The Amazing Making of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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  • @jonathanbornstein3799
    @jonathanbornstein3799 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Montalbon gives one of the best performances ever on film. And he seems to delight during every moment. Gracias, Ricardo.

  • @AprilPvd
    @AprilPvd หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    William Shatner appeared at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on May 12, 2018, for a one-night-only event that included a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and a live onstage conversation with the actor and I was fortunate enough to get a ticket and I had a great seat. Well, it had been about three years since Leonard Nimoy had passed away, we were all still grieving. It was very cathartic to be among my fellow nerds as we watched Spock’s“death scene“ and mourned for Leonard Nimoy together. The discussion afterwards was amazing. Thank you for putting together this story. And really made my day!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh wow! That must have been such an amazing and treasured experience. Thank you for sharing.

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AprilPvd I just want to say that I saw this movie in a theater in downtown Chicago in July of 1982 with my first real girlfriend. I had read to her the last chapter of Tale of Two Cities aloud the night before. If you’ll recall, the opening and closing lines of Dickens’ masterpiece bookend the movie. I spent the last 15 minutes of the movie weeping for Spock’s demise and the nobility of his sacrifice and knowing that the “it’s a far far better thing I do than I have ever done. It is a far better rest I go to than I have ever known” line was inevitably coming, and surely from Kirk. It was one of the most emotionally immersive experiences I’ve ever had in the movie theater. Right up there with Star Wars and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

    • @tsan3796
      @tsan3796 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He’s still doing it at 93 was in ohio last month doing same screening of wrath then Q&A

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@tsan3796 Shatner is living proof that if you always express yourself and don't give a damn what people say about you, you will live a long, happy, vigorous life.

  • @bitmapman
    @bitmapman หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I saw The Wrath of Khan the night it premiered. It was part of the most memorable date I was ever on. I met a beautiful girl in a dorm parking lot three days before I graduated and got her to agree to go on a date with me. Three weeks later, after my college graduation, the undergrad made good on her promise. I still remember everything that happened that night 42 years ago. After dinner we decided to go see the Star Trek movie in downtown Pocatello at the the Chief theater. I remember looking at her when Khan put the "indigenous lifeforms" into Chekhov and Terrell's helmets and thought she was going to loose it. We talked about the movie afterwards while parked on a bridge watching the moon and the clouds play with Bannock peak. We talked about how Star Trek could go on without Spock among other things. She agreed to go on another date with me the following weekend and to my surprise I received a note from her in the mail a few days before our second outing. It was only time I ever got a thank-you note from a girl about a date. In the note she described how she felt during that scene. She wasn't a Star Trek fan growing up but said she loved the movie. We went out a few more times that summer but her education was more important than having a boyfriend and we drifted apart. I still have strong feelings for her to this day and the themes of separation that run through the plot, the line about opening "old wounds" , and all that make it hard for me at times to watch it. A powerful movie for sure.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! What a powerful and fascinating story. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

  • @chadtopia
    @chadtopia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Horners music in this film was amazing. Added to the spectacle

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He was an amazing composer.

    • @chadtopia
      @chadtopia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast his score for Aliens is one of my all time faves

    • @justinamerican8200
      @justinamerican8200 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH... NAH!

    • @patrickpirzer4080
      @patrickpirzer4080 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I remember when i saw the movie in 1982 in theatre. I was very glad that Horner used the Star Trek Fanfare at the beginning of the Main Title. Goldsmith didn't that so i had missed it in the Motion Picture. That Fanfare theme is as iconic as the Fox Fanfare is for Star Wars.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@chadtopia That's a great score. He was so talented!

  • @Samtheman85844
    @Samtheman85844 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    One of the best Star Trek Movies of all time.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Absolutely!

    • @Skabanis
      @Skabanis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Best science fiction movies ever

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think it's the best ST movie, period. It's the only one I re-watch on a regular basis. My order of best to worst (using only the original cast): 2, 6, 4, 3, 5, 1. The biggest problem I have with 1 is that it's humorless. The biggest problem I have with 4 is that there's too much humor. Even though it's all about whales, the story has no weight.

  • @pepe6666
    @pepe6666 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    star trek 2 and 3 are incredible. i cry every time. wont forget seeing the enterprise burn up in the night sky. that music, man.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They are such great films. I think 2, 3, and 4 make up a perfect trilogy. Thank you for your comment.

    • @mr-hypercycle
      @mr-hypercycle หลายเดือนก่อน

      For me Star Trek 2 was pretty much perfect. But Star Trek 3 never worked for me. It lacked all the things that made Start Trek 2 so great.

  • @donfisherjr.2404
    @donfisherjr.2404 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    TWoK was the best Star Trek movie. It saved the franchise and it's still fun to watch, unlike the first Trek movie.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      You are so right! It's the movie that turned me into a die-hard Star Trek fan!

    • @nmbr1son64
      @nmbr1son64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      In my opinion, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was THE best Star Trek movie, PERIOD!!

