I admit to having seen gag reels from the original "Star Trek" series a few times, including once at a Trekkers gathering in Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Creator Gene Roddenberry faced the adoring crowd, armed with just a microphone and a giant projection screen. After showing some video, including the gag reel, he took questions from the thousands of fans in the audience.
The gag reel, if you’ve never seen it, is a hoot, filled with sexual innuendo (Captain Kirk and Yeoman Rand finally hook up) and off-color remarks, plus a lot of doors on the Enterprise failing to open or close at the proper time.
And just as "Star Trek" has gone on to many new lives for new generations, so has the latest gag reel now making the rounds on the net.
PG TV editor Rob Owen sent over a link to a new gag reel that had been tweeted by Green Tree’s Zachary Quinto. He’s the star of NBC’s "Heroes" who also plays the young Mr. Spock in J.J. Abrams’ summer smash version of "Star Trek."
The six minutes-plus reel has a door incident or two, but mostly it’s a lot of cracking up (particularly by Quinto as the supposed-to-be stoic Spock) and goofing around. On talk shows, Quinto has said he couldn't keep a straight face around Simon Pegg's Scotty, and that's made evident in the video.
We also learn that Abrams likes to tap his director's mic for a bongo-drumb effect, and at one point gives the great direction: "While it will feel ridiculous, it will look awesome."
An apt description of this latest "Trek" reel.
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Oct 13 2009, 03:49 PM
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