We’re trying not to get emotional about this.Screenshot: YouTube
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is getting a piece of pop cultural history that will surely make sci-fi fans turn “dancing Orion girl” green with envy: A pair of the late Leonard Nimoy’s pointy prosthetic Vulcan ears from Star Trek—a most logical move if there ever was one.
According to a statement from his son, Adam, Nimoy took the props upon completing the original television series run as a keepsake. “Mounted in a black box, those ears have been in our family for over fifty years as a tribute to Dad’s outstanding performances as Mr. Spock,” explains Son of Spock, adding that, “The donation honors Beit T’Shuvah and the Leonard Nimoy COPD Research Fund at UCLA. Two organizations supported by our family and dedicated to the Vulcan salutation of long life and prosperity.”
It’s an undoubtedly fitting addition to the museum, but we gotta say… they don’t exactly elicit the same emotional punch when they’re detached from a human being. Or, at least, a human being playing a Vulcan alien. Either way, those rubber ears definitely look way better when glued to an actor than they do when creepily mounted in a shadow box like some Predator hunting trophy.
So! It stands to reason that there could be a scenario out there in which Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and/or Jean-Luc Piccard are forced to fend off hordes of Xenomorph spawn while dodging Predator laser cannon blasts… God that sounds so badass. How the hell did that comic get cancelled in the first place? Highly illogical.
