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Above is a dodgy video of the upcoming Star Trek reboot, shown during a Quantum of Solace screening. Fans around the world have been buzzing with this new footage, especially of Chris Pine as Kirk, Heroes’s Zach Quinto as Spock, and for a split second, Simon Pegg as Scotty.

Needless to say, the footage will be removed shortly, so enjoy it while you can. It seems reboots are all the rage these days, with Bond having its highest opening ever in the US and UK, as well as The Dark Knight breaking box office records. And the reboot formula is certainly evident in JJ Abrams take on the origins of the Enterprise. Now, I’m no Trekkie, but my understanding of the show in all its incarnations was that it was rather cerebral. Sure, there were emotional bursts, but the show was more about moral dilemmas, as opposed to visceral emotional ones. Data processing and logic were the weapons of choice (with an occasional lazer fight). But here, Abrams has moved in an entirely different direction. We get race cars, fast-paced fights, and sultry sex scenes! It will be interesting to gauge the response to this footage. Will this new style turn off Trekkies, and perhaps make more money by appealing to the masses, or will this MTV-reimagining of the sci-fi show please no one by trying to please everyone? Time will tell.

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