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Originally Posted by CDSmith
So many defining moments for this guy, but one my best memories occured during the initial theatre run of the first Star Trek movie. Fans had been waiting for something, anything 'Trek' for years. The place was packed. There's one point partway into the film where a small spacecraft is docking at a space station. It approaches, then it makes a cool little flip around and comes alongside the docking port. The crowd in the theatre was silent, transfixed.
And just as it did that little flip maneuver, out of the silence some guy yelled out "SPOCKKKKKK!!!!!"
Everyone broke out laughing. And cheering. And as it happened it was Spock.
It wasn't the greatest film ever made but that right there was a moment I'll never forget.
His "in search of" series was quite awesome. He was the perfect guy for it, his name alone lent an extra air of expectation to the whole thing.
To say he'll be missed just doesn't quite say it, but he will.
*Vulcan hand signs*
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I think I am one of the few who LOVE that movie (Star Trek : The Motion Picture, 1979). I think I've watched it over 100 times by now. And the spock-revealing scene you describe had the same effect on me the first time I saw it during its original run in the theatres. Yay, Spock!
Over the past 5 years or so I've been attending the Comicon shows here in Montreal and have had the chance to meet lots of Sci-Fi icons, but never got to meet Nimoy. Too bad - it would have been really nice to shake that mans hand.
RIP Leonard Nimoy.