Comments | idvo: Speculating Some More

idvo

Speculating Some More

Mar 25, 2011 05:05

Allow me to make a case for S/U, if you will, and introduce a way that their relationship could've been made stronger and more significant to Reboot's plot. What if, instead if Kirk and Spock beaming onto the Narada, it was Uhura and Spock who did so? Think about it, what are the reasons Kirk has for going there, besides, "Well, he's Captain Kirk ( Read more... )

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bigmamag March 25 2011, 13:18:43 UTC

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idvo March 25 2011, 22:47:20 UTC

IKR? Think of the tension and drama (not to mention all kinds of subtext) it would've added. Yeah, Star Trek mainly revolves around Kirk and Spock and their shenanigans, but like someone on _st noted, the franchise has an ensemble cast; they should all have a Big Moment where they get to be awesome and have the other characters ooh and ahh over their awesomeness.

half_vulcan March 29 2011, 04:20:35 UTC

idvo March 29 2011, 04:33:37 UTC

Yay! ^___^

inboots April 26 2011, 02:09:41 UTC

Uhura doesn't have combat training, tho, or at least she didn't raise her hand when Pike asked.

That solution would also take away from Kirk-in-action, and action was all Kirk got in XI, because no one bothered to show him being a brilliant strategist. It was Chekov who came up with the whole plan, Sulu took them there, Scotty beamed them down. Kirk would have done... jackshit.

idvo April 26 2011, 03:11:21 UTC

I agree that Kirk is mainly Action Man during the movie, and the only "strategizing" he gets to do is piss Spock off (cheating on the Kobayashi Maru and yelling at him). He is the main character after all, so it follows that most of the awesome scenes would be his.

Maybe Uhura could've gone with both Spock and Kirk? She could've stayed out of combat (or tried to, at least), and helped Spock out in the Jellyfish, maybe even yell at Nero in Romulan or something. Spock could've still expressed his doubts about the mission failing, and Kirk could've still reassured him. And instead of including the "please tell Lt. Uhura" line, well, she's right there, Spock, tell her yourself.

inboots April 26 2011, 03:36:46 UTC

Most of the awesome scenes (in the LOOK AT THIS COMPETENT MOTHERFUCKER sense) actually went to Chekov. The best of all, action wise, to Sulu.

Kirk was being beaten up and hypo-ed all over the place. Mess.

Maybe Uhura could've gone with both Spock and Kirk?

lol Idk, dude, I think she would have come off so incredibly extraneous unless they changed that whole scene. The language thing was barely necessary, Spock got everything he needed by hacking into an unconscious Romulan, an ability Uhura does not posses, and the Jellyfish was obviously a one-pilot ship.

She had no reason to be present during the climax of the movie, really. But Kirk really did. Because he's a co-protagonist.

idvo April 26 2011, 04:52:35 UTC

The problem is that I can't think of any "crowning moment of awesome" for Uhura (that doesn't involve Spock or sexuality). Sure, she discovers that important signal, but Kirk is the one who points it out to everyone else. Kirk, Spock, Sulu, Chekov, and Scotty all get to do something that shows what awesome Starfleet officers they are. McCoy less so (his moment could be getting Kirk on the Enterprise, which is closely tied to Kirk so it's not just McCoy moment), but as I said in the kirkspock thread, there are so many more men that I don't care too much about that. The reboot has a built-in gender imbalance by following TOS, and I'm uncomfortable with seeing that imbalance made greater by not letting Uhura be as badass as everyone else.