many right-wingers buy his stupid energy drink and tequila for him to feel comfortable defending democracy in even the laziest, most minimal ways.
Had no idea. That’s a fucking shame.
In 2020 he publicly endorsed Biden.
This year, he did an interview with Fox News and said that he wouldn’t endorse anyone this year because his 2020 endorsement caused “division” that “tore him up in the guts”.
Because speaking out about a terrorist, traitorous, fascist, narcissistic, violent, fraudulent, rapist, criminal mob-boss who is running for POTUS is less important than being accepted by dangerous cultists.
What a fucking coward
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
~Mark Twain
Yeah, sorry. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. I’m mad too, because I’ve enjoyed a lot of his work.
I’m absolutely convinced I read something about him regarding a controversy with China and Fast & Furious but I can’t find anything about it now. Am I just imagining it?
I know that a lot of celebrities like LeBron James have kowtowed to China while they openly commit crimes against humanity, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised. That film series is a big worldwide franchise of the type that stands to make a lot of money off Chinese release. But in that case, the studio may have tied his hands contractually on the matter. This situation is 100% him.
Right wing Reacher fan? Has he actually read the books?
It’s just the woke mind virus getting to everyone. You know, like that Rage Against the Machine band suddenly becoming all political.
Those Maga people unironically dancing to killing in the name of is my favourite piece of real life comedy, up there with the curb your enthusiasm inspired press conference at a gardening company.
got a very sharp nose exhale outta that one
Wait. For real? These asshats were unironically listening to RATM and didn’t realize the songs were about them?
Wow.
Paul ryan, the former conservative speaker of the house and VP canidate, told reporters that rage against the machine was his favorite workout music.
The
lead singerguitarist of rage, Tom morello, replied “youre the machine we are raging about!”Morello is the guitarist, Zack de la Rocha is the vocalist.
Good catch. Ill edit it.
“Suddenly” lol
Nobody tell them the Starship Troopers movie is a parody.
A bright red brick to the face is too subtle to some people.
Of course not. The bible isnt for reading, its just for bludgeoning others with.
I wouldn’t be surprised if these are the same guys with punisher emblems on the back of their truck along with their blue lives matter flags…or for bonus points, a mashup of those 2 things
Read “Punisher: Max”. It’s gross and annoying that they identify with the character, but it’s not hypocritical as people often claim. Some versions of the Punisher do hate cops, but not the popular one most have read, If anything, that version was very similar to a murderous Reacher.
I only read the first one. Isn’t Reacher just a swole ex-Marine turned PI?
I only read the first one. Isn’t Reacher just a swole ex-Marine turned PI?
Yes, but you have to look at whose nose he’s breaking. The typical villains in a Reacher novel are evil corporations or greedy tyrants. In “Gone Tomorrow”, the villains are the post-Patriot Act feds who represent a country where civil rights are a myth.
But the people on the right who love Reacher for his mighty masculinity are the same people who were shocked that Rage Against The Machine “went political”. I wonder how long it will take them to realise that Reacher usually kicks the butts of people they would like to vote for.
I always thought he was a large man who existed to solve problems in the way only a very large man can, namely with large manliness and possibly physical violence, but I only really watched clips of the show so idk
The point is, Jack reacher is extremely anti-authority.
In one story while reacher was still in the military he outright murdered in cold blood his Superior officer because he was going to get away with a crime
hE WEnT WoKe
GOP: “Oh shit Reacher can recognize reality too! Quick, call him woke while we look for someone else.”
Some people hate those who see the world as it really is. The people who killed Jesus were just like that. The so called christians who are angry at this guy are just like the people who put Jesus up on that cross. The pathetic part is that they can’t see what they really are.
I wonder how many ultra conservative Reacher fans realize that the author is British. Probably very few, which is entertaining for the irony although doesn’t really matter much in general.
He said no lies here.
Well shit, guess I’m gonna start to watch Reacher now:)
You’re going to watch a round of Reacher? A…Reacher round?
Dad! Not at the breakfast table
I am simultaneously criticizing this joke and pissed at myself for not thinking of it first.
I started watching it a few weeks ago. I really like it. So much better than the Tom Cruze movie based on the same books.
Especially cause just like book, Reacher is huge.
I mean, he would have to be, right? Otherwise he wouldn’t be able to reach things.
For sure! If you have read the books then Tom Cruze is pretty laughable in that role.
First season is very good. Second season not so much. Acting is quality in both seasons.
That’s too bad. I just finished the first and was about to start the second. I’ll still give it a go though.
Go Goats! Just don’t do the oil change 😅
Alan Ritchson is quite likeable and I say that as an atheist. He’s one of the good ones :)
If Christians followed the teachings of Jesus then I don’t think we would have as many/ any problems with Christians.
We are supposed to be identifiable by our love according to the Bible, I’m having a real hard time identifying Christians recently.
see: things we have to say about evangelicals
vs
things we have to say about quakers
If Reacher is your first introduction to this man’s acting capabilities, allow me to take the pleasure of introducing you to Blue Mountain State. All hail Thad.
Smallville
Imho. his greatest role is as young Scully in Brooklyn 99.
Can’t believe he’d say that about Home Alone 2 star and friend of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump.
