![]() Appreciating I didn’t really notice Chris Pine’s penis at any point in the film (crikey, that phrase alone will do the search traffic into the site no harm), it was hardly Gene Roddenberry’s thing to send his crew off to the Marks And Sparks lingerie department (although, to be fair, skimpy outfits were not in short supply). But no matter how many times I read them, it doesn’t really sound like much of a defence. This is a bit unfair on Alice Eve, as there’s a sporting chance that her comments aren’t quite in the right context for this piece. And she does touch on the issue of double standards. I was interested to read, then, an interview that Alice Eve gave to, where she was asked about whether her character’s impromptu underwear moment was gratuitous. With Carol Marcus, can you say the same thing? Of course, in the last Star Trek movie, it was Zoe Saldana’s turn to undress, in her case to her bra, but again, there was a sense it was at least something to do with something. ![]() I’m pretty certain, by the debate that’s raging online, that I’m not the only one to feel this way. In the latter two films, you don’t go out of the story, no matter if you feel the flesh there was gratuitous or not. That’s what, ultimately, differentiates Star Trek Into Darkness from Iron Man 3 and Oblivion here. If it fits the film, as it did in the quietly impressive Starter For Ten, then it’s not really much of a grumble. The world is far more interested in seeing her in her pants than it is me in mine, and that’s a status quo I have no desire to challenge. To be clear: if Alice Eve wants to stand around in her underwear, then fair enough. It was such a jarring inclusion, that you’re out of the story for a minute, while the letters WTF go across your mind. But here’s my big, big problem with Carol Marcus’ undressing in particular (even appreciated where her and Kirk’s relationship sits in the history of Trek): it took me out of the film. Would we be reacting the same way if it was a man in his pants? Quite possibly not. There’s an argument of double standards here, of course. So, er, what actually was the reason it happened? There was no sexual tension per se, and there was certainly no sex either. What was even more of a surprise was that the film cut away immediately afterwards. When watching the film, it still came as a surprise. ![]() Dara O Briain has a skit about “something for the dads” in his most recent stand-up tour ( Craic Dealer), and this has it stamped all over it. It was as if wasn’t really a natural fit. The internet thought the same thing, as a few seconds with Google can testify. ![]() She appeared in this state in one of the trailers for the film, and I remember thinking then that the moment stuck out a little bit then. That Alice Eve was going to disrobe wasn’t a surprise. ![]()
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