Species of the week: Gorn

Post by **Teaos** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:01 am

Or a Aboriginal husband to jump on it.

stitch626 · Post by **stitch626** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:02 am

That's so wrong.

Post by **Nutso** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:09 am

The line that Spock utters is, "Not survivors, not warm-blooded. Living creatures, but not human."

Cold-blooded definitely doesn't mean slow. The Black Mamba, a venomous snake from Africa has been claimed to move at up to 20 km/h (12.5 mph). For a creature without legs, that's pretty fast.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:21 am

Thanks for pointing out the line. So the Gorn are slow AND cold-blooded; not slow BECAUSE they're cold-blooded.

Post by **Nutso** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:48 am

Mikey wrote:Thanks for pointing out the line. So the Gorn are slow AND cold-blooded; not slow BECAUSE they're cold-blooded.

The thing is the Gorn that Mirror Archer fought wasn't slow. It was more agile than I thought a Gorn would be. Maybe Kirk's Gorn was an old Gorn.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:51 am

The one in ENT was in a hot area thus could move better.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun May 11, 2008 5:33 am

Different race or subspecies, perhaps, although Teaos' idea certainly makes sense.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun May 11, 2008 10:41 am

Given the fact that the Gorn in ENT looked nothing like the one from TOS, I think it's a safe bet that different subspecies exist.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:26 pm

I think we have to use subspension of disbelief about the way it looked. ALL species look different from TOS to the latter series.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:32 pm

Quite true, and we come up with rationalisations of how they all look different.
The only way to rationalise this one is saying that Gorn in the MU are radicaly different, or that there's more than one race of Gorn.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:34 pm

Maybe Radiation from the Tholians did it to him. He did look like a mini Godzila...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun May 11, 2008 12:46 pm

How could radiation make him a lot smaller, change his body structure, remove his antenae, and turn his compund eyes into normal ones?
Unless this individual is just one in a long line of Gorn mutants, it's a bit of a stretch.

Post by **Teaos** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:09 pm

How could warp 10 make someone "evolve" into a giant lizard?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun May 11, 2008 1:47 pm

Through the liberal aplication of quantum bullshit.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Sun May 11, 2008 2:47 pm

Could it have been a young Gorn - their equivalent to Wesley Crusher?