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Gulf Weekly
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gulf Weekly
In a galaxy far away
The first two episodes of the third season of sci-fi series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds are out now on Paramount+, with a weekly release scheduled until September 11. The show takes place a decade before Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS), which ran from 1966 to 1969. It follows Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), a series of fictional starships in the Star Trek franchise, as they explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy in the 23rd century. Last month, Paramount+ announced that the production is set to end with a fifth season. Series' co-creator Akiva Goldsman explained that had it not been for the studio's decision, it could have gone on forever. However, the creatives behind the show will make sure that the prequel will catch up to the original series in a way that will satisfy the fans. 'We've got to reach TOS to fulfill the promise to the fans, which was 'what happens to all these people? How do they start to become those characters we know, and what happens to the ones we don't see in canon?'' Akiva said. Meanwhile co-creator Henry Alonso Myers explained: 'We spend a lot of time for each episode trying to think of what we can have the actors try and do that they haven't got a chance to try before, so it doesn't feel like they're just showing up to do the same thing every week.'
Gizmodo
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
More (But Not All) of the Original ‘Trek' Crew Will Come to ‘Strange New Worlds'
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is uniquely situated on the Trek timeline, showing us adventures that unfurled not long before the original series. That means that there's no avoiding having some familiar character names popping up, and with that, the built-in fun of seeing, say, an iconic figure like Spock be played in a younger iteration, with Ethan Peck stepping in for Leonard Nimoy. This fun change in perspective is something fans already experienced in J.J. Abrams' alt-world Star Trek movies (featuring, for instance, Spock played by Zachary Quinto). And it's also happened in other Trek series—remember when TOS rapscallion Harry Mudd popped up on Star Trek: Discovery? But no other Paramount+ release has leaned into the refreshed nostalgia harder than Strange New Worlds, to the point that fans who've met SNW versions of Spock, Chapel, Uhura, Kirk, and Scotty are starting to wonder when the rest of the gang is going to show up. Speaking to Polygon, co-showrunner Akiva Goldsman explained that even though the show now has an endpoint in sight, he's upbeat about the trajectory it was given. '[The studio] gave us the opportunity to get up to TOS. We've got to reach TOS to fulfill the promise to the fans, which was 'What happens to all these people? How do they start to become those characters we know, and what happens to the ones we don't see in canon?'' With some key TOS legacy characters yet to appear—McCoy and Sulu especially—Goldsman teases hope but offers no guarantees. 'You will not see [all] of the original series crew before this show wraps,' he said, but did confirm to Polygon that other familiar faces will indeed turn up before SNW bids farewell. He didn't specify which ones, of course, so we'll have to wait and see. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its third season July 17 on Paramount+, with a fourth and (shortened) fifth (and final) season also on the way. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what's next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.
Medscape
6 days ago
- Health
- Medscape
Bariatric Surgery: Who's Eligible Now?
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Bariatric surgery is a powerful tool for long-term weight loss, but it requires lifelong commitment to healthy eating, physical activity, supplements, and behavior change. When should you refer for bariatric surgery? The 2019 AACE/TOS/ASMBS guidelines recommend considering surgery for individuals with a BMI over 35 and at least one obesity-related condition — like type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, or hypertension — or anyone with a BMI over also note that patients with a BMI from 30 to 34.9 and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes may be considered. The updated 2022 ASMBS guidelines recommend expanding eligibility to include a BMI over 30with weight-related conditions, especially for Asian populations who experience metabolic risk at lower most insurance plans still only cover surgery for a BMI over 35 with associated conditions or a BMI over 40. Because long-term weight loss is difficult due to biologic adaptations, I offer surgery as an option to all eligible patients so they can make an informed choice. Surgery may be especially appropriate for patients who prefer surgery over lifelong obesity medications — though they'll still need lifelong vitamin supplementation — those who have not achieved long-term success with lifestyle interventions and/or obesity medications, or those who have higher BMI, for whom obesity medications and lifestyle modifications may not be sufficient to lead to resolution of weight-related complications. Importantly, this does not have to be an either/or patients benefit from a combination of bariatric surgery and obesity medications to achieve meaningful, lasting weight loss and improvements in health. As always, shared decision making is key, including a clear discussion of risks, benefits, alternatives, and patient goals.
