The people who made this movie are obviously mad keen fans - Kirk's apple, ffs! I cheered! - so there's no way they weren't aware of the potential for slashtasticness. Moving Uhura from the Gang Of Four sidelines to the love interest role accomplishes quite a bit - gives them a Twofer front and centre; saves them having to squeeze in one more cast member; gives Spock a chance to show that he is, in fact, an emotional being; allows him to pwn Kirk, to the delight of all geekbois in the audience; and nails Spock down, ie, dispels the ambiguity of his sexlessness by giving him a sexuality.
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Date: 2009-05-13 02:25 am (UTC)