Comments on: No Del Toro For Star Trek 2

By: Daniel Ireland

Daniel Ireland — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:43:00 +0000

If they’re smart, they’ll avoid Khan. If they’re geniuses, they’ll somehow manage to pull it off.

By: Daniel Ireland

Daniel Ireland — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000

“Wise readers will treat the unconfirmed information as rumor until said rumor is proven to be fact.”

By: Daniel Ireland

Daniel Ireland — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000

Wise readers will treat the unconfirmed information as rumor until said rumor is proven to be fact.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:21:00 +0000

First they say no Khan and now they say maybe yes. Not sure what to believe.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:14:00 +0000

I loved Ricardo. he was a good actor but not a great actor and I don’t know he was made to play the role of Khan. He was type cast as the Latin lover in the 60s and 70s before making it as Mr. Roarke. The other thing was that Ricardo wasn’t physically that large and in Trek II, he was not allowed to do much physicality work because of his then condition with this legs. Despite this Trek II really worked well and they pulled it off so to speak. Part of the reason why this worked before in the 60s version is that the original actors were not that big. Shatner really was not that tall, not much more as shown when standing next to Peter Falk in those excellent Columbo movies. So Montalban could get away with playing a baddie with his apparent lack of girth when next to Shatner.

A new physical actor and good actor could monumentally cattleput this character on the big screen. A movie can explore more of Khan’s mean cold hearted narcissistic behavior which can score dividend with a good script/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:03:00 +0000

The problem with Trek is that much of the creativity in all the series episodes often cannot translate to the big screen because with many episodes you have an opportunity to give writers to take chances and explore minute interesting issues imposed on one or two characters. you can’t take that to the big screen. It has to have all the splash and composite of all the great ideas from various contributors. I think it makes sense to pick Khan because it is a tried and true formula like the Joker or Catwoman in the Batman series. How much uproar is there for the Joker getting repeat appearances? none.

Khan really became famous in Star Trek II but Montalban’s take wasn’t any better than his original version. I thought his original version was more cold and more believable, younger, bolder, more colorful so to speak (not to quote Kirk). This side of Khan isn’t as well known despite that it played out well on a shoestring budget. My take against all the naysayers, is that it might work out really well if they get the right actor and have a good fresh storyline. For the parts that are the same, build it up, do it better with astounding special effects. the formula of little bit of the old and much of the new, is an effective formula for a blockbuster.

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01:00 +0000

Also note that I am not the only one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:45:00 +0000

I note how you take the rumor that they are using Khan as truth, rather than Abrams’ statement that he isn’t.

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:42:00 +0000

Khan? Really? That’s the best they can do? That’s it? I thought these guys were creative writers. My bad.

By: German Guy

German Guy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:33:00 +0000

No Kahn Please. Leave Ricardo Montalban performance alone. Do something original. That’s harder and has to be more fulfilling for fans.