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People who don’t know much about me probably wouldn’t guess that I’m a huge Star Trek fan. But the facade of being normal cracks at the seams, once you start noticing Trek-themed coasters sitting around my apartment.

Rest assured, J.J. Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek was, in my opinion, the bee’s knees, only outdone this year by a few films including the majestic Inglourious Basterds. It set the stage perfectly for a series that I hope maintains the quality of the first outing.

One thing that did manage to peak my curiousity, though, was word of a deleted scene featuring Eric Bana and Clifton Collins Jr.’s villains being interrogated on a Klingon ship. Well, for those of you like me who are much too impatient to wait a bit for the DVD/Bluray release, here’s the deleted scene in all its glory.

Notice how they keep the faces of the Klingons masked, in order to avoid constraining their future design for them by a brief scene in the first film. This is likely due to how much different the Klingons looked in the original series (i.e., shortly after this film takes place) and The Next Generation, in which they looked completely different.

It’s a cool scene, but ultimately unnecessary in the movie. A very good choice of editing on Abrams and Co.’s part.