Comments on: Nimoy & Orci Comment On President Obama’s Similarities to Spock

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:15:39 +0000

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By: ger

ger — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:09:34 +0000

220. They are milking the cow the best way they can. A while ago, I asked Orci in one of these talkbacks why didn’t they make this a movie with a new crew. And he said that they needed the Spock-Obama parallel to gain a greater audience and media attention.

By: ger

ger — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:07:42 +0000

218. Anthony, the entire forced parallel to Obama is a joke.

By: StarFuryG7

StarFuryG7 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:45:24 +0000

Or maybe they’re just not particularly fond of this commander-in-chief, who has been fawned over more than enough up to now.

And allow me to quote Nimoy directly here in response to your last comment:

Nimoy: “I guess it’s somewhat unusual for a politician to be so precise, logical, in his thought process. The comparison to Spock is, in my opinion, a compliment to him and to the character.”

…”a compliment to him and to the character”!

As I said previously, it’s a blatantly obvious political statement in addition to being fawning, and in the minds of many, undeserved praise.

And I’ll even go a step further –in my view it’s an insult to the character.

When I watch Spock I want to enjoy that character, not find myself thinking this president by extension.

If that makes me “wound too tight,” then so be it, but Nimoy is the one who actually started discussion by opening his mouth.

By: rogue_alice

rogue_alice — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:16:46 +0000

“blatantly obvious to all.”

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Obviously not. I took it as apparently intended. It is a mention of ST in mainstream media. I don’t see it as an *endorsement* at all.

I do think some people are obviously wound to tight though.

By: Anthony Pascale

Anthony Pascale — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:13:14 +0000

how many times do i have to say this site has one agenda: star trek

stop seeing what isnt there. As noted above, the ‘left wing elite’ actually see this article as anti-obama.

I don’t give a sh*t….it was just about star trek for f*ck sake and I am tired of people implying otherwise (and sending me hate mail). Some people need to get a life

By: rogue_alice

rogue_alice — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:08:12 +0000

182 – “At the end of the new film, is Pike permanently wheel-chair bound, or is he just recuperating from injuries?”

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I think he gets out of it. I saw him doing hard farm labor the other night in a Hallmark Special.

By: StarFuryG7

StarFuryG7 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:03:37 +0000

Comparing the current president to Spock, also by the actor who played Spock no less, is clearly intended to be positive, flattering and favorable to Obama and has obvious political implications, as was intended by Nimoy and Orci, yet Anthony discouraged political commentary by posters here who happened upon this article.

I refrained from even looking at this particular article or commenting on it until today once the Huffington Post piece was brought to my attention by someone else on another board. I can understand Anthony’s not wanting a war about politics erupting on his site for him to then have to be bothered with dealing with, however, rogue-alice, it is also somewhat disingenuous to ask that people refrain from commenting in response to it from a political standpoint when the political implications of this *endorsement* are blatantly obvious to all.

By: Son of a Maui Portagee

Son of a Maui Portagee — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:38:37 +0000

#175.

And posted in the comments even earlier. ;-)

By: rogue_alice

rogue_alice — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:57:10 +0000

Anthony, you don’t need to defend your decisions. This is Trek News.

I do think all computers (and monitors) come with an off switch. And, if I remember correctly, webpages can be closed by clicking the small X in the right corner of the window.

Thanks for the post and the work you do for us at TrekMovie.