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Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:15 pm
by Teaos
Just when you thought it couldnt get any worse:
Memory alpha wrote:It has been confirmed that Romulans are the main antagonists in the film, led by Nero (the primary villain) and his second-in-command, Ayel. Their plot involves not only time travel but also the destruction of a planet using a type of "drilling rig," during which time they come into confrontation with Kirk and crew (which involves a fight between a sword-wielding Sulu and a Romulan). All Romulans in the film will be bald and will not bear the forehead ridges seen in the 24th century-era shows and Star Trek: Enterprise. [97] Actor Clifton Collins, Jr., who plays Ayel, confirmed that both he and Bana play Romulans in the movie, referring to their characters as "space pirates." [98]
It has also been revealed that the plot involves an elder Spock traveling into the past from a post-Star Trek Nemesis timeframe[99] utilizing a small vessel built specifically for time travel. In addition, George Samuel Kirk, Sr., (played by Chris Hemsworth) will be seen in the film as First Officer aboard the USS Kelvin, under the command of Captain Robau (Faran Tahir). The Kelvin is a Federation starship from a generation before the Enterprise and is a class of starship that has not yet been seen.
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Yes thats right, Romulans are now bald and have no forehead ridges.
A SWORD FIGHT! OMG UBER COOL! ...
A planet destorying drill.
And the Federation now does time travel enough to justify a purpose build craft for it.
Excuse me while I go throw up...
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:13 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Their plot involves not only time travel but also the destruction of a planet using a type of "drilling rig,"
Yeah, because we've seen the AQ powers demonstrate that that type of technology is within their ability.
Oh wait, we haven't.
What's more, the idea of a planet destroying
drill is f*cking dumb.
All Romulans in the film will be bald and will not bear the forehead ridges seen in the 24th century-era shows and Star Trek: Enterprise.
Wow, I guess that means that the exact same thing that happened to the Klingons happened to the Romulans too?
which involves a fight between a sword-wielding Sulu and a Romulan
I'd call that incredibly dumb if not for the fact that 99% of all Trek battles degenerate into hand-to-hand combat.
utilizing a small vessel built specifically for time travel.
Guess the Feds got bored of that whole Temporal Prime Directive?
The Kelvin is a Federation starship from a generation before the Enterprise and is a class of starship that has not yet been seen
Sounds interesting.
Well, there's a lot of stuff there that has the potential to make this film suck
Nemesis-style. Maybe if they pull it off well it can still be good, but my hopes just took a bit of a hit.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:39 pm
by Captain Seafort
Teaos wrote:Yes thats right, Romulans are now bald and have no forehead ridges.
*cough*
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:00 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Huh, could've sworn TOS era Romulans had ridges.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:26 pm
by Aaron
Rochey wrote:Huh, could've sworn TOS era Romulans had ridges.
Most of the TOS TV Rumlans wore helmets as a cost saving measure. So we never had to endure the bumpy forehead crap.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:29 pm
by Mikey
Bald guy, no forehead ridges, destroying a planet with a drill...
I guess this is Nero:
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:29 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:03 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Wait, I thought that was Shinzon.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:05 pm
by Captain Seafort
Nah, the good Doctor had a far better thought-out plan than Shinzon.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:07 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Maybe if Shinzon had put frickin' laser beams on his space vampires' heads, he would've succeeded.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:15 pm
by Mikey
Only if they were ill-tempered space vampires.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:16 pm
by Aaron
Ugh. They've invoked the "Khan" inspiration again. And that went so well last time.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:54 am
by Mark
I've just lost quite a bit of hope for this film.............I don't know what to say.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:05 am
by Tsukiyumi
All I'm going to say is that JJ Abrams is known for misdirection in marketing; this could be some BS cover-plot, though the pic of Nero is definately a bald, ridgeless, tattooed guy.
Re: This is gonna piss a lot of people off...
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 10:26 am
by Sionnach Glic
What would possibly be the point in a misdirecting marketing campaign that makes it less likely people will go see it?