Terrific Trailers: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Paramount, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Scenes We Love
With everyone going justifiably ga-ga over J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek flick -- and with lots of reviews calling it the best Trek since 1982 -- I figured it would only make sense to exhume the old Wrath of Khan trailer to see if it fit our "terrific" qualifications: 1) Is it on YouTube and in an adequately watchable state? (Yes.) 2) Does it make you excited to sit down and watch the movie again? (Double yes.) 3) Does it have William Shatner screaming? (Yup!) It qualifies.One can plainly see that Paramount was trying to push the action vibe in this trailer, what with Star Trek: The Motion Picture remembered as kind of a snooze. I'd respectfully disagree with that dismissal, but there's no denying that Trek 2 is by far the most colorful, exciting, and matinee-style entertaining of all the sequels. (Unless you disagree, in which case there might be some denying.) Plus you just might notice something that both this trailer and the "remake" trailer have in common. Can you spot it?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-11-2009 @ 7:03PM
Riley Freeman said...
i remember reading something i think it was here and they were saying that khan would take up too much screen time so they cant do it.
if anyone finds it pls post the link. i never watch the original star treks and im tempted to try and find and rent them on the weekend to understand why they cant do khan
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5-11-2009 @ 10:11PM
Duane Vibert said...
I didn't see the similarities except the whole planet thing. Unless I missed something.
And as for redoing the Wrath of Khan...They would have to recast Khan as Ricardo Montalban is dead. I guess they did the original crew they can recast Khan, but then they would have retell "Space Seed".
That's my thoughts.
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5-12-2009 @ 12:34AM
Eric said...
No retelling of Kahn we have already been there with the new timeline let's do new stuff instead.
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5-12-2009 @ 12:52AM
Jane Curtain said...
Um please author- tell us what is the link other than they both have Star Trek in the title...
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