Monday, October 31, 2005

"Aye, Sulu, ye canna change the laws o' physics!!!"

If James "Scotty" Doohan were alive today, he might say this to the helmsman of the Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series. George Takei, who played Lt Sulu, has announced that he's... well, reversed his cosmic polarity. According to the Associated Press, "The current social and political climate helped motivate the disclosure" that he is gay. Takei, who is 68, has been with his partner Brad Altman for eighteen years.

1 comment:

Mr. Nixter said...

And don't forget, matey, Scotty also was know to have espoused: "All I can say is...they don't make them like they used ta." Star Trek V: The Final Frontier