Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan

Is Benicio Del Toro Playing Khan in STAR TREK 2? [Updated]

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 2nd, 2011 at 7:40 pm

Last month, we reported that Benicio Del Toro would be playing the villain in Star Trek 2.  Even before Del Toro’s casting, there has been non-stop speculation on who director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Damon Lindelof, Roberto Orci, and Alex Kurtzman would choose as the baddie.  The name that kept popping up in fanboy circles was Khan Noonien Singh, the memorable antagonist from arguably the best Star Trek movie, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.  I thought this was a terrible idea, but unfortunately, it may have won the day.

Latino Review is reporting that Del Toro will play Khan in the upcoming sequel.  Hit the jump for more on Khan and why I hope this news is wrong.  [Update:  Abrams has commented on this rumor.  Hit the jump for what he had to say.]

Crazy Deal on STAR TREK Blu-rays: WRATH OF KHAN, VOYAGE HOME, and UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, and All 3 Seasons 50% Off

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 3rd, 2010 at 2:15 pm

Trekkers who have been waiting for to grab the Blu-rays of their favorite franchise are getting some crazy love today.  TrekMovie.com reports that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country are all 50% off at BestBuy.com.  Or to break it down, the films are $9.99 each.

It gets better.  The 3-Disc Blu-ray of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (Three-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] is 75% off at Amazon, bringing the price down to $9.99.  Amazon is also slashing the Blu-rays of The Original Series by 50%.  Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 1 [Blu-ray]is $64.49 , season two Star Trek: The Original Series – Season Two [Blu-ray] is $65.49 , and season three Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 3 [Blu-ray] is $49.99 (the third season is actually 62% off). I don’t know about living long, but this ain’t a bad way to prosper.

STAR TREK Original Motion Picture Collection Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: May 27th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

The short version review of Star Trek Original Motion Picture Collection is this: there have been some complaints about the picture quality of some of the Star Trek Blu-ray’s. I’m not saying I’m a greater expert than some of the people who’ve reviewed these things, but whatever qualitative differences that are to be had seem to come from the source material over anything else. If you love these films and have a Blu-ray player, you’re getting something close to definitive for at least half of the collection (the only question would be the three films that have director’s cuts). If you’re a casual fan, you might be better off buying the trilogy version. But there are plusses and minuses to most of the films, and if you’re a fan of the franchise, you can even find things to like in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. All films come in widescreen (2.35:1) and in Dolby Digital 7.1 TrueHD, and all films come with a trivia track called a library computer with factoids about the universe (not about the actors, etc.), and each film comes with a Starfleet academy brief about the film at hand (these run from 3-5 minutes and have a pretty girl talking about the science of the films. Grrr). I would argue these transfers are as good as they get. All films also come with BD-Live content, which appears to mostly be trivia games.

As for Star Trek, I was not a fan for a long time, until I came to the original series recently, and so I can respect anyone who says that Star Trek V is unredeemable garbage. It is (it even has a satellite that screams when shot), if you don’t care about the characters or the franchise enough to look past its myriad of problems. And in The Motion (less) Picture. That’s the sad part of fandom. The concessions that repetition of a bad thing can create those pockets of good, and arguably even the worst of these six have their moments.

For my reviews of each film, continue reading after the jump:

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