Posted on 06/11/2022 7:35:03 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Star Trek is no stranger to cinema, and the franchise’s quality of films tends to fluctuate with each new release. We’ve seen plenty of pretty good films from the series, and we’ve also seen films that weren’t as good as they could’ve been. Everyone’s got their own favorites, but if there’s one thing that can be agreed upon, it’s that Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan stands above the rest.
Released exactly today in 1982, Khan served as a sequel to both the original 1979 Star Trek film, and the 1967 episode, “Space Seed.” Directed by Nicholas Meyer, who also did uncredited work on its final script with Jack B. Sowards, the film has cast a long shadow over Star Trek. Whether it was due to the shocking death of Spock (Leonard Nimoy), its substantially improved acting, or having a great villain in the form of the late Ricardo Montalban as Khan Noonien Singh, Khan the film was nothing short of a success back in the day. At the time of its release, it came out to strong reviews and was a box office hit, earning $97 million worldwide. Even beyond financials, it spawned a brief sub-franchise for the film franchise, kicking off a trilogy that included 1984's Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and 1986's Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. And it’s why, at least prior to the 2009 reboot, the Trek fandom held to the belief that even-numbered entries would be the only good films in the series.
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Saw an interview with him and he said a lot of directors get lazy when dealing with experienced actors, so when Nicholas Meyer started talking to Ricardo about what he wanted from him, RM said “Oh. You’re going to direct me?”. Went on to explain how much he appreciated that.
I just saw the original Khan episode the other night.
Wow. The last line of the episode was just brilliant!!! Something to the effect of ‘wouldn’t you like to go forward 100 years and see what happens to them’ after Khan and his crew were sent to another planet.
why are there no muslims in the original star trek?
because it happens in the FUTURE.
Yes. The relevance of “Moby Dick” to Khan’s madness was made much more clear in the novelization.
And he got a commendation for it too!
(No doubt to cover up Starfleet’s embarassment....)
No.
Well, darn.
we saw the same interview!
. . .and it was Stacey Abrams’ first cameo. She played “Gracie”, the whale on the right. . .
It was addressed in an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise called ‘Regeneration’.
“. . .and it was Stacey Abrams’ first cameo. She played “Gracie”, the whale on the right. . .”
well played!
Trekkies explain that discrepancy by saying that Chekov was onboard the Enterprise at the time,but was not a bridge officer
Ah, I haven’t seen Enterprise, I’ll look it up. Wasn’t Enterprise set before TOS? I thought Q introduced the borg.
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