A DS9 Nero
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I would argue that Nero's flaw wasn't the actor but the fact that the role was poorly written. His motivation was too generic and he remained a cardboard cutout for the whole film. They could have resurrected Laurence Olivier and it wouldn't have made a difference. You can't act what isn't there...
Anyone ever seeing a James Bond film?
Bana certainly wasn't the problem -- I thought he did the best he could with what little development Nero is given in the script.
I could understand why Nero was doing what he was doing, but that's only because I've read Countdown. When the movie itself doesn't clearly define the history and motivations of the primary antagonist, that's a rather noticeable flaw.
Still enjoyed the flick, though... and even Bana's performance as Nero, two-dimensional as the character may have been.
I could understand why Nero was doing what he was doing, but that's only because I've read Countdown. When the movie itself doesn't clearly define the history and motivations of the primary antagonist, that's a rather noticeable flaw.
Still enjoyed the flick, though... and even Bana's performance as Nero, two-dimensional as the character may have been.
I think we've been spoiled with villains over the years, especially Niners. I know I felt Nero was lacking as a heavy, but his role was that of a catalyst to the events of the movie, and not the true source of the conflict surrounding the characters -that being how this 'new' crew will overcome their apparent differences to work together in such a way that we all know and love from TOS.
If I were to give a DS9 comparison, Nero's much like The Albino from Blood Oath. Yeah, he's the main villain of the story, but the conflict of that episode revolves around Jadzia Dax being accepted by Kang, and whether she will be able to follow through with Curzon's part of the Oath.
If I were to give a DS9 comparison, Nero's much like The Albino from Blood Oath. Yeah, he's the main villain of the story, but the conflict of that episode revolves around Jadzia Dax being accepted by Kang, and whether she will be able to follow through with Curzon's part of the Oath.
This is actually a sensible point to make. But in all fairness the Albiono role still seems less contrived than Nero's. In my opinion Blood Oath had a good deal more of internal logic and cohesiveness to its story than Star Trek XI. It's also much less ambitious and pretentious in its scope of course, being merely a TV episode.
I completely agree. It's crazy they made a little known comic book prequel essential reading to get the plot of the movie. I also don't get why they decided to cut out the Nero on Rura Penthe scenes. I gladly would have sat through another 10 minutes of movie it made the bad guy a little more life-like.
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