Captain Kirk and his hand-cannon ...... yeah, baby!! Do not mess around with Captain Kirk. In fact, everyone ranging from this Gorn commander to Kruge (in Search for Spock) have received severe ass-kicking. (The self-destruction of the Enterprise was also a classic. Torg: The computer is the only thing speaking. Kruge: Let me hear it. Computer: 3 ... 2 ... Kruge: Get out of there! Get out!)
Niot only that but their live stream had great reception and the Director timed those key shot angles so precisely. He probably git some kind of local “Metronimus Award” for that.
@@stevencoardvenicein the first fight scene the Gorn has Kirk in a bear hug that Kirk breaks out of by popping the Gorn on its ears. So the Gorn has massive strength yet when it has its arms fully around Kirk's torso it somehow can't crush him. Quirky!
“We are the metronomes, we are mostly monosyllabic when communicating with each other, so believe me, what I’m saying here is a stretch. If we have to keep doing this shit, we will go and kill both the captains. It’s getting pretty monotonous.”
there has never been and there will never be a series like star trek, william shatner and leonard nimoy are , unarguably, the best duo ever to work on a series...they made history!!!... long live and prosper!!!...
It was the Gorn beside those elements that they ignored as beyond human understanding. Both sides were underestimating each other despite the absolute fact of warp drives, deep space, etc. Totally dumb plot. Rubber suits similar to Godzilla. 😅😅
Where did Kirk find a giant piece of bamboo growing in the middle of the LA desert? And why didn't he just build a spaceship instead and fly away from the planet in the time it took Gorn to chase him down?
Ted was such an amazing and talented actor. He had a range greater than what many would have given him credit for. I personally think he was one of the best character actors of old school Hollywood.
And as for why he couldn't just beat it in the first place, that's because the Gorn's skin was too thick. He needed the momentum from the cannon and the concentrated force on the projectile to penetrate.
Well, the Gorns were rightfully angry because of an illegal attack on one of the outposts that killed many Gorns. But, Kirk promised peace talks with the Gorn colony in a gesture of good will and civility.
Unfortunately for a 1960's TV show budget, they could only afford what obviously is a stuntman in a rubber suit. The suit was probably heavy and hot, and couldn't allow the guy in it much freedom of movement. Which probably explains the slow and limited movements of the "Gorn".
In the short story, "The Red Roller" on which this ep is based, the human protagonist concludes that the utterly alien Roller -- though clumsy and somewhat slow -- will leverage its much greater mass, toughness, and endurance to eventually defeat him. For one thing, the (contrived) environment is very hot and dry and he's tiring fast and almost sun-blind as a result, whereas the Roller seems better-adapted to those conditions. The human feels himself a "dead man walking" -- until he hits upon the game-changer the planet offers. Remember, the Gorn have interstellar capability, so they at least held their own in fights against somebody. Advantage Gorn here.
I think I always loved this one because we finally got a real alien creature battling Kirk to enjoy. I would have loved an episode with the Enterprise crew battling dozens of these things.
I think one reason for the popularity of Captain Kirk has to do with always coming up with something spectacular while under desperate situation. I think Search for Spock takes the cake, as he even self-destructed the Enterprise to stay alive and outwit Kruge. I love that countdown scene ... 'Speaking? Let me mear. 6...5...4... Get out! Get out of there! 3...2...' *KABOOM* :D
He couldn't just escape because the aliens were forcing them to fight. If he tried to run, the Gorn would just keep following him until he eventually ran out of energy. Or the aliens might force their paths to cross. I'm not sure just how much they could manipulate. Not to mention the Gorn doesn't know where he is and has to spend time looking for him.
The Gorn was probably executed upon return to his ship just like Stalin used to do with returned captive soldiers. Kirk probably had a nice evening with Yeoman Rand and any other Enterprise woman he wanted.
wonder if they do a remake of that battle with Chris pine? as for the gorn make him bigger and meaner. oh for the McCoy version, do a flashback trying to deliver nasty babies.
