Hey Everyone, I know I’ve complained and whined about the Star Trek Webmaster Program, but now that the movie is close, I’m going to give you all of the “latest” news. Starting with brand new photos from the movie. I don’t know the meaning or significance of any of these shots, so no captions. I’m sorry, I’m sure I’m going to love this movie, but I’m not feeling this cast.
Two observations:
The new Star Trek looks good.
Being a Trekkie, I think they have a great look and it's good to see what they are going to do with the original Star Trek cast.
Unfortunately, I don't like that they did not see fit to bring in a dark complexioned African or African American woman to portray the role of Lt. Uhura who is from the United States of Africa and speaks Swahili. The talented Nichelle Nichols (the original Lt. Uhura) was beautiful and displayed her skills.
These casting agents need to stop going for popularity and getting these Barbie looking Black women to portray ALL roles for All Black women.
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Nichelle is an amazing actress. And she set a high bar for playing Uhura. I don't worry about how dark the new actress playing Lt. Uhura is, I care about whether she can convince me that she is Uhura. I'm not expecting a Nichelle clone, I am expecting to see a character I can believe as a young Uhura. IF she can pull it off, kudos to her. Its a tough thing to take on a well known and beloved characters, such as the Star Trek group and not only make them believeable, but make them your own.