Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Review

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[dwayne0t]

yo-ah-chim? lol. How about wa-KEEM

[sfdebris]

@dwayne0t I watched the scene where Khan said his name several times. It is, of course, difficult to be completely certain when someone has an accent and is speaking quietly, but I am certain he said "yo" at the beginning of the name. If I'm wrong I'm wrong, but I've done my best to imitate Khan's pronunciation.

[sfdebris]

There's not much new stuff, a few jokes here and there, but the audio will be clearer and as always it's available in HD.

I found a small glitch near the end of Part 3 - fixing it will delay things another hour and a half at least, so when it's ready I'll post it as-is, and during the night tonight I'll fix it.

[iaincorbett]

Thanks for this sfdebris. Your work continues to be appreciated!

[urahararocking]

probably my favourite of the sfdebris movie reviews

[HighProphetOfRegret]

I see the opening scene...the simulation test...as symbolic. The acting is a caricature of the horrible predecessor. But the British guy who makes a distress transmission sounds like he is actually in trouble. It is as if a two dimensional Star Trek universe is being dragged almost against its will into the third dimension. And although Spock's death is an act, it is also symbolic of....well, nevermind. I'm just excited about this movie!

[playadominical]

Kirstie Alley was so hot back on those days... 30 years ago.

Great review.... I just finished reading Paradise Lost and King Lear for school and it was refreshing to see you using them in this context.

[playadominical]

@michealhunt001 dude, it's a movie. not real life.  geez

[finalfrontier1701]

Hey man, this is the best review I've ever seen you do and is the best I've seen for this movie. I don't suppose this is available anywhere as a direct download? I'd like to put it with my Star Trek collection.

[Jallorn]

I mentioned this before, but since you've reposted the review, and the same issue persists, I'll mention it again: Nimoy did not agree to be in the movie only if Spock could die. In fact, he was apprehensive about Spock dying, though mostly because he wasn't sure it would be done properly. As he says in his book "I Am Spock", he did, in fact, want to be part of the movie, and it was Paramount that believed he didn't because of his previous book "I Am Not Spock."

[michealhunt001]

@michealhunt001 due to character limitations I needed to split this into two comments. Did Kirk not report the "Space Seed" incident? You'd think if he had starfleet would have flagged the ceti alpha system in their database so that any approaching starfleet vessel would be aware of the dangers of the inhabitants.

[michealhunt001]

while TWOK is one of my favorite trek movies, and movies in general, I can't help but have a few huge questions. The Ceti Alpha system was apparently surveyed well enough for them to think one of the planets was suitable for genesis testing. Yet they didn't notice a missing planet as they approached the system? Didn't notice that the orbits of the planets that were there didn't quite match previous surveys?

[aperson22222]

@PCMechanic To make it a real no win I'm guessing there's something in the premise that means you HAVE to save the ship. It's carrying a VIP or some cargo or information that can't fall into enemy hands. It's carrying someone else's ambassador on secret negotiations and if he's lost the Feds end up at war with his species. Failing to rescue the ship violates a treaty obligation to a Federation member and precipitates a secession crisis. There are ways to do it.

[aperson22222]

@tgbotg I've heard of that alleged redoing of the warp scale. I don't recall it ever being mentioned onscreen. I guess I'm looking for someone making a reference that's incompatible with something established in "Threshold," forcing the viewer to choose between "Threshold" and whatever the source of the contradictory statement was--like the bit about Spock saying that Kirk's promotion took him out of the running for captain that brought this up.

[aperson22222]

@TheJboy88 I don't know if that's addressed to Chuck or an open question. If the latter I see it tied for first with "Best of Both Worlds."