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In Reply to: RE: Star Drek. Gag me with a forklift. posted by free.ranger on May 23, 2013 at 00:39:16
Spock was always portrayed as asexual in the original TV series and didn't get the urge to "do it" except for every 7 years when Vulcan men went ape-shit and would even kill to get it on. So the Spock romance with Uhura is not consistent with the character. Also, what happened to the original back story with Captain Pike in the TV pilot episode? He was the captain of the original Enterprise and the young Spock was his first officer, and they were apparently very close. When Pike was badly injured, Spock risked everything to take Pike to a place where he could spend the rest of his life in peace. Is this all part of the "alternate universe" described in the last Star Trek movie?
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The first film (2009) establishes that this is a parallel Star Trek Universe.
Spock is half human so the film in a way does a bit better job than the original series bringing out the human emotion factor - SO presumably it would be harder for Spock than other Vulcans to suppress human emotion - plus he's around emotional humans a LOT more than other Vulcans.
OK, I get the parallel universe explanation, but I disagree that the new films give us a better take on the half-human Spock. The updated version of Spock is just another sexually active action hero meant to appeal to a 21st Century audience, but this one has big ears. This undermines the whole Kirk/Spock dynamic and the fascination we had with the disciplined, yet exotic Vulcan lifestyle. Of course, you might prefer Ginger while I might pick Mary Ann.
Well I think, as was stated in my posted review link, that it was important to make sure that audiences were not exposed to a case of the "not gays" in that they had to ensure the character would not be viewed by non Trek fans as being Gay - lots of cash rests in the pockets of a lot of intolerant folk. Besides maybe she has special seductive powers.
See the link below starting at 39 minutes. I like his take on Kirk and Spock.
And these films are not out to make Star Trek fanboys happy - it's out to make a big pile of cash and nothing more. Well and be good enough to be able to make a sequel and make a big pile of cash.
There is a case to be made that Spock would be more "emotional" given the Vulcan in the pathetic show Enterprise. She was always seemingly emotional and pouty.
I am not really against the notion that Spock would have a girlfriend - I think the choice of who it is is kinda dumb but without that relationship what would having Uhura accomplish? Don't they have audible google translate in the future? Warp drive but no instant translation. Comparing it to the original series doesn't really fly because we have and can envision more technological advancements than they could envision in the 1960s.
I kinda look at Spock's relationship almost like a Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory.
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