Mr. Shatner actually seemed pleasantly low key here -- compared to his often over the top persona. Over the top is, of course, fun -- just nice to see another side.
The 19 people who disliked this video shall be left you as you left me, as you left her. Marooned for all eternity, in the center of a dead planet... buried alive... buried aliiiive.
@JayRicci7891 That must be the most awesome comment ever. :D The Trek anniversary just recently came and went, and I'm in the process of watching the movies all over again, and then I find this ... made the experience even better. Thank you.
George Lucas used a "feel", a concept he called " the used future" wherein the technology looked like it had been around for a long time, and was well used.... this made it plauseable and everyone, critics to general population fell in love with this idea that was so subliminal... an effect that carried the way he wove the story using techniques borrowed from Akira Kurisawa Et Al. it was a very hard trick to pull off in it's day...
Fuel your stove with cardboard, newspapers, phone bills, I.R.S. summonses and love-letters. [From: "One Answer to Cancer" (book) by Dr. William Kelley we learn: “Malignancy, therefore, is never normal (somatic) tissue gone into wild proliferation, but a normal primitive germ cell growing normally in the wrong place.”
Guy's let's admit, Khan had WAAAAAY TO LITTLE scrren time...I mean only one episode and one movie which showed him for like 20 minutes. C'mon... Didn't they realise the awesomenes of this villain..
@mompood A toop,it aint. It's plugs of hair he had surgically implanted back around, oh, mid to late 70's or so because he was losing his hair and he REALLY didn't want to go there. At least, that's what I heard!
Montalban was a very good actor, but I never understood why everyone says he was handsome. Shatner was handsome and sexy as hell, Nimoy had charm, Kelley was sweet, but Montalban had nothing of all this. Honestly, I would risk to go to hell just to make love once with a man like the young Shatner, but I wouldn't let someone like Montalban touch me, even if he was the last man on earth.
Take the Mutara Nebula battle as example, when the Enterprise gets behind the Reliant, and Sulu misses his phaser fire, Kirk orders to hold course, a tactical mistake, since giving your position away in blind combat is like an assassin staying out of the shadows! Khan uses increases speed and does an impulse turn. Kirk realising too late, attempts "evasive starboard" another mistake as the manuevur exposes the already damaged warp drive and Khan damages it further hitting it with crushing force.
Those wondering who was the better captain... Khan or Kirk... the answer is Khan. You see Kirk's victory lay in the genius of Spock... it was Spock who sent the uncoded message that the Enterprise was badly crippled and it was Spock who suggested using 3 dimensional warfare to beat Khan.
@NazhitsREALLYHARD , I reluctantly agree. In TOS Kirk showed more tactical prowess than in any of the movies. Though I had a similar issue with STXI when it came from Chekov instead of Spock or Kirk. Star Fleet had more faith in Kirk's intuition than Spock's intellectual analysis but still these were incidents of dumbing down a Star Ship Captain so the other guy could look smarter.
Well I think Khan was 'actually' better than Kirk rather than him being smart for the sake of it. Khan's superior intellect allowed him to beat Kirk in their first encounter and in the Nebula. If it weren't for Spock, Kirk would've ended up as a mere after-thought. I believe Khan is actually the good guy in the film... since he was "illegally" exiled on Ceti Alpha VI! Why else do you think Kirk and co. NEVER told anyone else in Starfleet of the matter... even Captain Terrell was unaware.
@NazhitsREALLYHARD I agree, Khan had the genetically engineered superior intellect and would have destroyed Kirk if it wasn't for Spock with his Vulcan intellect.
However Spock's tactical contribution in this movie was to suggest to Kirk to think in three dimensions. In space battle that would be basic training.
@brenbaroque Not necessarily my dear friend. I mean even in navigation, a ship won't use 3 dimensions when following a set course which is why Kirk did exactly that. Kirk thought The Reliant would continue on its course or turn away... instead Khan increased speed and did an impulse turn. Even then Kirk was bemused... that clearly suggests his experience is greater than Khan's but not his intelligence.
I do believe it was a mistake for them to continue on making Star Trek films after "Wrath of Khan"... 'cause when you look back in hindsight you get the feeling the films that came afterward were borrowing in on its success... almost degrading it. They could've had Kirk and Spock die in the warp core... Spock goes in first and Kirk tries to save him... in the end they both die with the Enterpise escaping in the nick of time, and have a grand funeral.
Star Trek 2 is the best Trek Movie ever. It blows the others away and it opened up the whole TREK universe beyond the original series. So much more than the 'Motion Picture'. New ships, new planets. Farewell Khaaaaaaaaaan.
