Spock, as seen in the most recent Star Trek movie, looks to have been more faithful to Gene Roddenberry’s original vision of the Vulcan science officer than we may have expected.
Gene Roddenberry, who was behind the cult TV show, said he deliberately gave the half-Vulcan character a “slight look of the devil.” “I thought that [...]
Mr Spock a sex symbol? Is that logical?
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 17 July, 2009 to the movies subset
Did the Beastie Boys invent the Vulcan nerve pinch?
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 19 May, 2009 to the comment subset
I somehow doubt that the Beastie Boys “invented” the Vulcan nerve pinch but James Furbush’s case for the affirmative makes for great reading nonetheless (minor Star Trek movie spoiler):
Let’s assume for a moment that Mr. Spock was in the library or grabbing a sandwich in between classes. Someone is bumping the song on their fancy [...]
Live long and do not become typecast, Mr Spock
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 7 April, 2009 to the movies subset
Zachary Quinto seems to have some of the same reservations playing the role of Star Trek’s Mr Spock, as did the original actor, Leonard Nimoy.
“Having to shave [the eyebrows] every day, having my hair in this horrible bowl cut, I felt sort of alienated from myself and alienated from other people,” Quinto says. “I never [...]
The fascinating case of Mr Spock and alien DNA
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 18 February, 2009 to the comment subset
The best science fiction stories are the ones that put science in the backseat. So what if that still doesn’t explain how Star Trek’s Mr Spock comes to be…
Humans don’t even interbreed with other species here on earth. Our DNA is simply too different from other species to allow such a mating to produce offspring. [...]
