@PopDetective

Cultural criticism by Jonathan McIntosh. Video essays and shorts can be found on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

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New video essay examining the myth of the "alpha male" and how that false ideal is propagated through popular culture: youtube.com/watch?v=kpvpadX5…

The Myth of the Alpha Male

There’s no such thing as an “alpha male.” It’s a false myth with no...

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Avi Lewis
@avilewisOct 21
This is private equity, this is what it does. Buy up businesses, run them into the ground, and rip them apart for short-term profit. The developers at BioWare know how to run the studio. They know how to make the games we all love. They should be given the first opportunity - and the federal support - to buy it and run it themselves. And if we want to avoid the Mass Effect effect in Canada, we should be keeping private equity out, not welcoming it in. pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/…

RIP BioWare: EA has shut down the legendary RPG developer

Bloomberg also reports that EA is cutting "around 400 jobs" across the company.

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This kind of thing is the reason why it's just not a good idea for movies to turn abuse victims into "hysterical" spectacles. It tends to backfire when released into our current patriarchal culture. Also see the "Freaky Nikki" Halloween costumes etc.
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@DiscussingFilmOct 20
First look at Nikki's emote in Fortnite. (via: @Guille_GAG)
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It’s also an example of the corporate slopification of culture, which decontextualizes and strips stories of their meaning, reducing everything to commodified memes sold for 1500 v-bucks in a video game. No wonder so many don’t believe anything really means anything anymore.
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Jonathan McIntosh@radicalbytesOct 20
The irony of the NFL hiding a video about how they hide injuries
Pop Detective@PopDetectiveOct 20
The NFL just blocked my video on YouTube about how they hide and downplay injuries because of a clip I used of Jalen Hurts getting hit and sitting in the blue tent. Curious timing given The Eagles' news today 🤔 My video is still up on Instagram though: instagram.com/p/DeKuDYOSLyD/

Pop Culture Detective (@popdetective) • Instagram reel

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The NFL just blocked my video on YouTube about how they hide and downplay injuries because of a clip I used of Jalen Hurts getting hit and sitting in the blue tent. Curious timing given The Eagles' news today 🤔 My video is still up on Instagram though: instagram.com/p/DeKuDYOSLyD/

Pop Culture Detective (@popdetective) • Instagram reel

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The NFL flagged the few seconds where I'm showing #JalenHurts and talking about how the NFL doesn't care about player well-being.
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𑁍@AGuyCalledGerryOct 19
That @PopDetective is actually so honest about the NFL’s treatment of their players. How was this allowed?
Ian Rapoport
@RapSheetOct 19
#Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who is out for the season after several blood clots were revealed in his lungs, has been undergoing tests for days. Before the London game, Hurts was in the hospital until 4 am and did not sleep because sleep was a risk. He played without having slept.
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caroline :)@soonrightawayOct 15
the GTA games are satire but they’re generally really dumb shock jock satire intended more to provoke than anything else. San Andreas ends with a capture-the-flag shooting gallery segment based on the Rodney King riots lol
conny@BlvckJxsusOct 15
the grand theft auto games are actually so layered, it’s politically lazy to view the games as just run n gun simulators. youtu.be/C196sPKVYv4?is=WCq_… youtu.be/w8chqgtKuVY?is=C2uU… youtu.be/BRdfcgRM454?is=CXcp… youtu.be/w8chqgtKuVY?is=fxRZ…

GTA: San Andreas' Anti-Capitalist Message

THIS CHANNEL DOES NOT RECEIVE AD REVENUE. SUPPORT MSTW ON PATREON h...

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Orientalism 101: Arab and Islamic aesthetics without Islam or Arabs.
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@DiscussingFilmOct 15
New look at Timothée Chalamet and Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘DUNE: PART 3’. (Source: empireonline.com/movies/news…)
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He's right about this but it doesn't make up for his continuing support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.
Kotaku
@KotakuOct 15
Democratic Congress member Ritchie Torres is introducing legislation in Congress to regulate digital video game ownership. "A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase. It is a rental disguised as a sale." kotaku.com/rep-ritchie-torre…

Rep. Ritchie Torres Announces Congressional Legislation To Protect Video Game Ownership: 'If You...

