Tag: The Wrath of Khan

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35th Anniversary Observations

  • There was a 20 minute interview with William Shatner before the movie started
  • As the opening credits rolled, I was taken aback at the number of actors from this movie who have passed away, and not just the regulars from Star Trek: Paul Winfield, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Ricardo Montalban
  • Real theatre sound will always trump even the best home theatre systems
  • Explosions were much brighter than I remember
  • Transporters are LOUD
  • Signage was clear and readable
  • Some scenes actually looked blurry, I wonder if these were the Director’s Cut clips that were added, but don’t look that bad at home on blu-ray
  • Spock’s death scene seemed quieter in the theatre, as if everyone was holding their breath
  • Glenn: “We’re older than Kirk was in this movie.”
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35th

I just finished watching Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan for the umpteenth time.

This time it was for the 35th anniversary of it’s theatrical release.

I wish I had know that it was going to be part of one of Cinemark’s Movie Classics program last Fall.  I haven’t seen this in the theatre in… 35 years.

Looking back on that day in 1982, when my classmates and I took MUNI down to the Regency I theatre on Van Ness Boulevard, I can’t recall everyone who was there.

Stupid aging.

And to this day, like every time before, I still cry when Spock dies.

It’s gotten worse since Leonard Nimoy passed away.

This remains my favorite Star Trek film.  Period.