    • @Susy5solo
      @Susy5solo หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree, it was a great movie and wasn’t matched until the much later reboots…. I still enjoy watching Wrath of Khan and the Khan character was a key factor, as well as the stupidity of Kirk getting duped into approaching with his shields down…

    • @Bob_just_Bob
      @Bob_just_Bob หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There was some over-acting on Shatner’s part I felt but yeah, I remember my eyes tearing up when Spock was dying.

    • @phill6859
      @phill6859 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think STTMP could be saved with editing and scoring changes. Voyage home is better than khan in some ways.

  • @Redshirt434
    @Redshirt434 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Nicholas Meyer is that first breath of fresh air a lot of Star Trek has gotten from time to time. Michael Piller for TNG, Ira Stephen Behr for DS9, and Manny Coto for Enterprise.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Wow! You know your Star Trek! I love what Manny Coto did for Enterprise. I'm working on my episode for Voyage Home. I plan to make videos for all thr Star Ttek films.

    • @MrPaladino
      @MrPaladino หลายเดือนก่อน

      He and Harve Bennett were truly outsiders looking in. Part of the problem with Roddenberry and (quite accurately) his "cronies" was that they were... too close. Too personal, and too "involved" in the project to step back and be objective about what the franchise needed. That doesn't mean they're bad people or anything, but they were not able to make the cognitive leap into the "strange" to refresh the franchise. And the first two years of TNG reflected a similar problem. The people in Gene's "inner circle" who weren't susceptible to cronyism and wanted to try kooky stuff were washed out by the end of season 1and sent packing. Between that and the writer's strike of '88, we almost lost Star Trek again. thankfully, we had a champion in John Pike at Paramount at the time to keep the wheels on the "Wagon Train to the Stars".

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Redshirt434 I would include Jeri Taylor for TNG-who wrote Family and brought emotional dimension to the characters, especially Whorf-and Michael Chabon for Picard.

  • @Ron-d2s
    @Ron-d2s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    The CGI Genesis sequence was the first time CGI was used in a motion picture, it beat Tron to the theaters by weeks.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thanks for the comment. I remember seeing that sequence back then. It was mind-blowing at the time.

    • @AvengerII
      @AvengerII 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Actually, Westworld (1973) beat Star Trek II by nearly a decade. They used a CG-processed image (very low pixel resolution!) to depict the robot gunfighter's (Yul Brynner's) POV. Actual CGI animation (created by Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and former President of Disney Animation) was used in Futureworld (1976), the sequel to the original Westworld.
      They also had experimental CG animated in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
      The history of this media goes way before 1980s Hollywood.

    • @Ron-d2s
      @Ron-d2s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@AvengerII *The First FULLY rendered CGI, not overlays, not elements, but a fully rendered sequence.
      better?

    • @AvengerII
      @AvengerII 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Ron-d2s Wow.
      Thin-skinned.
      Keep up that reputation Techies have for being "service-oriented" and humane.
      JERK.

    • @henrywallacesghost5883
      @henrywallacesghost5883 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      When I think of major use by CGI in a film I always think of the Last Starfighter that came out a couple years later.

  • @paularc1899
    @paularc1899 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I remember on the NIGHTLY NEWS this show being showlighted! Ricardo was interviewed 1000x because of his physique. This was all over the news in 1982! I was on vacation on Hawaii and even THERE it was all over the news. SO was Star Trek III and Star Trek IV! Amazing times and I miss them. I miss so much of our innocence.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was such a special time! Such great memories. I was also obsessed with Starlog magazine and getting any info I could find. 😀 Thank you for your comment!

  • @brianarbenz1329
    @brianarbenz1329 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for a great video. I had never realized all the wrangling and changes of course that went into Spock's not quite dying. Amazing how Leonard Nimoy was able to change his own role as Spock from buried to revived.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the kind words. It is appreciated. 😀Let me know what you think of the other videos.

  • @Ron-d2s
    @Ron-d2s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    Ricardo said, "Why would I want to do this I'm hardly in it?"
    Then he read the script and figured that he was mentioned on almost every page and figured it would be a good career move.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      He nailed it as Khan. It's interesting that we all remember him more as Khan rather than Mr Roarke.

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Ron-d2s I love Ricardo Montalban. He had that perfect combination of vanity and humility one finds in the best actors.

    • @DavidR-f6z
      @DavidR-f6z หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So Montalban was worried that this was a big....CON!

    • @replyhere590
      @replyhere590 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ⁠@@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcastI also recall his work in automobile commercial spots (Lincoln?). 120% suave and debonair.

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Mr Roarke, stuffed shirt; Sunyan Khan, no shirt. Pecs win!!

  • @charlesheck6812
    @charlesheck6812 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You’ve done a great job on this… Lots of stuff I didn’t know. Montalban was outstanding and Shatner never better. The movie looks great and moves along wonderfully. It’s amazing how the stars were in alignment to make this a solid, classy production.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for thr kind words. I agree. Wrath of Khan was so good. I hope you keep watching all the videos I release. 🙂

  • @MarkOakleyComics
    @MarkOakleyComics 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Fantastic! What a nice retrospective! Tons of information I'd not heard before. Thank-you!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you keep listening to more videos. I'm finishing up my video on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

  • @davidc.2878
    @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Ok, that was an incredibly informative, “fascinating” look at the making of TWOK. Nice job!!!!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for the compliment. I hope you keep watching my videos. Star Trek 4 The Voyage Home was released on Monday and I plan to release Star Trek 5 The Final Frontier tomorrow morning. I have so many future videos planned.

