Yes, you're right. Uhura was just as relevant as the other backup boys and got loads more screen time than Scotty, Chekhov and others. Scotty in particular got the shaft. I think I'm just a wee bit spoiled by Voyager and Buffy and BSG where I got used to seeing the chicks getting in on more of the action. I guess making Uhura an action hero (as opposed to Spock's girlfriend!!!!) would have been too much to expect of a reboot.
I'm not totally convinced that she wasn't impressed by Kirk in #4. I think she actually did stop to smile at him instead of dumping her beer over his head like she should have. There was also something about the way that scene was filmed with Kirk spewing out the names of linguistic subfields as if he was actually supposed to be demonstrating his apparent genius that really rubbed me the wrong way.
That recap is pure awesome! Spock with a MySpace page!!! I bow down to your expert eye for slashiest episodes. I remember watching ToS reruns with my old man and he never bothered to educate me on the awesomeness that is K/S. I was clearly missing out!
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Date: 2009-05-12 04:46 am (UTC)I'm not totally convinced that she wasn't impressed by Kirk in #4. I think she actually did stop to smile at him instead of dumping her beer over his head like she should have. There was also something about the way that scene was filmed with Kirk spewing out the names of linguistic subfields as if he was actually supposed to be demonstrating his apparent genius that really rubbed me the wrong way.
That recap is pure awesome! Spock with a MySpace page!!! I bow down to your expert eye for slashiest episodes. I remember watching ToS reruns with my old man and he never bothered to educate me on the awesomeness that is K/S. I was clearly missing out!