RIS James
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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The Voyage Home is the greatest Star Trek film of all time.
I think Wrath of Khan is better, but only just.
The two of them qualify as the best Sci-Fi movies ever made.
“He tasks me! He tasks me, and I shall have him!
“I’ll chase him ‘round the moons of Nibia and ‘round the Antares maelstrom and ‘round Perdition’s Flames before I give him up!”
“The Voyage Home is the greatest Star Trek film of all time.”
I have no problem with that. It added humor to the franchise. “There be whales”.
Greatest movie ever made!
Botany Bay...BOTANY BAY, OH NO!
KHAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!
Disagree. It was way too eco-preachy for me. Like some sort of powerful being was going to come back to Earth to... sing like a whale? Stupid plot. Sierra-club ecoweenie nonsense.
Now the Wrath of Kahn, THAT! That was a MOVIE.
Lmao! I was waiting for someone to post that. I knew it was coming.
The period of the 1980s to the early 1990s was mostly great. One good thing was looking forward to another Star Trek movie every two years and most of them were good to okay. Even seeing the familiar characters in one of the less-than-good movies made the experience okay.
Paraphrased quotes out of Moby Dick.
Agreed completely! Leonard Nimoy did a fantastic job directing. He knew exactly how to mix the drama and comedy, and got very ingratiating and genial performances out of the whole company, particularly Shatner.
A real classic.
Two words.
Corinthian leather.
I agree, Khan is the superior movie.
RIS James
The TV series had great humor. They sure gave it up for that first whacked-out movie, though.
There are some great "behind the scenes" photos from that film.
Somebody wrote a (humorous) song about it:
“The Temperature of Revenge”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo9dNMLQgdo
Strangely enough Chekhov was not in the TV episode.
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