Setting the Record Straight

Cary Hardy·video·13m 29s·analyzed·May 8, 2024

Analysis

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TL;DR

Carrie Hardy clarifies John Wick gun controversy, attributes decision to Lionsgate licensing, regrets overreaction.

Summary

Carrie Hardy addresses her controversial video attacking John Wick pinball's lack of gun imagery, clarifying her emotional state and thought process. She reveals that Lionsgate (the license holder) made the decision to exclude guns from the art package, not Stern, and expresses relief that it wasn't a corporate agenda issue. Hardy acknowledges her reaction was excessive but reframes the debate around why Lionsgate would exclude visual guns while keeping gun violence in movie scenes.

Key Claims

Lionsgate made the decision to exclude guns from the John Wick pinball art package, not Stern Pinball
high confidence · George Gomez posted damage control stating it was a brand decision by Lionsgate; Hardy cites this as credible source
Hardy is a licensed, trained gun owner who carries for family protection
high confidence · Hardy directly states this in the video as context for her perspective
Hardy did not notice guns were missing from John Wick artwork on first look
high confidence · Hardy explicitly states 'at first look didn't even notice that the guns weren't on the art package'
Mod makers have already contacted Hardy about plans to modify the John Wick machine
high confidence · Hardy states 'I've already been contacted by a couple of people about what they plan to do with this game'

Notable Quotes

“if in fact with the multiple people that have told me now From sources that they've contacted That it is the license holder that made that decision That sucks I mean I'm glad it's not Stern”
Carrie Hardy@ 3:42 — Core clarification that shifts blame from Stern to Lionsgate, showing relief it wasn't a corporate agenda
“I did not want this to start bleeding its way into something like this. Don't take this. Don't let this be what's going to happen to something that I – wow. I really am getting a little emotional about that one.”
Carrie Hardy@ 3:29 — Reveals emotional vulnerability about pinball's importance to her; explains her passionate reaction
“it's not that it's missing assets or things are missing. it's the particular asset that is missing.”
Carrie Hardy@ 4:56 — Core argument defending why John Wick gun absence is different from other missing assets in games like Jurassic Park
“So let me get this straight. Lionsgate is like, hey, do not put guns on the art package in regards to the cabinet and the play field. But they're totally OK with having scenes from all four movies of John Wick putting bullet through people's heads, blood and gore and all that kind of stuff.”
Carrie Hardy@ 9:30 — Highlights the logical inconsistency in Lionsgate's decision that still troubles Hardy
“i've stumbled onto a major company conspiracy mac how about that for stress”
Carrie Hardy@ 6:22 — Self-aware acknowledgment of how she spiraled into conspiracy thinking about Disney/agenda influence

Entities

Carrie HardypersonGeorge GomezpersonStern PinballcompanyLionsgatecompany John Wickgame Disneycompany Sethperson

Signals

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community_signal: John Wick gun imagery omission sparked major community debate, with Hardy's initial inflammatory response causing significant backlash and unsubscribes
high · Hardy describes video 'escalating quickly' on Facebook and Pinside; mentions unsubscribes and need for damage control video
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design_philosophy: Inconsistency between Lionsgate's ban on gun imagery in cabinet art but approval of gun violence in movie footage on display screens
high · Hardy: 'they're totally OK with having scenes from all four movies of John Wick putting bullet through people's heads, blood and gore' but no guns on art
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licensing_signal: Lionsgate (John Wick license holder) made explicit decision to exclude guns from pinball cabinet art package despite guns being central to film IP
high · George Gomez posted clarification that it was 'a brand decision when it comes to lions gate' per Hardy's account
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community_signal: Content creator made emotional decision to publish controversial video while in hungover/pre-workout state without food, later regretted the extent of reaction
high · Hardy: 'I was more than likely still searching from the pre-workout and I had no food in my system so I was hungry I get hangry' and 'made the video just on pure adrenaline slash emotions'
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product_concern: Community concern that John Wick lacks thematic accuracy/completeness due to licensing restrictions on visual gun imagery
medium · Hardy notes mod makers already contacted her about modifications; plans to change trans light; expects mods to restore 'proper true character form'

