Old Spock vs. New Spock

[pokerfan]

What happens when old school goes head to head with new school in a battle of speed and wits? Leonard Nimoy takes on newbie Zachary Quinto and his all-new Audi S7.

[FBaggins]

1. LOVE the reference to his Bilbo Baggins song. n/t

[pokerfan]

3. Oh, yeah

[leftyohiolib]

12. WARNING: YOU CANT UNWATCH THIS

[Locut0s]

44. W..T..F?

[pokerfan]

47. In Nimoy's defense...

It was the sixties.

[leftyohiolib]

13. yea i loved it - hilarious ....nt

[onehandle]

2. Nice. nt

[sharp_stick]

4. That was good

The Bilbo song and the "ahhh fubeeep" when the clubs won't fit.

[pokerfan]

6. Loved the punch line

"Technically, we're not inside yet."

[mainer]

5. Thank you thank you thank you

That was hilarious! Already tweeted it!

[sarge43]

7. Delightful. Thanks for posting

Love that faux epic sound track

[JDPriestly]

8. Never thought I would rec an ad, but . . . .

However, the old Nimoy would probably never want that car with all the gadgets because those of us who grew up in a simpler age don't want to mess with all that technology. Too complicated. Can't be repaired easily. So, I love the ad, but I wouldn't want that car. Scares me.

[sarge43]

10. When one of those doodads fails and it will,

it costs the equivalent of a small third world nation's GNP to get it fixed.

[FBaggins]

14. They used to say the same thing about air conditioning

and power mirrors, seats, windows, etc.

[WCGreen]

18. Fiddle de de

[sarge43]

22. They still do which why I don't have any of that

I can understand if someone spends most of their work day in a car or does a lot of traveling, why they'd want the convenience and comfort, but not to putter around the local back 40.

[Heywood J]

33. Yeah, and it still costs $1500 to get a new A/C condensor when

a rock goes through it, and $1000 when the compressor goes. Your point?

[JDPriestly]

35. I have power windows and I don't like them that much.

When they break it's hard to get them fixed to a reliable point, and you can't open the windows if you don't have the key in the ignition.

[thesquanderer]

9. Who's getting out of the other car at the end?

Should have been William Shatner... finally making his way into J J Abram's trek-verse with the two Spocks...

[pokerfan]

23. or Sulu, helmsman of the TOS Enterprise

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Simon Pegg (the new Montgomery Scott) would have also worked as it would make sense that the engineer would be embracing the new tech of the driverless car.

[Agschmid]

28. Sulu would have been epic.

Good idea!

[pokerfan]

29. Especially

had he been wearing the cape.

[Agschmid]

30. That awkward moment when you LOL...

Really hard in a hipster coffee house and everyone looks at you with their little matte black finish glasses...

Totally just happened but it was worth it, thanks!

[Fearless]

43. +1000!

[rwsanders]

11. Enjoyed it, but I've been wondering something for a while...

Am I the only one around that wishes they had left the old series alone instead of bascially scrubbing all of the Star Trek we have watched since the 60's in 1 stroke by introducing an alternate timeline?
I know the characters are familiar and it is easier to play on that familiarity to get viewers, but couldn't they have started out with a different crew on a different ship from the same era?
I know the "Enterprise" series tried that, but I think there were other issues that bogged down that series.

[AtheistCrusader]

15. The show is a vehicle for telling stories.

The reboot just enables new stories. New model, new possibilities. Sci-Fi is fun like that.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. A lot of fans wanted the next tv series to be with Captain Sulu.

I wonder if he'd still go for it.

[NewJeffCT]

46. I think George Takei

is probably a bit old to be playing a starship captain now (isn't he closing in on 80?). Maybe with a younger actor it would work, with Takei making an occasional guest appearance as Daddy (or Grandpa) Sulu, depending on the age of the actor.

[Neoma]

24. Enterprise was a prequel to Star Trek actually.

[Bucky]

37. Ironic that the least popular of the Trek shows is the only one that remains canon.

It would have been simpler just to reboot the story, like Battlestar Gallactica did, rather than go through the ridiculous and illogical time travel story to give themselves "permission" to tell new stories. Just do a redo, don't go thru the bother of invalidating everything the core fans liked about the original franchise.

[rwsanders]

42. Well that's what I was thinking. It would have even given them more freedom.

[The Blue Flower]

17. Love it

Thanks!

[abelenkpe]

19. Love it! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. That is HILARIOUS!

Very sly, very good, well done, Audi!

[solara]

21. Excellent!

Very funny!

[hunter]

25. Old Spock's ride, Star Trek days...

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/celebrities-of-past-days-and-their.html

[annabanana]

26. ok. . That was pretty good. . n/t

[Agschmid]

27. Love love love!

[jakeXT]

31. I guess you do shrink with age /nt

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[hunter]

34. Nah, you only get more concentrated.

At least that's the way it works in my family.

My little old lady ass-kicking wild west great grandmas were the scariest women I've ever met. As a kid I witnessed two of 'em cutting apart freshly dead fish, small mammals, and birds for dinner in the time it takes most people to microwave a frozen burrito. Imagine what a woman like that could do to a man who crossed her.

My crazy berserker grandma held back the police and paramedics for several hours kicking, biting, clawing, cussing, throwing things... If anyone didn't believe she was a danger to herself and others before that, they certainly did afterwards.

So far as I've seen from The Original Star Trek crew, they concentrate well.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. that was Fascinating, Thanks!

[OnyxCollie]

36. !

[KitSileya]

38. This was awesome. Just awesome.

I don't want to think how much they had to pay to get them both in the same ad, but this was pure gold. Best ad ever.

Thank you for making me aware it existed.

Oh and Spock singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins? Is there anything more sublime?

[KatyMan]

39. Awesome, and even better...

my rec was number 42.

/_\
We reach.

[pokerfan]

41. Spock is not Herbert!

[Fla Dem]

40. I so didn't like Zachary Quinto (Sylar) in the Hero's TV show.

He gave me the creeps. I think he ate peoples brains. But here, he is much more likeable.

[GTurck]

45. Even as ......

satire Star Trek rocks.

[BainsBane]

48. There is only one Spock as far as I'm concerned

[spiderpig]

49. Hilarious.

Mr. pig and I nearly died laughing.