Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Difference between revisions

Trivia
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* [[Orchestral Bombing]]: James Horner is ''awesome''.
* [[Orifice Invasion]]: The worms in the ear are probably the most notorious example.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: The character of Joachim, recast (and slightly renamed) from his appearance in the original "Space Seed".
** The [[Expanded Universe]] attempted to cover this by claiming that the considerably younger looking Joachim seen in the movie is actually the son of the original Joachim, while [[Word of God]] suggested the movie version is ''Khan's son'', and was merely named in honor of the original, who was his closest friend and ally during the Eugenics Wars (and is presumably dead by the time of the movie).
** For what it's worth, the two Joachims' names are pronounced differently, too.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The "needs of the many..." speech is really beautiful and all, but had Spock instead said, "Captain, I put my katra in Doctor McCoy. Ask my father about it. I'll be fine.", a lot of conflict in the next movie could have been avoided.<ref>The reason that they didn't is that the ''katra'' sequence was actually written and shot slightly later than the rest of the death sequence, to give a sequel hook to a potential ''Star Trek III'' should TWOK actually prove successful enough for Paramount to demand one (Everyone thought that TWOK would be the last of the ''Star Trek'' films, and this, not any rumored loathing of the character was why Leonard Nimoy was so interested in Spock's death -- hoping to close the book on ''Trek'' by giving an emotional death scene to Spock.)</ref>
* [[Proscenium Reveal]]: The entrance of Admiral Kirk ends the [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|Kobayashi Maru]] test.