tgreco
Sr Member
Exactly what information presented, and then clarified do you consider to be the whiny mess part?I replied to the bits that I thought were justified replying to and weren't just a rambling, whiny mess.
If you're trying to say that I'm some sort of bigot, or homophobe, you're sorely mistaken. I'm a big supporter of gay rights, and the gay community, and have been for a very long time. And not in the passive, I put rainbows on my facebook profile way. So if your assumption is that I'm offended by a gay character, you're completely wrong.
What I see, with Beyond, is a film that had a slashed budget, a slashed marketing budget, and they're trying desperately to get noticed.
I see a July littered with under performing bombs... like ID42, and soon most likely Ghostbusters, and quite possibly Beyond.
I see a marketing department trying to heighten their visibility using social media, and social issues, justifying it with the "Trek is progressive and inclusive" mantra.
I'm sure when they wrote that scene(which can easily be edited out for foreign markets like Russia, where you can be fined or imprisoned for "public displays for non-traditional sexual relations"), and then sent out the press release, the last thing they expected was GT to say "what are you doing to this character? This isn't what Gene envisioned."
And I'm sure that Pegg never expected anything but thunderous applause for changing the character. I'm not saying it should or shouldn't be a token character. I am saying that they were making an attempt to get GT to help them promote the film, precisely because of his social media presence. They chose Sulu for a reason. And it wasn't with noble intensions. It was for marketing reasons. If he plugs the film, great! If he doesn't like it... well then we've generated headlines for a couple of days before the opening.
What I REALLY see is George Takei saying "Don't use my LGBT activism to promote your crappy little film", and making Pegg have to write his silly rambling "we didn't want it to be a token character" response.