It was interesting listening to him talk about how he approached being a Vulcan and how much he fought to change scripts to keep Spock from becoming… this.
Indeed. I believe that's how the Vulcan neckpinch came into being. I believe Nimoy complained that Spock was supposed to knock out an enemy with a blow to the head and how primitive that was and was a waste of opportunity to give the audience more knowledge on Vulcans. And the scene was changed to Spock using intellect over brawn to disable his enemy.
There was a time when actors seemed to care about the characters they portrayed. Meanwhile Patrick Stewart doesn't and never will understand Jean Luc Picard and why fans love the character.
Vulcans have TOO MUCH emotion, that they had to take extreme measures with their cultural conditioning to prevent self-destruction
This is correct. When Spock's father started mentally breaking down the first time anyone really noticed is when he cried at Data's concert performance, and it was one tear, not an outburst. That one simple break in discipline instantly told everyone that something was wrong with the guy.
For all of Jar Jar's faults at lease he understood that aspect of Vulcans.
I'm not sure if the witches were established in one of the EU novels or the Clone Wars show. But I'm surely noticing that witches are spotlighted in the Ashoka show, Acolyte show, Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor. Probably other media I missed well. And we all know why this is happening.
I agree with Harley Quinn. Best if they just left the character as is. The need to constantly and incessantly "deconstruct" and "subvert" things is killing traditional media. Again, we all know why this is happening.