When we got home on Sunday night, we were beat from the weekend, so we decided to relax in front of a movie. Katie had recently decided she wanted to see the third X-Men movie. I had already seen it, but I dutifully ordered it fron Netflix, figuring I wouldn't mind seeing it again for Katie's enjoyment.
My doubts as to whether Katie has really not seen it before started about 30 seconds into the opening battle scene, when Katie correctly predicted, "Is this in a simulator?" Later, when Kelsey Grammer appeared on screen as the cerulean-skinned Beast, she asked, "Was he in the previous X-Men movie?" He wasn't, of course, which confirmed that Katie had already seen this movie, too.
The next thing to figure out was whether I had, in fact, watched the movie with Katie. It was released in 2006, so we might have seen it while we were dating. The X-Men movies (like the comics before them) are set in a world of normal humans living alongside mutants with a variety of unique extra powers. One scene from the third movie involves a cure for mutanthood, giving each mutant the chance to renounce their mutant power and become human.
It was at this point that I realized that I had, in fact, seen the movie with Katie, as I recalled discussing this scene with her in light of a conversation I once had with a gay friend of mine. My friend told me that some people in the gay community discuss what they would do if a pill existed that would make them instantly straight. It hardly needs stating that there is nothing wrong with being gay, but even so, living with discrimination is difficult and often unpleasant. My friend said he would take the pill with great alacrity and no qualms if it were available to him.
That was the essence of the conversation that I had with Katie two years ago as we watched the film. I wondered if she would remember the conversation. She did, but in a somewhat hazy manner. When the scene came up where some mutants lined up to take the cure while other mutants protested the mere existence of the cure, Katie queried, "What is this like? Is this like being gay?"
My memory is often quite foggy as well, but it's more entertaining when it happens to someone else.
My doubts as to whether Katie has really not seen it before started about 30 seconds into the opening battle scene, when Katie correctly predicted, "Is this in a simulator?" Later, when Kelsey Grammer appeared on screen as the cerulean-skinned Beast, she asked, "Was he in the previous X-Men movie?" He wasn't, of course, which confirmed that Katie had already seen this movie, too.
The next thing to figure out was whether I had, in fact, watched the movie with Katie. It was released in 2006, so we might have seen it while we were dating. The X-Men movies (like the comics before them) are set in a world of normal humans living alongside mutants with a variety of unique extra powers. One scene from the third movie involves a cure for mutanthood, giving each mutant the chance to renounce their mutant power and become human.
It was at this point that I realized that I had, in fact, seen the movie with Katie, as I recalled discussing this scene with her in light of a conversation I once had with a gay friend of mine. My friend told me that some people in the gay community discuss what they would do if a pill existed that would make them instantly straight. It hardly needs stating that there is nothing wrong with being gay, but even so, living with discrimination is difficult and often unpleasant. My friend said he would take the pill with great alacrity and no qualms if it were available to him.
That was the essence of the conversation that I had with Katie two years ago as we watched the film. I wondered if she would remember the conversation. She did, but in a somewhat hazy manner. When the scene came up where some mutants lined up to take the cure while other mutants protested the mere existence of the cure, Katie queried, "What is this like? Is this like being gay?"
My memory is often quite foggy as well, but it's more entertaining when it happens to someone else.
That's awesome! You've hit an important "couples" milestone -- you've been together long enough that you have forgotten memories together, awwww. :) (Of course 2006 isn't that long ago ... )
ReplyDeleteKatie and I had a good laugh over being called out for being so hopeless as to have mutual amnesia for events just two years ago. (To our credit, it was more like two years and 4 months.)
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