Poll Ethan Peck's Spock
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I think Peck can perform as an earlier Spock if the writing is appropriate. Does not seem enough years to go to get to TOS Spock.
How old was Leonard Nimoy when he first portrayed Spock?
The opinion on Peck seem to be universally positive. Even from the naysayers. Most that do not like SNW Spock is purely on how he is written/creative reasons. I like both versions for Spock for different reasons personally. My "favorite" would be probably somewhere in between Discovery S2and SNW.
I agree with the direction they chose in SNW but with a few reservations.
This. I'm fine with how Peck is playing the part. My quibbles with SNW's Spock are all with the writing. TOS only had Spock lose control of his emotions about once a season ("This Side of Paradise," "Amok Time," and "All Our Yesterdays," as I recall). SNW does it every other episode.
The Kelvin films made the same mistake. If you have Spock lose his emotional control too many times, it loses impact.
None of the SNW characters with TOS counterparts really resonate with me that they’re supposed to be the same people. That’s not to say that they aren’t doing a good job playing their parts for SNW. If SNW was a standalone show that was a reboot with only a superficial connection with the source material, they’d be completely fine.
Both of the above. And his soon-to-fail-without-his-knowing-it relationship with T'Pring. And maybe other things. Let's face it: he's been about as lucky on the romance front as I am (and I have 23 years on the proverbial "40-year-old virgin").
34ish, born in 1931
I'm loving Peck's Spock. He's more than a worthy successor, to play probably my favorite character in fiction.
So Ethan Peck was ~ 33-ish when he first showed up in DISCO.
So their ages were very similar between the two actors when they took up the role for Spock.
Quinto isn’t a dead ringer for Nimoy but he has that same “alien” like look/quality that Nimoy had. Peck looks more like a regular dude with pointed ears. Looks aside, I do think Peck is the better Spock.
I wasn’t a fan of the portrayal on Disco but I think he’s been good on SNW. On Disco, he came off very “try hard”. On SNW he seems more natural.
But for me the weak points are when it comes to the love story with Chapel. I am just not a fan of that overall story arc.
I do not care for the romance angle but that has nothing to do with Peck or his performance.
Yes But I always thought Nimoy looked a few years older than his age -moreso than Peck IMO.
He was a heavy smoker.
Waiting to see how he behaves by the end of SNW.
A wry smile and a snarky comment about "Earth emotions."
I think it does. Because I don’t think Peck is as good in the more lighthearted romantic stuff. The whole episode while he is “human” suffers because he plays it so over the top until the scenes where he’s with Amanda.
I’d blame the director more than the actor (relatively few actors have sufficient clout/nerve to overrule a director). I didn’t find his portrayal too “over the top” but that is a matter of opinion. However, I suspect, regardless of how well it works for any individual viewer, his choices were largely influenced by the direction he received.
