Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Resources
WEBSITES
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Here's IMDB's entry on The Wrath of Khan.
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Memory Alpha, the wiki for all things Trek, has an entry for The Wrath of Khan.
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Here's StarTrek.com's look at The Wrath of Khan.
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TV Tropes takes its own unique look at the movie.
BOOKS, TV, MOVIES
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IMDB's page covering the original TV episode that inspired the film.
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Or, as wags have dubbed it, "The Motionless Picture."
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If you want to know what happens next, tune in to this pretty good entry, directed by Mr. Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy. And for the second movie in a row, his last lines get us right in the feels.
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Star Trek II, III and IV form a sort of jury-rigged trilogy, and after all the sturm und drang of Khan and Spock, they wisely decided to go a little lighter here. Nimoy returns to the director's chair as Kirk and the gang go back in time to save the humpback whales from extinction.
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With Nimoy an established success in the director's chair, Shatner thought he'd take a shot at it. We never, ever speak of the results.
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Nicholas Meyer returns, as the original crew bids farewell to the franchise at last. It's not the best of the series, but it does pretty well for itself nonetheless.
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We're going to jump ahead to the recent reboot of the saga, the second entry of which posited an all-new conflict against Khan. It did not go over well with the fans, but—with the exception of that cop-out ending—we don't think it's all that bad.
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Not only have we stopped numbering, but we've dropped the colon, too. Boom.
ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
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If you need reviews, then Rotten Tomatoes has 'em…with The Wrath of Khan sitting pretty at a tight little 88% rating.
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The great Roger Ebert gives us his thoughts.
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A little bit of trivia from the folks over at The Geek Twins.
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The Onion's AV Club goes into the nuts and bolts of the no-win scenario.
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CNet talks to Wrath of Khan producer Robert Sallin.
VIDEO
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Here's the film's snazzy trailer, along with a link to let you purchase a download for a reasonable price.
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Like a lot of movies, Star Trek II got a director's cut for its DVD release, with added scenes that make the character interactions more in-depth. This informative video demonstrates the changes.
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Ricardo Montalban talks about his most famous role.
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Shatner, Nimoy and the gang talk Wrath during the original promotion for the film.
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The director lends his view to the shoot.
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We love Robot Chicken around here, but frankly speaking it's usually a little blue. Not for this Khan parody, though, which properly puts the "opera" in space opera.
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A vintage ad featuring Ricardo Montalban. What the heck is fine Corinthian leather anyway?
AUDIO
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Take a listen to James Horner's soundtrack from the film.
IMAGES
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Back in the dark days before Photoshop, you had to actually paint a picture for the poster. The Wrath of Khan did pretty well on that front.
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Ricardo Montalban gets in touch with his inner roadkill in a behind-the-scenes shot from the film.
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Shatner and Meyer mess around on the set.
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Another behind-the-scenes shot of the film being made.
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Kirstie Alley and Leonard Nimoy on set.
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Another shot demonstrating how Khan pulled off that power lift of Chekov.
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A quick shot of Montalban in the original episode and again of him in the movie.
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