Miguel was gay.
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dinerfood-901-211557 — 11 years ago(July 22, 2014 02:36 PM)
Not gay, he's Hispanic and Catholic in an obviously white cracker Florida military subculture. Romero did this on purpose. Diverse individuals learn to live together surviving, that thing. To his unraveling mind, Sarah has come to represent science gone mad, which she figures out later.
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austingranger — 11 years ago(August 17, 2014 02:27 PM)
Hogwash.
Romero isn't Joel and Ethan Coen.
Miguel may be effiminate when compared with the other deranged monkeys in his unit, but Cyclops makes good points about Rickles and Steele.
That being said, perhaps there was a benefit for Sarah using Miguel to get some muscle on her side and would give herself to Miguel to keep him sated. When she began to pity him so much that she couldn't even look on him except as an object of pity, then Miguel would have seen this and so fell into even deeper despair. Such is the way of a lot of relationships.
To be fair, you make a good point about mutual benefitting, but usually bearded relationships are to propel someone along in a liveable world. This is a nightmare one where people are hanging by a thread. -
LeeVing88 — 11 years ago(October 15, 2014 02:07 AM)
Hogwash.
Harsh
To be fair, you make a good point about mutual benefitting, butThis is a nightmare [world] where people are hanging by a thread.
I would think that only strengthens my view. They're stuck in a cave full of testosterone, and more than a couple psychos, and they're just trying to hang on. -
Disardor — 11 years ago(October 22, 2014 08:01 PM)
Interesting theory. I've certainly always gotten a bit of an effeminate vibe from Miguel but just chalked it up to either the actor being gay or being slightly effeminate, but it's entirely possible that you're correct.
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eternalhennessy — 11 years ago(February 14, 2015 08:25 AM)
I had never seen this part of the canon despite loving the first film. So I decided to give it a whirl despite the disappointment of fans for it. Upon first seeing the actor I thought, oh my, he's gay. Every moment he speaks or does his mannerisms it just reinforces my belief. It actually compelled me more to look it up here.
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Lovelyjugs — 10 years ago(September 12, 2015 01:05 PM)
Never thought anyone was Gay or straight or whatever. I thought Sarah and Miguel were in a relationship before all hell broke loose but now the relationship was pretty much broken beyond repair. I think Steel, Rhodes and Rickles were loosing it at this point and "any hole would be a goal" for them regardless of sexuality.
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Daniel11111 — 10 years ago(October 26, 2015 06:00 PM)
During the initial scene where Sarah tried to get Miguel out of the helicopter it seems like Sarah was trying to hint him on keeping it together. Perhaps it is true that Sarah and Miguel initial joined together to protect Sarah from the other men by not being "available." It's also possible that since Miguel was part of the military order, it puts him in a better spot than if someone like Ted since he could easily pushed around.
Also it's fairly apparent that in Sarah's room, her cot could not contain two people. Matter of fact, it's very clear that Miguel slept on the floor while Sarah slept on the cot. When Miguel was awake, he watched Sarah as she had her nightmare and knew that they were both scared but Sarah just didn't want to admit it.
I don't think MIguel was gay but I do think he was a much different person before he snapped. I think he wanted to protect Sarah from the men. If you notice, right after Sarah kicked out Miguel, he went to the Army folks and they were all fighting. It's entirely possible that now they all thought she was up for grabs but Miguel got into a big fight. -
eternalhennessy — 10 years ago(February 28, 2016 02:00 AM)
But then, there's the 'mystical', unknown powers of 'Gaydar' and the ancient saying 'It takes one, to know one'. Just another angle to all of this. Not as elaborate as some of the speculations here.
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Lovelyjugs — 10 years ago(March 23, 2016 01:07 PM)
He's not gay. Just because he was weak doesn't make him gay. Straight men are weak to. Just because Fisher is a nice guy that is concerned for Sarah without having a sexual attraction to her doesn't make him gay either. Seriously, the implication is any man who is weak, pathetic, a mess etc is gay is silly. Also being gay doesn't make you "less" of a man. There are tough straight guys I know that would beep out if this happened
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movie_nazi — 9 years ago(October 28, 2016 02:39 PM)
My opinion is the guy is gay in real life and a terrible actor. Even at the very beginning the way he screams, "HELLO!" he sounds like a homo. WOOOOoooooOOOOOooooooOOOOOoooooOOOOo! Gaydar on full alert!!!!
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hannahrose313 — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 05:55 PM)
I don't think the character is supposed to be gay, no. I remember think what bad casting it was for the only "gay" actor to be the one to play the character with a girl friend. Of course, the actor may not be gay either..