KAAAAAAAAHN!!!!!! and "get to da choppa!!!" those are like the 2 most quoted things I see in youtube comments all the time. They are both so epic I don't even know which is better...they both classic 80's sci fi movie lines its a coin toss for me lol
And then come the achievements and influence of Star Trek II upon Hollywood. Wrath of Khan grossed over a whopping $14 million at the box office setting a new open day record (Jaws, the original summer hit, only grossed $7 million)... but most of all important... Wrath of Khan had the first ever scene done entirely by computer graphics generated in Hollywood! Something which has slipped under the radar. Of course not forgetting Montalban's performance as Khan. Can't praise it enough!
Well Ricardo Montalban performance as Khan is one that measures, not only, the villains of Star Trek but in Hollywood. I mean his role as Khan in the series episode was nowhere near as dramatic as the movie role. It almost seemed like the 15 years he was out he learned soo much more than the other actors of Star Trek.
@MetallicaFan035 "I'll chase him around the Moons of Nibia and round the Arturus Maelstrom before I give him up" (breathes in through nostrils and recomposes himself) "Prepare to alter course".
@cha5 Khan doesn't use the word "black" in his final speech... and if I may say so...
"THIS IS CETI ALPHA V!... (narrows eyes and nods head to himself)... (walks over and lowers voice)... Ceti Alpha VI exploded and the shockwave rendered this whole planet waste... Admiral Kirk (the hypocrit) never bothered to check on our progress... it was the fact of my genetically engineered intellect that allowed us to survive. On Earth, over 200 years ago, I was a prince with power over millions."
@cha5 People don't even know that Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan was the film that changed the face of Hollywood... it grossed over $14.2 million in the first three days (a record at the time), TWICE that of Jaws (which only grossed $7 million in its first three days) and had the first ever scene done entirely by computer generated graphics (the scene with the demonstration of the genesis effect on a moon or dead planet). I would say the acting in this is better than in any Star Wars film.
@makutateridax200 No! Leonard Nimoy (who plays Spock) didn't wanna be in Star Trek II... it was Harve Bennett's (executive producer) idea that Spock die (so as to give Nimoy a farewell). But sometime into production, Nimoy expressed a desire to continue in the franchise and in the scene when he does the nerve grip on McCoy, he then says "Remember"... that was suggested by Bennett (with the rest of the cast presumably unaware that Nimoy was gonna return for Star Trek III)...
@makutateridax200 Also, on a psychological perspective, Spock knew (as did Khan) that Kirk deep down is a pompous, renegade and coward who ain't got the balls to risk his live for the rest of the crew. Which is why Khan becomes so certain that Kirk's end has come at the end... unfortunately for Khan, Spock already was one step ahead (as he had been throughout the entire ordeal) and gladly sacrifices his life so that his "friend" can be relieved of this nightmare...
@makutateridax200 Lastly, if you pay attention to the motives of Khan then you'll realise that he wanted to quote... "I've done far worse than kill you, I've hurt you, and I wish to go on hurting you." Kirk realises this when McCoy tells him to "You'd better get down here... better hurry". So then is it no wonder that Spock's first words are "Don't grieve Admiral... it is logical". But what makes Kirk and Spock's friendship standout is that they respect each other's opinions.
@makutateridax200 Like when Kirk comes to Spock informing him about going to Regula-1 and that he wants Spock to continue commanding the ship... Spock replies "As a teacher on a training mission, I am content on commanding the Enterprise. If we are to go on actual duty then the senior officer on board MUST assume command"... Kirk: "It Maybe nothing... downed communications... you take the shi-"... Spock: "Jim... you proceed from a false assumption... I am a Vulcan. I have no ego to bruise"
@makutateridax200 I'm not a nerd... I only have 2 sci-fi films in my dvd collection... star trek II and III. I prefer action, powerful films. What I said was synopsis of Spock and Kirk's relationship. It is unlike any friendship to come to cinema!
@OropherThranduil Star Wars and 2001 are great movies but I prefer Alien as a visionary than 2001 and Star Trek II is appropriate to me because of the sacrifice of Spock, and the wrath of Khan.
@OropherThranduil And why is that? Alien has the better script and better cast... the story aspect is equal on all fronts... but what Alien does, that no other sci-fi film has done... is integrate the script and cast together soo seamlessly... like when Ash says: "Dallas, mother wants to see you"... Dallas replies: "Yeah I know. Yellow lights for my eyes only". Dallas's reply is soo poetic and seamless that it pulls you in to believing that the cast are not just actors... but people too.
and what george lucas did with star wars, he created a whole universe that was expanded upon later, much like tolkien, except that tolkien did EVERYTHING by himself, while the star wars myth is build upon by others.
and YOU say alien has a better script, doesn't mean it has, just like the cast.
and sorry, but luke skywalker, han solo and co are more real people for millions than ripley will ever be, simply because of their impact.
