The Old Guard: diversity in the super-hero genre

[magnetic_rose92]

The Old Guard is a Netflix original movie directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by comic book writer Greg Rucka. It follows a group of immortal mercenaries on a revenge mission after they're betrayed and their identities are at risk of being exposed.

Comments

[euraylie]

Well I’m intrigued. The premise and characters sounded interesting, but then the trailer made it seem like just another boring action movie. They didn’t come across as people who have lived thousands of years and all that that means ...but maybe that’s the trailer‘s fault.
I’ll give it a shot

[turtleisland]

I really enjoyed it, and I look forward to the sequel because there's gotta be one.

I think it would have worked a lot better as a miniseries, though.

[truth_and_facts]

Oh thank God, for the first time ever i'm here on time, lol I always miss the posts I'm most interested in

[mattxmatt]

Wait I thought they kissed on the lips?!

[truth_and_facts]

Joe's beard makes it tricky to tell but I checked the scenes a couple of times and i'm 99% sure it was his bearded chin area that Nicky was placing his lips. Even from the picture in the Op, Nicky's lips are placed too low to be meeting Joe's lip.

In my attempt to support lgbt film, I've seen way too many films/tv where the str8 male actors end up doing this chin kissing or the tightened lips kissing lol.

lol let me quickly go get my pHd degree in kiss analysis in media and television.

[mattxmatt]

Someone posted it

Somehow I think Joe's lips touched Nicky's upper lip or right-side lips.

[little_giant]

I was debating whether to watch this tonight, but I think I will give it a shot!

I watched Palm Springs yesterday and really liked it.

[hypertwink]

It's been on my queue since I learned Jafar is gay in this.