Wideo Wednesday” Leonard Nimoy in Bonanza Under Attack (1995)

Posted on March 9, 2016 | 2 comments

On Monday I featured photos of Leonard in Catlow and Bonanza Under Attack (1995)  I found the video of the Bonanza movie!    So glad he got to do another western at this stage in his career :-).  Enjoy!

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My Weekly Spock: Western Wulcan

Posted on March 7, 2016 | 1 comment

Seemed like a good time to bring out some Western shots of Leonard in two of his best westerns, Catlow (1971) as bounty hunter Miller, and the NBC movie, Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)  where Leonard played  reformed outlaw Frank James who helps the progeny of the Cartwright family fight an unscrupulous Pinkerton detective.   I’ve seen Catlow, but never the Bonanza one, hope to find it soon.

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The merciless Miller in Catlow (1971)

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with Erika Lopez in Catlow (1971)

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Ouch.

With Brian Lechner in Bonanza: Under Attack (1995)

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FArF: Uhura by Pocketuti

Posted on March 4, 2016 | 4 comments

In honor of Women’s History Month, I can’t think of a better way to start than with this First Lady of Star Trek — Uhura!  I love this pen work by pocketuti!  Her eyes, the serene smile, perfection! ❤ (and pen is hard to draw with)  The artist does many wonderful face portraits, check her out here.

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Wideo Wednesday: Andy Griffith meets Star Trek (MeTV)

Posted on March 2, 2016 | 7 comments

I love this promo for The Andy Griffith Show and Star Trek for MeTV!  (Unfortunately I don’t get that channel!)

But I can’t quite tell what Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) is saying–Anyone?

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Woody, Buzz, and Memorial Oscar Tribute to Leonard

Posted on March 1, 2016 | Leave a comment

If you stayed up late enough to see the Memorials on this years Oscars, I’m sure you were pleased to see Leonard featured there, and they saved him for last  🙂 .   It was a quiet tribute with David Grohl playing a beautiful acoustic version of “BlackBird”.  They chose one of my favorite pictures of Leonard, too.  You can see the video here.

However, this wasn’t the only  nod to Nimoy in the broadcast; when best animated feature was ‘announced’ by Woody and Buzz from Toy Story, the pre-created animation for the segment had Woody giving the Vulcan Peace Sign as he mocked Buzz. It was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, but I caught it on freeze-frame!  Nice touch.

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Happy Leap Day!

Posted on February 29, 2016 | 2 comments

Today is February 29th! Only comes every 4 years — so make the most of your extra day! Poor Spock has found his way onto a planet of giant furniture and cats! (I took this action picture of my sister’s cat Chester in January!)

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My Weekly Spock – Tuxedo Junction

Posted on February 29, 2016 | Leave a comment

Last night was the Oscars, and in awards season, it was always nice to see Leonard in a Tux!  I don’t know who made the Spock mash-up, but it works!      😉  Also including here an video of Leonard talking about being nominated for an Emmy and how Sci-Fi is rarely respected in the awards column.  A shame he never did get an Emmy for Spock, although he was nominated for all three seasons.  I bet if Trek went on, he would have kept on being nominated, but I doubt the Emmy’s would have recognized his brilliance   😦  He’ll always be a winner to me!

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I Finally Wept – A Year Later. Remembering Leonard

Posted on February 27, 2016 | 17 comments
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A beautiful portrait of Leonard in the “Vincent” years.

One year ago today, when Leonard Nimoy passed away from end-stage COPD, I sat back and reflected on how this wonderful actor affected the lives and joys of so many people around the world, and how he’d be sorely missed.  I wrote this remembrance, and noted there that although I was saddened, I didn’t actually weep tears over his passing.

Well, it only took nearly a year, but it finally happened.  It didn’t last long, but it felt good to get it out at last.  It started a few weeks ago when I was surfing for more material to use here when I came across many posts about Trek‘s upcoming 50th anniversary.  I could see that Shatner and others were gearing up for the event, and realizing that Leonard isn’t here for the celebration he so richly deserved just hit me in the heart, and to my surprise, the tears flowed.  Damn, I thought this is so unfair!  The one person who to me was Star Trek isn’t here to enjoy the celebration.  It made me wish so hard that he could have made it through to the anniversary, or at least to his next birthday, but it was too late.

In the end, I know that disease knows no date, nor age, nor celebrity.  And a condition as harsh as COPD is so awfully hard to live with, especially in the end.  If Mr. Nimoy had survived his (suspected) heart attack and deteriorating health up to the time of the anniversary, he may not have been up to much of a celebration anyway. (Although I’m sure he would have been very happy with it).

I dried my tears and sighed. But I took comfort in knowing his family was with him, and from this;  Leonard had actually had made it to the 50th anniversary of the first time he played Spock in 1964, and I’m sure he was proud of that achievement.  I had noted that milestone here, and I’m glad I did.  Leonard was well aware of the coming Trek anniversary, and I’m sure he would have loved to be part of it.  But I also know he was happy with the love and support he received from all over the world as he lived, and weren’t we lucky for his existence?

Rest in Peace, Mr. Nimoy.  We’ll never forget you. ❤

 

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FArF: The Tastiest of Nimoy Sunset Pie

Posted on February 26, 2016 | 1 comment

On Tumblr, there has been a wonderfully eccentric blog called “Nimoy Sunset Pie“, which ran from 2010-2013.  In this gallery the artist combined three of their favorite things: Sunsets, Pie, and Leonard Nimoy, and has given us a delightful mixture of  sweet and Spock!   As we approach the sad anniversary of Nimoy’s passing, it seems appropriate to send him off into the most lovable of sunsets.

Who’d have known Spock was so addicted to pie?   Here’s just a ‘taste’ of this brilliant deliciousness — I added my own at the bottom.   Enjoy, and have a sweet weekend.  ❤

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Piecorder!

My God, it's full of Pies!

My God, it’s full of Pies!

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Did Someone Say Pie?

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Affinity for Cherry…

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The 40 Year-Old Pie Eater

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Pie In the Sky

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Let’s Get it On!

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The Vulcan Lime Tango

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My creation, made last May.

 

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The Final Poster! #79 ‘Turnabout Intruder’

Posted on February 24, 2016 | 5 comments

Well, I did it!  After 5 years of creating, I finally finished all 79 posters in my Trek Episode Series!  At first, because it was the final episode,  I was going to add as many of the characters as I could for the sake of posterity.  But then, as much as I love the whole Enterprise crew, the real story here is between Kirk and Lester, and it just fell into place. Notice how the title mimics the female form!  It seemed fitting that the final episode’s tag line dovetail with the first episode we saw Kirk in: Where No Man Has Gone Before.   And one can only wonder, if the original series wasn’t canceled, how we would have seen Uhura, Chapel, and many other female character evolve in the writing during the budding Feminist movement.  I’m sure fan fiction and countless novels picked up the torch here, but there will always be room for more!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this series of  movie-style-inspired posters of the Original Series episodes.  I really delighted in creating them, even when it was an episode I didn’t like,  and it was fun to give them the thrilling mystery of the weekly serials.  What a ride!

If you’ve missed any, please be sure to see all of my Star Trek Movie Poster Gallery here.  What a pleasure it’s been to make this little dream of mine come true!  The only thing that would make me happier is your feedback! Please let me know what your favorites were and why, I’d love to hear from you!

It’s a little sad to come to the end of this series, but now I’ll just have to figure out something else to do with all those wonderful stills from Trek Core!  Thanks Everyone! ❤ 😀

79 Turnabout Intruder

 

 

 

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