Khan Noonien Singh

I just wanted to talk about this as a trope, right? A Star Trek trope.

Captain Georgiou... recording a hologram in order to gift Michael Burnham her telescope from beyond the grave and it's one of these if you're seeing this I must be dead sort of things and I saw that and it got me thinking about how many times we've seen in Star Trek every character who has died is usually found at some point to have recorded an elaborate like hologram message to their loved ones um and uh so this has happened like like noonian singh did it uh wesley's dad did it tasha yar did it for a bunch of people she'd known for like three weeks there's like there's so many examples of this in the Star Trek universe and I just have to wonder I just have to point out it's not realistic is it you can't get me to start a fucking pension right why don't you make it a elaborate thing

how often they have to do it as well like maybe a couple of once every few months I bet I

But at no point did they message...

He's no longer with us, but he was his assistant and everything.

Mr. Rourke was played by Ricardo Montalban, who played Khan in the movie Wrath of Khan, Star Trek, way back in the day.

But that has nothing to do with the love ship.

Sorry.

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The Wrath of Khan is next.

And, and, and The Wrath of Khan I think is a very crucial film for the history of Star Trek.

Uh, but I'll let one-

Mm-hmm

I mean, it's, it's good.

It's-

I have nothing to say about The Wrath of Khan that hasn't been said a thousand times before, pretty much.

It's still going, uh, each day they're playing a new, uh, Star Trek movie and they're curating it with a, uh, a similar minded, um, episode of the original series.

So for example, when I saw Wrath of Khan, they showed the original series episode space seat, which was the actual first appearance of a Khan Noonien Singh.

Uh, and it was, I hadn't, I haven't seen space seat and like, probably 15, 20 years.

And it was a hoot to see on the big screen because Ricardo Montalban basically just brooms and abuses poor MacGyver, the lady who eventually helps him to take over the Enterprise.

This is Rob Lam, and today we have, uh, an episode that, uh, is from last year's Star Trek Week.

As we dive into this year's Star Trek Week, this is gonna be our discussion of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, uh, that again, originally aired last September.

So let's go ahead and jump right in.

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Do we go with one of the weirder installments? Um, a fl- maybe one of the others that's, you know, kind of a flawed film but with some interesting ideas or a captivating performance hidden in there.

Do we start at the beginning with Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or do we go with what many consider to be the finest Trek film of them all? Uh, that's ultimately where we landed here.

We decided to discuss 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

This was a great pick, Rob, and, uh, yeah, I've, I've seen this movie many times over the years, always enjoyed it, and I loved it again this week.

Question 11.

Which 1982 film features Kirk's nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh? The Wrath of Khan.

Question 12.

Which liberated former Borg drone joins Voyager's crew? Seven of Nine.

Wrath of Khan is as much a sequel to Star Trek The Motion Picture as it is to the entire original TV show.

Not only does the movie invent major concepts that would become vital to Star Trek, like the no-win simulation to Kobayashi Maru, it also makes the smart decision to revive a minor villain from the series, the superhuman genius strategist Khan Noonien.

You agree with me on this? I agree.

Yes.