Posted on 06/20/2006 11:29:21 AM PDT by Great Communicator
"Superman Returns" is being advertised on Logo, the gay and lesbian cable TV channel, so the gay magazine, The Advocate, is asking "How Gay Is Superman?"
The Advocate is not trying to claim that Superman is gay.
It points out that like many gays and lesbians, Superman has a secret life. Superman has another identity that he doesn't share with anyone, ABC reported Tuesday.
The film's director, Bryan Singer, who is gay, insisted that Superman "is probably the most heterosexual character in any movie I've ever made."
In the Quentin Tarantino film "Kill Bill: Vol. 2," the character Bill shares his view on what Clark Kent, Superman's other half, says about humanity.
"When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red 'S' -- that's the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears -- the glasses, the business suit -- that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak. He's unsure of himself. He's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race."
BrokeBack Super-Heros!
I see.
"But don't you just love Superman's cape! It is so fabulous! I can barely stand it!"
We now return you to our regularly scheduled parsing by UPI - longtime employer of that doyen of democracy, Helen Thomas!
Logo is owned by MTV-Viacom and they are both definitely gay.
They find it nessessary to point out that the director is a homo.
I'll pass on yet another movie, and I'll be better for it, I'm sure.
He doesn't go to the office dressed as Clark Kent? He sits at home in a closet and marvels at himself in the mirror?
Bryan Singer: "he is probably the most heterosexual character in any movie I've ever made."
Didn't know there were degrees of heterosexuality. You either are or aren't. But then again, I am sure some transgendered challenged individual will straighten me out...
I know I do.
If only...
Here's an interesting observation. In the 1978 film, Superman is fighting for "truth, justice and the American way." By Superman IV, he's a citizen of the world and addresses the U.N. -- and the U.S. and the former Soviet Union were indistinguishable as far as their weapons were concerned.
Thus, Superman turned into a wuss. I almost wanted Nuclear Man to win. It's bad when as a nine-year-old kid I wanted Superman to leave our nukes alone.
If any FReepers go to this movie, please let me know what they thought.
I'm a long time fan of Superman, and currently a fan of Smallville (as I was of TV series Lois and Clark and the Superman movies with Reeve and the comicbooks and the Superman TV series with Reeves).
However, I think I'm not alone among Smallville fans in wanting to see our current Superhero (Tom Welling) be the one to graduate to the red cape and red booties.
So, I'm holding back going to see the new movie till I hear it's not creepy.
Gay? I just read he was Jewish!
Clark is weak not because Superman sees us that way, but because Clark has to seem as unlike the Man of Steel as possible.
What's going to kill this movie is that Lois Lane is a single mother (father unknown) with a live-in boyfriend.
Well he did have gay allegory subplots in the X-Men films.
Director - filmography
Superman Returns (2006)
"House, M.D."
... aka House (USA: short title)
- Occam's Razor (2004) TV Episode
- Pilot (2004) TV Episode
X2 (2003)
... aka X-Men 2 (Singapore: English title) (USA: working title)
... aka X-2 (USA: poster title)
... aka X-Men 2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
... aka X2: X-Men United (USA: promotional title)
X-Men (2000)
... aka X-Men 1.5 (USA: DVD box title)
Apt Pupil (1998)
... aka Élève doué, L' (Canada: French title)
... aka Un élève doué - Été de corruption (France: dubbed version)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
... aka Üblichen Verdächtigen, Die (Germany)
Public Access (1993)
Lion's Den (1988)
So Lois Lane is Murphy Brown now?
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