nowre...@aol.com (NowReVuing) wrote:
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Montalban's all diametrics -- roaring Milton[deletion]
and Melville with glorious venom -- and his remarkable pecs validate the >striptease vanity; a face with hills as
Those remarkable pecs -- the last time I watched _Wrath of Khan_, which is one
of my all-time favorite ST movies, I became obsessed with trying to determine whether they were prosthetics or the Real Deal. And I'm not talking silicon implants, which is possible I suppose, but something like falsies for the semi-topless. Too hard, too rigid, the texture looking unfleshlike to me on my
steam TV. Anyway, if anyone has certain knowledge of this, I'd love to know. In any case, NowReVuing ought to have given a nod to Walter Koenig (Chekhov) and his best moments in the series, involving the bug in and out of the ear. Good work, Walter!
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"All over the room throats were being strained and minds broadened."
-- P. G. Wodehouse, Piccadilly Jim
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was made for Stat Trek fans. Wrath was
made for Star Wars fans who wanted a shootemup.
Even those not into Roddenberry's brand of cosmic religiosity will find themselves wrapped up in the nonsense of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," which remains the best of the "ST" movies, and for two solid reasons: William Shatner as Kirk and Ricardo Montalban as Khan give benchmark performances as the series' top adversaries. In old man's specs, consumed by mortality, Shatner
embodies Kirk with a cushiony frailty that's surprisingly endearing; the role has become a love-energy source. Montalban's all diametrics -- roaring Milton and Melville with glorious venom -- and his remarkable pecs validate the striptease vanity; a face with hills as wrinkles, this force of nature is more
powerful here than he has ever been in anything else in his long career. The movie also has a great theme: regeneration, something maybe our great great great grand kids will likely see attempted on Mars. While "Wrath of Khan" is nothing more than television, director Nicholas Meyer has provided a nifty understatement in its interiors and gadgetry, and Kirk's quarters a well-designed, cozy hideaway I wouldn't mind having myself. (Gay friends said they wouldn't object if I called the costumes here NASA fag.) In a more generous time, Hollywood might have honored this neglected class of entertainment with nominations for Montalban and Shatner's "take us, we're yours" performances. People have won Oscars for a lot less. (Meyer also directed "ST VI: The Undiscovered Country," with Christopher Plummer as General
Chang in what many had hopes would be the actor's yummiest role in years. He certainly looks the part -- reptilian flamboyance like no tomorrow. He's far and away Kirk's craftiest adversary since Khan and as educated: he rages Shakespeare. There's even a sly under-directed bit of continuity between the villains and Kirk: when sitting at a dining table with Chang and Kirk hears him
recite some Bard, there's deja vu in Kirk's eyes. But Plummer's role isn't large enough; difficult to tell if truncated by the editing or writing, Chang isn't the star he should be, especially since he now commands a ship that can fire torpedoes while using the infamous Klingon cloaking device. Trekkers have
been waiting for this technological feat for over 25 years.)
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On 2022-08-05 16:52:27 +0000, T987654321 said:
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was made for Stat Trek fans. Wrath wasMaybe, but the "Enterprise" series and JarJar Abrams' reboot movies
made for Star Wars fans who wanted a shootemup.
were made for people who don't even like Star Trek ,,, and it shows.
:-(
Even those not into Roddenberry's brand of cosmic religiosity will find themselves wrapped up in the nonsense of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," which remains the best of the "ST" movies, and for two solid reasons: William Shatner as Kirk and Ricardo Montalban as Khan give benchmark performances as the series' top adversaries. In old man's specs, consumed by mortality, Shatner
embodies Kirk with a cushiony frailty that's surprisingly endearing; the role has become a love-energy source. Montalban's all diametrics -- roaring Milton and Melville with glorious venom -- and his remarkable pecs validate the striptease vanity; a face with hills as wrinkles, this force of nature is more
powerful here than he has ever been in anything else in his long career. The movie also has a great theme: regeneration, something maybe our great great great grand kids will likely see attempted on Mars. While "Wrath of Khan" is nothing more than television, director Nicholas Meyer has provided a nifty understatement in its interiors and gadgetry, and Kirk's quarters a well-designed, cozy hideaway I wouldn't mind having myself. (Gay friends said they wouldn't object if I called the costumes here NASA fag.) In a more generous time, Hollywood might have honored this neglected class of entertainment with nominations for Montalban and Shatner's "take us, we're yours" performances. People have won Oscars for a lot less. (Meyer also directed "ST VI: The Undiscovered Country," with Christopher Plummer as General
Chang in what many had hopes would be the actor's yummiest role in years. He certainly looks the part -- reptilian flamboyance like no tomorrow. He's far and away Kirk's craftiest adversary since Khan and as educated: he rages Shakespeare. There's even a sly under-directed bit of continuity between the villains and Kirk: when sitting at a dining table with Chang and Kirk hears him
recite some Bard, there's deja vu in Kirk's eyes. But Plummer's role isn't large enough; difficult to tell if truncated by the editing or writing, Chang isn't the star he should be, especially since he now commands a ship that can fire torpedoes while using the infamous Klingon cloaking device. Trekkers have
been waiting for this technological feat for over 25 years.)
For more on movies, visit http://members.aol.com/NowReVuing/Index.html
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