Let's fight in slow mo! Yeah it's like the watching slow zombies catch up to fast runners tripping and just plain succumbing to gravity and Murphy's Law.
I knew several people who not only survived such a low yield explosion but was also unharmed. If you noticed the blast only knocked down the Gorn, it was the impacted of his head to the rock that knocked him out. Kirk on the other hand was hurt by the explosion, but being Kirk he never let on that he was hurt.
In the heat at Vasquez Rocks, the Gorn costume itself must have nearly killed Bobby Clark and Gary Combs, the stuntmen who wore it for the action shots!
This is Thrand!!!I will be releasing our video Busting mythbusters Gorn Cannon Episode.They did not do it correctly due to fear of others trying and law suites because of it.We will be firing a cannon that will knock out the Gorn in our up coming video made with same ingredients Kirk used :D
The Gorn's big mistake was removing the boulder from Kirk's leg before going in for the kill (not shown here). That allowed Kirk to free himself and move out of the way.
Kirk may have also used the vines (if strong enough) to go around the gorn and tied to a boulder to pull him down and then Kirk could have smashed a nice size rock on his head.
lol Yeah...that would have been inventive :) The Gorn's booby-trap was ingenious...which makes his stupid boulder-removing blunder even more head-scratching.
Lol i remember the Duck Dodgers parody of this Episode. Dodgers (AKA Daffy) was also making a gun like this...even though there were Trees growing Spears and other weapons.
Mythbusters forget one thing, it is an alien world with alien bamboo. Also if you look closely you can see that the bamboo cannon did not survive the blast.
I agree, for all of the same reasons as you, its a great episode. The fact that he refused to kill the Gorn in defiance of a higher power and at great risk to his and his shipmates lives says a lot as well. Chasing down the Gorn ship to destroy it out of vengeance was his fall, risking his life so selflessly to show mercy on the Gorn was his redemption.
@@DarvatronAt the 2nd New York, Star Trek Convention, there was a Dealer, selling a pin-on badge, that said: "Happiness, is a Warm Gorn !" They sold out FAST ! Someone also made, a stick-on, that read, "NBC, is A Klingon CONSPIRACY !"
AMAZING! JTK "finds" some rope next to the bamboo by the fire road (what planet are they on?) ... finds the "crude" elements... and builds a frickin' bazooka that shoots diamonds/crystals at the dreaded "gorn". By wounding the "gorn" but not killing him off- JTK ONCE AGAIN proves that HE is the smartest/best human ever. I have seen ALL of these episodes... and I assure you that had the "gorn " been a female... JTK would have been searching for rubber trees to make a different type of protection.
He might have died of starvation waiting for the Gorn to die using that strategy. He hit him in the chest with a huge rock, then dropped a boulder off of a cliff onto him as well. The boulder only stunned the Gorn for a moment or two. Watch part two and see for yourself.
Haha, that's an awesome analogy! Captain Kirk's fighting style always amused me, especially the two-handed karate chops to the upper back, haha! The best from Star Trek is this scene where Spock grabs a guy by the wrist and pushes him to the ground like a sissy-girl for the KO victory. It looks REALLY bad, I should go dig it up.
Modern Trek: "Captain, the 5 of us don't stand a chance against even ONE Gorn!"
Kirk: "I'll handle this."
Yeah. " hold my coat"
Kirk = Shakespeare + Eastwood + Mcguyver 😊
I didn't sleep for a month after seeing this as a kid! 😅
You probably had a goron Captain under your bed, waiting to very slowly grab you're feet while you were sleeping. 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Doctor WHO did that to me too.
I went out and bought a lizard
You shouldn't have been watching this at 4 years of age.
A relentless robust bipedal reptile with otherworldly strength is the stuff of nightmares
Gorn be like, “Dang it’s hard to navigate these rocks with this crazy mask on!”
Kirk showing mercy to Gorn is the stuff legends are made.
Yes. Theyre both captains. Officers. So their is mutual respect.
