Aaah what did you think of Okun? And Okun’s relationship? I haaaated and loved it.
See I barely remembered the original movie, but when Brent Spiner showed up I was all ‘Oh I remember him!’ Then there was his partner and I didn’t remember him at all and it onnnnnly twigged for me at the end when they were holding hands that yes, they were actually meant to be in a relationship and it wasn’t some queerbaiting thing
…..and then the poor guy dies like five seconds later. (The sheer out-of-nowhere-ness of his death wouldn’t have been out of place in a parody, in all honesty.) So….ur….on the one hand, Roland Emmerich is gay and he considers it a step forward I guess? I don’t know if anyone else will though.
Turns out the Guardian had some thoughts on the subject too (and they also mentioned the uh, shipping potential of Dorky Guy and Warlord Guy). So did other websites I’m not familiar with. I think, as good as it is to have one of the franchise’s most memorable characters turn out to be gay (his sexuality was never mentioned in the original, right?) it’s not really executed well.