February 16, 2006

Brokeback to the Future. Flash video. via ABS.

I like it much better than Brokeback Top Gun.

posted by scartol 18 years ago
  • Reminds me of this but with a decidedly eighties aroma. Brokeback Topgun makes more sense, but the editing is way too fast and furious. Fast and furious, hmm... I wonder if there's a Brokeback Point Break out there?
  • Nice! Thanks, scartol.
  • *squeegees monitor*
  • I just sort of feel like all of this Brokeback stuff is really just people having an excuse to do and tell gay jokes. Something about it feels wrong. I think that people feel that the widespread acceptance of the movies means that there will be widespread acceptance of gay jokes as long as they mention Brokeback Mountain. Did people start making black jokes more publicly when Malcolm X or Boyz in the Hood were popular?
  • Well considering the Movie was rubbish... and the only reason (besides Lee's stunning cinemetography) this piece of tripe got ANY critical acclaim was because two manly cowboy types were hot to trot, I look at it as poking fun at the movie. Besides... Homos ARE teh funnee... what with the pole smoking and all...
  • 1. I can see how that might seem the case, Bern, but I personally think it's just a matter of the distinctive music and imagery of Brokeback Mountain. As for the analogousness of Malcolm X, MadTV did a great bit a while back about "Malcolm X in the Middle," which I think is along the same lines -- combining two distinctive objects from popular culture. ("Young man, you're not leaving this house until you brush your teeth!" "What's the matter? They're not white enough for you?") I personally find the juxtaposition and clever editing to be the source of the humor in both cases -- just like with the "Shining" preview. 2. Debaser: It would be silly for us to debate matters of taste like whether or not the movie was "rubbish," but I enjoyed it a great deal for Heath Ledger's tortured performance; the stark imagery and desolate scenery; and the superbly sculpted characters (this may be more Proulx's work than Ossana's or McMurtry's). I think it's pretty simplistic (echoes of O'Reilly) to say the critical acclaim is due solely to its homosexual content.
  • There's an underlying gay theme in all movies. It's all part of the gay conspiracy.
  • ...it's all part of the gay conspiracy. Lucky Pierre, this is Ramrod. We have a breach of security. He knows everything. Code red! I repeat, code red!
  • I knew it! *eyes widen, looks around wildly, jumps into closet without grasping the irony*