“‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,’ message Spock?” After bringing back Star Trek with the rather cerebral (V’ger) Star Trek the Motion Picture, and beginning the belief that we do not speak of the odd numbered movies, they were able to create a film that to me is a masterpiece that all Star Trek (and many sequels) have to live up to. What they did right: New uniforms, soundtrack, tying it back to the original series, having a more character driven story… I could go on. This is the film that introduced us to the Kobayashi Maru test which was an amazing way to start off. It is so iconic that for a second film in the reboot they had to bring back Khan, to show how this alternate universe is different. If they hadn’t put Khan in “Into the Darkness” there would be speculation on every film as to when Khan would show up. So do what everyone expects, and now you can move on. Which I hope they do. I’ll stop gushing over how much I like “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” Let’s just say it makes it on my top films to rewatch… even with the bagpipes.
