The MEL GIBSON thread

[MisterLove]

Here's a subject most gay men probably don't like to discuss: Mel Gibson.

I know I'm going to be butchered for saying this but I once showed my students (17 - 19 y.o.) a clip from Apocalypto. It was just a 20 minute clip and it was heavily edited (I removed the human sacrifices and all scenes with the jaguar) but they were scared shitless.

I meant well (the subject was impartiality in the media and I wanted them to discuss if the movie was racist or not) but I won't try it again.

Back to Mel: he's obviously talented but he hates Jews and gay men (he seems to approve of lesbians, though), so what should we do to him?

His case is similar to Leni Riefenstahl, even though Mel never actually cooperated with a nazi regime. And in both cases, I believe the art should be preserved, even though the artist is a bad human being.

My verdict: punish Mel Gibson but as long as he keeps making great movies, let him do his work. Two wrongs don't make a right.

[stu]

Kidnap him and make him watch gay porn with sensors attached to his dick then we'll see how much he hates gays (we'll also see if he's Jewish).

[dfiant1]

thread closed...no discussing this AMERICAN actor thank you very much

[sillyboy86]

Back to Mel: he's obviously talented

Mmmh, maybe I'm in mistake but I dont' remember great performance as an actor... And as a director he's only richest and unconventional than others, not bad, but not more talented at all...

Is good, but not amazing.

[MisterTinkles]

thread closed...no discussing this AMERICAN actor thank you very much

Hmmmm, sore subject me thinks??!!

When did Mel become a national of the USA?

[MisterTinkles]

I have never heard of Apocalypto.

But I just looked it up on Youtube and watch the trailer.

I dont find anything wrong with this. A lot of the same types of movies were made in the 50's and 60's about past cultures. It is nothing I would ever watch, because I find cultural history a snoozefest, regardless of who's it is.

Mel may be crazy, I dont know, Ive never met the man. I do not believe everything that is written or said in the media, because the media is nothing but greedy whore-mongers who want nothing more than to make as much money as possible on human suffering, lies, and harassment. Media in the USA stopped caring about the truth back in the 1970's.

But if Mel's mental state is any relation to The Passion of the Christ, then yeah, he's fucked in the head. But then again, he may just be telling his version of the truth from his life experiences.

The Passion of the Christ made me nauseous. I think he could have cut out most of the violent torture scenes. I mean, more than one minute of a torture scene is enough to get the point across.

As for Apocalypto, well, based on the preview I saw, its nothing more than a "period piece" about the Mayans.

Human cultures all through the ages have been vicious, violent, and destructive. Why everybody wants to pretend this stuff is offensive and never happened is beyond me. I mean, hell, its going on right now, and will continue to go on as long as there is more than one living human on this planet.

[dfiant1]

Hmmmm, sore subject me thinks??!!

When did Mel become a national of the USA?

Little known Fact, Mel Gibson was born in the USA, New York to be exact, and his family moved him to Australia to live...Mel later went HOME to seek fame. He epitomises everything that Australian's dispise...therefore he isn't Australian.

[Joshular]

Merica!

that is all.

[MisterTinkles]

Little known Fact, Mel Gibson was born in the USA, New York to be exact, and his family moved him to Australia to live...Mel later went HOME to seek fame. He epitomises everything that Australian's dispise...therefore he isn't Australian.

I did not know that.

[Dreamer]

so what should we do to him?

[SIZE="4"]
I say tie him down S&M style,
run a train on him comprising of only Orthodox Jewish and tribal African men,
then capture it on tape and distribute it globally for sale
using 100% of the proceeds towards LGBT charities.[/SIZE]