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Leonard Nimoy Retires From Star Trek

Posted by Soulskill on from the live-long-and-prosper dept.

DesScorp writes "Leonard Nimoy is hanging up his Vulcan ears for good and retiring from the role of Spock in the Star Trek franchise, reports the Daily Mail. Nimoy apparently wants to pass the torch: 'Nimoy, one of the most recognizable and best loved characters from the sci-fi series that began in 1966, announced that he wanted to "get off the stage" and give young actor Zachary Quinto a clear run at the role he took over for last year's Star Trek movie.' Nimoy, at age 79, appears to be retiring from acting, period. He has, in recent years, undertaken another career in photography, as well as other pursuits, but seems to be preparing to retire from the public eye altogether."

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  1. Re:Again? by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mr. Nimoy, live long and prosper.

  2. 79? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Damn I hope I look that good at 79...

    Anyway who can blame him? Spock was the ultimate typecasting.

  3. Hope for one last appearance: Civ5 by Rhys · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can only hope he has already done the voice acting/narration of technologies for Civ5, as in Civ4. His reading of the little quotes with each technological advance were spot-on almost every time. The deadpan delivery of Space Flight/Sputnik's "Beep. Beep. Beep." is probably the best, but Bureaucracy isn't far behind.

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  4. Class by PSandusky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That man has quite a bit of class, and as one actress (Kim Cattrall?) noted, he is indeed a renaissance man. I wish him well. He has earned both deep respect and a well-deserved retirement.

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    1. Re:Class by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

      He's earned his place as a cultural icon, and spent a lot of years in the public eye. He's almost 80, and it seems like a good time to bid adieu. Better, I think, than the way Jimmy Doohan spent his finally years, his battle with Alzheimer's at least semi-public, and certainly a lot better than the never-ending George Takei-William Shatner hatefest (we get it, you guys are both preening egomaniacs). Do what Katherine Hepburn did, retire to your own little corner and enjoy your last years without having to put up with us pathetic Trekkies.

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  5. That needs to be remixed. by geekoid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or mashed up with a Shatner piece..

    OH, I KNOW, Shatner needs to do a spoken word version of Lenard Nimoy's "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".
     

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  6. Re:Again? by RobDude · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't need a background in something to know what I *like*.

    Subjective things are subjective.

  7. Re:Of course he did. by EggyToast · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I believe one of the major differences between the "reboot" franchise and the old franchises is that they're not going to fix anything. They don't need to fix anything, after all -- there's plenty of stories and intrigue leaving the universe as it is. Getting everything back to zero is old sci-fi.

  8. What a slacker! by Snaller · · Score: 5, Insightful

    79 is nothing for a Vulcan! He's still a kid!

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  9. Re:That sucks! by NiceGeek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I thought Urban's McCoy was pretty darned good too.