“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.”
Alan Ritchson pls don’t stop giving me reasons to love you, lol.
This dude is definitely my favorite Hollywood rising star.
I didn’t know his name before today, but now I think he’s awesome! I might even give his show a try.
He has three main shows that he’s part of, the first is Blue Mountain State, it’s a raunchy college football comedy, not that great, but Ritchson steals the show, the next is a comic book series, Titans, based on DC’s Teen Titans, he plays Hawk and as someone who read Hawk & Dove he plays Hawk near perfectly, so the third is Reacher, this is the first series where he’s the star, very good detective style series about a former Military Police Officer who headed a special investigations squad, but now lives a “Billy Jack/Rambo-esque” lifestyle of traveling and putting down villains.
All three are fantastic in their own way, Ritchson also has a few movies he’s been in as well.
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Interesting. Thanks!
Reacher is fantastic television and I highly recommend it. Easily binge-able
Good to know. Appreciate it!
I’m impressed just by this. It isn’t often that you see a self professed Christian celebrity actually calling out the hypocrisy of evangelical Christians and pointing out they’ve become antithetical to Jesus’ teachings.
He’s using his platform in a way that’s been sorely missing in society. For evangelicalism to properly die, it needs to be defeated at both the polls and from within.
Every “real” Christian I know can’t stand Trump and all of this other garbage, it always seems to he the fake Christians who tell people that they should go to church while they themselves don’t, and similar folks who seem to love Trump and the prosperity gospel.
Don’t get me wrong, I know there are whole congregations of idiots, but I’m just saying the ones I know personally who are very into their religion yet retain their open mindedness seem to be the ones who are against this crap, meanwhile “religious types” like my own father who never go to church and constantly try to push religion on me and the rest of the family, always seem to be the Trumpers. (Also not surprising my dad is a retired LEO)
Yeah that’s my general experience too. “Real” Christians understand that they’re not supposed to judge, because they’re sinners like everyone else. They might not like abortion, but they don’t want to legislate their beliefs nor judge someone who does get one.
Jesus chose to hang out with prostitutes and poor people. He protected them from self righteous crowds, and fed the hungry and healed the sick. He even happily paid his taxes lmao. He didn’t go establish a theocracy or force people to do things. He told people to love each other, no matter who they were. The Good Samaritan is a parable against xenophobia and racism.
Biblical Jesus is actually a pretty cool dude. The WWJD crowd would do well to actually act like him.
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.
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
Hilarious as micropenis guy from New Girl too
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.
The dceu should bring him back as alternate universe aqua man
He’s actually being eyed for Batman I think.
He in that Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare movie coming out with Henry Cavill.
Thad Castle keeps winning
TIL: Kevin “Thad” Castle is the tritagonist of Blue Mountain State. He is the ever inspiring team captain of the BMS football team. He is also the main protagonist of Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland. He was portrayed by Alan Ritchson.
Blue Mountain State is a show that was awesome when it came out, felt like it might be problematic a few years later, and now is awesome again
It’s possibly the peak of bro comedy. It’s fairly tongue-in-cheek and mocks it’s own hyper-macho characters enough that I think all the toxic masculinity works. As long as you watch it with that in mind it ages pretty decently.
I wish more Trump Supporters were media literate so that these words might reach them.
I wish more Trump Supporters were
medialiterate so that these words might reach them.Ha! Jokes on you, lib man, I caint reed.
Fuckin’ words n’ shit is socialism.
Went to a family friend’s pool party and one of the guests was a full MAGA chud. She bounced between singing Trump’s praises as this immaculate saint figure and slapping shoulders because he was such a big swinging dick who loved snatching the poon.
The Trump crowd doesn’t even strictly disagree with Ritchson. They’re just mad at the phrasing. If he’d made some cavalier remark about how Trump can fuck any woman in America if he feels like it and you should be honored when he grabs your pussy, they’d be singing his praises. If he’s joked about how Trump can pull the wool over every one of those idiot liberals’ eyes cause he’s just so wily, they’d cheer.
The words do reach them. They don’t care. They have their iconic superhero of a President. He’s living the life they want, sexual assault and financial dirty tricks and all.
I don’t think that’s entirely true. He’s got an online following that is an extremely vocal minority, but that hardly accounts for the full 74.2 Million people who voted for him in 2020. Maybe the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Yes, but casual insults aside I do actually wish they were more aware of the things happening around them. A lot of them go through the day to day life barely catching a glimpse of news from Cable TV, and they think themselves the “normal ones”.
Alan Ritchson > The Rock
Pretty much everyone > The Rock
Even Hitler?
Why would you mention someone so awful in relation to hitler?
Wait, why does the Rock suck?
I tried to link to EvilBit’s comment but it didn’t work, here it is pasted from above: “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. “
That’s what capitalism does to us.
That’s what being a coward does more, I think.
If it wasnt based on money, there’d very likely be other social pressures.
He suck to me because the big ego isn’t just an act. Dude literally thinks he is gods gift to the world. I don’t like people like that.
Pond rock (mossy/hairy) vs River rock (completely bald and smooth)
Somewhere, Kid Rock and Ted Nugent are using Jack Reacher blu rays for target practice…
Knowing them they probably purchased the Tom Cruise versions because, let’s be honest, attention to detail and critical thinking are not their strong suits.
Which would be even funnier that it would be Tom Cruise’s version of Reacher since Alan’s version streams on Prime as a TV series.
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.
Yeah, sorry. Hate to be the bearer of bad news. I’m mad too, because I’ve enjoyed a lot of his work.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Right wing Reacher fan? Has he actually read the books?
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
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.
For sure! If you have read the books then Tom Cruze is pretty laughable in that role.
I mean, he would have to be, right? Otherwise he wouldn’t be able to reach things.
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 😅
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.
Oh look, a “we found some people on the internet tweeting their opinions” story.
The membership of Trump’s personality cult flip out at everything, all the time. It’s not really news worthy of report when it happens. Not even when their gary stu power fantasy icon’s actor makes them feel bad.
This is par for the Huffington Post, if you happened to notice the source. But yeah I’m with you that this probably shouldn’t qualify as news in the first place.
Oh no. Someone doesn’t like when opinions say what other people are saying to be heard. Because MAGAs don’t want to accept they are in fact electing a con man rapist. But keep dismissing it. It totally doesn’t come off as Trump support.
