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Colonel Nelec is the main antagonist of the 2011 science-fiction adventure thriller film Super 8. He is the cruel and ruthless leader of a special elite unit from the US Air Force who was bent on capturing Cooper.
He was portrayed by Noah Emmerich.
History[]
Nelec is the leader of an elite Air Force unit. In 1958, a spaceship crashed and was brought to Area 51. The pilot, known as Cooper, was subject to torturous experiments by Nelec for 20 years. As Cooper and the cubes that made up his ship were being transferred to Hanger 18, a former scientist, Thomas Woodward, drove his truck into the train, derailing it and allowing him to escape. Nelec arrives to secure the crash site while the kids flee the scene. Nelec ends up finding the empty box of Charles' Super 8 film reels, realizing that someone potentially filmed the crash. Using a code word he overheard in the transmissions, Jack tries to get Nelec to divulge what is really happening to the town, but his plan backfires and Nelec has him arrested when he later goes to meet with Nelec in private. Then, Nelec kills Woodward, despite promising he would be safe, and orders his men to start a fire, forcing the townsfolk to evacuate while he hunts for Cooper.
Later in the film, Nelec and his men storm the middle school and capture the boys. They place the boys on a security bus and head back to the Air Force base, but Cooper attacks the bus on the way. Nelec's men are killed, while Joe and his friends escape, Nelec tried to fight Cooper off but he is no match for it. Cooper looks right at him, Nelec froze in fear as the alien exacted vengeance by biting off his head with his mouth in one attack before leaving the wrecked bus.
Personality[]
Colonel Nelec was a ruthless, vicious, and power hungry military leader who was obsessed with killing Cooper after having captured him and held him in a military base. Due to his nature, he was willing to kill or capture anyone who stands in his way. This was shown when he faked a forest fire so everyone can evacuate so he can lure out Cooper out of hiding and kill him, as well as murdering Dr. Thomas Woodward without remorse, since he was the one who had a special connection with Cooper and wanted to bring him home to his planet rather than kill him. He also wanted to kill Joe and his friends as well.
Trivia[]
- Colonel Nelec can somewhat parallel between the three characters of the film; Dr. Woodward, Joe, and Cooper. While Dr. Woodward and Joe seemingly had a special connection with Cooper, all while convincing them to live and go back home, Colonel Nelec was only obsessed with killing the alien and anyone who tried to find out his nefarious plans. For Cooper, even though he briefly went on a mass murder and killed innocents (although this was because he thought most of them are evil due to the fact that Dr. Woodward was trying to stop the train from holding him captive), this was eventually stopped when Joe reasoned with him that bad things can still happen and could still live, and would realize that other humans like Dr. Woodward aren't that as bad as Colonel Nelec, who only cares about killing anyone for revenge.
- Colonel Nelec wanting to capture Cooper and eventually kill him can somewhat be similar to Ahab from Moby Dick.
- Colonel Nelec can somewhat share traits to other evil military leaders such as Miles Quaritch from Avatar and Koobus Venter from District 09.