A classic moment from Star Trek TOS episode 2x24 The Ultimate Computer http://youtu.be/dOjxuxlduoc To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die. — Thomas Campbell
Even Vulcans have to go sometime. Possibly Spock is the most iconic sci-fi character ever. Certainly the most iconic alien. The fact that he lived to be 83 with COPD gives me some hope as I have the same condition.
Tributes from Colleagues Walter Koenig, in an essay for Time Magazine, pays tribute to Leonard Nimoy. Always candid, Koenig reveals he knew Spock, the character, before he got to know Nimoy, the man. The eulogies for Leonard will be affirmative, loving and respectful. That’s what people confirm after the passing of others, whether or not they draw an accurate picture. It is my honor to say that in this case it’s true; Leonard Nimoy was all those things. He had great professionalism as an actor. On the set he was consistently the character he played. In fact, I got to know Mr. Spock long before I knew the actor who played him. It was a mark of his integrity that he was so loyal to the role he portrayed. When I finally did get to know the man better I discovered his compassion, his intelligence and his humanity. All of which laid the foundation for his keen sense of philanthropy. I was struck by his integrity and his desire to be honest and straight forward in all he did. We were never close friends but I never stopped believing that if I ever had need for such a friend he would be there. Walter Koenig Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Janeway, has joined the long line of Trek luminaries to pay tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy. She posted a statement on her official Facebook page on March 1 that read as follows: Leonard Nimoy had dignity, gravitas, a witty and irreverent sense of humor, and an intelligence of exceptional size and dimension. In conversation, I always felt as if I couldn't afford to miss a word of what he was saying because he never failed to say something that sprang from a deeply authentic and original spirit. As an artist, his contributions have been inestimable. As a man, he stood quite dramatically alone in his singularity, and that can be said of very few. KM
Coupled with an overt benediction. I think as a group our longings come out in our pop culture. We are star gazers.
Your predominate emotional state is engendered by other considerations at the moment. Confused is the state you are claiming. My own feeling is not in sadness in passing but in joy of knowing and I also feel the connection of community in our common imagination and cultural experience.
Nicely put.The common experience of TV watching leads us to many subjective experiences.I now see I have an abiding affection for this Mr Spok.Leonard Nimoy was someone I didn't know for the largest part.Today television suffers terrible.It has my sympathy.
That was before the time when media moguls were attempting to influence or fabricate consent and we were much more about experimenting with television and integrity in journalism, and we got for the first time in that era live coverage or at least up to date independent media reports on battle conditions during the vietnam war. There is another element to our relationship with spock and that is the science fiction genre itself inspires imagination.
Kirk and Spock both show up to tell everyone to live long and prosper (2009) https://www.youtube.com/v/NKuo1PUGFKM
Bank of Canada is pleading with Star Trek fans to stop “Spocking” its five dollar bills. Since Leonard Nimoy’s death, Canadian folks have been “Spocking” the hell out of the five dollar bill that features a portrait of Canada’s seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier... http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bank_of_canada_urges_star_trek_fans_to_stop_spocking_their_fivers
