Well I'll admit that the lack of anything like a strong woman character bugs me only because that is always J.J. Abrams problem... he seriously needs to buy a clue.
Oh, I know that, but in this instance, he just took on an existing cast, and like I said, I was happy with Uhura's portrayal.
Exactly! That was amazing, and really opens things up! This always all kinds of freedom in different aspects of these characters' personalities being developed... and basically a completely different universe (since so often Vulcan was the diplomatic corps).
It blows my mind trying to envision the Federation's future without (a strong) Vulcan.
Roddenberry had envisioned female captains & first officers from the very beginning, but evidently our new time line doesn't think so.... *sigh*
Well, somebody mentioned elsewhere that one thing those skirts do, is make women easy to distinguish in crowds. Starfleet certainly had a good mix of male/female cadets. I'm reserving judgement until the next movies, this was very much focused on the main cast.
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Oh, I know that, but in this instance, he just took on an existing cast, and like I said, I was happy with Uhura's portrayal.
Exactly! That was amazing, and really opens things up! This always all kinds of freedom in different aspects of these characters' personalities being developed... and basically a completely different universe (since so often Vulcan was the diplomatic corps).
It blows my mind trying to envision the Federation's future without (a strong) Vulcan.
Roddenberry had envisioned female captains & first officers from the very beginning, but evidently our new time line doesn't think so.... *sigh*
Well, somebody mentioned elsewhere that one thing those skirts do, is make women easy to distinguish in crowds. Starfleet certainly had a good mix of male/female cadets. I'm reserving judgement until the next movies, this was very much focused on the main cast.