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Romulan Villain Clifton Collins Says J.J. Abrams Has Reinvented Star Trek

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By GustavoLeao / 02:53, 17 July 2008 / Star Trek: Nemesis

LA.com posted a brief interview with actor Clifton Collins, who plays Ayel, the Romulan cohort and general to Nero, played by Eric Bana in J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. Here are few excerpts of the article.

"He's totally reinvented the whole thing and taken the cheese out of it," says Collins about Abrams  "I tried to watch some of the old ‘Star Treks' and with all due respect, they were probably cool at the time, but I couldn't watch them."

"This is the real deal.  It's just got a lot of reality.  It's not corny at all." he said regarding the new movie.

Collins confirmed that he and actor Eric Bana portray Romulans in the film.  "I can't tell you too much, but me and Eric are some real bad dudes," he said.

More from Collins can be found here.



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By: rumandchocolate (Odo's file, contact) @ 16:40:18 on Jul 21, 2008

True, the "improved" look is part of their marketing strategy to entice new viewers and bring back some old viewers, curious about the changes.

But what initiated the process was that the original film stock for many of those f/x shots was of such poor quality that it wouldn't hold up very well when projected on screens 4+ times the size they were originally displayed on. The CGI facelift was a cost-saving measure.

In any case, since according to you story is the only thing that's important, then the window dressing should make not one bit of difference to you... and yet it does.

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RE: By The Book by TRexx @ 16:52:12 on Jul 21
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