Going to miss you Leonard Nimoy - a genuinely nice chap and for such a serious actor (such as Spock) you were a funny guy. I Genuinely feel loss. I grew up like many lads watching Star Trek, which was a show ahead of it's time in many ways. I could have listened to that voice for hours. You were also a Unique Actor, there is No-one like you or even similar. Zachary Quinto will keep the Spock-flame alight / but we will miss the ORIGINAL.
I miss him . He struggled so much in his latter years , though that I am glad his suffering is over . Its guys like him that make me hope that there us indeed an afterlife . Mostly because this world will never again see the likes of Leonard Nimoy again . Having said that , I am glad that Leonard granted his bonfides to Zachary Quinto's version of our beloved Mr. Spock .
One of the absolute greatest characters on television ever, anywhere in the world. This Persian boy watched him, and was immediately fascinated by him over fifty years ago in Iran. And I'm still a fan years after he's passed on. I can no longer wish him to live long and prosper ... so I will just wish for him to rest in peace.
I could listen to him for hours. He's so intelligent, professional, charismatic, beautiful, humorous. He's so cool. So hard to watch this knowing he's gone :(.
I love this video! Thank you for sharing. Zachary became a very close friend of Leonard's. I am so pleased that he will carry on the Legacy. When I heard the news on the 27th of February.....I Cried and cried and cried. The child in me Believed that My Hero would live Forever. I know I am not alone in that feeling. Leonard Nimoy MATTERED to me, and he IS a part of my Family, and by extension, a Part of The Collective, Leonard Nimoy/Mr Spock "Family". On a clear night, look up to the stars, open your heart, and there you WILL see him, where he will live Forever, in our memories and our hearts. LLAP, "Grandpa" , Blessed Be, My fellow Trekkers
This is a wonderful video. Having grown up seeing my 2nd Cousin Leonard at many family gatherings, I was saddened when he passed this past February. He was married to my cousin Sandi Zober Nimoy, and I always enjoyed talking with Leonard...or "Cousin Lenny" as we all called him. He will be missed by all of us!
Hello Mr. Brown, So sorry that your cousin Mr. Nimoy passed away and I hope your family and Sandi are well these days. In fact, Leonard died two months just before my Dad who was also born in 1931 like Shatner as well. Leonard Nimoy and the Star Trek cast were all my first sci-fi heroes! But I always followed Mr. Nimoy's career growing up from the In Search Of series through his directorial features. In 2011, I had the honor to be a part of and helped the CSULB staff load his PowerPoint presentation of his life in photos that he spoke about at the CSULB Arts Center, if you would ever like a copy? Perhaps it may be construed that I may have greedily copied it for my own eyes as a longtime fan. And I loved the fact that both Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto developed a great working relationship and seemed that Leonard was his mentor and more so a friend. Thank you, Luis Gutierrez, gutez@hotmail.com.
Mr. Nimoy also worked at a Children's Theater until the age of 17. His life story relates to us all. I encourage others to look up his films, and books. And, read about this life's struggles, triumphs, and trials. We are not alone in this common bond we all share. To be human.
We miss you, Mr. Leonard Nimoy. Go now where no man has gone before. You are not the crumbs of greatness. You are the greatness. The legend of not only your acting role. But, more so for me as Leonard Nimoy the person.
Leonard's response to the questioner at 49:54 is very telling of how his artistic insight informs his opinion and his work. Although many movies can be thrilling and fun to watch, the characters can often appear one-dimensional and lack depth and credibility. A character's motives and actions must therefore always be informed by some elementary human condition - alienation, repression, hopelessness, despair etc - that drives them to do what they do and become what they are. As human beings, we all feel this. Indeed many of our greatest actors were those able to channel their own pain and angst into the roles they undertook, which gave their characters greater depth and resonance with the viewing audience. Leonard talked about thematics in film making as opposed to just hollow plots that don't really touch the audience. This is precisely what is lacking in many of the movies we see today, that seem to rely too much on spectacle rather than integrity. As in all great art, the central themes are life and death; love and hate; rejection; alienation; the need for acceptance and belonging. But so many modern movies scarcely touch on these themes in a way that informs and illuminates the audience. Principally, it is loneliness, not love, that is the elementary human condition that drives us all to do what we do. At the heart of all human experience we are motivated by an impossible quest for happiness in order to escape from, and overcome, the reality that we are fundamentally lonely beings. It is this conflict between loneliness and the desire for happiness that represents the eternal human struggle; and its battlefield is the dark human heart. My all-time favourite sci-fi movie (Blade Runner) was not a commercial success on its first release, but I can't think of any other film in the genre that so encapsulates the epic human struggle for sanctuary - within ourselves, among each other, and in the world we live. In Blade Runner, the characters were central to the theme, while the special effects served only to embellish the story rather than dazzle the audience. The result was truly spectacular and illuminating. Why indeed does Star Trek still resonate with people after so many decades? It is precisely because it is aspirational and optimistic. It offers a vision of hope for a better future in the coming together of mankind - a world that is far removed from the alienation induced by contemporary society. The characters are central to this theme (both in the original series and the new reboot). If they become too exaggerated they appear hollow and lose credibility. The original Star Trek never faltered in its plausibility precisely because of the depth and integrity of its characters, regardless of the quality of the special effects. Spock in particular is the embodiment of a man repressed and alienated. He is the lonely protagonist who, despite his cleverness, is hopelessly unable to resolve or understand his desire, passion, yearning and despair. He doesn't exhibit these anxieties however but contains them, and at great cost to his personal well-being and understanding of himself that we see personified in the conflicted character. Spock is a cultural icon. He exemplifies the struggle within all of us to find acceptance, belonging and happiness that continuously eludes us but which we never give up striving to attain. He is one of those mythical characters that, like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, will continue to resonate in popular culture for a very long time to come.
