Green Lantern Out of the Closet

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mirth

#30
June 01, 2012, 02:16:17 PM
What can I say, I know my gay superheroes.
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son_of_montfort

#31
June 01, 2012, 02:22:03 PM
Quote from: Bison on June 01, 2012, 12:32:47 PM
This so stupid.  They should have just made a new character.

Technically, they did. Apparently they rebooted the entire DC universe, made everyone young again, and restarted their story, retconning everything along the way.

Which, to me, is dumber than magically changing sexual orientation. Oh... let's just restart the stories because we let them get too ridiculous over the past decade. 
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mirth

#32
June 01, 2012, 02:28:33 PM
I don't fault them too much for rebooting everything. That's the way it goes these days in every medium.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Bison

#33
June 01, 2012, 02:31:49 PM
How the heck do they think rebooting 50+ years of history is possible.  Idiots.  They just need to make a new character.  What's so freaking hard about that?  Hey we want a gay superhero!  Well we know how to do spandex and floppy hair.  We just need a costume design and a power.  Perhaps the creativity is gone from the traditional comic sources Marvel and DC.

Bison

#34
June 01, 2012, 02:35:15 PM
Google search and done.



Not so freaking hard DC.  Although I am pissed also about the co-opting of the f'n rainbow, but that's another discussion.

mirth

#35
June 01, 2012, 02:35:42 PM
I don't think they rebooted the entire franchise just so they could have a gay Green Lantern. They did it because no one was buying the books. It was an attempt to draw in new readers - "Here's your chance to own Batman #1".

I don't know if the creativity is gone or if it's just another medium that the times have past by.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Bison

#36
June 01, 2012, 02:39:29 PM
A gay green latern is like the breast feeding mom on the Newsweek cover.  A shot in the dark to get some media attention onto their product.  They need to tie into another media venue that works.  Teaming up with Sony to make a MMO didn't work, because Sony basically sucks at MMO support outside of EQ2 and that is even suspect.

mirth

#37
June 01, 2012, 02:53:06 PM
Yeah, if they're gonna out a character at least make it one that people know and give a f*ck about. Green Lantern? Wasn't he already gay?

And Sony does suck at MMOs. They destroyed Star Wars Galaxies.
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"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

LongBlade

#38
June 01, 2012, 02:53:49 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 01:48:35 PM
^Yeah but not Robin or Aquaman gay.

"Dude you are so Aquaman gay."

HAHAHA

You guys are mean.

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Bison

#39
June 01, 2012, 02:54:42 PM
And DC Online sucked.

Staggerwing

#40
June 01, 2012, 04:01:41 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 02:10:49 PM
'Sasquatch gay' sounds far more unpleasant. If possible.

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Steelgrave

#41
June 01, 2012, 04:33:44 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on June 01, 2012, 02:53:49 PM
Quote from: Gusington on June 01, 2012, 01:48:35 PM
^Yeah but not Robin or Aquaman gay.

"Dude you are so Aquaman gay."

HAHAHA

You guys are mean.



ROFL!!!  I won't jump on the "Aquaman is gay" bandwagon outta respect to the chief, but seriously.....Sub-Mariner would kick Aquaman's ass. Just sayin'.

LongBlade

#42
June 01, 2012, 04:53:36 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on June 01, 2012, 04:33:44 PM
ROFL!!!  I won't jump on the "Aquaman is gay" bandwagon outta respect to the chief, but seriously.....Sub-Mariner would kick Aquaman's ass. Just sayin'.

Don't go easy on me just because I'm the boss.

I'd be more worried that a giant squid may reach up and grab you next time you sit on the can...remember - all sewers lead to the sea!   
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Steelgrave

#43
June 01, 2012, 05:11:54 PM
Quote from: LongBlade on June 01, 2012, 04:53:36 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on June 01, 2012, 04:33:44 PM
ROFL!!!  I won't jump on the "Aquaman is gay" bandwagon outta respect to the chief, but seriously.....Sub-Mariner would kick Aquaman's ass. Just sayin'.

Don't go easy on me just because I'm the boss.

I'd be more worried that a giant squid may reach up and grab you next time you sit on the can...remember - all sewers lead to the sea!   
Squids....now that's just silly. Snakes, on the other hand....the possibility, no, the LIKELIHOOD of snakes slithering through my sewer pipes only to strike at my privates, that thought seriously reduces my reading time on the throne.

son_of_montfort

#44
June 01, 2012, 05:13:53 PM
Quote from: Bison on June 01, 2012, 02:31:49 PM
How the heck do they think rebooting 50+ years of history is possible.  Idiots.  They just need to make a new character.  What's so freaking hard about that?  Hey we want a gay superhero!  Well we know how to do spandex and floppy hair.  We just need a costume design and a power.  Perhaps the creativity is gone from the traditional comic sources Marvel and DC.

Not to be pedantic... but they actually are only rebooting about 26 years of history. Why? Because DC already did a HUGE reboot of all their titles in 1986 with the Crisis on Infinite Earths. They had to do that because they had made too many "alternate reality" comics that it got out of control.

Come to think of it, they actually are only rebooting 16 years of history because they did ANOTHER reboot called Zero Hour back in 1996.

Man... DC reboots it's universe more than a user of Windows 95 rebooted for the BSOD.
"Now it is no accident all these conservatives are using time travel to teach our kids. It is the best way to fight back against the liberal version of history, or as it is sometimes known... history."

- Stephen Colbert

"The purpose of religion is to answer the ultimate question, are we in control or is there some greater force pulling the strings? And if the courts rule that corporations have the same religious rights that we humans do, I think we'll have our answer."

- Stephen Colbert
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