The Guy Destroying Woke Hollywood:  

Christopher Hitchens said it best, "The barbarians don't take over the city until someone on the inside opens the gate."

When 2 men start a conversation by complimenting each other on their beards, you know it's gonna be good.

People seem to think Gary is brainwashing the masses against the movie industry. If the masses were seriously happy with tv and movies the last few years, Gary would just be some hobo shouting on the internet to no one. Fact is he is just a voice for all of us fans

Gary is absolutely correct about RU-vid's rising popularity. Before 2016, I treated YT as a how-to library if I needed a quick lesson on how to repair something. In 2024, because Hollywood is so sh*t, it is my main source of entertainment.

Wait...wait. Nick is having Gary on? Is it Christmas? Easter, close enough then. This is a Team-Up I never knew I could ask for. Awesome!

"These new characters are better than the ones you grew up loving, and you're stupid for liking the old ones anyways." - Hollywood

As a nerd, gamer, and veteran, I approve of this collab

"We're coming for your kids!", "Just kidding!"..... No they're not. Gary just articulated something I've been saying for ages (feeling a little validated), an academic is an adult who never left school.

Just watched Nerdrotic go hard in the paint with the Unsubscribe podcast. Was not expecting a Nick Freitas interview after that. This is very welcome.

Nick is right about youtube. I recently realized all my entertainment has come from youtube and I thought I was being weird. Its the norm now.

I'm a Brit just here for Gary. Good for you Gary, finally the penny is dropping and issues getting heard more widespread.

Razorfist has recently pointed out two things about Hollywood that are often forgotten. 1. Hollywood was always Red. 2. The only thing Joe McCarthy did wrong was stop.

It's so good to see Gary getting so much traction. He knows his nerdom and he understands pop cultures importance to society as a whole.

GARY IS EVERYWHERE!!!

I'll add my two cents to Nick Freitas' question on why pop/nerd culture is important. Whether the character is Spiderman, or the Lone Ranger, they are America's modern literary mythical heroes. Just like Hercules, Jason, Robin Hood, and King Arthur have been for hundreds of years. Their stories make you think about morality, responsibility, consequence of action, and sustain cultural value. They are modern fables that assist the parent in teaching their children. A child can learn from those stories with out mom and dad having to loom over them. It lets a non judgmental friend help the young interpret life. To some it can be the only positive example of being a man, or woman, they have in their lives.

Gary is awesome. Love listening to him, Drinker, Chris Gore, Mauler, all those guys. Glad you had him on, Nick!

Holy shit Garry's getting around!

It's my dude Gary !!! Hell yeah great seeing you here, great seeing the fellowship!! This is how culture changes. Coming together over shared interests even though the channels are different themes we share the same values. Values which woke Hollywood and the people it represents seek to destroy. This is how we win, uniting common sense people who don't need Hollywood, creating alternate economies, and being able to go around these fascist Hollywood elites who seek our destruction. It's great seeing like minded creators coming together to have a discussion about the horrors of Hollywood and the fascist identity politics it's pushing to destroy and divide our country.

I was one of those cancelled knitters at that knitting social networking site in about 2017. It was bizarre, and everyone I tried to explain it to thought I was insane. But the more I looked into it, the scarier and crazier than I'd imagined.

Gary was on unsubscribed podcast and now here… It’s awesome Gary’s getting the recognition he deserves.

Nerdrotic is in the top 3 best channels on yt, GREAT COLLAB!

I don’t watch new movies anymore. I do watch nerdrodic’s video analysis & likewise enjoy drinker & others’ reviews - as solid entertainment. Why would I give the movie industry my hard earned money- I’d much rather support these guys with views, likes, comments, my time, etc.; because these are guys who are doing the work of entertaining. They put in way more than the Hollywood windbags of the industry. Nick’s work with our military, his state government, education, family work, & beyond is deserving enough of respect & support, and yet -he goes beyond with his podcasts, interviews, and much needed comedic relief in those mug shorts. Respect all around! Thanks guys.

This reminds me of the new Mulan. The character is completely unrelatable. The animated Mulan is my favorite Disney character because she's the underdog who, out of love for her father, takes his place, risking her own life. No, she's not as physically strong as a man in the beginning, but she's smart and adapts by thinking outside of the box.

