Star Trekdeepfake video put the unseasoned Leonard Nimoy inJ.J. Abrams ’ 2009 reboot . The super - lucid vis-a-vis to William Shatner ’s aroused Captain Kirk , the pointy - eared Vulcan Starfleet officer Mr. Spock first come along onStar Trek : The Original Serieswith Nimoy in the role . Nimoy would reprise the iconic Spock role in laterStar Trekmovies and in an coming into court on the showStar Trek : The Next coevals .

Indeed , Nimoy ’s name became so synonymous with the Spock character that for a fourth dimension it was unthinkable that anyone else could ever play the role . But , Abrams made the unthinkable happen in his 2009Trekreboot , casting Zachary Quinto as Spock – with Nimoy also making an appearance as an old version of the character reference . Spock was later recast again for the showStar Trek : Discovery , withEthan Peckbecoming the third man to take on the famous Vulcan ( not weigh doer who ’ve played the character at early geezerhood in previous shows and picture ) . And Peck will now get to hold onto the role for for a while , as he ’s set to deliver in the upcoming seriesStar Trek : Strange New Worlds , a show that promise to return to the episodic access of originalTrek .

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As well - have as Quinto and Peck may have been in their various stabs at playing Spock , for many fans Nimoy ’s version remains the only real take on the character . For those phratry , YouTube userJarkanhas created a deepfake video that swaps out Quinto for a unseasoned Nimoy , giving the youthfulTOS - era Benjamin Spock a fortune to interact with his much older counterpart . See the TV in the space below :

As fan well remember , in Abrams’Star Trek , old Spock becomes part of the natural action after being transported 129 old age back in metre via fatal pickle , allowing him to bear witness to the destruction of Vulcan at the hands of the Romulan bad guy rope Nero . Controversially , the integral plot of ground line involve Vulcan ’s annihilation and Spock ’s fourth dimension locomotion resulted in the introduction of an all newTrektimeline , referred to as theKelvin timeline , and in Spock ’s pre - Abrams avatar being referred to as Prime Spock .

Fans can and will argue whether Abrams ’ Kelvin timeline is in fact canyon , but there ’s no deny the emotional poignance of seeing Nimoy as Kelvin Spock in 2009Star Trek , and the abovedeepfakearguably lend even more emotional clout to the meeting of young and old Benjamin Spock by replacing Quinto ’s side with Nimoy ’s . Of of course , Quinto ’s performance as Spock is not unsound either , so it ’s perhaps unfair to erase him from the   aspect even in favor of Nimoy   ( it ’s still   Quinto ’s phonation and physical carrying out after all ) . All in all , there ’s playfulness novelty value to these deepfakes , but they do raise a fate of honorable issues that make them feel dodgy .

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Star Trek Deep Fake Video Puts Leonard Nimoy In 2009 Movie

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