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Spock would have said "it is logical that I die on this day."
And so it is.
Goodbye Mr. Nimoy.
R.I.P.
And so it is.
Goodbye Mr. Nimoy.
R.I.P.
Leonard Nimoy Passes at age 83
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"Why you green blooded, inhuman..."
R.I.P. Spock
R.I.P. Spock
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That's one of the sharpest pictures i've ever seen of the 70's, NASA camera?
NASA is mourning the passing today, Feb. 27, 2015, of actor Leonard Nimoy, most famous for his role as Star Trek's Vulcan science officer Mr. Spock. The sci-fi classic served as an inspiration for many at NASA over the years, and Nimoy joined other cast members at special NASA events and worked to promote NASA missions, as in this 2007 video he narrated before the launch of the Dawn mission to the asteroid belt. Nimoy also was there for the 1976 rollout of the shuttle Enterprise, named for the show's iconic spacecraft.
Image Credit: NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1204.html
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I have always loved that picture and yeah it looks like it was taken yesterday! Analogue film can be up scaled and converted into digital images often very high in effective megapixel count but yeah Nasa's PR department would have had a cutting edge camera at the time to take it.
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Found myself incredibly saddened by the news when I found out halfway through my shift at work today, it really just destroyed my day. Growing up I was always a Star Trek fan, more than Star Wars, and always loved the original cast both from their TV run, and their movies. It was awesome that they managed to have Nimoy in the reboots so we at least got to see him reprise that famous role once again.
I will admit though, on my walk home at 10:30pm, I ended up shedding some tears. Don't know why, I never knew him personally, and never went to a convention he attended, but I guess maybe because Star Trek is a big thing for me. Tonight I gazed up and said my farewell.
Rest In Peace Leonard Nimoy.
I will admit though, on my walk home at 10:30pm, I ended up shedding some tears. Don't know why, I never knew him personally, and never went to a convention he attended, but I guess maybe because Star Trek is a big thing for me. Tonight I gazed up and said my farewell.
Rest In Peace Leonard Nimoy.
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Rest in peace, Mr. Nimoy.
You will be missed.
You will be missed.
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Always found it interesting how he used the sign of the Jewish priests as his trademark symbol. I never actually knew that was the sign until a Jewish priest (not like Catholic priests, as the Jewish priests are considered a tribe and are priests from birth) pointed it out to me.
R.I.P. Mr. Nimoy.
R.I.P. Mr. Nimoy.
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On Friday as I was driving home from watching Focus, I was listening to the radio and the commentator was talking about Nimoy's death and he brought up the speech Kirk gives during that particular scene. Had the weather been better, then it would have been no big deal. But with the snow, ice, and increasingly crappy road conditions, it could not have been a more inappropriate time for that speech.
Shatner just kills it that scene. I am not sure he could have done a better job. How he breaks up before saying 'human' is just incredible.
Having had a bit more time to dwell on Nimoy's passing, I feel slightly better on saying something. While I have not necessarily watched much TOS, I still related to Mr. Spock. Being stuck between two different species/cultures is something I often felt growing up. I was always somewhere in between and never felt part of any particular group. I tried to make the best of it and continue doing so even today.
I also did not know it while I was watching it, mostly because I was too young to truly understand, but looking back, TNG heavily inspired me and had a very large influence on my life. There was always a sense of hope and a some path towards bettering humanity. That was and is pretty powerful stuff. And while the most recent two Star Trek movies may not have necessarily lived up to those ideals, but maybe they will lead people to be interested in Star Trek again and we will get another TV series that does live up to those ideals. Our world needs that hope for the future again.
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