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Star Trek TOS 1x19 Arena (Patreon)

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2026-07-04 16:00:13
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michael mccafferty

Vasquez Rocks is a park north of Los Angeles. There is a wikipedia page showing "a partial list" the movies that have used that rock formation as scenery. That list is almost eighty titles long. From now on, any time you see that rock formation in a movie you will think about disco lizards. That makes me happy.

Michael Gehrman

Well done, and very entertaining! A couple of points you raised: 1) Kirk did not lift the boulder; he rolled it; and 2) Kirk figured out that the Gorn was defending their territory because the Gorn told him so. Despite our advances in special effects and better filming techniques, I think the writing on this show was generally better than what we have. Better pacing, for sure, and not hyperactive; better dialogue; inclusion and morals that were artful and not ham handed (as you said, "not alienating") like so many things are currently. This was drama that was thoughful and clever.

Daniel Turbyfill

I came here to talk about this. The live today (my first) was lots of fun!

Daniel Turbyfill

Star Trek stands apart because it held an optimistic view of the future. You’ll notice that the command crew is of many different races and/or ethnic backgrounds. And they don’t point it out, that’s just how it is. You have to remember this is still the era of the civil rights movement and to show a black woman in a senior position like Lt. Uhura was not done. When the majority of science fiction at the time showed a pessimistic view of humanity, Star Trek was hopeful.

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

I mean, let's be honest, we all pick favourites. I'm a Bones guy myself but I absolutely understand the Sulu love.

Vak

This is a fun one. In the first season in particular, the scripts leaned hard into the "Kirk is Horatio Hornblower in space" metaphor - he had to make a decision, on the spot, without deferring it to authority, which would have ramifications either way. And this one, like last week's "Balance of Terror," is a good example of that. There are some solid episodes where things just happen to Kirk, the crew, or the ship, yeah, but most of those don't make the top cut. (With a few big exceptions - "Shore Leave" and "The Trouble with Tribbles" are fun ones where Kirk is largely along for the ride.) On your commentary - you broke my brain a bit when you labeled the Gorn "Disco Croc" - I'm going to carry that one to my grave; it's just stuck in my head now. And as for Shatner's hair, the light brown/dark blonde stuff in the center isn't dye so much as mostly a rug. And a damned good one for a TV show in the 60s, at that. Shatner was in good-to-great physical shape for most of the series, but he started losing his hair early, and went with the toupee. Fun fact - there are verified memos that have popped up with studio execs being annoyed at having to pay for a few new Shatner rugs at the start of seasons 2 and 3, as he swiped them when he took off for summer break. They were better than anything he could get on his own, and hell, they were RIGHT THERE.

Who Are These People

Since you mention character-forming episodes, I hope you do 'Galileo Seven'. It might change your favorite.

Who Are These People

I can't stand McCoy. "Dammit Spock, don't you ever feel anything? You're always solving every problem -with your brain-!" Have any suggestions, McCoy? No? Then SHADDUP.

Who Are These People

The same man who created the Gorn costume created the original model for Disney's Pinnochio. Wah Chang was his name. His communicator design for Star Trek inspired the design of flip phones of the mid-late 90's.

Preaching to the Horse's Mouth

Yup, grumpy ol' Bones. That's why I love him, old curmudgeon on the outside, soft and loveable on the inside.

BrakYeller

Thank you for "Disco Croc!!!". I have not laughed that hard in months. I'm glad that "Arena" was included in your watch list... over the decades, the shots of Kirk fighting the Gorn have turned into cinema shorthand for the entire vibe of the Original Series. 9 times out of 10, if a character in a movie or TV show is watching an episode of Star Trek, it's this episode, usually a shot of Kirk and the Gorn running around on the Vasquez Rocks, or the iconic shot of the Gorn about to stab the trapped Kirk. It's genuinely uncanny how often this single episode is used as a placeholder for all of Star Trek in pop culture. Doesn't hurt that it's genuinely a good episode, either. Also, in the original version of the episode, the Gorn didn't blink... that was an addition specific to the remasters. Helps take the edge of the dicso-ness, I guess. One last fun fact, the Gorn Captain was voiced by Ted Cassidy, the actor who played Lurch on the original Addams Family TV show. As a kid, I always imagined that if the famously mute Lurch ever spoke, he would have the slurpy, hissing voice of the Gorn Captain (not realizing that Cassidy was an actor, and thus perfectly capable of talking in a normal tone of voice outside of character).

BrakYeller

Wah Chang deserves to be much better known than he is. He did great work both on and off screen.

BrakYeller

Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) was a badass in real life. She worked with NASA to recruit for its civilian astronaut program in the 70s and 80s... but she insisted on being *involved*, not just a figurehead. She underwent partial astronaut training, and toured the US pitching the space program at universities for a few years. She became friends with a lot of the astronauts who flew space shuttle missions, including some of those lost in the Challenger explosion. IIRC, she was still stumping hard for NASA right up until the last few years of her life. Genuine icon.

BrakYeller

I'm never going to be able to look at a Gorn again without calling it a "Disco Croc." :D

Kinokind

Kat, are you aware that there is an exact replica of the Star Trek sets as originally constructed at Desilu studios, located in upstate New York, at Ticonderoga? Obsessive fans used the original plans to create an exact replica - even obtaining the correct materials and props, when possible - of all of the sets, interconnected as they were in the studio, so one can get a feel for what the cast experienced while providing an accurate Star Trek fan experience. There is a website. Several cast members have visited - including Shatner - and expressed their approval. BTW: "Disco Croc?"

Robert Raszkowski

I feel like KAT would be a great Gorn... XD By the way in Star Trek history - plenty of famous actors and celebs been disguised as varius aliens... KAT-ship flys by....

George Taylor

Hello Kat, a little bit of trivia, the actor (Sean Kenney) who portrayed the navigator who sat next to Sulu on the bridge is the same actor who portrayed the physically disabled Fleet Captain Christopher Pike in "The Menagerie". If you look closely you can see that he resembles Jeffrey Hunter who was the actor who portrayed Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode. Gene Roddenberry believed he did such a good job and was a real trooper with the makeup that he brought him back to be in a couple of episodes.

Michael Davis

Amazing! I had to rewatch your theme song shenanigans. I've never seen anything like it. What joy!