@OropherThranduil My 2 cents is that Alien and Star Wars are difficult to even compare, given they are in very different classes. Really, I think they were both excellent in their own respects...but for extremely different reasons. Star Wars was a tribute to the classic science fiction adventure serials and hero myths, and carried that very well; Alien was an attempt to draw on native human fears and create a true atmosphere of sophisticated horror, which it also did very well.
@erentheca you are right... George used a "feel" he called " the used future" wherein the technology looked like it had been around for a long time, and was well used.... this made it plauseable and everyone, critics to general population fell in love with this idea that was so subliminal... an effect that carried the way he wove the story using techniques borrowed from Akira Kurisawa Et Al. it was a very hard trick to pull off in it's day...
the way george lucas integrated all classic aspects into his story, samurai movies, scholar and apprentice, myths from different countries, criticism of the nazi regime, watch the Angry Video Game nerds review of the star wars movies, he cites all the traditions and references incorporated into the first epic sci fi saga.
Alien is more of a thriller than a sci fi epic, and it's one of the best thrillers, but not such a big influence on the sci fi genre like the other 2.
@cha5 Is the new Star Trek movie better than the Wrath of Khan? Though I haven't seen it myself, I somehow doubt that it is. You see the Wrath of Khan was "supposed" to be the end of Star Trek... think of it as one last BIG BANG before departing. In fact, even Leonard Nimoy got fed up and asked only to play as Spock if he were to be killed off.
@cha5 And watching the film you really do get a sense that.. yep... this is it... Khan is gonna kill Kirk and co. and there's gonna be one massive funeral in spacedock. THE END. But then Spock saves them in the nick of time.
If you see it, or have seen it, William Shatner's performance in "The Andersonville Trials" was one of the finest things ever on television. I said it 30 years ago, and I'll say it again. Nothing short of excellent. Thank you Mr. Shatner, I mean Captain.
wow the shat is losing his KHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shatner was the mac daddy of the universe. The whole entire point of the show was for Kirk to travel around the universe and hook up with women lol! Shatner is the man.
I have loved William Shatner all my life. I don't remember a time when he wasn't on tv or in movies. He's lasted longer with me than my husbands put together. I hope he is recording every jot of his memoir. He's been around and will keep coming back even when he's walking with a walker.
I think it does. I certainly planned on that. The primary reason I'm not headed for a third marriage is because I don't want to risk another divorce. And marriage is the first step to divorce...My parents, aunt, uncles, and grandparents shared their lives to the end. I envy that.
i dont know your situation and i wont say anymore. it wouldnt be fair. ive seen more problems with marriage than i think it is worth so i choose not to ever get married.
ahh hes losing his KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN haha
Darthstick 1 week ago
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ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) KHAAAAAAN!
berboma 1 week ago
Wow Shatner & Montalban are legendary actors
TheOdhisattva 2 weeks ago
I was sad to hear about his death. He was my favorite Star Trek villain.
NatTheDestroyer 3 weeks ago
Your best interviews, are always by your daughter.
Aeolis7 2 months ago 4
It is very cold in space...
squamish4244 2 months ago
Aww hes tearing up. I love you william shatner!
0mrinsertname0 2 months ago 2
I still don't get why 19 people dislike this.....no taste. Not Star Trek TOS fans for sure.
CartoonsKick 3 months ago
I can almost smell the whisky from here
anasuikishibe 3 months ago
You've still got it, Bill! KHAAAN!!! Lol!
elrond70 3 months ago
The new Star Trek (from 2009) sequel should have Khan. I just don't know who should play him.
Davechow12 5 months ago 2
has he been crying before filing this???
cyberlyme 6 months ago
Mr. Shatner actually seemed pleasantly low key here -- compared to his often over the top persona. Over the top is, of course, fun -- just nice to see another side.
wmpitcher 6 months ago 2
Who the hell is Khaaaan!?
no really...
kozioff 6 months ago
lol he has a man crush cx
XxwhogirlferretluvxX 6 months ago 3
The "KHAAAN" that pierced the heavens.
Charmolution 6 months ago 4
MontalbAAAAAANNNNN!!!!
1GodOnlyOne 6 months ago
(clears throat) KKKKKKKKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNN!
Zoroasterrrr 6 months ago
Puns are the lowest form of comedy.
McflyMcMurderface 6 months ago
@McflyMcMurderface Correction: bad puns are the lowest.
1GodOnlyOne 6 months ago
@1GodOnlyOne I stand corrected. ;)
McflyMcMurderface 6 months ago
I like his Khan do attitude though.