    • @davidc.2878
      @davidc.2878 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast I’ve subscribed!

  • @apollo-so5yj
    @apollo-so5yj หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The music and orchestration in Star Trek 2 and 3 were incredible. If you pay close attention to all the nuances, and how the music adds to the dynamics, you will gain a true appreciation of how the musical score is a key ingredient to the movie experience overall.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The music is so incredible. James Horner was a genius! 👍 Thank you for your comment.

    • @apollo-so5yj
      @apollo-so5yj หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast I started paying attention to this after noticing how detailed the music was in the scenes in Star Trek III when Kirk was "stealing" the Enterprise and the Excelsior was readying for a chase. That whole sequence was brilliant by Horner!
      th-cam.com/video/mkJ3--2K7yo/w-d-xo.html

  • @inhometraineroakville1174
    @inhometraineroakville1174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    It's crazy to think they made a movie for $13 million. Look at what movies cost now and what actors get paid. It's gone completely nuts. And with all that money, I don't see movies coming out even close to the quality of Star Trek 2. Sure, they have amazing special effects and all that, but the stories and acting are crap. They're also ridiculously long!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I agree! Star Trek II was so amazing and made on a very small budget. It is still so impressive.

    • @esecallum
      @esecallum 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      you dont feel any connection to the characters.. ..this is why STD is so bad. its just leaves you cold

    • @MM22966
      @MM22966 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      12 million in 1982, about 40 million today...STILL pretty low for a scifi blockbuster.

    • @inhometraineroakville1174
      @inhometraineroakville1174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MM22966 I don't think they're making any major movies now for less than $200 million. It's just stupid!

    • @MM22966
      @MM22966 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@inhometraineroakville1174 Ha, ha, I remember waaaay back in the day, some magazine article was complaining about the same thing, that things like Star Wars and Jaws had distorted film making by setting such a high cash bar...they also specifically cited Terminator 2 for 80 MILLION dollar price-tag! Ha-ha!
      I don't mind expensive movies. I just wish Hollywood would go back to making movies I'd like, with less obvious woke/DEI messaging.

  • @ftolead
    @ftolead หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Entire cast and crew, and audience, began to cry...

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Nicholas Meyer was exactly what Star Trek needed at that time. He may not have been happy with the late additions that were made concerning Spock, but fans would have been furious or at least depressed if they had not been added. Glad Nick finally agreed to come back for the final movie in the original cast series, though Leonard Nimoy did a great job with his time at the helm as well. My favorites from best to worst are: 2, 6, 4, 3, 1 and 5. Number 5 took a while to grow on me but it's actually not so terrible. In fact the interaction of Kirk, Spock and Bones in that one is one of the best.

    • @Ron-d2s
      @Ron-d2s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always hated when TBS would play 2 4 5.... so they were skipping the return of Spock, and putting in the weakest with 5.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I love your rankings! I agree that Nicholas Meyer did an awesome job with Star Trek II and Star Trek VI. Thanks for comment!

    • @track1949
      @track1949 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      His daughter, Dylan, is engaged to actress Kristen Stewart.

    • @cyphi474
      @cyphi474 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They took what worked best from TOS and used it to make pretty good movie. Shift from the ship to main cast was certainly step in right direction. Just some story parts were not really neccessary and made some passages weak. Like entire Savik plot....why she was even there....

    • @peanut1001x
      @peanut1001x หลายเดือนก่อน

      no, he wasn't

  • @seantlewis376
    @seantlewis376 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw STII opening weekend. Not a dry eye in the house. Loved it, and saw it several times. Then I couldn't wait for STIII. Fantastic stuff!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the memories! It was such a great film. I couldn't wait for ST3, and I remember reading Starlog and trying to find any information on it. I saw ST3 on opening night.

  • @spottedreptile2671
    @spottedreptile2671 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Insaw it at the historic State theatre in Sydney. When Spock “died” in the simulator ppl gasped. They’d heard the rumours. When he actually died there was sobbing. Nervous laughter in the bagpipe scene. Standing ovation at the end. Goosebumps abounded.

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The scene with Kirk and Spock dying, and showing the incredible emotion of two life long friends saying goodbye to each other. after Mr Spock's selfless act of heroism. was the greatest scene in all TV and motion pictures. if you went away from that scene with a dry? eye there's definitely something wrong with you that's for sure?

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      One if the greatest moments in all of cinema. 🙂 Thank you for your post.

  • @christian-michaelhansen471
    @christian-michaelhansen471 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Wrath of Khan, and Nick Meyers other contribution The Undiscovered Country are by far my faves, with the Shatner directed Final Frontier not even in my collection. I’d rather forget about it!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree! I love Wrath of Khan, Undiscovered Country, and Voyage Home. I also love Search for Spock. Final Frontier is such a train wreck but there is something very watchable about it. I'll post a video on Final Frontier soon. Thay production was an epic train wreck!

