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Live Long and Prosper

posted 9 years ago by treeseed-84358
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At the very end when all the young people come spilling out of the city and surround Old Man the people reach out to touch him and there is a scene showing many hands of the people in the crowd. There is a close-up of a man's hand that forms the classic Star Trek Spock gesture of Live Long and Prosper. I have to assume this was a deliberate nod to Star Trek and is meant to suggest that the newly liberated populace will go on to "live long and prosper." Did others notice this? I have not read anything where it was mentioned. Is anything known about who decided to include this? Was it spontaneous by the actor?

[–] garyleigh-661-284912 9 years ago

Did others notice this? Yes, it's in the "Trivia" section.

[–] d-stiglitzz 9 years ago

Live long and prosper ...

I think they would must likely starve and go exctinct. :D

The old man is telling them how all the mice have gone and there haven't been any fish for a long time and so on, so the food was scarce to say the least.

The ending depressed me when I realized this.

[–] Thomas_Dachsel 9 years ago

There is actually an email on some blogspot web site by one Adam Wyse who claims to have been the "Vulcan Hand salute kid" and tells a little bit about how he got to be an extra on the movie. He tells that he was mainly trying to find a way to spot himself in the crowd later on. So probably the Vulcan salute was in no way intentional by the director or producer of the movie, but just a fluke by an unnamed extra that managed to sneak through.

[–] treeseed-84358 9 years ago

Thanks, Thomas! That's interesting. Way to seize the fleeting moment of fame, Adam Wyse. LOL.