MegaJetJaguar 6 months ago
I guess we all reach a point where we just can't Khan like we used to.
McMahonHater 6 months ago
EPICCCCC!
romefox 8 months ago
The 19 people who disliked this video shall be left you as you left me, as you left her. Marooned for all eternity, in the center of a dead planet... buried alive... buried aliiiive.
JayRicci7891 9 months ago 169
@JayRicci7891
JAYRIIIIICCCCCIII!!!!
KHAAAAAAAANNN 9 months ago 5
@JayRicci7891 LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
pgc4sean 8 months ago
@JayRicci7891
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
hollowsephiroth 6 months ago
@JayRicci7891 That must be the most awesome comment ever. :D The Trek anniversary just recently came and went, and I'm in the process of watching the movies all over again, and then I find this ... made the experience even better. Thank you.
Inductus 4 months ago
@Inductus No problem :-)
JayRicci7891 4 months ago
@JayRicci7891 KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
zlgale1 1 week ago
If I'm in half the spirits and good humour as The Shat when I'm 80 years old, I will be a very happy man :)
bodieofci5 9 months ago 5
Shatner can't do KHAAAAAN! perfectly right anymore? The world has become a sadder place. :C
StoneKnivesBearskins 10 months ago
@StoneKnivesBearskins In fairness to Shatner, he was crying at the time.
yakovgolyadkin 8 months ago
Khaaaaan!!!
narukofan2 10 months ago
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George Lucas used a "feel", a concept he called " the used future" wherein the technology looked like it had been around for a long time, and was well used.... this made it plauseable and everyone, critics to general population fell in love with this idea that was so subliminal... an effect that carried the way he wove the story using techniques borrowed from Akira Kurisawa Et Al. it was a very hard trick to pull off in it's day...
MrTimboy40 10 months ago
I knew William Shatner was gay!
TucoRamirez2 10 months ago
Fuel your stove with cardboard, newspapers, phone bills, I.R.S. summonses and love-letters. [From: "One Answer to Cancer" (book) by Dr. William Kelley we learn: “Malignancy, therefore, is never normal (somatic) tissue gone into wild proliferation, but a normal primitive germ cell growing normally in the wrong place.”
TheManWithTVEyes 10 months ago
Always great to hear your stories =) Kahnnnnnn ! ;)
Vicarapostolic 10 months ago
the second part of Star Trek is the best the others are regular
kkdowning1000 11 months ago
KHHHHAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FreeFallingCats 1 year ago
KHAAAAANNN!!! WE SALUTE YOUUUUUUUU!!!
d4rkbru5t3r 1 year ago
Guy's let's admit, Khan had WAAAAAY TO LITTLE scrren time...I mean only one episode and one movie which showed him for like 20 minutes. C'mon... Didn't they realise the awesomenes of this villain..
juresaiyan 1 year ago 3
@juresaiyan yeah but thats partly what makes it so memorable. because they didn't beat the character to death - figuratively l ol
eslubin 1 year ago
Man Shatner looks good for his age.
nathonas 1 year ago
If that's a toupe' ,I need to shave my head and get me one.
mompood 1 year ago 31
@mompood A toop,it aint. It's plugs of hair he had surgically implanted back around, oh, mid to late 70's or so because he was losing his hair and he REALLY didn't want to go there. At least, that's what I heard!
66LifesMistress77 9 months ago
@mompood Probably Bozley`s hair treatment.
racefan32 1 week ago
shatner needs to cut back on the alcohol
astroboirap 1 year ago
@astroboirap
disagree, whatever he is using keep it up. looking great for 78
spaxspore 1 year ago
Montalban was a very good actor, but I never understood why everyone says he was handsome. Shatner was handsome and sexy as hell, Nimoy had charm, Kelley was sweet, but Montalban had nothing of all this. Honestly, I would risk to go to hell just to make love once with a man like the young Shatner, but I wouldn't let someone like Montalban touch me, even if he was the last man on earth.
msinvincible2000 1 year ago
@msinvincible2000
well, you don't like the bad guys.
