tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post7007852554824104536..comments2024-03-20T14:47:34.192-07:00Comments on Reading the Washington Landscape: Remembering "Live long and prosper"Dan McShanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17044037213245602667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188642669907788257.post-91388032713114400922015-02-28T22:35:41.507-08:002015-02-28T22:35:41.507-08:00It's been fairly stock in pop culture to smirk...It's been fairly stock in pop culture to smirk about Nimoy's career, but the objective truth is that he gave us a character of Shakespearean proportions. If it's true that he wasn't working working alone (he had the cooperation and support of writers and directors), it's also true that it's hard to imagine the fully-fleshed Spock, with his multiple layers of soul and symbolism intact, played by anyone else. <br /><br />You have only to observe Zachary Quinto in the same role to see it. I don't want to touch off an intergenerational war, but Quinto's Spock (though competent and watchable in context) is a pale reflection of Nimoy's. He just doesn't have the reach. <br /><br />Nimoy gave us that. It's his Spock we'll still be referring to in a hundred years. <br /><br />Robin<br />Rusty Ring: Reflections of an Old-Timey HermitRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08522501894058291952noreply@blogger.com