and Sarek, in that episode, gives a lovely portrayal of rather proper Vulcan-ness, from proper social shunning (of Spock) to proper patent dislike (of the Tellarite ambassador) to proper deep love (of Amanda) to proper, well, spoiler. Sarek was 102 in this episode, so slightly older than middle-aged.
Tuvok, on Voyager, was a rather smashingly good Vulcan as well, in, I think, his mid-80s?
Nimoy's portrayal of Spock changed over the years; older Spock's face is less mobile and expressive generally, but can convey entire novels with slight changes in the mouth and eyebrows. Younger Spock was much more prone to facial expressions that border on full-on smiles, etc. The only episode with other Vulcans about his age in it is "Amok Time", the pon farr episode, and at least one of the other young men has nearly his level of facial expression in it (although Spock's wife has remarkable facial control).
My theory, which is mine, is that younger Vulcans generally have less control over their outward expressions, probably due to still-imperfect emotional control. As Spock aged, he blathered less about logic and unemotionalism, seemed reasonably comfortable discussing his feelings even with his father (going so far as to call his crewmates "friends"), but also was much more in control of his expressions and body language generally. It was an interesting progression.
Oh! Oh! You have to see "Mirror, Mirror"! Unemotional MURDEROUS Vulcans! Yay!
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Tuvok, on Voyager, was a rather smashingly good Vulcan as well, in, I think, his mid-80s?
Nimoy's portrayal of Spock changed over the years; older Spock's face is less mobile and expressive generally, but can convey entire novels with slight changes in the mouth and eyebrows. Younger Spock was much more prone to facial expressions that border on full-on smiles, etc. The only episode with other Vulcans about his age in it is "Amok Time", the pon farr episode, and at least one of the other young men has nearly his level of facial expression in it (although Spock's wife has remarkable facial control).
My theory, which is mine, is that younger Vulcans generally have less control over their outward expressions, probably due to still-imperfect emotional control. As Spock aged, he blathered less about logic and unemotionalism, seemed reasonably comfortable discussing his feelings even with his father (going so far as to call his crewmates "friends"), but also was much more in control of his expressions and body language generally. It was an interesting progression.
Oh! Oh! You have to see "Mirror, Mirror"! Unemotional MURDEROUS Vulcans! Yay!
*flops around helplessly*
God. First fannish love. You never do recover.