5 Reader Responses

1. slomo Says:
   September 5th, 2006 at 9:47 pm

   That rotating trefoil — which I assume is the “implant” (mark) reminds me of the biohazard symbol.

   Upon seeing it I immediately recalled how some gay men will tatoo themselves with the biohazard symbol, perhaps to mark seroconversion, or perhaps in solidarity with HIV+ men. Never bothered to ask when I saw it at the gym when I lived in SF. I wonder if this cinematic decision was intentional. Especially since there is a little dig at gay rights in this clip. Maybe I’m just reading too much into it.

   Even so, I find myself sympathetic to some of the concerns that Christians have, as reflected in the movie. Gay men freak out when you suggest that there might be freedoms more important than sexual freedom, that the decision to follow your sexual bliss may imply other significant sacrifices (e.g. the high probability that you will not be a father).

   I’d like to write a long piece about that, but the world isn’t ready for it yet. It’ll piss off both the right and left.

2. Mark S. Says:
   September 5th, 2006 at 10:11 pm

   I’ve been banned from their IMDB message board, after making a comment that David A.R. White was a flaming homosexual. It’s a pretty tight bunch there in those message boards, lol. I saw the movie once, and can’t say I want to see it again. I had to look all over town for the damn thing, blockbuster didn’t have it, and actually now I can’t even remember where I found it. *Spoiler, there are a couple of good acting performances, and a couple of good ideas in the film, however I really don’t think Kevin Downes has any business directing movies. Nothing personal against him, his beliefs or his fans, I’m just not that enthralled by his style.

   Oh yeah, can anyone find out what the actually budget for this film was? Apparently that is like classified information or something among the Uber faux Christian crowd.

3. Luciftias Says:
   September 6th, 2006 at 10:23 am

   Gay men freak out when you suggest that there might be freedoms more important than sexual freedom, that the decision to follow your sexual bliss may imply other significant sacrifices

   It’s good to know they’ll always be people out there telling the human race which freedoms we should care about most.

4. Tim Boucher Says:
   September 8th, 2006 at 5:29 pm

   It’s good to know they’ll always be people out there telling the human race which freedoms we should care about most.

   Luciftias, I take your response to be sarcastic. What are you disagreeing with? With the idea that there might be freedoms more important than sexual freedoms? Or are you taking affront to a perceived challenge to gay rights in Slomo’s (himself gay) comments?

5. Tim Boucher Says:
   September 8th, 2006 at 5:30 pm

   Even so, I find myself sympathetic to some of the concerns that Christians have, as reflected in the movie. Gay men freak out when you suggest that there might be freedoms more important than sexual freedom, that the decision to follow your sexual bliss may imply other significant sacrifices (e.g. the high probability that you will not be a father).

   I’d like to write a long piece about that, but the world isn’t ready for it yet.

   Slomo: if the world isn’t ready for it, then that’s all the more reason that we need it, don’t you think?