OropherThranduil 1 year ago
Denny Crane ftw :D
KallumpoAD 1 year ago
If Kirk was marooned on Fantasy Island it would be... TATTOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Snapscape 1 year ago
I loved Ricardo in Star Trek! Great casting of a fantastic actor!
brenbaroque 1 year ago 3
Take the Mutara Nebula battle as example, when the Enterprise gets behind the Reliant, and Sulu misses his phaser fire, Kirk orders to hold course, a tactical mistake, since giving your position away in blind combat is like an assassin staying out of the shadows! Khan uses increases speed and does an impulse turn. Kirk realising too late, attempts "evasive starboard" another mistake as the manuevur exposes the already damaged warp drive and Khan damages it further hitting it with crushing force.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
Those wondering who was the better captain... Khan or Kirk... the answer is Khan. You see Kirk's victory lay in the genius of Spock... it was Spock who sent the uncoded message that the Enterprise was badly crippled and it was Spock who suggested using 3 dimensional warfare to beat Khan.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD , I reluctantly agree. In TOS Kirk showed more tactical prowess than in any of the movies. Though I had a similar issue with STXI when it came from Chekov instead of Spock or Kirk. Star Fleet had more faith in Kirk's intuition than Spock's intellectual analysis but still these were incidents of dumbing down a Star Ship Captain so the other guy could look smarter.
brenbaroque 1 year ago
Well I think Khan was 'actually' better than Kirk rather than him being smart for the sake of it. Khan's superior intellect allowed him to beat Kirk in their first encounter and in the Nebula. If it weren't for Spock, Kirk would've ended up as a mere after-thought. I believe Khan is actually the good guy in the film... since he was "illegally" exiled on Ceti Alpha VI! Why else do you think Kirk and co. NEVER told anyone else in Starfleet of the matter... even Captain Terrell was unaware.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD I agree, Khan had the genetically engineered superior intellect and would have destroyed Kirk if it wasn't for Spock with his Vulcan intellect.
However Spock's tactical contribution in this movie was to suggest to Kirk to think in three dimensions. In space battle that would be basic training.
brenbaroque 1 year ago
@brenbaroque Not necessarily my dear friend. I mean even in navigation, a ship won't use 3 dimensions when following a set course which is why Kirk did exactly that. Kirk thought The Reliant would continue on its course or turn away... instead Khan increased speed and did an impulse turn. Even then Kirk was bemused... that clearly suggests his experience is greater than Khan's but not his intelligence.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
I do believe it was a mistake for them to continue on making Star Trek films after "Wrath of Khan"... 'cause when you look back in hindsight you get the feeling the films that came afterward were borrowing in on its success... almost degrading it. They could've had Kirk and Spock die in the warp core... Spock goes in first and Kirk tries to save him... in the end they both die with the Enterpise escaping in the nick of time, and have a grand funeral.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD again I agree, the following movies never got any better or even added much to the narrative.
brenbaroque 1 year ago
Star Trek 2 is the best Trek Movie ever. It blows the others away and it opened up the whole TREK universe beyond the original series. So much more than the 'Motion Picture'. New ships, new planets. Farewell Khaaaaaaaaaan.
Artdecovampire 1 year ago
Bill, thanks for this from a great fan, downunder.
Phil
ecoarena 1 year ago
I love this clip! I am such a big fan of Star Trek and of Ricardo Montalban.
DosRemolinos 1 year ago
KAAAAAAAAHN!!!!!! and "get to da choppa!!!" those are like the 2 most quoted things I see in youtube comments all the time. They are both so epic I don't even know which is better...they both classic 80's sci fi movie lines its a coin toss for me lol
sirjohnrambo 1 year ago
@sirjohnrambo
"Live long and prosper"
ivanatwork1 1 year ago
I never knew Ricardo could dAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHNNNNNNce.
LihAniaih 1 year ago
Wrath of Khan has to rank highly on anyone's list of greatest films... its influence and achievements make it so.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago 3
And then come the achievements and influence of Star Trek II upon Hollywood. Wrath of Khan grossed over a whopping $14 million at the box office setting a new open day record (Jaws, the original summer hit, only grossed $7 million)... but most of all important... Wrath of Khan had the first ever scene done entirely by computer graphics generated in Hollywood! Something which has slipped under the radar. Of course not forgetting Montalban's performance as Khan. Can't praise it enough!
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
Well Ricardo Montalban performance as Khan is one that measures, not only, the villains of Star Trek but in Hollywood. I mean his role as Khan in the series episode was nowhere near as dramatic as the movie role. It almost seemed like the 15 years he was out he learned soo much more than the other actors of Star Trek.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD He tasks me, he tasks me and I shall have him!
MetallicaFan035 1 year ago
@MetallicaFan035 "I'll chase him around the Moons of Nibia and round the Arturus Maelstrom before I give him up" (breathes in through nostrils and recomposes himself) "Prepare to alter course".
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD It is so epic lol.
MetallicaFan035 1 year ago
@MetallicaFan035 (narrows eyes like Khan)... "It is indeed... now tell me Why are you here? And tell me where I may find... James... Kirk!"
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD Khan is Captain Ahab and Kirk is his Moby Dick,
"From Hell's black heart I stab at thee! For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee!"
cha5 1 year ago
@cha5 Khan doesn't use the word "black" in his final speech... and if I may say so...
