# "Ambiguously Gay Duo" feature film in the works - See Alex Ross poster! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592 "2005-02-11T15:43:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/41 "2005-02-13T05:03:44Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Tommy Boy (1995) (producer) > Lassie (1994) (producer) > Wayne’s World 2 (1993) (producer) > Coneheads (1993) (producer) > Wayne’s World (1992) (producer) > ¡Three Amigos! (1986) (producer) > > The closest he’s gotten on his own is the WAYNE’S WORLD flicks. TWELVE YEARS AGO! _Tommy Boy_ and _Three Amigos!_ were at least as good as the first _Wayne’s World_, and unquestionably better than the second. In other news: I can’t fucking believe it’s been a decade since _Tommy Boy_. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/42 "2005-02-13T05:23:55Z")
Guess I’d have to _actually see it_ before making any kind of judgement. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/43 "2005-02-13T05:28:56Z")
What exactly are their powers anyway? I’ve forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/44 "2005-02-13T07:08:12Z")
No superpowers, per se. They have all sorts of gadgets. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/45 "2005-02-13T07:26:10Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > As a fan of the Ambiguously Gay Duo, I’ll reserve judgement. ANY concept can be turned into a good movie with the right writing. Bill and Ted’s Excellent adventure, anyone? I don’t remember Bill & Ted ever being a sketch. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/46 "2005-02-13T17:52:57Z")
That wasn’t my point. There’s nothing about ‘being a sketch’ which disqualifies a movie from being good. My point is that there have been plenty of good movies based on very thin source material. Hell, Bill and Ted’s ‘concept’ was probably no more sophisticated than some suit going, “Hey, let’s make a movie about a couple of valley idiots who go back in time!” Whether it was a good movie or not comes down to, like all other movies, writing and acting. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/47 "2005-02-13T18:18:52Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > What? What’s everybody looking at? NOTHING! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/48 "2005-02-13T18:30:15Z")
> [@astro](#): > > What exactly are their powers anyway? I’ve forgotten. Well, they can fly (with Gary on Ace’s back), and when they hold hands and spin around, they can create a miniature hurricane. During the opening theme sequence, I believe we see Gary shooting some kind of beam from his eyes. The third image on [this website](http://www.quicktimeflix.net/agd/) (the still for “Queen of Terror”) demonstrates, though whether these powers are innate or technological is unclear. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/49 "2005-02-13T19:07:20Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Whether it was a good movie or not comes down to, like all other movies, writing and acting. Or whether a particular producer has ever demonstrated the savvy to include sharp, funny screenwriters on his movie projects. The problem with the SNL skit movies has rarely been acting, but stupid unfunny forced scripts with weak lines and insultingly obvious story arcs. On the other hand, Michaels’ is apparently not responsible for CORKY ROMANO, either. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/50 "2005-02-13T23:24:37Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > _Tommy Boy_ and _Three Amigos!_ were at least as good as the first _Wayne’s World_, Shyeah, right… And then monkeys might fly out of my butt. You know what you can do with your little movie quality analysis? You can take a flying (inaudible) until handle breaks off, and you have to call a doctor to pull it out again! Cisco is nobody’s friend. If Cisco were an ice cream flavor, he would be pralines… and dick. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/51 "2005-02-14T07:01:59Z")
Alex Ross also did a parody of his **Kingdom Come** covers for **Lethargic Lad,** even if my Google skills failed to turn up a link to the image. The guy’s sense of humor is long-established, IMO. (And maybe it’s time for an Alex Ross appreciation thread, hmmm?) ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/52 "2005-02-14T09:59:17Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > That wasn’t my point. There’s nothing about ‘being a sketch’ which disqualifies a movie from being good. My point is that there have been plenty of good movies based on very thin source material. Hell, Bill and Ted’s ‘concept’ was probably no more sophisticated than some suit going, “Hey, let’s make a movie about a couple of valley idiots who go back in time!” Oh. > [@](#): > > Whether it was a good movie or not comes down to, like all other movies, writing and acting. Yeah, but there’s an inherent problem with doing a movie about Ace and Gary. With Bill & Ted, the gag was that they were these sort of dim rocker guys. But the concept was flexible enough to support a lot of other ideas. Ace and Gary is nothing but a series of gay jokes. The concept sort of writes itself into a corner. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592/53 "2005-02-14T14:34:13Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Alex Ross also did a parody of his **Kingdom Come** covers for **Lethargic Lad,** even if my Google skills failed to turn up a link to the image. The guy’s sense of humor is long-established, IMO. Not to mention putting a cameo of local TV legend [Svengoolie](http://home.comcast.net/~grotto1/whoissvengoolie.html) (and his alter ego, Rich Koz) into one of his JLA graphic novels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambiguously-gay-duo-feature-film-in-the-works-see-alex-ross-poster/289592.md?page=2)