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A touching quote from Nimoy's "I am Spock" book (1995)

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website⁩ to ⁨startrek@startrek.website⁩

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  • Decoy321@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No disrespect to Zachary Quinto, who is an amazing actor in his own right. But whenever I think of Spock, only Nimoy comes to mind.

    Nimoy isn’t Spock. Spock is Nimoy.

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    • TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And lizard beats spock.

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      • DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        As I recall, nothing beats Spock. But it has been a while since I played rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock.

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      • dalekcaan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Kif! Search them for paper. And…bring me a rock.

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    • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
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      • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Ethan Peck. Agree! A shame he never got to act opposite Nimoy like Quinto did.

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    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Quinto has the disadvantage that the movies he played Spock in were shit overall.

      (The first two, at least. Like most people I never saw the third one.)

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    • Oiconomia@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I actually also quite like Ethan Peck’s Spock. Wonderfully cast. But of course Nimoy is still the best.

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  • sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I remember reading that book. His first book was called "I am not Spock" and was talking about all the stuff that's Leonard Nimoy alone, but this one was about how he'd internalized a voice from his character who would have the Vulcan point of view.

    One of the most interesting parts of the book was where Spock pointed out there's no need to fear death because it's non-existence, and you won't be there to care. Considering I read this when I was still in grade school, it was a pretty big revelation.

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    • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I wonder how many actors have had to go through a similar process as Nimoy: playing such a culturally iconic character that nobody can see you as anyone else. The natural reaction has to be to resist it at first, but then he came to embrace it and allowed it to become a part of him.

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      • QHC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Most sitcom actors run into that. I’m sure Jim Parsons won’t ever be seen as anyone else, or for an older example all of the cast of Seinfeld (arguably besides Julia).

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  • negativenull@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    His narration for Civ 4 was charming and wonderful

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    • UlyssesT@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      TFW you have discovered pottery picard-excited

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    • GunValkyrie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Also Seaman on the dreamcast.

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    • VindictiveJudge@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The quote from Sputnik he read was especially memorable.

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    • AOCapitulator@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      yo was that him? dang I had no clue

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He wasn’t always Spock to me.

    I saw him in tv shows like “In Search Of…” and other movies like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. I know I saw a Western with him in it, but can’t remember which one.

    Yeah, Spock is his most famous role by far, and despite what anyone thinks of the new Trek movies, I really loved his part in them. (IMO Quinto does a great Spock. No, it’s not Nimoy, but it’s a really good performance.)

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    • Maven@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He’s also one of the best bad guys in Columbo

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      • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Don’t forget about the Bilbo Baggins video!

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      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Aww, went looking for it and I couldn’t find the full episode. If anyone else wants to know, it’s S02:E06 Columbo: A Snitch in Crime if you want to see highlights or look for the episode.

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    • LeafOnTheWind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t care what people say about the new Star Trek movies at all. I liked them.

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  • NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have no idea what kind of person Nimoy was. He was always spock to me. The other actors I know better. What’s a good docu that shows Nimoy as a person?

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    • ummthatguy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Image

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    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fringe.

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      • hstde@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The good old William Bell.

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    • chaogomu@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This gives you some idea of who Nimoy was.

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BC35cQKHwzg

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    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s a documentary about him on Netflix that was done with his family around the time he died. It paints him as a caring dad, and of course Spock. It’s been a few years since I watched it.

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    • Redhotkurt@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Spockumentary you seek is called For the Love of Spock (2016)

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      • wigbert@mastodon.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        @Redhotkurt @The_Picard_Maneuver @NoiseColor

        definitely worth watching

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  • tslnox@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He will also be William Bell forever.

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    • DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I loved that show and hate they had to rush an ending to it.

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      • tslnox@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Still I think it was a beautiful ending and they wouldn’t come up with anything better.

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  • anon6789@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He was also Galvatron in the Transformers movie.

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    • zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ll rip open Ultra Magnus, and every other Autobot, until the Matrix has been destroyed.

      Coronation, Starscream? This is bad comedy.

      It’s a pity you Autobots die so easily, or I might have a sense of satisfaction now!

      I may have seen this movie more than any other single movie that exists. I can hear his voice in my head. So many great vocal performances.

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      • anon6789@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I still think this is a near perfect movie. I will still watch it every now and then, and I feel it holds up perfectly. The soundtrack is 100% dated, but I think the songs are awesome and I listen to them occasionally too.

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    • there1snospoon@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And Sentinel Prime in the Bayverse, which makes him one of the only redeeming qualities of that steaming pile of waste.

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      • anon6789@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I did see that when I was checking if Nemoy continued to do the voice in the series or just the movie. (He didn’t, it went back to Frank Welker, who voiced Megatron.)

        I gave the first Bay movie a chance, because did 6 year old me ever love transformers in the 80s, but one Bay movie was more than enough for me. Maybe I’ll look up the Bay scenes on YouTube so I can hear Nemoy without dealing with the rest of the movie…

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I had no idea that Mr. Nimoy was the son of Jewish Ukrainian immigrants.

    npr.org/…/leonard-nimoy-on-mr-spocks-jewish-herit…

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  • GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I also think of space elves

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  • TubeTalkerX@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We always do Mr. Vulcan.

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  • BlueDwaggin@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Civ always makes me think of Nimoy. His voice-lines for Civ 4 echo in my head to this day.

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  • 7bicycles@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    absolutely perfect useage of the word “visage” here, really adds to it

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    • The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He strikes (struck?) me as someone who would drop a word like ‘visage’ into normal conversation.

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      • 7bicycles@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I mean yeah probably but you gotta have a certain je ne sais quoi to pull that shit off. it’s hard. but when it works it’s so good

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  • gregorum@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “Remember”

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