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Anyone find it when Spock laugh near the end of the movie


Seems a bit out of character that's all


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That was a spontaenous blooper, which then Nimoy decided to keep in the film. When James Doohan fell into the water, the actors began to have fun and push each other down, laughingly, while the cameras were still rolling. I guess, after seeing it in the dailies, he decided to put it into the final movie.


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Spock laughs because he finally brought Both sides his human and Vulcan sides together. They survived certain death once again when they weren't sure they'd survive everything looked grim.
Losing the Enterprise and Kirk losing his son and not to mention certain Prison sentences for all of them except Spock.
Also Klingons threatening to kill Kirk "There Will be no peace as long as Kirk lives."
Surviving everything and bringing the whales back was a miracle. Spock realizes he has emotions and it's ok to show them once in a while like when you survive certain death and you're surrounded by the people you are closer to then family.
Also Spock brings his old self closer then it has been.
He finds out Logic isn't everything. And when you're friends are having fun Why not join in.

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Yeah, the guy's sacrificed his life for his ship, been resurrected, gone through years in a short time on Genesis (including pon farr), been rescued from a crumbling planet, had his soul and body reconnected, headed back to Earth to find it in serious danger, gone back in time on a near-impossible mission to save it, and found himself successful in the end. For cryin' out loud, LET HIM LAUGH! 😀

I think maybe that up to this moment, he'd been preoccupied with his re-education, and after that, with the quest for the whales. But when the probe left and they watched the whales frolicking--that was the moment that brought home to him, "I am alive, I am with my friends again, and life is good!"

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I agree! Even if it was accidental, I never, in almost 30 years, found it out of character for Spock.


RIP Leonard Nimoy...

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Especially since 5 minutes later, he tells his Vulcan dad, whose approval he always tried to win, "I feel fine".

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I always thought that Vulcans are capable of showing their emotions (they aren't exactly like Data on TNG) it's just that they disciplined themselves to keep them in check. Spock has also in the past out of the blue, dropped his calm, stoic act:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5pocMUIWwU

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It doesn't look or sound like he's laughing to me. He kind of cries out when he comes up for air and he doesn't look really happy.

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It's like when Spock let emotions get to him at the end of Amok Time. Only this time he was around an entire group who were unrestrained as well. He let it get to him. I've always imagined that as soon as they got out of the water, Spock apologized to the crew for his brief lapse into humanity, and they all had a good laugh about it, with Spock looking puzzled at them as he mentally started computing George and Gracie's chances in the 23rd century.

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