    • @GackFinder
      @GackFinder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then you're missing out on three-boobed cat-lady.

  • @tomlichnofsky.7048
    @tomlichnofsky.7048 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    The Wrath of KHAN Is An Awesome Movie!
    👊😎✊
    One of my favorite 👌😆👍🍁
    RIP To All that Have passed away since then in Time 😔🍁

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you! Wrath of Khan is one of my favorites as well. 👊🖖

    • @dianne5086
      @dianne5086 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is, hands down, my favorite Star Trek movie despite the tragic ending.

  • @PuckerFactor10
    @PuckerFactor10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent! This video is of the 2% on YT that truly give this place value!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope you keep watching the videos! Have you checked out the other videos I have made so far?

    • @PuckerFactor10
      @PuckerFactor10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Am doing so gradually. 😁

  • @johncalatayud8065
    @johncalatayud8065 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    With The Wrath of Khan being my absolute favorite ST movie, what a great backstory about 2 newbies to ST, Harve Bennett and Nicholas Meyer, being responsible for what a great movie this is. And to learn that Meyer wrote the final script for no credits or money! As someone we all know would say: "Fascinating"

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I remember first watching Wrath of Khan. It was like an out of body experience. I was so amazed and impressed when I learned about Nicholas Meyer writing the script for free. And you cant deny that Harve Bennett saved Star Trek. It's too bad what happened during Star Trek 6. I hope you keep enjoyingbyhe series, and eventually all my videos. Thank you for your post.

  • @dbrenner2323
    @dbrenner2323 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Roddenberry There First! Apologies if my comment is redundant. I'll admit that I didn't have the time to look through all (at the moment) 437 comments! All in all, very well done -- I enjoyed watching! But two corrections(?): The new team weren't the first to bring Navy Tradition and Hornblower to the Star Trek Universe. That was actually done by Roddenberry himself back in the 1960's TOS. (See "The Making of Star Trek" 1968, which I believe is no longer in print. If you can find it, go for it! So enjoyable & informative!). Back then, Roddenberry referred to Star Trek as "...Hornblower in space..." And TOS is filled with behavior that comes right out of his own experience in the Navy. (Prime example: TOS: "Balance of Terror".") The irony of all that, and the problematic "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", is that Roddenberry broke rules for ST:TMP that he himself created! He relates in both the book and interviews about how the first (and rejected) TOS Pilot, "The Cage" was good science fiction, but bad television. "Too cerebral". And that he needed to provide more drama and action. Hence the second pilot "Where no man has gone before" provided a fast moving story with plenty of action (and, I believe, Shatner's first torn shirt!). Bennett & Meyer succeeded by directly or indirectly going back to what Roddenberry went with back in the '60s -- and improved on it! Many thanks again!!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your comment. You know your Star Trek. Check out my video on Star Trek TOS which should be released Wednesday. 🙂

  • @nascarmadman
    @nascarmadman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The REAL reason Nimoy came back for Trek III is that he was made director of the movie.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Please check out my video on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. 😀

    • @s.marcus3669
      @s.marcus3669 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      AI narration sucks worse than "Spock's Brain"....

  • @JRFrancisco20088
    @JRFrancisco20088 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saw it for the first time as a kid in the mid 1980s on HBO and loved everything about it. The uniforms, the storyline, and how edgy it was. Already knew Spock would die in the movie, but it was still a gripping adventure. Not even Gene Roddenberry's meddling could ruin it---and he tried.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too. I remember when this was on all the time on HBO. I totally fell in love with this movie and with Star Trek. Yeah, and boy... Gene Roddenberry. 🤣Thank you for your comment, and I look forward to more of your comments!

  • @Boiing008
    @Boiing008 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Enjoyed this thanks for the sharing ❤🎉

  • @ScottyColoradoKid
    @ScottyColoradoKid 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great job on this; I didnt think there was anything I didnt already know about this movie, but you proved me wrong! The only thing I would have included here was the name of the WWII Sub movie that they borrowed so much from; The Enemy Below....

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you so much for the kind words. And you taught me something about the sub movie name. 🙂

  • @Ladco77
    @Ladco77 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a 13 year old Trekkie at the time, I remember the announcement that a Star Trek movie was in the works and would be released in 1979. It seemed like forever into the future to my impatient self. For anyone who didn't grow up with TOS in the 60's and 70's, it's hard to convey the level of excitement when the Enterprise finally appeared on the big screen. Today we live in a world of endless reboots and reimaginations of old shows, but back then Star Trek was just a cancelled TV show from the 60's, and once cancelled they don't come back.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the comment. It brings back memories. I was 10 yo when this movie came out I remember begging my father to take us to see it and he did. I loved the movie at time, but it was Star Trek 2 that took it to the next level.

  • @truecrimescotsman
    @truecrimescotsman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The film is like fine wine, it just keeps getting better with every passing year.

  • @crome2194
    @crome2194 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That is an amazing story. The precedent-setting CGI and direct video marketing surprised me, not to mention the true believers who charged low wages to no wages. I was a kid in high school who had grown up on the TOS. The movie was so, so awesome, and it still is.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It is! I saw this as a teenager when it came out and it turned me into a die-hard Star Trek fan. Thank you for your comment.

