Comments on: Star Trek Game Introduces The New Gorn

By: Metron_avenger

Metron_avenger — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:31:00 +0000

What a relief to hear that I am not the only one to hate JJ’s trek… I personally called it “Star Trash”. And this is just the kind of thing that really makes me wonder where the hell are the writers of TNG and DS9… I mean… really, to try and make the Gorn turn from a sentient reptilian species to a bunch of Komodo Dragon “monsters”? And they think this will be a great success? Really?

That’s just what we’ve been complaining about – “Arena” was a classic episode about the fear of the unknown, leave it to those “I wanna be JJ Abrahams” idiots to turn the whole idea into a “monster of the week” kind of nonsense. So what if they looked ugly and unrealistic back in the Sixties? That’s not important… the idea behind them was great and should be respected!

By: Jamesweld

Jamesweld — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:11:00 +0000

Are you kidding? It’s playing to the lowest common denominator. Tomorrow’s world is run with zombies and military men who have no scruples or morals. Rape is a game and destruction is better that creation except when it comes to new weapons and the sky is forever cloudy dull and dismal.
Star Trek had ideals and hope for the future. JJ is just trying to make a buck by playing up the violence side of life but he is not recreating Star Trek. I wonder why he even calls it star trek.

By: The Gorn

The Gorn — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:43:00 +0000

Too much Spiderman. We Gorn are an intelligent and sensitive species. You can tell by our gold lame outfits. In fact, the picture from TOS is old school, like the tighty whitey shorts worn by the NBA of that era. Now, our shorts are like ‘lil Wayne’s.

By: jamesweld

jamesweld — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 23:20:00 +0000

No trek is better than this JJ crap

By: Jamesweld

Jamesweld — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Illiogical

By: SciFiCarolinaGuy

SciFiCarolinaGuy — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:38:00 +0000

TNG died with Nemesis… Long Live nuTrek!

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:29:00 +0000

I totally agree with you. Fans are the only ones who really care. But we can fix what they break if we try hard enough.

By: Peachwookiee

Peachwookiee — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:11:00 +0000

Looks better than the guy in the suit.

By: Kang the Unbalanced

Kang the Unbalanced — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:59:00 +0000

Oh that would be so awesomely hilarious. Then have another level with the Rocks from a different angle. You could even have a Capellan or Dr. Soran step into scene, look really puzzled, then step out.

By: Kang the Unbalanced

Kang the Unbalanced — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Ken, go for it. Showing new designs along with the originals will definitely help the multiple-species concept gain some traction. It’s been used in many Trek novels and fan product, even proposed as a solution for the Klingon bump problem (“Northern” and “Southern” Klingons).
The main objection I have to this redesign is that it pointlessly ignores what came before. It’s yet another designer pissing on something to make it theirs, with no real reason for it. This game Gorn looks like a rejected Lizard design.
Too many production designers for JJTrek took the excuse of a new timeline to justify everything being totally different, and that just does not wash. A timeline divergence in the 2230′s does not justify a change in the evolution of an entire species.
Your stated approach is to bring in the new while respecting and including the old, and I like that.