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[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

After he did his AMA on reddit he took a look around and stated something along the lines of it having "too much of the bad internet" and didn't stick around.

Also he's Canadian and not from the Prairies, so unlikely to be alt-right. His biggest flaw I've heard of in a few places is that he "works to rule" in the union sense. He does things that make him money WRT his fandom and his acting.

E.g. the big fallout he had with George Takei was because in his eyes, Takei as a person would benefit more from Sulu staying on the Enterprise and playing more in the movie, because more screen time equals more cash.

Takei took the minor role because it made sense for Sulu as a character, as well as personally the representation of a Japanese (and then closeted gay man) as the captain of a starship.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Takei took the minor role because it made sense for Sulu as a character, as well as personally the representation of a Japanese (and then closeted gay man) as the captain of a starship.

Takei has suggested that while he is gay, Sulu is not. He objected to Sulu being gay in the Abramsverse and said they should have made a new character gay instead of shoehorning it into his character just because he's a gay actor.

Which makes sense. Sulu could, at best, be bisexual. Not because there was no gay representation in TOS, but because he was shown being interested in women. He's attracted to the titular women in Mudd's Women, he "takes over" with one of the showgirls McCoy has on his arm in Shore Leave, and he's arguably sexually interested in Uhura, albeit while intoxicated, in The Naked Time. As Takei himself knows.

I'm not gay, but if I was and was known for playing a prominent character in a popular show and then they remade the show as a movie, but made my character gay because I was gay... I'd be kind of insulted. It would basically suggest that every character I played was gay unless clearly indicated otherwise, which is not what I would want people to think of my acting abilities.

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Sorry, I wasn't implying Sulu was gay. I meant for him as an actor.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago

He’s not only Canadian but Jewish from Montreal. He’s very much not what the commentator suggested.