  • @JustAboutTime
    @JustAboutTime 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    So Harve Bennett did more research than the entirety of anyone who’s directed a modern Disney Star Wars show (Tony Gilroy excepted) or anyone directing a marvel show.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You are so right. Can you imagine how good Dosney Star Wars could be if they put in the same effort and research as Harve Bennett? And you're ight, Tony Gilroy is awesome!

  • @KAZVorpal
    @KAZVorpal หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Meyer was correct:
    The part where they made it clear that Spock was coming back in Star Trek 3, was the lamest cop out ever. It eliminated all the stakes.
    It's rare for Hollywood to actually let the viewer know that anything is at risk in a movie.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Interesting. I can respect that and Meyer's a ger towards the decision. Personally, I'm in the camp that they made the right choice. But that's just my opinion.

    • @KAZVorpal
      @KAZVorpal หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast It was uplifting with the funeral, already. That tied in the story with our real-life experiences, celebrating people we love who die, because we can't stop death and can't just decide to bring them back.
      They could have left us with hope...he was shot at the life-building planet...and later brought him back in Star Trek III...without robbing the film of its connection with humanity, by ham-handedly informing us that Spock is DEFINITELY not really dead before the credits were even over.
      Think of how, in ST:TNG, they kill Yar.
      That made the series MATTER.
      It wasn't going to just be another Crewman #6 who died.
      They do later bring her back in various ways, but first they let the viewer feel her loss for real, without wussing out and fixing it at the end of the episode.
      Wrath of Khan should've done that.

  • @NoBudjetFilms
    @NoBudjetFilms 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Thank God they got Gene out of the script team. He has no business writing stories.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Haha! You said it! 🤣

    • @dan6442
      @dan6442 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He has no business writing stories? Dude, he created Star Trek! Get some perspective. 🤣

    • @AbeStephan
      @AbeStephan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Uh , it's HIS creation . He wanted to make a better show and it would have been BUT STAR WARS came along and Paramount saw 💵💵💵💵💵💵 . You can't blame Rodenberry for the first movie .

    • @patrickpirzer4080
      @patrickpirzer4080 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Roddenberry was a good and creative writer for TV but not for cinema. That's right.

    • @AbeStephan
      @AbeStephan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@patrickpirzer4080 He still wanted enough control so nobody would turn the Federation into a military organization . And Jar Jar Abrams really screwed up the franchise . I know for sure it wasn't cool with graphic violence that was in it . Seeing someone being flown out of the spaceship from an explosion wasn't needed .

  • @mikekannely2286
    @mikekannely2286 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The first time I saw the Genesis Project graphics blew me away... What a Great Flick!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes! Such a great movie! And the Genesis Sequence was so mind blowing at the time.

  • @tsan3796
    @tsan3796 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gold standard for trek ! It’s a great flick because story multi layered of age and prowess experience and it is really a sub movie in space outwitting captain vs captain

  • @davidanderson4748
    @davidanderson4748 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It was and is one of the greats. It’s the rare movie that gets better with age.

  • @sonsofliberty75
    @sonsofliberty75 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I saw it in the theater and immediately afterwards, I wanted to watch it again. The greatest Star Trek film. What an incredible storyline and performances by the actors.

  • @idahomike4254
    @idahomike4254 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great editing and your use of memes is admirable. Not sure of the audio, though. This movie is undoubtedly one of my all-time favorites and I appreciate your research. Cheers!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words. It is truly appreciated. 😊 Yeah, the recording, my voice and pronunciation, and sound sucks! I am still working on it. Actually, the Star Trek audio tracks are the first ones I recorded so they are awkward, and I am editing the videos now weeks after I recorded them.😄 I've made a lot of improvements in my speech, and the Star Wars video is more recent. It's the most recent recording. Check it out and tell me if the Audio and my voice sounds better and more natural. It still has an echo and stuff, but I've bought some equipment to reduce that. Again, thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words!

  • @rossbabcock3790
    @rossbabcock3790 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I saw this in the theater when it opened. Funny how many men left with 'something in their eyes', including me! I grew up on TOS. Good video!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the kind words! I hope you keep watching my videos. I should be releasing The Voyage Home in the next couple of days.

  • @delavalmilker
    @delavalmilker หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent analysis! Hate to shatter the illusions of some die-hard ST true believers, but even as a long time Trekker---from watching the show on original broadcast TV---I felt the first movie was sort of a dud. A little too cerebral, even for a geek like me. I think whatever "success" the first film had, was largely provided by Star Trek fans, eager to see the show on the Big Screen. And I remember at the time, reading reviews from full-fledged Trekkers, expressing their disappointment with it. So when Wrath of Khan came along, I was desperately hoping for something far better. Because I knew if the second Star Trek film failed, that would be the end of Star Trek. And I wasn't to be discouraged. Wrath of Khan absolutely blew me away!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so right. I still remember that moment when Wrath of Kahn came out. I was 13 yo and it absolutely blew me a way and turned me into a die-hard Star Trek fan.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the kind words!

