Posted on 12/19/2024 9:58:57 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
The Star Trek film franchise has thirteen releases spanning 1979 to 2016, but there is one film often held up as the one of the best of the genre, 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And today the film picked up another major accolade, being named as one of the movies added to the National Film Registry for Preservation by the Library of Congress.
Khan preserved for the ages Today, the Library of Congress announced the 25 films being added to the National Film Registry for Preservation for 2024. Films added to the registry are chosen “due to their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.” Submissions for consideration can be made by members of the public and this year there were over 6,700 entries, one of which was Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
In a statement provided to TrekMovie, Stephen Leggett of the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center said, “We picked Wrath of Khan in part because it is generally considered the best of the theatrical releases in the series. The film also received significant support in public nominations.” Five of this year’s films added to the registry are also being highlighted for reflecting Hispanic artists and culture, and this includes The Wrath of Khan. From the announcement: “One of the selections with strong public nominations this year, “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” features Mexican-American actor Ricardo Montalbán as the main antagonist in the film.”
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In Space Seed it was noted Kahn had an incredible memory and read very, very fast.
Now add to that his crew who presumably had to same intellectual ability as Kahn which each learning a particular aspect of operation.
That might explain why there were lapses in knowledge about how to re-raise Reliant's shields; not understanding the code Kirk and Spock were using.
I liked the one with whales.
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