I am going to go ahead and tell ya straight out of the gate that I am not a Star Trek fan. I tried, I really did. Most Star Wars fans when faced with the fanatical attitude of people on the other side of the science fiction fence will at least have a go at trying to understand how the hell someone could become fascinated with a television show that was cancelled....twice, only to return and make a few better-than-average films in the 80's/90's and then horse off again while some bald-headed English fella took the reigns and ran with that puppy.
However, like most people, despite not really caring for the show I always had an admiration for Spock, and the man who played him, Leonard Nemoy.
I have tried several dozen times to go back and watch the original Star Trek episodes and every time I fail to garner any sort of interest in it even though I love Sci-Fi to the point where it damages my relationships with "normal" people. I just can't get into the show. That being said, this documentary that was made by Leonard's son is a fantastic voyage where you can boldly go to experience the man who played the role that would define him as an actor and transfer over to other genres and will likely be an icon in basically everything for as long as people are making films.
For someone that is a huge Star Trek nerd the things that are revealed in this movie might not be all that surprising but for normal humans finding out that Leonard Nemoy was a dedicated actor that appeared in many other tv shows and film that were not science fiction oriented and many of which were quite mainstream such as Mission Impossible it might be a bit of a surprise.
[src](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mKjhTpaV4Wo/VPOPSJ9Pa2I/AAAAAAAABLw/O1H9nbC6IhQ/s1600/Leonard%2BNimoy.png)I also had no idea that Nimoy pursued and succeeded in an elaborate stage career that many people gave him many accolades for (this all happened after Star Trek and is explained in the film.) From the few clips of the stage performances that exist, I have to say that I am very impressed.
It is easy to understand why it is that Nimoy couldn't realistically pursue other ventures in film after absolutely nailing the role of Spock because I don't know if there has ever been a more iconic and type-cast role that has ever existed. How could he ever play anything else?
This is what the film attempt to explain and it is extremely interesting even if you are like me and wouldn't consider yourself to be a Trekkie (which I definitely am not.)
This film is a wonderful journey down memory lane to see the trials and tribulations (some tribbles too) in the life of Nimoy as far as his career is concerned. The only problem I had with the entire production is that Adam Nimoy, Leonard's son, takes every opportunity to try to make the film be about him rather than his rightfully-so famous father. He actually attempts to tarnish his late father's name by pointing out how he wasn't a good parental figure and tries at every avenue to make the film be about the lack of love that he received from his Dad rather than about his father's legacy.
This bothers me not because I am unsympathetic but because this is an obvious attempt on the part of Adam to take advantage of his father's fame to try to further his own career as a director and producer. You had a tough childhood did you? Well so did millions of other people and the only reason that we are hearing about yours is because you duped us into listening to 20 minutes of your sob story that is all predicated on the fact that your Dad, who brought you fortune that most of the world could only dream of, didn't have enough time to give you everything you wanted in life other than an easy path to fame and fortune and also the ability to make a film like this that no one would watch if you weren't related to the man.
[src](https://tribecafilm-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/article/header_marquee/4744/large_love-of-spock-cropped.jpg)There is one point in the doco that Zachary Quinto (the man who played Spock in the Star Trek remakes) is being interviewed by Adam Nimoy and Zachary is visibly uncomfortable in the interview where it becomes apparent that Adam Nimoy is trying to turn attention on himself and get emotional while talking about his father. I think most people who watched this will feel the same way.
Should I watch this?
If you have any idea who Spock is than I give this an enthusiastic "Yes" to definitely watch it. If you also want to see a son who claims to have an estranged relationship with his extremely popular father make an ass out of himself for 20 minutes of the film while trying to popularize himself you definitely should watch it.
Adam will disappear completely after this and mostly this information has probably already been available to Star Trek fans for a number of years. Adam really looked like an asshat to me where he tries constantly to make the film about him, but in the end we all know who it is about, and the memories are absolutely wonderful as are the tidbits of information that many normie people probably don't know about Leonard Nimoy.
