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[ExpandKong]

What if the participants are blind, deaf and mute?
Group seppuku on set instead of crying?

Unfortunately I only have a casual understanding of this stuff, things I picked up attending church and playing Halo 3 online.

On the actual topic though...I guess this is one way to try and drum up public interest in an Eternals movie.

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Meh.

 

[Tesseract]

Meh.

Agreh.

 

[Southern Gentleman]

I read this entire thread thinking it was about the New Mutants.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Cool. I'm sure this will sell tickets.

 

[Jooxed]

who gives a fuck about the eternals anyway?

Who gave a shit about Guardians of the Galaxy before the movie. As a comic reader I certainly didn't.


The kiss is whatever, it's 2020 brah's but the fact we are broadcasting like its a big deal is a bit annoying.

 

[Mahadev]

Wow [huge multinational corporation constantly using shady business practices] is so brave! I'm such a big fan now!

 

[#Phonepunk#]

thought it was gonna be two ladies

otm. Angelina Jolie X Salma Hayek would be legendary

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I long for day when this isn't considered a headline.

 

[Nymphae]

....it's 2020 brah's but the fact we are broadcasting like its a big deal is a bit annoying.

I'm surprised there isn't more people vocally sick of this sort of pandering. I just watched Dawson's Creek, a show from 20 years ago, and there's a big gay subplot with one of the characters, there's a few on screen gay kisses. One wonders how long this will continue to be stunning and brave and sold to us in our media as heroic. I've been seeing this for like 20 years and I've went from tolerant to mildly annoyed to when is this shit ever going to end? I guess it makes sense if I think about it though, when I was really young, it was cool to make fun of gays in movies (think Bill & Ted), then that moved into sort of a don't ask don't tell kind of tolerance (Seinfeld's not that there's anything wrong with that - very clearly these men do not like the concept of gayness - but want to be viewed as good liberals and non-haters so they play the game), to casual acceptance (Dawsons Creek, now you're watching gays makeout on teen dramas), to now they're showcasing in blockbuster movies and everyone is crying and clapping.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

One wonders how long this will continue to be stunning and brave and sold to us in our media as heroic

indeed, why must we be told over and over that film executives are brave for exploiting the gays.

 

[IntentionalPun]

This is the entire article guys:

Marvel is making progress when it comes to LGBTQ representation.

The upcoming "The Eternals" will feature the first on-screen kiss between two men.


Brian Tyree Henry who plays Phastos, the first openly gay superhero in a Marvel movie, will share a kiss with Haaz Sleiman, who plays his husband.

RELATED: Disney Confirms Kit Harington Is Joining 'The Eternals'

"It's a beautiful, very moving kiss," Sleiman told NewNowNext. "Everyone cried on set. For me, it's very important to show how loving and beautiful a queer family can be. Brian Tyree Henry is such a tremendous actor and brought so much beauty into this part, and at one point I saw a child in his eyes, and I think it's important for the world to be reminded that we in the queer community were all children at one point. We forget that because we're always depicted as sexual or rebellious; we forget to connect on that human part."

RELATED: Angelina Jolie Makes Surprise Comic-Con Visit For 'The Eternals'

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige previously confirmed that the first openly gay couple in the Marvel Universe would appear in "The Eternals".

"He's married, he's got a family, and that is just part of who he is," he said.

"The Eternals" is scheduled to hit theatres on Nov. 6.

No one is being called brave.. they are just pointing out it's the first openly gay character in a Marvel movie. If anything Marvel is being criticized as it's called "progress."

Which has little relevance on my life.. but why am I supposed to be annoyed? This is a story some people might care about, some might not.. it's literally 5 sentences and 2 quotes, this thread's reaction is hilarious.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Movie is already being framed as a failure and we don't know anything about it.

 

[bitbydeath]

So beautiful.

 

[Nymphae]

Which has little relevance on my life.. but why am I supposed to be annoyed?

No one asked you to be, and I didn't frame the OP as "isn't this outrageous?", it's framed as yet another woke corporate marketing move, which it 100% is. If this is a positive story for you, glad to hear it.

 

[KingGhidorah]

absolutely skipping this movie and all other MCU from now on, so should all of you.....

 

[Nymphae]

absolutely skipping this movie and all other MCU from now on, so should all of you.....

Hasn't been that difficult for me at all, I can't stand capeshit really and they lost me with Star Wars after TLJ. I haven't even been tempted by anything.

