Comments on: Interview With Leonard Nimoy – Part 1 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/ the source for Star Trek news and information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:43:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Entrevista con Zachary Quinto, Sylar de ‘Héroes’, sobre su Spock en ‘Star Trek XI’ « FRIKADA http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-4/#comment-187469 Entrevista con Zachary Quinto, Sylar de ‘Héroes’, sobre su Spock en ‘Star Trek XI’ « FRIKADA Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:23:28 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-187469 [...] Qunito añadió que estaba contento de contar con la bendición de Nimoy. Ya que el antiguo Spock dijo en una entrevista que se puede leer completa siguiendo este enlace que el actor de ‘Héroes’ se le parece lo suficiente y que es el intérprete perfecto. [...] [...] Qunito añadió que estaba contento de contar con la bendición de Nimoy. Ya que el antiguo Spock dijo en una entrevista que se puede leer completa siguiendo este enlace que el actor de ‘Héroes’ se le parece lo suficiente y que es el intérprete perfecto. [...]

]]> By: Cervantes http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-4/#comment-179830 Cervantes Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:08:48 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-179830 Apologies... I mistyped...try this... http://www.lucasarts.com/games/legoindianajones/ :) Apologies… I mistyped…try this…

http://www.lucasarts.com/games/legoindianajones/ :)

]]> By: Cervantes ( looking forward to the new INDY Movie also... ) http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-4/#comment-179826 Cervantes ( looking forward to the new INDY Movie also... ) Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:05:46 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-179826 #137 Captain James B. Quirk Archeologists are great... Check this out... :) http://www.lucasarts.com/games/egoindianajones/ #137 Captain James B. Quirk

Archeologists are great…

Check this out… :) http://www.lucasarts.com/games/egoindianajones/

]]> By: KevinA - Melbourne Australia http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-177068 KevinA - Melbourne Australia Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:10:20 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-177068 149 - Nuallain Adrian's to old at 42 this year. JJ's made it clear he's going around 30 with Spock 149 – Nuallain
Adrian’s to old at 42 this year. JJ’s made it clear he’s going around 30 with Spock

]]> By: Nuallain http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-176837 Nuallain Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:28:05 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-176837 With ZQ aboard, am I the only one thinking his Heroes stablemate Adrian Pasdar (32) would make a brilliant Kirk? He has the perfect physicality (he's the only one I can see pulling off that sitting-in-the-centre-chair-with-one-leg-over-the-other thing), he's got a great sense of comic timing, handsome enough to make the alien babes falling all over him believable and fit enough to deck someone with a karate chop to the back of the neck. Pasdar for Kirk I tells ya! With ZQ aboard, am I the only one thinking his Heroes stablemate Adrian Pasdar (32) would make a brilliant Kirk? He has the perfect physicality (he’s the only one I can see pulling off that sitting-in-the-centre-chair-with-one-leg-over-the-other thing), he’s got a great sense of comic timing, handsome enough to make the alien babes falling all over him believable and fit enough to deck someone with a karate chop to the back of the neck.

Pasdar for Kirk I tells ya!

]]> By: DGill http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-176567 DGill Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:18:20 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-176567 Nicely put, Buckaroohawk. Nicely put, Buckaroohawk.

]]> By: Buckaroohawk http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-176530 Buckaroohawk Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:37:50 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-176530 Mike (#142) I can appreciate your comments, especially given the celebratory atmosphere of Comic-Con, but Nimoy has always been known for his candor. He isn't one to engage in "spin," and since he retired a few years ago, there's no need for him to start now. I believe he decided to be a part of this new production because it means something to him. Not because it's Star Trek, but because he feels he read a good script and found it worthwhile to add his contribution to it. Plain and simple, if he felt it wasn't worth doing, he wouldn't have done it. Next, many Trek fans know that the TNG-era series all contributed their own quality to the Trek mythos, but Nimoy may not. He's never said that he followed any of the later series, even TNG in which he co-starred for an episode. We know the camaraderie the other characters shared, but he may well be ignorant of it, simply because he didn't watch the shows or follow the press about them. Sure, he's talked to fans and cast members of those shows, but if he didn't watch them, he'd have no first-hand knowledge. He stated as much in his quote, which is why he said he couldn't speak for them. Further, I think a wholesale "reboot" of Trek from the ground up (as in your Battlestar Galactica example) would never work. The original Galactica was (and I apologize to any fans of the show here) a poor-man's knock-off of Star Wars that never capitalized on it's own premise. It lasted a single season after being savaged by critics and abandoned by SF fans. The recent reboot on Sci-Fi works because it stuck to the premise established in the original and jettisoned all of the trite television idioms that saddled the original. Star Trek is vastly different. It has a strong foundation and a proven track record. Even people who don't consider themselves fans know what Star Trek is, and they know what it is not. If you give them something that isn't Star Trek, they'll ignore it as surely as the die hard fans will, and that won't serve anyone well. As a concept, Trek can be polished and refined, but it's rich characters and history are well worth keeping intact as much as possible. Like I said, I understand your trepidations. It's true that we can become a bit overenthusiastic about this project here. I've been guilty of that myself. At the same time, however, I'm taking the people involved with this film at their word, and nothing that has been said gives me reason to be worried. We'll find out in a year and five months if they were lying to us or simply engaging in "spin." Then it will be our turn to make our final decision, the only one that really matters to Paramount. We'll decide with our wallets, pocket books, and purses...and then the truth will be known. Mike (#142)

