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Captain Christopher Pike

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This is a drawing I've done of Captain Christopher Pike of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, played by Anson Mount. Strange New Worlds is a prequel of The Original Series that starred Captain Kirk, both of whom captained the USS Enterprise.

Strange New Worlds is a really interesting take on Star Trek, bringing back the episodic episodes that lately have been sidelined for series long arcs as well as some humour. One thing of interest is Pike's large quiff, which seems to have a life of its own and is almost a co-star!

T'Lyn being emotionally compromised while meeting Spock

Pelia checking out Rutherford's Vulcan implant

Once again, we'd need a parallel universe, because Patton Oswald already rocked this rigidly controlled, pint-sized Vulcan who exuded an astonishing sexual chemistry.

"It has been far too long."

"Far, far, far too long."

Yet the whole time, I kept thinking it was such a Peter Lorre role. He'd have conveyed so much with the merest quirk of an eyebrow.

They even obscurely mentioned horror movies, and Peter Lorre is always typecast as a horror icon, sooo I'm taking that as a subtle nod to him 😋. Excuse my filming off the TV:

Two weeks ago, I posted a short clip on TikTok: William Shatner as Captain Kirk, wearing the now-infamous red tights 🔴 from the Charlie X episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. You know the scene—the one where Kirk is giving Charlie a few self-defense moves 🥋.

He’s barefoot 🦶. He’s bare-chested 💪. Just Shatner, in all his 1966 glory ✨, wearing red tights and tossing a teenage demigod to the mat.

I expected a few chuckles 😅. Maybe a couple hundred views from fellow TOS fans 👽.

What I got? 12,000 hits 📈.

Let me repeat that: Twelve. Thousand. Views. 😳

Shatner is now 94 🎂. And apparently, there are 12,000 people out there who still want to see him in tights. And no shirt 🔥.

I love classic Trek 🖖 and have endless appreciation for Shatner's charisma ✨, his command presence 🧑‍✈️, his commitment to everything from diplomacy to dropkicks 🥋, and his bare chest 💥. But I didn’t realize there was still an audience—an enthusiastic audience—for that particular costume choice 👀.

Is it nostalgia? 🪐 Is it camp? 🎭 Is it thirst? 💦

I don’t have the answers. I only have the metrics—and the realization that TikTok is, truly, a new world 🚀.

"This summer."