Hey folks. By now, you are aware that
Leonard Nimoy has passed away. The future just got a bit dim without
this man's talented eye for photography, his writing for film and TV.
Oh yeah you might have seen him as Spock for the last 35 years. He
and Shatner have been thick as thieves these last few years. Between
the conventions, voice work on film documentary and video games, he
has been plenty busy. No one I know can kick back and play
Civilization IV without recognizing that narrator's voice. Hell
this was Galavatron before the age of Michael Bay and Transformers
were still anime.
Nimoy has starred in the typical amount
of Westerns ranging from Wagon Train no less than 5 times as 5
separate characters. 4 separate characters in Gunsmoke. Usually the
tall thin guys are easy to spot. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Episode
Project Strigas guest starring Shatner and Nimoy is one of my
favorites.
I love the fact he owned an exotic pet
shop when the Star Trek series was cancelled and became the Other Dr.
Spock getting degrees in Biology and Photography. Shatner tells
the tale best but the landing party of Kirk, Spock and McCoy all
share something together. Tinnitus thanks to an explosion on set via
Star Trek: Arena. So with that ringing in his ear, Shatner still had
to wrestle a guy in a rubber mask and suit? The main reason that
Nimoy had the role of Spock was producers of The Lieutenant
remembered this tall thin guy that easily dominated the set. The
Lieutenant also being a Gene Roddenberry creation.
The funniest story Nimoy had was he was
whisked up to Caltech in Silicon Valley for a seminar. The jist of
which they were talking about microprocessors, the advancement of
software, circuit boards and even the potential to Artificial
Intelligence and they wanted Nimoy's take on it. Given Nimoy does
not have a multi-cross discipline of sciences under his belt he
bluffed his way through it, pausing and looking thoughtful, offering
comments to the like of: "Hmm, good point." " I think
you are on the right track." According to Nimoy, the
scientists seem genuinely pleased. ACTING!!
With two children and one stepson he
has five grandchildren that he leaves behind, he has inspired
generations in photography and had received countless letters from
budding scientists that they went into their perspective fields due
to his portrayal of Mr. Spock. For three seasons, eight movies and
three different series he has played Spock in the original series,
Star Trek: The Animated Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Last year in February he announced he was suffering from chronic
obstruction pulmonary disease which makes it difficult to breathe,
causes wheezing, fatigue and a horrific cough. He attributed it to
smoking for many years until he quit and had advocated smokers to quit
before it is too late.
Rotten Reelz Reviews salute you Leonard
Nimoy for encouraging this writer's love of science fiction,
literature recommended to fans and an skilled eye in black and white
(my favorite in photography). His love and hate relationship with
Spock is proof he could go back to him at any time. He was found of
saying on talk shows and interviews as, "My folks came to the US
as immigrants, aliens and became citizens. I was born in Boston, a
citizen that went to Hollywood and became an alien." Thank you
Leonard Nimoy for all you have done for us. Live long and prosper.
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