Ethan Peck's Spock
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Now, now, let's keep the slash fiction out of this.
Saavik went in for a refit.
It was the Augment Virus, because it's always the Augment Virus.
Apparently, yes. Or the fact that Commodore Wesley looks just like Security Officer Giotto. Must be related!
Sisko's dad is the grandson of Admiral Cartwright, as I've outlined elsewhere. Why they look alike is simple, Cartwright's son and his wife were unable to conceive children, so they just cloned his dad.
Twin brothers. Giotto used his mother's maiden name so that people wouldn't think he was getting any benefits from his brother being this big-time Commodore.
But we have several snippets of Spock's life before and after TOS: including being bullied in TAS's "Yesteryear" (and several are line-by-line replays in the 2009 movie), his delivery of lines in "The Cage", his scenes with Number One in "Short Treks: Q&A", and then his failed attempt at Kolinahr in TMP, and his attitude to humans when he arrives on the Enterprise. In each case, he shows a varying balance of human vs Vulcan traits. And then he goes through death, resurrection, the Fal Tor Pan and retraining of his mind.
He is speaking to Data after decades of his own evolving demeanour. It is way more complex than he can sum up in a few sentences.
Since Peck is building from Spock's specific "The Cage" performance, I think he does well.
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With the exception of Q&A, Peck's Spock has been after The Cage Spock. He should be bridging the gap between The Cage and WNMHGB. Two vastly different portrayals. Perhaps that is what SNW will contend with.
His whole timeline was a different tone. Of course he will be slightly different.
Still felt to me like it was just used to get some OMG moments
Exactly the premise of the whole Kelvinverse.
Which begs the question of plausible threshold. Okay, Spock could become the most charismatic used car or circus ticket salesman, since PT Barnum in over a hundred years and Sarek probably couldn't. Or the biggest mass murderer. Mickey from Doctor Who became a different personality type altogether and only because he saw a robot in the shape of a dog give him the notion. It's all a bit rough around the edges in terms of being able to swallow it.
As for acting, of the two so far*, Quinto and Peck were both good. Just Quinto had the better dialogue and story, IMHO.
* what, you don't think that there won't be a dozen actors playing Spock by the time 2050 arrives?
Which begs the question of plausible threshold. Okay, Spock could become the most charismatic used car or circus ticket salesman, since PT Barnum in over a hundred years and Sarek probably couldn't. Or the biggest mass murderer. Mickey from Doctor Who became a different personality type altogether and only because he saw a robot in the shape of a dog give him the notion. It's all a bit rough around the edges in terms of being able to swallow it.
As for acting, of the two so far*, Quinto and Peck were both good. Just Quinto had the better dialogue and story, IMHO.
* what, you don't think that there won't be a dozen actors playing Spock by the time 2050 arrives?
Quinto is one of the main stars of his movies. His stories are more fleshed out for that reason. Peck is supporting the main star in discovery. His stories are more limited.
Not only do I think that but I welcome it.
* what, you don't think that there won't be a dozen actors playing Spock by the time 2050 arrives?
Spock actors:
1. Leonard Nimoy
2. Billy Simpson
3. Carl Steven
4. Vadia Potenza
5. Stephen Manley
6. Joe W. Davis
7. Frank Welker
8. Uncredited infant
9. Carey Scott
10. Jenna Vaughn
11. Jacob Kogan
12. Zachary Quinto
13. Liam Hughes
14. Ethan Peck
Quinto was the 12th Spock. We're up to 14 now.
We finally got the regeneration cycle
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