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George Takei To Play Star Trek's Sulu Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the back-in-the-saddle dept.

Tycoon Guy writes "TrekToday reports that George Takei has agreed to play Hikaru Sulu in an upcoming episode of the fan series Star Trek: New Voyages. He's the second actor from the original Star Trek series to come onboard; another episode will feature Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov. And here's what really makes this news great: Takei's episode will be written by none other than David Gerrold, the SF writer who also brought us Star Trek's Tribbles."

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  1. Re:Oh my! by pipingguy · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    "Came out of the closet" on Stern's show can mean a lot of things (if he's gay, that's fine). Stern has to justify the piles of cash he's getting, so I wouldn't put it past him to pay people to "be gay" for his show.

    Takei has always undertoned his natural voice, all actors can do this, that's why many of them do voices for cartoon shows.

  2. Roddenberry sucked by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    When Roddenberry died, the franchise lost its soul

    Roddenberry was a vastly overrated hack. Star Trek sucked when he was involved. Star Trek was at its BEST after he was no longer involved. And the best series of the franchise, DS9, was produced after he died.

    Mod me down as flambait if you like, but the man deserves credit ONLY for creating the franchise, nothing more. And there are plenty of writers out there who would argue that his main contribution after he started the franchise was to hold it back.

    -Eric

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
  3. Somebody tell. . . by phishtrader · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Somebody tell David Gerrold to get off his ass, quit screwing around, and finish the next War Against the Chtorr novel. The last one came out in 1992, if I took this long to finish my projects I'd be out of a job!

  4. Here's An Episode Idea by cmplus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sulu and Chekov get sued by PriceLine for failing to pay for a room they shared on Rigel 7. PriceLine and the hotel are represented by William Shatner and David Spader. Spader, it turns out, also stayed at the hotel using a Stargate VIP comp. for weekenders only. In and out in the blink of an eye. Sulu and Chekov try to hire the firm of Gould and Romulan to represent them but can't come up with the retainer. Instead, they're assigned public defender Wil Wheaton who can't start 'til Monday because he's out in Vegas playing in a poker tournament.

    I'd sit for that.

  5. What we really need by Mad+Ogre · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is for serious fans to make their own Firefly series. Forget this Star Trek crap. Firefly is where its at.

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