Couldn't give a shit either way. But I hate changing established stories for PC reasons. If i wanted to watch a movie about a man exploring his sexuality, i'd try... I don't even know, that particular interest hasn't come upon me yet... maybe broke back mountain would be a good place to start (I've heard good things, like cowboys, and the actors are decent). If spiderman is gay, cool, so long as he shoots webs and talks smack, trying to protect his old lady. If I want to watch spiderman explore his sexuality I will try one of the many, MANY porn parodies that exist out there.
Im not even going to merit the following with the posters name, because I'm taking it out of their context and that would be a trite excersise. Fuckit, its Wicked Dragon or something, but there's no beef with them.
and if it were interracial that'd be even better.
No it wouldn't. If the script and action are good it will be even better. This is a spider-man movie, not a topic of the decade movie. CALM DOWN WICKED APPLESAUCE, I'm not ripping on you (apart from purposefully getting your name wrong that is). If he's gay, let him get on with it. About 80% of the time i'm not picking up a spider-man comic to see how his relationship with MJ is working out (though it can be oh-so-juicy!) Granted, I'll be a little taken aback if he comes out in the next issue, (but he's a ghost at the minute, so one thing at a time fellas, eh?) but it's irrelevant, and mostly just a plot piece, as all things are in comics Don't believe me? Just check your fridge. Spider-Man is only in love with MJ to complicate things. That 80% for comics is waaaay higher than for movies. I wan't to watch CGI fight CGI. Good luck to anyone who makes a spider-man movie without much attention payed to fighting a villian.
Oh, and interacial-intersmacial. The new spider-man is of African-American and Latino decent. There were two reasons people picked up the comic though. One, there was a new spiderman, and two, he was going to put on a suit and punch somebody. Is the comic better because of his race or ethnicity? Not really. Sure, it could well be 'better' for special interest groups seeking representation, and yeah, some kids of african-american and latino decent now have a guy dressed as a spider to consider when choosing a hero. They may well choose to read the comic because they identify with the guys background, but lets keep it honest here, they are picking up the comic in the first place cause some guy is going to swing about new-york and punch a giant lizard. It's better because it has one of the best writers in the industry working on it.
Seperate fucking point time: The gay, lesbian, bisexual, robot, wizard community is often under-represented in the mainstream market... Ok, maybe not the robots and wizards... But I mark a lot of that down as the troubles of enduring characters that were created around 50 years ago. Homosexuality wasn't all that hot back then; and you better believe if your character was black his superhero name was going to be "Black Somethinger". That problem doesnt really exist these days, many characters now are gay, religious, celiac and black. The good thing is, nobody cares. The bad thing is, nobody cares. There is, as of yet, no big budget gay superhero film, because nobody is picking up young avengers, or the runaways, or Bat-Girl enough to warrant it. One of them will kick off though. Eventually. But there are a lot of comics right now. Alot more than when spiderman showed up. Spider-man has the misfortune of being straight for the last 50 years, so they likely won't change it now. But if they did it would be a moot point.
Why did I write so much. I bet this is a goddamn spam thread too... Great, of course it is. Why can't I just work on my college thesis like this. I'm sure I said something offensive in there somewhere. My apologies.
TL;DR: You don't get a goddamn summary if you aren't willing to work for it.
