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Apr 18, 2024 · In an early version of the “Code of Honor” script, Kirk’s epic battle against the villainous Lutan’s reptilian ancestor would have been explicitly mentioned. The Infamous Code Of Honor Before I can fully dive into the bizarre way that Kirk nearly got connected to a TNG episode, it’s important to review what “Code of Honor” is so ...
Oct 7, 2023 · The original script called for a reptilian race with a Japanese bushido type culture but that was going to be hard to do, given all the prosthetics and makeup that would have been required (and cost money, nudge-nudge). They could gone several other different directions, but they settled on a pseudo-futuristic African style species and culture ...
The race abides by a strict code of honor and their leader seeks to use Yar as a pawn to increase his power. Powers and Baron pitched a story based on a reptilian race following a code of honor similar to the bushido code of the Samurai .
- October 12, 1987
- Katharyn Powers, Michael Baron
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Some thoughts on TNG's Code of Honor. I was watching this episode again earlier today and some things came to mind. I know all the controversy behind this episode in American fandom, but to coin a phrase, I think maybe "racism is in the eye of the beholder". To recap: the Enteprise visits a planet where society has a very retrograde view on women.
The Sangheili honor code is similar to a few throughout human history, sharing concepts such as skill in combat (with an emphasis on swordsmanship), loyalty to master and family/clan, and views on death. Some such systems promote death in battle as being the most honorable and proper way to die.
Jul 16, 2016 · 8. The Gorn. A race of aliens both beloved by fans and deeply underrepresented within Star Trek canon itself is the Gorn. A scaly, sharp-toothed species that resemble man-sized dinosaurs, the Gorn have so far only appeared in two episodes ever, but have never been forgotten by fandom.
Code of Honor really was a WTF moment in Star Trek history. After reading up about it, turns out the original race of aliens were suppose to be reptilian. If the episode had stuck with with original idea of lizard like men, i kinda think it wouldn't have been so bad. It would still be a bad episode, but not has terrible as what exist now.
