I saw X-Men 3 at the Hollywood & Highland Chinese today and noticed some things I didn’t get from the previews…
Charles Socarides, founder of NARTH, and his gay son Warren Worthington II, founder of Worthington Industries, and his mutant son.
Read more about Charles Socarides.
Announcing a cure has been developed which offers people “freedom from homosexuality” “freedom from their mutations.”
Yes, they actually said “freedom from” in the movie. My jaw near well dropped. Exgay groups love to proclaim “freedom from homosexuality” to the point of putting it on the Exodus logo.
Do you remember the bathroom scene? He was trying so hard to hide what he was from his dad.
That resonated so well with me (let’s not get into embarrassing details lol, but that’s how my family found out!).
How wonderful. I hope kids can get it.
I personally didn’t care for the film. It’s not terrible, it’s just not up to the speed and power of X2 or even the hidden potential of X1. Singer and his screenwriters (all gay) did a better job of infusing the feeling of “otherness” (be it gay-otherness, geek-otherness or what have you) in the story. In X3 we’re -told- the Mutants are different, in X2 we -feel- it.
That being said, “I’m Juggernaught, bitch!” is a great line.
Right-wing take on the film:
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/262006g.asp
Of course they miss the obvious ex-gay angle.
Geezus. The comics have been around since the early 60’s and Warren is known to be a real ladies man. Stop jumping at shadows and worry about the real people out there that have problems with civil rights. Stuff like this just makes you look nuts!
Um, crystal, perhaps you should look up “analogy”.
Yeah, I loved the “freedom from” line. The analogy seems unmistakable to me. It’s a pity they didn’t really resolve the cure issue and got sidetracked by the phoenix. (Not that that wasn’t cool.)
It probably says a lot that the director of the franchise, Bryan Singer, is openly gay. These metaphors are handled with all the skill and subtlety of a drunk carpenter welding a sledgehammer.
I NEVER SEEN AN EX-DWARF ! WHY NOT?????
I WANNA SEE AN EX-DWARF, JUST LIKE AN “EX-GAY”,! I WANNA SEE AN EX NO-LEG, JUST LIKE AN “EX GAY”!
I WANNA SEE AN EX-DOWN SINDROM JUST LIKE AN “EX GAY”!
PLEASE SHOW ME!!!! PLEASE SHOW ME!!!!!
PLEEEAAAAAAASE!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW ABOUT AN “EX-BLACK” JUST LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON. HIS GENES ARE STILL BLACK.
SO, WHAT DO YOU WAITING FOR???? LET’S CHANGE ALL BLACKS IN THE WORLD!!!!COME ON! LETS CHANGE EVERYTHING!!!!!! LETS DO ALL HUMAN BEINGS LIKE A SORT OF “STANDART”(IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN) A STANDART WAY OF LIFE. EVERYBODY LIKE EVERYBODY, LIKE CLONES -WHAT STUFF RIDICULUS!!!!!!!!
Audrey at June 1, 2006 07:29 AM
Singer did not direct X-Men 3. He was busy with Superman.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376994/
Posted by: EDUARDO( AN EX-DWARF-IF YOU BELIVE THAT) at July 27, 2006 05:33 PM
Eduardo, if you want to continue posting, please stop yelling (typing in all caps), it’s considered rude online. Also, try to make a point germane to the topic of the thread.
Forgive me all troubles. I am not rude. I know I am very polite. It’s because,sometimes,I lost my head because I don’t believe in this story of “ex-gay” because I and most of my friends are suffering because the people insist in tell us that there are “ex-gays” and they don’t say that there is “ex- dwarf” or “ex-no leg”. I only wanted a answer that, by the way, I did not found this in the bible. Because if God NOT made the human being to be a homosexual, so He NOT made the human being to be a dwarf or no-leg neither.I just wanted an answer to my questions. Forgive me bored you, anyway. Jesus loves all of you,just he loves me too.
Edwardo, I think now I undetstand you.
Thank you for your comments.