Leonard Nimoy: 1931-2015

[fgalkin]

Sad

[Alferd Packer]

Yeah, this one really bummed me out. I don't think I'm gonna be watching TWOK for a while.

[EnterpriseSovereign]

RIP, Leonard Nimoy.

His performance as the voice of Sentinel Prime in DotM was inspired

[Themightytom]

RIP, Leonard Nimoy.

His performance as the voice of Sentinel Prime in DotM was inspired

or Galvatron in the eighties movie!

[darth_timon]

His final tweet was very touching, and I can't help but wonder if he wrote it knowing he didn't have long left, but didn't want to scare or upset fans by saying farewell, so instead he left us with a lovely thought.

[Oskuro]

As I've read somewhere online: "I wish I was Vulcan so I could suppress my feelings about the passing of Leonard Nimoy"

[Imperial528]

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[Darth Nostril]

Suppressing feelings is a bad idea so I'm going to grab a bottle of wine, watch Wrath of Khan and cry like a little girl whose favourite pony just got run over.

[Batman]

A great man has left this world today, hopefully for a better one. He will be missed.

Rest in peace, Leonard Nimoy. Thank you for bringing joy to my life.

[Flagg]

Don't smoke.

[Moonshadow]

Rest in Piece legendary actor.

[Executor32]

Godspeed, Mr. Nimoy. I have been—and always shall be—your fan.

[Channel72]

Loss of life is to be mourned, but only if the life was wasted.

--Spock

[Lord Revan]

This is indeed sad news, however as others have pointed out he did indeed live long and prosper. May he keep on living in our memories of him and his work.

[Terralthra]

"Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human."

[TimothyC]

RIP

[Guardsman Bass]

Sorry to hear that. He was memorable in everything I saw him in, Star Trek or not.

Saw this on Twitter about it. Make me sad and nostalgic.

[Sea Skimmer]

RIP. I'm glad he stuck around long enough to take part in new Trek becoming if not exactly good, at least far better then crap that had been coming.

[K. A. Pital]

He lived long... And prospered! RIP.

[TOSDOC]

I remember watching the old In Search Of episodes with him when I was a kid, making that Simpsons episode hilarious. Seeing him in Them! and Invasion of the Body Snatchers was an eye-opener for his roles so different from Spock, and directing well received movies like Three Men and a Baby and Star Trek IV revealed yet another talent. I shall miss him. RIP Leonard Nimoy, and thank you.

[The Romulan Republic]

An amusing Canadian tribute to Nimoy and Spock:

It turns out there's not a lot of logic after all in the belief that it's against the law to Vulcanize Wilfrid Laurier's likeness on the $5 bill.

Leonard Nimoy remembered by Canadians who 'Spock' $5 bills

The death of Leonard Nimoy last week inspired people to post photos of marked-up banknotes on social media that show the former prime minister transformed to look like Spock, Nimoy's famous Star Trek character.

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The death of Leonard Nimoy last week inspired people to post photos of marked-up banknotes on social media that show the former prime minister transformed to look like Spock, Nimoy's famous Star Trek character. (Design Canada/Twitter)

For years, Canadians have been wielding pens to draw Spock's pointy Vulcan ears, sharp eyebrows and signature bowl haircut on the fiver's image of Laurier.

Contrary to what many believe, the Bank of Canada said Monday it's not illegal to deface or even mutilate banknotes, although there are laws that prohibit reproducing both sides of a current bill electronically.

Nonetheless, bank spokeswoman Josianne Menard pointed out there are reasons to resist the urge to scribble on bills.

"The Bank of Canada feels that writing and markings on bank notes are inappropriate as they are a symbol of our country and a source of national pride," Menard wrote in an email.

Long life and prosperity might also take a hit: Menard said disfigured bills may not circulate for as long and risk being rejected by retailers.

Star Trek fans fondly remember Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
Following Nimoy's death Friday, social media users posted their own versions of Laurier's Vulcan makeover to honour the actor.

"Spock your $5 bills for Leonard Nimoy," a group called the Canadian Design Resource tweeted alongside its depiction.

The online images of the altered bills circulated widely and attracted international media attention to something many Canadians were already familiar with.

It wasn't exactly a place that no Canadian had boldly gone before.

Calgary artist Tom Bagley, who posted his own Spock-Laurier hybrid on Facebook and Flickr after Nimoy's death, described it as an old bar trick to impress the waitress

Spock's ears: A signature — and a burden — for Leonard Nimoy
He compared it to folding the $20 bill along the Queen's face to make her smile or frown.

Bagley said he had no concerns about any potential legal issues over defacing the banknote. Besides, he said, he drew his with a pencil crayon, which can be erased.

"I don't know anyone that's gone to jail for it," he said in an interview.

"I always thought it was OK as long as the numbers were intact — it still counted as money. That's what I heard. Because stuff happens, like say you spill spaghetti sauce all over it or something like that."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/spocking-la ... -1.2978860

[bobalot]

A sad day. RIP.

[Broomstick]

I keep hearing more and more classy stuff about this guy: Nimoy demanded equal pay for Nichols.

For a little background - at the time it was perfectly legal in the US to pay either black people or women less for doing exactly the same work as a white man, and many saw nothing wrong with that. Nichelle Nichols, being both, was in a particularly bad spot with regard to this. Nimoy demanded she get equal pay.

He also demanded that Nichols and Takei voice their characters on the animated series or he wouldn't do Spock for it.

What a classy guy.

[amigocabal]

I keep hearing more and more classy stuff about this guy: Nimoy demanded equal pay for Nichols.

For a little background - at the time it was perfectly legal in the US to pay either black people or women less for doing exactly the same work as a white man, and many saw nothing wrong with that. Nichelle Nichols, being both, was in a particularly bad spot with regard to this. Nimoy demanded she get equal pay.

He also demanded that Nichols and Takei voice their characters on the animated series or he wouldn't do Spock for it.

What a classy guy.

Yes, but equal pay in comparison to whom? Certainly not with himself or Shatner, whose work was clearly different. Maybe with Kelley or Doohan?

[Lord Revan]

I keep hearing more and more classy stuff about this guy: Nimoy demanded equal pay for Nichols.

For a little background - at the time it was perfectly legal in the US to pay either black people or women less for doing exactly the same work as a white man, and many saw nothing wrong with that. Nichelle Nichols, being both, was in a particularly bad spot with regard to this. Nimoy demanded she get equal pay.

He also demanded that Nichols and Takei voice their characters on the animated series or he wouldn't do Spock for it.

What a classy guy.

Yes, but equal pay in comparison to whom? Certainly not with himself or Shatner, whose work was clearly different. Maybe with Kelley or Doohan?

I assume it was equal to a white man doing a similar job as Nichols did.