Comments on: 5 Things You Might Not Know About ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan’

By: Amanda Sowards

Amanda Sowards — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

I must contest your understanding of the history of STII:TWoK. Having spent months reading pages as they printed out of the dot matrix printer beside my father's desk, I can assure you that the story Jack B. Sowards wrote was (save for the fabulous additions from Nicholas Meyer, like the Melville references) the movie that was seen onscreen. So much so, in fact, that a WGA panel awarded my father sole screenplay credit during and arbitration with Harve Bennett. Sam Peeples, a long-time friend of my father, worked on iterations of the script prior to my father's hiring, not after. The writers' strike only ended shortly before the beginning of principle photography. If Mr. Peeples had worked on the script after my father, he would have been doing so during the strike, and that would have made him a scab (which he most definitely was not). Thanks for letting me set the record straight.

By: jock123

jock123 — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

The supposed âhuge budgetâÂ for âST: The Motion Pictureâ was nothing to do with the movie itself – that was made for comparatively little money, and on time, meeting a release date from which the studio would not budge; the apparently large sum was arrived at by adding the cost of the movie to the development costs of âStar Trek: Phase IIâ, which was a reunion movie, then a TV series, then a movie again, then a TV series again, ad nauseamâ¦
Sets, costumes, scripts were developed, and casting took place at considerable cost to Paramount, who then shuffled this onto the eventual feature film budget – but as little if any of the stuff for âPhase IIâÂ made it into the Robert Wise film, it canât really have been a surprise that it didnât end up being profitable.

By: sundae

sundae — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

Nimoy didn't insist that Spock die, Harve Bennnet brought it up when they were discussing Nimoy's being in the film.

By: HarryBalszak

HarryBalszak — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

I saw this film on opening day. Had a blast. Still get choked up near the end.
Hard to believe it's been thirty years.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

Straight from Wikipedia, but thanks for remembering the film at least.

By: Brandt Hardin

Brandt Hardin — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

The long-enduring debate of which Enterprise Captain would win in every fanâs epic showdown has spilled over with guts and gore. See the battle of the Zombie Captains as Kirk and Picard go head to head on the Zombie Walk of Fame at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/04/star-trek-zombies-from-zombie-walk-of.html

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:20:56 +0000

Good article. I wasn't aware that Roddenberry was practically forced out.