Spock, promises to be a welcome addition to a Trekker's library. A new book by Nimoy, the originator of the popular character Mr. In any case, Nimoy's ADR work has historically been mediocre to very bad.A disappointingly ordinary memoir by an extraordinary actor.

I have to agree completely with what others have said, too, regarding Lenny's dentition - it screwed up his mode of speech and the shape of his face, somewhat. And starting with VOYAGE HOME, Nimoy was evidently quite bored with the character, altogether. So yes, Movie Spock is played differently. STAR TREK was established and making a fuss over how Spock enunciated to convince people that he was from another planet just wasn't necessary anymore. It's atrocious! And by the time TMP came around, nobody had to work that hard anymore to 'sell' the show, as they had with the series. So, it's not like Nimoy is above a bad reading - just listen to his voice work on TAS. In the first couple of seasons of TNG, in fact, this is quite pronounced. Even Sir Patrick Stewart, who was in DUNE, EXCALIBUR and other Classic Motion Pictures before TNG - whose acting chops are most impressive - gave some very awkward readings, whenever he had to overdub himself. then again, I'm probably overanalyzing the hell out of this!Ĭhristopher is absolutely correct about Nimoy's stilted delivery on looped dialogue.

The more I think about it, the more the latter notion has some weight to it, because I remember even in the novelization Spock catches himself enjoying exchanges with the humans. Then again, it could be hinting that the old Spock is just beneath the surface all along and he slips up a little when he replies to Kirk about it being a 'logical assumption.' (it got a big laugh opening day, presumably because everybody else thought it was the old Spock coming through there.)

I always thought the 'hey that's the REAL TOS Spock' sound of his voice after the second plasma energy bolt vanishes without killing them all was a bit out of character, because that is how he should start sounding much later, after the meld. So that would suggest the mostly-cold timber is what they wanted. Well, Nimoy's looping was according to editor Todd Ramsay, something that he & Wise were very impressed by (this was either in MAKING OF ST TMP and/or Sackett's STARLOG column.)

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