 

[DESTROYA]

The big question is, is the character gay, or is the character a character who happens to be gay. The former is stupid pandering (like how Capital Marvel's defining trait is that she is a Whaman), and the latter just makes for an interesting character.

Exactly, I don't give a crap if the Eternal is gay but is he gay in the comics or did they make the character gay to pander and show how woke they are?
I have a feeling it's the later.

 

[Jooxed]

Exactly, I don't give a crap if the Eternal is gay but is he gay in the comics or did they make the character gay to pander and show how woke they are?
I have a feeling it's the later.

I didn't want to share this earlier and add fuel to the fire but he had a wife in the comics..when they took up human identities. Again I don't know if he was gay beyond their human identities. He was not an original Eternal and he really didn't have a huge role.

If you want to read a little about him.. here is an article.

So, Who Is Phastos of the Eternals, Anyway?

With the news that Brian Tyree Henry's Phastos will be the openly gay Eternal, we thought it would be smart to fill you in on Phastos' history.

www.cbr.com

 

[mcz117chief]

So beautiful.

What a classic

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Exactly, I don't give a crap if the Eternal is gay but is he gay in the comics or did they make the character gay to pander and show how woke they are?
I have a feeling it's the later.

Apparently Phastos, the character who is gay in the movie, doesn't have much backstory in the comics.

How Will ‘The Eternals’ Movie Differ From The Comic Books?

'The Eternals' is based on a Marvel Comic, but this new adaptation features major differences. From gender swaps to updated story lines, here are some of the changes you'll find in the new Marvel movie.

www.cheatsheet.com

Edit: apparently Makkari, Sprite, and Ajak are gender swapped from male to female too. Wokey woke.

 

[Nymphae]

I didn't want to share this earlier and add fuel to the fire but he had a wife in the comics..when they took up human identities.

If you want to read a little about him.. here is an article.

So, Who Is Phastos of the Eternals, Anyway?

With the news that Brian Tyree Henry's Phastos will be the openly gay Eternal, we thought it would be smart to fill you in on Phastos' history.

www.cbr.com

Deviant eh lol

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

Wait until the next Spiderman. Those aren't webs all over the bad guys...

 

[DESTROYA]

Apparently Phastos, the character who is gay in the movie, doesn't have much backstory in the comics.

How Will ‘The Eternals’ Movie Differ From The Comic Books?

'The Eternals' is based on a Marvel Comic, but this new adaptation features major differences. From gender swaps to updated story lines, here are some of the changes you'll find in the new Marvel movie.

www.cheatsheet.com

Edit: apparently Makkari, Sprite, and Ajak are gender swapped from male to female too. Wokey woke.

I've read most Eternal comics but never remember him being gay. No big deal if he is but not crazy about the idea of straying to far from the source material just to have bonus points with a community.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I've read most Eternal comics but never remember him being gay. No big deal if he is but not crazy about the idea of straying to far from the source material just to have bonus points with a community.

They took three of the major characters and gender swapped them. I think that's a "bigger deal" fwiw.

 

[TrainedRage]

Yeah no gay couple has ever kissed on TV before.

What a load of horse shit. This is entirely fabricated to gain views/clicks.

 

[xandaca]

I'll take 'things the Chinese will never see' for 100, please, Alex.

 

[brap]

What's outrageous is people who will skip a movie with Gemma Chan as the lead character because two dudes might be holding hands in the background.

OH WOW ASIAN GIRL THAT ISN'T UGLY AS FUCK HOLY FUCK
I LOVE ANIME AND HAVEN'T TOUCHED A WOMAN IN YEARS NOW I NEED TO WASTE 2 HOURS OF MY TIME LOOKING AT HER ON A SCREEN IN A SHITTY MOVIE BECAUSE I HAVE YELLOW FEVER

 

[KingGhidorah]

Hasn't been that difficult for me at all, I can't stand capeshit really and they lost me with Star Wars after TLJ. I haven't even been tempted by anything.

yup, I actually haven't seen many movie in cinema lately.

The last 3 movies I saw are Endgame, Ford vs Ferrari, Terminator DF <-- this is the movie that made me say, ok I'm done with Hollywood

 

[Tesseract]

thor 4 let's go

keep the dream alive

kobe

 

[ManaByte]

OH WOW ASIAN GIRL THAT ISN'T UGLY AS FUCK HOLY FUCK
I LOVE ANIME AND HAVEN'T TOUCHED A WOMAN IN YEARS NOW I NEED TO WASTE 2 HOURS OF MY TIME LOOKING AT HER ON A SCREEN IN A SHITTY MOVIE BECAUSE I HAVE YELLOW FEVER

You forgot your sedatives again?

