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Title: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Duque de Bragança on February 27, 2015, 12:30:11 PM
According to the Cinémathèque FB feed.
"Live long and prosper" :(
RIP

Feeling a bit older now as well.
Great presence in the remake of Invasion of Body Snatchers for those who cannot stand Star Trek.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM
 :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: crazy canuck on February 27, 2015, 12:31:31 PM
 :(

RIP
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Syt on February 27, 2015, 12:32:27 PM
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.rogerebert.com%2Fredactor_assets%2Fpictures%2Ffar-flung-correspondents%2Fthe-tale-of-two-cetis%2Fstar-trek2_Spock_dies.jpg&hash=f9867670ac1ae47e38e97c066f8fcf14050029b5)

:(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Admiral Yi on February 27, 2015, 12:33:41 PM
Thanks for the memories Lenny.  :sleep:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Malthus on February 27, 2015, 12:34:26 PM
 :(

http://www.remember.org/carpati/hands.html
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:34:56 PM
Unsurprising since he came out and said he had COPD, but still really sucks. :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:38:43 PM
The trifecta of my youth:  Star Trek: TOSMission: Impossible, and In Search Of
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Tamas on February 27, 2015, 12:39:09 PM
 :(

Although I have never been close to being a Trekkie, he was iconic, and I loved his Civ4 voiceovers.

I was just thinking the other day that the cultural icons of my youth are slowly fading away, and I don't seem to be replacing them with anybody.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: crazy canuck on February 27, 2015, 12:41:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:38:43 PM
The trifecta of my youth:  Star Trek: TOSMission: Impossible, and In Search Of.

:yes:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Barrister on February 27, 2015, 12:42:16 PM
 :cry: :cry: :cry:

He will be missed.

Man, the TOS crew is really getting depleted at this point.  Who is left?  Shatner, Takei, Nicholls, and Koenig?
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:44:32 PM
All of the deaths so far have been from the big four.  Shatner better watch his back. :unsure:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 12:46:47 PM
Oh no! :cry:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Warspite on February 27, 2015, 12:50:42 PM
 :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: celedhring on February 27, 2015, 12:52:07 PM
Damn.  :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:54:04 PM
To his credit, dude wasn't afraid to take on some risky stuff. *listens to The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins*
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 12:54:05 PM
Shatner needs to deliver the speech from Wrath of Khan at his funeral.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Tonitrus on February 27, 2015, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:54:04 PM
To his credit, dude wasn't afraid to take on some risky stuff. *listens to The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins*

As long as he banged all the babes from that video, he can be forgiven for it.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: PJL on February 27, 2015, 12:58:49 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on February 27, 2015, 12:55:42 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:54:04 PM
To his credit, dude wasn't afraid to take on some risky stuff. *listens to The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins*

As long as he banged all the babes from that video, he can be forgiven for it.

Ironically, he was the only one NOT wearing pointy ears in that video.

Still, he was a true SF icon at least. A sad day for Star Trek and SF in general.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: lustindarkness on February 27, 2015, 12:59:40 PM
He lived long and was prosperous. :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 01:00:08 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:54:04 PM
To his credit, dude wasn't afraid to take on some risky stuff. *listens to The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins*

A lot of celebrities did that in the late 1960s/early 70s, though;  Shatner, Nimoy, Keir Dullea, John Travolta, Phyllis Diller and tons of others.  It's what you did to perpetuate your branding, no matter how embarrassing.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Zanza on February 27, 2015, 01:16:35 PM
RIP :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 01:19:12 PM
Quote from: Tamas on February 27, 2015, 12:39:09 PMI was just thinking the other day that the cultural icons of my youth are slowly fading away, and I don't seem to be replacing them with anybody.

That's one of the benefits of being gay - you have a lot of cultural icons in their 30s.

