In an astounding feat of psychological gymnastics, acclaimed video essayist The Mental Gamer's (TIG) newest YouTube video spends two hours and 42 minutes breaking down why Sifu reminds him of No Nation For Outdated Males – the film, not the ebook, as specified by TIG at minute 36.
The thesis of TIG's video, opened with a paragraph from Diana Athill's 2009 memoir, Someplace In direction of the Finish, which fades from the display screen too rapidly for the reader to complete, is such: "In Sifu, as you progress by means of the sport, you grow old and older. And in addition, you are in a rustic: China. Which, given the variety of individuals you need to struggle in Sifu, you would possibly say, is …" At this level, TIG lowers his voice to almost a whisper to emphasise his level however principally sounding creepy. "... no nation for previous males."
All through the video, discovered here on the link, TIG lays out his argument, by no means indicating what themes from both media are even remotely related relatively than drawing a parallel between the identify No Nation For Outdated Males and the truth that Sifu has a mostly-maligned mechanic the place the character ages.
Bringing his thesis to a private stage and couched between advert reads for Manscaped and Nord VPN, TIG reveals we, too, are getting older. "I might like to go away you with one thought. All of us might be previous someday," TIG astutely says within the video. "When that occurs, what nation will there be for us? Till then, I am going to Sifu on the opposite facet."
On the time of writing, TIG's video, aptly titled, "The fragility of life, as considered by means of the lens of martial arts and Tommy Lee Jones," has acquired nearly common acclaim from varied echo chambers across the web. Whereas some identified his core thesis may've been relayed in about 30 seconds – and even then, hardly necessitated a video – the feedback had been rapidly deleted beneath mysterious circumstances.
Within the days since publishing, TIG tells Sport Infarcer he is seen unprecedented development on his Patreon crowdfunding web page.
"It has been nice to see this video join with so many people who find themselves completely satisfied to assist me financially at Patreon dot com slash The Mental Gamer," he says and advertises. "I like this neighborhood, and I can not wait to see them present up in my Patron Discord server. No, I by no means examine that factor. Are you kidding me? I do not wish to discuss to these individuals. I've mods that deal with all that – I do not pay them, so it really works out nice for me. You are not going to print that final half, proper? That was off the file. By the way in which, can I plug my TeePublic?"
TIG says his subsequent video might be an sudden departure from his earlier work. He will not give us any particular particulars however does trace: "You already know, I feel Fumito Ueda and Steve-O have extra in frequent than individuals would possibly assume."