"THIS IS CETI ALPHA V!... (narrows eyes and nods head to himself)... (walks over and lowers voice)... Ceti Alpha VI exploded and the shockwave rendered this whole planet waste... Admiral Kirk (the hypocrit) never bothered to check on our progress... it was the fact of my genetically engineered intellect that allowed us to survive. On Earth, over 200 years ago, I was a prince with power over millions."
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@cha5 People don't even know that Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan was the film that changed the face of Hollywood... it grossed over $14.2 million in the first three days (a record at the time), TWICE that of Jaws (which only grossed $7 million in its first three days) and had the first ever scene done entirely by computer generated graphics (the scene with the demonstration of the genesis effect on a moon or dead planet). I would say the acting in this is better than in any Star Wars film.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD even by today's standards, the genesis simulation scene still holds up nicely. back then it was like: "wow! wtf is this?!"
movitmovit 1 year ago
@movitmovit I would say the film holds up nicely. Now tell me... "why are you here?!"... and tell me where I may find... James... Kirk (narrows eyes)
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@cha5 And I'm also a Star Wars fan too mind you.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD spock really wanted to pull an obi-wan?
makutateridax200 11 months ago
@makutateridax200 No! Leonard Nimoy (who plays Spock) didn't wanna be in Star Trek II... it was Harve Bennett's (executive producer) idea that Spock die (so as to give Nimoy a farewell). But sometime into production, Nimoy expressed a desire to continue in the franchise and in the scene when he does the nerve grip on McCoy, he then says "Remember"... that was suggested by Bennett (with the rest of the cast presumably unaware that Nimoy was gonna return for Star Trek III)...
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@makutateridax200 Also, on a psychological perspective, Spock knew (as did Khan) that Kirk deep down is a pompous, renegade and coward who ain't got the balls to risk his live for the rest of the crew. Which is why Khan becomes so certain that Kirk's end has come at the end... unfortunately for Khan, Spock already was one step ahead (as he had been throughout the entire ordeal) and gladly sacrifices his life so that his "friend" can be relieved of this nightmare...
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@makutateridax200 Lastly, if you pay attention to the motives of Khan then you'll realise that he wanted to quote... "I've done far worse than kill you, I've hurt you, and I wish to go on hurting you." Kirk realises this when McCoy tells him to "You'd better get down here... better hurry". So then is it no wonder that Spock's first words are "Don't grieve Admiral... it is logical". But what makes Kirk and Spock's friendship standout is that they respect each other's opinions.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@makutateridax200 Like when Kirk comes to Spock informing him about going to Regula-1 and that he wants Spock to continue commanding the ship... Spock replies "As a teacher on a training mission, I am content on commanding the Enterprise. If we are to go on actual duty then the senior officer on board MUST assume command"... Kirk: "It Maybe nothing... downed communications... you take the shi-"... Spock: "Jim... you proceed from a false assumption... I am a Vulcan. I have no ego to bruise"
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD jesus christ almighty it is only a movie who gives a flying fuck
p.s. i am a nerd i love anything sci-fi but even i dont take it this seriuosly
makutateridax200 11 months ago
@makutateridax200 I'm not a nerd... I only have 2 sci-fi films in my dvd collection... star trek II and III. I prefer action, powerful films. What I said was synopsis of Spock and Kirk's relationship. It is unlike any friendship to come to cinema!
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD
Bromance at it's best dude.
And most Non nerds at least have Star Wars, and the more intelligent also own 2001 Space Odyssey.
OropherThranduil 11 months ago
@OropherThranduil Star Wars and 2001 are great movies but I prefer Alien as a visionary than 2001 and Star Trek II is appropriate to me because of the sacrifice of Spock, and the wrath of Khan.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD
i love alien 2, another movie for non nerds, but it's not as groundbreaking as 2001 or star wars.
OropherThranduil 11 months ago
@OropherThranduil And why is that? Alien has the better script and better cast... the story aspect is equal on all fronts... but what Alien does, that no other sci-fi film has done... is integrate the script and cast together soo seamlessly... like when Ash says: "Dallas, mother wants to see you"... Dallas replies: "Yeah I know. Yellow lights for my eyes only". Dallas's reply is soo poetic and seamless that it pulls you in to believing that the cast are not just actors... but people too.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 11 months ago
@NazhitsREALLYHARD
just ask peope from the business.
and what george lucas did with star wars, he created a whole universe that was expanded upon later, much like tolkien, except that tolkien did EVERYTHING by himself, while the star wars myth is build upon by others.
and YOU say alien has a better script, doesn't mean it has, just like the cast.
and sorry, but luke skywalker, han solo and co are more real people for millions than ripley will ever be, simply because of their impact.
