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Fox News Contributor Likes X-Men First Class. The Commentors? Not So Much.

Published Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:56:32 -0500

Last updated Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:34:32 -0500

James Pinkerton is very positive. He not only like X-Men First Class as a film, but is intrigued by the mixture of political and social issues it raises. He writes for Fox News;

And if it's easy enough to guess where a Hollywood movie comes down on the issue of gay tolerance, the film's perspective on human evolution might be unnerving to many on the left, as well as the right.

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Thus the paradox of the new film, and the whole of the "X-Men" saga. The intended message is harmony amidst difference, but the storyline is always discord, even violence, among visibly different factions. What does that tell us about the future of a speciated humanity?

Beyond the special effects, maybe "X-Men" is a already a hit (number 1 box office movie this past weekend) because it probes our deepest Darwinian feelings–and fears. If science succeeds in updating the definition of "fittest," the survival of our particular species, in its current form, could be at risk. That's great for future mutants, but not so great for the rest of us, and our current civilization.

So will Fox News commentators rise to the philosophical challenge and debate these heady matters?

Well what do you think?

going1234: Hollywood is run by the fruit loops, so no wonder they push the agenda that a perversion is normal.They were not mutant but made a choice for a abnormal lifestyle that they want everyone to accept as normal.You must be tolerant of their perversion. Welcome to Hollywood where the fruit and nuts rule.

blight14: The reason HollyWeird pushes filth is referred to as the 'TelAviv on the Pacific syndrome'…..from deranged genetics comes deranged output….

pershing 1917: Stop forcing your pseudo-science on us- there's no such thing as a "gay mutation".

smuglyugly: Thank you for writing this article. I was going to see this movie. Now, I won't. Or, maybe in the spirit of tolerance, I will go…and poll the viewing audience to determine the percentage of gay viewers. If it exceeds one percent, I will apologize. If it does not, that should be a clear indication that this agenda does not need to be shoved into crevices where it does not belong. Or, just make a movie called gay mutants, and see how many tickets you sell.
cattyfan: How exactly does being gay "improve" society?

shotgunsam: Maybe there will be a special "Mutant Day" at Disneyland…..

Max_Power_Jax: It's a pro-homo message. Therefore I will NOT see it. This is an attempt to destory marriage and family.
Oh, and the x-men suck.

But my favourite was in a league of its own.