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Sulu is Gay, George Takei isn't happy about it

 
 
 
George Takei said:
"Unfortunately, it’s a twisting of Gene’s creation, to which he put in so much thought. I think it’s really unfortunate."
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Sulu being gay is the least of problems with JJ Abrams' twisting of Gene's creation. Unfortunate, indeed.

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His timeline logic, however, is enough to befuddle even the most diehard of Trek enthusiasts, as the rebooted trilogy takes place before the action of the original series. In other words, assuming canon orthodoxy, this storyline suggest Sulu would have had to have first been gay and married, only to then go into the closet years later.
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I thought they don't have to follow 'canon orthodoxy' anymore because of the first reboot's messing with time travel and history. They've already violated canon with the 2nd movie. Perhaps in this timeline, Sulu comes out and in the original he didn't.
 
I don't recall Sulu showing any sign of sexuality, hetero or homo, in the original series. Seems like all the major characters at one time or another had a love interest, except Sulu. So, I don't know what twisting of Gene's creation he's talking about.

On the other hand, kudos to George for being a freethinker and not jumping on the faddish SJW/diversity bandwagon, despite being gay himself.

I met George a few years back at a VIP pre-launch of the Star Trek exhibit (my GF at the time scored some tickets from her company who was sponsoring the event). Shook his hand and asked him some lame questions that I don't even remember now. Cool guy...didn't wash my hand for a week and didn't "catch the gay". ;)
 
thebeave said:
Keith&Co. said:
The Man Trap.
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I might have to rewatch that one. I thought it was McCoy who was lovestruck in that one.
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Sulu runs the botany lab, which contains a 3-foot tall hollow tube of organic matter. Inside the tube is an animate, carnivorous plant that Rand calls Beauregard, but Sulu insists should be named Gertrude.

Gertrude reacts poorly to the presence of the shapeshifter.
 
Keith&Co. said:
thebeave said:
I might have to rewatch that one. I thought it was McCoy who was lovestruck in that one.
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Sulu runs the botany lab, which contains a 3-foot tall hollow tube of organic matter. Inside the tube is an animate, carnivorous plant that Rand calls Beauregard, but Sulu insists should be named Gertrude.

Gertrude reacts poorly to the presence of the shapeshifter.
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Should have been Audrey II
 
Keith&Co. said:
thebeave said:
I might have to rewatch that one. I thought it was McCoy who was lovestruck in that one.
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Sulu runs the botany lab, which contains a 3-foot tall hollow tube of organic matter. Inside the tube is an animate, carnivorous plant that Rand calls Beauregard, but Sulu insists should be named Gertrude.

Gertrude reacts poorly to the presence of the shapeshifter.
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OK, I remember that now. So, there's this thing called beastiality, but what do you call a man who has a sexual relationship with plants? Is that a thing?

Also, I wonder if Gertrude got jealous of Sulu's affair with unicorn dog?

sulu unicorn dog.jpg
 
thebeave said:
I don't recall Sulu showing any sign of sexuality, hetero or homo, in the original series. Seems like all the major characters at one time or another had a love interest, except Sulu. So, I don't know what twisting of Gene's creation he's talking about.

On the other hand, kudos to George for being a freethinker and not jumping on the faddish SJW/diversity bandwagon, despite being gay himself.

I met George a few years back at a VIP pre-launch of the Star Trek exhibit (my GF at the time scored some tickets from her company who was sponsoring the event). Shook his hand and asked him some lame questions that I don't even remember now. Cool guy...didn't wash my hand for a week and didn't "catch the gay". ;)
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Oooh, there's that magic word "social justice warrior," letting everyone know that you are a brave person standing up to the "persecution" from "political correctness" and all those evil, evil liberals who want to "take away your free speech" by complaining about bigotry. How dare those bad, bad liberals complain about bigotry? Don't they know that complaining about bigotry makes us all less free?

If they complain about bigotry, then people would have to admit that they are bigots, so complaining about bigotry attacks the free speech rights, since bigots can't possibly just use their own free speech rights to either argue that they are not bigots or that bigotry should be acceptable. I mean, bigots should not have to defend their ideas in public. That would be completely unfair. Only non-bigots should have to defend their ideas in the "market place of free ideas."
 
Underseer said:
thebeave said:
I don't recall Sulu showing any sign of sexuality, hetero or homo, in the original series. Seems like all the major characters at one time or another had a love interest, except Sulu. So, I don't know what twisting of Gene's creation he's talking about.

On the other hand, kudos to George for being a freethinker and not jumping on the faddish SJW/diversity bandwagon, despite being gay himself.

I met George a few years back at a VIP pre-launch of the Star Trek exhibit (my GF at the time scored some tickets from her company who was sponsoring the event). Shook his hand and asked him some lame questions that I don't even remember now. Cool guy...didn't wash my hand for a week and didn't "catch the gay". ;)
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Oooh, there's that magic word "social justice warrior," letting everyone know that you are a brave person standing up to the "persecution" from "political correctness" and all those evil, evil liberals who want to "take away your free speech" by complaining about bigotry. How dare those bad, bad liberals complain about bigotry? Don't they know that complaining about bigotry makes us all less free?

If they complain about bigotry, then people would have to admit that they are bigots, so complaining about bigotry attacks the free speech rights, since bigots can't possibly just use their own free speech rights to either argue that they are not bigots or that bigotry should be acceptable. I mean, bigots should not have to defend their ideas in public. That would be completely unfair. Only non-bigots should have to defend their ideas in the "market place of free ideas."
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Dude, take a chill pill. George Takei is perfectly in his right to have his own opinion about a character HE and Gene Roddenberry created. Too bad if it doesn't align with the trendy diversity outrage machine on Twitter. I actually find it kind of refreshing when someone doesn't automatically side with their own "in-group". It shows they're thinking for themselves, and that they realize that there are more things to consider than the color of one's skin, religion, genitalia or sexual orientation. In this case, George was more concerned about the legacy of his friend, Gene Roddenberry, than appeasing the masses on social media. Good on him.

The other thing is that I tend to be annoyed with the whole concept of reboots. Its fine to have Star Trek: TNG and the others, but leave TOS alone. The writers need to come up with new material and stop fucking around with the old stuff. Just my humble opinion.
 
Didn't the mirror universe version of Sulu have a thing with Uhura?
 
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