HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY to Star Trek II (June 4, 1982)!!!

[cooleddie74]

Thirty years ago this very day, THE WRATH OF KHAN premiered in cinemas and the rest...well...is beloved, glorious and hammy history. Happy birthday to one of the best TREK films and indeed one of the greatest science fiction films of the last three decades. Rest in peace, Ricardo Montalban. You crafted one the greatest villains in all of entertainment history and we'll always love you for it.

TWOK has been...and always shall be...our friend. Live long and prosper.



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[Lance]

Has it really been that long? Happy thirtieth, The Wrath Of Khaaaaaan.

In many ways... in many *important* ways, TWOK is one of Trek’s most influential instalments. Although Star Trek has always had elements of being Horatio Hornblower in space, TWOK solidified this stylistically. It can’t be denied that Director/Screenwriter Nicholas Meyer is one of Trek’s true Godfathers, alongside Gene Coon, Robert Justman or Gene Roddenberry himself. Meyer brought a unity to Trek which had hitero only really been hinted at in stops and starts. It says much for TWOK’s influence on the franchise that, for better or worse, any modern big-screen incarnation of Star Trek is almost certain to pay homage to it.

I’m actually tempted to stick it in my player and give it a watch now.

 

[Jeyl]

I'm going to watch the Director's Edition on DVD when I get home.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I didn't see it opening day as I did all future Treks. In fact, I came really close to not seeing it at all. At the end of the school year, I found out I had to go to Summer School. I intercepted the notice so my mother wouldn't find out and then I could enjoy my summer vacation. Fat chance; mom found out and the punishment was cruel - no movies all summer.

No movies? But…Star Trek II comes out in June!

(I swear, it was right out of The Simpon's episode "Itchy and Scratchy - The Movie" - except it happened to me first)

I was crushed. My dad and sister saw it and loved it. I wound up the novelization. That wasn't quite as satisfying. It was a long, depressing summer as my friends called to ask me to go and I couldn't. The town's biggest Trekkie and I wasn't going to see the movie.

As the summer drew to a close, my mother and I went camping (why? No recollection, but my parents were separated, so it may have been some singles "parents without partners" thing). It wasn't much fun, mom wasn't made for camping. It was out in the Hamptons somewhere and to pass the time, we were walking through town. We passed a small theater showing Star Trek II. I didn't ask. I knew better. Mom spotted it and, apparently a few things popped into her head: "he's been good all summer. He's suffered through this stupid camping trip. Why should I miss the movie because of his idiocy?" So she asked "do you want to see it?"

Do Klingons fart in airlocks? Lead me to it!

So there, in the Hamptons, just before it left theaters, I got to see Star Trek II. I remember being a little disappointed that all the stuff in the book wasn't in there (this was before I grew a brain), but still really enjoyed it. Spock died and mom sniffled. Kirk said his eulogy and she wiped a tear. Kirk hugged his son and she said "that did it." And started bawling.

I learned my lesson: don't get caught doing anything really bad just before a Star Trek movie comes out.

 

[Greg Cox]

I remember seeing this at least twice opening weekend, at a multiplex in Bellingham, Washington . . . .

 

[susanmary428]

I was 2 years old when this movie was released, so I obviously didn't see it for a few years. TFF was the first Trek movie that I saw in the theater, but my dad had a screening of each movie before that so I could be caught up. All except TMP. I didn't see that until YEARS later because as big a Trekkie as he is, he hates that movie so much he doesn't even have it in his house. LoL

But TWOK was and is my favorite of all the films. I think it's excellently done and BRILLIANTLY acted by Mr. Montalban.

 

[RandyS]

I remember seeing this at least twice opening weekend, at a multiplex in Bellingham, Washington . . . .

I remember seeing it opening month (I don't remember the exact date) with my best friend and his older sister. We were both 12. We saw it in a double feature with the first TRON. Greg annoyed the hell out of me all through TRON with "Who's that?" "What's going on?" "I don't understand this!", etc.

Even now, thirty years on, he loves KHAN, it's his favorite Star Trek movie, but STILL doesn't understand TRON. It's a good thing we didn't go to the recent sequel...

 

[Elder Knight]

We had her aunt baby-sit for my infant son when my wife and I went to see TWOK.

That boy is now thirty years old (and we have since watched Treks IV through IX with him along).

Yeah, that's about right!

 

[Sir Rhosis]

I was in USMC basic training at glorious Parris Island, SC, so I did not see it until the middle of August. I had heard way-off snippets of info about the plot (one magazine reported that Khan stole a weather-controlling machine!), and had seen a black and white pic of Khan and two henchwomen -- all I knew about the film.

Good days.

Sir Rhosis

 

[moviejim]

I'm new here so I just wanted to say as a happy birthday I have completed a fan edit of Star Trek 2, I call it the Kirk shoots first edition. I have added some dubbing of lines and added sound effect's as well. the whole ending of the film is changed also. My boys saw it and loved it.Thanks for reading.