Celebrity Trek’s Nichelle Nichols Noticed A Plausibility Error In JJ Abrams’ Franchise

Abrams, in fact, desire to intentionally cordon off his model of “Star Trek” from the 1966 series, making one thing uniquely his. It’s additionally importance noting that Abrams was openly not a Trekkie when he was once rented to direct “Star Trek,” all however assuring he would attempt bold tale and personality conceits that wouldn’t fall in series with established “Star Trek” canon. A romance between Uhura and Spock may have made sense in his thoughts (Abrams co-wrote the movie’s screenplay), but it surely’s hardened to assume again to Nichols and her impaired co-star Leonard Nimoy and movie them having a full-bore love affair.

Abrams may had been extrapolating his model of the Uhura/Spock romance from a unmarried scene within the episode “The Man Trap” (September 8, 1966) when Uhura tried to begin a dialog with the Commander, asking Spock — more or less paradoxically, with mock romance — why he by no means tells her that she’s “an attractive young lady,” or ask her if she’s “ever been in love,” or what his house planet seems like when the moon is complete. His reaction: “Vulcan has no moon.”

When requested what she considered Abrams’ effort to power a romance between Spock and Uhura, Nichols was once blunt:

“That wouldn’t have happened back in the original series, Uhura was a private person with a personal life separate from the rest of the crew. […] Any serious fan who saw the original series would know it would not have been possible, they’d laugh their heads off.”

Certainly, even in expanded universe lore, Uhura was once stated to have by no means married, who prefer to concentrate on her profession. She turned into a primary officer, next a captain, next (as described in David A. Goodman’s “The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard”) President of the Federation.