You could substitute Barclay into Robin Williams role in One Hour Photo without anyone noticing.
HUGE Mr Sulu Spoiler
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You could substitute Barclay into Robin Williams role in One Hour Photo without anyone noticing.
1. Geordi was a pc before pc. It was so painful to watch him on TNG before I had the tools to ignore pc.
2. Levar taught millions of children to read. That's sexy.
3. Without a script Levar is a better than Kirk.
Out of his ass he pulled all that dialogue and grit.
3. In TNG the Enemy, Geordi is trapped on a bad weather planet with a Romulan, and while surviving this planet they become friends realizing that Romulans and Humans are not so different... But wouldn't it have been a more grounded story if they had also ####ed?
2. Levar taught millions of children to read. That's sexy.
3. Without a script Levar is a better than Kirk.
Out of his ass he pulled all that dialogue and grit.
3. In TNG the Enemy, Geordi is trapped on a bad weather planet with a Romulan, and while surviving this planet they become friends realizing that Romulans and Humans are not so different... But wouldn't it have been a more grounded story if they had also ####ed?
I could give precisely zero fucks about it. If Sulu had a clear backstory of being straight then fair enough. He hasn't. It's a blank canvas as far as the character is concerned. The writers hearts were in the right place 'dedicating' it to George, so in their eyes, along with the publicity it creates it's a win-win all round. I really don't see the problem with it.
What they did to Khan's ethnicity in STID is a far bigger deal in my opinion as that was an actual change to the character that goes against what was seen before. This isn't. At all.
You know damn well he was looking through people's clothes with that visor.
@mlk, when I earlier gave you a warning in this thread, this is what I said:
Exactly three hundred posts later, here you are again beating the "homophobe" drum you were several times directed to leave be. Further, here you are again doing some wrong-forum editorializing concerning a warning.
That will earn you another warning.
Comments to PM.
Really!
How is his being in "hot water" their fault?
That's not entirely true. George Takai objected months ago ... it was just a few weeks ago that it was made public.
Not that it matters because Takei doesn't own the character.
The only thing they could've avoided is presenting it as an homage to him without knowing if he wants it.
At this point it feels like we're just going in circles. Having a gay character in Trek is great and Star Trek Beyond does it in a really nice way.
To the general audience that has not been following every little statement or interview that preceeded the movie, there wasn't much of a coming out. The way it was shown in the movie itself could mean anything ... Sulu and that other guy could be brothers or cousins or whatever. Not that I am complaining about it, I wasn't a fan of Sulu being gay anyway.
Yeah. Brothers always rest their hands on each other's asses as they walk along the street.
Seriously, gay people spend most of their lives doing the exact same things as straight people. Hell, some gay people (for their own individual reasons) 'act' like straight people in every possible way, 100% of the time. You'd never know unless they told you.
I find this argument particularly interesting, because I seem to recall people bitching that Spock and Uhura were acting like idiotic teenagers for having:
- 1 argument
-1 kiss
...in front of so much as one person (Kirk, their boss.)
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Thank God you're ok with it. Wouldn't want you to be offended. That certainly wouldn't do.
No need to be sarcastic ... I have no problem with gay people. I just think that Sulu was a poor choice, they should have saved that for a new character.
Just put on that red shirt, Ensign Ricky.
Wouldn't it be amazing, if a new pre-existing character is found to also be gay, in each successive new Star Trek movie to come?
Sulu being a bad choice, isn't the same complaint as that Sulu is was a bad choice to be first.
Sulu being a bad choice, isn't the same complaint as that Sulu is was a bad choice to be first.
Maybe everyone is bisexual in the 23rd century Kelvin timeline. Kirk's party ended in an orgy. Explains Kevin's lack of pants.
Which would've led to thousands of complaints about giving the new guy so much screen time instead of giving that time to the underused core cast.
I like how these last two posts are presumptions about a non-existent thing! Hahaha. 
So Sulu's gay. I... Think it's very fitting. I don't fully understand Takei's objections, honestly. I respect his position, but I don't know if I understand it. As I said in the thread regarding the new series having an LGBT character in it, I don't think it's a bad idea as long as it's handled with the maturity and respect it should, and not done for exploitative sexual reasons. IE their sexuality should not be the spotlight of their character. That should be something incidental.
Which it seems is how they handled NuSulu's relationship. Bravo.
So Sulu's gay. I... Think it's very fitting. I don't fully understand Takei's objections, honestly. I respect his position, but I don't know if I understand it. As I said in the thread regarding the new series having an LGBT character in it, I don't think it's a bad idea as long as it's handled with the maturity and respect it should, and not done for exploitative sexual reasons. IE their sexuality should not be the spotlight of their character. That should be something incidental.
Which it seems is how they handled NuSulu's relationship. Bravo.
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