Twilight_guy said:
So, his intended look failed utterly but wound up making Vulcans an icon in popular culture anyways...
Just another item to add to the list of plans that failed so miserably that they were accidentally hugely successful.
LOL I had to register just to answer to his. You obviously have no clue about Trek fandom. Since TOS began, Spock has always been the biggest male sex symbol for Trek female fans. The funny thing is that the general public apparently never realized that - as Jolene Blalock once said, they seem to think that Kirk was the main sex symbol, when it was Spock that most female fans were crushing on. The trend has only continued with the new movie. Look at any Trek-themed forum or poll - Spock has plenty of female fans and he's always winning the 'sexiest' polls.
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=100405
http://www.startrekmovie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4879
Heck, it's even on Wikipedia:
"The character Spock was at first rejected by network officials who feared his vaguely "Satanic" appearance (with pointed ears and eyebrows) might prove upsetting to some viewers. The network had even airbrushed out Spock's pointed ears and eyebrows from publicity materials sent to network affiliates. Spock however went on to become one of the most popular characters on the show, as did McCoy's impassioned country-doctor personality. Spock, in fact, became a sex symbol of sorts to many young girls[16] ? something no one connected with the show had expected. Leonard Nimoy notes that the question of Spock's extraordinary sex appeal emerged "almost any time I talked to someone in the press...I never give it a thought....to try to deal with the question of Mr. Spock as a sex symbol is silly."[17]"
The only surprise here is that this was actually INTENDED by Roddenberry. It was widely believed that this was unintentional, something that TPTB of Trek did not expect, as the Wikipedia article states.
Oh, and there are LOADS of female Star Trek fans. I'm one of them and I know many others. You need to stop relying on stereotypes. No, the majority of Trek fans aren't male nerds living in their mother's basement. Many are female nerds, many are nerds with jobs and social life, many are nerds with jobs, spouses and children - or even grandchildren.
