Mo’ Trek Clips, Mo Optimism

By Rob Bricken April 9, 2009 Movies 0 Comment

You thought I was going to say “mo’ problems,” weren’t you? Yeah, me too, since today’s clip has young Kirk n’ Scotty being pulled in front of a surly acting captain Spock (yeah, you read that right). I think we all agreed we’re pretty excited about Pegg as Scotty, but he doesn’t much chance to shine in the above video. So the optimism comes into play with Pine, who I think acts appropriately Kirk-like in his self-confidence in front of authority, and Sylar, who I think nails Spock in a way I haven’t seen in any of the previous clips as he recites Starfleet rules one after another… until he gets angry and just sounds like Sylar again. Hey, I’ll take it.

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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.

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