Turns out McCarthy was dead on the money all those years ago.

I don't even consider the Disney stories to be Star wars movies.

Boycott all things Hollyweird!!

Thank you Nick. Been a big fan of Gary for close to 5 years. Hearing you both makes me feel that there is hope for America. Keep fighting the good fight (from an ex-Aussie living in NZ).

Gary struggling to utter "Screen Actors Guild" was hilarious. He has another name for that particular group.

They don’t call it Hollyweird for nothing! That is one soulless place, like D.C.

The total transformation of Disney as a brand for me is akin to finding out that really inspiring teacher you had as a kid, who put you on this amazing life path, got you thinking about things differently, just made you a better person all around, actually had a child sex dungeon in his basement the whole time

Walt Disney loved Americana! The Disney realm has turned so far away from his vision.

Im glad Gary said that he would personally rather fix Dr Who. It was such a travesty. He did choose Star Wars for others, but he wanted to say Dr Who.

Pls pls PLEASE bring on Critical Drinker as well!! This was amazing

Thank you Nick for interviewing Gary. He is really a good guy and is honest. The fellowship has helped me with my struggles with depression and truly saved my life after I found his channel.

Mark Hamill blocked me on Twitter because I said "Mark Hamill isn't Luke Skywalker...he's just some douchenozzle that plays Luke Skywalker." Good times...

I canceled Disney and Amazon years ago. Everything on Amazon is way too dark for me. And Disney was just getting weirder and weirder.

I want the " Wonderful World of Disney" back. Intelligent, entertaining, and family oriented. It's much better entertainment than the crap that they produce in every aspect of the company.

This was a good conversation. I remember watching "The wonderful World of Disney " on Sunday nights as a kid and it was family entertainment.

It's not enough to boycott these people, and it looks like it's the perfect time to start making things to compete with them

Hail Gary. Great to see you making the rounds. The fellowship is growing every day.

Man, Gary's been really getting around on other podcasts. I'm pleased. Continue the good fight against insanity.

Gary's life story arc is way more interesting than anything coming out of hollywood

Literally everyone is a nerd. Friend of mine has 28 hats, he's a nerd for hats. Another friend has 8 bookshelves full of action figures. We are all nerds, just for different things. This isn't a war of "nerds" vs others. It's people vs destroying the things we love. There will always be those of us that push back. This is my childhood you are ruining, not some random IP. Edit: No offense meant at all! Just found your channel. Love the commentary. The back and forth. Earnest and honest. Subbed! Look forward to binging your content.

Remember when movies and shows were good? I miss those days

Wait, Gary owned the comic shop on Irving? Always wondered why they closed it down. Yeah, proximity to GGP/Haight is bad for addicts, so glad he survived!

Been following Gary when he was at 150k and I started following Nick on Instagram. When you see two different worlds cross like this you can see how people are catching onto the fact the culture war is something that can't be ignored.

Thank you so much for this. I am in my mid forites and grauated from Journalisim school three months ago and have been getting no where trying to get a job in content creation. I needed this today.

Brilliant. Two people I listen and watch finding each other. Feels like I have been given a gift.

Congrats Brother! NA & AA member here, clean 7 years as of last Friday 3.22.24 One day at a time.

That was awesome. Love Nick and Gary.

Gary hit a million and now he’s everywhere lol. Glad to see him get the recognition he deserves

Gary, and those commentators like him, are a great doorway from the mainstream crap and to the indie stuff. All of us indie creators agree that Hollywood sucks so we made our own stuff for you.

"The Electric Company" has been rebooted as "The Solar Panel Company".

Gary is the goat and one of the most important, if not THE important person in the Nerd fight aka the pop culture war against insanity. All hail Gary, hail the fellowship, hail the 199. Cheers from Germany!

Amazing interview. Thanks Nick for getting Gary on your channel. I found and follow both y'all independently and it's great to see 2 worlds unify under the same freedom loving umbrella. Hail!

I think the best thing to do is just assume all these new films are woke and not watch them, problem solved.

