Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and the Villain Who Wouldn’t Quit
A fan’s rewatch of The Wrath of Khan, the 1982 Star Trek sequel with Khan as the best villain in the series and the death of Spock at the end.
Two posts a week on the top-grossing sci-fi and fantasy films of each year, 1978 to today, run oldest-to-newest.
A fan’s rewatch of The Wrath of Khan, the 1982 Star Trek sequel with Khan as the best villain in the series and the death of Spock at the end.
A fan’s rewatch of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Elliott, Gertie, the backyard shed, the bike ride across the moon and the goodbye that still gets me.
A fan’s rewatch of Superman II: the Phantom Zone, Zod and his crew fighting Superman as equals over Metropolis, and Lex being Lex.
A fan’s rewatch of Excalibur: the sword in the stone, Merlin, the Round Table and the love triangle of Arthur, Guenevere and Lancelot.
A fan’s rewatch of Flash Gordon: Queen’s score, Ming the Merciless, Vultan’s hawkmen and one very daft tournament. Camp, loud and loved.
A fan’s rewatch of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the 1979 film that put Kirk, Spock and McCoy on the big screen, from the refitted Enterprise to V’Ger.
A fan’s rewatch of Superman from 1978: Christopher Reeve’s Clark Kent, Pa Kent in Smallville, that flight with Lois and the night he turned the world back.
A fan’s rewatch of Star Wars: A New Hope, from Luke at the twin suns to Han’s return over the Death Star, and the genre it started for a generation.
A fan’s rewatch of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, from mashed potato mountains to the mothership, and why Roy Neary’s choice still gets me.