maarsen Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Growing up as a geeky kid in the 60's was so much easier after Spock. It almost became cool to be a geek. That alone is enough for me to remember him with great fondness. I will miss him. Goodbye Mr. Spock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Something I always loved was In Search Of...reruns of that show every afternoon in college... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosts Companion Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 After hearing of his death I had to post one of my favorites pictures on my Facebook page. When I was a child in the late 70's many of the stars of Star Trek came to Joplin for a press conference. My father was a local news director so my family and I got to go with him. Being raised by a mom who loved Star Trek among other Sci Fi movies books etc, I was beyond excited. Most of the main characters were present except William Shatner and I got to meet every on of them. They were all beyond sweet to me, who at the time I was just an annoying freckle faced girl who probably got under their feet more than anything.I loved to take pictures and was clicking away as my father interviewed them with his very large recorder. lol After all these years and one house fire, the only picture I have left is the one with my father interviewing Leonard Nimoy. I remember thinking he was very tall and I was almost intimated by him. Then he smiled at me and spoke to me briefly. I do not even recall what he said, but what ever it was, I felt at ease with him afterwards. He was a gracious man and took the time to speak to a child and let my father interview him, even though it was a tiny town that I am sure they wondered why the heck they were there. The picture was precious to me because it was a memory of my father, but now it has an added memory of meeting a very talented man, that made such an impression to so many people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 RIP :( Spock is one of my all-time favorite TV characters, thanks to Mr. Nimoy and the complexity, gravitas and charisma, and even the development (he came up with the Vulcan greeting, for instance) he gave the character who had been initially conceived as a one-note character. Amazing actor and all-around amazing human being (who brought to life an amazing half-human being on the screen). I haven't watched Fringe, but it's been ony my list of what I intend to watch when I find the time. I know part of him hated the charecter he was most known for but if you have to be known for something it might as well be that. I'm going to have to go watch that simpsons/xfliles spoof where he shows up and rasie a glass. I have the impression he really liked Spock as a character and didn't hate being identified with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 RIP Spock :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronn Stone Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Spock and Nimoy's relationship status was: It's Complicated. Especially in the 70's and 80's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Spock and Nimoy's relationship status was: It's Complicated. Especially in the 70's and 80's. Yeah, I think it's one of those deals where the character is probably more well-known than the actor. Kind of hard to not be resentful of the character to some degree when that occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modesty Lannister Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 He was my first crush. I hope he gets the appropriate welcome party on Vulcan. Here on Earth he will be forever missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Great character but he showed in Fringe and with various voice-over work that he wasn't a one-trick pony. I'm also shocked that I never knew he directed Search for Spock and Undiscovered Country (the latter of which is one of my favourites of the Trek franchise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 He directed Search For Spock and The Voyage Home, he didn't direct The Undiscovered Country but he co-wrote it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtherSnow Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Sic itur ad astra..... If I've got that right. Latin wasn't one of my strong points at school. It always seemed double-dutch to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrackerNeil Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Terrible day. I'll always remember Nimoy as the huggy-feely New Age Dr. Kibner from the 1978 remake of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Been bummed since I heard. :bawl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Yeah... this one hurts.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksniffer Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I was just watching this last night always makes me laugh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU Try getting that out of your head I know part of him hated the charecter he was most known for but if you have to be known for something it might as well be that. I'm going to have to go watch that simpsons/xfliles spoof where he shows up and rasie a glass. thanks for putting that song in my drunken head. i had never heard it..may it never leave me ...spock is dead...all hail Spock.... :bowdown: Growing up as a geeky kid in the 60's was so much easier after Spock. It almost became cool to be a geek. That alone is enough for me to remember him with great fondness. I will miss him. Goodbye Mr. Spock.i was 15 when star trek first aired and it changed my thought process...made me know there was a world outside bayou La Fourche... [Around camp fire singing "Row Row Row your Boat"]Kirk: Come on. Spock... Why didn't you jump in?Spock: I was trying to comprehend the meaning of the words.McCoy: It's a song, you green-blooded... Vulcan. You sing it. The words aren't important. What's important is that you have a good time singing it.Spock: Oh, I am sorry Doctor. Were we having a good time?McCoy: God I liked him better before he died. Kirk: We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human. and of course my favorite spock moment...enjoy my friends... :smoking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manhole Eunuchsbane Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 and of course my favorite spock moment...enjoy my friends... :smoking: That blonde be rockin' that 20'' dub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Rats. He will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teng Ai Hui Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Too sad. RIP Mr. Spock. My favorite episode of TBBT is "The Transporter Malfunction." Time for a re-re-re-watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissdbyfire Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Very sad news. STTOS reruns, and especially Mr Spock' - together with Lost in Space reruns - were probably how I got hooked on Sci-fy stuff at a very early ageRIP, Mr Nimoy, and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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