I really hope Peter Weller is playing a villain in Star Trek 2. His turn as the main baddie on 24 gave us some of that series’ last great moments. Then again, he also lent a badass robotic edge to hero Alex Murphy in RoboCop, so I’m sure he’s perfectly capable of doing almost any role justice in the Star Trek canon.

Blastr: Peter Weller teases with cryptic clues about his Star Trek 2 role

Filming on J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel may be over, but our search for clues to who’s playing who isn’t. We already think we know who Benedict Cumberbatch is, and now co-star Peter Welle…

This guy has apparently figured out every last detail- right down to the porkbarrel spending from Congress- to make building a bonafide, functional USS Enterprise a reality in under two decades. I have no idea how feasible his ideas are, save one- his theory of using nuclear reactors as the propulsion and power sources makes total sense. What environmental risks are there from nuclear meltdowns in the vacuum of space? For that matter, can a reactor even overheat if it's surrounded by absolute zero?

Engineer thinks we could build a real Starship Enterprise in 20 years

In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer has proposed – and outlined in meticulous detail – building a full-sized, ion-powered version of…