Susano Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2007/11/gallery_star_trek_monsters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2007/11/gallery_star_trek_monsters Hmmm....Well, I don't buy that all of them are cheesy. But a fine list none the less. What can I say ? I like the classic Gorns ! I suspect it's a FASA Trek thing..... -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I like this power: "Imperviousness to fake-looking Styrofoam rocks" and the weakness "hammers (presumably)." Though I doubt someone could use a hammer on one. And I wonder if that drug commercial ties in at all with the Savage Curtain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fyre Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures James T. Kirk is not on that list! Someone clearly dropped the ball on that one. (B.T.W., EVERYTHING was still better on "The Original Series!" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures James T. Kirk is not on that list! Someone clearly dropped the ball on that one. (B.T.W., EVERYTHING was still better on "The Original Series!" I owe you rep for that. Lucius Alexander And the Original Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Bah! The Gorn was only slow because it was really flippin' cold compared to what he's evolved for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azato Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Bah! The Gorn was only slow because it was really flippin' cold compared to what he's evolved for. Someone on the site suggested that they were slow because they evolved from dinosaurs. Since the common thought at the time was that dinosaurs were slow moving ergo the Gorns were as well. If that is the case we do have to cut the creators/writers of this episode some slack since it was filmed well before Jurassic Park was released and now we know better. I do agree that as BAD as the old series was, it had magic. I have not liked one episode of any Star Trek spinoff that I have seen. I have not seen that many, but still... I don't have cable but I did get to see (during the holidays) the Star Trek series that takes place at an earlier time period. Oh well! Have some rep. [EDIT: I cannot rep you at this time since I have given so lavishly to you in the past. Either you need to be less helpful to me or I need to be more generous to others) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Weaknesses: Drugs, math. Wow, Jack the Ripper and I have so much in common... What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I always liked that the Gorn was slow. Why can't humans be the aliens with sweet abilities sometimes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 3, 2007 Report Share Posted December 3, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I always liked that the Gorn was slow. Why can't humans be the aliens with sweet abilities sometimes? I agree completely! I'm kind of tired of seeing sci-fi worlds where humans are just sort of "blah" with no special abilities, while other races get super-strength, high intelligence, better vision, natural telepathy, natural armor, or what have you. Why can't we be the best at something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I agree completely! I'm kind of tired of seeing sci-fi worlds where humans are just sort of "blah" with no special abilities' date=' while other races get super-strength, high intelligence, better vision, natural telepathy, natural armor, or what have you. Why can't we be the best at something?[/quote'] Because in space, no one can hear you flamewar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Because in space' date=' no one can hear you flamewar.[/quote'] You just know McCoy could post top-notch snark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted December 4, 2007 Report Share Posted December 4, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures In the Trek universe humans seem to have genius rather than just intellegence. Sure, Vulcans are intellegent, even more intellegent than humans (on average), but how many of the genius scientists shown in the series are Vulcans? Or -not- humans, for that matter. Humans also seem to be one of the more driven species. Big colonizers, never say die when the chips are down. Lastly, humans seem to be a lot better at getting along with other races than any of the other major races are. The Federation was a human idea, and it is the biggest & strongest single political organization in the quadrant. Of course, none of these are individual, personal advantages that a PC could easily be built on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Star Treks chesiest Aliens? anything that Captain Kirk tried to sleep with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fyre Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Star Treks chesiest Aliens? anything that Captain Kirk tried to sleep with? Actually, the unashamed use of Cheesecake was one of the best things about the series. (See http://allyourtrekarebelongto.us/toswomen.htm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starblaze Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I think the whole thing with Humans is that they are the benchmark in the ST universe. They are the most adaptable and flexible as far as surviving and coming up with solutions. Vulcans may be stronger and smarter but they suffer from a lack of 'out of the box thinking', Klingons may be more agressive and tougher but they are not great thinkers and lack the subtle cleverness of humans. Remember it was humans who founded the Federation of Planets not any of the other alien races. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Remember it was humans who founded the Federation of Planets Along with the Vulcans, Andorians and Tellarites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted December 5, 2007 Report Share Posted December 5, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures A human idea though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures A human idea though. Which makes me wonder why these other races all bought into it. TOS is set in the 23rd Century -- only 250 years or so in our future. Most of these other species would have been starfaring a lot longer than Man, and Man's aggressiveness must have alarmed several of the races they originally encountered. (Remember, colonist is just another word for invader if you're the guy that's already there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Which makes me wonder why these other races all bought into it. TOS is set in the 23rd Century -- only 250 years or so in our future. Most of these other species would have been starfaring a lot longer than Man' date=' and Man's aggressiveness must have alarmed several of the races they originally encountered. (Remember, colonist is just another word for invader if you're the guy that's already there).[/quote'] This is Roddenberry's future, so once First Contact with the Vulcans occurred and man learned he wasn't alone in the universe, he shaped up and dropped money, religion, and ethnicity as a factor in dealing with life. On a slightly more serious note, based on all that I've read, Humanity is no more or less aggressive than many other races in the ST universe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I've never cared for the "humans are more adaptable" idea. For one thing, it rather impugns the other intelligent species. For another, I think it'd be fun if humans were just flat out badass in something or another, compared to the galactic norm. Imagine if most aliens were as slow as the Gorn or as small as Hobbits or had weak eyesight, and humans were the ones no one wanted to pick a bar fight with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I've never cared for the "humans are more adaptable" idea. For one thing' date=' it rather impugns the other intelligent species. For another, I think it'd be fun if humans were just flat out badass in something or another, compared to the galactic norm. Imagine if most aliens were as slow as the Gorn or as small as Hobbits or had weak eyesight, and humans were the ones no one wanted to pick a bar fight with.[/quote'] Apparently the capacity for alcohol consumption in TOS humans is bordering on the superheroic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Watts Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures You just know McCoy could post top-notch snark. In one of the Diane Duane books (might be "Spock's World") an anonymous poster on the Enterprise's internal message boards (!) makes a couple of snarky posts about their current situation. McCoy reads it and says, "I wish I posted that." Kirk says, "I thought it might have *been* you," and McCoy chuckles. "Nah, my spelling always gives me away." dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures I've never cared for the "humans are more adaptable" idea. For one thing' date=' it rather impugns the other intelligent species. For another, I think it'd be fun if humans were just flat out badass in something or another, compared to the galactic norm. Imagine if most aliens were as slow as the Gorn or as small as Hobbits or had weak eyesight, and humans were the ones no one wanted to pick a bar fight with.[/quote'] Read Alan Dean Foster's 'The Damned' series if you want human bad assness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fyre Posted December 6, 2007 Report Share Posted December 6, 2007 Re: Star Trek’s 10 Cheesiest Classic Creatures Apparently the capacity for alcohol consumption in TOS humans is bordering on the superheroic. Only if the human is a Scottsman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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