THE CRITICAL DRINKER: Star Trek Unification — I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying! (Video.)

Here’s the actual video in question:

I’m not sure if I feel as completely bowled over as the Drinker was by Unification — it feels a bit like the last scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which Keir Dullea wonders around at the end of the film as his life in its current form winds down, if Kubrick had Industrial Light & Magic’s digital firepower at his disposal. (And note Gary Lockwood’s cameo in Unification, the only actor to appear in both original series Trek* and 2001.) But it’s great to see a de-aged Shatner and digitally reincarnated Leonard Nimoy on the same screen again.

* Ed Bishop, who had a minor role in 2001 performed as a vocal actor in an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. And yes, I’m deeply ashamed that I actually know this.