Very sad news about Mr. Spock. :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Berkut on February 27, 2015, 01:32:41 PM
Damn
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Valmy on February 27, 2015, 01:36:15 PM
Very sad to hear that.  He was a cultural force right up to the end.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Agelastus on February 27, 2015, 01:38:27 PM
 :(

R.I.P.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: derspiess on February 27, 2015, 01:57:33 PM
RIP :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Razgovory on February 27, 2015, 02:06:41 PM
Damn.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on February 27, 2015, 02:10:56 PM
:(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: viper37 on February 27, 2015, 02:39:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:38:43 PM
The trifecta of my youth:  Star Trek: TOSMission: Impossible, and In Search Of
never seen the last one.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 02:42:30 PM
It was a cool show.  Each episode was about like some mystery or another and Nimoy narrated.  Example topics would be Bigfoot, Aliens, the Bermuda Triangle, the Pyramids of Egypt, etc.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: KRonn on February 27, 2015, 02:43:13 PM
Oh wow, an end of an era, or another one of the original cast goes down. It seems he had been pretty frail for a while, being seen in an airport in a wheel chair and on oxygen. All the more significant that he appeared in the last Star Trek film, and did the voice over for it also, "Going where no one has gone before".
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 02:44:53 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 27, 2015, 02:39:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:38:43 PM
The trifecta of my youth:  Star Trek: TOSMission: Impossible, and In Search Of
never seen the last one.

:wub:

http://youtu.be/kj8Y2sFB6Y0

Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Razgovory on February 27, 2015, 02:45:59 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 27, 2015, 02:39:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:38:43 PM
The trifecta of my youth:  Star Trek: TOSMission: Impossible, and In Search Of
never seen the last one.

Paranormal documentary back in the 1970's.  I watched it as well.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Razgovory on February 27, 2015, 02:54:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 02:44:53 PM
Quote from: viper37 on February 27, 2015, 02:39:18 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 12:38:43 PM
The trifecta of my youth:  Star Trek: TOSMission: Impossible, and In Search Of
never seen the last one.

:wub:

http://youtu.be/kj8Y2sFB6Y0 (http://youtu.be/kj8Y2sFB6Y0)

Great now I have to watch some of those episodes.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 02:58:38 PM
He was 83. :(

Only 3 years older than my dad, 13 years than my mom.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Kleves on February 27, 2015, 03:24:11 PM
RIP.  :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: mongers on February 27, 2015, 03:39:02 PM
Oh dear.  :(

He was like an brilliant, but eccentric uncle you wish existed in your family.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 02:58:38 PM
Only 3 years older than my dad, 13 years than my mom.
Your dad is cool. :cool:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: mongers on February 27, 2015, 03:57:23 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 02:58:38 PM
Only 3 years older than my dad, 13 years than my mom.
Your dad is cool. :cool:

Not when you consider he married at age 21.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 03:57:26 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 02:58:38 PM
Only 3 years older than my dad, 13 years than my mom.
Your dad is cool. :cool:

:lol:

My parents are cool. My mom is right now in the middle of organising another antique car rally in Warsaw (she is the vice-president of the Poland Automobile Association). And just last weekend they called me saying they decided to drive to the seaside (500 kilometres from where they live) at 6 a.m. in the morning to take a stroll on the beach and get home by evening.  :cool:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 03:59:24 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 27, 2015, 03:57:23 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 03:53:00 PM
Quote from: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 02:58:38 PM
Only 3 years older than my dad, 13 years than my mom.
Your dad is cool. :cool:

Not when you consider he married at age 21.

Nah. My mom is his 3rd wife, he is my mom's second husband. They married around 40 years ago.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 04:01:23 PM
Coolness factor of Mart's dad +1
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 04:04:39 PM
My parents :D

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.wp.pl%2Fa%2Ff%2Fjpeg%2F18450%2Fm__mg_9177.jpeg&hash=77ae3c27c315105df82d19c8af99ba9888e26e62)

They have two other cars like this (one a large limo and one another cabriolet). My dad restored all of them from a wreck.

This is the limo:

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fadmoto.pl%2Fartpics%2FGS%2F947%2F%2FJW1393Bd.jpg&hash=f85b8d3064b88d43a55bcb4d25d16c67d89e443c)
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: mongers on February 27, 2015, 04:09:07 PM
It's like you and 11B4V could have been seperated at birth.  :P



Oh and I agree with Cal your father is cool for doing those restorations, always nice to see good cars rescued. And your mother is good for having put up with it and thrown herself into it.  :)
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 04:35:07 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 04:01:23 PM
Coolness factor of Mart's dad +1

Docked -2 points for raising a douchebaggy M&A lawyer.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 27, 2015, 04:39:56 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 04:35:07 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2015, 04:01:23 PM
Coolness factor of Mart's dad +1

Docked -2 points for raising a douchebaggy M&A lawyer.

