How 'bout this?

[Sector 7]

I recognized Vader's voice as The Great White Hope boxer, which was several years earlier. Cumberbatch may be a great actor (not as familiar with him as some here), but he does not have the extensive body of impressive work as James Earl Jones. I doubt he has as many acting awards, either.

[CorporalClegg]

Cumberbatch's career now and Jones's career in late '76/early '77 are almost identical. Jones's only advantage is the a fore mentioned The Great White Hope. Otherwise, their bodies of work, awards, etc. are pretty much the same. Their voices are their most prominent feature and the one thing most people recognize them for.

Jones was known by lots and lots of people and his voice was very recognizable, but he was not the "house-hold name" he is today. At the time he took Star Wars (or Roots rather), he was struggling to find work. If you walk up to people and said, "James Earl Jones" probably six in ten of them would say, "Who the fuck is James Earl Jones?"

Likewise, Cumberbatch is recognized by lots and lots of people, but he is not a house-hold name. But people do recognize his voice.

In any case, the OP implied one has to be a superstar to be a good villain. I was trying to use a relevant and comparative example to prove otherwise.

Perhaps I should have said Margaret Hamilton or Andrew Robinson and caused less of a fuss.

[King Daniel Into Darkness]

I suspect the idea is that Into Darkness is the movie that makes Cumberbatch a superstar.

Didn't go so well for Tom Hardy in Nemesis, but let's not dwell on that

[SalvorHardin]

Thanks to the Sherlock/internet/tumblr thing, Cumberbatch has a much larger following than Hardy did back then. He's already kind of a star, even if not a big movie star yet.

[Nero's Shadow]

Well we've all got ideas and but lets see the evidence I've read articles on Star Trek into darkness trying to stay away from spoilers but here goes,

1. Wellers character has not yet been Revealed ??? Why I've read that he's playing carol Marcus Father so is he bad or good and why shield his character from fans who want and need to know. He did say in a interview that he had his own ship and I've read he's got a rank of Admrial

2. The countdown comic has revealed that a former captain of the enterprise is involved in some way captain Robert April.

3. In another interview from trekmovie.com they went for a preview on the 1st trailer and one of the reporters was told that BC Character Harrison was Using Robert Aprils weapon in the Klingon Homeworld scenes ??

In Conclusion I think that there's more to wellers character that meets the trailers so perhaps putting the spotlight on BC character is and might be a red herring just to put us off the real villain in the new movie !!!

[Nero's Shadow]

I've also been checking out the rest of the cast Nolan north the actor has also not had his character announced ??? Hmm the plot thickens !!!

[The Wormhole]

Nero's Shadow wrote:

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3. In another interview from trekmovie.com they went for a preview on the 1st trailer and one of the reporters was told that BC Character Harrison was Using Robert Aprils weapon in the Klingon Homeworld scenes ??

The concept designs for the gattling gun Harrison wields in the trailer were labeled "April's Gun." While the true Trek fans immeidately thought of Robert April, some though maybe that title just referred to what month the gun was designed in. However, given we now know from Countdown to Darkness that Robert April is involved, it likely does mean the gun is his.

[BillJ]

I have a feeling the April plotline is contained to Countdown to Darkness.

[Nerys Myk]

Nero's Shadow wrote:

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I've also been checking out the rest of the cast Nolan north the actor has also not had his character announced ??? Hmm the plot thickens !!!

Who's Nolan North? Or should I say NN?

[daveyNY]

He is an actor whose visage is somewhat similar to the drawing of a certain Trek character, who appears on the final page of the aforementioned comic.

[Grup]

I certainly did not mean to detract from who BC is. I just never heard of him before this. I'm sure there are people who don't know who Kristen Stewart,Taylor Lautner and the other guy are. It all hinges on what films or genre of films you watch and how much PR the paparazzi give them. It sounds like BC has a much larger base even outside the Sherlock series(?) he is in.

I was just curious if he would be comfortable with a smaller role in the event that JJ is just mindfocking us with his trailer editing.

[SalvorHardin]

Well, to be honest, this reputation of Abrams as the master of deception has been greatly exaggerated.
It seems to me that he just doesn't reveal any information and then fans take over doing most of the work with their theories and paranoia.

As for Cumberbatch, he's young and his star is now on the rise. I see no sense in having Weller take a more prominent role than him.

[Sector 7]

SalvorHardin wrote:

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Well, to be honest, this reputation of Abrams as the master of deception has been greatly exaggerated.
It seems to me that he just doesn't reveal any information and then fans take over doing most of the work with their theories and paranoia.

As for Cumberbatch, he's young and his star is now on the rise. I see no sense in having Weller take a more prominent role than him.

As I stated in another thread, while JJ Abrams likes his "mystery box" of secrecy, he has never lied to fans about an upcoming movie. I respect him for this attitude. I do not like too many spoilers prior to watching a movie.

[CorporalClegg]

He does love red herrings in and misdirection.

For how many months did we think ST09 was going to be primarily a Kirk "destiny" story? His excessive use of Nero's "Jame T. Kirk was a great man, but that was another life." line out of context had us all believe the film was going in a different direction than it actually did.

[Sector 7]

I disagree. Abrams lets out a little information and lets the fans assume a different direction.

The first movie was, indeed, about destiny... the crew was destined to come together, even with the changes in the new timeline. Spock said as much in the cave on Delta Vega.