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Spock Gives Up the Con
tverbeek writes "Leonard Nimoy announced at the Creation Con in Chicago, celebrating the 45th anniversary of Star Trek, that this would be his last appearance at a Trek convention. He spoke for an hour, which at least suggests that he's making this move by choice and not out of necessity. He's 80 years old. 'Live long and prosper,' he told the crowd."
that he did so many cons so far in time. He deserves to live long and prosper himself, devoting his last years uninterrupted to what he feels he has the will and time to do.
"I'm taking this loop off." - Jack O'Neill
It is as if millions of nerds cried out at once, and were suddenly silenced.
-Guinan (played by Oprah Winfrey)
Godspeed to him, I say. He's had a hell of a career, and if he wants to finally retire and relax then good on him. He wouldn't be the first high-grossing actor to retire before other obligations and interests drew him away from the soundstage.
...and he's still the only one that gets laid at those things.
obvious redundancy is obvious
Hell, at over 80 T'pol is pretty damned hot right?
Like... DeForest Kelley's dead, Jim.
or
Star Trek's Scotty Dies at 85
Yes Slashdot is all full of class.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
One of my wives cousins interviewed him for NPR a while back and during a recent family reunion he told us a little bit about meeting Leonard Nimoy and one of those things is do not bring up the topic of Star Trek with him, he hates it.
He has done quite a lot of stuff outside, but I like most people don't really give a shit about it and apparently that pisses him off.
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According to Shatner, during a panel at this year's Dragon*Con, Nimoy was giving up the con circuit to pursue photography full time. He is rather accomplished at it - http://www.rmichelson.com/Artist_Pages/Nimoy/pages/Leonard-Nimoy-Gallery.html and it has been a lifelong passion.
Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die tomorrow.
~Anonymous~
While ST:TOS had its clunky episodes, by and large it was anything but a mediocre show. There's no doubt the actors played a large part in it, but there was some damned good writing going on behind the scenes as well, and what the production team was able to do on often skimpy budgets and the special effects available to them in the mid to late 1960s was technically impressive as well. And let's not forget that the "trinity" of Kirk, Spock and McCoy was as much the product of the unsung hero of Star Trek, Gene L. Coon, as Roddenberry or the actors.
Want mediocre Star Trek, look no further than Voyager, which was gawdawful, despite having significantly better technical resources at its disposal. Bad writing, poorly acted by mediocre actors who couldn't at least cast a warm atmosphere over the more dismal episodes.
If Star Trek had begun with a series like Voyager or Enterprise, I doubt anyone would be talking about it today.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Mayor Quimby: And, uh, may the force be with you.
Leonard Nimoy: Do you even know who I am?
Will Lenard do the voice over for Civilization VI?
Civ IV was the peak of his career and you all know it!
Ooops...wrong con. Carry on.