Comments on: Quinto Talks Spock http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/ the source for Star Trek news and information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:49:56 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Harry Ballz http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-2/#comment-346519 Harry Ballz Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:24:11 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-346519 Trish, you sound like a dish The answer to any man's fantasy wish Experience counts The excitement mounts It's time to cut bait or go fish! :) Trish, you sound like a dish
The answer to any man’s fantasy wish
Experience counts
The excitement mounts
It’s time to cut bait or go fish! :)

]]> By: Trish http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-2/#comment-345959 Trish Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:42:45 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-345959 Personally, I'd take an 'old fart' anyday over you 'young whippersnappers'...experience and technique where it counts the most! ;) Personally, I’d take an ‘old fart’ anyday over you ‘young whippersnappers’…experience and technique where it counts the most! ;)

]]> By: trektacular http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-2/#comment-345152 trektacular Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:41:53 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-345152 Quinto is just another vapid young actor, no way will we get any of the same feeling from him that we got from Nimoy. Nimoy is Spock! Quinto is just another vapid young actor, no way will we get any of the same feeling from him that we got from Nimoy. Nimoy is Spock!

]]> By: Harry Ballz http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-344983 Harry Ballz Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:15:42 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-344983 Lucky pendulum...................oh, yeah, BABY!! :) Lucky pendulum……………….oh, yeah, BABY!! :)

]]> By: Kirk's Girdle http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-344737 Kirk's Girdle Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:50:20 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-344737 It's not hard to imagine another sexual revolution in the 23rd century. The pendulum swings. It’s not hard to imagine another sexual revolution in the 23rd century.
The pendulum swings.

]]> By: Ian B http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-344735 Ian B Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:48:07 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-344735 I don't suppose they will, but I'm still hoping they'll have the miniskirts. They're one of the icons of the original series that have awareness in the general culture- Kirk, the pointy eared guy, "Beam me up", warp drive, transporters, the enterprise, and the miniskirts. The male uniforms aren't particularly iconic, but the female ones are. It'd be nice to think we got past that stage of juvenile political correctness that swamped us some time after TOS and resulted in the teeth-grindingly dull TNG. Let's have some of that 1960s fun again. I don’t suppose they will, but I’m still hoping they’ll have the miniskirts. They’re one of the icons of the original series that have awareness in the general culture- Kirk, the pointy eared guy, “Beam me up”, warp drive, transporters, the enterprise, and the miniskirts. The male uniforms aren’t particularly iconic, but the female ones are.

It’d be nice to think we got past that stage of juvenile political correctness that swamped us some time after TOS and resulted in the teeth-grindingly dull TNG. Let’s have some of that 1960s fun again.

]]> By: Kirk's Girdle http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-344720 Kirk's Girdle Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:38:18 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-344720 Nah, it was certainly shown in "Journey to Babel", "The Paradise Syndrome", and "The Naked Time". Nah, it was certainly shown in “Journey to Babel”, “The Paradise Syndrome”, and “The Naked Time”.

]]> By: AJ http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-344675 AJ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:53:34 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-344675 45: I think the "sadness and loss" of Spock was revealed in TMP, and it justified his actions in TWOK. I am just happy that JJ et al are using the series AND the TOS films for their re-start. 45: I think the “sadness and loss” of Spock was revealed in TMP, and it justified his actions in TWOK.

I am just happy that JJ et al are using the series AND the TOS films for their re-start.

]]> By: Kirk's Girdle http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-344611 Kirk's Girdle Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:52:55 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-344611 "He’s a genuinely magnanimous spirit. I think that he uses his logical perspective for good, and to improve people’s circumstances and situations which ultimately enhance the esteem of the universe." Esteem of the Universe? WTF? Quinto does lay it on thick. I guess his take is as essentially correct for Spock as for any other Trek character - they're all braving the dangers of space and laying their lives on the line for others... and they don't even get money for it. "And I think he’s sort of constant. He can weather the pendulum swings of human emotions and he can see through things that other people might not be able to see through because they’re blinded by their own visceral or emotional reactions." Here I think he's missed the mark, because as much as Spock pretended to be above all that emotional stuff, he was in no way immune to the frailty of his human half and keeping it suppressed was much more difficult than he let on. There was always a hint of sadness and loss about Spock, yet as Quinto sees him, Spock would have no internal struggle and would not be nearly as dynamic or interesting a character. "There’s the gravity , the depth of his knowledge and the depth of his spirit that people really respond to and really respect, particularly because we meet this character at a time when he is younger than the Spock millions of people have come to know and love. it’s part of his story that we haven’t seen yet, and it’s a part of his story and a part of his life that certitude isn’t necessarily fully rooted. So there is a notion of conflict in who he is, and who he knows he can become, and that’s something which as an actor is always very interesting and fulfilling to play." This section is a little muddy. He does mention conflict, but it seems more related to Spock ultimately achieving his full potential... or something. I get a little worried at Quinto's crazy, new age speak for all things Trek, but hey, he's an actor and at the end of the day I'm sure he'll play it in a way that matches our perceptions. After all, he does actually have to match up to Nimoy in the film, so he can't stray to far in his portrayal. “He’s a genuinely magnanimous spirit. I think that he uses his logical perspective for good, and to improve people’s circumstances and situations which ultimately enhance the esteem of the universe.”

Esteem of the Universe? WTF? Quinto does lay it on thick. I guess his take is as essentially correct for Spock as for any other Trek character – they’re all braving the dangers of space and laying their lives on the line for others… and they don’t even get money for it.

“And I think he’s sort of constant. He can weather the pendulum swings of human emotions and he can see through things that other people might not be able to see through because they’re blinded by their own visceral or emotional reactions.”

Here I think he’s missed the mark, because as much as Spock pretended to be above all that emotional stuff, he was in no way immune to the frailty of his human half and keeping it suppressed was much more difficult than he let on. There was always a hint of sadness and loss about Spock, yet as Quinto sees him, Spock would have no internal struggle and would not be nearly as dynamic or interesting a character.

“There’s the gravity , the depth of his knowledge and the depth of his spirit that people really respond to and really respect, particularly because we meet this character at a time when he is younger than the Spock millions of people have come to know and love. it’s part of his story that we haven’t seen yet, and it’s a part of his story and a part of his life that certitude isn’t necessarily fully rooted. So there is a notion of conflict in who he is, and who he knows he can become, and that’s something which as an actor is always very interesting and fulfilling to play.”

This section is a little muddy. He does mention conflict, but it seems more related to Spock ultimately achieving his full potential… or something.

I get a little worried at Quinto’s crazy, new age speak for all things Trek, but hey, he’s an actor and at the end of the day I’m sure he’ll play it in a way that matches our perceptions. After all, he does actually have to match up to Nimoy in the film, so he can’t stray to far in his portrayal.

]]> By: YUBinit http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/comment-page-1/#comment-343694 YUBinit Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:44:56 +0000 http://trekmovie.com/2007/12/14/quinto-talks-spock/#comment-343694 Oh surprise... it speaks again. Sure seems a lot is being said to convince what would surely be obvious if there was merit. Oh surprise… it speaks again. Sure seems a lot is being said to convince what would surely be obvious if there was merit.

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