Comments on: Live Long and Prosper http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:29:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan Schneider http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-743 Dan Schneider Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:06:57 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-743 I know that last tv series was supposed to answer that q- but I never watched it. After all, after the first show, was any of the rest necessary? I know that last tv series was supposed to answer that q- but I never watched it. After all, after the first show, was any of the rest necessary?

]]> By: The Viscount http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-735 The Viscount Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:11:52 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-735 <em>The Vulcans had superhuman strength, were smarter, so how did the humans subdue them and make them lesser partners in the Federation?</em> I never got that impression. I think the implication is that the federation was founded by humans, but I'm certain the Vulcans didn't think of themselves as being <em>subdued.</em> God, I'm such <em>geek!</em> The Vulcans had superhuman strength, were smarter, so how did the humans subdue them and make them lesser partners in the Federation?

I never got that impression. I think the implication is that the federation was founded by humans, but I’m certain the Vulcans didn’t think of themselves as being subdued.

God, I’m such geek!

]]> By: Dan Schneider http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-731 Dan Schneider Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:46:51 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-731 Spock wa sbad ass when he went into that 7 year mating ritual- Pon Farr, or the like. The Vulcans had superhuman strength, were smarter, so how did the humans subdue them and make them lesser partners in the Federation? Spock wa sbad ass when he went into that 7 year mating ritual- Pon Farr, or the like.

The Vulcans had superhuman strength, were smarter, so how did the humans subdue them and make them lesser partners in the Federation?

]]> By: KC45s http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-725 KC45s Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:04:50 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-725 Viscount--I was pleased to read this, as I am a Spock admirer, indeed have wondered why someone hasn't started a cult based on his beliefs. (I mean, would that be stranger than some cults out there?) Thanks to TV Land's recent re-airing of the original series, I'm seeing a lot of these episodes for the first time as a mature (?) adult. To me, Spock is the real engine of the show, the one character's with reactions that are always interesting. TV history has a thousand Kirks running around, jumping through windows and chasing crooks in Grand Torinos; but Spock is really an original, for all the reasons you mention. Logic. A pacifist, yet steel-spined and aware of duty. And then he's possibly television's first vegetarian! Anyway, nice post. Viscount–I was pleased to read this, as I am a Spock admirer, indeed have wondered why someone hasn’t started a cult based on his beliefs. (I mean, would that be stranger than some cults out there?) Thanks to TV Land’s recent re-airing of the original series, I’m seeing a lot of these episodes for the first time as a mature (?) adult. To me, Spock is the real engine of the show, the one character’s with reactions that are always interesting. TV history has a thousand Kirks running around, jumping through windows and chasing crooks in Grand Torinos; but Spock is really an original, for all the reasons you mention. Logic. A pacifist, yet steel-spined and aware of duty. And then he’s possibly television’s first vegetarian!

Anyway, nice post.

]]> By: Viscount LaCarte http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-722 Viscount LaCarte Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:21:12 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-722 Kathleen: Believe me, I was <em>shocked</em> when I realized that a fictional character had such a profound effect on me. It was almost an epiphany, because while it was always there, I never really faced it. Thanks for reading! Kathleen:

Believe me, I was shocked when I realized that a fictional character had such a profound effect on me. It was almost an epiphany, because while it was always there, I never really faced it.

Thanks for reading!

]]> By: Kathleen Maher http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-721 Kathleen Maher Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:55:43 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/02/23/live-long-and-prosper/#comment-721 I really liked this, Viscount. It's not often I can understand how old TV shows have managed to effect people so profoundly that they have favorites; they think long deeply about the characters and their possible meaning as real life archetypes. I tend to recall TV as a parade of trends, jokes that were funny at the time, with occasional noticeably fine acting, directing, writing, or filming. Your recollection showed clearly how childhood heroes can help us define who we are and the paths we most wish to take. That's a first for me, so thanks. I really liked this, Viscount. It’s not often I can understand how old TV shows have managed to effect people so profoundly that they have favorites; they think long deeply about the characters and their possible meaning as real life archetypes. I tend to recall TV as a parade of trends, jokes that were funny at the time, with occasional noticeably fine acting, directing, writing, or filming. Your recollection showed clearly how childhood heroes can help us define who we are and the paths we most wish to take. That’s a first for me, so thanks.

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