Comments on: http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/ Use Topically, Repeat Daily Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:38:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-941 Mark Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-941 What, you don't think they'll have gay "cured" by then? Hmm... I wonder if Scott Bakula could be persuaded to do another gay role? Quantum Leap was one of the first shows that I tuned in to partly so I could ogle the male lead. What, you don’t think they’ll have gay “cured” by then?

Hmm… I wonder if Scott Bakula could be persuaded to do another gay role? Quantum Leap was one of the first shows that I tuned in to partly so I could ogle the male lead.

]]> By: Sparky http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-942 Sparky Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-942 I've had a bee in my bonnet about how evasive the series have been on this issue. Considering how heavy-handed they always are about how progresive and tolerant their future utopia, it's especially offensive that gay issues are, at best, deeply buried in allegory. I really don't think we should be treated as the final taboo. I’ve had a bee in my bonnet about how evasive the series have been on this issue. Considering how heavy-handed they always are about how progresive and tolerant their future utopia, it’s especially offensive that gay issues are, at best, deeply buried in allegory. I really don’t think we should be treated as the final taboo.

]]> By: stephen http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-943 stephen Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-943 remember that one episode? the one with the androgenous species? and riker decided it would be appropriate to have yet-another interspecies coupling? that's about as close as rick berman can get with his ideas. me? i'd love to see a faggy episode--queers in space? mister mot (the hairdresser) has gay --tendancies-- if nothing else.. remember that one episode? the one with the androgenous species? and riker decided it would be appropriate to have yet-another interspecies coupling?

that’s about as close as rick berman can get with his ideas. me? i’d love to see a faggy episode–queers in space? mister mot (the hairdresser) has gay –tendancies– if nothing else..

]]> By: Sparky http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Sparky Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-944 Ugh, I'd at least hope for something more inspired than a gay hairdresser being the first concession we get. Ugh, I’d at least hope for something more inspired than a gay hairdresser being the first concession we get.

]]> By: Bill http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Bill Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-945 Jeez, didn't Ivanova and the NYPD Blue Telepath have an understated fling in an episode or two of Babylon 5? Jeez, didn’t Ivanova and the NYPD Blue Telepath have an understated fling in an episode or two of Babylon 5?

]]> By: Mike B http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-946 Mike B Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-946 Yeah. They didn't go so far as to hug, or kiss, or appear together in bed, or reveal anything explicitly in dialogue until a full season later, though. But it was still more daring than anything that Trek ever did. And I don't have a problem with the gay character being the astro-hairdresser. Uhura, sole representative of two minorities, started out as the space receptionist. Two series later there's a black captain, and three series later a female captain. That's how Trek works -- instead of ignoring stupid and prejudiced restrictions, they push gently on their boundaries. Very bold. Yeah. They didn’t go so far as to hug, or kiss, or appear together in bed, or reveal anything explicitly in dialogue until a full season later, though. But it was still more daring than anything that Trek ever did.

And I don’t have a problem with the gay character being the astro-hairdresser. Uhura, sole representative of two minorities, started out as the space receptionist. Two series later there’s a black captain, and three series later a female captain. That’s how Trek works — instead of ignoring stupid and prejudiced restrictions, they push gently on their boundaries. Very bold.

]]> By: Tanthanis http://hitormiss.org/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Tanthanis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://hitormiss.org/archives/2001/06/30/to-boldly-go-where-no/#comment-947 I sincerely hope that they have cured they psychological disorder known as homosexuality by the 24th century. I sincerely hope that they have cured they psychological disorder known as homosexuality by the 24th century.

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