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“The Arena” is originally the first meeting between the Federation and the Gorn, with Kirk and the Gorn captain fighting one-on-one.

But, in SNW, the Gorn have already been encountered, although little is known about them yet, due to the fact that they leave no survivors and seem to make no effort to communicate.

The recon is to the timeline and initial encounter with the species, as well as adding in a lot of new details that were never part of the original concept.

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ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

The recon is to the timeline and initial encounter with the species

Fair enough - I’ll backtrack slightly and say that if there’s a retcon, that’s where it is, rather than in the Gorn’s behaviour.

But there is a bit of wiggle room in “Arena”, I think. Kirk certainly seems unfamiliar with the Gorn, but they never really say it’s the first contact, and Spock doesn’t really say anything one way or the other (a very Spock-like thing to do in any situation).

They definitely have massaged that canon, but I don’t think they’ve really contradicted it.

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- USSBurritoTruck@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  I think. Kirk certainly seems unfamiliar with the Gorn, but they never really say it’s the first contact
  
  There never say it’s first contact, but Kirk acts like he’s never even heard of the Gorn before.
  
  " I have been somehow whisked off the bridge and placed on the surface of an asteroid, facing the Captain of the alien ship. Weaponless, I face the creature the Metrons called a Gorn. Large, reptilian."
  
  However, that is definitely not the retcon Goldsman was talking about. He specifically says, “t was an opportunity to retcon something into a real monster.”
  
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  - Archangel1313@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    To be fair, the old Gorn rationale for attacking the colony was, “You’re in our territory, and we assumed you had hostile intent”…while the SNW rationale is, “We lay eggs in your body, so our young have something to eat when they hatch”.
    
    That’s a significant difference in character motivation.
    
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    ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    The SNW Gorn literally pulled the classic sitcom “stay on your side of the line” routine - basically the same motivation as “Arena”.
    
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