I've been saying this for years. All you had to do was look at the "message" in shows to see that there was something very nefarious going on. When when you combine that with the fact that they can't get fired even after violating the most basic rules of business - don't insult your customers and don't lose billions of dollars - you know there's something going on behind the scenes. People don't to admit that because it would mean acknowledging that there's a very real threat, a very real enemy, working to destroy them. People want to believe that enemies wear uniforms and come with tanks and planes, that they're easily identifiable.... just like in the movies. The problem there is that it allows the enemy to infiltrate and take over. David Horowitz wrote about this in his book "Radical Son", detailing how the communist/socialist/marxist types had no problem getting their foot in the door, flying under the radar, and working to advance their agenda. That they did actually hold secret meetings in basements and back rooms where they'd conspire against the United States. But, getting average people to understand that would mean getting them to see that they are fairly powerless to stop a real threat. People would rather turn a blind eye, come up with any excuse that justifies doing nothing substantive, so they can just live their lives. This is nothing new. The only difference is that the internet opened the floodgates of information-sharing and now the players can't hide what they're doing. When Ben Shapiro wrote that book on how Hollywood was intentionally works to train viewers, to normalize and popularize behaviors and ways of thinking, it only confirmed what some of us already knew. The problem has always been getting people willing to fight back in a substantive way. People don't want to believe there's really an enemy out there who wants them dead. They don't want to believe that China could work tirelessly for decades to sow communism throughout the world, torturing millions of people, because that'd also mean having to admit that the people are helping to fund such things in exchange for cheap goods on the store shelves. People don't want to believe that RINO's could actually be democrat/communist traitors who infiltrated the GOP because that would mean having to admit that they, as the voters, did nothing to stop it and the GOP is now also a bad thing. They will actually use the term RINO, but never stop to think what it actually means. It's weird, too, because you'd think that the conservative/right would easily recognize these tactics and concepts since it's exactly what we all grew up watching. Those old war movies and cop shows were thick with examples of traitors and such, but we laugh them off as just 'entertainment', assuring ourselves that it could never happen in real life. So the left wins.

Hail ! So happy Gary is doing so well . He is proof that people deserve second chances . He’s created a beautiful family and a great channel that’s very well loved . Hope he just keeps going up !

I’m knitting a hat as I watch this - YES - the Ravelry crowd are insane. Now the co-founder of Ravelry (husband of the other co-founder) is a “woman”. Worldwide, knitting is woke AF. I jumped ship in 2019 with their fascism coming out against DJT. Gary, I’m so grateful you do what you do. You say the things I don’t have a voice for. You’re funny AH, you’re kind, and you’re prescient. I get catharsis through you. Keep on keeping on.

Gary! Nick! Been watching Gary for years. Love this guy. This is awesome! 10 years sober March 15th buddy. Love your story brother. Thanks for having Gary on Nick.

Awesome interview! I’m in Va, and thanks for spreading the TRUTH!!

Great conversation. Thanks for sharing it with us. It's wonderful to see all of my favorite commentators interacting. It's a web of brilliant insightful people sharing genuine truths and well thought out opinions.

Never would've guessed that Nick was part of the Fellowship! Hail!

One last comment is not just Hollywood, it's also the gaming industry in terms of the woke poking in.This could be bigger animal than what they are talking about.

Finally, we are ascribing this phenomena not to mere incompetence, but to the destructive and intentional malice that it is. It's the slow murder of all the values and institutions that hold a society together. This has been the plan since the 1960s.

You can't even watch original trilogy Star Wars anymore. Because you know how Luke and Han and Leia and Chewbacca are going to end up. And that is intentional.

As an aspiring fantasy author, im doing the thing, "nobody will".... Have a real woman, future mother, and hostess as a main character.

Awesome show, what needs to happen now is definitely a crossover with Razörfist.

They are destroying themselves. Ticket sales speak loudest. Even when people thought superhero movies were good. They basically churned out the same movie over and over again. DEI and alienating your core audience done the rest.

Nerdrotic is always awesome to listen to, its like you said hes basically saying what we are all feeling. Awesome that his heart still beats! Ive lost a few people that didnt make it out the other end so glad hes still here with us!

13:43 the shock on Gary's face

Followed Gary since late 2016 @ 12K subs, met him a couple of times & can categorically state that he is authentically genuine .. hail to the fellowship, FNT, the 199, Film Threat, Open Bar & the Real BBC ✌🏼

I found your channel due to the You Tube algorithm of following Gary on Nerdrotic, I love your shorts and your politics.

One more thing to add to stick it to Disney is to buy hardcopies of your favorite stuff on the secondhand market.

