"30 Days" Was Excellent Tonight!
 

A right-wing conservative straight guy from Michigan spent 30 days living with an "out" gay man in San Francisco's Castro district, and had a few misconceptions and stereotypes shattered.
Did anybody see this besides me, or will this thread sink like a stone?
(Apologies to my friends in other countries, as this show may not be broadcast there.)

ScottMate

I don't know anything about that! Damn, missed it. Any chance of a rerun?

Right now, however, big R and I got Latter Days from Netflix and are watching it.

It's on FX, so I'm sure it will be re-run. Check your local listings for times...wait, you're on the West coast, so it might be coming on in a few minutes!
The "big picture" was that the straight guy got to see what it's like to be in the minority and never feel completely comfortable in public.

ScottMate

I caught the first two, I'll get round to the other two this week.

Sorry Scottsie, I missed it. Will there be any rerun at all?

Also, you should rent Latter Days. It's a formulaic on-the-rails tearjerker:

Jacqueline Bisset is in it as the glamorous but wise and motherly gold lamé swathed middle aged restauranteur - probably 'cause they couldn't get Harvey Feinstein to play that part :shifty: . But she got off well with the best line in the movie:

"Your church doesn't allow alcohol or gays? I'm definitely not joining. I can't imagine heaven without either." o/\o

C. Jay Fox (Sweet Home Alabama) wrote the script.

That's double-funny for me as Heaven is a gay club over here. :D

Trepsie- "Latter Days" sounds pretty good. I'll have to look for it.

Squarejaw- Good grief! "Heaven" is still open? It's been there for what, twenty years?

And how did your movie experience go this evening? I trust the tent has been taken down? ;)

ScottMate

ROFL. I never watched it, I played BF2! :P Still don't think I'd ever seen it. Besides, that sort of thing isn't much of a turn-on for me anyhow.

I don't think it would turn me on, either. Even if it featured two guys getting it on. It's just not pr0n, it's not meant to be. And it's not meant to be a sensual, visual feast either, like Henry & June. It's not about turning people on, at least on a carnal level. From what you say it's about something else, and the graphic sex scenes are simply just another way for the camera to attempt to be blunt with us.

Okay.
Actually, those thinly-veiled soft-core porn movies don't do a thing for me, either. I don't like doing things by half measures, viewing smut in particular.
:D

ScottMate

:D Are we gonna turn this into a Do-you-like-to-watch-pr0n thread?

Oh, and Scottsie!! The next movie on our Netflix queue is La Cage Aux Folles!

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Hm.

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;)

Nah, I was just hoping against hope that someone besides me had seen "30 Days" last night and would be willing to gush intelligently over it.

The original French version? Dubbed or subtitles? Either way, it's a great movie!

Squarejaw- Yes we are! We're here, we're queer, and apparently everyone has gotten used to it.

ScottMate

I'm trying to subvert those forum pics that fourteen year olds use. :D

Are you talking about 9 songs? If yes, then it is sensual, albeit not porn, nor a visual feast. It's sensual because you feel like it could be you on the screen, making love.
If no, then I'll just get back into my cave. :crazy:

Well, the thread started off about last night's episode of "30 Days" (a reality show where someone from one background spends thirty days living the life of someone from a completely different background while a film crew follows their progress), but it drifted back to "9 Songs", one of yesterday's subjects du jour.
No need to return to your cave; I can't even stay on-topic in the threads I start. :crazy:

ScottMate