Syfy gets GLAAD

[BlobVanDam]

What? Is the new character supposed to be gay? There was zero hint of it. In fact, there was zero hint of character or personality at all.

 

[Greg Cox]

What? Is the new character supposed to be gay? There was zero hint of it. In fact, there was zero hint of character or personality at all.

This hasn't been established on-air yet, just in advance publicity and interviews.

I'm sure they'll get around to mentioning it eventually.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

What? Is the new character supposed to be gay? There was zero hint of it. In fact, there was zero hint of character or personality at all.

What? You haven't seen all the news reports?!?!?

 

[Captain Craig]

I don't get the OP?
There should be a thread to discuss a gay character introduced on Warehouse 13 in the year 2011 why?

What is this 1995? Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.
Maybe out of nowhere as there was little to nothing to hint at his sexual orientation but that isn't the takeway I got from the OP.

 

[Greg Cox]

At least somebody finally started a WH13 thread . . . .

 

[sojourner]

^Blame Timothy for slacking on the job.

 

[BlobVanDam]

What? Is the new character supposed to be gay? There was zero hint of it. In fact, there was zero hint of character or personality at all.

What? You haven't seen all the news reports?!?!?

 

[TemporalFlux]

News reports tell us the new agent on Warehouse 13, Steve Jenks, played by Aaron Ashmore, is gay.

Is he actually gay, or is he just feeling the affects of wearing Harvey Fierstein's toe ring?

 

[Starbreaker]

^Blame Timothy for slacking on the job.

He missed a summer show???

 

[Mr. Adventure]

News reports tell us the new agent on Warehouse 13, Steve Jenks, played by Aaron Ashmore, is gay.

Is he actually gay, or is he just feeling the affects of wearing Harvey Fierstein's toe ring?

Surely that would have to cause a voice change as well.

 

[Vendikarr]

News reports tell us the new agent on Warehouse 13, Steve Jenks, played by Aaron Ashmore, is gay.

Is he actually gay, or is he just feeling the affects of wearing Harvey Fierstein's toe ring?

Or perhaps someone slips one of Liberace's sequins in his pocket?

 

[sojourner]

^Or he tries on a pair of Elton's glasses.

 

[stj]

Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

"Hello, I'm a gay scifi action lead. Have we met?"

 

[sojourner]

^He's definitely not common.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Dont get lost in his eyes.

 

[sojourner]

His dimple makes Tom Cruise envious.

 

[Takeru]

Well, this is the first I've heard of this. There was no hint of it in the episode. It will be cool if they go through with it, though.

There wasn't a hint that he's straight either. I'm really happy they introduced the character and didn't force a "He's gay!" scene into his first episode. He's not supposed to be the gay guy, he's a new agent that happens to be gay.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Gay characters are all over cable and network. This isn't a ground breaking development.

Gay characters who are leads still aren't that common. Gay characters who might be action leads are even less common. Gay characters in scifi are still less common.

They say pixels can't splutter, but reading this thread, I'm not so sure.

"Hello, I'm a gay scifi action lead. Have we met?"

Would Sam Adama count? He's probably the closest Caprica had to an action guy.

 

[MHT1138]

I always get Ashmore mixed up with his X-Men buddy, who played Pyro. I liked that actor better - Aaron Stanford. Too bad he's stuck on Nikita, a show I don't watch.

Shawn Ashmore was in the X-Men films. He's Aaron Ashmore's twin brother. They had Aaron Ashmore come in for the scene where Mystique had tranformed into Bobby Drake so they could film it without any need for FX.

Actually, they did do that scene with FX. Bryan Singer didn't know that Sean Ashmore had a twin brother until later.