RIP: Mr. Spock has left this Universe...

[BoysFan4ever]

The praises keep pouring in for him.

He must have been a fine gentleman.

And I like that he totally embraced Spock his whole life. That was his iconic role & he appreciated it from all I've read.

 

[Phoenix]

The praises keep pouring in for him.

He must have been a fine gentleman.

And I like that he totally embraced Spock his whole life. That was his iconic role & he appreciated it from all I've read.

Well actually there was a period where he quite did not embrace Spock... but he mellowed and accepted things and came to love the connection to Spock.

Reading all of the tweets about him brought a tear to my eye, especially ones from former Trek universe cast members. Especially the one by Jonathan Frakes.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

The praises keep pouring in for him.

He must have been a fine gentleman.

And I like that he totally embraced Spock his whole life. That was his iconic role & he appreciated it from all I've read.

"Spock... On his final frontier... This is the last voyage of his starship enterprise... To boldly go...."

 

[bark]

It's illogical to feel sad about this, yet for some reason I do.

I see what you did there

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I presume William Shatner is close to Mr. Nimoy's age & I see him in a ton of TV things.

Great that he works so much at 80 whatever.

He had some very touching tweets too regarding his passing.

 

[burmafrd]

I presume William Shatner is close to Mr. Nimoy's age & I see him in a ton of TV things.

Great that he works so much at 80 whatever.

He had some very touching tweets too regarding his passing.

as regards the criticism he got for not spending something like $30,000 for a private chartered jet, Spock would say
"Wasting of resources is illogical"

 

[BoysFan4ever]

as regards the criticism he got for not spending something like $30,000 for a private chartered jet, Spock would say
"Wasting of resources is illogical"

Which one of them are you talking about?

 

[DallasEast]

I presume William Shatner is close to Mr. Nimoy's age & I see him in a ton of TV things.

Great that he works so much at 80 whatever.

He had some very touching tweets too regarding his passing.

Here's some birthday trivia:

Nimoy and Shatner were both born in the same year, 1931. If that seems ironic, take note both were born only four days apart. Shatner was born March 22nd and Nimoy was born on the 26th of March.

Neither did or have reached the age of the longest lived cast member. James Doohan holds that distinction at age 85.

Shatner, Nimoy, and Doohan are not alone in the 80-plus club. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura is 82, and Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Rand, is 84. So the ladies outnumber the men in the Currently Living Over 80 Club--the exact type of ratio Captain Kirk loved being in.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

Here's some birthday trivia:

Nimoy and Shatner were both born in the same year, 1931. If that seems ironic, take note both were born only four days apart. Shatner was born March 22nd and Nimoy was born on the 26th of March.

Neither did or have reached the age of the longest lived cast member. James Doohan holds that distinction at age 85.

Shatner, Nimoy, and Doohan are not alone in the 80-plus club. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura is 82, and Grace Lee Whitney, who played Yeoman Rand, is 84. So the ladies outnumber the men in the Currently Living Over 80 Club--the exact type of ratio Captain Kirk loved being in.

I see Willim Shatner on TV all the time. He does all those commercials & he also had a show on one of the home channels. Other than being heavier he looks great for his age!

That's some cool stuff!

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I see Willim Shatner on TV all the time. He does all those commercials & he also had a show on one of the home channels. Other than being heavier he looks great for his age!

That's some cool stuff!

Wow I thought Takei was over 80

BornHosato Takei
April 20, 1937 (age 77)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

RIP....
"Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted"-Spock

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I am getting old.

Gene passed away first. Mark died in the mid-90's and DeForest followed a few years later. Jane and James passed on a decade ago and Gene's wife Majel a couple of years after that. Now Leonard's gone.

I grew up watching Star Trek back in the days of four channel television, one of which was public broadcasting, lol. Kids today (and their parents before them) don't have a clue what that was like. The show was from syndication heaven in the 70's. It was great entertainment for me. I probably knew all 79 episodes by title and synopsis after watching them over and over again back when my brain was young.

Gene wove a tale of science fiction involving humans pushing out into the universe and carrying the essense of humanity with them. He showed how people could live and work together despite individually perceived degrees of separation. The best example involved humans and Vulcans. Vulcans were cold, calculating, intellectual snobs but Gene created a character who was a marriage of humans and Vulcan. Leonard breathed life into that character. He expressed how humanity can hide beneath a veneer of indifference but still held onto its best characteristics of love and faithfulness despite outward appearances. Leonard conveyed how diversity, no matter how alien it might seem, can bring humanity closer together.

I know that I am diminishing the rest of his acting resume. That is always extremely rude. Leonard was not just Mr. Spock but for me he was. His character entertained me for literally my entire life. I and millions more will miss him.

"Change is the essential process of all existence."
— Mr. Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series (Let That Be Your Last Battlefield)

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It's true DE, when you get to be our ages, mortality has a sneaky way of kinda sneaking up on you and kicking you right square in the teeth.

RIP Leonard Nemoy.........

 

[CowboyGil]

"Live long and prosper. Spock out."

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I cannot do my fingers like Spock did. My hand just doesn't work like that.

 

[DallasEast]

I cannot do my fingers like Spock did. My hand just doesn't work like that.

You may need a little assistance from someone else. In the ST:TNG episode Unification, Picard helped Sarek, who was suffering from the Vulcan equivalent of Alzheimer's Disease, hold his fingers apart long enough for him to gain muscle control of his hand:

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[BoysFan4ever]

You may need a little assistance from someone else. In the ST:TNG episode Unification, Picard helped Sarek, who was suffering from the Vulcan equivalent of Alzheimer's Disease, hold his fingers apart long enough for him to gain muscle control of his hand:

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Ha! I was trying to do it the other day & couldn't do it on either hand.

I never even came close. My little finger is my undoing.

So to all who can I consider that a hidden talent!

 

[Floatyworm]

I am getting old.

Gene passed away first. Mark died in the mid-90's and DeForest followed a few years later. Jane and James passed on a decade ago and Gene's wife Majel a couple of years after that. Now Leonard's gone.

I grew up watching Star Trek back in the days of four channel television, one of which was public broadcasting, lol. Kids today (and their parents before them) don't have a clue what that was like. The show was from syndication heaven in the 70's. It was great entertainment for me. I probably knew all 79 episodes by title and synopsis after watching them over and over again back when my brain was young.

Gene wove a tale of science fiction involving humans pushing out into the universe and carrying the essense of humanity with them. He showed how people could live and work together despite individually perceived degrees of separation. The best example involved humans and Vulcans. Vulcans were cold, calculating, intellectual snobs but Gene created a character who was a marriage of humans and Vulcan. Leonard breathed life into that character. He expressed how humanity can hide beneath a veneer of indifference but still held onto its best characteristics of love and faithfulness despite outward appearances. Leonard conveyed how diversity, no matter how alien it might seem, can bring humanity closer together.

I know that I am diminishing the rest of his acting resume. That is always extremely rude. Leonard was not just Mr. Spock but for me he was. His character entertained me for literally my entire life. I and millions more will miss him.

"Change is the essential process of all existence."
— Mr. Spock, Star Trek: The Original Series (Let That Be Your Last Battlefield)

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Well said....

 

[Nomad]

Really sad. I met him at a science fiction convention a few years back.

I just recently saw this hilarious car commercial he did, be sure to stay for the end it's great.