Comments on: FROM OUT OF THE DARKNESS http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: JIll James http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/#comment-431 JIll James Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:57:53 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/#comment-431 I am sooo a Trekkie. LOL I always loved the Spock character as a counterpoint to Kirk. One with hidden emotions and the other with his emotions out there for all to see. My fave was the doctor who always tried to get under Spock's skin, not because he could but because he kept trying because Spock was his friend. I am sooo a Trekkie. LOL I always loved the Spock character as a counterpoint to Kirk. One with hidden emotions and the other with his emotions out there for all to see. My fave was the doctor who always tried to get under Spock’s skin, not because he could but because he kept trying because Spock was his friend.

]]> By: Misa http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/#comment-430 Misa Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:15:52 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/#comment-430 Funny that Star Trek still has such a strong following when the show itself was only on air for a few short seasons. I have always liked it, though whenever I see it now, the episodes seem so cheesy! Your description of Spock as an empty shell is right on the money. I do like him for his intellectualism. What makes it so difficult to buy into him showing brief bits of emotion, for me, is that there is no struggle. He doesn't try to let his emotions surface; nor is he trying to bury them. He is SO intellectualized that the complete lack of emotional struggle always keeps us at a distance. You're such a deep, thoughtful person, V. You pose such valid and interesting ideas in this column. Makes me think... Funny that Star Trek still has such a strong following when the show itself was only on air for a few short seasons. I have always liked it, though whenever I see it now, the episodes seem so cheesy! Your description of Spock as an empty shell is right on the money. I do like him for his intellectualism. What makes it so difficult to buy into him showing brief bits of emotion, for me, is that there is no struggle. He doesn’t try to let his emotions surface; nor is he trying to bury them. He is SO intellectualized that the complete lack of emotional struggle always keeps us at a distance.

You’re such a deep, thoughtful person, V. You pose such valid and interesting ideas in this column. Makes me think…

]]> By: Lee http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/#comment-428 Lee Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:47:33 +0000 http://chasingheroes.com/from-out-of-the-darkness/#comment-428 I don’t consider myself a Trekie, but I did watch the show faithfully. I also followed the spins off diligently. But as for Spock, I think what made him such an anomaly in the world of Sci-Fi, was the originality of his character. When Star Trek first aired, I was in my teens, and couldn’t imagine going through life without feeling both sorrow and joy. It was what made us grow and grow-up. I felt sorry for the character. I wanted Spock to be happy, because everyone deserved a little happiness. But I have to agree, when Spock fell off the Spock wagon, it seemed unnatural, because what we had come to expect from his blank stone expressions. His emotions were strange, and yes, even creepy and fake when he smiled. I was a big fan of the Klingons. Yes, the biker boys of the Universe. Their emotions went from nasty, to deep and dark. They never smiled and on a good day to die were at their happiest. I suppose there is some kind of mental short-comings that afflicted me during this time in my life to find them even remotely interesting. I think it’s my attraction to the dark and damaged hero. Star Trek offered up a whole society of the personality. I don’t consider myself a Trekie, but I did watch the show faithfully. I also followed the spins off diligently. But as for Spock, I think what made him such an anomaly in the world of Sci-Fi, was the originality of his character. When Star Trek first aired, I was in my teens, and couldn’t imagine going through life without feeling both sorrow and joy. It was what made us grow and grow-up. I felt sorry for the character. I wanted Spock to be happy, because everyone deserved a little happiness. But I have to agree, when Spock fell off the Spock wagon, it seemed unnatural, because what we had come to expect from his blank stone expressions. His emotions were strange, and yes, even creepy and fake when he smiled.
I was a big fan of the Klingons. Yes, the biker boys of the Universe. Their emotions went from nasty, to deep and dark. They never smiled and on a good day to die were at their happiest. I suppose there is some kind of mental short-comings that afflicted me during this time in my life to find them even remotely interesting. I think it’s my attraction to the dark and damaged hero. Star Trek offered up a whole society of the personality.

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