SSgt Burton
Sr Member
It wasn't STAR TREK to me but my wife, who is not a fan, enjoyed it.
I had the same result. My wife (who is not a fan of Trek) loved it. I despised it back then. Now I can take it or leave it. I choose to take it.
There really is a great deal of irony about Star Trek II and a director who knew practically nothing about Trek as well.
Wrath of Khan is far and away a better film than Trek 09, however there are still some glaring discrepancies in the story.
Nick Meyer took Trek in a "very" militaristic direction (much to the chagrin of Trek fans in '82). There were a lot of aspects of Wrath of Khan that were "not Trek" in the classic sense.
But Wrath of Khan had Ricardo Montalban- an actor who could take the most ridiculous lines ("I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia...") and deliever them with such conviction that you believed every single word. :eek
And Nick Meyer did the impossible- he managed to keep Shatner's acting contained. Could you imagine what kind of film it would have been if Shatner was unleashed? :lol
Not to mention it had one of the best death scenes of a hero in any film. Perfectly delievered lines!
Wrath of Khan "had" the potential to be a terrible film. The tag line itself is pretty cheesy:
"At the end of the universe lies the beginning of vengeance."
However... magic happened! It was a briliant film!
So now with Abrams at the helm, all I'm hoping for is an engaging story with good acting. I've set aside any hopes for "Great Trek" and an allegorical tale.
Like I said once before, all I want is Spock to say "Fascinating", McCoy to utter, "He's dead Jim!", and Kirk to dropkick the villain. :lol
Kevin