Talk:Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)

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The Metrons

Doesn't it seem more plausible for speculation that the Metrons could have been an early version of the Q rather than Trelane? Sure Trelane shares the mischief factor that Q has but the Metron shows more powers and curiousity in humans that the Q seem to have had.--Skeev 17:41, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, that's ridiculous. The Metrons scanned the Enterprise, something the more-or-less omniscient Q would never need to do.

And Trelane used a device to control his environment and was to clueless to know how out of date he was. That's a whole lot farther out of charachter of a Q than the Metrons.

Gorn

Gorns are fast, but not as fast as Captain Kirk. --E tac 06:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

remastered

Am i going insane or did they add effects to make mr gorn look like he's blinking?

Though I have no knowledge of your mental state, I can assure you that, yes, they did add a blinking to the Gorn's eyes in at least one scene. Sir Rhosis 18:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Metrons LIED ( shock horror )

Is it worth adding to the article the revelation that the Metrons may have actually lied ?
This is not canon as it was not in the episode itself, but it was featured in the "official novelization", so may have been included in an early version of the script.
The TOS episodes were adapted into short stories by James Blish and published as a series of 12 books - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_%28Blish%29
In the adaptation of "Arena" - in the collection "Star Trek 2" - the Metron reveals to Kirk that the initial intention had been to destroy *the winner* - as that species would obviously be the greater potential threat... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.121.245 (talk) 13:17, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]