"Stargate Universe" will feature two gay characters ... but which two?

One of the things I've liked about Stargate as a television series is that it tended to be more accepting of actors of unconventional attractiveness. Yes, they were generally relegated to comic relief, but they were there and often central to the plots. It's nice to see that continue with David Blue. Hopefully he'll have more to do than sit around cracking wise.

.... even begin to figure out who it could be at this point.  Only one of the main characters is married as the series begins, but even that doesn't mean anything.  I love sci-fi and I've watched most of the Stargate saga, so I'm looking forward to this new series as well.

 

I don't think it's David Blue though and I'd okay with that.  He's supposedly the show's comic relief and I have had enough of that role for the gay guy.

Screw you Mr.Gaeta! Looks like the US is geting its first 'mo in space who might actually be getting some (or even have the fact agnolaged) on the show itself!

 

 

Speaking of, that trailer makes it look ferce Battlestar Galactica-y. Not that i'm complaining.

Yea! Good! Finally! Mo's go through the gate. I just hope that it's one of those things that's brought up one week and never mentioned again, except when the producers are angling for an inclusivity award.

I suspect though they're serious about this. According to the producers, they had a lot of talk around the writer's room and came quite close to making SG:A's Major Lorne gay. We'd find that out after he had an affair with Ronon Dex.

That's the stuff slash fiction is made of. 

I looks at that cast photo, and I've got to think it's guys who gay in that.  If that's really as big as the cast is, on an isolated space ship never to return to earth, if the gay characters were lesbians, it just leaves on available female for any romantic interludes for all six guys - which in addition to making lone female seem a slut, it would be awfully destructive to the crew dynamics.  Make the gays dudes, and you end up with a mostly balanced male/female-male/male dynamic.  But if they intend to couple the gays up, there's really not a lot of choices if they want to match the ages remotely - and while I've met some sexy May/December couples in my life, going too much older/youger (and a few of those guys look awfully young for high-level interstellar government work in hte first place), I can imagine some people getting their panties in twist on the predatory age thing.  Personally, I think it might be kind fun and hot.

The guy in the white  t-shirt (the actor is 26)  and the guy in the royal blue t-shirt (the actor is 27) are the youngest dudes.

I can't imagine that their characters would be much younger given their position on the crew.

The other 3 dudes are between 40 and 47 

I don't know the actual ages of the characters but based soley upon looks, they all some very grown to me.

I don't get why there woud be controversy.

"Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common." (Dorothy Parker)

Not all the characters are in the military obviously, but do you think Stargate would want to tackle Don't Ask Don't Tell?  I mean they've gone into military relationships with O'Neil and Carter, but do you think that they would try to take something on that's such a controversial topic.  If they do I hope they don't mess it up. If you think they'd avoid it that helps narrow things down a bit.

Why not Robert Carlyle as the gay one. I for one will never ever forget watching The Full Monty. I was one of a lucky few who got to preview the movie before it was released at a theater in Riverside California. They passed out tickets at a coffee shop I frequented that was next door to the Menagerie a local gay bar. Me and a couple of friends were bored so we took the tickets and saw the movie. We could not wait to get back to the bar and tell everyone of the movie. The rest is history.

 

 

But a Stargate without Daniel, Jack, Rodney, John and Carson? What will all the slash writers do?

I recognize several of the actors there. All of them are really good. Can't wait.

if were going on who may have played gay before well the safe money is on the outstanding robert carlyle!!! From a european side of the things he was in a film called Priest rated 18's if i remember, he was priests lover and it was certainly explicit at the time. He's done it once could easily do it again and with more class now he's older......

people should smile more!!!

What's with all these "guess who's gay" lately?  First, Kings, then Southland, and now this? 

I'm glad that one of my favorite franchises has finally decided to join the 21st century, but I just can't help but think how much nicer it would have been if they'd arrived at this decision twelve years ago when they cast Michael Shanks as Daniel Jackson.

That man is just entirely too hot to be wasted on women! No offense, ladies. ;Þ

I agree with the one's a man, the other is a woman theory. That way they

a) are inclusive and

b) never have to show same-sex action.

Hopefully I'm too cynical for my own good.

As a long-time fan and follower of the Stargate franchise, this comes as great news to me.

 

However, the reaction from the fans on Gateworld greatly disappoints me. 19.94% (74 users) have insofar voted that they absolutely do mind that there will be gay characters on the show (http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?p=10020412), and the poll was started even before the PTB announced there would be actual gay characters on the show, so many of these people were voting against hypothetical homosexuality. I'm FallenAngelII on Gateworld, BTW. I posted a post on page 29.

And thanks to a casting notice, we find out that Stargate Universe, with all those males, chooses to go the lesbian route.  We still have no gays in space.

http://spoilertv.blogspot.com/2009/04/stargate-universe-casting-call_15.html

Congratulations, AfterEllen! 

well i already know one as it in my mag as a spoiler but if it was two .... im hoping Lt matt. scott,

OR BI please, sadly bi people do exist (been hurt by a few, maybe more then a few, i can say that)

but here where i have a problem is as far as i can rememebr that SG has never done a gay story ever in either universes (u may correct me if im a wrong .. im a star trek buff not SG .... but i know them both well .. if that makes sence ..... so it be hard to push out two gay people onto one show .....

 

unless u do so where they can go to a planet with no sex gender at all however imply by looks it a female/male .. and allow the charater to well enter into a relationship that implyes homosexuality rather then shows (which they did in first contact startrek TNG).... other then the lying in bed kiss goodbye u get on a normal st8 scene ....

 

R.C- fantastic actor and is brillent in the film priest (check it out) but however no he tooo ugly as a gay man however micheal shanks is another story ... see that link i did there clever huh :P x