Keenser in Star Trek (2009) movie

This little guy on the left, a critter introduced in the new Star Trek movie, is cute cute cute! It's the eyes that made it so. Those tiny lights set in deep dark sockets are a stroke of genius, capturing perfectly the loyalty, attentiveness and ineffable twinkle in every dog's eyes.

Loved the movie too. The characters were remarkably credible versions of the originals, Spock and Kirk in particular, and the effects were stunning, with the exception of the hand to hand combat which was sloppy, hard to follow and generally unconvincing. Maybe it's just me but fighting on the edge of a precipice is simply not entertaining, especially when repeated over and over again.

Read more about Keenser, Starfleet engineer and sidekick to Mongomery Scott (Scotty) during their solitary duty at a Starfleet outpost on Delta Vega, later reunited on the USS Enterprise after the defeat of the rogue Romulan ship, the Narada, piloted by the vengeful Nero.