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Learn Who Eric Bana Plays In STAR TREK XI!!

Chopper Broccoli by Loosejerk	Oct 9th, 2007 08:59:50 PM
Meh.
Who's on first? WHo Cares? by Mirthquake Cartoons	Oct 9th, 2007 08:59:59 PM
But what does the Hulk need with a starship?
NERO SMASH SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM by Pound Sand	Oct 9th, 2007 09:03:32 PM

But will Bana have the chin implants he so desperately needs? by gruntybear	Oct 9th, 2007 09:03:39 PM
That man has no fucking chin. Plus, how much Shakespeare will this Nero villain spout? Any bets?
Can't fault that casting choice by Boondock Devil	Oct 9th, 2007 09:04:34 PM
Bana is pretty damn good.
Well played, Abrams by haggardatbest	Oct 9th, 2007 09:10:22 PM
But this still doesn't sell me a ticket.
BANA NANA BANANA! by vini77	Oct 9th, 2007 09:10:33 PM
Nice.
Will this movie save Star Trek? by BeeDub	Oct 9th, 2007 09:11:28 PM
Can it even BE saved?
Bana could be a great bad guy by Mullah Omar	Oct 9th, 2007 09:13:41 PM
Hell, he was a charming but volatile psycho in "Chopper," and I think he could bring the same sort of charismatic but intense menace to a full-on bad guy role. I'm hoping for something like Alan Rickman in "Die Hard."
Hulk Smash by Wrath4771	Oct 9th, 2007 09:14:50 PM
Hulk smash puny dorks, dweebs and geeks whbo make fun of way Eric Bana talks.
NEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOO O!!!! by arrangedletters	Oct 9th, 2007 09:16:04 PM
It had to be said.
Bana is a fine actor by George Zip	Oct 9th, 2007 09:17:23 PM
Can't say I care for the character name, though. Kind of an eye-roller.
Nero vs. Tiberius by kabong	Oct 9th, 2007 09:22:11 PM
JJ does know that the Romulans have nothing to do with the Roman Empire of Earth's ancient history--or does he not?
Holy crap this is great by George Newman	Oct 9th, 2007 09:25:20 PM
wooo woooo woooo wooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nothing is as crazy as Chopper. by eggbeater	Oct 9th, 2007 09:32:45 PM
I'll never forget the first time I saw that movie. It was on IFC or something and by the time Chopper started stabbing Keithy George in the face, I was hooked. Such a great movie.
Talkback Death by MC-909	Oct 9th, 2007 09:36:07 PM
You're an over-critical fuck-head. How's your screenwriting career going?
Well unlike Russell Crowe, Eric Bana actually is Australian. by Paul T. Ryan	Oct 9th, 2007 09:37:23 PM
Crowe is, like most famous "Australians", New Zealand born. I think this might be the first time an Aussie's been on Trek since Wendy Hughes appeared on TNG!
Avenge the Yankees! by thebearovingian	Oct 9th, 2007 09:39:48 PM
Play MLB2K7!
The Hulk Talk Was Terrible... and NOT FUNNY! by BojTrek	Oct 9th, 2007 09:43:51 PM
As I was reading the story about Bana, one sentence in Hulk talk would have been great... the whole damn post... OVERKILL!
Bana is an inspired choice. by DARTH VOODOO	Oct 9th, 2007 09:43:59 PM
If the rumors are true he will be playing a time traveling Romulan who goes back into the past to kill Kirk or Kirk's father. I think he is an inspired choice
Smart by zooch	Oct 9th, 2007 09:46:41 PM
A movie is only as good as it's villian. It's what made Wrath of Kahn so good.
Well, you know... by Ribbons	Oct 9th, 2007 09:50:53 PM
...if they're going to make another Star Trek movie, at least they're trying something crazy instead of treading water for the 12th time. Bana's a good actor, so this news is good, I guess. Zachary Quinto is a pretty limited actor to have cast as your lead, but I guess Vulcans aren't supposed to be particularly emotive anyway. If they're going for big names to fill out the new roles, it'll be interesting to see who else is cast.
