Am so NOT mad at Uhura!!

Saw Star Trek on Saturday - but first... the trailers:

Transformers 2 - Megan Fox's butt cheeks. Or rather, Megan Fox draped across a motorcycle, wearing short shorts, showing butt cheeks. First of all, I don't like Megan Fox; she's a desperate Angelina Jolie wannabe, despite her protests to the contrary. And her recent interviews which consists of disses toward her HW contemporaries... so not Jolie. Despite princesses' declarations that Angelina is the ruination of all of womankind, Angelina has never publicly slammed another actress' film choices, interviewing styles, etc., in an attempt to seem edgy. Nor has Angelina prescribed to the 2 Live Crew school of acting: face down, @$$ up. Butt cheeks peeking out of short shorts may appeal to a lot of men and some women, but the conneisseurs and volumptuaries would willingly hold out for the Jolie eyes, which promises a lot more than 22 year old ass cheeks. I hate seeing unsolicited female ass cheeks; E! built a network off of the Girls Next Door's Kendra's and heaven help us - Kendra and her cheeks will be as much of a fixture on E as their network watermark.

G.I. Joe - Sienna Miller, in a dark wig and a tight outfit. And possibly, Shawn Wayans... who deserves a seperate eyeroll. Yeah... I guess Channing Tatum won't be the comic relief in this one, huh? While thinking back on whether G.I. Joe had some Black characters in it, I was distracted by the trailer. IT SAID NOTHING!! It didn't reintroduce the characters, although I did spot a redhead, which I assume was Scarlett; it bore no resemblance to the the G.I. Joe that people are familiar with; and it seemed like an excuse for the director/movie studio to be slick and glossy.

Two films, based on cartoons that I watched as a kid, and neither kicked up any nostalgia or curiosity to see them.

Star Trek, on the other hand, was a different story. I saw the trailers during my numerous viewings of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and was intrigued. I was somewhat leery about seeing Star Trek based on multiple trailer viewings because of Watchmen. I got so thoroughly hosed on that one. For me, Watchmen was pretty hollow, which may be unfair to say, given that I never read the graphic novel, but it didn't have a lot to offer.

But Star Trek... it was a good flick. I'm not a Trekkie, so I don't have Roddenberry's mythology running through my head, nor do I have memories or opinions of the 60s TV show etched in my mind and soul. It was a good movie, period. A lot of action, but most importantly, a reintroduction to the core characters.

And Zachary Quinto as Spock... oh sweet jeebus - now he's a pancake fryer!

No doubt!

Amen!

And he had a little thing going with Uhura, which made complete sense to me. For years, I heard about people wanting Kirk to get with Uhura, but really, what would Uhura get out of it? Uhura would just be another notch on Kirk's belt and dammit, Uhura deserves so much better. Thank you, J.J. Abrams for giving Uhura better - Spock.

Although Star Trek takes places centuries into the future, you cannot ignore certain facts. Even though we are dealing with a world inhabited by different creatures and species, anyone who gets with Kirk would just be an exotic or novelty. Spock, on the other hand, is an exotic or rather, he's half exotic (half Vulcan/half human). Uhura is human, but also exotic because she's a person of color. It makes sense that they appeal to each other; they're intelligent; they're judged by their looks, whether positive or negative; and they have to grapple with proving themselves to those who constantly changes the criteria.

And quite frankly, the whole Professor thing that Spock embodies, is absolutely irresistible. Introverted because of his intelligence - I bet it was tremendous fun for Uhura to draw Spock out of his shell. And because he is so oblivious about his appeal (maybe because of his family background), the sexual tension must've been off the charts. And did I mention that Zachary Quinto made a thoroughly hot Spock? Woof!!!

And I have to say that it's about damn time that movies depict the fact that we Black women can and do appreciate intelligent men. I am so sick of hip hop propoganda saying that all Black women, no matter their education, social position, and past experiences, want ignorant, ever-ready, ever-humping thugs. Or, you can prescribe to the Tyler Perry school and assume that we want a Bible-thumping, albeit not too bright (but only slightly smarter than the woman) Black man, ready to 'redeem' us through the power of their overdue attention and love.

It feels weird to say this, given that this involves fictional characters, and in Spock's case, an alien being, but seeing an authentic love match is welcomed and long overdue.