I used to think maybe the actor was gay or a least came off as a little fruity, but it makes sense that the character is
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leightoncollins — 11 years ago(July 16, 2014 12:25 AM)
Don't think rickles is gay. He's still wearing his wedding ring for starters, which I've always liked as it shows he's still in touch with the pre zombie life.
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swolleneyebags — 11 years ago(April 29, 2014 05:15 PM)
I always felt the complete opposite about Miguel, in the sense that he was a family man and, unlike the soldiers, possibly had a young family on the outside. I'm sure you see a wedding ring on his finger at one point?! Perhaps it was the idea that he was never going to see his family again, or the prospect that his kids and wife had been killed, just tore him apart. Add to this the guilt factor - he was having a relationship with someone that was not his wife and this made things even more confusing and heartbreaking for him. He was a religious man with morals who wanted to end his life to break the misery and be with his family. What I have difficulty with is why he chose to take the lives of the others with him? Especially the life of Sarah - who genuinely cared for him?! Perhaps he watched from a distance what Rhodes had done to the others before realising he would be next and deciding to finally kill himself?
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Balthazar Bee — 11 years ago(May 16, 2014 11:24 AM)
I used to think maybe the actor was gay or a least came off as a little fruity, but it makes sense that the character is gay.
No offense to the fellow playing Miguel, or to gay folk in general, but Miguel's performance has long been a source of humour in our household. His behaviour is almost uniformly "screaming queen". Every line is delivered in such an over-the-top, campy fashion that it's difficult to take his character seriously.
I love the movie, and I wouldn't want to see the role recast, but come on:
"Everyone'scollapsingthiswholeunit'scollapsingeverybodyexceptyou." He just snarls it at her in such a catty fashion.
"You are afraid. You're full of sht, Sarah, you know that? I'm through with you." Again, catty and dismissive, while he's lying in
her
bed and she's on the floor! Then she yells at him and he dramatically grabs his stuff and storms off.
He slaps her, then bursts into tears while she's stone-faced. Then: "You bitch!"
I have to think this was intended to be some kind of brilliant role-reversal, with the strong woman and the weak man but GAR and the actor playing Miguel might've taken it a wee bit too far. -
suicidea — 11 years ago(May 19, 2014 04:39 AM)
Keep in mind that the character hasn't slept for days, and is already stressed out to the limit. He's also very aware of the seriousess of the situation, he's not like the morons who keep making jokes.
Too much stress + sleep deprivation + zombies waiting to eat you up. I wonder how you would react? (I don't mean you personally, I mean anyone)
Actually, for most of the young people today, that's not necessary. Just take their smart phones for a couple of hours, and see how they come off with catty outbursts and wanting to kill everyone in the world.
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Minus_The_Beer — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 01:14 PM)
I have to think this was intended to be some kind of brilliant role-reversal, with the strong woman and the weak man but GAR and the actor playing Miguel might've taken it a wee bit too far.
My thoughts exactly. Perhaps the actor didn't quite know how to play it correctly and it just came across as "gay"?
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Rolling-action — 11 years ago(June 01, 2014 06:50 AM)
Romero never jackhammered the gay relationship in KNIGHT RIDERS
I have watched Day a bunch of times and never thought Miguel was gay; just emotionally shot. In the opening scene he just bolts while Sarah watches the city zombies. -
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.
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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.