OropherThranduil 11 months ago
@OropherThranduil My 2 cents is that Alien and Star Wars are difficult to even compare, given they are in very different classes. Really, I think they were both excellent in their own respects...but for extremely different reasons. Star Wars was a tribute to the classic science fiction adventure serials and hero myths, and carried that very well; Alien was an attempt to draw on native human fears and create a true atmosphere of sophisticated horror, which it also did very well.
erentheca 10 months ago 2
@erentheca you are right... George used a "feel" he called " the used future" wherein the technology looked like it had been around for a long time, and was well used.... this made it plauseable and everyone, critics to general population fell in love with this idea that was so subliminal... an effect that carried the way he wove the story using techniques borrowed from Akira Kurisawa Et Al. it was a very hard trick to pull off in it's day...
MrTimboy40 10 months ago
the way george lucas integrated all classic aspects into his story, samurai movies, scholar and apprentice, myths from different countries, criticism of the nazi regime, watch the Angry Video Game nerds review of the star wars movies, he cites all the traditions and references incorporated into the first epic sci fi saga.
Alien is more of a thriller than a sci fi epic, and it's one of the best thrillers, but not such a big influence on the sci fi genre like the other 2.
OropherThranduil 11 months ago 2
@cha5 Is the new Star Trek movie better than the Wrath of Khan? Though I haven't seen it myself, I somehow doubt that it is. You see the Wrath of Khan was "supposed" to be the end of Star Trek... think of it as one last BIG BANG before departing. In fact, even Leonard Nimoy got fed up and asked only to play as Spock if he were to be killed off.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
@cha5 And watching the film you really do get a sense that.. yep... this is it... Khan is gonna kill Kirk and co. and there's gonna be one massive funeral in spacedock. THE END. But then Spock saves them in the nick of time.
NazhitsREALLYHARD 1 year ago
In the original he was more like 'KHAAAAN >:O' and here he is 'KHAAAAN :O'
Adultguj 1 year ago
haha.what a good sport.
bishopaz 1 year ago
sucks that he died.
thereddog223 1 year ago
Shatner's still got it!
ElbowBlades 1 year ago
khan? KHAN?! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
sebringf1 1 year ago
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This was a terrible Khan. This was like, "khaaaaaaaaan." Not like, "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
TheManicDepressives 1 year ago
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TheManicDepressives 1 year ago
KHAAAAAANNNNN!!!!
mattjnor98 1 year ago
If you see it, or have seen it, William Shatner's performance in "The Andersonville Trials" was one of the finest things ever on television. I said it 30 years ago, and I'll say it again. Nothing short of excellent. Thank you Mr. Shatner, I mean Captain.
arhatyellow 1 year ago
Montalban deserved an Oscar for his performance in the Wrath of Khan it was one of the best villanious performances ever!!
baz2186 1 year ago
@baz2186 Pretty sure he took his inspiration from Captain Ahab in Moby Dick.
BigMrFirebird 1 year ago
@baz2186 Too bad the Academy doesn't look too fondly on Sci-Fi films. Still don't....
dboymax1 3 weeks ago
FAKE OR REAL GOSH EVERYONE KEPT TELLING ME FAKE OI FLOMAGE
harliette 1 year ago
For The Best Actors William Shatner And Recardo Montalban .
KHAAAAAAAAN!
thebttfchannel 1 year ago
his voice is deeper!!
Robotdrummerzzk 1 year ago
i love you, Shatner!
2TheSponge2 1 year ago
priceline. coooooooooommmm!!
ballabogan 1 year ago 2
Shatners in love!
streetcornerjames 1 year ago
Bless you William !you brought up memories :)!and thanks for the KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!! :)
it is even an emote in Star trek online :)
kakabixlis 1 year ago
and he sold car seats! lol
hammerheadrock 1 year ago
YES WE KHAAAAN!
Nilss7 1 year ago 40
wow the shat is losing his KHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mariobroz27 1 year ago
"I don't have the voice for that" :)
cha5 1 year ago
rich corinthean leather
jimbolino1 1 year ago
I KAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHNt get enough of this joke
pepe6666 1 year ago 3
@pepe6666 oh God, KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN we please put this joke to bed....wait, wut? lol
KiwiZombie 1 year ago
Yeah I think everyone gets the point about KHAAAAAAAAAAANN!!!
CL0WN92 1 year ago
KHAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!
vicentox1999 1 year ago
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!
mrbondohmss 1 year ago
i miss KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN !
Oerrich 1 year ago
Long live khaaaaaaaaaan
TheEmber220 1 year ago 3
Khaaaan!
