Roddenberry died in 1991.
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Star Trek actor Simon Pegg has urged Theresa May to show some enterprise when she takes over as prime minister. The first interracial kiss was on Star Trek, it wasn’t particularly well received, it didn’t get watched that much but he did that and I’m sure he would have explored LGBT issues if he could have done.
John Cho told Australia’s Herald Sun last week that a scene in the upcoming film plainly presents Sulu with a male spouse raising an infant daughter.
“We felt that this universe – this reality – is that it’s ours now; it’s different to George Takei’s “Star Trek”.
The 46-year-old actor – who was responsible for writing the script for “Star Trek Beyond” alongside Doug Jung – is disappointed George, 79, didn’t approve of his character being gay.
Pegg went on to say that he “loved the idea of it being someone we already knew because the audience have a pre-existing opinion of that character as a human being, unaffected by any prejudice”.
Rod said he understood George’s opinion that his father probably did not intend for Sulu, who never had an on-screen love interest in the original TV and film series, to be gay.
“It’s about co-operation and breaking down the boundaries between races and species and types and working together and it seems incredibly apposite at the moment considering the decision this country has just made, which feels a little bit to me like a retrograde step”. I don’t see why everyone is bickering about it.
Truth be told, after J.J. Abrams departed for Star Wars and Robert Orci exited the project, questions were raised as to whether Star Trek Beyond could ever be ready in time for the franchise’s 50th anniversary.
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Roddenberry is a co-executive producer on the upcoming Star Trek television series planned for the streaming service CBS All Access.
