Who else cried when Spock died in STII Wrath of Khan?

[Lethe]

i must admit i shed a tear

[Deja Q]

1. I still do.

[ikojo]

2. When I saw it in the theatre...I sobbed

I still cry when he dies in Khan. I couldn't imagine Trek without Spock, which seemed like a very real possibility back then.

[everythingsxen]

3. Like a baby

Not so much at his funeral as when he is standing in the radiation chamber, saves the ship and has his little soliloquy with Kirk. I bawl like a baby at that. I cry at virtually any scene that involves sacrifice.

[Nomad559]

41. The radiation chamber

Same here, that scene tears me up.

Warp Speed Scotty

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Oh yes, I sure did........

It really tore me up........:cry:

[Lautremont]

5. His cold, logical appraisal of the situation won me over.

The needs of the many, blah blah. I will admit that a single tear rolled down my cheek when ET died that same year (it was a tough year, 1982!), but before I could so much as taste the salt in my mouth, I had made a vow: As God was my witness, I would never cry again!

And I haven't.

[everythingsxen]

7. How... sad

You really should cry more often, it's good for you.

[pokerfan]

6. Would have been more meaningful

had he only stayed dead, instead of using it as a melodramatic ending and prelude to ST:III. Storing his soul in McCoy kinda cheapens the sacrifice. Still, it's the best of the ST movies.

Could have been so much more moving than Kirk's death in Generations.

"It. Was. Fun." <barf>

[everythingsxen]

8. And yey I doth decree

that Generations is an abomination unto the Lord Almighty Gene Rodenberry.

[TheBaldyMan]

17. I like them all, TNG is a bit warm and fuzzy, I thought Enterprise was A1

[Redstone]

9. Does anyone who answers in the affirmative need to get some perspective?

Not to piss on anyone's parade, but we're talking about a fictional character in a movie, after all.

Redstone

[Deja Q]

10. True, but the movie was the right mix of action and drama...

today's shows that think they are better by being all drama (and no action) only end up looking pompous.

[LeftyMom]

12. Gee, thanks.

Movies exist partly to emotionally manipulate people. It's really not a sign of some moral failing when it works. Especially in a case like this where people had a longstanding attatchment (a decade and a half when Star Trek II came out) to the character.

I cry when Spock dies. I have perspective, but I watch Star Trek to get away from the real world for a bit.

[Lautremont]

13. And we all know that events in fictional movies never trigger real

emotions...

[Lethe]

14. yeah but its Spock man

someone who a lot of us grew up with watching, and we never thought he would tragically die

[everythingsxen]

15. No, I have plenty of perspective..

However, an especially moving moment in a fictional story can still elicit a real emotional response without there being a lack of perspective. I also cry every time I hear Canon in D minor. Same with Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise. It's not lack of perspective, simply something that is triggered emotionally by sounds and concepts (like self-sacrifice of a person).

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

19. I hear ya man......

Besides, it wasn't like it was Apollo Creed....now THAT was sad.

[Robeson]

20. Wow, you sound like a Vulcan...

...such irony!

[sarge43]

31. What is the purpose then of any creative act or accomplishment if it

doesn't elicit the desired emotional response from an audience? It isn't the only goal of an artist, but it certainly is a primary one.

[Generic Brad]

11. Every damn time

I confess to seeing that scene at least 25 times.

Damn it all. I'm choking up right now just thinking about it. "You have been and always will be my friend" :cry:

[TheBaldyMan]

16. I know a guy that got kicked off a ST forum for daring to suggest

that Scotty was playing the bagpipes to drown out Spock hammering on the inside of the casket and screaming "I'm not dead, lemme out!"

[TK421]

26. .....

:spray: :rofl: :rofl:

[sarge43]

27. Had to be the same guy who wrote the script for

Galaxy Quest.

[WolverineDG]

37. There were too many ST fandom "injokes"

for the author to have not been involved someway in or with ST.

dg

[sarge43]

39. Yup. Pretty much ran them all.

"Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy."

[WolverineDG]

36. ...

:spray: :rofl:

Now THAT is funny!!!

And yes, I cried like a baby when Spock died (and also when Han Solo got frozen--giving equal time to Star Wars fans here).

dg

[Broken_Hero]

18. well...

sure...:)

[Mojambo]

21. That was a hell of a thing, when Spock died. n/t

[sarge43]

22. I teared up when Scotty played Amazing Grace on the bagpipes

Nice touch.

[hedgehog]

43. I have been trying to remember the genesis of playing

Amazing Grace on bagpipes at funerals. I think it went like this:

1. There was an odd album of bagpipe music that came out around 1980 and for some reason a single of Amazing Grace from that album hit the charts.

2. Scotty played Amazing Grace on the bagpipes in the movie.

3. Various bagpipe groups associated with police and fire departments began playing Amazing Grace at funerals, too.

I swear this is all true, but I don't think even Wikipedia would document this.

[Frank Cannon]

23. "Jim, you always have been--and always will be---my friend."

:cry: Chokes me up even now.

[UCLA02]

24. I was so weirded-out with the whole ST3 Spock puberty thing, tho...

Anyone else??

[gmoney]

25. Uh, spoiler alert, PLEASE?

Geez... I was going to get around to seeing that one day, but NOW I guess I don't have to bother.

Thanks a LOT.

:hide:

[Vidar]

28. Yeh.

[terrya]

29. I did.

And the tears didn't stop in the following scene when Admiral Kirk reconciled with his son. That also got me weepy.

[mduffy31]

30. Absolutely

Needs of the Many Outweigh............The Needs of the Few................Or the One.................

[jus_the_facts]

32. Cryin' would be an illogical response....

:evilgrin:

[Cannikin]

33. I was younger and cried like a baby. But at the end I knew he'd be back

[NewWaveChick1981]

34. When the movie first premiered, I saw it and bawled.

:cry: The next five or six times I saw it, I cried. It just makes me sad now. :P And I've seen it a brazillion times.

[azmouse]

35. Yep, and I cried when they blew up the Enterprise too!

That ship was like a member of the family!! :cry:

[Kali]

38. I cry at anything in movies. What a doofus.

[SOteric]

40. I wasn't crying. *sniff* Those were just allergies.

[hedgehog]

42. My brother cried.

But then we were at a drive-in and his young nephew (my son) spilled popcorn all over his brand new car.