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On the other hand
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 Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:55 am Post subject: Leonard Nimoy is dead |
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Leonard Nimoy, best known as the logical Spock from Star Trek died in his home on Friday. He was 83.
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It would go without saying that he played one of the most iconic, and recognizable, characters in visual-media history.
Though I don't think I ever saw one full episode of the TV show he was most famous for. Saw at least one of the movies. I think the one where the character died.
I did enjoy The Good Mother, a film he directed with Liam Nieeson and Diane Keaton, about a nasty custody dispute. Deals with some pretty controverisal themes.
And, while I don't think it is widely known, he had a late-life career as an art photorgrapher, undertaking to capture the beauty of larger sized women.
The Full Body Project
(Possibly NSFW)
Anyway, cue the Live Long etc jokes. |
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yodanole
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm feeling more emotional than logical about this .... |
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maximmm
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Leonard Nimoy is dead |
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| On the other hand wrote: |
It would go without saying that he played one of the most iconic, and recognizable, characters in visual-media history.
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Really? |
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On the other hand
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:29 am Post subject: Re: Leonard Nimoy is dead |
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| maximmm wrote: |
| On the other hand wrote: |
It would go without saying that he played one of the most iconic, and recognizable, characters in visual-media history.
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Well, like I said, ONE of the most. Though I guess that allows for lot of leeway.
Certainly, one of the most recognizable in television history. And maybe I should qualify that with "...in the western world." |
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On the other hand
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| ^ One thing I could probably hold up to support my characterization is that I don't think I have ever watched a full episode of Star Trek, yet I know who the character is, and that he is half-human and half-Vulcan, and that Vulcans have green blood and no emotions. I don't think I have anywhere near the same degree of knowledge about any character on a TV show I never watched. |
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The Cosmic Hum
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:34 am Post subject: Re: Leonard Nimoy is dead |
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| maximmm wrote: |
| On the other hand wrote: |
It would go without saying that he played one of the most iconic, and recognizable, characters in visual-media history.
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In western visual-media history....yes.
Spock = Leonard Nimoy
Live long and prosper.
RIP |
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Fox
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geldedgoat
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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The comments section of this article is unsurprisingly depressing, with the heart of the message flying well above everyone's heads. I wonder if, given the opportunity to address a similarly troubled youngster in the past couple years, his response would have been the same. And if it was, would it be published with the same approval?
The "victim blaming" mantra leaves me doubtful.
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By the way, how are your daughters doing? My son turned one a little over a month ago, and the prospect of him turning into a neurotic mess with a hyphenated identity crisis is the one thing I worry about above all else. |
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Fox
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| geldedgoat wrote: |
By the way, how are your daughters doing? My son turned one a little over a month ago, and the prospect of him turning into a neurotic mess with a hyphenated identity crisis is the one thing I worry about above all else. |
Daughter and son, actually, they are fraternal twins. So far they're doing great, and have received nothing but acceptance, a trend I hope continues in general, even if there might be a rough patch here or there. I'd be lying if I said I didn't share some of your worries, though, and in fact I've been giving it a fair amount of thought just over these past few weeks. Sooner or later it's going to come up, and all I can do is try to help them become people who rise above such concerns to the extent possible. |
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geldedgoat
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
| Daughter and son, actually, they are fraternal twins. So far they're doing great, and have received nothing but acceptance, a trend I hope continues in general, even if there might be a rough patch here or there. |
Oh, I'm sorry. I wonder why I've been under the impression that you had two girls a couple years apart? Weird...
I'm glad to hear they're doing well, though. Do you have them in (or plan to, if they're not old enough yet) regular Korean school? I'd really like to move my family back to Korea at some point, but that would be at least ten years away. I don't know if transplanting a kid at the cusp of teenage angst would really be a good idea... for either him or my nerves. |
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Fox
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you have them in (or plan to, if they're not old enough yet) regular Korean school? |
They are currently in a public kindergarten. I'd like them to go all the way through the Korean educational system. I always hear about how Korean schools are too test-focused, and American schools teach "creativity" and "critical thinking" and blah blah blah, but I don't really buy it. My students here have always had plenty of creative, extra-curricular activities open to them that go well beyond testing, they just don't sacrifice academic seriousness in the bargain. Korean education through high school followed by university in the States seems best to me.
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| I'd really like to move my family back to Korea at some point, but that would be at least ten years away. I don't know if transplanting a kid at the cusp of teenage angst would really be a good idea... for either him or my nerves. |
If you could get him here while still in elementary school it would probably be fine, especially if you either tutored him or sent him to a hagwon to catch him up to his peers. |
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geldedgoat
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| Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Fox wrote: |
| I always hear about how Korean schools are too test-focused, and American schools teach "creativity" and "critical thinking" and blah blah blah, but I don't really buy it. |
Yeah, I'm not concerned about the difference between making him into a little Spock over a little Kirk, but I do worry about how alien the different cultural environment in the school may be for him. If I had the choice (and I doubt I would, given how little I hear vets in Korea make) I'd probably throw him in an international school.
I appreciate the feedback, thank you. |
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