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Faderaven · 05-04-2003, 10:29 AM

Funny, but completely out of character for Magneto. I guess that's what you get for having a gay actor and director.

Essex · 05-04-2003, 11:20 AM

Um, did you totally miss something? That wasn't actually a comment about him liking her hair. It was a cruel and downright sadistic reminder to Rogue about how both of them had tried to kill her only a few months earlier.

It was one of the best lines of the entire movie and was perfectly in character.

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"That which does not kill us...makes us stranger." - Trevor Goodchild, Aeon Flux

D.K.HOOD · 05-04-2003, 11:56 AM

Don't sweat it Essex, assholes usually come out of the woodworks to spoil the fun of decent folk.

This is the second time I've seen a reference to Bryan Singer being gay. If that's true its a surprise to me. Man, if he's gay and a trekkie he must have really gotten grief from people growing up. That may explain why he has such great insight to these characters that are outcasts themselves.

swingerbone · 05-04-2003, 11:58 AM

I don't see how an actor's lifestyle has to always mean the characters they play share that lifestyle.

McKellan is a great actor... can't he play a character without people assuming the character is gay.

I've been on many boards where people gripe about McKellan, Singer and Cumming. It's really kinda pathetic. They are not there because of their orientation, they are there because they are the best people for the job.

[This message has been edited by swingerbone (edited 05-04-2003).]

MarvelKid18 · 05-04-2003, 12:03 PM

So... McKellen, Singer, and Cumming aren't gay, right? Or am I totally lost?

Faderaven · 05-04-2003, 12:13 PM

Wow. Talk about overreacting. I don't care if all the actors who play the X-men are gay quite frankly.

I simply thought the remark was very catty. Magneto and Mystique giggling like schoolgirls in their corner of the Blackbird was very out of character. Rogue was a tool to Magneto nothing more. I never thought of Magneto as sadistic. Everything he does is to further his agenda. Antagonizing an X-men who you've recruited enroute to a mission that will affect every mutant on earth is simply bad leadership.

That being said I think it's easy to see two mature gay men coming up with a funny line like that. I just don't think it fits.

D.K.HOOD · 05-04-2003, 12:14 PM

No no no, Famke and Halle are lesbians. They will be in a spin-off movie called "Rated X-Men".

MarvelKid18 · 05-04-2003, 12:18 PM

That's a REAL generalization. It doesn't take a gay person to come up with a line like that. When I asked that question about the three, I was just curious. Hey, if they're gay, more power to them. I just don't see Alan Cumming or Ian McKellen as gay, let alone Bryan Singer. But if they are, and someone asks me, I don't want to look like an idiot, now do I?

swingerbone · 05-04-2003, 12:24 PM

McKellan is openly gay.

I've heard that Cumming is bi-sexual.

and I heard rumors a few weeks before X2 came out that Singer was gay.

I'm not positive on Cumming and Singer, but it has been pointed out/rumored(?) by seeming homophobes.

I personally don't care what they do in their personal lives. I think they all delivered in this film. NC was my personal fave. Cumming did a masterful job IMO.

MarvelKid18 · 05-04-2003, 12:27 PM

Ok... I just wanted to be aware. And I agree, gay or not, they were top notch in this film and have been in most anything they do.

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05-04-2003, 10:29 AM	#1
Faderaven Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11	Funny, but completely out of character for Magneto. I guess that's what you get for having a gay actor and director.

05-04-2003, 11:20 AM	#2
Essex On a "Last Crusade" for snacks Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 990	Um, did you totally miss something? That wasn't actually a comment about him liking her hair. It was a cruel and downright sadistic reminder to Rogue about how both of them had tried to kill her only a few months earlier. It was one of the best lines of the entire movie and was perfectly in character. ------------------ "That which does not kill us...makes us stranger." - Trevor Goodchild, Aeon Flux

05-04-2003, 11:56 AM	#3
D.K.HOOD Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,637	Don't sweat it Essex, assholes usually come out of the woodworks to spoil the fun of decent folk. This is the second time I've seen a reference to Bryan Singer being gay. If that's true its a surprise to me. Man, if he's gay and a trekkie he must have really gotten grief from people growing up. That may explain why he has such great insight to these characters that are outcasts themselves.

05-04-2003, 11:58 AM	#4
swingerbone Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 170	I don't see how an actor's lifestyle has to always mean the characters they play share that lifestyle. McKellan is a great actor... can't he play a character without people assuming the character is gay. I've been on many boards where people gripe about McKellan, Singer and Cumming. It's really kinda pathetic. They are not there because of their orientation, they are there because they are the best people for the job. [This message has been edited by swingerbone (edited 05-04-2003).]

05-04-2003, 12:03 PM	#5
MarvelKid18 Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 107	So... McKellen, Singer, and Cumming aren't gay, right? Or am I totally lost?

05-04-2003, 12:13 PM	#6
Faderaven Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 11	Wow. Talk about overreacting. I don't care if all the actors who play the X-men are gay quite frankly. I simply thought the remark was very catty. Magneto and Mystique giggling like schoolgirls in their corner of the Blackbird was very out of character. Rogue was a tool to Magneto nothing more. I never thought of Magneto as sadistic. Everything he does is to further his agenda. Antagonizing an X-men who you've recruited enroute to a mission that will affect every mutant on earth is simply bad leadership. That being said I think it's easy to see two mature gay men coming up with a funny line like that. I just don't think it fits.

05-04-2003, 12:14 PM	#7
D.K.HOOD Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,637	No no no, Famke and Halle are lesbians. They will be in a spin-off movie called "Rated X-Men".

05-04-2003, 12:18 PM	#8
MarvelKid18 Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 107	That's a REAL generalization. It doesn't take a gay person to come up with a line like that. When I asked that question about the three, I was just curious. Hey, if they're gay, more power to them. I just don't see Alan Cumming or Ian McKellen as gay, let alone Bryan Singer. But if they are, and someone asks me, I don't want to look like an idiot, now do I?

05-04-2003, 12:24 PM	#9
swingerbone Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 170	McKellan is openly gay. I've heard that Cumming is bi-sexual. and I heard rumors a few weeks before X2 came out that Singer was gay. I'm not positive on Cumming and Singer, but it has been pointed out/rumored(?) by seeming homophobes. I personally don't care what they do in their personal lives. I think they all delivered in this film. NC was my personal fave. Cumming did a masterful job IMO.

05-04-2003, 12:27 PM	#10
MarvelKid18 Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 107	Ok... I just wanted to be aware. And I agree, gay or not, they were top notch in this film and have been in most anything they do.