Reply #70: Uh...

[vaberella]

In relation to their IMBD things, I'm fully aware of their background. Their resumes are actually posted on the Star Trek official website as well. She was in other films as well, but that's neither here nor there. As I stated in my post the problem I had was not with Zoe Saldana, but with the character of Uhura in general.

Further more it had nothing to do with screen time. You mention Chekov, but even he was commendable and pretty damn enjoyable to watch. Actually he was my third favorite after McCoy and Scottie. But Uhura was not. This is an issue I would have when I watched Stargate Atlantis. People would talk about screen time, or actress/actor, or whatever. My issue was first and foremost the character. It will always be the character...and as I stated I find the excuse of the background of the actress to be one of the weakest I've seen in defense of this destruction of a brilliant character.

Uhura was not given any quality and was far from awesome. Nothing about her stands out besides the fact that she has a relationship with Spock. This is further insulting because, that's what she's remembered for besides her qualifications which were given NO consideration except for the fact that Captain Pike found out she spoke 6 when the officer previously only knew 3. That's about the only damn difference, but she never displayed the skill, she never even said any snarky. She has absolutely no combat skills shown in the film. She wasn't even extra sassy when dealing with Kirk. In the end she was just a beautiful lady in love with Spock (with "supposed" undisplayed skill).

As I stated before. Everyone else was shown to have some skill or be adept at something and they displayed those skills even if in minute instances. Uhura, nada.