Renaissance Spock

Have you all checked out the Renaissance Star Trek Photoshop page?  There have been some great Spock entries.

Vulcan Video: Quinto vs. Nimoy

Audi has released a new video featuring Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy.

Into Darkness Publicity

I haven't written much about Star Trek Into Darkness because I'm not really looking forward to it.  Before we had any news about the film I was hopeful that it might be better than Star Trek (2009) but all the rumours I confirmed here last April have been proven accurate.  Of course I'll still go to see it but I don't have high hopes.

The first two posters released for the film were awful.  First of all, they're unoriginal; ripping off everything from Batman to Transformers.  Second, they're so dark!  Obviously that's what the filmmakers are going for (just see the title) but that's not Star Trek to me.

When Paramount began releasing posters for each of the characters I had high hopes that the Spock one might be nice.  The first Spock poster features Spock inside the Nibiru volcano.  I don't love this one but it's at least not awful.  The second one features an armed Spock.  In fact, most of the character posters feature armed heroes.  Guns are also not something I associate greatly with Star Trek.  Also, given all the gun controversy in the United States in past six months it just seems like poor taste.

There haven't been any great publicity photos released.  There are lots of stills from the film but the only other posed image I've seen is the fold-out cover from Empire Magazine.

It's Spock! Do You Care?

Today's Vulcan Video comes from the Twitter feed of Zachary Quinto.

The people of New York seem oddly unimpressed by the presence of Spock! What's up NYC?

Happy 35th to Zachary Quinto!

Fellow Vulcanologists, please join me in wishing Zachary Quinto a very happy 35th birthday today!

We hope your eyebrows grow back, Zach!

LLAP

Zachary Quinto Comes Out

One month ago today, in the true spirit of IDIC, Zachary Quinto came out as a gay man.  On October 16th, in a New York Magazine interview with Benjamin Wallace, when speaking about his role in Angels in America, the 34-year old actor said “... as a gay man, it made me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed.”

I applaud and thank Zachary Quinto for contributing to the It Gets Better Project and allowing himself to be a positive example for change.  It's a very compassionate and human response from our favourite new Vulcan.

Zachary Quinto as Spock

I found these beautiful publicity photos of Zachary Quinto as Spock in Star Trek (2009) and I had to share.