Transcript

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I'm from Europe. I'm from Denmark. I'm born here. I've never seen a gun. We don't have guns here, okay? Hey, hillbilly can't go into a store here and just go to buy a gun or go to a gun place and shoot and... Guns are so stupid. No private person should be allowed to have a gun. We don't see school shootouts here. We don't see on the streets two guys getting angry at each other and shooting each other. guns are stupid guns should be completely removed only the police should be allowed after you know long period of education blah blah test in their brain and take everything and then be allowed to carry a weapon no one else no private person no hillbilly no no one else okay okay for me guns are for losers there is not a gun on the artwork who cares grow the f up guns are for stupid people all the guns at private people's hands, homes, should be melted, destroyed, and removed from this earth, in all the countries in the world. Only police officers that should protect us, law and order, should have guns, no one else. That's how I feel, that's how I have lived all my life, and I hope to the day I die, I never see a gun in my life. Guns are for stupid people, okay? What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. so look i'm going to be reiterating a lot of things that i did in my stream last night in regards to the john wick gun hot topic and everything so this is just going to be hopefully my last video in regards to this whole situation i basically just want to get the record straight and give you things from my perspective. When I don't understand why someone does a particular thing, I typically ask this individual, including my children,

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why did you do this? Walk me through your thought process. And by hearing the thought process go through, I'm able to kind of go, ah, right there. That's where you messed up. See, what should have been done is this. and so what I'm going to do now is kind of walk you through my thought process so that way you have a better idea of why I said and did and was acting the way I was I mean was my reaction in that video valid no not to that extent at least it's I mean I listed the reasons why in that video but essentially I mean I was more than likely still searching from the pre-workout and I had no food in my system so I was hungry I get hangry the wife tells me but I think mainly it was that I felt something was beginning to creep into something that I have a lot of passion for and that pinball I hit a soft spot I like no Of all things to take from me don take this Please don't take this. Don't let this be what's going to happen to something that I – wow. I really am getting a little emotional about that one. So I did not want this to start bleeding its way into something like this. So if in fact with the multiple people that have told me now From sources that they've contacted That it is the license holder that made that decision That sucks I mean I'm glad it's not Stern I mean do you really think that I would blow up like that Because a manufacturer didn't include a certain asset in the game No Because I would be making videos like that all the time And I think that's a very common misconception people have in this topic is because they keep wanting to compare it to other instances. For example, it's like having no Godzilla in a Godzilla machine. Yeah, that is important, but it's not the same. We didn't see you up all in arms about JP's lack of assets and it's one of the best shooters that are out there. You are right. I did not create any content like I did yesterday in regards to a manufacturer not including assets in a game. Plus, I have the movie code on my Jurassic Park, so that basically counters the lack of assets that Stern provided. But the point that people just can't seem to just wrap their heads around, it's not that it's missing assets or things are missing. it's the particular asset that is missing. I am a licensed, trained gun owner. Now, I may sound like it to a lot of you out there, but I'm not some hillbilly that wants to go out shooting guns and everything and stuff like that. Ooh, yeah, and just firing stuff off into the air. I carry for protection of my family as well as protection for others out there. And I also hope I never have to fire my weapon for that reason. But you have people in this world that are like the dude in my intro, and you've also got people with power that are constantly attacking my Second Amendment right. Which is almost a daily thing, but it's always been completely separate from my passion of pinball. They've always been separate, but it seemed like when this happened, they were starting to collide. This was something I hoped would never happen. but my thought process started to lean as if that's what was going on so in my mind when hearing that there's no guns on this game i started putting pieces together i started taking a piece from here a piece from there now did these pieces fit perfectly not entirely but i think at the time i started to think that they did i've stumbled onto a major company conspiracy mac how about that for stress what the hell are you talking about and so i started wondering okay why are there no guns? They have guns in other games, which others have mentioned and pointed out, so that where I was struggling to make sense of this Why would they do this Lionsgate sure as hell wouldn do this I mean you think that they be all up for showing off their their license and everything like oh here all the epicness of what is John Wick and it like okay well what has changed why would this happen okay what has changed this turn the leadership has changed this turn holy crap Seth he's there now he used to work for Disney and we all know what Disney does when it comes to pushing an agenda. The message. So it was an oh my god moment. The agenda is starting to bleed into pinball. So I made the video just on pure adrenaline slash emotions. I hit publish and then I went about my merry day. Only to come back to my PC later.