Concerning Spock's eyebrows... am I seeing things?

[estar9821]

Well, as any of you who have ever been in a play would know, EVERYONE wears makeup, even the guys. I've seen several Enterprise crewman wearing dark eyeshadow -- maybe dark brown or black? -- it just appears that Spock's is more pronounced.

As for the yellowish skin, I think that just has to do with the green Vulcan blood -- I've seen several Vulcans with that shade of skin.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Yeah...he was worried about shaving them. He likes his thick eyebrows. LOL.

And so do his fans. I'd love to see Quinto as Spock in a TV series, but the eyebrow-thinning notion makes me feel a bit better that it will never happen.

 

[Green Shirt]

And NOW it's bluish in Arena!!!!

Looks like Takei got the same makeup treatment in that episode. Especially noticable in the remastered version around the 7:30 mark.

 

[scotpens]

As for the yellowish skin, I think that just has to do with the green Vulcan blood -- I've seen several Vulcans with that shade of skin.

The yellowish hue was chosen because the reddish makeup originally used for Spock looked pasty and fake in black-and-white (remember that when Trek debuted, most American homes didn't have color TV). The idea of Vulcans having green blood probably came after the make-up change.

 

[Therin of Andor]

The idea of Vulcans having green blood probably came after the make-up change.

It did. But more recently, scientists announced that copper-based blood would be blue, not green.

 

[Nerys Myk]

The idea of Vulcans having green blood probably came after the make-up change.

It did. But more recently, scientists announced that copper-based blood would be blue, not green.

Science! Stop screwing with my fiction!!!

 

[GSchnitzer]

The idea of Vulcans having green blood probably came after the make-up change.

It did. But more recently, scientists announced that copper-based blood would be blue, not green.

Would be? It is!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemocyanin

 

[KJM]

The idea of Vulcans having green blood probably came after the make-up change.

It did. But more recently, scientists announced that copper-based blood would be blue, not green.

Star Trek getting something wrong? NO WAI!!1!!

 

[FormerLurker]

It will soon be announced (like in the next film) that there's something else in Vulcan blood that's yellow, and makes their blood green when it oxidizes.