DO PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARE ANYMORE?? by Redfive!	Oct 9th, 2007 09:58:20 PM
I mean seriosly besides the nerds who live with there parents "who are star trek nerds themselves" and have a model of the enterprise ontop of there tv.Sorry Harry. But really,star treks been dead for years,even when the Tv show were going the life was sucked out of this thing back to God knows when.
Nero's chin looks like balls by YotzVonFrelnik	Oct 9th, 2007 09:59:11 PM
At least on every actor and statue I'VE ever seen.
suck it haters by slder78	Oct 9th, 2007 10:00:30 PM
Bana rocks, almost as inspired as, ironically, Norton becoming Hulk.
Was this the role Crowe was up for? by performingmonkey	Oct 9th, 2007 10:01:10 PM
He would have been crap as a Romulan villain, if that's what the part is. Could he play Pike? Surely Pike's gonna be in the movie. And why isn't Liam Neeson in it playing a mentor character to the young Kirk?
JENSEN ACKLES FOR KIRK!!! by Shermdawg	Oct 9th, 2007 10:12:46 PM
It had to be said.
Sounds good to me. by TattooedBillionaire	Oct 9th, 2007 10:23:25 PM
Bana's a cool guy.
Nero = Borgified Roman Emperor with the uncanny ability to... by themikejonas	Oct 9th, 2007 10:31:44 PM
...burn CDs and DVDs.
WAYNE NEWTON GOT KNOCKED OFF DANCING WITH THE STARS by BringingSexyBack	Oct 9th, 2007 10:33:57 PM
Eric Bana signed on to a Star Trek movie? Count me in.
KEEP SHATNER 100 LIGHTYEARS AWAY FROM THIS MOVIE by BringingSexyBack	Oct 9th, 2007 10:35:23 PM
If you want it taken seriously that is. Eric Bana can save this franchise. With him being the villain, they have got to have some serious talent lined up for Kirk / Spock.
eric banal by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 10:46:37 PM
Yawn.
Nero is rom burning software. by crimsoncinder	Oct 9th, 2007 10:48:07 PM
Nero, son of Neo. Load Matrix program Star Trek. Era: Original series. Loading... Windows has encountered an error and will shut down, please restart your program and try another era.
Kirk Casting Will Make Or Break This...Bana Will Eat CW Doucheba by Darth Fabulous	Oct 9th, 2007 10:48:09 PM
Keep Vogel 100 Light Years Away From This Movie!
shia lebeouf for kirk by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 10:49:22 PM
hell, why not.
more casting choices for kirk... by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 10:50:23 PM
scott caan CAAAAAAAN!
more kirk casting choices. by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 10:52:56 PM
john barrowman. think about it. captain jack = captain kirk. that would be cool.
kirk take 3.. by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 10:55:55 PM
ok, i think he's a bit too young, but he could have the looks and the attitude.. emile hirsch.
last few ideas...serious ones by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 11:00:05 PM
Heath Ledger James Franco Chris Evans Any of these guys could capture Kirkian snarkiness. I'd love James Franco, cause I think he's the best actor.
Bana that hurting for work? by aceattorney	Oct 9th, 2007 11:14:01 PM
Seriously?
Damn you Nero, you burned my DVDs! by Jubba	Oct 9th, 2007 11:15:38 PM
Nero rules.
STARTREK.COM IS WRONG... BANA IS KIRK by moto	Oct 9th, 2007 11:20:38 PM
A little bird told me that the Nero thing is a misdirection, mostly because negotiations are still in play thus they don't want Bana's name to leak for the Kirk role. If all goes well, Bana just might be Kirk... which I think is inspired casting.
ERIC BANANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by zillabeast	Oct 9th, 2007 11:23:52 PM
Cool news. Quite cool.
bana is kirk? come on by captain_kirk	Oct 9th, 2007 11:25:39 PM
he has daddy issues. and he's been lost in the amazon. plus, he has a beard. doesn't ANYONE watch the news?