This scene has everything. Action. DRama. Pathos. The music is chilling @2:46
@@stevencoardvenice Both officers. That mean earn money for doing nothing. Just a dinky dau, dinky dau do !
Captain Kirk and his hand-cannon ...... yeah, baby!! Do not mess around with Captain Kirk. In fact, everyone ranging from this Gorn commander to Kruge (in Search for Spock) have received severe ass-kicking. (The self-destruction of the Enterprise was also a classic. Torg: The computer is the only thing speaking. Kruge: Let me hear it. Computer: 3 ... 2 ... Kruge: Get out of there! Get out!)
Those Metrons had a good film crew.
Niot only that but their live stream had great reception and the Director timed those key shot angles so precisely. He probably git some kind of local “Metronimus Award” for that.
They would have received the award the next year unfortunately the Vasques Homeless is occupying that space..
The Gorn is ****relentless****
Predator's rookie years
The area where this scene was filmed, Vasquez Rocks, is right off the 14 Freeway about 30 minutes north of the San Fernando Valley, in Ca.
Do Gorns hang out there?
@@KingOfHockeyNow
Tribbles.
In the cracks between the rocks..
Lots of episodes were filmed at Vasquez Rocks.
@@RSTI191 I’m guessing Gorns might snack on Tribbles. Gorns are slow, but so are Tribbles!
@@davidsandy5917
..and movies.
Search for Spock.
Next episode Kirk nailed a gorn female .
New species called Korn.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
The female gorn will experience an untimely fatal accident.
I saw that on Robot Chicken where he contracts space herpes.😂
once you go Lizard....
Thanks for sharing. This is by far my favourite episode ever. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Dang, what a 500 lb boulder falling 50 feet couldn't do a couple of fistfuls of crude gunpowder and diamonds could.
F=MA is a harsh taskmaster.
he Gorn is, ****relentless****
Yea. And somehow a Gorn can easily lift and throw a 500 pound boulder but can't crush human spine.
@@tinetannies4637 he never connected on Kirk's spine
@@stevencoardvenicein the first fight scene the Gorn has Kirk in a bear hug that Kirk breaks out of by popping the Gorn on its ears. So the Gorn has massive strength yet when it has its arms fully around Kirk's torso it somehow can't crush him. Quirky!
“We are the metronomes, we are mostly monosyllabic when communicating with each other, so believe me, what I’m saying here is a stretch. If we have to keep doing this shit, we will go and kill both the captains. It’s getting pretty monotonous.”
there has never been and there will never be a series like star trek, william shatner and leonard nimoy are , unarguably, the best duo ever to work on a series...they made history!!!... long live and prosper!!!...
Perhaps Kirk could have constructed a “rudimentary lathe.”
Biggest laugh in Galaxy Quest
A LATHE?! GET OFF THE LINE, GUY!
Yeah, I loved that line and so much else about that movie.
Well, he would have needed to first construct a rudimentary DC shunt motor requiring ~1 kW powered by rudimentary silicon solar panels.
lmao
Great episode, homemade cannon was awesome!
Kirk vs MacGyver - now that would be a showdown!
And the Gorn is too stupid to realize that Kirk is making a mortar. It walks right into point-blank range.
It’s possible his culture never had gunpowder - or, like the Chinese, thought it fit only for amusement.
@@roberthaworth8991 But they had space travel, right? I guess that doesn't mean they knew what gunpowder or mortars were.
He thought it was a potato gun.
It was the Gorn beside those elements that they ignored as beyond human understanding. Both sides were underestimating each other despite the absolute fact of warp drives, deep space, etc. Totally dumb plot. Rubber suits similar to Godzilla. 😅😅
The gorn don't have saltpeter.. they used high explosives for everything
Where did Kirk find a giant piece of bamboo growing in the middle of the LA desert? And why didn't he just build a spaceship instead and fly away from the planet in the time it took Gorn to chase him down?
Yeah. Everything he needs is right there.