The Power To The Players Act would put an end to digital game licenses

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Cowardly but not surprising for Rockstar to hide behind the "apolitical" label while their games are typically brimming with reactionary memes and messages
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@rockpapershotOct 10
GTA 6 writer says the series has never had "much focus on national politics" beyond GTA 4's war on terror, and the latest entry won't get "too specific". bit.ly/4i3cXY3
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Variety
@VarietyOct 10
Nicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for #SpiderNoir: “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,” Cage said at #NYCC. “I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on ‘Spider Noir.’ I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/nic…
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This is how the NFL distracts viewers to conceal the severity of injuries during games youtube.com/shorts/dOmQ1zecb…

How the NFL hides injuries

This is how the NFL distracts viewers to conceal the severity of in...

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Jozu 🇵🇦
@JozuJoestarrOct 2
becoming an adult is realizing that the laws they taught you about in school mean nothing. this is clearly a monopoly
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilmOct 2
David Ellison has shown an official graphic of everything Skydance will own after acquiring Warner Bros and Paramount. Assets: • TNT • CBS • CNN • MTV • TCM • Showtime • Adult Swim • DC Studios • Paramount+ • Nickelodeon • HBO/HBO Max • Comedy Central • Cartoon Network Film Rights: • Star Trek • Gremlins • Beetlejuice • DC Comics • Tom & Jerry • Harry Potter • Citizen Kane • Transformers • A Quiet Place • Looney Tunes • The Conjuring • Mortal Kombat • Game of Thrones • Dora The Explorer • Mission Impossible • The Lord of the Rings • SpongeBob SquarePants • Avatar: The Last Airbender • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • Dune 3 (distribution rights) • Minecraft (distribution rights) • MonsterVerse (distribution rights)
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The thing is, it is illegal. It's just being allowed to go forward anyway.
Maxance Vincent@MaxFromQuebecOct 2
this should be illegal
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Adam Johnson@adamjohnsonCHIOct 2
Well, the world’s largest private donor to the IDF now owns all of these brands so that’s good for human rights and freedom of expression
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilmOct 2
David Ellison has shown an official graphic of everything Skydance will own after acquiring Warner Bros and Paramount. Assets: • TNT • CBS • CNN • MTV • TCM • Showtime • Adult Swim • DC Studios • Paramount+ • Nickelodeon • HBO/HBO Max • Comedy Central • Cartoon Network Film Rights: • Star Trek • Gremlins • Beetlejuice • DC Comics • Tom & Jerry • Harry Potter • Citizen Kane • Transformers • A Quiet Place • Looney Tunes • The Conjuring • Mortal Kombat • Game of Thrones • Dora The Explorer • Mission Impossible • The Lord of the Rings • SpongeBob SquarePants • Avatar: The Last Airbender • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • Dune 3 (distribution rights) • Minecraft (distribution rights) • MonsterVerse (distribution rights)
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@DiscussingFilmOct 2
The official launch video for the new Warner Bros/Paramount merged company — Skydance.
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Absolutely dystopian to integrate gambling odds into news coverage. These so-called "prediction markets" are just straight-up gambling sites and need to be banned nationwide.
CBS Mornings
@CBSMorningsSep 30
Our midterm election coverage will include not only CBS News polling data, but also integrated data from Kalshi, our prediction market sponsor. We'll offer a glimpse into how prediction market traders are pricing race outcomes – but it will be the voters that decide it all.
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And before a bunch of guys start yelling about how it's their "personal right" to gamble away all their money and ruin the lives of their whole family, these betting sites are run by some of the most unethical and ruthlessly predatory companies in existence.
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I discuss the messages and meaning in The Truman Show (1998) with critic Stephen Nothum on his podcast "Film Club for the End of the World." The Truman Show is still incredibly relevant and I find myself thinking about it almost every day. youtube.com/watch?v=S5-6BnkW…

Truman would hate it here | FCEW Ep. 15: The Truman Show (1998) with Pop Culture Detective

Join Stephen and guest Johnny McIntosh (Pop Culture Detective) for ...

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