Did David S. Goyer get defensive over Constantine's Bisexuality?

So this happened


Afterwards, The Advocate talked to Whennerdsattack.com's Lindsey Cepak, the journalist who asked the question. She said:

"I will admit, I did get flustered. I know some of my facts were wrong, but I was not expecting to be accused of being a fake geek girl, and condescended to."

"It also infinitely frustrated me to hear him act like the '12 years' should somehow negate the fact that Constantine is a bisexual. Rictor and Shatterstar were not initially homosexual/pansexual/bisexual either, but that has not stopped them from becoming positive representation within Marvel comics."

"I doubt it would have mattered if I named the issue where he was first shown to be bisexual. Goyer has made up his mind, and there was little I was going to be able to do to get him to change his point of view." 

 And on Goyer vague answers:

“I think he’s being super ambiguous. The actress we interviewed, who will be playing Zed, spoke on the tension that she will have with Constantine, implying it was unresolved sexual tension. So I think we can say that Constantine will eventually have a romantic/sexual relationship with Zed. As I said in the interview, I don’t think anyone was expecting to see Constantine getting out of bed with a man in the pilot. I just think it’s a cop out. I just don’t see why he can’t say openly, if he is going to have Constantine be bisexual or not. These half answers and ways of talking around the topic are frustrating, and I think are really disrespectful to the fans of the comics, and for the bisexual community.”

This is getting out of hand. Just make him bisexual!

NBC's Constantine may not be Bi?

Some of us know that John Constantine is magic wielding bi-sexual comic book character. But in the NBC series, the Bi part may be erased.

EW reports

When asked about this at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour Sunday, executive producer Daniel Cerone ran down the various editions of the character that have existed since the demon fighter was introduced in 1985 to suggest his sexuality is not a crucial aspect of the character (nearly all of the character’s relationships in the comics have been with women). “In those comic books, John Constantine aged in real time,” he said. “Within this tome of three decades [of comics] there might have been one or two issues where he’s seen getting out of bed with a man. So [maybe] 20 years from now? But there are no immediate plans.”

Umm, if they were smart, they will make him bi. It's a part of who he is, right? You can't make Wolverine American or Storm a non-African, so make John bi!

New Trailer: NBC's CONSTANTINE

First Look at Matt Ryan as CONSTANTINE

UPDATE here is the official pic

Earlier.... I just removed the old pic

Check out a pic of Matt Ryan as John Constantine (on the right). It's not the official cast pic, but you get an idea of how Matt will look as Constantine.

This pic is also from the first-day-of-shooting pilot. I think he looks the part.

Matt Ryan is cast in NBC's CONSTANTINE

We have our John Constantine!

Welsh actor Matt Ryan will play the lead role in NBC’s Constantine. JC is based from a DC Comics character in the supernatural book, Hellblazer. John is a detective with mystical powers.

Hope Matt does him justice.

source

DC Comics’ Constantine pilot sold to NBC

Warner Bros. TV and DC Comics sold a new pilot to NBC yesterday.

The supernatural and bi-sexual detective John Constantine may be coming to our TV screens. It was written and executive produced by Daniel Cerone and David S. Goyer.

The series will be called, Constantine, hopefully different than the movie version in the early 2000s. But I have to wonder, will clash with Grimm? They somewhat touch on the same subject matter.

And will Johnny be bi?