A bit off topic for a pretty off topic thread...

Quote Originally Posted by kallen View Post
...Now...Khan didn't have a Bird of Prey. He took over the USS Reliant(a Miranda class Feddie ship)...
And in my humble opinion the sleekest and most handsome of all the Federation Starships. I remember seeing the movie in the theater when it came out and though I was rooting for Kirk and co. I couldn't help but note how much more I liked The Reliant over the Enterprise. The wonderful theme music for Khan and the Reliant by James Horner added a sense of speed and danger to the sleek and compact ship.

To me Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan stands head and shoulders above all the other Star Trek movies. The rest are fun, but ultimately they are just "Star Trek Movies". There they sit in their own little sub genre of Science Fiction. Frankly I have seen most of them and don't really have a big desire to see them again. ST II: TWOK takes a series and does the neat trick of both expanding the characters to Mythic proportions and making them very real at the same time. The danger and costs of completing the mission have never been more real or more personal. Just writing about it makes me want to put it on my Netflix queue.

Unrelated Note: Apparently The Original Star Trek series is being rereleased on television with updated or enhanced special effects. I caught some of the new footage for one of my favorite episodes "The Doomsday Machine" and was taken aback at how wonderful it was. It looked just like how I imagined it in my head when I thought of the story as a kid. To whoever made this call at the studio, Bravo!

Cheers

Jamie