Little bird was wrong... by moto	Oct 9th, 2007 11:40:27 PM
Variety just confirmed Bana as the villian. Called little bird to chew him out. He misunderstood. Bana was on a list for Kirk, but went on to nab this role. Bummer. Bana would have been a great Kirk.
Eric Bana is AWESOME! by Proman1984	Oct 9th, 2007 11:44:03 PM
Enough said.
trelane is baby q by captain_kirk	Oct 10th, 2007 12:03:58 AM
actually, that is sort of true, per the books.
You're not the only one Wnanahara7 by Bloo	Oct 10th, 2007 12:11:25 AM
I thought that too, and then someone, Peter David or the Garfield Reeves people wrote a book about Trelene being like Q (John DeLance) godson/possibly son deal, where Trelene gets all powerful and blasts Q back to the beginning of time whilst tormenting the Enterprise crew...Q floats around time and space disembodied till somehow he recovers, I don't remember how, it also linke dQ to the wried pyshic dude that Kirk killed with the phaserrifle in the Kirk piolet thingy, the one without McCoy
Another Kirk choice... by bookerthuffman	Oct 10th, 2007 12:16:20 AM
Jonthan Rhys Meyers....the guy played Elvis AND Henry VIII for crissakes...plus he's got the JJ Abrams connection thru MI3...
Ryan Reynolds by Turd Furgeson	Oct 10th, 2007 12:24:34 AM
Is Kirk... Absolutely should be. Play it serious and he is perfect!
Abrams! by AngelCordy	Oct 10th, 2007 12:40:16 AM
Shermdawg is right. Jensen Ackles for Kirk. Goddamnit. Just watch one episode of Supernatural and tell me he isn't perfect.
Star Trek Babies versus Nero or is it Neo? by Lornsorrow	Oct 10th, 2007 12:40:52 AM
HHmm, their might be some similarities. Man, they better not fuck this up.
Pitt as Kirk.. by seniorspeilbergio	Oct 10th, 2007 12:50:50 AM
Call me crazy but i think i can see that. Too bad he would probably laugh Abrams out of the room if he so much as suggested it.
Chopper say "MAN THE FOOK UP MATE" and slaps Spook by redfist	Oct 10th, 2007 12:52:21 AM
Spook stabs Chopper and he says.....yeah you get the idea.
I can definitely see... by TheRealSeveren	Oct 10th, 2007 01:04:15 AM
Ryan Reynolds for Kirk although I think he would have been a great choice for Neville in I AM LEGEND. Jack Black as Cortman would have been interesting too but nooooooo we get will smith. How bout Will Smith as Kirk?
No Matt Damon as Kirk=Spacecamp by uss cygnus	Oct 10th, 2007 01:13:49 AM
Book it.
Jonthan Rhys Meyers by Demode	Oct 10th, 2007 01:37:58 AM
...would be a good choice. I saw a poster of him on the subway last week, and my first thought was "that guy could paly Kirk!" Women love him too, which doesn't hurt ticket sales.
Kirk will be battling a DVD burning villain by Mike_D	Oct 10th, 2007 02:10:06 AM
Get it? Nero? ...nevermind.
Denny Crane by DerLanghaarige	Oct 10th, 2007 02:11:23 AM

Wow, this is such exciting news... I wish I could return to to t by enigmatypus	Oct 10th, 2007 02:14:25 AM
What's that you say????? There is???? WAH!!!!?!??!
Hulk jokes are lammmmmmmeeeee. by Mezzanine	Oct 10th, 2007 02:14:28 AM
Jonathon Rhys Meyers for Kirk is a fantastic idea; the guy is a great actor, and he could play the role very well. I kind of like the Matt Damon idea, but at the same time I am kind of hesitant. I think actors will always be identifiable with one particular role that really stands out, and for me, that'd be Jason Bourne. I could be wrong though, before those movies I thought of Damn as Will Hunting. Who knows. Whoever Kirk is, I will see this movie. I am not a huge Trek fan at all (I think it's been dead for years due to horrible mismanagement of a great idea) but with Abrams at the wheel and Lindeloff writing the screenplay, my ass is in that seat. Also, am I the only one who hopes that Patrick Stuart gets a cameo in this??
