Leonard Nimoy created Spock, including the Vulcan salute, which he adapted from a Jewish priestly blessing he saw as a child, and the nerve pinch, which he invented to avoid a scripted punch.
He published a book called I Am Not Spock and then, twenty years later, one called I Am Spock, which is the whole relationship in two titles.
He directed Star Trek III and IV, the latter being the most commercially successful of the original-cast films, and also directed Three Men and a Baby.
He was a serious photographer, published poetry, and returned to the role in the rebooted films before his death in 2015.
DeForest KelleyStar Trek: The Animated Series rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Twenty-two episodes, atrocious Filmation animation, and writing good enough that it holds up anyway. The first Star Trek to win an Emmy, and the Emmy is…
DeForest KelleyStar Trek: The Original Series rates 6 to 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale, with The Trouble with Tribbles at the top and Spock's Brain as the outlier at 1. Heavily dated, cheaply built, corny in places, and…
Christopher LloydStar Trek III: The Search for Spock is the Star Trek film that exists primarily to undo the consequences of the previous Star Trek film. Christopher Lloyd plays the Klingon commander Kruge.
DeForest KelleySowards wrote the original screenplay, with substantial uncredited revisions by Meyer. The film made approximately ninety-seven million dollars worldwide on an eleven million dollar budget.
DeForest KelleyStar Trek: The Motion Picture is the most expensive screensaver in cinema history. Paramount gave Robert Wise a budget that dwarfed the entire television.
Brooke AdamsThe 1978 Body Snatchers remake improves on the 1956 original in one key respect: it doesn't flinch at its own ending. Philip Kaufman follows the premi.
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