Joe Rogan has criticized a John Wick scene after a swear word was bleeped out, claiming the ads that were on TV "were far more offensive."
During an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience with guest Duncan Trussell published on December 25, the podcast host explained that he was watching John Wick on TV at a hotel. He complained that "every five minutes" he was "bombarded" with pharmaceutical drug commercials while watching the film, which stars Keanu Reeves as the titular character.
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"I was watching John Wick on TV and it's every five minutes you're bombarded with nonsense. They stop the show and give you five minutes of nonsense, just nonsense ... and side effects," Rogan said.
Trussell, a stand-up comedian, added: "It's unnerving and also when you realize, we think the show is John Wick. That ain't the show, the show is the nonsense that's happening in between John Wick.
"Because when you think about when you're watching a good movie you relax, you calm down, you open up. It's the perfect perfect state of consciousness to manipulate people."
Rogan then detailed a scene where a Russian mobster's son comes home from his job in Atlantic City. During a pivotal part of the movie, the word "f***" was censored.
"I also thought it was incredible that they bleeped out all the bad words when the commercials were far more offensive. They bleeped out f***," he continued.
"I'm like, 'How are they going to handle this scene?' Because there's this scene where the Russian mobster, his son comes home from this job in Atlantic City and after he did this thing with John Wick.
"And the guy's like, 'Who the f*** is that nobody?' He goes, 'That f****** nobody is John Wick' and it's the whole setup of John Wick ... No! You're gross! You took out the f*** but meanwhile, you're telling me about a bloody diarrhea that might kill you if you take this drug.
"You're telling me about side effects that are, like, suicide, like, all kinds of, like, wild s***: depression, anxiety, fear, violent tendencies, gambling addictions."
Rogan is known for sharing his passionate opinions on his podcast and in recent weeks, he has shared some bold views about UFOs. In mid-December, he floated a theory about recent mystery drone sightings, suggesting the government has deployed drones to acclimate Americans to UFOs.
Residents in New Jersey have repeatedly reported seeing flying objects with lights on operating at night. In a December 17 press release signed by several government agencies and bureaus, officials said the FBI has received tips on more than 5,000 reported drone sightings in recent weeks.
Federal and local officials have been baffled, and some are concerned by the reports of mystery drone sightings. They are still working to determine where the drones have come from and why.
Appearing on Rogan's podcast was Ryan Graves, a former Navy pilot who founded Americans for Safe Aerospace and serves as chair of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics UAP Community of Interest. He said, after speaking with experts: "There's not a loose nuke or other type of weapons of mass destruction, that these objects, whatever they are, are pursuing right now."
Graves added: "I have a high confidence level that this is not a response to a massive imminent weapons of mass destruction threat on the Eastern Seaboard."
Rogan said that the government is "not concerned because this is something they are doing with us, what if they are trying to get us comfortable because they know some real UAPs are on the way.
"If you really wanted to get people relaxed to the idea of flying saucers ... if you knew that was coming and you didn't want mass panic—what would you do? You would trickle it in; you would trickle it in slowly."
The host said that by having drones hover over cities for several weeks or months, it would "get people really accustomed to the news cycle having UAPs in it, and then real ones show up."
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