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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 26 points 1 day ago (16 children)

“What I loved about the Gorn was it was an opportunity to retcon something into a real monster. What we do in Star Trek—and you’ll see we’ll even do it with the Gorn—is we start by seeing the other and often we end by engaging our empathy and understanding common ground. And that’s great, and it doesn’t mean that there isn’t real evil in the world. And so what we wanted to do with the Gorn was to give you a monster, and a monster that at least at first, seemed irredeemable.”

I find this statement a little aggravating, because in my opinion they really haven't retconned the Gorn. In "Arena", they slaughtered the entire Cestus colony, and the Gorn captain is utterly merciless.

"Arena" is about mercy, but the Gorn didn't really earn it in the episode, which was really kind of the point.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Also you can't really retcon a single guy in a suit. There wasn't much on them to begin with at all unless I am kissing something from the animated series. It wasn't like changing the Klingons at all.

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

unless I am kissing something from the animated series

Well, are you?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's really none of our business...but are they?

I bet it's a Phylosian.

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