I think this is just something I really fail to get on every level.
For example, in Trek Reboot, all we learn about Scotty and Chekov and Sulu are that they are good at their jobs, they are loyal to their shipmates, and maybe one quirky thing per each character (Sulu fights with swords! Scotty lost Scott Bakula's dog!). We learn that Uhura is good at her job, she plays a vital role in figuring out what Nero is up to or dealing with the Klingons, we see her interact with her roommate and her shipmates at the bar, we learn that she is loyal to her shipmates, and then plus all that (which is the baseline characterization for every other character in the movies except for Kirk and Spock and arguably McCoy because he gets an added sentence of dialogue about divorcing and having a kid)--PLUS all that, we get to see her in a relationship. So she gets more characterization than the others.
When I think about Uhura!Prime, who I adore, even over the course of many episodes of television and half a dozen movies, we still don't know much more about her than what I've listed here for Reboot!Uhura (the novels don't count for purposes of this discussion IMHO). And she was awesome and amazing and her characterization consisted of being really good at her job and being loyal to her shipmates and loving music and dancing in the desert.
I think maybe this is an issue I just need to not talk about on the internet because I truly don't get what you're saying on a deep and fundamental level. :( Sorry.
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For example, in Trek Reboot, all we learn about Scotty and Chekov and Sulu are that they are good at their jobs, they are loyal to their shipmates, and maybe one quirky thing per each character (Sulu fights with swords! Scotty lost Scott Bakula's dog!). We learn that Uhura is good at her job, she plays a vital role in figuring out what Nero is up to or dealing with the Klingons, we see her interact with her roommate and her shipmates at the bar, we learn that she is loyal to her shipmates, and then plus all that (which is the baseline characterization for every other character in the movies except for Kirk and Spock and arguably McCoy because he gets an added sentence of dialogue about divorcing and having a kid)--PLUS all that, we get to see her in a relationship. So she gets more characterization than the others.
When I think about Uhura!Prime, who I adore, even over the course of many episodes of television and half a dozen movies, we still don't know much more about her than what I've listed here for Reboot!Uhura (the novels don't count for purposes of this discussion IMHO). And she was awesome and amazing and her characterization consisted of being really good at her job and being loyal to her shipmates and loving music and dancing in the desert.
I think maybe this is an issue I just need to not talk about on the internet because I truly don't get what you're saying on a deep and fundamental level. :( Sorry.