Star Trek Beyond

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John Cho's Sulu Revealed as Gay in 'Star Trek Beyond'

Star Trek actor John Cho revealed that his character Hikaru Sulu will be revealed as gay in the upcoming film Star Trek Beyond. According to his interview with Australia's Herald Sun, the decision is a nod to the original Sulu and openly gay actor George Takei.

Sulu will be the first gay canonical character in the Star Trek franchise and will have a husband and a young daughter. "I liked the approach not to make a big thing out of it, which is where I hope we are going as a species, to not politicize one's personal orientations," Cho said in the interview.

Takei came out publicly in 2005, revealing that he had been in a relationship with his partner Brad Altman for 18 years at the time. His decision to come out to the public was motivated at the time by the then-turbulent issue of legalizing gay marriage as well as his role as psychologist Martin Dysart in the play Equus. Takei had played Sulu for three seasons and in six films beginning in 1966, having to keep closeted during the entire time.
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George Takei: making Sulu gay in new Star Trek is 'really unfortunate'

George Takei, the actor who played helmsman Sulu in the original Star Trek TV series, has expressed scepticism about the decision to make Sulu openly gay in the new movie Star Trek Beyond.

The move, announced by new Sulu actor John Cho on Thursday, was intended by writer Simon Pegg as a doff of the cap to Takei’s pioneering work for gay rights.

In response, however, Takei told that Hollywood Reporter that, far from being touched, he had urged Pegg and his team to rethink the decision, fearing that the sudden move did not honour the character as he was originally created, and sent a dubious message about whether people can suddenly change sexuality.

“I’m delighted that there’s a gay character,” said Takei. “Unfortunately, it’s a twisting of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s creation, into which he put so much thought. I think it’s really unfortunate.”
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“I’m delighted that there’s a gay character,” said Takei. “Unfortunately, it’s a twisting of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s creation, into which he put so much thought. I think it’s really unfortunate.”
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Very well said.

I think it's also why people dislike the Ghostbusters. It's not that anyone doesn't want female Ghostbusters, but re-writing of what has already been established because of SJWs.
 
In the context of where they have gone with the movies I don't think it matters that he is gay. The reboot has pi$$ed in the face of fans on so many occasions that another drop is not going to hurt.
 
I honestly don't care, after they made Kahn some odd British psychopath I'm like eh.
 
He is such a minor character, his orientation makes no difference to the story.

Yet when Marvel makes a black female spiderman nobody cares.
 
skimread said:
He is such a minor character, his orientation makes no difference to the story.
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This.
Almost all the characters are sexually ambiguous anyway. Why? Because we don't really care about their private lives - we're watching it for the scifi, aliens, and Captain's log. Not sure why we have to be explicit about the sexual orientation of just the gay guy - let's be explicit about everyone's orientation and turn it into a space drama with romance and betrayal.
 
People are complaining that it's not Star Trek. They are right, it's basically Baysplosions in space. Doesn't mean I'm not eagerly waiting to see it. I love Baysplosions in space. I want more Baysplosions in space.
 
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