5. The Gorn
Best known from the original series episode Arena (AKA 'the one where a shirtless Kirk fights a walking lizard'), the Gorn have been underexplored in general in the series and even in the novels.
The second Trek film would be a great opportunity to see more of their world and their culture – even though you wouldn’t get to explore as much as, say, a multi-episode arc on one of the shows, we’re sure it would still be a fascinating glimpse at the race.
Plus, given the vastly increased movie budget and effects technology, JJ would finally have the ability to portray the creatures properly.
But after the shonky CG version on TV’s Enterprise, maybe the men-in-suits approach would be wiser. Just make the suits better.
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durden
Jun 16th 2009, 14:02
ok first of all:the whole paralel universe thing that they used in star trek 1?bull c**p!!!it sucks!!why?because it's gonna allow them from now on to make new movies,completely different from tos and if a trekkie gives then any problems...tey'll simply reply:"hey,it's a paralel universe,it's not the tos universe anymore.things are different now."!!WHICH BY THE WAY SUCKS a*s!!i hate what they're trying to do to the new star trek!!!!
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mattburgess
Jun 16th 2009, 17:16
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies. If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant. Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
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mattburgess
Jun 16th 2009, 17:52
Just wanted to completely disagree with Durden. You may be a huge trek fan, but so am I. Huge. And I love what they're doing with this new series of movies. If it was set in the "real" trek universe, they wouldn't be able to do very much with it, such as destroying Vulcan. Now they can change things without pi$$ing off a lot of trekkies. Brilliant. Can't wait to see what happens next. They should remain unafraid to break the boundaries of what is considered "trek"
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pimpernel
Jun 16th 2009, 18:07
Got to agree with mattburgess. The freedom this new parallel universe gives them is the whole beauty of the thing. It would have been very limiting to follow the original canon to the letter. This opens so many exciting new possibilities for the franchise! Plus, they're all essentially similar, if not the same characters, so the backbone of the whole thing remains. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they do next!
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AKRajala
Jun 16th 2009, 18:35
The whole parallel universe where they are all women was already done by Red Dwarf! :)
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somewhatfrail
Jun 19th 2009, 14:56
I like these ideas. Apart from Khan really. He should be left where he is. Personally I'd love to see the origins of the Borg. I hear rumours that the probe from The Motion Picture was the beginning but I'm no fanatical Trekkie so can't possibly say it as truth... Another thing - why would the parallel universe have to be evil? Why not make it so our 'heroes' are actually more bent and corrupt than their counterparts? The Spock/Kirk conflict idea is a good'n too. Of course they can't possibly re-do anything akin to Amok Time now though can they? haha.
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