Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are monitoring trainees at Starfleet Academy. The United Federation of Planets is experimenting with the planet-creating Genesis Device. Meanwhile, two of Kirk’s officers are captured by Khan, long-marooned on a desolate planet. Khan forces these two to commit treasonous acts and steal the Genesis Device. Now, with the assistance of a novice Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop Khan from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.
This one’s a landmark and in both Tim and David’s top 20 of all time. Nicholas Meyer captured the magic that IS Star Trek with this incredible movie… and it has never been fully captured like this again. Join us as we discuss the minute details, motifs, tropes, and scenery-chewing acting that makes this movie a Science Fiction classic. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys takes you to the Mutara Nebula for a Moby Dick-inspired showdown between two of the universe’s ultimate badasses.
SHOW LINKS
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- original trailer
- Star Trek (the original series)
- Star Trek Ep. 22: Space Seed
- Gene Roddenberry
- Ricardo Montalban
- William Shatner
- Leonard Nimoy
- DeForest Kelley
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- The Enemy Below (1957)
- Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
- Star Trek Ep. 14: Balance of Terror
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Paradise Lost by Milton
- King Lear by Shakespeare
- The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Warriors (1979)
- Night Gallery (1969)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Star Trek Pilot: The Cage
- William Shakespeare
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
- Get Tim’s Book THE DEAD NEXT DOOR
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