Ep. 1757 - Everything In Society Has Been Feminized, And It’s Been A Total Disaster. Here’s Proof.

March 26, 2026

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Matt Walsh argues that Hollywood's rush to produce Lord of the Rings content exemplifies a broader cultural trend: the forced feminization of traditionally male-dominated stories and institutions, prioritizing ideological changes over quality or logic.

Contractual Pressures in Franchises

Studios face "use it or lose it" agreements that compel quick production to retain rights, even if the output is low-quality. For Lord of the Rings, New Line Cinema rushed an anime film, The War of the Rohirrim, featuring a female protagonist from a minor footnote in Tolkien's appendix, which flopped. Upcoming live-action projects like The Hunt for Gollum lack narrative stakes as prequels to known events. Stephen Colbert and his son are scripting a film expanding six early Fellowship of the Ring chapters—previously cut from Peter Jackson's adaptations—framed around Sam's daughter uncovering a "long-buried secret" about the War of the Ring. Walsh sees this as injecting feminist propaganda into Tolkien's male-centric tale, where female characters are scarce. The priority is retaining rights, not success; poor performance doesn't matter as long as content ships.

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1 (00:25) **Hollywood "Use It or Lose It" Rights Pressure** - Explains studio contracts forcing quick franchise content production like Spider-Man timelines.
2 (01:50) **Lord of the Rings Rights Rush** - New Line Cinema compelled to produce content or lose Tolkien adaptation rights.
3 (02:12) **War of the Rohirrim Anime Failure** - Fast-tracked feminist-led anime from footnote character bombs due to rights deadline.
4 (03:04) **Hunt for Gollum Prequel Critique** - Upcoming pointless prequel obligated by contracts, lacks stakes.
5 (03:52) **Feminist Propaganda Injection** - Rushed production prioritizes rights retention over quality, enables lazy female-led rewrites.
6 (04:32) **Stephen Colbert's LOTR Script Role** - Colbert and son scripting film from minor Fellowship chapters, signals woke overhaul.
7 (07:05) **New LOTR Film Logline Breakdown** - Sam's daughter frames "lost" War origins via flashbacks, predicts feminist reparations for male story.

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Today on The Matt Walsh Show, a new Lord of the Rings sequel was announced and it's being spearheaded by none other than Stephen Colbert. Who thought this was a good idea? Well I finally figured out why all these bad remakes are happening, and the root cause of it all goes deeper than you think.

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