Wired.com has a great little top ten cheesiest creatures from Star Trek: TOS. Very fun little article. I’m from the TNG era, so I was surprised to find that I remembered all of those creatures on the list. The salt vampire was my favorite. What better way to encourage a person to consume less salt than a vampire that chooses its victims based on their salt consumption?! Ahh, but then there’s also the mugato, the gorn captain, the tribbles. With all this talk about the new ‘reimagined’ Star Trek movie, you know one element they’re not gonna have is the cheesy yet memorable monsters. Yes, this list just makes me want to break out the DVD’s and watch some good ol’ classic Trek.
November 21st, 2007 at 8:55 am
I always thought the Kanutu Woman was spookier than the horned gorilla though. (from the wired article)
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:05 am
Yeah but in the Kanutu Woman-Kirk-Mugatu love triangle, Kirk prefers to do the biting.