jeffw@lemmy.worldM to Art@lemmy.world · 5 months agoActor Matt Bomer lost the role of Superman after he was outted as gaywww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down18
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkActor Matt Bomer lost the role of Superman after he was outted as gaywww.lgbtqnation.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to Art@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 months agoI was guessing the movie was Superman Returns, just because of how ironic it would have been.
minus-squareWaldowal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoThe article says it was a canceled JJ Abrams movie called “Superman: Fly-by”
minus-squarefsxylo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoThat’s about the level of creativity I expect from abrams. “See Superman flys, so the movie is called fly by! It’s evocative!”
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoLol and here I was picturing Superman with an uzi doing a drive-by while flying
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·5 months agoThat’s what I was thinking… 2001 to 2003? Being gay didn’t seem to hurt Bryan Singer… X-Men was 2000. X2 was 2003. Singer left the franchise to do Superman Returns in 2006.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agobehind the camera vs front of the camera?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoWell, Singer was behind the camera, but he also came up with the most homoerotic looking Superman: http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8600000/Superman-Returns-superman-returns-8693446-1490-2100.jpg I think it’s the smaller shield and boyshorts. Compared with: https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/104995/5346821-0495726539-bfde4.jpg or the new guy: https://www.threads.net/@jamesgunn/post/C6ogg_ux1r8?xmt=AQGzBT8pnV_5NY8AASygmk9iliGGME-j3hHIeTwRSER30oo
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI mean, that was a different studio and media company… easily possibly that Warner had a homophobic manager up in the food chain while Fox did not
minus-squareSgtAStrawberry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoCan you explain why? I tried looking but I’m not sure what it is am looking for and there was A LOT of new articles about its event.
I was guessing the movie was Superman Returns, just because of how ironic it would have been.
The article says it was a canceled JJ Abrams movie called “Superman: Fly-by”
That’s about the level of creativity I expect from abrams. “See Superman flys, so the movie is called fly by! It’s evocative!”
Lol and here I was picturing Superman with an uzi doing a drive-by while flying
Flyboy*
That’s what I was thinking… 2001 to 2003? Being gay didn’t seem to hurt Bryan Singer… X-Men was 2000. X2 was 2003.
Singer left the franchise to do Superman Returns in 2006.
behind the camera vs front of the camera?
Well, Singer was behind the camera, but he also came up with the most homoerotic looking Superman:
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/8600000/Superman-Returns-superman-returns-8693446-1490-2100.jpg
I think it’s the smaller shield and boyshorts.
Compared with:
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/a/uploads/original/10/104995/5346821-0495726539-bfde4.jpg
or the new guy:
https://www.threads.net/@jamesgunn/post/C6ogg_ux1r8?xmt=AQGzBT8pnV_5NY8AASygmk9iliGGME-j3hHIeTwRSER30oo
I mean, that was a different studio and media company… easily possibly that Warner had a homophobic manager up in the food chain while Fox did not
Can you explain why?
I tried looking but I’m not sure what it is am looking for and there was A LOT of new articles about its event.