When I was 9 years old, I had the chance to meet Mr. Nimoy. He was speaking at ISU and showing clips of his favorite episode, The Devil in the Dark. It was during the Q&A. I was in the upper mezzanine when he called on a woman about four rows back from the stage. She told him that I had had my hand up for a very long time. He apologized, saying he couldn't see me because of the stage lights, and asked me to walk down to the stage. I had my book with me, The Making of Star Trek, and he graciously signed it, "To Mike, live long and prosper, Leonard Nimoy" I asked my question and he told me that the transporter was simply a piece of cardboard with human shapes cut out and glitter sprinkled behind the opening, superimposed over the transporter.
He, and his character, Mr. Spock, had a significant impact on my life.

 

Yes...RIP Mr. Spock...he was a car guy, too. http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.ph...IP-Buick-Spock

 

Gee, it doesn't seem like that long ago when that show was first out.

I remember I was amazed the first time I happened to see it in color on a friend's TV - I'd never realized that the uniforms were different colors.

Mr. Nimoy was actually a very good, Shakespearian actor, whose career was essentially ruined because of the three short years he spent on Star Trek. Not that it didn't provide him with a good income, of course...

RIP.

- Eric

 

Spock was THE MAN! RIP Spock!

 

Lol, I remember the same thing; "Wow, look at those red shirts!"
Pre Trek, he did Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. And I have a vague memory of him playing a man with ESP in a 70's move. Oh, and In Search OF. That was great!

 

We should live by his words "live long and prosper" RIP

Pat

 

Iconic doesn't even touch it.
Rest in Peace, you enriched so many young minds.
Thank you

 

Well said. Thank you Paladin.

 

Live Long and Prosper Mr Spock

 

No Thank You for also being a molder of our youth.

I freely admit I cried when he died in the movie, and am a little misty eyed

 

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Was sad to hear of Nimoy's passing. Was born in 1966, same year that Star Trek debuted on TV, so only saw it in re-runs. Was a typical "original series" nerd growing up, and have not completely outgrown it...I own a replica of the bridge chairs used by Spock and others (Kirk's would have been a bit too much). Even dressed as Captain Kirk for Halloween in the late 80s (never could have pulled off Spock). Sad to see any member of the original cast leave us. I'd say its a another part of my childhood gone, but that would be understating it.

 

I remember watching Star Treck with my Dad as a child. Liked it then, like it now. Mr. Nemoy has achieved escape velocity. Godspeed.

 

It sad every time a great veteran actors passes away. I'm reminded how time and life is precious and also reminded how terrible a majority of the so called talent exists today for our entertainment!

 

That's an awesome chair! For the office? I'm a bit of a home theater buff and I remember coming across a theater that was built as an exact replica of the original Enterprise bridge with the view-screen as, of course, the theater screen.

Well said, z11

I'm sure there is a brain chemistry thing at work for me, as in; since I watched the shows as a child. But the [not so] special effects look more real to me than the CGI'd remakes. I mean, I know they used an eight-foot (was it?) replica of the enterprise for the movies but it was considerably smaller for the show, but it still looks real to me. And in one episode, By Any Other Name (maybe?), when Kirk destroys a computer taking over the ship, if you pause it in just the right spot, you can see a hand holding a sparkler superimposed over the computer for the explosion effect, lol. It's awesome. They did so much with so little. Superb acting, dramatic lighting, and sparklers and glitter.

 

A couple interesting pieces of trivia:

Nichelle Nichols, Uhura, was writing her letter of resignation, angry that she was being paid as a lesser actor, when Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. just happened to stop by. He wanted to tell her what an important thing she was doing. She immediately tore up the letter.

Spock was a favorite character of bi-racial couples and people. Makes sense if you think about it.

Of course they aired the first interracial kiss. But what you might not know is that the producers insisted they shoot the scene twice; once with the kiss and once with Shatner looking up at the camera at the last second, thus avoiding the kiss. That way they could air the non-kiss scene if the sponsors or execs had a problem with it. HOWEVER, when Shatner looked up at the camera, he crossed his eyes, making the footage unusable.

It was so much more than just a television show.

 

Pre Trek, he did Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. And I have a vague memory of him playing a man with ESP in a 70's move. Oh, and In Search OF. That was great![/QUOTE]

He also did "Invasions of the Body Snatchers" starring Donald Sutherland.

 

He also did "Invasions of the Body Snatchers" starring Donald Sutherland.[/QUOTE]

Oh, lol, that's right. Forgot about that one. Not the best version of that flick.

 

My bridge chair is in my home office, but at a different "station" than the one I usually sit at (no need to subject it to undue stress).

Pretty sure the original series filming miniature was 14 feet long. Some very nice 3 foot long built replicas can he had (have toyed with buying one from this guy):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Polar-Lights...p2047675.l2557

Funny thing about Trek geeks like me is by the time you are in position to afford such stuff, you are past "age-appropriate" to display the stuff!

There is no evil computer in the episode "By any Other Name"; that's the one where most of the the crew is turned into cuboctahedrons. Sounds like you may have been thinking of any one of a dozen or or so episodes where Kirk destroys a computer to save the day.

As for CGI, I actually really like some of the work done on the "Remastered" Trek episodes released nearly 10 years ago (the "Doomsday Machine being one of the episodes that benefited most from it):

 

Yup, you're right. Brain farting on the name. The one where Kirk and a couple of crew members get "sped up" until they sound like insects.
The Doomsday Machine, what a great episode. Really good acting in that one for sure.

 

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