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[-] Nath@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I liked Sulu meeting his husband and kid in the last Star Trek movie. Not in the dialogue, not central to the plot. Just a sailor getting to spend some time with his family.

I've never really thought about it until now whether George Takei even responded to that scene. It turns out he did, and he was against it. Original Sulu wasn't gay. I liked Simon Peggs answer to that also - Gene pushed us with as much diversity as he could, but a gay character was a step too far for the 1960's.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder what George Takei was against, considering he himself is gay.

[-] Nath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

George is. Sulu was not.

George liked the representation, but doesn't like retroactively changing a character instead of making a new character. Which also happened subsequently in Star Trek Discovery.

this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2023
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