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Leonard Nimoy Retires From Star Trek
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."
Mr. Nimoy, live long and prosper.
And here I was hoping I would hear him sing Bilbo Baggins one more time.
Damn I hope I look that good at 79...
Anyway who can blame him? Spock was the ultimate typecasting.
Let's hope he does not perform the "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" again. Once was barely forgiveable.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
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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...you shall be retired.
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.
"What's the use in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes?" --Fourth Doctor, "Robot"
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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I got a chance to see some of his work at a show in Amherst, MA. He really is a fine photographer, I went in not expecting much.
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Let's hope Shatner follows his lead. I'd really like to miss him.
And may the Force be with you..
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I don't need a background in something to know what I *like*.
Subjective things are subjective.
Here's a pastiche of snips from other less-well-known Nimoy performances (SS officer, playboy, detective, spy, revolutionary, etc.), to Duran Duran's "Wild Boys". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRM1NB_SU40 See if you can identify which movies/shows these clips are from (hint: his appearances are at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000559).
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
Shatner needs to do a spoken word version of Lenard Nimoy's "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins".
The mind boggles. The stomach retches. The spirit withers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
Subjective things are subjective.
Yeah, well - that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure everything I just said is completely wrong.
Fascinating.
The solution to your problem is simple: do all three. Go up to the mountains with your girlfriend, tell your friend to meet you there. Find a coffee shop you and your girlfriend can hang out at and sit there with her for a few minutes. Then, tell her you're having some gastrointestinal distress from some bad shrimp you ate the night before, and excuse yourself. Run up to the slopes, and snowboard down the mountain with your friend, then hop in the car and burn rubber down to wherever Nimoy is hanging out. Hang out there for a few minutes, then book it back to the coffee shop, sneak in the back way, into the bathroom, flush a few times, and go back and sit down with your girlfriend. After a minute or two, repeat the whole process.
If Three's Company has taught me anything, this should work at least until the second commercial break.
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.
Saturday:
1. Get up early and be at the head of the Mr.Nimoy line. Bring a bucket. Get autograph, perform vulcan salute, high-five, hurl in bucket (if applicable) and then bolt.
2. Swing by nearest liquor store, purchase bottle of champagne and bag of ice. Rinse out bucket, put ice and champagne in bucket, throw in trunk of car.
3. Pick up girlfriend, drive to Banff (or wherever you're headed). Rent cosy little faux-log-cabin hotel room. Put ice-bucket in room.
4. Have dinner with girlfriend. Return to hotel room, break out champagne.
5. ???
6. Profit?
Sunday:
7. Wake up early, leave cash and note on nightstand that girlfriend is to spend day shopping.
8. Locate friend, hit slopes.
9. Have dinner with friend and girlfriend (if possible)
10. Return home autographed, sucked off and covered in white powder. These three things will now constitute "the best weekend of my life".
You can thank me later.
79 is nothing for a Vulcan! He's still a kid!
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I thought Urban's McCoy was pretty darned good too.
Heh. I just presented your dilemma to my girlfriend. She said "Well, I'd leave you for a chance to meet Leonard Nimoy."
Your mileage may vary, of course...
There's a 68.71% chance you're right.
Quinto and Pine were OK, but Karl Urban totally NAILED the McCoy character.
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