Warp Factor Pine!

Yeah, that’s right, it’s an all ‘Star Trek’ post today — deal with it!

Who knew that the reboot movie opening today would become a cultural juggernaut? I honestly didn’t see that coming but we can all agree that Chris Pine is about to become a big, big star. Why, he’s already got the paparazzi following his morning jog:

“Shirtless Kirk!” the blogs scream — but you know that somewhere, right now, William Shatner is fuming at being replaced. After all, he did it first:

One can only hope the new film will feature a scene like this…

…because if there’s one thing to love about the new ‘Trek,’ it’s brought sexy back:

Let’s hope the new guys boldly go

A former editor of the late, lamented fab magazine, Scott has been writing for Xtra since 2007 on a variety of topics in news pieces, interviews, blogs, reviews and humour pieces. He lives on the Danforth with his boyfriend of 12 years, a manic Jack Russell Terrier, a well-stocked mini-bar and a shelf of toy Daleks.

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