> Ubiquitous sent the following on 5/23/2013 6:21 AM:
> > By John Horn
> >
> > Itąs one of the strangest scenes in łStar Trek Into Darkness˛: With no
> > explanation or motivation, USS Enterprise visitor Carol (Alice Eve)
> > strips down to her blue underwear, whereupon James T. Kirk (Chris Pine)
> > sneaks a peek.
> >
> > Now, Damon Lindelof, who co-wrote the filmąs screenplay, is apologizing
> > for the gratuitous sequence ‹ sort of.
> >
> > In an email interview with MTV, Lindelof was asked why the łMen in Black
> > III˛ actress was obligated to show off her ripped body.
> >
> > łWhy 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 wrote.
> >
> > He said there was a scene written for Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) to
> > remove his shirt, but łI donąt think it ever got shot. You know why?
> > Because getting actors to take their clothes off is DEMEANING AND
> > HORRIBLE AND...˛
> >
> > Lindelof touted the MTV admission on Twitter, first saying, łI copped to
> > the fact that we should have done a better job of not being gratuitous in
> > our representation of a barely clothed actress,˛ and then joking, łWe
> > also had Kirk shirtless in underpants in both movies. Do not want to make
> > light of something that some construe as mysogenistic.˛
> >
> > He followed that post with an apology for misspelling misogynist and by
> > writing, łWhat I'm saying is I hear you, I take responsibility and will
> > be more mindful in the future.˛
>
> Damn, there's no shortage of oversensitive twits in the world, is there?
And people who bend over backward to grovel before them and appease them.
If it were me, I'd have just ignored the whiners, but if I responded at
all, I'd have been like, "Hey, she's a beautiful girl. Maybe we could
have done a little better working the scene into the story, but have you
*seen* her? No way that was ending up on the cutting room floor."
And then sat back and watched the feminists' heads explode.