Tuesday, August 16, 2016

TWO FOR TUESDAY: CHARLES COOPER IN THE OLD WEST AND THE FINAL FRONTIER


Here's a "Two For Tuesday" follow-up to the showcase on Lucy Collins.....


Charles Cooper played Boyd Lively, the miner who loved Lucy but lost her to the artist Stewart Woolsey.  In fandom, Cooper is probably best known for playing two Klingons - Commander Korrd in the movie "Star Trek: The Final Frontier" and in two episdes of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' as K'mpec, Lord High Chancellor of the Klingon High Command.  ("Sins Of The Father" & "Reunion")


The Minbari believed that human souls were reincarnated Minbari, based on a mistake caused by; errant time travel.  However, it helped bring about a cessation of the war between the humans and the Minbari.  Reincarnation does exist in Toobworld, but for the most part humans are born to rerun as new humans, sometimes even as dogs.  And once upon a time, as a car.

So I'm not going to put it out there that the soul of Boyd Lively came back in the Future as Commander Korrd or as Chancellor K'mpec.  I will put this question of relateeveety forward, however: Could Korrd have been K'mpec's father?

I just wanted to show that the actor Cooper was still going strong into the 1990s....

Happy trails to you as you live long and prosper!

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