Saturday, 28. February 2015
Born too late
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Actually I was thinking about not writing again, but todays happenings, or rather what happened in the last few hours, made me start over.
What happened? I think that if you are a fan of science fiction, and especially Star Trek (and I'm pretty sure that as someone who as actually reading this, you are) you most likely know already: Leonard Nimoy died today.
And it once again makes me think of how I was born too late.
Too late for all the great music (although this is rather Liz' topic), too late for the time, when a German driving licence still included motorcycles and small trucks, too late for becoming a real computer-nerd (but only being a technically skilled person instead) and of course too late to see the awesome old Star Trek movies on big screen or see one of the series' original airing (alright, I saw the first airing of Enterprise in Germany, but I don't remember most of it).
I grew up with Star Trek, but also with realizing that it is almost as old as my parents. Realizing that when it first aired they were as old as I was when I first watched. And realizing that while other kids of my age were shipping all those actors and musicians who were in the news right then, most of my 'heroes' were old enough to be my granparents, or already dead.
While I can still vaguely remember crying when I heard that James Doohan had died in the radio in 2005 (and my parents being quite puzzled why that was bothering me so much), I only learned a few years later that DeForest Kelley had aleady died long before that. And today we have to add Leonard Nimoy to that list.
While I had originally been more a fan of Scotty, occasionally relieved by Sulu, then Chekov, (then back to Scotty) and later Bones, Leonard Nimoy was actually the first of the actor's names I actually memorized. And although I would never have said that Spock was my favourite character, he somehow always was the one I most related to (although I still can't really understand why).
Through the years I've been watching Star Trek, it tought me a great many things, and often through the character of Spock. From him I learned to have faith in myself, to not care about what others thought about me and that the most logical choice was not always the best. When I had to make a decicion I often asked myself "What would ... do?" and enough the decicion I came up with I often was the one Spock had 'pointed' me to.
Maybe it was, because he showed me that if you really wanted to get somewhere, you should simply go ahead with it. Actually I don't know.
I'm not usually one to reduce an actor to a character they portrait, and I don't want to, but the character of Spock surely is part of his legacy. I think live is not only about how we live it, but also about what we leave behind, and his legacy is a good one.
He helped build up something that has changed the face of the world and affected a lot of lives, mine among them. Something that has inspired and is still inspiring a lot of people and hopefully will go on to do so in the future.
A great man has died today, but his legacy will live on in his works, and he will continue to make our lives a little brighter every time we see him on screen.
Rest in Peace - Leonard Nimoy.
What happened? I think that if you are a fan of science fiction, and especially Star Trek (and I'm pretty sure that as someone who as actually reading this, you are) you most likely know already: Leonard Nimoy died today.
And it once again makes me think of how I was born too late.
Too late for all the great music (although this is rather Liz' topic), too late for the time, when a German driving licence still included motorcycles and small trucks, too late for becoming a real computer-nerd (but only being a technically skilled person instead) and of course too late to see the awesome old Star Trek movies on big screen or see one of the series' original airing (alright, I saw the first airing of Enterprise in Germany, but I don't remember most of it).
I grew up with Star Trek, but also with realizing that it is almost as old as my parents. Realizing that when it first aired they were as old as I was when I first watched. And realizing that while other kids of my age were shipping all those actors and musicians who were in the news right then, most of my 'heroes' were old enough to be my granparents, or already dead.
While I can still vaguely remember crying when I heard that James Doohan had died in the radio in 2005 (and my parents being quite puzzled why that was bothering me so much), I only learned a few years later that DeForest Kelley had aleady died long before that. And today we have to add Leonard Nimoy to that list.
While I had originally been more a fan of Scotty, occasionally relieved by Sulu, then Chekov, (then back to Scotty) and later Bones, Leonard Nimoy was actually the first of the actor's names I actually memorized. And although I would never have said that Spock was my favourite character, he somehow always was the one I most related to (although I still can't really understand why).
Through the years I've been watching Star Trek, it tought me a great many things, and often through the character of Spock. From him I learned to have faith in myself, to not care about what others thought about me and that the most logical choice was not always the best. When I had to make a decicion I often asked myself "What would ... do?" and enough the decicion I came up with I often was the one Spock had 'pointed' me to.
Maybe it was, because he showed me that if you really wanted to get somewhere, you should simply go ahead with it. Actually I don't know.
I'm not usually one to reduce an actor to a character they portrait, and I don't want to, but the character of Spock surely is part of his legacy. I think live is not only about how we live it, but also about what we leave behind, and his legacy is a good one.
He helped build up something that has changed the face of the world and affected a lot of lives, mine among them. Something that has inspired and is still inspiring a lot of people and hopefully will go on to do so in the future.
A great man has died today, but his legacy will live on in his works, and he will continue to make our lives a little brighter every time we see him on screen.
Rest in Peace - Leonard Nimoy.
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