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Originally Posted by listopencil
Because it isn't actually the Gorn. They've done something else and slapped that name on it.
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Originally Posted by Frazod
Because, as I've said repeatedly, there's no way Kirk could beaten one of these things alone and unarmed. It would have run him down and killed him instantly. The end. Also, the Enterprise crew knew almost nothing about the Gorn during the TOS episode. That's completely out the window now as well.
Do I hate it? No. Was it a good episode? Yes. Will I keep watching the show? Of course. But things that fly in the face of established canon annoy me. Not the first time it's happened (like purple Klingon blood in Star Trek VI, Scotty not thinking Kirk was dead in Relics), and I'm sure it won't be the last. I got over those, and I'll get over this. This franchise is nearly 60 years old, and these things are going to happen. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. And this particular gaffe is really egregious, since they built an entire storyline around it.
As Listo and I have both said, several times, had they just made this a newly encountered, different race, we'd have no issues with it at all.
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Ah okay, now it makes more sense.
I mean, they did say that they were going to play it a little fast and loose with standard ST canon, so I've just been taking the aberrations for what they're worth.
Besides, the original Gorn were kind of silly really. This version is much more interesting as an archenemy.