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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:45 PM Original message |
Hollywood Keeps Eliminating the GAY Parts From Movies, WHY?!?! |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. These epic battle flicks... |
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sans qualia (675 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Love period is incompatible with this endeavor |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Icky-factor |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fortunately they are both flops.... |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yea it really is. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
64. and in OTHER news.. Lynne Cheney re-wrote Washington Crossing the Delaware |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Maybe it's time for a dedicated channel for gays? Just like PAX |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I thought we already had one |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. "Alexander" and Homosexual - concept not the same as current |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. And all this time I thought Big Gay Al was a South Park character! |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. The History Channel had something on this |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. All true - but no facts - and a really large number of Al babies! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
66. If you saw this in the last 8 years..I would take it with a grain of salt |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Well, try reading "The Persian Boy" |
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Nag Champa (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
8. I believe it is because most people are bigoted against gays. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not disagreeing with you here |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. No, he was a big queen--it's some historians who can't deal with the |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's always been that way. Greek culture was gay-friendly... even on |
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Atlas Mugged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. There's plenty on display in the museums of Berlin |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, Alexander the Great, Achilles... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. I thought Alexander the Great was bi |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Yes, he was... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The great love of hsi life was a man! Those marriages |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I wasn't responding to who the great love of his life was.. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. He was bi |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, it's hard to be sure of the "truth" in history |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. You know what's even worse? |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. see thats why I watch documentaries and read like mad |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Nerds are cool! |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. a tired nerd isnt though |
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Jack Schitt (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yeah! Did you see... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. better yet the Chinese soldiers in humvees in the battle of hastings |
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Jack Schitt (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yeah! That was a sweet depiction of actual history! |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. especially the battle of waterloo where William Wallace |
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sundog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. Hollywood is clueless when it comes to minorities... |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. All I can think of is Nathan Lane's line in the "Birdcage" |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. Demi and Whoopi in "Ghost", Fired Green Tomatoes... |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. On the other hand |
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cedahlia (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. Brokeback Mountain |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Why does that remind me of the "Sundance" spoof on South Park? |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Because the GODLESS COMMIE QUEERS in Hollywood... |
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Dukakis88 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. Anybody see the network TV version of "The Crying Game?" |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. You've got to be kidding me. |
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Dukakis88 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Yup... |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Well, I've heard that the "Sound of Music" was once edited... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Stupid sub-human American homophobes |
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Dukakis88 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Obesity has nothing to do with homophobia. |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Isn't that a little rough thinking/talk about a lot of groups of folks? |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. I was listening to Diane Rehm earlier, and Ben Gazzara |
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jackelope72 (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. Didn't you get that memo? |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Clearly I missed it. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. g. Providing bitchy fashion advice to single women. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. The gay stuff in Alexander was cut out. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. not just cut out |
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Dukakis88 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
41. Another film with gay part cut out: "Gigli" with Jennifer Lopez as lesbian |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. Weird - not like Gigli could get more offensive |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. A Beautiful Mind |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. It also left out his deadbeat dadness. |
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Mr. Blonde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. I believe |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. call it "modernization" |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. King James ruined it all with his paranoid interpretation of the bible. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. A homosexual obsessed with witchcraft |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. LMAO... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-11-04 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. If they censor the gay parts of Caligula I'll scream |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
58. You do realize that Alexander is an Oliver Stone movie, right? |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
59. I don't get the "Troy" thing. |
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Mick Knox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
61. Three words: $,$,$ n/t |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
67. Well, I work in Hollywood and ... |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
68. See also "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
69. Total Eclipse is a gay movie |
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Dukakis88 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. So is Total Recall. |
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JSJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
70. yeah, but in those period movies the guys skirts are always... |
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MsAnthropy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-12-04 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
73. Because they have a 51% "mandate" |
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