I actually just watched Amok Time and Journey to Babel last night (mostly for Spock background purposes). Yeah, yeah, I'm working on it with the rest. I just was in a particularly Spock-centric mood, so I watched those a bit out of order. Not that it particularly matters for '60s episodic reset television.
So far my first impressions are that the salt vampire looks like Barnum's Fiji mermaid and WTF?! at the dog in the furry costume with a horn on its head. Ah, primitive television. Oh, and it's LURCH!
(By the way, Kelley and Nimoy are starting to work for me on the attraction meter!)
Anyway...
As for the shirtless Kirk/Spock shot there and the new films... Millions of fangirls can only hope.

One thing that is very obvious in the new film is that they are trying to appeal more to a more balanced male AND female audience. Females have certainly been there all along, but the writing here did strike me as intentionally having elements built on gaining appeal to female viewers (a strong Uhura and the Spock/Uhura romance). And well, the huge amount of hot men is usually a pro for female viewers. With that, female viewers have more eye-candy than male viewers do!
Rand and Chapel probably should get introduced in the next film, IMO. And I hope the woven, cone-shaped beehive stays. LOL. That hairdo is totally... fascinating.
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And yes, speaking of something that was mentioned with how Quinto and Kogan are both known for playing villains... I believe Nimoy also portrayed a few villains pre-Spock. It's kind of a tradition now to cast actors who generally play non-traditionally heroic characters in their previous work. The look of the character in general usually calls for that, though. Interesting, nonetheless.
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And holy... Yum. Love those dark looks. Quinto has those amazing deep, dark eyes (plus those sybrows!). With a little gift to Pine fans, too!
