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Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy Passes at 83
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Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea


Feb 27 2015, 10:10pm

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Of all the souls... [In reply to] Can't Post

... his was the most human.

Rest well, Mr. Nimoy.

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Heed WBA when building blanket forts.
ITLs don't get enough FAS. :)

Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings






Brethil
Half-elven


Feb 27 2015, 10:13pm

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Do you know what my answer to 'what do you want to be' when I was little was? [In reply to] Can't Post

A Vulcan. Really. My career choice.


My first TV crush was The Professor on Gilligan's Island. Spock was waaaay out of crush league: he was to be emulated, for me.








RosieLass
Valinor


Feb 27 2015, 10:16pm

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I always thought it was a little ironic... [In reply to] Can't Post

...that a guy who had such a beautiful smile was cast to play an emotionless Vulcan.

"Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it."
--Joyce Meyer


Dame Ioreth
Tol Eressea


Feb 27 2015, 10:42pm

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My brother wanted to be a Vulcan too! // [In reply to] Can't Post

 

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Heed WBA when building blanket forts.
ITLs don't get enough FAS. :)

Where there's life there's hope, and need of vittles.
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings






Ethel Duath
Half-elven


Feb 27 2015, 11:23pm

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Doesn't seem possible. [In reply to] Can't Post

I also grew up with Star Trek like many here, and I have to say his character sort of got wired into my brain somewhere. I still find my self saying "interesting" in complete deadpan, and then catch myself afterwards.

I did finally quit saying "fascinating" somewhere in my teens, but it took real effort.Evil

Rest in peace, Mr. Spock. And be free to smile all you want.



Kimi
Forum Admin / Moderator


Feb 27 2015, 11:43pm

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Very sad. [In reply to] Can't Post

His final tweet:

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP."

May he go boldly into "The undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveller returns".


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Kimi
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Feb 27 2015, 11:43pm

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Beautiful, Lily. Thank you. // [In reply to] Can't Post

 


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Adrianna
Lorien


Feb 28 2015, 12:35am

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Sad! [In reply to] Can't Post

He lived long and prospered. He was Star Trek and always will be.Frown

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dernwyn
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Feb 28 2015, 2:14am

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What a wonderful memory of that time. [In reply to] Can't Post

Recording the audio - what a clever idea!

My middle-school friends and I took pride in flashing the Live Long and Prosper hand sign at one another. I bought the episode booklets, and scoured the magazine racks for anything with Star Trek articles.

That was so much of Spock's appeal: the unattainability! Didn't your heart also break when he said, "For the first time in my life, I was happy"?

And when the original Star Trek ended, I was so happy to find he was in Mission: Impossible...

Peace, dear soul. Heart


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Ham_Sammy
Tol Eressea

Feb 28 2015, 2:21am

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Indeed [In reply to] Can't Post

Star Trek II Wrath of Khan remains my favorite of all the the movies and the Original Series I will love forever in spite of it's campiness which gave it it's flavor. I loved Spock, Kirk, McCoy and all of them. Rest in Peace Mr. Nimoy. You inspired so many for so many years and we enjoyed your acting, directing and writing. We look forward to seeing you In Memoriam next year at the Emmys and Oscars.

All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you, Gandalf the Grey


Sunflower
Valinor

Feb 28 2015, 4:56pm

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I really have no words. I will always treasure that last shot of him in Abrams's first film, when he looks down from the balcony, like he was already an angel looking down on the creation he helped to popularize. Like he was the true believer in it after trying to run from his screen alter ego so long. He did so many other films and plays , but this is how he will be best remembered.


LLAP, he wrote. And whatever else was said here.


Annael
Immortal


Feb 28 2015, 5:07pm

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The backstory of the "Live Long and Prosper" gesture [In reply to] Can't Post

as a mythologist I LOVE this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t5I9y2CZbA

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Brethil
Half-elven


Feb 28 2015, 5:24pm

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This is great footage. [In reply to] Can't Post

I've read Leonard's statements before, but never seen him discuss it on camera. Its such a fabulous use of self, in creating the Vulcan culture. I think that's why it resonates so much. It came from a very personal place for him. Thus I was touched when Zachary Quinto was interviewed about what Nimoy passed on to him about playing Spock, and creating that culture. He started to answer, and then said something along the lines of no, its just too intimate. I'm going to keep it private.


Interesting in the 2009 Trek film, the actor addressing Nero calls him, "Prahd" (sp?) instead of "Captain". And JJ Abrams said, hmmm. Let's keep it in; thus we have some sort of new honorarium created which is like another layer of Romulan culture to build upon. Mythos evolving.








Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Feb 28 2015, 8:06pm

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Thanks for the link. [In reply to] Can't Post

I've encountered the story of the Vulcan gesture of greeting before, but not with such a full explanation!

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Elarie
Grey Havens

Feb 28 2015, 8:25pm

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Sad and a little hard to grasp [In reply to] Can't Post

The Star Trek universe has been part of my imagination for most of my life. Saying good-bye to Mr. Nimoy is just too sad.

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GloryBox
Bree


Feb 28 2015, 9:30pm

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Leonard Nimoy: "Go, Bilbo!" [In reply to] Can't Post

Many of you may have already seen this, but I thought I'd try to post it anyway. The Nimoy-Quinto Audi commercial -- Best commercial ever made! Leonard and Zachary together, and every little scene is a gem --plus we get a fragment of Leonard's rendition of Bilbo Baggins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPkByAkAdZs

I'll always remember this 2-minute spot for the friendly, unforced rapport between the actors, the little homages, and the sheer good humor of it all.

