Comments on: Eric Bana Is Star Trek Villain

By: FunkyMunkey

FunkyMunkey — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:33:29 +0000

I really like Bana as an actor, so I hope this movie turns out well

By: AjaxLou

AjaxLou — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:51:32 +0000

I assume Bana got the Urban role.

Funny how people keep ragging on time travel plot device yet the most popular Trek installments used it. City on the Edge of Forever, Yesterday’s Enterprise, All Good Things, Little Green Men, Trials and Tribble-ations, Star Trek IV etc etc

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:50:09 +0000

@Mr. Stay Puft :

“Chopper”
See it. Bana is a bad ass in that film.

@Gio:

Nimoy is playing an older Spock.

@Chefy

Then again, that itself (Nimoy’s older Spock) may mean squat; after all, “Casino Royale” rebooted Bond, yet, they still show love for Dame Judi Dench, and she did come back as ‘M’. [also, in a theory, if a 'Trek' timeline is changed and creates an alternate timeline...it is a 'quasi-reboot', with only events of the 'Enterprise' series to remain...aside from that stupid last ep]

BTW, wasn’t it about a week ago that they were considering Karl Urban for a role as a Romulan? Or is he playing someone else?

By: Mr Stay Puft

Mr Stay Puft — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:01:43 +0000

Phil’s response reminds me that all Trek villains should aspire to Khan greatness. I’ve never seen anything that suggests Bana will pull that off.

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:11:37 +0000

Oh man, i’m ready for this now. I’ll have to stay open minded about the story (Nimoy says it’s great and i trust him), but Bana is always money on screen.

I’m ready for Kirk to scream;

“Neeeeeeeerrrrrrrrooooooooo”

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:18:50 +0000

NICE. I’m not even a Trekkie, but this is NICE. Might finally give this guy the spotlight that he so deserves.

By: alfie

alfie — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:40:59 +0000

this isn’t a reboot.

nimoy is in the film playing as well as quinto.spock

battlestar is definitely a reboot. same character names completely different characters and completely different in tone.

if quinto was cast as a brand new take on spock it would be a reboot but since he is just playing nimoys version as a young man…it aint a reboot.

By: Bryan C.

Bryan C. — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:02:15 +0000

The problems with the time line plot was so over used in the Star Trek Voyger series. I wonder if they were fans of the show?

By: John

John — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:52:24 +0000

Hey Senor Chefy,

The thing is, throwing around terms like “reboot” vs. “revisit” or “Reimagine”… they’re all the same thing really in the grand scale.

It’s doing star trek… but not in it’s current incarnation or canon… it’s doing it over.

Will it break as much as BSG did? No, I agree with you, I don’t think it will… but it’s still breaking… to what degree and by how much is still to be seen.

By: Senor Chefy

Senor Chefy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:46:00 +0000

Hey John-

I see the idea in pointing out Battlestar, but Battlestar’s tone was completely changed, with characters being completely overhauled (Apollo became a flawed, angry hero, Starbuck became a batshit crazy girl, Boomer changed sex, race and species, Thai changed to white, angry drunk– even the iconic Cylons changed). The idea (12 tribes, Earth, running from Cylons) held to its core, but the characters and story arcs changed dramatically enough the whole thing resonated as reboot.

As you mention, Spock is being cookie-cutter cast to look like Nemoy, the plot devices are the same– I just haven’t seen/heard much indicating a substantial “reboot” so much as a revisiting. I’ll wait and see, but calling “reboot” sounds premature to these ears (er… looks premature to these eyes? eh- whatever. You get my drift).