RIP Leonard Nimoy
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I can't watch this on a GOOD day without crying.
First and foremost, he will always be Spock to me. I've always adored him. But Mr. Nimoy was also the narrator of Civilization IV. For those of you who played, you'll recall how wonderful his voice was as he supplied interesting quotes throughout the game. I enjoyed watching his guest appearances on Fringe, too. I will miss him.
Completely irrelevant factoid: The head hippie in this episode is the officer whose guts got strung up by Hannibal Lechter in Silence of the Lambs.
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It's going to be a while before I can watch this.
Yes I know, isn't that a crack up?! Not the gut stringing part of course.ompletely irrelevant factoid: The head hippie in this episode is the offer whose guts got strung up by Hannibal Lechter in Silence of the Lambs.
That's what happens when you're a hippie.Completely irrelevant factoid: The head hippie in this episode is the offer whose guts got strung up by Hannibal Lechter in Silence of the Lambs.
My stomach has just ached from sadness today. I really had no idea how terrible this would make me feel. It's funny how something like this blindsides you when you hadn't really thought about it at all beforehand. I mean, I know everybody dies, and that means lots of the performers and writers I've loved will go while I'm still here to mark their passing, but I haven't devoted the time to contemplating how each one will make me feel when it happens. I was just DEVASTATED by Robin Williams, for example, and deeply saddened by Philip Seymour Hoffman. But Nimoy... what a class act. What a gentle, reasonable man. What a huge part of my youth, what an iconic aspect of my consciousness. What a light has gone out of the world.
...your cause of sorrow
Must not be measured by his worth, for then
It hath no end.
- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 8
...your cause of sorrow
Must not be measured by his worth, for then
It hath no end.
- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 8
Oh, d*mn! As Spock, Nimoy was an iconic character who forever changed the face of television. It's now become a sad, sad, sad, sad world.
An English prof of mine at University of Alberta was the biggest fan of Star Trek that I ever knew. He missed classes the day Gene Roddenberry died. He must be mad with grief this day. I doubt if he taught classes.
Thanks for saving me posting that!
First and foremost, he will always be Spock to me. I've always adored him. But Mr. Nimoy was also the narrator of Civilization IV. For those of you who played, you'll recall how wonderful his voice was as he supplied interesting quotes throughout the game. I enjoyed watching his guest appearances on Fringe, too. I will miss him.
He also did the voice of Moundshroud on the Emmy Award-winning adaptation of Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree!
At least one fan confused Ray Bradbury with Gene Roddenberry! This person approached Ray gushing over Gene's work and asked for his autograph. Bradbury happened to know he had died and his funeral was that day, but he signed the autograph as Roddenberry, not wanting to disappoint the fan and feeling Gene wouldn't have minded!
My favorite Star Trek pop culture reference: