I’m totally with you on this one Rodney. I have not flippin’ clue where ANYONE get’s the idea Xerxes was intended to be a gay character, nor how he was ment to make fun of gays either.

To me, I thought Xerxes was just an awesome, ruthless, evil, crazy, badass. Even awesome Sith Lordish. And I love his voice.

The thought of him being “gay” never crossed my mind before. I mean sure his look was odd, but I thought it fit well with his people’s colture and how a ruthless and extremely powerful king of there’s might look like, on a fantasy movie level. Plus, the look he had was taken from the original design Frank Miller gave him in the comic book. So it’s not like Hollywood sat there and said, “let’s design this character this way to piss off the gay comunitty”. And I don’t think Frank Miller did either.

And what’s funny is my girl and I were just watching a 3 part PBS special the other night called, Greeks: The Crucible of Civilization, about the forming of the Roman empire and the story they’re using for “Xerxes” was in the middle of that special. Which is a really awesome special by the way, if your at all into Roman history, it’s a must see. But I remember thinking how awesome it would be to see the events in the story and the awesome huge battle that takes place, would be if were made into a film. Lo and behold, it is going to be made into one and 300 story at that, from the brillant and highly creative minds of Frank Miller and Zack Snyder.

Can’t freakin’ wait!

Possibly. The title character is spelled with an “X” not a “Z”…fyi

Did the gorgeous man, gay or straight, who cares, who played Zerxes in “300” die at the end?
If not, do you think he will play Zerxes in”ZERXES”?

B.B.

That being said, there WAS a lot of speculation, with basically anyone I talked to and it got brought up, that Xerxes was being pretty gay. But like with what Rodney said, this crude assumption in no way should characterize any or all the characters in 300 and Xerxes.

Just sayin’

Northstar ???? that´s it? that´s your best shot Ron?, please… Mystique was in the whole XMEN movie saga !!!

Anyone who goes out of their way to see that will see that.

Its not an issue of being objective. Xerxes is demanding subjugation. Not a blowjob.

You are making this an issue that doesnt exist. 300 does not offend gays nor does it poorly illustrate gays.

And if they dont include Northstar in X-Men, it will be because of lack of popularity – not because he was gay.

Northstar was only recently part of the X-Men. The grand majority of Northstar’s history was with Alpha Flight.

I’m not saying that kneeling is overtly gay be it King Arthur or any monarch, but the character Xerxes in 300 is not portrayed as a straight man/god. And if you go back and watch it again, you’ll see that he’s overtly gay. Now add that to the scene where he tells Leonidas to kneel, and anyone with the ability to see things objectively will notice the subliminal message implied.

While I’m not sure I understand why you wouldn’t let my link for the video through your “moderation”, it clearly shows what I’m referring to.

I have no problem with a gay villain. Villains come in all shapes and sizes. I do have a problem when Hollywood doesn’t temper it with a hero that is also of the pink persuasion. I bet we won’t see Northstar in any Xmen movie.

Your assumption that this negatively will impact gays is just as ignorant as assuming “the males in the backwoods of Mississippi and the like” will make the same assumptions.

Its hypocritical to make such sweeping statements condemning how this will affect the gay community (it wont) while ignorantly making generalizations about other social groups as well.