[IMAGE 1] "Watching AOS right now and THEY DESTROYED UHURAS CHARACTER sO MUCH"
[IMAGE 2] "No thoughts, just the way they assassinated Uhura's character in aos"
#TOS Uhura would think worse things about the AOS version of herself than the mirrorverse version of herself #at least in the mirrorverse she had a spine
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Yet another frustrated sigh...
No, AOS did not destroy Uhura's character. We just see a different side to her, you know?
Here's a quote from Nichelle Nichols herself, who approved of the characterization -
“While they were shooting, J.J. Abrams invited me to lunch and invited me to come to the set. I was so excited. The surprise he had going was that the young woman playing Uhura [Zoe Saldana] didn’t know I was coming. She just gasped.
As J.J. had planned it, she didn’t have to shoot, so we sat for two hours and talked, and it was as though I had known her all her life. I was so honored. I thought I was seeing myself — I knew I was in good hands. She just picked my brain.
When I see her come on, that’s me and I’m living it. A little ways into the movie, I realized she had taken to heart what I said and became more reserved and tighter. I’m so proud of her. She took a role that was established and gave it life.
Now I know who I was before I got on that ship for that first mission. It’s so exciting for me and rewarding. J.J. and she did me honor.”
—— Nichelle Nichols for the Iowa Gazette
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Also, AOS Uhura has a fucking spine. Did you forget she faced an entire squad of Klingons on her own the 2nd film?