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Ricardo Montalban Recalls Khan

Posted by chrisd on from the herve-villechaize-was-in-a-bond-movie dept.

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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  1. first post by Gizzmonic · · Score: 4, Funny

    made of Rich corinthian leather

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  2. Little Known Fact by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    The producers had to recover the chair on the bridge of the Klingon Warbird in Corinthian Leather before he would sit in it.

    Really!

  3. I hope the DVD includes the original by GCP · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hope the Wrath of Khan DVD includes the original episode of Star Trek that it was the sequel to. That would make a great set, and the movie isn't nearly as interesting if you don't have that TV episode in memory.

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  4. Slashdot must have a submission backlog... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  5. Khaaaaaannnn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Khaaaaaannnnnn!

  6. A little program for you, oh person who reads /. by PFactor · · Score: 5, Funny

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  7. Re:What!? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    "actually, Star Trek V, the one that Shatner wrote and directed, is by far the worst."

    Shatner was not to blame for STV's failure. (entirely, anyway...)

    STV was filmed during an actor's guild strike of some sorts. Not only did this affect the budget of the movie, but it also affected their ability to get some talent they needed. For example, ILM wasn't around to do the visual effects this time of round.

    Lots of changes had to be made to the script in order to accomodate the lack of things (like some rock creatures) showing up in the movie. It became a hobbled mess.

    Is it Shatner's fault that the movie sucked? Not really, no. If the movie didn't have those problems, would it have been good? Hard to say. Probably not, from what I've read. It's probable that the first movie would be considered the worst, though. (I think it is anyway, but what do I know?)

    I think it was the book 'The Art of Star Trek' that explained what happened in 5, if anybody's curious. That book's seriously cool if you're interested in all the work they did to make those movies. You'd be surprised.