I can appreciate your comments, especially given the celebratory atmosphere of Comic-Con, but Nimoy has always been known for his candor. He isn’t one to engage in “spin,” and since he retired a few years ago, there’s no need for him to start now. I believe he decided to be a part of this new production because it means something to him. Not because it’s Star Trek, but because he feels he read a good script and found it worthwhile to add his contribution to it. Plain and simple, if he felt it wasn’t worth doing, he wouldn’t have done it.

Next, many Trek fans know that the TNG-era series all contributed their own quality to the Trek mythos, but Nimoy may not. He’s never said that he followed any of the later series, even TNG in which he co-starred for an episode. We know the camaraderie the other characters shared, but he may well be ignorant of it, simply because he didn’t watch the shows or follow the press about them. Sure, he’s talked to fans and cast members of those shows, but if he didn’t watch them, he’d have no first-hand knowledge. He stated as much in his quote, which is why he said he couldn’t speak for them.

Further, I think a wholesale “reboot” of Trek from the ground up (as in your Battlestar Galactica example) would never work. The original Galactica was (and I apologize to any fans of the show here) a poor-man’s knock-off of Star Wars that never capitalized on it’s own premise. It lasted a single season after being savaged by critics and abandoned by SF fans. The recent reboot on Sci-Fi works because it stuck to the premise established in the original and jettisoned all of the trite television idioms that saddled the original. Star Trek is vastly different. It has a strong foundation and a proven track record. Even people who don’t consider themselves fans know what Star Trek is, and they know what it is not. If you give them something that isn’t Star Trek, they’ll ignore it as surely as the die hard fans will, and that won’t serve anyone well. As a concept, Trek can be polished and refined, but it’s rich characters and history are well worth keeping intact as much as possible.

Like I said, I understand your trepidations. It’s true that we can become a bit overenthusiastic about this project here. I’ve been guilty of that myself. At the same time, however, I’m taking the people involved with this film at their word, and nothing that has been said gives me reason to be worried. We’ll find out in a year and five months if they were lying to us or simply engaging in “spin.” Then it will be our turn to make our final decision, the only one that really matters to Paramount. We’ll decide with our wallets, pocket books, and purses…and then the truth will be known.

]]> By: DGill http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-176242 DGill Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:53:05 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-176242 Just a side note: a major way that JJ could bring back Nimoy AND Shatner while making this installment the most talked about film in the series would be to have the older versions of Kirk and Spock recount their early days, then at the end turn to each other and say, "Look how far we've come"...and share a tender kiss beneath the stars. This would definitely cause riots, but it would be a historic reboot of the franchise. P.S. - For the record, I hope that doesn't happen either :D Just a side note: a major way that JJ could bring back Nimoy AND Shatner while making this installment the most talked about film in the series would be to have the older versions of Kirk and Spock recount their early days, then at the end turn to each other and say, “Look how far we’ve come”…and share a tender kiss beneath the stars. This would definitely cause riots, but it would be a historic reboot of the franchise.

P.S. – For the record, I hope that doesn’t happen either :D

]]> By: DGill http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-176234 DGill Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:38:04 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-176234 Now this is just speculation on my part, but I am strongly convinced that Nimoy will more or less narrate key scenes of the movie, which would explain his deep function in it as a contribution to canon without confusing the fanbase or newcomers. However, JJ Abrams said at ComicCon that he would don the ears one last time...but to what degree? It's still hard to tell at this point, but that's my guess. It's just nice to know he's coming back. Now this is just speculation on my part, but I am strongly convinced that Nimoy will more or less narrate key scenes of the movie, which would explain his deep function in it as a contribution to canon without confusing the fanbase or newcomers. However, JJ Abrams said at ComicCon that he would don the ears one last time…but to what degree? It’s still hard to tell at this point, but that’s my guess. It’s just nice to know he’s coming back.

]]> By: Cranston http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/comment-page-3/#comment-176232 Cranston Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:36:42 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/01/interview-with-leonard-nimoy-part-1/#comment-176232 #137 Capt. Quirk: "Not politicians and archeologists, or weak willed individuals." [Ahem] And what, exactly, is so wrong with archaeologists? #137 Capt. Quirk:

“Not politicians and archeologists, or weak willed individuals.”

[Ahem]

And what, exactly, is so wrong with archaeologists?

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