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LoglineWhen the USS Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.


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[–] AuroraBorealis@pawb.social 59 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'll say it, the adult gorn, in those space suits look awesome, I'm a sucker for more animalistic races in star trek

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The adult gorn was easily my favourite part of the episode!

There's clearly a horror strain in the Gorn arc, with pretty strong echos/homages of Alien ... and I am all here for it. With the scene of Batel warding off the young Gorn, I knew straight away she'd been impregnated because of the clear Alien reference.

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really liked the subtle hints. They arent just savage creatures. They have advanced technology. Communicate in ways humans cant understand at all. Use tech in ways most humans cant handle as well. Etc etc.

Trek would do good to have more species that arent humanoid. It makes for a much more interesting show.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And now is the time to do it, where VFX and CGI are surely up to the task now.

[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agree. One of my favorite species was the Xindi in enterprise. But even they fell victim to the trope of the universal translator. A species like the Gorn where normal linguistics just won’t work would be a nice touch (Ala the movie arrival or something)

[–] r2vq@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

We should try throwing styrofoam rocks at them

[–] PorthosAteMyCheese@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] freeman@lemmy.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Kind of like that but with a modern format that can span multiple episodes.

[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

We're a long way from the silly rubber suit. They're terrifying and the way they reproduce and use that tale screams xenomorph.

[–] teft@startrek.website 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m a sucker for more animalistic races in star trek

Bring back the Xindi insectoids!!!

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

They showed up in Prodigy as I recall

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

I'm impressed by Gorn engineering now. Making a space suit with what looked like dozens of vacuum- grade articulated tail joints can't be easy.

[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

me too. we need more of the Gorn in other trek adaptions

[–] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The one thing I want to see is an Edosian in a live action Star Trek series.