Mythbusters to Meet Star Trek
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 by tcg
Mythbusters will take on classic Star Trek. In the original series episode Arena, Kirk is pitted against the Gorn captain. Kirk makes a cannon from items he finds on the planet. The Mythbusters’ task is to find out if it’s possible to make a working cannon from the items Captain Kirk employed.
The myth was a labor of love for Grant Imahara. He wanted to see it tested and he knew we wanted to see it tested. He asked his twitter followers to tweet with the tag #gorncannon so the show runners could get see a trend analysis. I tweeted the #gorncannon and lots of others did too. The response was enough to get the cannon added to the next viewers’ special. Grant and Tory have been keeping the fans updated on the progress with pictures of their Star Trek costumes and Think Geek accessories (a Tribble and communicators). Grant makes a great Spock.
The Mythbusters team has made cannons for previous myths. They’ve tested combustibility of various things. I think they’ll find a way to make the Gorn cannon work.
