Well I suppose I'm a big old geek to know this, so I shouldn't bring it up, but actually Captain Pike had had a female first officer, and Spock had been a minor officer in those earlier days...
I get that they were wanting to reestablish the basic members of the Enterprise crew for future episodes, without being hampered by past canon, but in this case it hampers the future by not having expanded Uhura's role (which is what I would have like to have seen... let her have a more action role). Basically I just feel that it is something he never even considers, and I feel it shouldn't be ignored.
See? In MY best scenario Uhura would have volunteered as having marshal arts skills, and then when they landed on the drill we would discover that Sulu just uses a sword, and Kirk just uses his fists, but Uhura (and of course the Romulans would have had 3 men on the drill instead of just two) would have serious ninja/karate skills.... That is just me off the top of my head, there are a lot of places she could have been given more to do that would hint to her having a larger role (and not just as romantic ingenue).
But obviously I loved the movie and I will be going to the sequels!
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Date: 2009-05-17 06:11 pm (UTC)I get that they were wanting to reestablish the basic members of the Enterprise crew for future episodes, without being hampered by past canon, but in this case it hampers the future by not having expanded Uhura's role (which is what I would have like to have seen... let her have a more action role). Basically I just feel that it is something he never even considers, and I feel it shouldn't be ignored.
See? In MY best scenario Uhura would have volunteered as having marshal arts skills, and then when they landed on the drill we would discover that Sulu just uses a sword, and Kirk just uses his fists, but Uhura (and of course the Romulans would have had 3 men on the drill instead of just two) would have serious ninja/karate skills.... That is just me off the top of my head, there are a lot of places she could have been given more to do that would hint to her having a larger role (and not just as romantic ingenue).
But obviously I loved the movie and I will be going to the sequels!