Leonard Nimoy, 'Star Trek's' Spock, dead at 83

[kvnchrist]

One of the greatest Characters who personified the quest of humanity has past from our presence.

 

Lenard Nimoy, the actor who portrayed Spock on the original Star Trek died at 83, 27 Feb 2015.

 

I will miss Mr. Nimoy, but was the idea that made him legendary his own or was it the personality dreamed up by someone else. Lets look at the reason the character of Spock was so endearing. Was it because he was an alien or was it because of his open minded inquisitiveness that made him so fascinating?

Was it the internal battles between emotion and logic?

Was it because he displayed to best in what humanity had to offer, without the drama and arrogance that is so distracting to our inner selves?

 

The character he began and was continued by the character of Data who Brent Spinner reminded me mostly of the child, still within this 56 year old body that still after all the fears and disappointments in my life still looks out at the world with awe and wonder.

RIP Lenard and thank you!

[JimboUK]

Spock was created by Roddenberry and refined by one of the writers, he wasn't Nimoys creation but he sure as hell made it his own and I don't think he'd have become the iconic figure he did if he'd been played by anyone else. His relationship with Kirk and the chemistry between two very different individuals also helped to make him the "fascinating" character he was, neither would have been much without the other, Voyagers Tuvok didn't have a Kirk and came across as a robot with a superiority complex.

 

Personally I thought Data was a very different character, yeah he did fill the role of the clever one but his journey was one where he pursued emotions and what it is to be human, Spock rejected emotions and like the rest of his people fought to suppress them.

[HeyYou]

Data was the Anti-Spock. :)

[JimboUK]

Data was the Anti-Spock. :smile:

 

Very much so, another difference is Spock stayed interesting all through the TV shows and movies whereas Data's quest to be more human got tedious way before the end of the TV shows yet was still being trotted out in the first movie.

[Aurielius]

It's too bad that Nimoy will be mainly known for portraying Spock ..I once saw him in an Oscar Wilde play in the West End in the 80's and he was superb in a non Vulcan role.

[HeyYou]

I think he will always be Spock to me..... I saw him in Mission: Impossible, and my first thought was: What happened to his ears? :D

[JimboUK]

I have that problem with the entire cast, if I see Shatner in something else I expect him to punch someone, Kelly I expect to pull out a tricorder and tell Jim someone is dead, it's the same for all of them.

[HeyYou]

I have that problem with the entire cast, if I see Shatner in something else I expect him to punch someone, Kelly I expect to pull out a tricorder and tell Jim someone is dead, it's the same for all of them.

:laugh:

 

Guilty. :D

[Vagrant0]

For some reason, I only associate him with his other roles that I've seen him in, Such as in Fringe or some of his movies where he played a figure who was both "enlightened" as well as dubious. This, despite not really seeing these things much. Just something about his voice that makes you want to listen, but also feel the need to question.

[kvnchrist]

I think that Spock and Data, did the same thing but from opposite directions. Both creation placed humanity in a magnifying glass to be deduced by the viewers. The only difference is that Spock was capable of emotions and actively denied them. Data was incapable of having them and in his quest brought them to our attention.

 

There are many issues that Star Trek spotlighted that would have been socially taboo in the time period in which the shows aired. That was especially true of the original Star Trek. What saved them was they were tackled under the illusion of not happening now.

 

As for Mr. Nimoy not creating the part, I know it was created by Roddenberry, but he didn't refine him. The writers created the dialog but he was the one to interpret these words and make them fit the character.

 

I read his book I am Spock and he got very detailed into how he got the actor bug and the way he got into the character of Spock and to me, he made that character believable and he touched a part of our humanness that endeared Spock to us.

 

He made that character live long in our minds and prosper in our hearts and that was good enough for me.