ALERT - Men Kissing In This Clip

So avoid at all costs if it makes you feel uncomfortable. Pat mentioned on my post about the Submariner movie that lots of comics books have 'gay' undertones and you can certainly see that from the skintight outfits they wear, the ripped bodies and violence as a substitute for repressed sensuality.

Hell in the fifties that crazy ass psychiatrist (Fredric Wertham) thought reading comics like Batman and Robin would be bad for a boy because of the obvious man/boy love affair going on. His book 'Seduction of the Innocent' nearly killed the comic industry and certainly neutered it until well into the 1970s.

I kinda missed all that when the Dynamic Duo were tired to a giant penny I guess but I digress. Here was Pat's comment and my reply which I only post so that I could go looking for me favorite clip from 'Torchwood - Children of The Earth'. I have mentioned this scene before because it will always stick with me.

"It would end up being the comic "superhero" version of "Brokeback Mountain. Sub-Mariner comics have so many "gay" overtones. Some of them right on the cover. Not that there's anything wrong with that!" I'm just saying..."

"I don't care if they kiss in my Submariner movie but I want it to also include lots of explosions and fighting and decorating - "That giant clam chair would look fabulous in our living room" (for example).

I still remember how cool a moment on 'Torchwood - Children of the Earth' when Captain Jack kissed his bff Ianto while the Hub was about to explode around them. That was great writing and direction and just put the whole moment into a totally different and awesome perspective for me.

I know people who would be offended and turned off by that but I was thrilled and I am straight. I think I respected most the bravery for actually putting something like that into a TV program in a world that may never be ready for something like that on mainstream TV."

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