In Star Trek Into Darkness Captain Kirk and his team take on a new foe travel to new planets and generally do new sequel y stuff. Also New girl Alice Eve (who plays Dr. Carol Marcus) is shown in her underwear. Many (or at least a few) viewers found the scene exceptional for the way that it undercut the character s other abilities. If she s a super smart scientist why is she stripping out of her clothes for no apparent reason Into Darkness co writer Damon Lindelof touched on some of these concerns in a spoiler chat with MTV (warning very spoiler y).
Why is Alice Eve in her underwear gratuitously and unnecessarily without any real effort made as to why in God s name she would undress in that circumstance Well there s a very good answer for that. But I m not telling you what it is. Because uh MYSTERY
He also tweeted about it
Damon Lindelof ( DamonLindelof) May 20 2013
We also had Kirk shirtless in underpants in both movies.Do not want to make light of something that some construe as mysogenistic.
Damon Lindelof ( DamonLindelof) May 20 2013
What I m saying is I hear you I take responsibility and will be more mindful in the future.
Damon Lindelof ( DamonLindelof) May 20 2013
Also I need to learn how to spell misogynistic.
Damon Lindelof ( DamonLindelof) May 20 2013
Okay y all but really Alice Eve s character is a brilliant capable scientist who is also a woman a fact that yes in the Star Trek pre boots makes her other attributes trickier to pull off. Neither film has been incredibly deft with its female characters. It s too busy making them females. I love that Uhura and Spock have a thing I love less that Uhura s plotlines tend to grow out of that.
That deserves an outcry. But this isn t that Like Lindelof said Chris Pine writhes around in his underwear too (and looks stupidly hot emphasis on both adjectives doing it). If the newest Star Treks have found a sex symbol they ve found it with him his pouty lips and his very body conscious Starfleet uniform
Eve isn t in her underwear because she s a woman in a Star Trek movie. She s in her underwear because she s a hot relatively young adult in a franchise built around relatively young hot adults in space. But hey Pine is also the star. He doesn t just get to be ogled he gets to fight bad guys save his friends and save the galaxy. Not so much with Eve.
So Keep on noticing highlighting and kvetching especially about all the different things both genders do and don t do while wearing clothes. But at least when it comes to not wearing clothes the men and women of Star Trek may already be equal.
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