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Ian McKellen Says Its Un-American for Trump Not to Protect Gay Rights
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Autodidact
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McKellen: God
Trump: Monster
Trump: Monster
lightskintwin
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This. Bryan Singer took the racial metaphors origin of the Mutants and reimagined them as gay metaphors in a timely and relevant fashion.
LordOfLore
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Didn't Sir McKellen help with that scene?
lightskintwin
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I have no idea. Bryan Singer, the director, is gay.
Yah
I don't know that sounds pretty American to me.
I'm ignorant when it comes to this, are there any gay comic book superheroes that would make for good film material?
I'm ignorant when it comes to this, are there any gay comic book superheroes that would make for good film material?
Atom Heart Mother
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I don't trust Bryan Singer. Dude was caught up in all those weird kid scandals.
This is what I'm saying. Outside of characters who are quietly hinted to be bisexual like the Gotham City Sirens, I'm drawing a blank for prominent superheroes who are established and popular in their own right who Hollywood could make a film about.
lightskintwin
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Ok, but that still doesn't change whether Bryan Singer added the gay metaphors in his X-men films or not.
Not really. America Chavez is getting a push currently, but she's not that well developed yet.
Angelus Errare
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Nope.
Frozenprince
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Easy solution to there being minimal gay heroes in comics.
Make one gay.
Make one gay.
Agent Gibbs
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How long did it take trump supporters to point out he's british and then beging going on about wars? less than a second?
Spot on by Sir Ian as usual
Spot on by Sir Ian as usual
Astral Dog
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Spider Man
The metaphors are nice, but the X-Men message is always more of a catch-all "if you're hated or alienated, there are other people out there like you". There are nods, but in the end it's like he says, it's not really related to real world experiences. And those characters in the movies are still all heterosexual too.
The experience of being persecuted for being LGBT is so extremely different than being persecuted for having superpowers that there's only so far you can take it as far as relatability goes. It's important to have gay, black and other minority mutants even if the overall message of the franchise supposedly already covers all of that at once.
I thought he was gay or bisexual? I remember that being a big thing not long after his debut.
Batwoman.
disappeared
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I get the feeling it's gonna be a long-ass time before we get a trans superhero movie on the scale of a Marvel or DC blockbuster.
I think Elegy could be adapted into a good film (particularly if they are half as creative/unique with the visual aspects as JHWIII). But if you think the character or story isn't interesting from the get go, I doubt I could convince you otherwise.
Glass Rebel
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it's official: people against costumes in x-men movies can go fuck themselves
Frozenprince
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They'd have to actually let her have a relationship that doesn't just mysteriously evaporate because "getting married is bad" or some other such nonsense.
Even Magneto agrees that Singer kinda hates the source material.
Wrap it up folks.
No. I think that was based on an out of context quote from someone that got spun out.
Yes.
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
What kind of bullshit comment is this?
I think Elegy could be adapted into a good film (particularly if they are half as creative/unique with the visual aspects as JHWIII). But if you think the character or story isn't interesting from the get go, I doubt I could convince you otherwise.
Honestly, I haven't even read Elegy! I've definitely been meaning to read more Batwoman, on account of the fact she's one of the very few Batman characters that never really clicked for me...so maybe if I immerse myself in more of her top-tier stories, I'll end up coming around!
nephilimdj
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Wherent like most of the cast of get smart gay? kinda already had gay james bond.
Doesn't making someone gay send the wrong message (if you are referring to an existing character)? You don't want to give people the idea that you could also make someone straight. (You could definitely get away with making someone bi though)
I'm all for writing existing characters whose sexuality has not yet been disclosed as gay, or making new characters (making new characters requires pushing them in the market as well though, do it you have to mean it).
The early Rucka run was just collected.
This has to be the most nonsensical thinking...
Frozenprince
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It's exactly the same as writing movie Hawkeye to be a family man. There's no reason you can't just have a character come out, most of these people are functionally asexual anyway beyond the tippity top of the A-list.
Ice Man was straight for 50 years till he wasn't anymore.
I don't read comics so I may be missing the context, makes sense to me though. If you have a straight character and they suddenly start being gay, it makes it seem like sexuality is a choice.
EDIT: I kinda forgot that timelines get restarted sometimes, it would work there.
Escape Goat
Member
Batwoman is needed
And some people don't really come to terms with their sexuality until adulthood. What's the difference?
They won't even let the best Lesbian in comics into fucking Injustice or Arkham games outside a voice line, she isn't ever getting a big budget movie.
Though she fucking should given Batwoman is amazing both as women empowerment character and as a gay icon.
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