  • @michaelchancey5505
    @michaelchancey5505 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I cried when Spock died, not afraid to say it either.

  • @matts2581
    @matts2581 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Despite efforts with the previous remakes - the death of Spock in the original Star Trek II can and could never be redone. Classic forever. :)

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You are so right. It was a historic cultural moment of our generation.

  • @jumpingjeffflash9946
    @jumpingjeffflash9946 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember seeing this in the theater in 82', great movie.

  • @emperorpalpatine783
    @emperorpalpatine783 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this very interesting and iv subscribed

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for the kind words. It's truly appreciated! 😀

    • @emperorpalpatine783
      @emperorpalpatine783 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Your very welcome im a huge movie geek not just movies but the making of audio commentaries books. btw greetings from Scotland my friend

  • @PrincessTiffie
    @PrincessTiffie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is still my favorite Star Trek movie.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great choice! For me, it has always been a toss up between this one and Star Trek IV.

    • @PrincessTiffie
      @PrincessTiffie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast Yes. That is a close 2nd😀

  • @RalfSteffens
    @RalfSteffens 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    When I was a student, I went to a Star Trek movie night - all the movies for hardcore fans. Sitting next to me was a young couple who had won their tickets and had never heard of Star Trek. They left after the first movie, which didn't surprise me. Nowadays, I would advise people like that to go out for a nice meal and come back for the second movie.

  • @zqxzqxzqx1
    @zqxzqxzqx1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the best sci fi movies to date.

  • @katrineroberts4084
    @katrineroberts4084 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As Geoge Takei would say "oh my' to ricardo montalbans chest.

  • @mitchgross592
    @mitchgross592 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The script had to be written quickly because otherwise ILM would not have time to create the visual effects. There was a scheduled release date but Paramount had not sold tickets in theaters (which isn’t how these things work).

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting!

    • @jamestavella1398
      @jamestavella1398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Basically Paramount created the same trap they put themselves into on the first film, by pre-selling the movie. Yes it was a common practice for a blockbuster like Star Trek, but once the film was pre-sold, everyone was locked in and no delays for changes to the film could be made. Star Trek IIs production learned from the mistakes that Roddenberry made on Star Trek I. The first film was never completed. What you see is a rough cut. Robert Wise tried to get Eisner to give him more time to tweak the cut and put in effects that were not completed before the rough cut. Nope! The film was shipped wet from the lab as is. The recent 4K Directors cut of the first film incorporates all of Wise's ideas and adjustments. Plus, they added some shots. It makes a HUGE difference. The Director's edition paced well and it is actually what should have been in the theatres.

  • @Alpha5niner
    @Alpha5niner หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still have that original $39 VHS tape, was the first movie I ever got that wasn't recorded from the T.V. Watched it over 200 times, at least.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! That's incredible! You own a little piece of history. I would cherish that tape! I threw away all of my VHS tapes (hundreds of them) back in 2013, and I regret it to this day!

  • @rockadoodoo
    @rockadoodoo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This movie also gave us one of the greatest and most enduring memes: “Kahn!”

  • @danrodden6115
    @danrodden6115 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nimoy's book "I AM NOT SPOCK" was released in 1975. Years before Star Trek II was even thought of.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      True! You know your Star Trek. Thanks for the comment. 🙂 My humble opinion from listening to his interviews and reading his book "I am Spock" (fantastic read, by the way) that he was still in the same mind frame as of 1981. It was finishing up Star Trek 2 where he began to change his mind about Star Trek and Spock. I would love to hear your thoughts. And thank you for your thoughtful comment.

  • @fraternitas5117
    @fraternitas5117 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember watching this movie as a kid at maybe 9 or 10 year olds on vhs a few years after it came out and finding it a great film. Hard to imagine it was made on only $14 million bucks.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was 10 years old when this came out as well! 😀 They made a great film with such a small budget.

    • @fraternitas5117
      @fraternitas5117 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast I still remember the ear bugs terrifying me and the great sadness I felt watching Spock dead on screen, and the final triumphant doom of Khan. true movie magic.

  • @RobertEricJenkins
    @RobertEricJenkins หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This series and this channel are fantastic...Wrath of Khan is in my tope 5 all time favorite films, yet I had no idea that RODDENBERRY leaked Spock's death and the role this film played in home media...

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you keep watching! I just uploaded my video on Voyage Home and I am working on making the video on Final Frontier. So much interesting back story there!

  • @SBatts-vn1bd
    @SBatts-vn1bd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I always thought their new uniforms were inspired by the Canadian Mounties? However, Starfleet was more militarized, and it felt more authentic. Good info!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you for the kind words. I thought the new uniforms were a nice shot in the arm. But now that you mention it, they do look like Canadian Mountie uniforms.

    • @inhometraineroakville1174
      @inhometraineroakville1174 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @SBatts-vn1bd I guess in the first film they were trying to look somewhat similar to the uniforms on the TV show. But the end result was that they looked like pajamas. The new uniforms introduced in Star Trek 2 looked really good. I know Meyer was heavily influenced by Captain Horatio Hornblower particularly for the ship to ship battle scene. I think the uniforms while they look similar to Mounties, might have been his futuristic take on the old British naval uniforms.

