I think that's why the dim lights in TWOK were a way more unforgiving than in TMP.
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I think that's why the dim lights in TWOK were a way more unforgiving than in TMP.
I thought Nimoy looked shockingly older in TMP than in the series (of course, he then proceeded to look much older from TWOK onward, as his posture deteriorated and his neck disappeared in his collar). In TMP, his harsh, craggy face was very apparent.
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I think thats why he lost some weight in the seventies. It seems he has protruding ribs here, and very thin waist.
And as he got older, he gained some weight- most remarkable it is in TFF and TNG:Unification, partially because of bad clothing.
And then he lost weight again.
I noticed that in the end of TSFS he had grey hair strands dyed red. He used to have dark brown hair, in later movies he has plain black.
And as he got older, he gained some weight- most remarkable it is in TFF and TNG:Unification, partially because of bad clothing.
And then he lost weight again.
I noticed that in the end of TSFS he had grey hair strands dyed red. He used to have dark brown hair, in later movies he has plain black.
I think it was Richard Arnold once mentioned it was a very expensive form of "hair weaving". The TV ad used to boast it was "undetectable, even underwater" and Shatner wanted to prove it.
I always wondered about Barclay. I mean his hair piece looked so horrible that for all of those TNG years I thought that it was meant to look so bad on purpose to add to his character of Barclay. Does anyone know? I read the other day that some time ago when Shatner was asked if he wore a toupee and his answer was sly but very telling. He said no I dont wear a rug as he tugged on it and then said they dont make toupees this good which I took as that he has very great plugs. Im sure i'll get made fun of when I say this, but I never knew Walter Koenig wore one until I saw him on Shatner's talk show. I got the feeling that he didnt wear it on Shatner's Raw Nerve in order to get Shatner to admit or not wear his.
I, too, noticed Nimoy's weight gain and loss. I always wondered if it had to do with him giving up smoking - I think I read that he stopped smoking during the later movies. Granted, Nimoy aged dramatically. But somehow it just contributed to the inherent dignity of the character.
I've heard De Kelley smoked a lot until he died- therefore he stayed thin all his life.
Nimoy's aging can be that dramatical because of the weight gain and loss. But he was 60 years old in TUC, and he doesnt look older than 60 there. And he had a serious drinking problem during the third season of TOS and later. Alcoholism can turn someone into a walking corpse in a short time- at least he got rid of it.
Nimoy's aging can be that dramatical because of the weight gain and loss. But he was 60 years old in TUC, and he doesnt look older than 60 there. And he had a serious drinking problem during the third season of TOS and later. Alcoholism can turn someone into a walking corpse in a short time- at least he got rid of it.
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One of the daft things (well, one of the many daft things) about the fifth film is that it's the first movie since the second one with a clean slate and no need to pick up right from the end of the previous one, but they still set it (at the very most) only a few months after The Voyage Home. Meaning even if you're being really generous, there's at most only a year between the TWOK TFF. So in Universe, it looks as if everyone's ageing really, really badly.
Shat said he was actually thinner for TMP than he ever was in his adult life. He looked great, but was living on a diet of yogurt, water and exercise. He said he was never so grumpy!
He looks nowhere near 80, even with the huge weight gain.
Agreed. I hope I'm alive. Intelligent and witty. Still working. When I'm 80. In that order. Thin? Way down the list. Oh, and no viagra needed. Move that one farther up, though. The list, I mean. And can still pee ok. And play piano. Yeah, thin is WAY down the list.
Shat said he was actually thinner for TMP than he ever was in his adult life. He looked great, but was living on a diet of yogurt, water and exercise. He said he was never so grumpy!
He looks nowhere near 80, even with the huge weight gain.
Agreed. I hope I'm alive. Intelligent and witty. Still working. When I'm 80. In that order. Thin? Way down the list. Oh, and no viagra needed. Move that one farther up, though. The list, I mean. And can still pee ok. And play piano. Yeah, thin is WAY down the list.
Thank yuh, thank yuh ver' much.
He had wantred to dispense with the rug in NSNA altogether, but the producers wouldn't have it.
Half cast of TOS wore wigs throughout the movies - De Kelley (thoughout the series and movies), Koenig (who's been bald as a coot for years), Nichols ...
He was doing some major drinking back then. I thought it was his voice, more than his face, that really suffered. Still, he looks pretty good now, with a full head of dark hair. Not sure what happened to his posture. My guess is really bad skeletal problems. In his last several appearances as Spock (TNG and the new movie) he's hobbled around terribly.
^ No, he wore one throughout the series.
John Wayne had a funny rejoinder about his toup once: a bunch of college students mockingly asked him about his topee. He responded, "oh, that's real hair. It's not mine, but it's real!"
John Wayne had a funny rejoinder about his toup once: a bunch of college students mockingly asked him about his topee. He responded, "oh, that's real hair. It's not mine, but it's real!"
I read a comic once that featured a meeting between Old Spock and Old McCoy during the TNG era.
McCoy: Spock! It's great to see you! You look... well, frankly, you look like hell. I thought Vulcans were supposed to look better at your age.
Spock: And at your age, Doctor, I understood that humans were supposed to be dead.
Actually, it looked to me like he put on weight steadily since TMP. TSFS shows him with a fuller face and when he climbs up the little cliff after killing Kruge, you can see his potbelly. His wig got higher and fuller too and looked awful in treks III, IV & V.
I saw that! Hysterical!
