George Takei Marries, Journos Spin Gay Sulu Memes

In word and gossip math , the announcement of George Takei ’s wedding plan must ’ve front something like “ bacillus - List Sixties Geek Icon + Gay + Social Hot Button Topic = profits . ” There ’s just something double-dyed storm - ish about Takei ’s marrying fellow of 21 years Brad Altman for the jaded headline writers of the world , and under the jump , we observe the good , big and unusual of the ones that have made it out there so far .

First off , let ’s get one thing direct – While we have nothing but respect and maybe a little latria for television ’s first Mr. Sulu , headline like Wired’s“Star Trek ’s Sulu plan To Marry Partner”may be factually correct , but they ’re also kind of … slow . headline are meant to have catch your eye and call for your aid . So why not aim for something like Igotarant.com’s“George ‘ Sulu , And I Take It In The Ass ’ Takei is getting conjoin . Still factually right and yet , somehow , somewhat wrong at the same time .

While I ’m quetch , here ’s something else everyone need to understand . George Takei ? He ’s Mr. Sulu , okay ? That ’s it . That ’s all anyone needs to know in club for the newspaper headline to work . So , all you people doing headlines like“Heroes Actor To Marry Longterm Partner”and“Heroes Star George Takei To Marry Longterm Partner Brad Altman ” ? No . Just stop it . Sure , he was in Heroes , but it was for about five moment and even then it was stunt casting before he die in a cruel experiment to see if Masi Oka was able to show a third emotion other than “ glee ” and “ comedic shock absorber ” . anticipate him a star of the show just seems kind of cruel , really .

Last Of Us 7 Ellie Crash

With all of that out the way , let ’s move onto the headlines that know how to bring you up to speed . The UK ’s Daily Mirror goes for the less - is - more slant with“Gay Sulu to We d ” , while gossip website Canoodle Soup takes a similar tack , before chickening out at the last moment:“Sulu No Longer Solo : George Takei To Wed . ”So close and yet so far .

Thankfully , some people are untroubled of the obvious nerd references:“Marriage : The Final Frontier”and“George Takei : Gay wedlock – The terminal Frontier”go precisely where you want them to , but“George Takei boldly expire into marriage”and , weirdly , E ! Online’s“Star Trek Star Boldly Goes Where Ellen Goes”come a close second ( This whole “ Ellen was there first affair ” seems to be a Takei wedding meme – There ’s alsoFirst Ellen , now George Takei … will other celeb gay stick with suit?Me , I ’m going to wait until Ellen gets the mad “ Naked Time ” virus and then starts attacking people with a blade before I give her the quotation for stuff and nonsense ) .

The greatest newspaper headline of all , however , comes from the UK ’s Sun newspaper , knowing that a pun is always the way to go : Mr. Sulu will say “ I do … lu ” , anyone ?

Mission Impossible 8 Underwater