If you’ve seen the trailers for Star Trek into Darkness, you know that actress Alice Eve strips down to her skivvies during the movie.
Turns out the entire scene with Carol Marcus in her underwear was gratuitous, and one that writer Damon Lindelof doesn’t see the need for in retrospect.
“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?” Lindelof tells Comic Book Movie.
Lindelof went on to add that there was a scene in which Benedict Cumberbatch was shirtless as John Harrison but that scene never made it into the final script.
“As for the shirtless scene… we scripted it, but I don’t think it ever got shot. You know why? Because getting actors to take their clothes off is DEMEANING AND HORRIBLE AND…” he says. “Oh. Right. Sorry.”
So, do you think the scene was too much or just a ploy to sell tickets to audience members?
And does Lindelof owe us an apology or are some of us just overreacting?
If men are equally represented in such a manner in the film. I’d be ok with it. I just haven’t seen it yet because if this Trek is also a wait to rent.
There wasn’t any real T&A in this film. Calling what was in it T&A is a bit of a stretch.
It was no worse than the ‘lets smear gel on each other’ scene from Enterprise, but just as needless.
Knowing she’s a future love interest for Kirk may have been what they were trying to do, but still, I hope our astronauts aren’t stripping to their undies before getting into space suits, seems inefficient and dangerous )
I WISH that some mild pandering to male fantasies (which Trek has ALWAYS done) was the biggest issue with this film. PLEASE someone pay for Lindelof to retire before he and the Abrams gang ruin any more trek. The actual plots in these “Bad Reboot” productions are making the Star Wars prequels look good by comparison.
I must be one of the few old school, die hard, hard-core Trek fans who really liked the movie. Not sure why some are saying the film was plotless because nothing could be further from the truth. It’s plot was reminiscent of most of season 2 of TOS, the best of the original franchise, and the production on Into Darkness was beyond awesome. I kind of think some fans have elevated the franchise to a level it actually never achieved except in our own minds. This movie is some of Trek at its best, including some of the science in it that I have heard many complaints about. The science in this film is no less imaginable than the science present back in 1965-1968 in TOS, much of which was never thought of except in the minds of scifi writers but have now become commonplace in the world we live in 48 years later. I have little doubt that in another 48 yrs some of the imagined science presented in this film will be everyday practice. Trek has always had that “this is too far out there” premise but over the last 5 decades has simply become acceptable. This new Trek, if it continues will also be that. The only difference I can see is this new Trek may not make the same impact on the hearts and minds of people because, unlike the earlier franchise, it isn’t a TV series being seen on our television screens 24/7 as TOS & spinoffs have been since 1965. If the new timeline ends up one day getting its own TV spot then it too will have life-altering impact on future generations.