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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What Role Did Tom Troupe Play in Star Trek?
Wondering what role Tom Troupe played in Star Trek: The Original Series? As Troupe, the legendary actor, left for his heavenly abode, fans are recalling the character he played. The series focuses on Captain James Kirk and his team's journey to explore space and protect the United Federation of Planets. Here is everything you need to know about Troupe's character in the science fiction series. Tom Troupe's role in Star Trek: The Original Series explained Tom Troupe played the role of Lieutenant Harold in Star Trek: The Original Series. Lieutenant Harold was a male Human Starfleet officer in the mid-23rd century. He is known for working as a communications officer under the command of Commodore Travers. He had served at the Earth observation outpost on Cestus III in 2267. Harold's name was not shown on the screen but was revealed in the final draft script and dropped in the end credits. The series showcased Harold facing a Gorn attack that ended up destroying the outpost. For the unversed, Gorn was a walking reptile species from the Beta Quadrant. Following the attack, Harold tried to get things under control by communicating with the attacking ship. He requested the attackers to back off as there were children and women, but his efforts weren't paid off. The next day, Harold was found in a serious condition by a landing party from the USS Enterprise. Doctor Leonard McCoy realized that Harold's condition was critical, from shock to internal injuries. Later, the Gorn ended up attacking the landing party, and they decided to escape. Additionally, the doctor, Lang, and Kelowitz tried to protect Harold from the ambush. Soon, McCoy realized that Harold had only half an hour to survive. Further, things finally came under control, and Harold was teleported along with the landing party. Later, the team decided to treat his injuries in the Sickbay. After he became stable, he made an important revelation to McCoy, Spock, and Kirk. He told them about the events at the outpost and how it had never sent a signal to the Enterprise. Tom Troupe, who played the iconic role, died on Sunday morning at the age of 97. Solve the daily Crossword
Geek Tyrant
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Sci-Fi Short Film THE EDENBOUND is About The Dehumanising and Indoctrinating Effects of War — GeekTyrant
War teaches certainty. Empathy complicates it. In The Edenbound , director Andrew McGee drops us into a future where loyalty is programmed, emotions are repressed, and one young pilot finds herself at the breaking point between both. The short film centers on Cara, a young soldier raised in a society gripped by an endless planetary war. When she's chosen to command her late mother's ship for a critical nova-nuclear strike, it seems like the ultimate honor, until her craft crashes deep inside enemy territory. Stranded in the mysterious City of Echoes, Cara makes a single human connection that begins to unravel everything she's been conditioned to believe. Suddenly, the mission isn't just about carrying out orders, it's about questioning who gave them in the first place. The official logline reads: 'Amid an unending planetary war, a pilot's loyalty is tested when she crashes into enemy territory, where she must face a devastating decision between duty and compassion.' McGee describes The Edenbound as a reflection on how war strips away individuality and empathy: 'In The Edenbound, I wanted to tell a story about the dehumanising and indoctrinating effects of war, particularly by drawing parallels to current real-world conflicts—something science fiction is uniquely positioned to explore." Though the film's core is a deeply personal moral dilemma, The Edenbound doesn't skimp on scope. McGee and his team used virtual production to build a striking futuristic world on an independent scale: 'While the narrative is contained and intimate, I was keen to create a real sense of scope and spectacle that's often seen as out of reach on an independent production. We achieved this by harnessing the power of virtual production, and combining it with the exceptional skills of every creative department." 'From the intricately built cockpit and thoughtful costume design to the coordinated lighting and agile camerawork, it was rewarding to see so much talent seamlessly coming together to create such a compelling and immersive world.' At its heart, The Edenbound is a story about the collision of belief and experience of what happens when the stories we're told about 'the other side' come face to face with the reality of shared humanity.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Netflix enlists AI for first time to cut costs and boost creativity
Netflix says it has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) on screen for the first time in one of its original TV streaming giant's co-CEO Ted Sarandos said AI, which produces videos and images based on prompts, was used to create a scene of a building collapsing in the Argentine science fiction show, The praised the technology as an "incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better, not just cheaper."The comments came after the company unveiled revenue of $11.08bn (£8.25bn) for the three months to the end of June,16% higher than the same time last year. Netflix said the better-than-expected performance was boosted by the success of the third and final series of South Korean thriller Squid Game, which has so far attracted 122 million about Netflix's use of AI, Mr Sarandos said the technology has allowed productions with smaller budgets to use advanced visual generative AI used in The Eternauts helped its production team to complete a sequence 10 times faster than if they had used traditional special effects tools, he said."The cost of it would just wouldn't have been feasible for a show in that budget.""That sequence actually is the very first [generative] AI final footage to appear on screen in a Netflix original series or film. So the creators were thrilled with the result," said Mr use of generative AI is controversial in the entertainment industry and has sparked fears that it will replace the work of humans. AI was among the key concerns raised during a Hollywood strike in 2023. During the three-month walkout, the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union called for tighter regulation of the use of AI.
