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« on: February 27, 2015, 07:15:30 PM » |
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Leonard Nimoy of Star Trek fame passed away at age 83 .... he did indeed lived long and prospered
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2015, 07:29:37 PM » |
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He died from COPD. Not a pleasant way to go. I liked him as a person - great actor too
RIP
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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2015, 07:46:29 PM » |
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Was he one of the Tribbles?
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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2015, 08:09:22 PM » |
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Was he one of the Tribbles?
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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2015, 09:14:32 PM » |
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And there was only one left.....
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« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2015, 12:51:58 PM » |
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His last tweet:
"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP "
How true.
RIP Mr. Spock.
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« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2015, 01:20:23 PM » |
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Doesn't he come back to life in the next movie?
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« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2015, 02:19:02 PM » |
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From what I've read he was a great guy. I've been a fan since the beginning of Star Trek. Mr. Spock is an icon that will last forever. Well done Leonard, RIP.
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« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2015, 06:55:35 PM » |
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Like many of us, I was a fan of the series since the beginning.
I will always remember this statement of his: "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."
You had a good run, Leonard. RIP.
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« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2015, 09:21:44 PM » |
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As young man he appeared in a number of the old Sea Hunt series. Usually as a bad guy. Sea hunt still shows up on cable.
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« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2015, 07:45:54 AM » |
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Future Perfect.
Here we are offering condolences to actors of our hopes and dreams. Eternal hope that we can one day defy the laws of space flight physics, discover whole worlds of empires and benevolently solve social problems biblically just like ours.
In reality we last walked on the moon in the early seventies of the last century. Heroes of those very few astronauts are now the ones joining Spock.
Our space station is a mere shadow of Colliers Magazine's giant rotating double wheel.
Our near space is filled with a hundred thousand space junk satellites, most dead and derelict of all sizes and the few working spewing another thousand channels of unwatched vanity. The few and finest of the working always dedicated to the basal side of human nature, not just overt military but predominanently political agenda be it "climate change" or citizen control. GPS on steroids leading the mark on you. Nations and leaders increasingly tightening the technological noose to control their own citizens.
Tough composing on this iPad.. Now the watcher of me. If not now, then soon.
Most of the Trek episodes and sets were hokey to even kids that had been exposed to good Science fiction via pulp mags or, say,"Twilight Zones" earlier offerings.
But "hope springs eternal."
Long live our imagination!
May it prosper, enlighten
and remain forever unfettered.
That to me is the true hope.
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« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2015, 09:02:12 AM » |
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Spock has long been my mentor when adversity strikes, raising the need for contained emotional response. A recent example: my adult daughter was diagnosed with cancer on Christmas Eve last year. Just last week a good friend asked "How are you doing"? My answer just came out without thinking about it: my way of coping is to be like Spock. Additional explanation was redundant. Leonard Nimoy wasn't Mr. Spock. He was a human actor with all of the emotions and baggage we carry, but his Spock character was well portrayed and has been helpful to me since the debut of the original series.
Thank you Mr. Nimoy and Mr. Spock.
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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2015, 10:34:12 AM » |
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The character Spock is a good role model for preventing problems caused by unneccessary emotion and for finding solutions in a scientific way.
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« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2015, 11:07:33 AM » |
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I have a 19 year old daughter....a good girl, but definitely an "Anti-Spock". Boys tend to be a lot easier to raise and connect to, at least for me. For those that embrace emotion, "Want" trumps "Need" every time. Of course, Hams fall prey to the same "Want versus Need" trap. For example, there might be another Central Electronics 20A on Ebay, a great deal. It doesn't matter if I have several already..  Jim Wd5JKO |
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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2015, 06:16:25 PM » |
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I still like his rendition of If I Had a Hammer the best...
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« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2015, 08:27:03 PM » |
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I still like his rendition of If I Had a Hammer the best... "
That may be so, but nothing compares to Shatners "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
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« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2015, 08:52:31 PM » |
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Shatner IS lucy in the sky with diamonds.
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« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2015, 09:46:37 PM » |
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2015, 09:47:49 PM » |
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This was posted (attached photo) in an earlier thread by Rob W1AEX I think. I still like the original series the best. Never could get into the next series.... I didn't realize Nimoy was from the Boston area, after reading his obit. The original series, soon after getting cancelled, was considered a failure by some. Shatner lived in an RV for a while not long after the show was canned. Spock character and indeed Nimoy was the most "fascinating" part of the series. How many astronauts today and past were inspired by the series? SCI-FI touched reality when NASA named one of the shuttles after the Enterprise.... Warp Drive is actually getting some serious attention theses days in some scientific quarters. ST is part of the fabric of our culture now, not unlike the Godfather. How much trouble will I get in for posting this useless trivia, no tribble at all perhaps.  ~ps |
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« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2015, 10:02:16 PM » |
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I agree totally that the series as a work titillated future realities.. "Spock" was the "anti-child" of human behavior.. Good stuff!! RIP Leonard.. As method actors? Maybe not so much..  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQA-06kSLU |
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