STAR TREK: Reacquaint yourself with the classics
With the new Star Trek reboot movie hurtling towards us at puntastic warp-speed, now is the time to remind yourselves of some of the stories that made Star Trek great in the first place. Here begins a look at the perfect tales to watch again to build yourself up for the return of Trek this year! We’ll be looking at all aspects of the Star Trek universe in this series, so let’s get started. Today we’ll look at two of the six films starring all of the original cast.
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
Wrath of Khan is quite rightfully seen as the greatest Star Trek movie that has ever been made. A low-key little action romp in comparison to the bloated (but beautiful) film that came before it, it nevertheless captured everything that was good about the original series and the iconic characters it brought us. A sequel to the original series episode ‘Space Seed’, the film starred Ricardo Montalban as Khan, proving himself to be the ultimate Star Trek villain in a film packed with excitement and awesome characterization. Those last minutes of the film are heartbreaking, but absolute genius. A masterpiece of science fiction cinema that is yet to be bettered.
STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY
Next to the Wrath of Khan, the sixth film in the series, The Undiscovered Country, is one of the most respected of the other titles. A story of political intrigue, intergalactic action and some wonderful character scenes for the classic characters, it helped to get rid of the bad taste left by the fifth film, The Final Frontier, which was atrocious (in keeping with the theory that all odd-numbered Star Trek films are rubbish- a rule that it looks like JJ Abrams has broken with the new one). Forcing the Federation into an uneasy alliance with their mortal enemies, the Klingons, it helps set up the universe of The Next Generation, set 80 years later. A brilliant swansong for the full original cast.
Keep an eye out for the next post in this series: The Next Generation!
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