Film Discussion of the Week: Star Trek : Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan rules. It has William Shatner, who rules in everything he does. His hairpiece is top notch. Captain (now admiral) Kirk is still a swaggering bad ass, even though he is follically challenged.

Despite his age, Ricardo Montalbán‘s physique remained very impressive with powerful pectoral muscles on display. Khan was menacing, spiteful, and all around bad ass. One of the greatest villains ever.

Kirstie Alley was at peak hotness as a Vulcan. Her Vulcan emotional detachment plus her hot bod and nice breasts made her quite desirable and enchanced the movie for me and my libido.

Spock’s sacrifice remains one of the most heart wrenching scenes in all of movies. The battles between the Enterpirse and the Reliant are the best space combat scenes ever filmed and has aged like a fine wine thanks to the use of real models and practical effects. The gross beetle Khan put in Chekov’s ear was pretty cool.

Overall, best Star Trek movie ever made and best science fiction movie ever made. 5/5. Balder won’t like it because he hates America and freedom.

Well maybe its time you start... 

I've never watched any of the movies either... To be fair, Star Trek only ever had a very small and niche following in Brazil - I remember watching a few episodes of the original series and of the Next Generation when I was a kid, but don't remember any other kid even mentioning them, so it wasn't as reconizable as it is in the US. People generally know about Spock and Kirk, but just in the general way that people who never plays videogames know about Mario and Sonic.

That is one area I have a lot of catching up to do: I want to watch the original series and its related movies someday.

Sorry, cobretti! I've failed America and the troops this time.

With any TV show, there are strong episodes and weak episodes. Some Trek episodes have dated horribly while many stand the test of time. The nice thing about TOS is that it isn’t a serialized show. Every episode is it’s own self contained story.

If you want to give it a whirl, watch the episode “Space Seed” (the episode that introduces Khan) then watch Wrath. Both are pretty excellent.

If you want to see something that visually holds up better, watch TNG. The first season isn’t as good as the later ones but it picks up and generally remains good though it’s entire run. Also Deanna Troi has a great pair of breasts that can’t be missed, even if her episodes are bad.

1/5 rating description should have been "KHAN!!!!!!!"

I saw Wrath of Khan as a kid, but I don't remember much about it. The scene I remember most was the one where these alien slugs are inserted into a person's ears and they slither into his brain or something. Freaked me out!

Some of the more recent shows from the 90s and 2000s had some very attractive female stars.

A lot of the TOS guest stars were babes. TNG has Deanna Troi and her great breasts. DS9 had some decent babes. Voyager was pretty barren until Seven of Nine joined the crew. Enterprise had T’Pol had her nice bum. Discovery is too woke to have hot chicks.