The fact that the baddy is called 'Nero' has images of TOS style 'Rome World' settings flashing before my eyes. And it scares me up real bad. I know there's rumours that it's gonna be a Romulan thing but... toga! toga!
Rome world??
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Kirk's line at the end of the movie that wins the girl is,"Drop that Nero and get with the hero!"
"Nero, your Rome-World is worth absolute zero.." <disintegrates Nero with a phaser>
The Romulan culture must be related to either the Romans on Earth or a parallel Earth featuring parallel Romans (like the one in "Bread and Circuses").
But "Nero" is still kinda odd. Since the Romulans don't speak latin, it must mean it has to be a reference to the actual Emperor Nero- or like someone here recently suggested, a similar-sounding name like "Neyrouh", which the humans simply take as "nero" cuz it sounds familiar.
However, the latter idea would make things even weirder.
But "Nero" is still kinda odd. Since the Romulans don't speak latin, it must mean it has to be a reference to the actual Emperor Nero- or like someone here recently suggested, a similar-sounding name like "Neyrouh", which the humans simply take as "nero" cuz it sounds familiar.
However, the latter idea would make things even weirder.
Please correct me if I'm wrong - but won't introducing the Romulans pre-TOS violate continuity? Yes I know ENT did, but they had the 'clever' get-out of us never seeing them, or something.
They'll be cloaked!
Problem solved! Phew!
Or, they'll never be in the TOS time period.
Or they'll get in and get out without being seen.
Or, in the TOS time, they'll have TNG-era ridges on their foreheads, so when the Romulans are finally seen in "Balance of Terror", no one puts two-and-two together and realizes they are the same species.
If naming the villain Nero means anything, it means he'll be an egomaniacal sex fiend with dillusions of god-like granduer (or is that Kirk?).
Yeah. "Star Trek XI- Finding Nero". That's ingenious. :thumbsup: 
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is not from the TOS era, but from Older Spock's time, traveling back in time to cause trouble. To Kirk and the gang, he'd just be an alien from an unmet race...
And of course the Romulan homeworlds are named Romulus and Remus.
So the homeworlds are named exactly after these mythological brothers. So a Romulan named Nero isn't a stretch at all.
So the homeworlds are named exactly after these mythological brothers. So a Romulan named Nero isn't a stretch at all.
Maybe they will just call him T'Nero and save us the embarrassment. I mean... best of both worlds... Roman AND Vulcanish, though the other Romulan boys can joke that he has a Vulcanie girl's name. :P (Maybe being teased as a child is reason he turns out to be a villain.)
I still think it is a bad idea.
If we wanted to make sense of the Romulan/Roman connection it could still work out:
According to ENT, the Awakening occurred in the 4th century AD, meaning the Romulans would have left Vulcan around that time.
If the Debrune had visited Earth shortly afterwards, they would have encountered a declining Roman Empire, threatened on all fronts by Invading "Barbarians". An Empire that invited their enemies right in and being doomed because of it.
So their isolationism could be a result of their fascination with human culture and the Roman history in particular. Imperial Rome could have become a blueprint for their civilization and Roman Mythology could have influenced their own.
Not saying anyone at Paramount actually gives a crap about the Romulans making sense. But they could.
According to ENT, the Awakening occurred in the 4th century AD, meaning the Romulans would have left Vulcan around that time.
If the Debrune had visited Earth shortly afterwards, they would have encountered a declining Roman Empire, threatened on all fronts by Invading "Barbarians". An Empire that invited their enemies right in and being doomed because of it.
So their isolationism could be a result of their fascination with human culture and the Roman history in particular. Imperial Rome could have become a blueprint for their civilization and Roman Mythology could have influenced their own.
Not saying anyone at Paramount actually gives a crap about the Romulans making sense. But they could.
