robotmask67 t1_ja19skf wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:19 AM

This comment contains spoilers: It was well acted and the direction was good but the premise, in my opinion, was bullshit. Enough with the gays getting bashed (in the flashback), rejected by their parents, tied up, made to observe people murdering each other, etc. It's an old trope that making gays suffer in film humanizes them to straight audiences, who then magically overcome their homophobia. I'm so over it. I get that gay visibility is good I'm just not into watching them suffer and die a noble death to save humanity.

TeeFitts t1_ja1d0oy wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:44 AM

So what's the option of having gay representation in horror movies? If they can't be villains, and they can't be victims, and they can't be heroes, what's left?

Equality means everyone gets to play any of those roles. >!And surely a film where a gay man prevents the apocalypse, thus saving the world out of an act of love for his husband and daughter, is about the most positive representation you can get.!<

robotmask67 t1_ja1ebqe wrote on February 26, 2023 at 2:55 AM

They can be anything anyone wants them to be. Being sick of watching gay characters suffer doesn't equal me saying gay characters can't be something. I'm expressing an opinion about this particular movie.