SheliakBob, Kudos to you for going to see the movie~ love reading your posts regarding it.
The Fall of the Sheliak...or I surrender to the Abomination.
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"He -- he put creatures in our bodies. To control our minds. .... "
Ahem. I don't think so. I can see your signature right on the dotted line here, Faust.
"He -- he put creatures in our bodies. To control our minds. .... "
yes and Abrams will be by for your soul around the time the sequel comes out
Interesting that he really loved the villain in this. As much as I love the REST of the movie, Nero is the one element that still isn't working for me.
He just seems too thinly developed, and I have trouble buying his vendetta against Vulcan and the Federation (yeah his family and planet were destroyed, but it was by an act of nature-- not some sinister plot by the Federation).
He just seems too thinly developed, and I have trouble buying his vendetta against Vulcan and the Federation (yeah his family and planet were destroyed, but it was by an act of nature-- not some sinister plot by the Federation).
People faced with inexplicable tragedy often need to find someone to blame - however irrational that may seem.
True, in that first, initial stage. But usually (especially after 25 years) calmer heads prevail and people are able to see things a bit more clearly.
The fact Nero was still acting like his planet was destroyed 5 minutes ago just didn't feel genuine to me.
Depends on what you are doing for those 25 years - even with only the information we have in the movie we know a couple of things. One - from what Nero says to Pike - revenge against Spock and his own mission to make Romulus a better place be removing the Federation is the only thing that kept Nero going during those 25 years. And second -whereever he was he has been through physical suffering - his earpoints are now just rough scars and the side of his skull has been cut off and stitched back into place.
I too would have loved more detail about Nero, but I don't have a problem that he has become fixated on the idea of "saving" Romulus by destroying the Federation.
It's not clear that Nero was even positive Spock was going to come through the black hole; imagine his insanity, focusing on that for 25 years, not sure if he'll be able to recover the red-matter device and secure his wife's safety.
A telling point.yes and Abrams will be by for your soul around the time the sequel comes out
Yeah I'm fine with that as his goal, it's just how we GET there that doesn't feel right to me.
But oh well, I'll deal. And if nothing else, at least it's better than what we got for Soran, Ru'athu, and Shinzon's motivations.
to me the way to look at nero is to go back to the descriptions of vulcans before surak.
here with nero we have a romulan who probably was never as disciplined as most of the romulans we have seen ie military ect...
and with the death of all that he had known due to what he felt like a betreyal on the part of spock and the vulcans his passions (for the loss of his wife ect.. for the thirst for revenge) drove him over the edge.
here with nero we have a romulan who probably was never as disciplined as most of the romulans we have seen ie military ect...
and with the death of all that he had known due to what he felt like a betreyal on the part of spock and the vulcans his passions (for the loss of his wife ect.. for the thirst for revenge) drove him over the edge.