LMAO, what?! A gay Spock?!! by Mike_D	Oct 10th, 2007 02:30:49 AM
thats funny. will he be in a pink uniform shirt?
Waitaminute...A Tremor Brother is gonna play Kirk??? by ErnieAnderson	Oct 10th, 2007 02:33:31 AM
Color me interested in this reboot.
Awesome!! by Wonderboys	Oct 10th, 2007 02:49:31 AM
At least there will be one fine actor in the movie... dont know about the others... Bana is an actor who inmediately raises the level of the movie he is in, even the less-than-great Hulk was improved by his presence... well done, J.J... dont screw this up!
Cool. Eric Bana stardom can only be a good thing. I hope it happ by ImFixingtoDie	Oct 10th, 2007 02:58:28 AM
Chris Pine is also very good news, though I hope somehow he could do both. Loyalty to Carnahan, who really gave him his first showcase in SMOKIN' ACES might be a factor.
TurdFerguson, I am ashamed I didn't think of it. by ImFixingtoDie	Oct 10th, 2007 03:00:43 AM
Ryan Reynolds would be ideal.
Great casting choice, Bana's inclusion has upped the expectation by KillaKane	Oct 10th, 2007 03:29:31 AM
He's the shiz, wish George Miller could dispense with JLA and cast Bana a Max and hit Fury Road.
BSG Season 4 Trailer by secretcylon	Oct 10th, 2007 03:32:59 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vys Vxz2_rQg AMAZING
So Starbuck is the 5th cylon... Well, I didn't see that coming.. by V'Shael	Oct 10th, 2007 04:22:11 AM
Thanks for the spoiler guys.
meh.. by Maniaq	Oct 10th, 2007 04:22:49 AM
No problems with Bana playing a DVD burner but I've never got through a whole ep of Supernatural and if either of those dickheads end up anywhere near this Trek movie I won't be going anywhere near a theatre when it plays...
FUCK BATTLESTAR!!!!! by redfist	Oct 10th, 2007 04:40:03 AM
I think that I am done with that show since they seem to take pleasure in my pain and discomfort. How long have we been waiting for season 3 on DVD? How fucking lame was season 3? How gay ir it to give us a TV movie (razor) instead of a faster turn around on the main story? Split seasons....dead plotlines...oh and now Starbuck is the 5th what a FUCKING SHOCK...fuck you very much.
About the gay Spock: by DerLanghaarige	Oct 10th, 2007 05:06:57 AM
http://tinyurl.com/2f9jlv Yes, I know, it's old, but...
I thought Kirk had already been cast? by Yeti	Oct 10th, 2007 06:02:07 AM
Apparently I was misinformed by this site. Wah.
Ryan Reynols would make a great Kirk, Damon also but... by KillaKane	Oct 10th, 2007 06:09:43 AM
there's the baggage he'd bring from being such a high profile actor, personally I would'nt have a problem with it, and squaring up to the likes of Bana, well that would make for a seriously impressive Trek reboot.
I dunno. by Zappary	Oct 10th, 2007 06:33:09 AM
Big name director, well known actors.. on Star Trek. It's just wierd, man.
Bana as a Romulan? by Rei-Ginsei	Oct 10th, 2007 06:45:14 AM
If they go with the look of TNG Romulans - I'm trying to picture Bana with a bowl cut, pointed ears and a grey uniform with gigantic shoulder pads...
MORE KIRK CASTING CHOICES by rightarm4Rosario	Oct 10th, 2007 07:04:27 AM
I was thinking about the casting choice for Kirk the other night, and as a fan of his performance (and little else) in the PUNISHER film, I'd have to say that I'd like to see Thomas Jane cast as Kirk! Any thoughts? Others who merit consideration: Mark Ruffalo (t'would be damn interesting) Aaron Eckhart (busy with the whole Harvey Dent thing, but he can certainly pull off macho smartass) Ben Foster (Not very Shatneresque, but a damn fine actor) Jason Bateman (haven't seen the Kingdom, and his casting might well spur a trekker revolt, but then again ...) Paul Rudd (Drop JJ, add Apatow, and you've got the greatest Trek film ever!! Rogen as Scotty! Michael Cera as Spock!) And of course, for Uhura - Rosario Dawson!
