Awesome Star Trek

YouTuber SpockBoy seamlessly combined footage from Star Trek: The Original Series and the awesomely campy 1960s Batman TV show to create a hilarious scene in which Captain Kirk takes Doctor McCoy on the ride of his life.

CGP Grey looks at one of the most desired and elusive pieces of technology from the Star Trek universe, and explains how even if transporter beams did exist, we’d have to die and be reincarnated every time we used them.

J.J. Abrams was too busy in that other Star universe to direct the new Star Trek film, but Justin Lin’s (Fast & Furious) franchise debut looks like a summer romp that should satisfy action fans more than any Trek movie before. Let’s hope the sci-fi and humor come through.

YouTuber gazorra’ silly Star Trek: The Next Generation edit plays on Captain Picard’s love for Earl Grey tea. When the captain’s tea time is interrupted by a malfunctioning gadget, he screws over the crew to get his fix.

3D modeler and Star Trek fanatic Jason B is building out an insanely detailed digital reconstruction of the Starship Enterprise-D as it appeared on The Next Generation. Take a tour of the first few levels of his ambitious VR project for the Oculus Rift.

A brilliantly edited music video for William Shatner’s cheesetastic talk-singing cover of Pulp’s Common People, matched perfectly to scenes from Star Trek the Original Series by YouTuber LordRicco666. (Thanks Conner!)

Donate at least $10 on Omaze to support nine different charities and you could win a walk-on role in Star Trek: Beyond. You’ll be flown to the movie set to hang out and act with Chris Pine and the rest of the cast and crew.

Musical mashup makers Eclectic Method make it so with this tune, assembled from sound bytes from everyone’s favorite Starfleet Captain. We especially enjoyed the little chiptune tribute to The Next Generation’s theme song.

Capt. Picard and the NCC-1701-D fight Darth Vader and the Death Star in a battle to determine who’s dorkier. Is it the jargon-spewing slumber party or the cult of rave toys? All we know is we wish there was a Star Riker show.

A Will Riker TV show would be filled with chair-straddling and… this. YouTuber gazorra is back with more funny remixes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This one’s not as good as his old work, but he’s still got the touch.

“Legends will unite and galaxies will clash…” YouTuber SonofSpork made this ’80s style trailer for a crossover movie featuring characters from Star Wars and Star Trek: The Original Series.

This slick Star Trek fan film was directed by none other than Tim Russ (Tuvok on Voyager), and co-stars Walter Koenig and a great cast. The film revolves around a disturbance to space and time, and a covert crew that must go rogue to stop it.

Galactic Battles is an upcoming fan film that combines characters and objects from Star Trek, Star Wars, Mass Effect and Halo. The film will even have Commander Shepard’s male voice actor Mark Meer reprising his role.

During a recent appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Will Ferrell reminisced about his early standup career, which included a bit where he emulated the operatic howl of the opening theme of Star Trek.

Greg Johnson of Acoustic Labs pays respects to Leonard Nimoy, Gene Roddenberry, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and the other greats who we’ve lost from the Star Trek universe with this moving musical tribute. Download the track here.

EPIX presents a wonderful interview with the legendary actor, which provides insight into the man and his inseparable association with Spock. Here’s an excerpt. The full interview airs 2/27 at 11pm, 2/28 at 540 and 10pm and 3/1 at 8pm ET.

YouTuber Alex Luthor throws in his take on a sci-fi matchup that’s been discussed and will be discussed billions of times. If J.J. Abrams doesn’t screw up Episode VII, he’s going to be a freakin’ god among geeks.

It can be difficult to keep up with all the different races and species on Star Trek. Here, our old pal Neil Cicierega provides a brief educational video to help us spot the tricky differences between a Liger and a Tigon.

Ten of ten Trekkies would love to have this geeky fridge. Exclusive to ThinkGeek, the refrigerator has green outer and inner lights. It can also be used to warm food. It’s powered via 120V AC or 12V DC, no Borg alcove needed.

(NSFW) When Captain Picard and his men log out for the day, the Night Crew takes over. Sir Patrick Stewart and Chris Pine guest star in this groovy Robot Chicken skit. Commander La Freak: best name ever.

Inspired by this enthralling SubReddit, Danny Rogers used image-stabilized Star Trek scenes to make them less shaky, but no less entertaining. Of course, it’s DJ Snake and Lil’ Jon’s backing track that makes it all come together.

The tale of an orphan who became a warrior, pioneer and worthy representative of his race. YouTuber doubleg1701 presents some memorable clips of Star Trek’s Worf over Kanye West’s Ridged Forehead Black Skinhead.

The balance that makes up the ideal partner is perfectly and proudly portrayed in this clever design from Look Human. It’s only logical that such a great design can be used to customize a variety of tees, sweatshirts and hoodies.