I agree, to make a character gay just to shock is trite bullshit. Its not the 1980s anymore. I don't agree on that by adding a gay character they're supposed to be making some statement or doing some meaningful story about her. However, yes, I don't expect the show to be good enough to just treat it as part of a characters make up and not their defining characteristic.AndreaDraco wrote: However, when showrunners and authors add a gay character to their story just for the sake of it, just to stir up some kind of shock, that irks me to no end. See, when the sister is revealed to be a lesbian, I thought: why? Why is it important to the story that the sister is gay? What meaningful stories could be told about it?
Yeah, unfortunately you are very likely to be right. Coincidently, the original had an episode in series 2 with the vampire, I think it was Mitchell's mentor/friend. I can't recall the guy's name.AndreaDraco wrote: If this was the UK show, I'm sure they will treat the character's sexuality tastefully and appropriately, whilst being SyFy I'm dubious and I tend to think that they added it just for a WTF moment.
Yeah, genre shows are generally apalling in this regard. The only genre shows currently in production/on air I can think of on the top of my head as having gay characters in significant parts are Torchwood, True Blood. Heh, if you count Spartacus as a genre show, it definately counts.AndreaDraco wrote: To be honest, there is only one American network that - so far - has talked about sexuality in a meaningful, thought-provoking way. And that's HBO. The others - The CW in primis, but the rest isn't that better - are a mixed bag, varying greatly from show to show. But I found that, unfortunately, LGBT topics get the worst treatment in genre shows -- and that's why I've no high hopes for this remake.
HBO generally brings the awesome. Also Omar Litlle! of The Wire