From Fahrenheit 451: “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features. This book can go under the microscope. You’d find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more ‘literary’ you are. That’s my definition anyway. Telling detail. Fresh detail. The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. So now you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life.”

I like to watch these on the replay if I can’t catch them live. Absolutely have to watch this one because of Gary. Hail to the fellowship, the 199, the snakepit, and the Rippaverse. Also, Nick I really enjoy your content. I have been waiting for this video from the day that I first heard you name drop Nerdrotic. I believe it was in a short of yours. Thank you both for fighting for the things we love and for common sense.

We've been waiting for this collaboration for so long. Props to both of you exceptional men, fathers, and culture warriors!

44:20 Disney has been doing that since before I was born. The movie Bambi is pretty much purposely made to vilify hunters. The beginning of the movie shows these lumbering, shadowy monsters, stomping through the forest, shooting anything that moves. the cuter, the deader.

I'm a moderate leftist and have been following Nerdrotic for over 2 years. I don't always agree with this guy, but I find him fun, and honestly, lovable. Does that mean anything? Not sure, but I think he's a great guy. Love from France.

I would LOVE❤ to see you guys do a once a month committed 3 hour livestream together. This was a truly great collaboration!

Thanks guys, great show! Love both your channels, they represent hope to me.

I could listen to gary ramble all day long Love from the UK

This is awesome team up!

This is my favorite collaboration ever. Love Gary's stuff and watch FNT, but I can just picture Tina and Nick squirming at all of Gary's and FNQs "off color" jokes

That was AWESOME!! SO HAPPY for Gary and his new levels of exposure! Well EARNED!! THANK YOU for this guest!!

One fandom I'm in is classic Japanese film. I can argue the best film I've ever seen is Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, Magnificent Seven is an American remake but Seven Samurai is much better imo. Yojimbō & Sanjurō, Fistful Of Dollars is a remake of. Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman 25 films, Lone Wolf & Cub 6 films, Samurai Trilogy, Sword Of Doom, Lady Snow Blood, Hara Kiri, 3 Outlaw Samurai and so much more. These films start 1949-1985, true masculine and stoic nature.

Well, that's the cultural diversity that strengthen rather than divide. No forced relations of incompatible cultures and ideologies. Two guys with both different and similar things they love and talking about sharing and preserving the cultural icons they love.

Fixing Star Wars would require time travel

It takes 3 generations to create a new reality, 1st is the old generation who remembers, the 2nd who follows what the 1st generation liked but looks forward to something new and 3rd to only see the new from 2nd while having no ties to the 1st generation. What we’re seeing now is 2nd generation sadly fading and moving to the 3rd

I'm loving the way my favorite you tubers are finding each other and uniting against the woke mind virus affecting our society.

The knitting community was messed up in 2010. It just news outside the community

This episode made me subscribe. I hope you interview more people like this. Critical Drinker, EVS, Eric July ect..

Here me out. Luke was meditating and the last three movies was the dark side influencing Luke. He wakes up and it’s 5 years after ROTJ and he has to save the galaxy from the sequels

I found nerdrotic before you but I’m so glad you got together for this show. Well done !!!

Been watching Nerdrotic for a long time. Great show. You also have to watch THE CRITICAL DRINKER who is equally good.

It’s nice to hear a conservative not trash talk anime. It’s a breath of fresh air.

Huge fan of the both of you. Awesome to see you together!

This was interesting to hear. I'm Nerdrotic 15 years earlier. Was a big reader of comics from 1959-1966. Yes parents give a lot of collectable stuff away. But some parents just threw it all away without ever asking if their kids wanted them after the kids had moved out. Did I also mention I was a big fan of Marvel Comics?😢

PHEW!! I love Gary's content so worried what you meant by 'destroying Hollywood' - it's the good kind that exposes the blatant racism and sexism in 'the meeeessssaaaage' (The Critical Drinker may have copyrighted that) 🤗

Nick, the late great Rush Limbaugh aired a warning decades ago when we were still debating legalized gay marriage. He aired a speech by some woman who was pushing for gay marriage, and she said it was her goal to destroy traditional marriage and the family unit. You said Disney was a family oriented company, back in the day. And it was.. I'd say they've been pretty successful on destroying anything wholesome and traditional family oriented.