this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2023
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Got the idea from @[email protected] the other day, and just finally got around to making it.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd like to mention again how impressive it is that Strange New Worlds managed to transform the Gorn from a joke to a menacing and interesting villain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm interested in seeing it whenever I start SNW. I've been watching TOS again recently, and I just saw the Gorn episode again a couple of nights ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s a whooooooole different ballgame than TOS Gorn. WAY more of a compelling and scary enemy faction, in pretty much every way. And then there’s some additional fun stuff you find out about the Gorn later in the season, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I swear I'll get there eventually. I just picked up paramount+ and started watching TOS again, which will then probably be followed by another TNG rewatch...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... they were supposed to be a misunderstood "villain" just trying to continue existing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True. But in the continuity of SNW they are currently (miss-) understood as such.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seriously - the first episode they show up in is genuinely some of the best “submarines but in space” combat I think I’ve ever seen. The tension is unbelievable. Arguably better than TWoK (for that style of space combat at least). I’d put S1E4 in the running for best S1 episode, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can't help but imagine gorn porn is much like the gorn fight; slow, clearly fake, and so stupid it's funny.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With lots of double-handed smacks on the back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They're obviously faking it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@[email protected] had this idea for "gorn hub" in another thread. Just took me a couple of weeks to get around to making it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is that a stack of his favourite saved gorn on memory sticks?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the Gorn likes to save hard copies in case the subspace network ever goes down.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I guess we all share habits with other species