What did you THINK would happen?

[Mik]

Straight people didn't want to go see a gay rom-com. I mean, they promoted it heavily and everything. Eichner blames homophobia.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/how-to-watch-bros-billy-eichner-movie-online-1234613742/

This was the poster. Who wouldn't want to see two guys playing grabass?

[George K]

@Mik said in What did you THINK would happen?:

Eichner blames homophobia.

What a queer thing to say....

[Doctor Phibes]

You'd have to pay me to watch a straight rom-com.

[Copper]

Weirdos

[Horace]

Now that we've made it virtuous to want to see explicit homosexual sex acts, I think in the race for pop cultural acceptance of pornography, gay porn is well ahead of straight porn.

[Catseye3]

Gays have been around for thousands of years.

I think it's time y'all got over it.

[Horace]

@Doctor-Phibes said in What did you THINK would happen?:

You'd have to pay me to watch a straight rom-com.

You're supposed to want to see a gay one, for the social statement your purchase of a ticket makes.

It's the next most virtuous thing a straight white male can do, after divorcing their wives and marrying a man.

[Mik]

@Catseye3 said in What did you THINK would happen?:

Gays have been around for thousands of years.

I think it's time y'all got over it.

And I've had gay friends all my adult life. Big deal. Doesn't mean the movie should interest me. The thread is not anti-gay, it's about whining that commercial failure is homophobia.

[jon-nyc]

What’s funny is Brokeback Mountain was a commercial success.. But back then a gay relationship in a mainstream movie was edgy, today it’s conformist, even a bit preachy.

[LuFins Dad]

@Catseye3 said in What did you THINK would happen?:

Gays have been around for thousands of years.

I think it's time y'all got over it.

This is pretty nonsensical. Bowel Movements have been around for thousands of years. That doesn’t mean that I would like to spend money and time watching one.

Humans killing Humans has been around for thousands of years, should I get over it?

Humans have been having children for thousands of years. Should I get over it?

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in What did you THINK would happen?:

Bowel Movements have been around for thousands of years. That doesn’t mean that I would like to spend money and time watching one.

Dude, you've never lived.

[Copper]

@Catseye3 said in What did you THINK would happen?:

I think it's time y'all got over it.

Being around is one thing.

Being worshipped and given special privilege is something else.

Get over it.

[89th]

@Catseye3 said in What did you THINK would happen?:

Gays have been around for thousands of years.

I think it's time y'all got over it.

Seeing two men romantically kiss is still nauseating, just like if I saw two siblings kiss, or saw Aqua's sister and Jon's sister kiss. Just gross.

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik said in What did you THINK would happen?:

@Catseye3 said in What did you THINK would happen?:

Gays have been around for thousands of years.

I think it's time y'all got over it.

And I've had gay friends all my adult life. Big deal. Doesn't mean the movie should interest me. The thread is not anti-gay, it's about whining that commercial failure is homophobia.

I agree. Probably between 10-20% of people maybe are gay. That limits your movie population quite a bit.

[Jolly]

20% is way too high. In any other social climate than modern Western civilization, I'd say 10% is too high.