Talk:George Takei

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Green Berets

Removed the clause "the only pro-Vietnam film made during the Vietnam War", since, first, The Green Berets as I understand it was pro-USA, not pro-Vietnam; and second, I doubt it was the only one anyway. See Talk:The Green Berets (movie) for discussion on this point, and feel free to revert the change if it ever gets cleared up. —ajo

The Green Berets was absolutely pro-Vietnam War, just like its star John Wayne, and it was certainly the only film ever made to support that obscene conflict.

At the discussion page for The Green Berets are listed two other pro-war movies made during the war. The claim to uniqueness, then, is at least controversial if not false. Anyway, it's not clear how the politics of that movie is relevant. So I'm removing the line. -The Sarcastic Fringehead

NPOV--Past Relationship with William Shatner

This is the only article I have ever seen in any medium which uses a phrase such as "openly despise" or the word "contempt" in regard to this relationship. This is not, it seems to me, NPOV phrasing and requires rewriting.

Davidkevin 16:29, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The wording may be somewhat inappropriate. However, some of this is documented in his autobiography. For example: the statement "Takei also believed that Shatner was personally responsible for Mr. Sulu's slow rank advancement in the fictional Starfleet " could be justified by a story in the book that Shatner under played a scene in STII in which Sulu would have been promoted to Captain, and was cut according to the Takei’s book because of Statner’s performance. There is more in the book, but it has been a long time since I read it. --60.225.0.88 10:58, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Samurai

An article in a recent issue of TV Guide, spotlighting his Heroes role, mentions Takei is descended from a legendary samurai. Who might this be? The S 18:24, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to this interview, he's descended from Takeda Shingen. - LeeNapier 16:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

photograph needs replacing

The photograph of George Takei that appears on this page is actually of a Tawny Owl. I'm assuming this needs replacing? Alivicwil 12:10, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above is the coolest sentence I have ever read ANYWHERE. (And I read Faulkner!) 128.195.218.14 (talk) 21:08, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

main photo is too big!

the main photo is enormous. It's far too big to make the first paragraphs of the article easily readable on low-resolution displays (anything under 1600x1200, for that matter). Would someone please resize this image and reupload it? 192.158.61.167 18:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you see, but here it's 220x275, which isn't "enormous" at all. (Filename: "220px-George_Takei.jpg") --DocMcCoy 21:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Being a parent doesn't make you straight

Right now it implies that Sulu might be straight, and implies his daughter Demora is some sort of evidence. That is illogical. Plenty of gay people are parents. It says absolutely nothing about Sulu's sexuality, as the mother and her relationship to Sulu is never mentioned. Not sure why this gets reverted, except perhaps someone out there has something against reality and the existence of gay parents.66.188.125.219 (talk) 18:37, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That isn't even the main issue with this section in the article. It belongs in the article for Sulu, not for the actor who played the character. Wildhartlivie (talk) 08:13, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Catchphrase?

"In the Cory in the House episode "Air Force One Too Many", Takei plays the Steward on Air Force One, Ronald, and utters his catch phrase when he experiences stomach problems." What catchphrase might that be? I think it should be in the article somewhere if it's going to be mentioned. Tevildo (talk) 22:27, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do believe it was "Oh My!" as he used to say as Sulu 75.72.25.219 (talk) 03:58, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This may very well be George's "catch phrase" though its the first I've heard it referenced this way. He says, "Oh MY!" when surprised at public speaking events, but his Star Trek character, Sulu has never uttered this on film. Akuvar (talk) 16:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
its now his catchphrase. he uses it in an advertisement for a new Sharp TV system, Quattron. i recommend this be added to his 2000's work. the phrase would not have been used by Sulu, unless it was the evil sulu, as its too out of character. (once a fanboy, always a fanboy...)Mercurywoodrose (talk) 01:03, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't watch "I'm a celebrity..." and I bet he used it a lot on there. And yes, I've seen the commercial too. I don't mind the reference, I just didn't want people thinking he had established it as sulu. Akuvar (talk) 00:12, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Indent reset! Anyone know what the first use of "OH MY!" was? He was using it in 1998 on Muppets Tonight 198.6.46.11 (talk) 17:37, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Asteroid naming

I added the actual naming citation from Minor Planets for the asteroid named in his honor. Akuvar (talk) 20:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction overhaul

One of the headers for this article asks that the introduction be more tuned towards what makes this person notable. As of this time, it speaks mostly of television appearances. I'd like to propose changing the introduction to something like this:

George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is a Japanese American actor, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He is an outspoken proponent of gay rights and active in State and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on Human Rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.

Please weigh-in with comments/additions/changes. Akuvar (talk) 19:28, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I like your new intro, very well written! 198.6.46.11 (talk) 17:38, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ethnicity

Earlier an editor changed the introduction of George from Japanese-American to simply American citing WP:MOSBIO. I read this and at first agreed with it. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought that, except with George's sexuality being in the news, his ethnicity is one of the most notable things about him. He was cast as Sulu because of his ethnicity, his work with human rights and the japanese american museum are related to his ethnicity, and most of the roles he gets are in part from his fame and in part from his ethnicity. I vote to restore the descriptive japanese-american back into the introduction because I think it meets wiki guidelines for notable ethnicity. I have a feeling if you asked George about this, he would agree. What do others think? Akuvar (talk) 00:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

pronunciation

Does someone with a good grasp of IPA & the IPA templates want to add the pronunciation of his name? Most sources (including Takei himself e.g. in this video at 4:40) say it's ta-kay (rhymes with okay), but ta-kai is commonly heard (e.g. that's the one used in Family Guy, perhaps in reference to William Shatner's refusal to pronounce it correctly). --76.28.236.209 (talk) 19:09, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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