It was provided for him by the Metrons as well as the sulphur and the diamonds
Wasn't in the script
7-11 down the street from the studio.
Script
We will allow you to see and hear what is transpiring on a color television screen, after a brief commercial from our sponsor.
If I’m correct, Ted Cassidy did the voice of the Gorn. He had appeared in “The Corbomite Maneuver” and in “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
And was the voice of The Incredible Hulk
Ted was such an amazing and talented actor. He had a range greater than what many would have given him credit for. I personally think he was one of the best character actors of old school Hollywood.
Think of how low in frequency his Lurch growl was. That was some low voice!
He also played John Tesh in The Adam's Family. 🤪
@@lordhue you must be joking 🤣🤣🤣
Godzilla vs the 300 foot Shatner.
cute
2:08 charcoal on that planet come in conveniently-sized briquettes.
That Gorn suit must have been horrible to work in.
When I first saw this I thought this was great.
And as for why he couldn't just beat it in the first place, that's because the Gorn's skin was too thick. He needed the momentum from the cannon and the concentrated force on the projectile to penetrate.
Love you, Kirk... no matter how mean the Gorn was he said , " NO. NO... I WONT KILL HIM". He's a good man xxx No killing xxx
Well, the Gorns were rightfully angry because of an illegal attack on one of the outposts that killed many Gorns. But, Kirk promised peace talks with the Gorn colony in a gesture of good will and civility.
The Gorn seems too slow and awkward to give Kirk much of a challenge; he overcomes it pretty easily.
Not much of a challenge, for Captain Kirk!
Unfortunately for a 1960's TV show budget, they could only afford what obviously is a stuntman in a rubber suit. The suit was probably heavy and hot, and couldn't allow the guy in it much freedom of movement. Which probably explains the slow and limited movements of the "Gorn".
In the short story, "The Red Roller" on which this ep is based, the human protagonist concludes that the utterly alien Roller -- though clumsy and somewhat slow -- will leverage its much greater mass, toughness, and endurance to eventually defeat him. For one thing, the (contrived) environment is very hot and dry and he's tiring fast and almost sun-blind as a result, whereas the Roller seems better-adapted to those conditions. The human feels himself a "dead man walking" -- until he hits upon the game-changer the planet offers. Remember, the Gorn have interstellar capability, so they at least held their own in fights against somebody. Advantage Gorn here.
I wonder how a being like the Gorn with those big fat fingers, could have constructed and operated starships.
Walks like he's 💩 himself
One would think Star Fleet uniforms would be made with flame retardant material, LOL
I think I always loved this one because we finally got a real alien creature battling Kirk to enjoy. I would have loved an episode with the Enterprise crew battling dozens of these things.
Always bet on James T. Kirk!
Eat shit Gorn! You got Kirk-owned!
"Look around you. Can you construct some sort of rudimentary lathe?"
-Guy
I think one reason for the popularity of Captain Kirk has to do with always coming up with something spectacular while under desperate situation. I think Search for Spock takes the cake, as he even self-destructed the Enterprise to stay alive and outwit Kruge. I love that countdown scene ... 'Speaking? Let me mear. 6...5...4... Get out! Get out of there! 3...2...' *KABOOM* :D
They're both awesome in their own ways!
In case you wanted to know what the inspiration for Macgyver was.... this was it.
How many different movies did that background music get pulled from? I think I heard some "Kill Bill" but not sure of the other ones?
Its "A silhouette of Doom" by Ennio Morricone, his music was used a lot in the spaghetti westerns which is why it probably sounds familiar.
He couldn't just escape because the aliens were forcing them to fight. If he tried to run, the Gorn would just keep following him until he eventually ran out of energy. Or the aliens might force their paths to cross. I'm not sure just how much they could manipulate. Not to mention the Gorn doesn't know where he is and has to spend time looking for him.
The Gorn was probably executed upon return to his ship just like Stalin used to do with returned captive soldiers. Kirk probably had a nice evening with Yeoman Rand and any other Enterprise woman he wanted.
