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Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut "Star Trek," died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.
His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his death, saying the cause was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html)
Quote from: Solar on February 27, 2015, 10:02:57 AM
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Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut "Star Trek," died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.
His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed his death, saying the cause was end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html)
I never met him, but he always struck me as a nice man. As an actor, few others were as well suited for a role as he was to play Spock. I'd compare it to George C. Scott as Patton, or to Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone or even Robert Duvall as Augustus McCrae. By the same token, I can't think of another actor any more permanently identified with one character as Nimoy was with Spock. I think he knew it too. Consider the titles of his two autobiographies: "I Am Not Spock" and "I Am Spock."
Sad to hear of his passing.
My kids were glued to the Tube for Star Trek.
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He lived long, he prospered and he made millions smile.
He's great. I won't talk about him in past tense.
I saw him on a lecture-tour in the late 70's, speaking mostly about science-fiction and Gene Roddenberry making Star Trek happen. There was an eardrum-shattering applause when he performed the Vulcan hand-greeting, which he spent about 15-minutes explaining. In a conference with Roddenberry about Spock, Nimoy was urged to unearth unique personal gestures he may've used as a kid. Spock's signature raised-eyebrow was the only thing Nimoy could think of. Roddenberry was happy with it. Then, as a throwaway, Nimoy held up his hand... " By the way, I can do this too... " separating his third-and-forth fingers, keeping the fifth finger perfectly married to the forth amazingly easily. Roddenberry said: " Not bad. We'll probably have Spock use it from time-to-time. " -Nimoy pretended to read from data which said that only 1-in-5 people can perform the Vulcan gesture, finishing by having the crowd raise their hands and try doing it. I still can't do it.
Nimoy was an icon of the sexual revolution, drawing adult females into the science-fiction/pop culture realm in substantial numbers. Within weeks, Spock's personna was driving Star Trek's plots. And continued to thrust its popularity right through the write-in anti-NBC cancellation fiasco's to the first Star Trek 'CONS' (conventions) in the 80's.
He's come a long way since Zombies Of The Stratosphere, which is my personal Nimoy cult-fave. My favorite big-screen Nimoy performance is Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, which he should've won an Oscar for.
R.I.P., LSN. The Beginning Frontier...
Quote from: kit saginaw on February 27, 2015, 11:55:04 PM
He's great. I won't talk about him in past tense.
I saw him on a lecture-tour in the late 70's, speaking mostly about science-fiction and Gene Roddenberry making Star Trek happen. There was an eardrum-shattering applause when he performed the Vulcan hand-greeting, which he spent about 15-minutes explaining. In a conference with Roddenberry about Spock, Nimoy was urged to unearth unique personal gestures he may've used as a kid. Spock's signature raised-eyebrow was the only thing Nimoy could think of. Roddenberry was happy with it. Then, as a throwaway, Nimoy held up his hand... " By the way, I can do this too... " separating his third-and-forth fingers, keeping the fifth finger perfectly married to the forth amazingly easily. Roddenberry said: " Not bad. We'll probably have Spock use it from time-to-time. " -Nimoy pretended to read from data which said that only 1-in-5 people can perform the Vulcan gesture, finishing by having the crowd raise their hands and try doing it. I still can't do it.
Nimoy was an icon of the sexual revolution, drawing adult females into the science-fiction/pop culture realm in substantial numbers. Within weeks, Spock's personna was driving Star Trek's plots. And continued to thrust its popularity right through the write-in anti-NBC cancellation fiasco's to the first Star Trek 'CONS' (conventions) in the 80's.
He's come a long way since Zombies Of The Stratosphere, which is my personal Nimoy cult-fave. My favorite big-screen Nimoy performance is Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, which he should've won an Oscar for.
R.I.P., LSN. The Beginning Frontier...
Fascinating! I guess it could be true, what he said about 1 in 5 being able to do that. I'm fifth in a family of five and was the only one that could do the Vulcan greeting, as the same in my group of friends, only one other had the same dexterity.
Quote from: Solar on February 28, 2015, 05:44:41 AM
Fascinating! I guess it could be true, what he said about 1 in 5 being able to do that. I'm fifth in a family of five and was the only one that could do the Vulcan greeting, as the same in my group of friends, only one other had the same dexterity.
I can do it too (and have since Star Trek was on TV), but I had to train my right hand to do it, the way Spock did. With my left hand, it was always almost natural. I suffered a broken left arm twice, with that six-weeks-in-a-cast sentence each time, between the ages of 7 and 9, and there are significant formative and capability differences between my left arm and hand and my right.
Quote from: TboneAgain on February 28, 2015, 01:31:09 PM
I can do it too (and have since Star Trek was on TV), but I had to train my right hand to do it, the way Spock did. With my left hand, it was always almost natural. I suffered a broken left arm twice, with that six-weeks-in-a-cast sentence each time, between the ages of 7 and 9, and there are significant formative and capability differences between my left arm and hand and my right.
I remember doing it for the first time, holding my fingers together, just to get the feeling.
That's all it took, and I just now did it on both hands for the first time in...God,, has in nearly been 50 years?
Crap, now I feel old again... :glare:
Sic tranist gloria mundi
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Canada's central bank is urging citizens to stop defacing their $5 notes in a tribute to deceased actor Leonard Nimoy.
In a trend dubbed "Spocking," Canadians have taken to drawing pointy ears and tiled brows on top of Canada's seventh prime minister, Sir. Wilfrid Laurier, to make him look like Mr. Spock, the half-Vulcan, half-human Star Trek character made famous by Nimoy.
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Zachary Quinto portrayed Spock in the re-do of the Star Trek films...but here he's cast against Leonard Nimoy...and there are some HILARIOUS touches in this Audio car commercial....
Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: "The Challenge" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs#ws)
Quote from: quiller on March 06, 2015, 07:47:03 AM
Zachary Quinto portrayed Spock in the re-do of the Star Trek films...but here he's cast against Leonard Nimoy...and there are some HILARIOUS touches in this Audio car commercial....
Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: "The Challenge" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs#ws)
OMG, that is priceless stuff! Thank you for putting it on the board!