Species of the week: Gorn

[Nutso]

My money is on the giant moth.

You mean the Temporal Faction-Modified Cardassian?

[Teaos]

Yeah... sure.

[Mark]

I love the Gorn!!! I always felt that they were treated like the unwanted stepchild of the Trek universe, but I think that they would have made some of the most interesting characters of all. For some reason I always saw them as becoming allies if not joining the Federation ( I have no basis for this opinion, just a feeling ). Forget about Worf, how about a Gorn in charge of security? Intimidating? I would think so. I know that for financial reasons, it wasn't feesable to use the Gorn to often, but man, what a waste

[Teaos]

I do find it funny tht the Gorn are so popular with fans when they had such a small roll. Most species of the week dont get this much of a fan following.

[Aaron]

I do find it funny tht the Gorn are so popular with fans when they had such a small roll. Most species of the week dont get this much of a fan following.

It's not like we had a massive number of reptile like species in Trek.

[Mikey]

I do find it funny tht the Gorn are so popular with fans when they had such a small roll. Most species of the week dont get this much of a fan following.

The Gorn interest a number of folks because in "Arena," they were shown to actually be the aggreived party, not the evil aggressors. Most of the sentiment I've heard leans toward the "I wish they were more than just 'alien-of-the-week'" feelings.

[Nutso]

I do find it funny tht the Gorn are so popular with fans when they had such a small roll. Most species of the week dont get this much of a fan following.

The Gorn interest a number of folks because in "Arena," they were shown to actually be the aggreived party, not the evil aggressors. Most of the sentiment I've heard leans toward the "I wish they were more than just 'alien-of-the-week'" feelings.

What Mikey said. They were shown to be more than reptile stereotypes. The Gorn in Arena, wasn't evil, wasn't just a monster, and was somewhat civilized- he was willing to allow Kirk to surrender to him for a merciful death. In Arena, we see that the expansionist Federation had invaded another species' space and seized their territory. It would've been nice to see a little more of the Gorn. We never saw enough. Never even saw their spaceship.