Vancouver Sun
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
Adventures in Streaming: Outer Limits is your next favourite binge
If one measures the success of a TV series by its spinoffs, Star Trek (Paramount+), must stand alone, with an astonishing 13 different television iterations — that's not even counting the dozen or so movies. Surely, though, the original series –Trekkers call it TOS for short — was the fountainhead that inspired all those offshoots. Has it aged well since its 1966-69 run? Well, developments in everything from visual effects to fight choreography have rendered the show somewhat quaint, at least through the jaded eyes of contemporary media consumers with the ability to pinpoint slipshod digital alterations while standing 20 paces from a 4K flatscreen. But in these divisive times, it remains a series that made one hopeful about the future in its depiction of earthlings from different backgrounds and ethnicities who put aside their differences to co-operate on a noble, non-colonizing interstellar mission: 'To boldly go where no man has gone before.' Get top headlines and gossip from the world of celebrity and entertainment. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sun Spots will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. And yet the show's reputation as the alpha and omega of television science fiction is as persistently tight as a Vulcan Nerve Pinch. Star Trek's mission was, in a way, forecast in a series that developed years before Captain Kirk was but a glimmer in the eye of a CBS network programmer. The Outer Limits (1963-65, new on Tubi), is delightful old-school science fiction that anticipated TOS, even if its format went with a different story and cast every week. If Star Trek looked forward, Outer Limits was very much formed by its immediate past, the geopolitical aftershocks of the Second World War, with the threat of nuclear annihilation at the forefront. Also, it was shot in newsreel black and white, which gives it more gravitas than Star Trek's '60s sickly-psychedelic colour palette. Even with its primitive effects, it could induce nightmares. The episode The Zanti Misfits is about powerful aliens who negotiate a deal with earth to harbour a Botany Bay-like ship filled with prisoners. Once revealed, the creatures are merely large bugs with human faces, animated with stop motion. And yet, these crawlies still have the power to creep you out. Go for the bugs. Stay for the hair-raising sado-masochistic sparks between earthly criminal Bruce Dern and his girlfriend (Olive Deering), a runaway wife, who unwittingly facilitate the misfits' escape. (The series' main writer Joseph Stefano wrote the screenplay for Psycho, and presumably knew a little something about, psychosexual subtext.) The most celebrated episode, Demon with a Glass Hand, was written by sci-fi gadfly Harlan Ellison, and stars Robert Culp as a man with no memory, dropped into Los Angeles, vaguely aware of a mission to foil an aggressive alien race that will defeat earthlings hundreds of years in the future. (In 2009, TV Guide ranked the episode as #73 on an all-time list of great TV episodes.) Infamously, Ellison sued the makers of James Cameron's 1984 film The Terminator because it lifted the premise of a man from the future time-travelling to the past on an assignment to save mankind from a menace yet to come. The film company Hemdale settled with Ellison to the chagrin of Cameron, who quite justifiably felt no one author owned the concept of time travel. (Look at it now and the episode more closely resembles Blade Runner (1982), given that it features a proto-replicant engaged in a violent battle to the death in the iron-wrought confines of the Bradbury Building, a real-life location utilized in both properties.) Perhaps the most significant feature of the show is that Star Trek actors — including Leonard Nimoy and James 'Scotty' Doohan — keep showing up. William Shatner seems to be doing a trial run as Captain Kirk playing a cocky astronaut who finds himself transformed when he encounters an alien on Venus in the episode Cold Hands, Warm Heart. Taken on its own, The Outer Limits was so much more than a warm-up act. Binge accordingly.
Calgary Herald
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Adventures in Streaming: Outer Limits is your next favourite binge
Article content If one measures the success of a TV series by its spinoffs, Star Trek (Paramount+), must stand alone, with an astonishing 13 different television iterations — that's not even counting the dozen or so movies. Article content Surely, though, the original series –Trekkers call it TOS for short — was the fountainhead that inspired all those offshoots. Article content Has it aged well since its 1966-69 run? Well, developments in everything from visual effects to fight choreography have rendered the show somewhat quaint, at least through the jaded eyes of contemporary media consumers with the ability to pinpoint slipshod digital alterations while standing 20 paces from a 4K flatscreen. Article content Article content Article content But in these divisive times, it remains a series that made one hopeful about the future in its depiction of earthlings from different backgrounds and ethnicities who put aside their differences to co-operate on a noble, non-colonizing interstellar mission: 'To boldly go where no man has gone before.' Article content Article content And yet the show's reputation as the alpha and omega of television science fiction is as persistently tight as a Vulcan Nerve Pinch. Article content Star Trek's mission was, in a way, forecast in a series that developed years before Captain Kirk was but a glimmer in the eye of a CBS network programmer. Article content The Outer Limits (1963-65, new on Tubi), is delightful old-school science fiction that anticipated TOS, even if its format went with a different story and cast every week. If Star Trek looked forward, Outer Limits was very much formed by its immediate past, the geopolitical aftershocks of the Second World War, with the threat of nuclear annihilation at the forefront. Also, it was shot in newsreel black and white, which gives it more gravitas than Star Trek's '60s sickly-psychedelic colour palette. Article content Article content Even with its primitive effects, it could induce nightmares. The episode The Zanti Misfits is about powerful aliens who negotiate a deal with earth to harbour a Botany Bay-like ship filled with prisoners. Once revealed, the creatures are merely large bugs with human faces, animated with stop motion. And yet, these crawlies still have the power to creep you out. Article content Go for the bugs. Stay for the hair-raising sado-masochistic sparks between earthly criminal Bruce Dern and his girlfriend (Olive Deering), a runaway wife, who unwittingly facilitate the misfits' escape. (The series' main writer Joseph Stefano wrote the screenplay for Psycho, and presumably knew a little something about, psychosexual subtext.) Article content The most celebrated episode, Demon with a Glass Hand, was written by sci-fi gadfly Harlan Ellison, and stars Robert Culp as a man with no memory, dropped into Los Angeles, vaguely aware of a mission to foil an aggressive alien race that will defeat earthlings hundreds of years in the future. (In 2009, TV Guide ranked the episode as #73 on an all-time list of great TV episodes.)