Vazquez rocks , I love filming there to this day
"no. no, i won't kill you."
so i guess he knew his bazooka would take him just an inch from death. kirk really IS a genius.
Thumbs up, 14 years later…
wonder if they do a remake of that battle with Chris pine? as for the gorn make him bigger and meaner. oh for the McCoy version, do a flashback trying to deliver nasty babies.
Thanks to Cap Kirk pissing off some Metrons back in '67 we now have Predators coming to Earth to avenge their Great Grandad Gorn.
WILLIAM SHATNER is an EPIC perfomer.. the GORN was great too :)
Sleestack
Quick and Mercifull.......
He was a blizzard all Kirk had to do was throw a big bug at him and he would be to busy eating the bug lol
Plus he would eat it very sloooooooowly.
I will be quick and Mercifull!
The masterpiece has been re-released, enjoy!
Kill Bill Volume 2 music???
This is the original music, that's why it fits so perfectly with the action!
@@Darvatron Oh, so Quentin borrowed it…
@@lordhumungus3578 Indeed, he borrowed it from the movie "Navajo Joe" from 1966 ruclips.net/video/Mgpcu8ZLlFc/видео.htmlsi=vW68LaF7ogfEbomL
He is truly, epic.
Let's fight in slow mo! Yeah it's like the watching slow zombies catch up to fast runners tripping and just plain succumbing to gravity and Murphy's Law.
I knew several people who not only survived such a low yield explosion but was also unharmed. If you noticed the blast only knocked down the Gorn, it was the impacted of his head to the rock that knocked him out. Kirk on the other hand was hurt by the explosion, but being Kirk he never let on that he was hurt.
I'm curious. Why the use of the " Kill Bill" sound track? It doesn't fit and it's been overused.
It fits perfectly, which is why this video is so popular.
3:26...So Starfleet uniforms are FLAMMABLE! ...GREAT!
In the heat at Vasquez Rocks, the Gorn costume itself must have nearly killed Bobby Clark and Gary Combs, the stuntmen who wore it for the action shots!
This is Thrand!!!I will be releasing our video Busting mythbusters Gorn Cannon Episode.They did not do it correctly due to fear of others trying and law suites because of it.We will be firing a cannon that will knock out the Gorn in our up coming video made with same ingredients Kirk used :D
This must play on a constant loop in David Ikes head
The Gorn's big mistake was removing the boulder from Kirk's leg before going in for the kill (not shown here). That allowed Kirk to free himself and move out of the way.
Kirk may have also used the vines (if strong enough) to go around the gorn and tied to a boulder to pull him down and then Kirk could have smashed a nice size rock on his head.
lol Yeah...that would have been inventive :) The Gorn's booby-trap was ingenious...which makes his stupid boulder-removing blunder even more head-scratching.
Lol i remember the Duck Dodgers parody of this Episode. Dodgers (AKA Daffy) was also making a gun like this...even though there were Trees growing Spears and other weapons.
BWAHHAHAHAHAH LUCY AND RICKIE MUST HAVE BEEN LAUGHING THEIR ASSES OFF LOOKING AT THE RUSHES...
deep-fry Gorn nuggets in a cornmeal beer batter with remoulade sauce on the side? ~ Delicious!
Pop a Poppler in your mouth, when you come to Fishy Joes. What it's made of is a mystery, where it comes from no one knows...
William Shatner is great in an advert on his sofa playing computer games with the 1960s Gorn, though the acting may be overdone.
I love that commercial too!
ruclips.net/video/4hnBp7x2QAE/видео.htmlsi=Y2XSTz25wLGTLP67
making gun powder is not that easy, just saying. He also needs a lot more potassium nitrate.
The Gorn was played by George Foreman. I recognize those slow roundhouse hooks anywhere.
You've got one shot Jim. you better make it count!
GOOD ONE !!!
0:47 is that a sample from the 911 movie "loose change?" I hear?
