Star Trek Beyond: 10 Best Moments

10. Sulu Is Gay... And It's No Big Deal

Much has been written in recent weeks about the revelation that John Cho's iteration of Sulu is gay, and even the original Sulu himself, George Takei, expressed disappointment in the choice, as he felt that it implied his Sulu was closeted, when he intentionally played him as straight.

This of course completely ignores the fact that these Trek movies take place in their own separate timeline and continuity, but even so, the only remote nod to Sulu's homosexuality comes early on when the Enterprise parks at Starbase Yorktown for a breather. Sulu meets up with his boyfriend/husband and young daughter, and the two are briefly seen walking with their arms around one another.

It's 20 seconds out of a 122-minute movie and absolutely doesn't affect the film negatively in any way, nor does it feel overly forced, and if there hadn't been so much publicity about it beforehand, most viewers would probably just accept it without much thought.

More movies should have the courage to depict these relationships and to do so without drawing a tokenistic sort of attention to it.