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Kirk & the Orion cadet- was it appropriate? Indecent? Cool?

There are beaches of Orion girls in America? *books flight*
Check California first. ;) You may not find an Orion, but I don't think you'll be sorry either.
Get on the Coast Highway and head for Malibu. If you're going to find an Orion anywhere, it's there.

Okay, you could also try the Haight (but you'd need to catch the 71 bus to get to the beach.)

Since when was Star Trek supposed to be squeaky clean?
1987-1994
Nope, not even then -- not with any consistency.
 
Didn't bother me in the least. It's a PG movie, and I've always thought graphic violence to be far more rotten for children than very ungraphic sex. I've heard kids cry during some movies from fear. The worst I've heard over sex is something like "Mommy, what are those people doing?" Besides, Kirk had on more clothing than many a guy on an American beach. Those underwear were downright WW II era, not Speedos.

Oops. Were some folks noticing the Green Goddess's lack of street appropriate clothing, and ignoring his similar state?

I'm shocked, simply shocked...:devil:
 
It should have come with a warning about space gonorrhoea, the seeping killer.
 
Sheeesh!! When did Trekfans become so monastic?? Kirk seducing some hottie to get information is completely true to Kirk's character in TOS and hardly out of place in the context of this film.
 
1987-1994

TNG had quite a few episodes with 5 times more sex and nudity than ST09. How many times did we see Riker in bed with a female guest star, Troi in bed with male guest star, etc. ? Not to mention Crusher and her granny's favorite ghost. :rommie: What's sex with a biological humanoid alien (big deal) compared to a sex with a phantom? Or a fully functional android?
 
Perfectly fine.

Anyone who found it gratuitous, inappropriate or whatever needs to get the warpcore out of their ass.
 
well she was hot...and it was humorous...especially when kirk says "that's so weird" the undressing part may not have been needed but whatever...
 
I wasnt bothered by it at all. I approve of a shirtless Kirk! Gives everyone their daily dose of fan service.

Not to mention its well within the bounds of a PG-13 movie.
 
However would that scene in a screen capture be suitable for use as an avatar for here on the Trek BBS?
 
However would that scene in a screen capture be suitable for use as an avatar for here on the Trek BBS?

That would depend on the actual still chosen. I think the usual advice is, make your avatar and then, if you're worried, send it to a mod to ask their opinion.
 
You know what was indecent? The dropped back-story for Kirk's romancing her. Reportedly, he was just using her so he could re-program the Kobayashi-Maru. Now, I know Kirk has been revamped for these modern times and I know many women today have a deep and abiding love for rakish scoundrels (read: sociopaths) but c'mon, does this NuKirk really need to be a total douche?

(And such doucebaggery is implicitly present earlier in the film but not in the way most fans have seized upon: Notice something about the scene where Kirk first meets Uhura. That shipyard was dedicated to George Kirk--that's the reason it was in his hometown and the bar salt shakers looked like the Kelvin. Notice also how Kirk introduces himself as "Jim Kirk" rather than just Jim. I get the sneaking suspicion that this Jim Kirk is not above trading on his father's legend for some wide-eyed cadet poon-tang from time to time.)

*Leaves to survey the modern-day cultural landscape, starting with Spencer Pratt.*

Guess so.
 
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