These nice good folks are what made TOS and movies such good shows from the script writers to directors and actors plus the message of Hope...universal love...peace and compassion towards ALL Living Beings be they humans... ET aliens or animals which is why it's called Star Trek or Trip but not Star Wars ( most people were tripping on weeds anyway at that time ...lol ) and it addresses the vital issues at the Time in the guise of Sci Fi fantasy and entertainment from a peaceful humanitarian non religious but Spiritual point of view ....... I think Gene Roddenberry was a Free Mason and foot patrol policeman with a love of Sci Fi and creative imagination to pull this off...plus having served in the Air Force and flew many missions in W W II help him come up with many good and plausible scenarios for his scripts
... I agree 333 % with what u said about Spock and TOS ... It was just the right show for the times as well as a deep study of human characters and desires as well as offering hopes for solution to these issues ...whether technical or advanced society policies we all wanted and try to thrive for in our own century...... Namaste...!!!
Zachary Quinto? A VERY worthy successor to Leonard Nimoy. He did "SPOCK" beautifully. Differently, as they BOTH discuss in the movie but still brilliantly and ironically "passionately". Here NIMOY plugs his other projects too! Enjoy! BOJO
She forgot his superb voice acting in the Lost World through Alien Voices, a much underrated but excellent series of old-time radio dramas produced in the 1990s.
Also Leonard was vacuum cleaner salesman, a brick layer, worked in a pet store and a bunch of other stuff until he could finally make money from acting.
"I like to think I'm funny" Well, I have literally been on a ZQ binge for almost a month now, and my partner and family keep asking me what's so funny. I'd definitely love to see ZQ in a comedy! I have to say, he really lends himself to the combination of the stillness he speaks of and dry, reactionary wit.
Zachary is right about how the social fabric breaks down because of the peoples' obsession with indirect experience provided by the Internet over the Direct Experience of organic face to face experience.
Long live and prosper ... DONE. Spock will live forever ... remembering us of Mr Leonard Nimoy ... and soon Zachary Quinto ... The only question is ... in 50 years from now, who will be next ?
He was a very introspective man. As an artist with a camera he was overexposed, as and actor he was introverted. As a director he was extroverted. As a friend of many he was a Renaissance man. A shy man in public but a Soul of many colors, a jazz of the senses.
Uta Hagen had it right when she revealed in her book, "The Way of The Actor" that the actor is needy for approval, yet a musician like Ludvig V Beethoven didn't need obtuse approval even from the Rich Royalty who patronized him.
I used to have a secret self. It was sort of a collation of Herbie Handcock, and Dr. Tooth from the muppet show. It was a secret, because I lived in a small town in the south, and the thick of the Bible belt. Playing Funk (or even liking it) wasn't something to advertise. "But, now it's so much better" - Wild cherry. Now, I live in California, and hold 4 of the top 10 slots on Newgrounds Funk!. Now my only worry is what will happen when people realize that I don't actually look like a collation of Herbie Handcock, and Dr. Tooth. LOL
Quinto certainly looked the part, but I found his portrayal to be one dimensional. Like most actors playing Vulcans these days their default behavior is " slightly pissy" all the time. Nimoy's Spock had SO many layers, such a strong undercurrent. Nimoy's Spock also had a "fascination" about things, and Shatner's Kirk had "wonder" All of the new incarnations seem to miss that which mostly falls on the shoulders of the writers, directors AND actors I suppose. That fascination and wonder added SO MUCH to the overall feeling of the show. It makes you completely forget the Styrofoam rocks and dated special effects.
Fun fact, that is if the Hammer Museum in this video is the one on Wilshire Boulevard in LA. … here goes: The roof of the high rise Hammer Museum is the one that Batman and Robin fly over in the Batcopter in the 1966 movie, where the girls in bikinis all wave to the daring duo as they are on their way out to the ocean where ultimately Batman nearly gets his leg eaten off by a shark until Robin inches down the ladder with the very effective shark repellent Batspray. It’s true I tell you.
I think you can tell the effect that Spock had on me as a youth and how that has stuck with me is that I applauded to my computer screen when Mr. Nimoy came to the podium. It makes me weep the appalling mess of the Star Trek legacy that has been made by the current crop of TV makers.
Writers leave and new writers may not have a grasp of the character, so the actor is really the custodian... Thank you Leonard Nimoy. Do you hear that, JJ Abrams and Rian fricking Johnson?? Listen to Luke Skywalker next time.
I'm a huge fan of Star Trek and Linda neem oil on up all of her name went on down does anybody ever use the velocities and the ideals that Star Trek teaches to solve problems in their real life if so I would like to talk with you the name is Daniel Reed you can find me on Facebook
here is the thing....I dont know about all of them but those "A" list hollywood actors like Deniro, Pacino, etc etc...you have to address them by "MR" and I get it.....if I was that good of an Actor...I would be so Low key, Hey just call me by my 1st name.......even if i was that high up on the totem pole......I hate the snobs......"My name is MR... This or that......go jump in a lake!!!......lighten up....life to too short..... and you would probably have more fans too.....
