Meta (ish) on ST:2009

[bandearg_rois]

over on mccoy_and_kirk right now there's a meta/discussion about why so many fans dis and hate on Uhura.

In short, what I've pretty much discovered is this:

The screenwriters fucked up in their character creation. And also in their storytelling.

Why in the hell would the Kelvin disaster affect anyone but the family(s) involved? I understand that there might be a '

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[ken_ichijouji]

Yeah in terms of action the movie is fantastic, but the writers seemed to miss the point of Trek in that it's always been a predominantly character-driven series. And thusly they dropped the ball on like...everyone's character. Even Jim's. Especially Jim's.

And yeah, a lot of people miss the part that Spock is the one way more in the wrong re: his relationship with Uhura than she is. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills sometimes for noticing that because it seems like very few other people get it.