Intheflorsh
Banned
Definitely, Singer's alleged actions are terrible even ignoring the age of the victim.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Bryan Singer (X-Men, Usual Suspects) accused of sexually abusing underage boy
- Thread starter big ander
- Start date
- Status
Definitely, Singer's alleged actions are terrible even ignoring the age of the victim.
Yeah, what Franco was about to do, was still unethical, scummy even.
But this is a whole other level of being a piece of shit, drugs were involved and the abuse started when the kid was 15.
(allegedly etc etc)
Brianimaniac
Banned
When you're 74, I think that goes without saying.
I mean, when Franco found out her age (1 year short of being 18 wasn't it?) he explicitly asked when her next birthday was and if she wanted to meet after.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Creepy True Detective vibes going on in that picture.
VaultBoy101
Member
It's not illegal or creepy to go to a party.
No one seems to be dressed as choirboy, so I think (hope) that wasn't intended by Singer
a Master Ninja
Member
Good. Now why don't you have a randy old time, and sit on grandad's lap?
Damn.
Everyone has 18 18 18 drilled in their heads. Franco's girl was legal in NY, and he did not violate the Mann Act by flying her across state lines to circumvent the age of consent laws of the jurisdiction she is domiciled in. To add, she was legal in her homeland anyway. Singer plied his victim with alcohol and raped him.
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Is it just me or does Singer have a perpetual Guy Fawkes expression on his face?
Or he just dressed up as a priest during a costume party? Lots of people do that. Unfortunate due to the circumstances and yeah a bit creepy, but hindsight and all that.
So just like Bryan Singer? Apparently liking younger dude when you're old and a prominent hollywood person immediately makes you a rapist.
We don't know that yet, but yay guilty until proven innocent because it's Hollywood. Of course it's true, haven't you heard all those internet rumors? Every single big name gay director in hollywood is a creep...
-Plasma Reus-
Service guarantees member status
Kabuki Waq
Member
Poor Frodo
Imagine him holding Gandalf's staff.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Let's be clear here, Ian McKellen has not been accused or even linked with anything. He is gay and has worked with Bryan Singer, that he is in a picture attending a party with him is absolutely not indicative of anything except that he was at a party with Bryan Singer.
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
I think it's the type of parties that Singer arranges and the 15 year old looking kid next to him that gives this picture the creepy vibes.
But it could just be a completely benign X-Men production related event.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Oh I get why it could be seen as creepy, but it just seems a bit wrong to suggest such things when there is zero evidence for it (as you say, the picture could be from anywhere).
Sapiens
Member
Dundundun
This is probably a very Dean Pelton / Jeff Winger relationship.
Also, I don't know what everyone is freaking out about. These are only accusations from the same lawyers who attacked Kevin Clash (and all charges against Clash were either dismissed or dropped).
Not really. Hugh Jackman owes Bryan Singer his entire career. Hugh Jackman became a star due to Singer.
he was trying pretty hard to keep it legal, plus that was obvious a no strings attached casual romp.
#1 defender
Member
The guys in the pic you posted have speedos on though.
No.
Dundundun
I don't Singer is into big bears that could blow out his ass.
Rumor is Joel has been balls deep in many famous asses. Haim claimed that Joel was one the guys who abused his position.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Yeah, I don't have an issue with a dude hanging out at bars and liking college aged men (or women) and getting laid off their charisma and/or celebrity. If he's not slipping drugs to them or telling them that he's going to ruin their lives if they tell anyone, then he's just a guy out on the town. Spacey's not crossing an ethical line. It's a little weird and sad in the same way it's weird and sad when you see a 50 year old guy paying for a handsy in a titty bar, but it's not evil.
The line is crossed, though, when someone starts giving below-college-age people drugs and alcohol, promising them (or denying them) employment, and/or violating the Mann Act to get them into a state where the age of consent is lower. Hell, even if the kids no longer kids and were 45 and they were being given roofies and booze to so someone could rape them, I'd think the rapist needed to go to jail for a long fucking time, because, well, it's rape.
He paid good money for that creep face.
Does your country's definition of rape include putting drugs and alcohol into someone with or without their knowledge in order to make them more compliant for sex?
Commonality doesn't really factor into tolerability.
Personally, I think the age of majority should be the age of consent.
Legally, it's not fuzzy. And also, even if he was 30, he's saying that he was drugged and raped, on top of the fact that the kid was 15 at the time. This reeks of victim blaming.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Yeah, Schumacher directed The Lost Boys, and Corey Feldman claimed Corey Haim was used for sex even on that very set, amongst others. At 14. So with the knowledge that he likes young boys, you can assume the worst.
That was a hot girl, not a dude. NeoGaf members were generally more able to sympathize.
No, I never said that automatically makes you a rapist/pedo. I like twinks myself and get accused of the shit even on gaf.
Sickboy007
Member
People should stop putting the guilt on others just by association. These are serious accusations that could ruin a man's life.
Father_Brain
Banned
Hollywood really is the perfect place for this shit. For every creepy fuck with a huge appetite for barely-legal (or not-yet-legal) boy/girl meat, there are a dozen naive kids who will do anything that they think will get them incrementally closer to stardom.
If Singer's life is ruined by this, it won't be because we're talking shit about him on an Internet message board.
It's not as bad as people make it out to be, bro.
The reason to not live in L.A. should be the traffic and smog. Truly.
Do you think people are just waiting at the airport to invite you to underground Hollywood rape parties?
only if he's a barely legal teenager with a pretty face and body of a young boy trying to get into the industry
I really wonder how much of a "creep" he'd look like to people if he had 18yo looking girls on his arm. (My guess: not at all)
Yes. Because you'll be raped.
kitchenmotors
Banned
It's a lot of straight guys in this thread that are doing this. Just because you're gay and work in hollywood doesn't automatically make you a rapist or mean you drug young boys for sex. It's rather annoying how people are pointing fingers just because.
I even saw some posts on a different website pointing fingers at Joshua Jackson. What? Where the fuck did that come from? Because he was seen at some party?
By a gay man no less.
You will get pregnant, and die.
- Status