"No I won't kill you - the budget won't allow it"
The bazooka is aimed 10 feet above the gorn's head....safe spot to be! :)
What is the soundtrack on this???
It's called "A silhouette of doom" by Ennio Morricone, friend.
It was also used in Kill Bill Volume 2
Kirk would have been screwed if the Gorn came at him from a different direction.
Kirk could kill in the heat of battle, but when his enemy was defeated and he had time to think like a civilized human being he spared him.
Witch episode please!!!
The cannon was not aimed the right direction.
Yeah. It's so miraculous that Kirk got the Gorn on the first strike. Now if Kirk was like me, he'd have missed and needed time to reload.
Kirk was adjusting for the cross breeze. 😄
Mythbusters forget one thing, it is an alien world with alien bamboo. Also if you look closely you can see that the bamboo cannon did not survive the blast.
what was the name of that advanced civilization the melcor???ians
I prefer the Atavacron, but this isn't a bad compilation.
Dudes from Iowa. We grow up learning how to make this stuff.
Facts.
HE FIGURED IT OUT DOCTOR
I agree, for all of the same reasons as you, its a great episode. The fact that he refused to kill the Gorn in defiance of a higher power and at great risk to his and his shipmates lives says a lot as well. Chasing down the Gorn ship to destroy it out of vengeance was his fall, risking his life so selflessly to show mercy on the Gorn was his redemption.
For a being that can travel a warp 7…and in deep space…the best they can do is a stone dagger??
That was a dumb edit. The original was much better.
Dont like it? Dont watch it. Its his channel, and he can do whatever he wants !
aw…. I’d forgotten Kirk loved ol’ Gorney in the end
🤣🤣🤣😘🤮
It's what makes this episode so good, it teaches us the power of forgiveness, mercy, and compassion. Brains vs. Brawn!
ol' Gorney...I love that.
@@DarvatronAt the 2nd New York, Star Trek Convention, there was a Dealer, selling a pin-on badge, that said: "Happiness, is a Warm Gorn !" They sold out FAST !
Someone also made, a stick-on, that read, "NBC, is A Klingon CONSPIRACY !"
That cannon is unreal xD
Top notch hilarity.
AMAZING! JTK "finds" some rope next to the bamboo by the fire road (what planet are they on?) ... finds the "crude" elements... and builds a frickin' bazooka that shoots diamonds/crystals at the dreaded "gorn". By wounding the "gorn" but not killing him off- JTK ONCE AGAIN proves that HE is the smartest/best human ever. I have seen ALL of these episodes... and I assure you that had the "gorn " been a female... JTK would have been searching for rubber trees to make a different type of protection.
Definitely not the same Gorn Pike deals with in "Strange New Worlds".
Must have been hot wearing all that rubber in the California sun
He might have died of starvation waiting for the Gorn to die using that strategy. He hit him in the chest with a huge rock, then dropped a boulder off of a cliff onto him as well. The boulder only stunned the Gorn for a moment or two.
Watch part two and see for yourself.
THANK GOD!! KIRK WAS ABLE TO MAKE A BAMBOO CANNON OR IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN CURTAINS FOR KIRK AND THE CREW!!
I SOOOO want that motivational poster...
Great show, unlike todays crap.
kirk and picard two of my all time favorite captains
The problem with the bamboo cannon is fragility, more than likely would have blown the bamboo to shreds...
This scene was not quite the final showdown - remember this?
ruclips.net/video/4hnBp7x2QAE/видео.htmlsi=Y9-AmEmmkQgif3C6
Don't bring a knife to a cannon fight.
Haha, that's an awesome analogy! Captain Kirk's fighting style always amused me, especially the two-handed karate chops to the upper back, haha!
The best from Star Trek is this scene where Spock grabs a guy by the wrist and pushes him to the ground like a sissy-girl for the KO victory. It looks REALLY bad, I should go dig it up.
Is that Scooby-Doo in the Gorn outfit?
Gorn is a turtle ?
That Gorn moves slower than a turtle.