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Who where they? I only know that The Comedian and Silk Spectre were not, not so sure about Nite Owl either... can someone give me some food for thought?

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Does it scare you? How alone you are... 7.18.08

Captain Metropolis, Hooded Justice, and The Silhouette were the homosexual members of the group.

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The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking. The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker. - Albert Einstein

thank you

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Does it scare you? How alone you are... 7.18.08

I knew about Hooded Justice, but where does it say those other two were as well?

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Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music - George Carlin

I thought it was implied that Captain Metropolis was going out with Hooded Justice? Also, I think in the Under the Hood excerpts, Hollis refers to The Silhouette's sexuality (and how that was a factor to her being kicked out of the group).

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The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking. The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker. - Albert Einstein

Check the Sally Jupiter interview right at the last page of the Chapter IX supplement. Sally explicitly states that "the papers got hold of... her being a gay woman," in reference to the Silhouette.

Later, when asked who else was gay, Sally doesn't name anyone, but says "it was a couple of the guys and they're both dead now. One died recently, I'm not saying who it was." We know Hooded Justice was one of them, so that leaves one more. Nite Owl and Mothman are ruled out because they are both still alive at the graphic novel's start. The Comedian is out for obvious reasons.

That leaves Dollar Bill and Cpt. Metropolis. But Metropolis was killed in '74 (Chapter I, pg. 19, panel 4) and the Sally Jupiter interview took place only two years later (September 1976, check the lower left-hand corner of the interview).

Dollar Bill, on the other hand, died well before Hollis Mason wrote his book. Otherwise, his death couldn't have been mentioned in said book (page "8" of the Chapter II supplement). And Hollis mentions the book in Chapter IX, page 11, panel 8, when Metropolis is not only alive -- he's in the panel!

So, the second gay man is almost assuredly Cpt. Metropolis.

(I love having my book back. ).

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This is truly a madhouse. And I'm the lunatic running it. I've spent three years wondering if I should be proud or ashamed.

Good job, C. Inc. Spot on logic, there, bro.

There's another quote somewhere, as well. I'll get back to you.

"Meta-text"

That is a phrase I've found confusing since RLS first used it. Let me research that, and I'll get back to you.

You drunken bastard.

"Research".

Semantics aside, I've not achieved the level of education that you have. Therefore, I require "research", and not just "search".

Incidentally, fuck you, Clint, you deserted bastard.

Thanks for the input regarding HJ.

Blake's comment to HJ and his immediate reaction is a great moment in the book.





Snyder's got his work cut out!

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Too bad HJ will likely not be the one to pull Blake off of Sally... back to the old Tse draft issues again...

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Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music - George Carlin

Fuck Tse.


This is the book forum.

I mentioned Snyder. Soz!

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OK. I know I'm setting myself up for attack again, but I honestly think substituting Hollis for HJ in that scene will not cause the film to fall apart. Yes, for purists its not faithful to Moore's text and undermines some of the multi-level "humanizing" of that world's superheroes, but in an adaptation things need to be cut.

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Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music - George Carlin

I got most of this book in the first reading. I don't think it takes years to understand. If you are reading it like a comic yeah, it might. If you read it like a novel then it shouldn't take more than on reading.

I have a question that is really going to get a lot of people's goats... I'm guessing he is bi or abstinent. Or...maybe I'm wrong...What if the Veidt character is not attracted to women or men...is he something worse than?

-snort- of course it's Captain Metropolis, I could have told you that even if it wasn't implied. With a name like Captain Metropolis o.O

Captain Metropolis? More like Captain Metrosexual! You know what I'm saying? Ha Ha!

Yeah, i don't know what thats supposed to mean either.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

These last three posts I don't get at all. Huh.

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