Hulk Hate stupid nerdfest... by Kid Z	Oct 10th, 2007 07:38:21 AM
...called Star Truck. Whole Idea lame and been lousy shows and movies for years. Lost-Guy not change that, just make dumber! Hulk smash stupid Lost-Guy!
The should have made the villain... by rev_skarekroe	Oct 10th, 2007 07:53:27 AM
...that Irish guy who used to beat Kirk up in school. Now THERE'S your movie.
Elijah Wood for Kirk, and he and Quinto by Dingbatty	Oct 10th, 2007 08:12:04 AM
can sing Nimoy's Bilbo Baggins song.
Jonthan Rhys Meyers by angelayes	Oct 10th, 2007 08:27:28 AM
Jonthan Rhys Meyers should had been cast as Anakin. That is all.
HOLY FUCKING YES by ObiWanCon	Oct 10th, 2007 08:30:22 AM
Eric Bana FUCKING RULES so I'm over the moon to hear this now all we need is Paul McGillion confirmed as SCOTTY and then Jensen Ackles to be cast as KIRK and it's all good.
Actually, the Hulk DOES need a spaceship. by Johnny Smith	Oct 10th, 2007 09:12:26 AM
Don't you people read comic books? Honestly, you call this a nerd website.
Its Chris Pine... by RobFromBackEast	Oct 10th, 2007 09:18:58 AM
So i'm hearing! He was cool in Smokin' Aces
JJ Abrams Sucks Hairy Hobbit Balls!!!! by LORDRANDO	Oct 10th, 2007 09:27:09 AM
People always slag off all the directors they hate here. Bay, PWS Anderson, McG, etc. This is my two cents. His tv show sucks. I hate it. Star Trek needs to be left alone before whole generations forget it was ever a GOOD tv show. All ST movies suck but Wrath of Kahn. And this fucking Cloverfield shit. Fuck you buddy. Your not worth all the effort just to understand your stupid trailer which is lame to begin with.
Principal Photography in two weeks? by LORDRANDO	Oct 10th, 2007 09:33:50 AM
And still casting? Recipe for suck-cess.....
These nerds dont read comics... by LORDRANDO	Oct 10th, 2007 09:39:28 AM
They like way too many of the shit adaptations.....Xmen, spidey, ghost rider...the list goes on. Comics are comics. Movies are movies. Movies with comic characters have never been done well. I personally just think its hack, slacker bullshit to turn comics into movies. Be creative. Its the easiest medium in the world to do anything you want. Problem is, the industry is so narrow about what they will burn 200 million making and distributing, they want familiar shit with built in audience so its less risky. Why do you think they used to make so many bible movies? Heres an idea. Make 20 ten million dollar movies instead of one megabudget. If 19 lose, and one is a smash...everyone wins.
Has Eric Bana really been in a good film? by Abominable Snowcone	Oct 10th, 2007 09:45:45 AM
I mean, Hulk was okay, but not because of anything Bana did. Didn't see Troy. And that new romantic comedy with Drew Barrymore bombed. I'm not a Trekkie, but I love the movie series and don't want to have a "reimagining" that could be so good get torpedoed by a lame bad guy. Because some films are only as good as the bad guy. Just look at Khan (compared with, say, V--Sybok sucked).
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - a good actor?!? Are you fucking sniffing by gruntybear	Oct 10th, 2007 09:46:08 AM
Meyers apparently graduated from the two-tone Julia Roberts School of Acting. He has two - and only two - acting modes: petulant and vapid. (Like Julia has two modes - nostrils flared and unflared.) He was - by far - the weakest link in that ren faire soap "The Tudors." And that's saying something when you've got a squinty, constipated scene chewer like Sam Neill in the same production. Sam is quite obviously an alumni of the Denzel Washington/Morgan Freeman School of Never Acting, ie., he quite literally plays "Sam Neill" in every film he's ever been in.
