Video: Star Trek + Nine Inch Nails = Closer

Nine Inch Nails svengali Trent Reznor is no stranger to controversy, whether it's the aggro lyrics to "Closer" (made somehow more compelling with a fan-made Star Trek video on YouTube) right up through Apple's rejection of an iPhone app due to the "objectionable" contents of 1994's The Downward Spiral. But perhaps the greatest outlet for Reznor's angst over the last year-plus has been Twitter. Reznor has long publicly championed his fans, and while his tweets...

posted by Big Willie Sunshine: This is very well done.

Prob the best Star Trek mashup I have seen in a long time. Too perfect. Found by the husband.

Okay, before you go any further, let me point out that I am in no way a Trekkie. People assume I am because I'm a bit speccy and geeksome. But I'm not. Okay? Nevertheless, I just  love this TV/NIN mash-up. Still not a Trekkie though.

Courtesy of Tbogg , here's a homoerotic video mashup of Kirk, Spock and NIN's "Closer". Definitely NSFW. Watch the original NIN video here or just click on the picture. I never got to see the full version before today because MTV edited the shit out of it way back when. "Scene deleted", indeed: [...]