You can't blame him for me. :P
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: The Brain on February 27, 2015, 05:33:40 PM
RIP :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: jimmy olsen on February 27, 2015, 10:08:40 PM
By Grabthat's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, he shall be avenged!  :cry: :cry: :cry:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2015, 11:52:45 PM
Twitter pic:

This pic from 1967's Mariner V launch says it all about what Nimoy means to us at NASA. #LLAP

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-42KyOUUAAm7UL.jpg)
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on February 28, 2015, 12:00:46 AM
Nimoy and his boss 1964 Buick Riviera.

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.wp.com%2Fi.kinja-img.com%2Fgawker-media%2Fimage%2Fupload%2Fs--3xlN1GTd--%2Fc_fit%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_80%2Cw_636%2Fglvyncp6pq3vwxh4a63r.jpg%3Fresize%3D636%252C357&hash=f0e54bcf09d8383cc0c4903c77e484bb06923813)

http://archy-news.com/kirk-once-stole-spocks-buick-riviera/
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: 11B4V on February 28, 2015, 12:17:53 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Syt on February 28, 2015, 02:34:33 AM
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-RBZbP9IScAk%2FUCwEhrKwgpI%2FAAAAAAAAMrg%2FcxNY2B_XbF0%2Fs1600%2F1968%2BShopping%2Bwith%2Bthe%2BNimoys%2B01.jpg&hash=4c6fd0ffc4130dae48baf4162145a37663008571)

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F--OEV2s3yeI0%2FUCwEn3P7lrI%2FAAAAAAAAMro%2Fb6ObbM6Df8g%2Fs1600%2F1968%2BShopping%2Bwith%2Bthe%2BNimoys%2B02.jpg&hash=acdaa9e374505f4f11ad080ab1126c047970d193)

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-23OJpJttRI0%2FUCwEt6zemII%2FAAAAAAAAMrw%2FCT0Im0V2c5M%2Fs1600%2F1968%2BShopping%2Bwith%2Bthe%2BNimoys%2B03.jpg&hash=ddc586c5e9b4d574cd5aaa1dcba315b0d3330083)
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Sheilbh on February 28, 2015, 02:39:40 AM
:(

Probably of the last generation whose first language was Yiddish too :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Martinus on February 28, 2015, 03:19:18 AM
That article... "Nimoy's"? What the fuck. I thought the spelling/grammar standards only slipped after Internet.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Syt on February 28, 2015, 03:21:50 AM
If an 11 year old were to wear pleated pants these days for going shopping he'd be beaten up within 1 minute of leaving his house.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: The Brain on February 28, 2015, 03:42:30 AM
"Sandi would never wear anything the men in the family didn't like."

HOTT
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: dps on February 28, 2015, 01:27:14 PM
Quote from: DontSayBanana on February 27, 2015, 12:44:32 PM
All of the deaths so far have been from the big four.  Shatner better watch his back. :unsure:

Actually, Majel Barrett's also dead.
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: celedhring on February 28, 2015, 01:45:15 PM
"Sandi would never wear anything the men in the family didn't like"  :lol:
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: Syt on March 03, 2015, 11:26:54 AM
Well, here's a depressing image from my Facebook feed:

(https://scontent-vie.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11021281_10153178252579669_2408214245839348963_n.jpg?oh=49dbced0239519de21ee50a96037a048&oe=558AE591)

Thanks, AnchorClanker! :(
Title: Re: Leonard Nimoy 1931-2015
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 03, 2015, 12:26:05 PM
Quote from: Syt on March 03, 2015, 11:26:54 AM
Thanks, AnchorClanker! :(

That's a really good one.   :(


Saw this as a Twitter feed pic over the weekend as well--

(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsuperversivesf.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Fspock-empty-chair.jpg&hash=5483dbe88d2933ce873e6e38e2bc4449c80143b6)