Comments on: Sulu talks http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 00:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: chanho http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1533591 chanho Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1533591 Wow, somehow I never connected Sulu piloting a starship with Asians driving cars. Wow, somehow I never connected Sulu piloting a starship with Asians driving cars.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532897 niktemadur Sat, 15 Sep 2012 02:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532897 <i>That's as heartwarming as mulled Romulan ale.</i> Really?  What I see is a Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy at Starfleet! That’s as heartwarming as mulled Romulan ale.

Really?  What I see is a Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy at Starfleet!

]]> By: James Agenbroad http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532827 James Agenbroad Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532827 Hmm...it seems like the two Trek actors with the biggest web following were both drivers in the front seats: George Takai and Wil Wheaton.   Hmm…it seems like the two Trek actors with the biggest web following were both drivers in the front seats: George Takai and Wil Wheaton.  

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532794 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532794 Or Little Richard. Who still hasn't dealt with it. All hail Alan Sues, Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly for not even bothering with plausible deniability. Or Little Richard. Who still hasn’t dealt with it.

All hail Alan Sues, Paul Lynde and Charles Nelson Reilly for not even bothering with plausible deniability.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532757 niktemadur Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532757 Here's a nasty little image that popped into my head a few months back and it's just stuck there. Cap'n Kirk:  "Mr Sulu" Sulu (turning to face Kirk):  "Yes, Captain?" Cap'n Kirk blows a big fat belch at Sulu's face, point-blank range, while exhaling "Spoooooooock!" Here’s a nasty little image that popped into my head a few months back and it’s just stuck there.

Cap’n Kirk:  “Mr Sulu”
Sulu (turning to face Kirk):  “Yes, Captain?”
Cap’n Kirk blows a big fat belch at Sulu’s face, point-blank range, while exhaling “Spoooooooock!”

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532753 Brainspore Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532753 Keep in mind that this was back in the days when Liberace was ostensibly "straight" too. Entertainers didn't really have to fool anyone as long as they could maintain plausible deniability. Keep in mind that this was back in the days when Liberace was ostensibly “straight” too. Entertainers didn’t really have to fool anyone as long as they could maintain plausible deniability.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532746 awjt Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532746 Me too. He is a hoot. Me too. He is a hoot.

]]> By: Alan Olsen http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532738 Alan Olsen Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532738 I saw George Takai in 1978. It was pretty obvious he was gay even back then. He did not keep it much of a secret. I saw George Takai in 1978. It was pretty obvious he was gay even back then. He did not keep it much of a secret.

]]> By: t3kna2007 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532729 t3kna2007 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532729  For sure.  What a voice he has.  For sure.  What a voice he has.

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532721 ldobe Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532721  Anyone else read the interview excerpt with Takei's luxuriant baritone ringing in their head?  God, I could listen to that man read my IP logs, and hang on his every syllable.  Anyone else read the interview excerpt with Takei’s luxuriant baritone ringing in their head?  God, I could listen to that man read my IP logs, and hang on his every syllable.

]]> By: Jellodyne http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532717 Jellodyne Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532717 Now I'm trying to remember if NPH had a goatee in the Harold and Kumar movies. Now I’m trying to remember if NPH had a goatee in the Harold and Kumar movies.

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532597 Just_Ok Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532597 Oh, myyy Oh, myyy

]]> By: Glenn http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532562 Glenn Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532562 I'm hoping Mr Takei revises his autobiography, To the Stars. It's due! I’m hoping Mr Takei revises his autobiography, To the Stars. It’s due!

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532544 Brainspore Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532544 Well, not <em>Mirror-Universe</em> Takei. Well, not Mirror-Universe Takei.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532538 Brainspore Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532538 I'd read earlier that Shatner was the only cast member who wasn't cool with Takei being gay, but if George says "oblivious" I'll take him at his word. I’d read earlier that Shatner was the only cast member who wasn’t cool with Takei being gay, but if George says “oblivious” I’ll take him at his word.

]]> By: Ethan Taliesin Houser http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532532 Ethan Taliesin Houser Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532532 Takai is GAY??????? Takai is GAY???????

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532494 Romeo Vitelli Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532494 Didn't George Takei refuse to invite William Shatner to his wedding?  It was a pretty public snub.  http://www.wired.com/underwire/2008/10/shatner-calls-g/ Didn’t George Takei refuse to invite William Shatner to his wedding?  It was a pretty public snub. 

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2008/10/shatner-calls-g/

]]> By: Jellodyne http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532491 Jellodyne Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532491  If Takai posted on BoingBoing I wouldn't still need Facebook.  If Takai posted on BoingBoing I wouldn’t still need Facebook.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532486 semiotix Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532486 Aww, Chekov was even Sulu's wingman in real life! That's as heartwarming as mulled Romulan ale. If you'll excuse me, I need to dry my eyes, and then update my slashfic to reflect this more tender, nuanced relationship I now see between the two. Aww, Chekov was even Sulu’s wingman in real life! That’s as heartwarming as mulled Romulan ale.

If you’ll excuse me, I need to dry my eyes, and then update my slashfic to reflect this more tender, nuanced relationship I now see between the two.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532475 vonbobo Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532475 SHATNER! Doesn't really care... about Anything... that's not... SHATNER! Guy IS.... amazingly.... self-absorbed-which... as you say?... is still better than.... homophobia??? SHATNER! Doesn’t really care… about Anything… that’s not… SHATNER! Guy IS…. amazingly…. self-absorbed-which… as you say?… is still better than…. homophobia???

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532472 vonbobo Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532472 It's inspiring to see a human with a greater purpose, understands what it is, and is directly on target.... and also isn't so serious that he forgets to laugh. Full speed ahead indeed! It’s inspiring to see a human with a greater purpose, understands what it is, and is directly on target…. and also isn’t so serious that he forgets to laugh. Full speed ahead indeed!

]]> By: oldtaku http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532469 oldtaku Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532469 Shatner doesn't really care about anything that's not Shatner. Guy is amazingly self-absorbed. Which, as you say, is still better than homophobia. Shatner doesn’t really care about anything that’s not Shatner. Guy is amazingly self-absorbed. Which, as you say, is still better than homophobia.

]]> By: An Infinitude of Tortoises http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532461 An Infinitude of Tortoises Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532461 To give Shatner the benefit of the doubt, perhaps it was merely a <strike>mad cow</strike> senior moment. Besides, there are worse things than obliviousness.... To give Shatner the benefit of the doubt, perhaps it was merely a mad cow senior moment.

Besides, there are worse things than obliviousness….

]]> By: strugglngwriter http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532452 strugglngwriter Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532452 Here's the link:  http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/09/interview-george-takei-sulu-star-trek-gay-internment-allegiance Here’s the link: 
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2012/09/interview-george-takei-sulu-star-trek-gay-internment-allegiance

]]> By: Shibi_SF http://boingboing.net/2012/09/14/181007.html#comment-1532450 Shibi_SF Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=181007#comment-1532450 I love George Takei.  Love LOVE him! I love George Takei.  Love LOVE him!

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