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Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Saw A Plausibility Error In JJ Abrams' Franchise - /Film (www.slashfilm.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Just one?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I wasn’t particularly perplexed. It was a parallel reality. I wasn’t particularly perplexed by an evil spock with a beard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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