    • @SBatts-vn1bd
      @SBatts-vn1bd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@inhometraineroakville1174 Gotcha your point and it's a good one. The rank braiding on their wrists especially was being faithful to the show. IMO, the uniforms for the first picture felt more like the Navy. The color palette doesn't bother me, however I'm glad they upgraded to what we saw in films 2-6.

  • @canuck_gamer3359
    @canuck_gamer3359 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One thing that I've not read when speaking of the original film, is that they had a very interesting premise! That storyline, the Voyager satellite has something happen to it, gaining enormous power and becoming an accidental threat to Earth. There is a lot of potential there and I do believe that same premise could have been made into a compelling story, minus the love story between Decker and whatshername.

  • @GackFinder
    @GackFinder 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    If you watch Space Raiders från 1984 (produced by Roger Corman), you can hear many of James Horner's offcut pieces from his composing work for Wrath of Khan.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's amazing! Thanks for comment!

    • @jamestavella1398
      @jamestavella1398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aliens too. Of course on Aliens, Horner was pressed for time. Krull you can also hear bits and pieces. You hear bits and pieces of Cocoon in Die Hard, especially the ending.

  • @seanmonetathchi1060
    @seanmonetathchi1060 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Bravo! Very well done!

  • @gabevee3
    @gabevee3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Motion Picture might have been boring but it made a lot of money, which is the studio's idea of success. It also was nominated for three times for Oscar for the effects, art, and music.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so right! On paper, it was a huge money maker (although Paramount was hoping for Star Wars money), and I've really come to appreciate The Motion Picture, the older I get. Thank you for all your comments. You know your Star Trek! Keep commenting! I am learning form you as well!

  • @timothykearns2232
    @timothykearns2232 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    IMO, Star Trek the Motion Picture was a great movie. The only problem was that it was too long, especially during the sequences when the Enterprise was in Veger's "space ship". I thought the storyline was genius, and seeing the old crew in action again was magical.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree. Star Trek The Motion Picture is a very good story.

    • @TowGunner
      @TowGunner 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Star Trek 1 was/is a horrible movie. It was a TOS episode stretched out to 2 hours. Gene Roddenberry was shown the door after this and not allowed to have anything to do with Star Trek 2. William Shatner hated it, he called it “a bore”.

    • @timothykearns2232
      @timothykearns2232 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TowGunner Do you know the meaning of "IMO"?

  • @morenofranco9235
    @morenofranco9235 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THE BEST Star Trek Movie of the entire lot!

  • @SteveBueche1027
    @SteveBueche1027 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The best of the movies, period.

  • @gregoryarmijo-dz9gv
    @gregoryarmijo-dz9gv 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Harlan Ellison would have 'loved' GR's Star Trek 'city' sequel.
    I think a show needs it's creator but if GR believed that he would have stuck it out through season 3.
    He didn't care about Star Trek fans and took off when he knew the show wasn't gonna get a 4th season no matter what.
    If old Gene could jump into a time machine and warn younger Gene about his future he would have stayed put as Producer in season 3.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Interesting speculation. Gene Roddenberry was certainly a complicated man.

  • @MandatoryReporter2015
    @MandatoryReporter2015 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I watched Star Trek I with the additional ~20 minutes added back in and it’s as good as WoK. No kidding.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The deleted scenes are great! I wish I could see them added back into the moviem I love the scene where Spock mentions that Saavik is half Romulan. And I love the flirting when Davis and Saavik first meet.

    • @MandatoryReporter2015
      @MandatoryReporter2015 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast The Director’s cut also shortened the extended special effects scenes . Probably closer to 40 added minutes. I only saw it a few months ago. Really wish it had been the theatrical release. *sigh*

  • @jeki6035
    @jeki6035 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great concise summary!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the kind words. I plan to eventually make a video about all thr Star Trek movies. I hope you enjoy them.

  • @moow950
    @moow950 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    RIP James Horner 😞

  • @Willpower-74205
    @Willpower-74205 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The Wrath of Khan did for Star Trek what The Empire Strikes Back did for Star Wars. I'll even bet fans didn't mind at all that the scenes of the Enterprise leaving the drydock were lifted whole from TMP. 🖖😎👍

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree. This movie saved Star Trek. This is the movie that turned me into a die-hard Star Trek fan.

  • @epa316
    @epa316 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    They decided not to name the movie "Revenge of Khan" because of "Revenge of the Jedi," then George Lucas was like, "Ha just kidding!"

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha! 🤣 That's hilarious!

    • @garysmith3037
      @garysmith3037 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There were actual movie posters with "Revenge of the Jedi" on them, from early promotion.
      I think it worked out better for both as Wrath feels more epic.

    • @Cyclonus12
      @Cyclonus12 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lucas decided that Jedi wouldn't be into "revenge", and so changed it to "return". "Starkiller" was also changed to "Skywalker" years earlier for similar reasons.

