Takei a lie? SPOILER

[Therin of Andor]

coincidentally when he's trying to drum up publicity for the play he was performing in at the time...
I thought it was a little disgusting that on the surface he seemed to be exploiting his sexual orientation for personal gain.

IIRC, George did not come out to the general public until after his mother passed away. He didn't want her caught in any possible media backlash. Also, up until these more (supposedly) enlightened times, coming out about one's different-to-the-norm sexual orientation often meant one lost much more than one gained, at least in terms of job security, etc. As if being a mature, typecast, Asian-American actor hadn't already marginalized him for acting roles.

I also recall that George and many other Arnold-for-governor supporters were very angry that Arnold S. did not go ahead with certain pre-election promises he'd made about gay rights in California, thus leading to several well-considered Takei announcements in the media.

But George can't win. If, the next time a journalist or reporter shoves a microphone near him and asks for yet another comment on his feud with Shatner, he says "No comment"... then the fans will be demanding to know what else George is hiding.

And I don't recall any official announcement that George Takei was in the new movie. I think some fannish speculation had Elderly Captain Sulu taking Elderly Ambassaor Spock back through time.

But hardly "a lie", Robert.

 

[CaptainHawk1]

coincidentally when he's trying to drum up publicity for the play he was performing in at the time...
I thought it was a little disgusting that on the surface he seemed to be exploiting his sexual orientation for personal gain.

IIRC, George did not come out to the general public until after his mother passed away. He didn't want her caught in any possible media backlash. Also, up until these more (supposedly) enlightened times, coming out about one's different-to-the-norm sexual orientation often meant one lost much more than one gained, at least in terms of job security, etc. As if being a mature, typecast, Asian-American actor hadn't already marginalized him for acting roles.

I also recall that George and many other Arnold-for-governor supporters were very angry that Arnold S. did not go ahead with certain pre-election promises he'd made about gay rights in California, thus leading to several well-considered Takei announcements in the media.

But George can't win. If, the next time a journalist or reporter shoves a microphone near him and asks for yet another comment on his feud with Shatner, he says "No comment"... then the fans will be demanding to know what else George is hiding.

And I don't recall any official announcement that George Takei was in the new movie. I think some fannish speculation had Elderly Captain Sulu taking Elderly Ambassaor Spock back through time.

But hardly "a lie", Robert.

He was a media whore about the whole thing, and I need to make a correction, for some reason I cited that he came out in Forbes when he came out in Frontiers.

I remember the day he came out be cause I immediately posted a thread entitled:

Today, Takei is Gay. Is That OK? Who Gives a Hay, Anyway?

My finest work as far as a title is concerned IMHO. My point then as it is now is, "who gives a shit?" about his or anyone else's sexual orientation. There are plenty of homosexual performers in Hollywood who are openly homosexual but don't need press conferences or articles in LGBT publications to let the world know.

Media backlash? About someone coming out? In Hollywood for the last 30 years? With this guy? No way.

Again, I still think he exploited it for personal gain (and it worked).

 

[Plum]

Seems to me, once he came out of the closet suddenly people are crapping on him as a 'media whore' or whatever. Yea, he's sooo Paris Hilton. ... please.

For me it's about the Shatner-Takei feud. The way both of them sometimes handle this "feud" grates on me and smacks of trying to court media attention.

Yea THINK? Of course that's all it is. They are ACTORS. What's the surprise here?

Then again, there are days when I find it down right amusing. So there ya go. I am a convoluted mess of human contradictions.

Yea, their schtick is annoying.

And to comment on another post - I don't get how George (supposedly) using his new sexual status to sell something so he can make money is bad. Why the frell not? Sex sells! Actors, remember?

 

[M'Sharak]

I don't have any recollection of even a rumor that Takei was going to appear in the movie, and since it's been confirmed that he does not, and since that makes this not about the movie any more, I think we can safely call this business concluded.