 

[brap]

You forgot your sedatives again?

That's your comeback? Go bust a nut so you don't waste 15 bucks fawning over some half decent asian woman in a children's film.

 

[plushyp]

Wait until the next Spiderman. Those aren't webs all over the bad guys...

Spiderman's been shooting his sticky load over other men for years though

 

[Werewolf Jones]

It's 2020.

Anyone still falling for Disney trying to fake gay shit needs to get a clue real fucking quick. (Even if as far as I know one of the two actors is gay. Not sure about the other one.)

On the internet LGBT reigns supreme but in real life normies who have no internet presence are the one who make the sales. If they don't wanna see it then it won't sell. Normies are starting to get tired of MCU shit anyway.

 

[sol_bad]

I am fine with that, gay people kissing each other in movies doesn't bother me, but I haven't been sold on this being an actual good movie yet.

Marketing won't start for Eternals until at least May, 6 months from release. This article isn't even marketing or PR.
It's just a gay website asking a gay man about their role in Eternals as a random side question.

Hasn't been that difficult for me at all, I can't stand capeshit really and they lost me with Star Wars after TLJ. I haven't even been tempted by anything.

Don't like capshit but looks for "negative" news about capshit just to get enraged.
Hmmm

 

[oagboghi2]

This is the entire article guys:



No one is being called brave.. they are just pointing out it's the first openly gay character in a Marvel movie. If anything Marvel is being criticized as it's called "progress."

Which has little relevance on my life.. but why am I supposed to be annoyed? This is a story some people might care about, some might not.. it's literally 5 sentences and 2 quotes, this thread's reaction is hilarious.

You seem to care a great deal, considering you're in this thread whining that people aren't nice enough or whatever

 

[oagboghi2]

Yeah honestly I'm not really sure why it matters anyway that the original article was gay people asking other gays about their gay scenes. Others picked it up and are championing it, a lot of sites are reporting the news from this interview. Context for a lot of people is - oh look more media farnsgoth hagging.

The usaul suspects are angry becuase you made a thread about a blockbuster movie that isn't gushing with praise. Next time kiss Disney's ass, make some sycophantic comments About the cast and/or crew and espouse about how so and so film will "change your life."

 

[Xenon]

So up until now only ugly gay people kissed in films?

 

[Nymphae]

Don't like capshit but looks for "negative" news about capshit just to get enraged.
Hmmm

The way some of you picture anyone who doesn't share your views is hilarious lol. I pretty much only read a few forums and a couple news aggregators and do not "look for" anything to feel any sort of way. I enjoy hearing Gaf's take on things, and I share items that I come across that I feel people will engage with here. I'm not enraged about any of this shit in the slightest, quite the contrary in fact, I laugh more and more every day clown world antics.

 

[ptuck874]

#powerful
and just to add on, if they really want to have a same sex kiss in a Marvel movie, should have been cyclops having a wet dream about rogue and the white queen in diamond form, now that would have sold more tickets than those 2 ugly dudes....

 

[Tesseract]

#powerful

 

[TrainedRage]

LMAO So a few years ago at the school I worked for. We got a new principal. A large and in charge black woman. When she gave her 'introduction presentation' she played this song and said it was her favorite song and made her positive.....

She was fired less than a year later.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

Count me out until we get the first HIDEOUS gay kiss on screen.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

Every big Disney / Lucasfilm / Marvel movie gonna have that "gay kiss" mandatory.

'member the two women kiss at end of Rise of Skinwalker?

 

[drganon]

What the fuck is an eternal? Marvel must be running out of popular franchises so they're really having to scrape the bottom of the barrel.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Heterosexuals > Homosexuals

 

[Potato Chip PRO]

After the scene every one on set decided to visit Ram Ranch.

 

[Griffon]

 

[South]

Every big Disney / Lucasfilm / Marvel movie gonna have that "gay kiss" mandatory.

'member the two women kiss at end of Rise of Skinwalker?

Tame for what they could have done - maybe some Wookie on Ewok mixed-species gangbang....... but no the most tame girl on girl blink and you miss it scene

 

[ScarletSpider]

if THIS is the move that stops homophobia dead in its tracks then by god so be it

so be it