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Hooperman
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 4:57 AMJust posting a link to my article on DC's decision to make Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, gay. Does anyone else agree this was a hollow and cynical concession?
http://fundividedattention.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/great-scotts-dcs-closet-come-out-cop-out/
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sukkal
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 5:46 PMWell, based on my extensive research (not), [url=http://www.towleroad.com/2012/06/glout.html]the ’mos don't seem universally pleased either[/url].
OMG! It's just like [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/8]Prometheus[/url]!

craigamore
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 5:39 PMDC has what's referred to as the Multiverse.......Numerous parallel dimensions existing and frequently facing interdimensional interaction between characters from these various universes.....I skimmed an article about our gay Lantern here and, apparently, DC is running stories from a specific dimension other than EARTH -1, it's mainline universe, called EARTH -2.......This new, gay, Alan Scott is apparently part of that roll out......

sukkal
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 5:31 PM
So this means that it's just some kind of revisionist history? Like [url=http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/]this[/url]?
I still don't know what "concession" means in the original post.
Was DC lobbied by human rights activists?
Is the word "pandering" more relevant?
Perhaps I should go read about this somewhere gay...

craigamore
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 5:19 PMSukkal....Alan Scott's from DC's Golden Age.....he had nothing to do with the Guardians of the Universe or The Green Lantern Corps...........

David 1
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 5:16 PMSUKKAL:
so must be Ryan Reynolds... I guess... ?
[b]Ask nothing from no one. Demand nothing from no one. Expect nothing from no one.[/b]
Hooperman
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 5:15 AMI should make this a [url=http://fundividedattention.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/great-scotts-dcs-closet-come-out-cop-out/]LINK[/url]

sukkal
MemberOvomorphJun-04-2012 4:54 PM
What does "concession" mean in this context?
Was DC being petitioned by the Internation LGBT Comic Consumers Board to change a straight person into a gay one?
I know nothing about this except that it was announced. I never even saw [url=http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/wb/greenlantern/]this film[/url].
So Ryan Reynolds’ character is now retroactively gay in another universe?
I am — needless to say — somewhat confused.
Hooperman
MemberOvomorphJun-08-2012 11:22 AMI think you're right. Pandering is probably more succinct here!
Hooperman
MemberOvomorphJun-08-2012 11:22 AMI think you're right. Pandering is probably more succinct here!
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