So this has been bugging me for a while (The Wrath of Uhura)

[dragonyphoenix]

In the second movie of the Star Trek reboot, both Spock and Kirk fear the wrath of Uhura. Really? Because compared to almost any woman in the Babylon 5 universe - Ivonova, Delenn, Lyta Alexander, Number 1, Dodger - Uhura seems ineffectual. The original Star Trek broke boundaries. Much as I enjoy the reboot, it portrays and supports some damned outdated stereotypes.

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[devo79.livejournal.com]

I really disliked how very boring the female characters were in the new Star Trek movies.

I mean, Uhura mostly bitches about relationship problems with Spock when she should have been kicking ass all the way through. And that other woman (see, I can't even remember her name) was mostly there so she could drop her clothes and look offended when Kirk looked. *sighs*

Firefly did great with the female characters as well.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Firefly did great with the female characters as well. Agreed. I just happened to be rewatching B5 when my roomie broke out the Star Trek DVDs.