I guess Blackhawk Down was okay by Abominable Snowcone	Oct 10th, 2007 09:46:30 AM
Bana was in that, right? There--I corrected myself.
Bana can't act for shit by Pomona	Oct 10th, 2007 10:08:58 AM
He's a non-entity, a wet paper towel. Lifeless. Useless.
Hulk smash Enterprise and Cloverfield ugly monster! by MrMysteryGuest	Oct 10th, 2007 10:28:25 AM
RAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
Eric Bana is responsible for nerd sex? by MrMysteryGuest	Oct 10th, 2007 10:35:12 AM
How is that possible? :0
Great, so in typical JJ Abrams fashion by qweruiop	Oct 10th, 2007 10:45:31 AM
we'll get a trailer for the movie early next year that shows absolutely nothing, then a viral marketing campaign that'll include: a website full of dancing tricorders and little tribbles that state ackward quotes, another website that'll post blurry pictures of people in alien costumes running away from something, and another website where Uhura is talking into a webcam about bladder problems. I look forward to this. And of course internet geeks will eat up this little bit of official and worthless information given by JJ Abrams and in turn create entire websites dedicated to this.
Nero = Young Khan Chronicles by finky089	Oct 10th, 2007 11:37:35 AM
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa an!
Abominable Snowcone by Dr_Ian_Malcolm	Oct 10th, 2007 12:05:43 PM
You're obviously forgetting about Munich. I'm pretty sure it's insanely better than Black Hawk Down.
a bowl cut, pointed ears and a grey uniform with gigantic should by Kurzinski Valentine	Oct 10th, 2007 01:33:04 PM
a bowl cut, pointed ears and a grey uniform with gigantic shoulder pads
Now there's an idea! Finnegan as villain! by Kid Z	Oct 10th, 2007 02:00:39 PM
Two hours of this Mick SOB beating the st out of Kirk until his shirt rips off! Hell, have him team up with that Irish ensign who freaked out from the crazy-water on the dying planet and took over the ship only to seranade the crew with his godawful renditions of old Irish songs. Two insane, drunken leprechaun motherfkers are better than one, I always say!
Ian Malcom by Abominable Snowcone	Oct 10th, 2007 02:10:56 PM
I didn't catch "Munich." I'll take your word for it. But dammit, Jim, this is Star Trek we're talking about, so the bad guy has to be rilly rilly rilly good.
Nero? No. Caligula!! by EriamJH	Oct 10th, 2007 04:54:49 PM
Call Malcolm McDowell once again. Tell him this time he REALLY gets to fuck up Kirk!
Any villain is better than that non-entity we got in Nemesis. by themikejonas	Oct 10th, 2007 04:56:56 PM
"Don't you see, Picard? I'm you, just young and EEEEEVIL!"
Get over the Khan factor by EriamJH	Oct 10th, 2007 05:29:05 PM
We got it. Wrath of Khan was good. Nay, THE BEST ST film. And part of it is because of the villian Khan. But please, mister and miss producers, please, enough with the Khan clones. There are other ways to make peril in a movie than a single, named thespian playing the evil antagonist -- even one with a wig and good tanned pecs. Say what you will about ST:TMP, at least the peril was goddam enormous, planet-sucking device. Please stop following the template for a revenge factor movie.... not some revenging Klingon (III), pithy Vulcan sibling (V), another revenging sibling (VI), guy who can't face reality but dresses like Spike from Buffy (VII), S&M Borg chick (VIII), a plastic surgery reject (IX), or a bald college-aged goth kid(X).
Suit Up! by The Duke Of Madness	Oct 10th, 2007 06:45:37 PM
Even Gene Rodenberry had his critics. See if you can name three of them.
Roddenberry critics by m2298	Oct 11th, 2007 04:13:36 PM
Read Joel Engel's biography and discover more than three.

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