I'm pretty much in a similar place with it. On top of it not being Gene's franchise anymore, it's not like rampant heterosexuality was one of Sulu's defining characteristics the way it was with Kirk and later Riker and the world has changed to the point where I'm sure that any writer who was as devoted to diversity as Roddenberry was would have some character who is not straight and/or not binary-gendered. It's a big blind spot that Trek has had and the go-to excuse that it wouldn't fly commercially hasn't been true since before Enterprise was on the air.
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I like Takei and respect his opinion, but for anybody to single out any > one aspect of post-Roddenberry Trek as being unRoddenberry is a bit absurd. > I suspect most of what followed after Gene's passing would not have been in > keeping with his wishes/intent. Just as I suspect most of what will take > place in the new Star Wars films won't be in keeping with what Lucas would > want (he already voiced his opinion on Force Awakens). It is the nature of > a franchise that whomever holds the keys to the metaphorical kingdom will > customize and revise it. Since the Star Trek reboot literally reset the > timeline, the argument could be made that nothing of Roddenberry's original > can be considered "canon," except of course in the mind of Spock Prime. > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 4:36 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Simon Pegg, the current Scotty who also scripted the upcoming Trek flick, >> and helmer Justin Lin added a scene where this version's Sulu is shown to >> have a male spouse as well as a child... Roddenberry never intended to >> reorient the crewman, George griped to THR >> <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-takei-reacts-gay-sulu-909154> >> (link)... >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
