Ricardo Montalban Recalls Khan

phyy-nx writes "Scifi.com, in referring to the directors cut of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (coming out on DVD Aug 6), has quoted clips from an interview with Ricardo Montalban. Montalban portrayed the vengeful Kahn in one of the best perfomances in one of the best of the (almost ten) Star Trek films. He mentions how difficult it was to portray Khan after six years of Mr. Roarke of Fantasy Island and how he overcame that mold to masterfully portray his new character's controlled insanity." Or, as Kirk would say: Khaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

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[Gizzmonic]

made of Rich corinthian leather

Little Known Fact

[teamhasnoi]

The producers had to recover the chair on the bridge of the Klingon Warbird in Corinthian Leather before he would sit in it.

Really!

Re:Little Known Fact

[WCMI92]

"The producers had to recover the chair on the bridge of the Klingon Warbird in Corinthian Leather before he would sit in it."

And they had to name his ship (USS Reliant)after a model of Chrysler too ;)

Fine Corinthian Leather ;) I still remember those commercials.

Re:Little Known Fact

[cyclist1200]

I think you're confusing him with Christopher Lloyd. Montalban was never on a Klingon ship - it was Corinthian leather on the Reliant. Lloyd demanded one of those beaded seat covers on his chair...

Hardest Part of Being Khan

[echucker]

No little sidekick to holler out "Da Kirk, Bahss, da Kirk!"

Slashdot must have a submission backlog...

[stefanlasiewski]

Slashdot must have quite a backlog of article submissions.

I mean, one article about a 1961 wristwatch, now an article about a 1982 movie.

I just submitted an article about this awsome new kind of game called Castle Wolfenstein 3D, it's like the old Castle Wolfenstein game on the Apple IIe , but from the FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE. It's really damn cool, but it doesn't work with my 8-bit Adlib Soundcard.

Mr. Roarke didn't have those pecs!

[embarcadero]

That's the thing I remember most about that movie. Mr. Roarke had become a professional wrestler, or a romance novel clutch hero.

Khaaaaaannnn!

[Anonymous Coward]

Khaaaaaannnnnn!

Re:Question!

[ovapositor]

Get a life you dork!
Thank You.

Respectfully,
The rest of the planet.

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Re:Question!

[Lars T.]

Tribble implant?

I'll save this stupid thread!

[NanoGator]

"But I cannot force myself to watch the dredge that is referred to as Star Trek. Personally, I liked episodes 4,5, and 6; the new episodes: 1 and 2, are especially disheartening. Hopefully, Star Trek will improve in episode 3."


Partick Stewart had a much better variation of this joke. Here's his quote from Saturday Night Live:

I have no illusions why I'm here tonight.
It's because of "Star Trek: The Next Generation."
(applause)
Well, thank you very much, but I have a confession to make. When I was first given the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard, I pretended to take it all in my stride; I was so cool in interviews;
I claimed never to have seen the original classic Trek. But, it was all an act, because inside, I was so ecstatic... I was delirious... You see, not only am i probably the biggest Star Trek fan of all time, but well, as my friends can tell you, I am virtually an encyclopedia of Star Trek facts and trivia.

Well now, for example, listen: Here's a fact I bet you don't know. On the original show, the name of the space ship was not the "Star Trek"! No, no, it was in fact, the "Enterprise". Now that's true.

Now, all right, here's another one: Everyone knows that the part of Captain James M. Kirk was played by William Shiner. Then of course later he was to become very famous as the Six Million Dollar Man. But how many of you here know which actor played the chief medical officer, Dr. McCray, who was of course otherwise known as Boney? You give up, don't you? Well that was Forest D. Kelley.

Well perhaps you knew that one, but can you name to me the ship's other medical officer... you see, because of course, there were two. You see, you're stumped. You are forgetting Dr. Spock. Now you remember, right? He was the pointy eared creature, you know? Half human, half volcano, and he was forever tormenting old Boney with his cold volcano logic, and uh...

All right.. here's another bit of trivia. Did you know that another Star Trek character, Captain Sulu, was the first black woman ever on television? Anyway, being the Star Trek trivia maniac that I am, well you can imagine my feelings when I first learned that I won the role of Captain Picard. I felt a kinship, you know, with all those unforgettable legendary chartacters... Kirk, Boney, and especially Spock, and I even know... well I wrote a note to Leonard Fortnoy, but I guess he never received it. Anyway, Leonard, if you're watching, this is for you.

Outer space: the last frontier. These are the trips of the Star Trek Enterprise. Its five year plan calls for us to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly fly where no man has gone in space.

Live long (boy scout sign), and be happy.

Great PIC!

[ImaLamer]

This has to be the greatest!

I know it's a bad one but it's true:

About two weeks ago in the grocery store my girlfriend and I were in the store, she was looking to get some hotdogs to grill and she was shouting down the isle which to get... so I shouted back to her:

KAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNSSSSS!

Needless to say it made my day... everyone thought I was a moron.

Re:I hope the DVD includes the original

[uncoveror]

Here's a question for the trekkies and trekkers. In Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, Khan says, "Any you.. .I never forget a face... Mister Checkov!" but Checkov did not appear in Space Seed. How did Khan remember him?