Many thanks, Mr Nimoy. It was a privilege to watch any and all of your film work. We'll miss you.

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Kim
Valinor


Feb 28 2015, 9:35pm

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That's very interesting [In reply to] Can't Post

I'd never heard that before. And how fitting that the gesture goes so well with the Vulcan verbal blessing.

#OneLastTime


Bracegirdle
Valinor


Feb 28 2015, 10:57pm

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You are already sorely missed Mr. Nimoy. . . "Behold! [In reply to] Can't Post

we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory, Farewell!"




Arandiel
Grey Havens

Feb 28 2015, 11:59pm

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He lived long - and so we have all prospered. [In reply to] Can't Post

May we continue to, remembering his humor, artistic ability, vision, and humanity.


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zarabia
Tol Eressea


Mar 1 2015, 1:34am

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*sigh* [In reply to] Can't Post

"He's not really dead as long as we remember him."
And he will definitely be remembered.

You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning 'round

~Do You Realize?, The Flaming Lips


swordwhale
Tol Eressea


Mar 1 2015, 5:35am

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LLAP [In reply to] Can't Post

I was on the road, listening to NPR. I cried, then did the Vulcan salute with one hand. I can do it with both, but I was driving.

He lived long and prospered; his career was not the flash across the sky Oscar glomming "success" of some, but a longer, more steady success.

And nobody else could have been Spock. Nobody else could have taken what might have been a campy, cartoony role and turned it into a character with relatablility, with gravitas, with heart and soul.

For those of us who were wired differently, who sat in the back of the class hidden in our books, who liked science better than Barbie or the latest fashion, Spock was an archetype we could relate to. He was Different. Not just the pointy ears, or the green copper-based blood (I learned later that one of my favorite animals, the horseshoe crab, has blue copper-based blood), or even the logic... or the cool Vulcan Neck Pinch.

He was Different. He was Alien. He was Us. He was randomly bemused by humans. And misunderstood by them. But he was also a significant member of the USS Enterprise's team, the Science Officer, the one who often came up with solutions to problems by thinking them through, where Kirk reacted with, well, very loud physical action. He was the Priest/Advisor to the Warrior King. He made Science cool.

He made being Different cool.

I have read accounts by kids who were bi-racial, or on the outside because of their ethnicity, and they found something in Spock (half human, half Vulcan) to relate to. In 1968, Leonard Nimoy answered a letter a girl sent to a teen magazine, the teen was bi-racial, and felt like an outsider, like no one would ever like her.

'Not everyone will like me,' " Nimoy wrote. "But there will be those who will accept me just for who I am."

The rest of his detailed reply is here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2015/02/27/389589676/leonard-nimoys-advice-to-a-biracial-girl-in-1968

He was more than one character on one mid-60s science fiction show, he was Archetype, one we recognized, related to, and always will.

Spock lives on; in recordings of Star Trek: TOS, the films, the books, the collectibles, and in the new series by JJ Abrams. Zachary Quinto inherits the character, reincarnating him for a new generation.

LLAP


I still occasionally say "fascinating" or "logical" with just that intonation...

I can do the Vulcan salute with two hands at once...

In 6th grade we used to go outside at recess and one girl was very good at making up Star Trek stories on the spot (I dreamed this last night...)... we'd constantly get each other with the Vulcan Neck Pinch...

I was in 6th, 7th and 8th grades when ST:TOS was in its original run. Favorite character: Spock. Crush: Sulu.

I discovered that diversity is awesome because of Star Trek...

Spock taught me that I didn't have to "fit in"...

All my favorite fictional characters have pointy ears...

The Bilbo Baggins song thing is priceless, two of my favorite universes colliding...

The two Spocks car commercial is more than priceless... it's clear that Zachary Quinto has inherited the character with great love and will care for him well.

I too recorded audio only of some TV shows, back in the day.

We only could get one channel, it was NBC... YEAY!!!! STAR TREK!!!!

I never got to see ST in color until years later in syndication. Then...hey Spock's wearing my favorite color!

everyone now needs to make one of those Hobbit Hole birthday cakes...

Lily: "I wish we still had tape which immortalized her mother’s voice saying, “You girls are going to be so embarrassed when you grow up and remember how you acted over this program.” " LaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh

Wish I had tape of some of those playground moments...

wow, what a legacy... to embody a character that touched so many

Na 'Aear, na 'Aear! Mýl 'lain nallol, I sûl ribiel a i falf 'loss reviol...
To the sea, to the sea, the white gulls are crying, the wind is blowing and the white foam is flying...





Old Toby
Grey Havens


Mar 1 2015, 6:27am

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What a loss [In reply to] Can't Post

I used to watch Star Trek on TV every week, and will always remember Leonard Nimoy fondly as the definitive Mr. Spock. Somehow he made the character timeless. We will miss you forever. Live long and prosper, Leonard, wherever you are, and thank you for all you have given us.

"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good." Harry Dresden (Jim Butcher)


Kirly
Lorien


Mar 1 2015, 2:59pm

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Kirly
Lorien


Mar 1 2015, 3:08pm

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Lthat was great! [In reply to] Can't Post

I had never seen that! You're right that it was very special. Smile

Loved all the little bits relating to Spock's character.

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