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When the USS Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.


Written by Henry Alonso Myers

Directed by Maja Vrvilo

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The adult gorn was easily my favourite part of the episode!

    There’s clearly a horror strain in the Gorn arc, with pretty strong echos/homages of Alien … and I am all here for it. With the scene of Batel warding off the young Gorn, I knew straight away she’d been impregnated because of the clear Alien reference.

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      1 year ago

      I really liked the subtle hints. They arent just savage creatures. They have advanced technology. Communicate in ways humans cant understand at all. Use tech in ways most humans cant handle as well. Etc etc.

      Trek would do good to have more species that arent humanoid. It makes for a much more interesting show.

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          1 year ago

          Agree. One of my favorite species was the Xindi in enterprise. But even they fell victim to the trope of the universal translator. A species like the Gorn where normal linguistics just won’t work would be a nice touch (Ala the movie arrival or something)

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      1 year ago

      We’re a long way from the silly rubber suit. They’re terrifying and the way they reproduce and use that tale screams xenomorph.