No disrespect to Zachary Quinto, who is an amazing actor in his own right. But whenever I think of Spock, only Nimoy comes to mind.
Nimoy isn't Spock. Spock is Nimoy.
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And lizard beats spock.
As I recall, nothing beats Spock. But it has been a while since I played rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock.
Scissors cuts paper.
Paper covers rock.
Rock crushes lizard.
Lizard poisons Spock.
Spock smashes scissors.
Scissors decapitates lizard.
Lizard eats paper.
Paper disproves Spock.
Spock vaporizes rock.
Rock crushes scissors.
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Kif! Search them for paper. And...bring me a rock.
Quinto has the disadvantage that the movies he played Spock in were shit overall.
(The first two, at least. Like most people I never saw the third one.)
I actually also quite like Ethan Peck's Spock. Wonderfully cast. But of course Nimoy is still the best.
I remember reading that book. His first book was called "I am not Spock" and was talking about all the stuff that's Leonard Nimoy alone, but this one was about how he'd internalized a voice from his character who would have the Vulcan point of view.
One of the most interesting parts of the book was where Spock pointed out there's no need to fear death because it's non-existence, and you won't be there to care. Considering I read this when I was still in grade school, it was a pretty big revelation.
I wonder how many actors have had to go through a similar process as Nimoy: playing such a culturally iconic character that nobody can see you as anyone else. The natural reaction has to be to resist it at first, but then he came to embrace it and allowed it to become a part of him.
Most sitcom actors run into that. I'm sure Jim Parsons won't ever be seen as anyone else, or for an older example all of the cast of Seinfeld (arguably besides Julia).
I think of him as Michael from The Good Place, but it's probably because I watched it more recently than Cheers.
I see Becker when I think of Danson
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Nobody will ever see Bryan Cranston as anything other than a goofy TV dad.
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His narration for Civ 4 was charming and wonderful
TFW you have discovered pottery 
Also Seaman on the dreamcast.
The quote from Sputnik he read was especially memorable.
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He wasn’t always Spock to me.
I saw him in tv shows like “In Search Of…” and other movies like “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. I know I saw a Western with him in it, but can’t remember which one.
Yeah, Spock is his most famous role by far, and despite what anyone thinks of the new Trek movies, I really loved his part in them. (IMO Quinto does a great Spock. No, it’s not Nimoy, but it’s a really good performance.)
He's also one of the best bad guys in Columbo
Don't forget about the Bilbo Baggins video!
That video was the pinnacle of art. We should have just given up on society after it was done because nothing that comes after could possibly be any better.
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I don't care what people say about the new Star Trek movies at all. I liked them.
I have no idea what kind of person Nimoy was. He was always spock to me. The other actors I know better. What's a good docu that shows Nimoy as a person?
Fringe.
The good old William Bell.
Olivia channeling Bell is the series' crowning achievement.
Yes, yes it was , damn she's a good acrtress (not to disparage Nimoy, but that was Gold)
There's a documentary about him on Netflix that was done with his family around the time he died. It paints him as a caring dad, and of course Spock. It's been a few years since I watched it.
He will also be William Bell forever.
I had no idea that Mr. Nimoy was the son of Jewish Ukrainian immigrants.
He was also Galvatron in the Transformers movie.
And Sentinel Prime in the Bayverse, which makes him one of the only redeeming qualities of that steaming pile of waste.
I did see that when I was checking if Nemoy continued to do the voice in the series or just the movie. (He didn't, it went back to Frank Welker, who voiced Megatron.)
I gave the first Bay movie a chance, because did 6 year old me ever love transformers in the 80s, but one Bay movie was more than enough for me. Maybe I'll look up the Bay scenes on YouTube so I can hear Nemoy without dealing with the rest of the movie...
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We always do Mr. Vulcan.
Civ always makes me think of Nimoy. His voice-lines for Civ 4 echo in my head to this day.
absolutely perfect useage of the word "visage" here, really adds to it
He strikes (struck?) me as someone who would drop a word like 'visage' into normal conversation.
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