Looking at those screencaps, one thing I do like is that we're actually going to see Nero's ship do some real damage and destroy a Federation starship or two.
One major problem I had with Nemesis is that-- while Shinzon and his ship certainly LOOKED scary and powerful-- we never saw them really do anything except kill off the Romulan council. If we had seen him actually take out a few starships on the way to Earth, it would have upped the stakes and made the showdown between him and the Ent-E a LOT more compelling.
It's the same reason the Borg and Dominion were such great villains-- because everytime we saw them take out a huge, mighty Federation Starship it made us go "holy shit, these guys mean business!" Thankfully Abrams seems to be doing the same kind of thing with Nero too.
One major problem I had with Nemesis is that-- while Shinzon and his ship certainly LOOKED scary and powerful-- we never saw them really do anything except kill off the Romulan council. If we had seen him actually take out a few starships on the way to Earth, it would have upped the stakes and made the showdown between him and the Ent-E a LOT more compelling.
It's the same reason the Borg and Dominion were such great villains-- because everytime we saw them take out a huge, mighty Federation Starship it made us go "holy shit, these guys mean business!" Thankfully Abrams seems to be doing the same kind of thing with Nero too.