Ep801: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN - 40th Anniversary Review
Ian and David cozy up to vengeance with a 40th-anniversary celebration of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan!
This big-screen follow-up to the Season One episode "Space Seed" finds Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) pursued by a genetically engineered superhuman whom he'd exiled in deep space nearly two decades before. Khan (Ricardo Montalban) has his eye on a new Starfleet weapon called Genesis, and his pursuit of ultimate power forces Kirk and his crew to reconcile with the sins of the past and the specter of death in ways they'd never before had to face.
The guys recently caught up with Nicholas Meyer's 1982 classic at a Fathom Events screening on Star Trek Day. It had been decades since they'd seen the film on the big screen, and the experience was nothing short of revelatory.
Watch as they talk about how their interpretations of the movie have evolved with age; why Wrath of Khan works better than most modern Hollywood blockbusters; and how this entry kicked off a nearly note-perfect trilogy within the original Star Trek movie franchise.
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