Colleen
DC Comics is jumping on the gay wagon. The original Green Lantern, a character named Alan Scott, is returning, but with one major change. He's gay.
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There could be two reasons for this. 1) Marketing to the homosexual community or 2) they believe they are helping to educate the readers that gays are good people too. Whatever the case, I think they should just come up with a new character. Why mess with an original character that generations grew up following as the heterosexual hero he was created to be? I think this just might confuse kids rather than educate them that gays are good people too.
Thoughts?
19 Answers
Ann
ROMOS
FISH-O
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| 11 years ago. Rating: 18 | |
clu
I heard about this last week. Perhaps they are relaying the fact that it is ok to be gay. I'm sure many people still hide it. I have many family members who are gay and that was never hidden. However it was never discussed either!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 18 | |
jhharlan
Tommyh
I would assume from this that there is a high percentage of gays in the production team.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
bowlesy
you have to ask "why change a tried and tested character in any way"? and for me it comes down to marketing or as tommyh points out that some of the team behind it are gay and need to put there point over.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 14 | |
Ducky
Once again, we see an opportunity for someone to make $$$$$$$$$. Hollywood celebrities, late night talk shows, comedians and even forums, will be talking about this. What's next? Purchasing the comic book! Aahhhhh, marketing.....isn't it great?
| 11 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
valR
ed shank
I never got into comic books as a kid. My brothers loved them. Why the need to introduce homosexuality into there young minds is a mystery to me. I didn't know what being gay was till I was 14 years old. I don't agree with portraying gay characters in cartoons, comics or anywhere in the school ciriculum for very young children. Tolerance should be taught when the issue of being gay arises for instance "why does Johnny have two mommies"? That is the appropriate time to discuss alternative lifestyles. We don't teach Marxism, socialism, at the comic book reading age, so why introduce this topic at all. There's a time for everything. At that young an age, the time has not yet come.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
digger
I've never been a comic book aficionado but I don't believe that sexual preference (adherence) has ever played a significant, if any, role in the super hero's claim to fame.
If so, why would they want it now. Would the new and improved Green Lantern ( I have never heard of him before ) start appearing in colorful parades and speaking with a distinctive gay lisp ? I know that not all gays speak this way but how else can the authors get the message across if they are limited to basic text and graphic arts ? Surely, they won't be TOO graphic...will they ?
| 11 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
gracelost
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONNONONONONONONONONONONONO PLEASE GOD NO! yes i agree we need gay supers but not one that was first straight!!!! NO! here is what i think a good compramize for everybody what about just creating a new super who is gay instead of making an already great super thats straight gay?!?!?! are running out of creativity whats going on?!? some nimrod just set sails stupid island and he or she is taking the rest of america with him/her!
| 11 years ago. Rating: 10 | |
doolittle
lambshank
I don't recall distinguishing gay or straight in anything when I was young, nor can I recall my children doing so, does there really have to be a message in everything, can't kids just enjoy kids stuff and have fun without connotations placed on everything
| 11 years ago. Rating: 9 | |
Bob/PKB
OMG. Why does a comic super hero have to have ANY sexual orientation? Why isn't (s)he simply out there fighting crime and saving the world. The private life should be barely existent. IT'S A COMIC BOOK!! Allusion, perhaps, to an interest in another character, but just in passing.
Those super hero movies should have followed the books and that's it.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
bulletman
I always thought that Batman and Robin had a thing going, as for the Green Lantern, the outfit he wears looks a little gay so why not, as you have told me Colleen, we have gay animals so why not gay characters, Super Hero's or not in comics.
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
millie111
yeah sounds like ano money spinner...but I`LL be back when I`VE REALLY THOUGHT RE IT!!(NO SLEEP..SLEEPY HEAD HERE)...AND I WANT TO ANSWER PROPERLY!!;-)(PLEASE DONT tu me OR DOWN ON THIS...I WANT TO ANSWER PROPERLY)...well td if you like!!!LOL!!!;-))
| 11 years ago. Rating: 8 | |
mycatsmom
dowsa
