Celebrity RIP Thread

Bagheera · Postby **Bagheera** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:28 pm

Reichu wrote:Vulcans do not LACK emotion; they simply train themselves to suppress emotion. Spock is not a full-blooded Vulcan, either, and his life constituted an ongoing struggle to find an identity for himself between seemingly polar extremes (humans embrace emotion, Vulcans do not). He's a rightfully beloved character. Check out some of Nimoy's work if you have the time.

Sad to see Nimoy go, but I can't say TOS cast deaths are altogether unexpected at this point. I guess statistically, Nichols is likely to be the last one standing.

I will bawl like a baby when Takei goes. I hope that doesn't happen for awhile.

Fireball · Postby **Fireball** » Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:27 pm

Farewell Spock

\V/

Postby **Monk Ed** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:03 am

Fireball wrote:Farewell Spock

\V/

Shouldn't that be:

\\V//

Aiko Heiwa · Postby **Aiko Heiwa** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:14 am

RIP Leonard Nimoy. :(

child of Lilith · Postby **child of Lilith** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 1:53 am

Goodbye, Leonard Nimoy. You will be missed.

SPOILER: Show

Postby **UrsusArctos** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:16 am

Monk Ed wrote:Shouldn't that be:

\\V//

That depends on whether you count the slashes as fingers or as the gaps between them, so both \V/ and \\V// are accurate. There's also \V/_ for the thumb.

And another variant of my creation -

\\V//
|= |//

It's more than a touch disturbing to give the classic Vulcan salute when its creator is dead. The greeting accompanying it was "Live long and prosper", after all.

Guy Nacks · Postby **Guy Nacks** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:59 am

UrsusArctos wrote:
It's more than a touch disturbing to give the classic Vulcan salute when its creator is dead. The greeting accompanying it was "Live long and prosper", after all.

But he did both of those.

Fireball · Postby **Fireball** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:14 am

oh Ursus

Bagheera · Postby **Bagheera** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:44 am

UrsusArctos wrote:It's more than a touch disturbing to give the classic Vulcan salute when its creator is dead. The greeting accompanying it was "Live long and prosper", after all.

It's based on an established Jewish blessing, so . . .

Postby **UrsusArctos** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:44 am

Guy Nacks wrote:But he did both of those.

Absolutely, yes, and logically one would assume that the Vulcan salute continue to be given to honor the soundness of its creator's philosophy. Emotionally, it hurts to think he is no longer alive.

Fireball wrote:oh Ursus

...what?

Fireball · Postby **Fireball** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:15 am

I don't even know what to say. Here is Monk who is going fussy over ascii and then you finding it disturbing that people pay their respect through the sign said person made popular in the first place. Not to mention when Spock died he did the same. I'm sure Nimoy wouldn't mind at all.

Postby **UrsusArctos** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:24 am

He wouldn't mind - I was just thinking about it personally. Nimoy's very last tweet included "LLAP" after all.

_\\//

Vinyl collection at Discogs · Postby **Ornette** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 12:09 pm

All his tweets included LLAP.

Trajan · Postby **Trajan** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 3:59 pm

It really is sad news. Both my father and uncle are huge trekkies, so they're probably both feeling really depressed right now.

TehDonutKing · Postby **TehDonutKing** » Sun Mar 01, 2015 9:38 pm

Reichu wrote:Vulcans do not LACK emotion; they simply train themselves to suppress emotion. Spock is not a full-blooded Vulcan, either, and his life constituted an ongoing struggle to find an identity for himself between seemingly polar extremes (humans embrace emotion, Vulcans do not). He's a rightfully beloved character. Check out some of Nimoy's work if you have the time.

Sad to see Nimoy go, but I can't say TOS cast deaths are altogether unexpected at this point. I guess statistically, Nichols is likely to be the last one standing.

This is why i love Reichu. :asuka_thumbsup:

Postby **thewayneiac** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 10:19 am

And what could be a greater tribute to Nimoy than this?

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU[/url]

Postby **pwhodges** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:37 am

Terry Pratchett - defying dementia for so long; but no longer.

[url]http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/12/8199805/terry-pratchett-is-dead-at-66[/url]

His death was not an assisted suicide, although he campaigned for the acceptance of that route.

Squigsquasher · Postby **Squigsquasher** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:44 am

Heard about it on the radio just now actually. A real shame- the Discworld series are some of my favourite books of all time.

soul.assassin · Postby **soul.assassin** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:08 am

Fuck.

Excuse me, but I'll really need a stiff one.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/terry-pratchett-angry-not-jolly-neil-gaiman

BTW, he, of all things, helped created the popular Skyrim mod Vilja by scripting some parts of it personally.

Postby **pwhodges** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:37 am

Yoshihiro Tatsumi

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