Telegraph
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
This camp prequel remains the last shining star in the Star Trek universe
Set phasers to fun: the third season of Star Trek spin-off Strange New Worlds (Paramount +) is a romping return to the interstellar camp of the original Captain Kirk-Mr Spock space opera. It has everything the discerning Trekkie could want. Epic interstellar battles, dodgy yellow knitwear and alien races with pointy plastic ears that look like they might go warp factor nine near an open flame. Nerds across the galaxy will emit a collective sigh of relief. These, after all, are challenging times for science fiction's heaviest hitters. In recent years, the great black hole of audience indifference has swallowed Doctor Who and Star Wars – once untouchable franchises sent spinning into the void as viewers go cold on wide-screen sci-fi. That same curse seemed to have befallen Star Trek of late. After limping along for decades, it hit rock bottom this January with the dreadful Michelle Yeoh movie, Star Trek: Section 31. Not only was it the sorriest Star Trek ever – it was also some of the most horrific TV content ever sprung on an unsuspecting planet. And this in the same 12 months as Noel Edmonds' Kiwi Adventure. But just when it appeared Star Trek was clinging on for dear life, Paramount + has beamed in with another helping of Strange New Worlds, a prequel set immediately before the original 1966-1969 Trek. Series three arrives amid confirmation that Paramount is to end the show after a shortened fifth season – and amid considerable slashing and burning across its stuttering streaming service. However, that's all in the future. As is the unpleasant fate awaiting Anson Mount's dashing Captain Christopher Pike – whom fans of the original Sixties Star Trek will remember as a burned-out husk who communicates via a beeping red light. The tragedy that reduced him to such a condition is still some time away. In the meantime, he is merrily commanding the Starship Enterprise – the very same bucket of bolts James T Kirk will later manhandle across the cosmos. Strange New Worlds series three gets straight into the action as Pike and his crew resume their climactic battle with the gruesome Gorn – a warlike race that owes a lot to HR Giger's slithering Xenomorph from Alien. Among those staffing the Enterprise are future Federation icons Mr Spock (Ethan Peck), Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn) and nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush). All are elegantly played as homages to the original characters rather than broad impersonations. There are further nods to Trek's back catalogue as New Zealand comedian Rhys Darby cameos as a dandy-ish anti-hero who originally featured in a favourite Star Trek story from 1967. The same episode introduces Cork actor Cillian O'Sullivan, portraying a love interest who owes a lot to Paul Mescal in Normal People. It is a surprise sprinkling of Sally Rooney in zero-g and one of several intergalactic cherries atop a space saga that has defied television gravity and continues to soar.
Washington Post
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
These sci-fi books ask the most basic question: Are we our memories?
There's been a deluge of science fiction and fantasy books about life after calamities, including climate-change-fueled disasters and weirder catastrophes. And like most great works of postapocalyptic fiction, these books spend much of their time looking backward. Like Susanna Kwan's recent 'Awake in the Floating City,' they sift through the ruins of our own present to reconstruct what's been lost. Four new genre books offer fascinating takes on this formula, exploring whether our memories can survive after the world as we've known it is gone.
