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  • #31
    Re: Alexander the great was gay? Backlash stirring in U.S. over gay film

    Originally posted by Dissident

    I don't think americans are ready for a major blockbuster film to have gay themes. We've had several gay pictures in the past. But they were smaller, independant works. This is the first time that I can recall, that we've had a major blockbuster film have a male gay character as the leading man.
    Major blockbuster gay-themed movies:


    In & Out

    The Birdcage

    Too Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything (is title right?)

    And the Band Played On (if I'm wrong that this was a major film, feel free to correct me on this one)

    Girls Don't Cry

    and I think but I'm not sure -- Far From Heaven





    Please do refresh your memory before making such statements as the one I quoted from you.
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    • #32
      Re: Re: Alexander the great was gay? Backlash stirring in U.S. over gay film

      Originally posted by MrFun


      Major blockbuster gay-themed movies:


      In & Out

      The Birdcage

      Too Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything (is title right?)

      And the Band Played On (if I'm wrong that this was a major film, feel free to correct me on this one)

      Girls Don't Cry

      and I think but I'm not sure -- Far From Heaven





      Please do refresh your memory before making such statements as the one I quoted from you.
      none of those movies were blockbusters. And none were manly action flicks.

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      • #33
        Philadelphia too - Tom Hanks was gay in that
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        • #34
          none of those movies were blockbusters.


          Diss, 'The Birdcage' made over $100 million (blockbuster territory). $123 M to be exact.
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          • #35
            Originally posted by vodkakov
            Philadelphia too - Tom Hanks was gay in that

            DOH




            And Diss, ok not all of them were blockbusters, but all the ones I mentioned were mainstream Hollywood films.
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            • #36
              Action flicks are for ******s anyway.
              Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

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              • #37
                Gay-themed movies do okay because they're gay themed, and people know to expect to see some queer with a feather boa in them. However, a war movie, clearly aimed at a "normal" demographic may suffer a backlash for trying to pretend that a gay can be a strong male figures, when all god-fearing men know different. It's hard for a man to put a gay into a safe context when there are no Barbara Streisland references in a film to reaffirm our inherent knowledge that they're all a bunch of sissies.

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                • #38
                  yeah okay.

                  I may be wrong. It happens every once in a blue moon. we'll see.

                  Just watch, there will be people upset about the gay kissing.

                  It was funny when I watched the movie 28 days later- a british movie. A few people in the audience gasped at the full frontal male nudity.

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                  • #39
                    That's because they're good Christians and have to pretend they've never seen a penis before.
                    "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                    • #40
                      Too Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything (is title right?)


                      You forgot the "Julie Newmar"...
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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Dissident

                        It was funny when I watched the movie 28 days later- a british movie. A few people in the audience gasped at the full frontal male nudity.
                        There was full frontal male nudity in 28 Days Later? Can't recall it even when you mention it.
                        Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?

                        It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
                        The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok

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                        • #42
                          He did it with his HORSE? Are you sure??
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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Last Conformist

                            There was full frontal male nudity in 28 Days Later? Can't recall it even when you mention it.
                            Neither can I actually. Maybe it was censored in the UK
                            Res ipsa loquitur

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by Last Conformist
                              There was full frontal male nudity in 28 Days Later? Can't recall it even when you mention it.
                              Right at the beginning, when he's in the hospital.

                              As a sidenote, the US version of Team America removed the sex scene. It's there in all its full glory in Canada, and damn was it funny.
                              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
                              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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                              • #45
                                That's because they're good Christians and have to pretend they've never seen a penis before.


                                Why would Christians be offended by that... in the Bible Adam and Ave were nude until they ate the apple and learned... was it shame? I dunno. If anything I think they would think god would like them more if they went nude...
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