Posted on 06/22/2010 3:20:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Leonard Nimoy spoke to citizens of Vulcan, Canada at an event for the world's most famous Vulcan. "I figured it was time to come home," Leonard Nimoy said.
This Canadian small town has been obsessed about all things "Star Trek" for as long as anyone here can remember, but denizens always felt something -- or someone -- was missing. Until recently.
Leonard Nimoy, who will forever be Mr. Spock from the 1960s TV series, finally fulfilled the dreams of the farming community that shares the name of the character's home planet by paying a visit.
His remarks to Vulcanites, many decked out in their homemade "Star Trek" uniforms, were, well, logical.
"I have been a Vulcan for 44 years -- I figured it was time I came home," the 79-year-old actor said to wild cheers at an April ceremony at the center of the town.
Vulcan, a community of 2,000 people about 62 miles southeast of Calgary, has for years identified with the legendary sci-fi TV show. It has become a tourist draw, especially for hard-core Trekkies.
There is a model of the USS Enterprise space ship at the turnoff from the highway. Pictures of Spock as well as space scenes adorn buildings downtown. Town officials look for any opportunity to put on their uniforms and pointy ears.
The annual summer fair is known as Spock Days.
The town council had tried for years to attract Nimoy, who played the half-Vulcan, half-human first officer known for his logical solutions to crises facing Capt. James Kirk, played by William Shatner, and his crew.
Nimoy didn't stay long, but for Vulcan, the visit topped all. Locals called it "the Holy Grail moment."
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Isn’t Vulcan also the home of the legendary Sutter family?
Finally, the rubber meets the road...
“Fascinating.” /V
Logical choice.
I think what truly appealed to so many about the original Star Trek was a combination of things not often mentioned. Things that made it special as a TV show.
To start with, it wasn’t just science fiction, though several major sci-fi authors contributed episodes. It was science fiction with the style of futurism. Style and design were having a renaissance at the time, and these fashions showed an artistry that is sadly lacking today.
If you look at those episodes, especially the women’s clothing and hair styles, the gizmos, even the art and sculpture, the backdrops, all of it were things people wanted to see and places where they wanted to go.
While what most people notice is the sledgehammer liberal morality plays, which while at the time were novel ideas to Hollywood, if not the rest of America, even today they serve as a retrospective of how they saw America at the time.
Importantly, what they presented were also stage plays. Stage acting played with the intensity of Shakespeare—even referencing it at times. This is very different to television acting as it is today, even down to the makeup.
Only then, finally, comes the science fiction. In its own right, it created a generation of engineers who saw space travel as “just around the corner”, instead of some magical and improbable fantasy, as it has regressed to, today.
They're from Viking, Alberta.
One other thing, themes from classical mythology make their way in. One very intelligent friend of mine likened Spock and McCoy as the horses of reason and emotion, that have to be balanced by the judgment of Kirk.
Hah! I’ve heard of this place. They’ve been trying for *years* to get Nimoy to visit. Kudos that they finally got him there! What a hoot.
I thought they blew up Vulcan for a cheap plotline?
I’m tired of his half-breed interference, ya hear me?
An excellant summary. As corny in effects and story by todays standards, this is the litmus test.
Our dreams in that era were to reach the stars. We, as a nation, were one with that ideal.
Political ideaoligy nowadays has pushed that aside. We no longer shoot for the stars.
The morality of the times were also prevelent. A lost cause presently.
Obscenity is the norm and moral character is forgotten.
Kirk Spock and McCoy representented the BEST of that time. We need them now more than ever.
I figured it was time for him to apologize for that song about Bilbo Baggins.
I like Star Trek.
Say Joe, do you really have four identities here? Not that it really matters, but it must be fun to talk to yourself at times. Ha ha!! The battle of the 1000-word wielders.
I like turtles.
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