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Star Trek: Discovery is an agonizing almost year away, but here's something to help hold us over until May 2017: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Michelle Yeoh has been cast as a Starfleet Captain, Deadline reports.
Though Discovery's main character will have a female "Number One" serving as lieutenant commander on the Federation starship Discovery -- don't look for Yeoh on that vessel. She'll reportedly play Han Bo, leader of the ship Shenzhou. That means the lead character, rumored to be another non-white female, may be second in command.
That wouldn't be the first time the main character isn't a commanding officer on Star Trek -- Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, rose through the ranks after starting as commander -- but then, this iteration of the franchise is expected to explore all kinds of new dimensions, including having at least one gay character.
Do Trekkies approve?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Celestial on Saturday November 26 2016, @02:57AM
As someone that's watched Star Trek since I was a wee lad in 1980 and has been a hardcore Trekker since, I have hope. But between the people running the show and their stated goal of pushing a "progressive and inclusive vision," the pessimist in me thinks that there will be exactly one white male on the show... and he'll be gay... and wear a red shirt. And in the second season, they'll mention World War III was started by a President Trump in the early 21st Century.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @03:17AM
World War III was started by a President Trump in the early 21st Century.
Yes but the Post-Atomic Horror inspired Zefram Cochrane to get drunk and invent warp drive, so it's all good.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @03:23AM
Could be worse. They could change the Prime Directive into the S.C.U.M. Manifesto, use the progressive stack for the command structure, and have safe space battle stations.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @03:31AM
All of which were done in TOS episodes.
SCUM Manifesto Says Kill And Replace The Men - Turnabout Intruder
Progressive Stack Promotion List Keeping Whitey Down - Court Martial
Safe Space Space Station With Klingons - The Trouble With Tribbles
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @04:42PM
Gay is not unusual anymore. If the character is a regular person who happens to be gay, well, *yawn*.
What they should do it an over-the-top flaming Liberace-style gay. "They've hit Buddy. Come on girls!" [youtube.com]