Audiences weren't the only ones perplexed by the Uhura/Spock romance in JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot. Nichelle Nichols herself found the concept implausible.
Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Saw A Plausibility Error In JJ Abrams' Franchise - /Film
https://www.slashfilm.com/1481459/nichelle-nichols-disagreed-jj-abrams-star-trek-relationship/
4 Comments
metostopholes@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
I hadn't heard that before, that is fucking gold.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I wasn’t particularly perplexed. It was a parallel reality. I wasn’t particularly perplexed by an evil spock with a beard.
mozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Just one?
yildo@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
I wouldn't read much more into it than JJ Abrams not being a Trek fan in the first place
If you want a conspiracy theory, then giving Spock an on-screen hetero love interest sabotages the long tradition of Kirk/Spock fan slash. However, I don't think JJ Abrams would have thought about that not having been a Trek fan in the first place