Kliffy77 1 year ago
Sad that they omitted Ricardo Montalban along with Farah Fawcett in this year's Oscar memoriam.
mgoodstuff 1 year ago 48
Montalban was mentioned in last years Im pretty sure, he passed before last years academy awards.
hey134 1 year ago
That's right, he was reminded in Oscar memoriam from 2009, for he had passed away on 14 January, otherwise, two months before Oscar party.
acla9000 1 year ago
This is Ricardo MontalBAAAAANNNNN!!!
Washu73 1 year ago 98
@Washu73 HAHhHAHAHA
eljono1 1 year ago
@Washu73 thats brilliant !!!
shanehatesvista 1 year ago
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TheHauptsturmfuhrer 1 year ago
If you can't say something nice about someone. Don't say anything at all!
ddpartin63532 1 year ago 2
@TheHauptsturmfuhrer
Maybe your opionon , but remember Ricardo is not with us - I'd like you to see you best shatner.
50CENT123GO 1 year ago
who's the lady? she's cute.
jzerony 2 years ago 2
@jzerony His daughter.
hugboxx 1 year ago
I believe the lady is Shatner's daughter.
truewest7 1 year ago
Shatner is so epic. KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
WeretFilms 2 years ago 4
Shatner was the mac daddy of the universe. The whole entire point of the show was for Kirk to travel around the universe and hook up with women lol! Shatner is the man.
angellcorps1 2 years ago 3
'Khaaaaaaan!!!' Best line ever in the Star Trek movies, but really, imagine if it sounded just like this video in the movies lol.
It would probly still be epic though =)
ofdiscordia 2 years ago
oh hes just too brilliant.. ^^
hes just a star :)
rudeEMOboi 2 years ago
Ricardo may you watch us from the stars now.
nick20050 2 years ago 3
Ahhh Shatner said "KHAAAAN"
5/5 .
Archedgar 2 years ago 4
I love shatner. Love him.
BlackoutDOTcom 2 years ago 2
KHAAAAAAAN!
FeverSK 2 years ago
R.I.P. Ricardo Montalbon
shyjayb 2 years ago 4
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nycolas1712 2 years ago
I loved Ricardo, he was like Corinthian leather. RIP
averitas 2 years ago
I have loved William Shatner all my life. I don't remember a time when he wasn't on tv or in movies. He's lasted longer with me than my husbands put together. I hope he is recording every jot of his memoir. He's been around and will keep coming back even when he's walking with a walker.
kraftymomma1979 2 years ago 2
yeah same could be said about Nimoy those two are timeless treasures especially when they are together on stage
sondano 2 years ago
@kraftymomma1979 jeez how many husbands you had??
shiki5876 2 years ago
Just two...but it seems like more.
kraftymomma1979 2 years ago
would you like test the old adage 'third time lucky'...? :)
shiki5876 2 years ago
@kraftymomma1979 kinda defeats the purpose of marriage...
jesseredeemed 2 years ago
I don't know about the "third time lucky"...I think if it doesn't work out with the first one, it might be a good idea to retire.
kraftymomma1979 2 years ago
so i guess "through sickness and in heath till death do us part" doesnt matter anymore.
jesseredeemed 2 years ago
I think it does. I certainly planned on that. The primary reason I'm not headed for a third marriage is because I don't want to risk another divorce. And marriage is the first step to divorce...My parents, aunt, uncles, and grandparents shared their lives to the end. I envy that.
kraftymomma1979 2 years ago
i dont know your situation and i wont say anymore. it wouldnt be fair. ive seen more problems with marriage than i think it is worth so i choose not to ever get married.
jesseredeemed 2 years ago
His KKHHHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!! is dying.
LalalalalaLauren75 2 years ago 5
Shatner's still got it
elcap22 2 years ago 3
damn...he cant KHAAAAAN anymore :(
MISANTHROPE00 2 years ago 7
perhaps all men get but one true utterance of guttural RAGE...?
CaptnStarbring 2 years ago 5
Mark Strong from Body of Lies would be perfect as a recast Khan one day...
Roadracer987654321 2 years ago
Mario Lopez would work too....
DEP717 2 years ago
Wow, Shatner compliments someone other than himself.
BenjaminWirtz 2 years ago 48
@BenjaminWirtz
He compliments Leonard Nimoy all the time.
raegoat 1 year ago 4
@raegoat
And his other best friend, the late DeForest Kelley.
Bartman954 1 year ago
@BenjaminWirtz
LOL !
ivanatwork1 1 year ago
@BenjaminWirtz Ah, he's awesome tho
Robotdrummerzzk 1 year ago
shatners, looking like Phil Gould
MrSilkydrew 2 years ago
XD thats funny!
Fredi1313 2 years ago