They make them tough out there on Gorn

Legendary fight scene from original Star Trek. I can't imagine that this ever passed for suspenseful television, even in it's original run. Instead it's campy cheese of the highest order. So much win here:

• Why is the Gorn so slow?
• Why are they in Malibu Canyon?
• Why is there a weird light on the rock behind J.T. Kirk when he's looking at the ground?
• How is that the Gorn goes to give him a hug but can't bite his face off, but then he picks up a rock the size of a vw bug and hurls it into the air?
• Why is Kirk so damn sexy?