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Star Trek Beyond: Takei not happy about Sulu being gay.... -- (link)

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Jul 7 '16, 17:22

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link (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

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They're rewriting the series so much they can just have him banging a hot chick in the next movie and refer to his gay days as "just a fling" -- nm - Max Jul 7, 18:41 1
- well... (spoilers for plot of new movie, which maybe this whole thread should have had*, whoops) - b. Jul 7, 18:46
Perhaps he feels that would make him into a caricature and also could negate the hurt that he went through for all those years. -- nm - zork Jul 7, 17:48
At some point, he's going to realize this is a tribute from his fans for his gracious influence on society. - David Jul 7, 17:39 23
- I sort of get the "make it a *new* character" argument, but it wouldn't have the same impact. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 17:44 20
  - yep. -- nm - b. Jul 7, 17:49
  - Exactly. A random gay character doesn't cause a ripple. A gay Sulu garners positive and likely emotional responses. - David Jul 7, 17:45 18
    - Only problem as far as story line. Star Trek spoilers from the new movies. - Bacon Jul 7, 18:25 9
      - sulu never had a love interest in the original run of the show. george is going by backstory given to him by gene, back in the day. -- nm - b. Jul 7, 18:32 8
        
        They had scenarios where he made out with women. -- nm - Bacon Jul 7, 18:33 7
        
        they didn't - not just my memory, but that's also mentioned in the piece linked above. -- nm - b. Jul 7, 18:36
        
        I don't think he did. He did grab Uhura when he was all drugged up and shirtless... - Remlik Jul 7, 18:35 4
        
        spoiler for that old episode I should probably watch? - the wrong element, bad guy Jul 7, 19:05 2
        
        Gene also wanted the first movie to end with Kirk in a fistfight with Jesus Christ though, so let's not be too reverent to his wishes.... -- nm - Ender Jul 7, 19:51
        
        I'm sure it was all part of Gene's thinking a bit.... - Remlik Jul 7, 19:41
        
        That is what I am thinking of -- nm - Bacon Jul 7, 18:46
        
        And yes, you can still do that and be gay. -- nm - Bacon Jul 7, 18:34
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    - bisexual Kirk? -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 17:46 6
      - Omnisexual. Even the Horta sings his praises. -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 17:51
      - Duh, Uhura -- nm - zork Jul 7, 17:50 4
        
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        And can't get excited over another woman? -- nm - zork Jul 7, 17:56
        
        I'm just imagining Shatner's head a-splodin. -- nm - Reagen Jul 7, 17:51 1
        
        I love this post - zork Jul 7, 18:00
- This. Though I can understand a bit of reticence in having himself and the character conflated, especially - TWuG Jul 7, 17:41 1
  - Obviously not since he's 50 years too old for that! -- nm - David Jul 7, 17:42
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his take is odd to me. it's not what gene wanted back then, but it's a - b. Jul 7, 17:30 10
- Probably a lot of "I'm Sulu -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 17:37 8
  - , dammit, and they are messing with *my* character." -- nm - TWuG Jul 7, 17:38 7
    - yep, I think there's a lot of that. -- nm - b. Jul 7, 17:42 6
      - I know I'd much prefer that they'd done something original instead of rebooting the original series timeline. - TWuG Jul 7, 17:48 5
        
        I like the rebooting, well the good parts of it.-- nm - b. Jul 7, 17:50
        
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        Nah. Easy enough to maintain the timeline and use existing characters to sell the new ones. - TWuG Jul 7, 17:53 2
        
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        makes sense. The movies can be thier own thing in Kelvin Universe and the tv show is the Prime Universe. -- nm - Remlik Jul 7, 18:23
- agreed -- nm - Beaker Jul 7, 17:31

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