Comments on: Nichelle Nichols On ST09: Feels ‘Honored’ By Abrams and Saldana

By: Lt. Bailey

Lt. Bailey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:53:24 +0000

What a wonderful person she is. Having met her at the LV convention last year was great and she treated all her fans so graciously. The stars of today can take some lessons from her. She always wore that red uniform with class.

By: JeFF

JeFF — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:19:55 +0000

I love Nichelle Nichols! She is stunning and classy!

By: Capt Mike of the Terran Empire

Capt Mike of the Terran Empire — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:55:40 +0000

Nichelle is one class act. Vey gracious and very nice.

By: Elrond L

Elrond L — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:35:00 +0000

#8: You’re so right, the turbolift scene is one of my favorite moments in the movie. Just a wonderful, touching scene. Nichelle Nichols is indeed a classy lady, and Zoe did her proud with an amazing performance.

By: Gul B.

Gul B. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:30:48 +0000

Shatner could play Harry Mudd: KIIIIIIIIRKKK!

By: Mike Ten

Mike Ten — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:26:32 +0000

#27 That’s a good idea.Not only could you have Ms Nichols play another character but this is how they could have gotten Mr. Shatner in the movie.
Put alittle alien makeup on and Ms. Nichols or Mr. Shatner could be a admiral or President of the Federation.

By: Gul B.

Gul B. — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:18:34 +0000

As most of you already said: Nichelle is a really graceful, classy lady. Good to hear from her.

I wish JJ would give her a small role in the next movie (if she wants to) – but not as Uhura Prime or Zoe’s mother or grandmother (even if Nichelle would look great in an African dress), but maybe as an alien Empress or as T’Pau.

I’m glad she approves of Zoe’s performance, which I liked very much – even if she’s still “the girl” among the main cast. :(
More ladies, good or bad, in the following movies, please!

By: Shadowcat

Shadowcat — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:51:41 +0000

I have always admired Nichelle Nichols. Lt. Uhura was my role model as a little Black girl growing up in Ohio. There were very few Black women on TV at that time (1960’s). I even dressed up like her for Halloween one year. I became interested in science and space because of Lt. Uhura and Star Trek. Zoe just brought a new dimension to Uhura’s character. JJ Abrams did a fantastic job of casting. I hope a new generation of little Black girls (and girls of other races too) all over the world grow up seeing such a positive and uplifting role model. My teenage neices love Nichelle and Zoe. Both Nichelle and Zoe are beautiful, strong, and yes classy women.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:53:30 +0000

What a beautiful and classy lady. It was with great interest I read this, as only a day or so ago I posted another lengthy entry on her with an article from a 1980 Starlog. She has aged so gracefully and still looks so good.

By: Spockish

Spockish — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:38:57 +0000

Nichelle has done humanity proud, in her works of Star Trek, proving that the stereo types of her race were just that stereo types made of BS. I have always viewed people as people it did not matter on the color they were painted, it was how their brain preformed that matters.

In history I hope she is given recognition for her efforts in correcting wrong miss-beliefs that many narrow minded and closed minded wrongly viewed and preached.

As for the original persona’s of Star Trek praising the newbies, I see it as this. As then new people carry on the persona’s that they created, so indirectly they will be remembered through history.

One question I did not see anything about her part in Hero’s, if there was I missed it, and I blame my cat that wants attention, she already jumped up on my computer desk this afternoon to give me her new toy, a poor blue jay bird in her mouth. Hope I got all the feathers out of my keyboard.