  • @delavalmilker
    @delavalmilker หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Roddenberry leaked an important plotline from script, out of pure peckishness? I thought he was better than that. And Star Trek fans making death threats against the producers, because of Spock's rumored demise? WTF?

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh, Gene Roddenberry was definitely NOT better than that. 😆 He was a very complex and complicated man. He was a brilliant visionary and helped shape the future, but he also did a lot of shady things. His stories, both noble and crooked are the stuff of Hollywood legend!

  • @geographicaloddity2
    @geographicaloddity2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My favorite ST movies:
    The Wrath of Khan
    The Undiscovered Country
    Galaxy Quest
    Master and Commander: Farside of the World
    First Contact

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's a great list. I love Galaxy Quest. You know, I still haven't seen Master and Commander. I need to check it out. That was Russell Crowe in his prime!

  • @station7thedoor
    @station7thedoor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Robert Fletcher's uniforms for Star Trek II are dynamite, the crew has never looked better, and I think these are the best uniforms in the franchise.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree with you 100%. They were a jolt of fresh air to the franchise. Thank you for your comment.

    • @peanut1001x
      @peanut1001x หลายเดือนก่อน

      no TOS were. bell bottom trousers & pink shirt ridiculous

  • @Tanzosh
    @Tanzosh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That early idea of Rodenberry's had a similar set up to First Contect.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting! How so?

    • @Tanzosh
      @Tanzosh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The part about the Klingons traveling back in time to prevent the Federation from forming is basically what the Borg does in First Contact.

  • @Ithinkiwill66
    @Ithinkiwill66 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yah, Spock died 2 times here.....in a way of saying, lol...but the real sad Trek was Star Trek Beyound, because not only we lost Spock in REAL life, but also Anton Yelchin 😢...
    Star Trek Wrath of Khan was dark, sad, and yet incredibly well made ( eventhough very transparent mistake happened when Khan said that he knew THAT Chekov there, from the Enterprise, when Space Seed was aired Chekov never was on the ship ).
    But, who cares about the little mistakes, what got me was that the Star Trek creator himself was basically fired from being the producer of the Wrath of Khan! That must of felt extremely outrages, specially when the show was basically his own creation, with his own ideas, cast, and the ship Enterprise herself.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was so heart-breaking when Anton Yelchin died. It was such a shock. He was great in Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, and Charlie Bartlett.

  • @coachkevinyoung
    @coachkevinyoung หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video! 😊👏👏👏

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for the kind words! I hope you enjoy the whole series. I just uploaded Voyage Home and I'm working on Undiscovered Country.

  • @bigbaddave777
    @bigbaddave777 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Its true about the price of movies on VHS. I worked in a video store for many years, 98% of the movies that came had the retail price around $100, video stores paid around $65. Occasionally there would be a title that would be released at a 'sell through' price, usually around $20 on movies studious thought would sell better

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for your comment. I envy you. Back in college, my dream was to work in a video store. Now, I miss them so much. I'd do anything to be able to go inside a Blockbuster.

    • @bigbaddave777
      @bigbaddave777 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast I had a lot of good times working there, it helped cement me as a local legion in the small town I lived in, I still have people referring to me as legend... haha

  • @joeninetee
    @joeninetee 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    An amazing film. 👌👌

  • @BDot-dv7lq
    @BDot-dv7lq 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Star Trek's 2+4 were the only good ones. But they both were VERY good.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for your comment! 2 and 4 are my favorites. I'm working on "The Making if Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home" video which will be released soon.

  • @tiemenstaal
    @tiemenstaal หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Montalban was the star of that movie, which is still my favorite of the entire franchise.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was so amazing! It was so good that the world completely forgot about his other character, Mr Roarke, plus the hundreds of other brilliant characters he played. Ricardo Montalban was THE MAN!

  • @Argelius1
    @Argelius1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent video!

  • @stephenfurches5091
    @stephenfurches5091 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    'I Am Not Spock' was published in 1975. Not after the first film (1979).

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the correction. Have you read his 1995 follow-up "I Am Spock"? It was an amazing read.

  • @RickFruckberry
    @RickFruckberry 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sheeeyit will they ever give up blaming Roddenberry for being human? The real problem with TMP is it needed editing. Cut some scenes, rearrange a few others, get rid of some of the long exposition and make it excited conversation like they did in TWOK with garbled transmissions and bits of dialogue flying about the bridge. Much more exciting.
    It was all done in post production.
    A side comment: Marcia Lucas really saved the original Star Wars in post production editing by cutting whole scenes and rearranging sequences. It could still be done for TMP.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the comment. Check out my video in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. My opinion is that the two factors were: Paramount pre-selling the theater tickets and 2) Able and Associates not delivering any usable special effects. Gene Roddenberry was not really responsible for the problems. However, he didn't help himself by not helping out the post-production. They needed a scapegoat and he was it.

  • @margaretlatocha1474
    @margaretlatocha1474 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved every one of them gene Roddenberrys put out the best movies for star trek I don't care what they say

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your comment. Gene Roddenberry only produced Star Trek The Motion Picture. It was Harve Bennett that deserves most of the credit.

  • @weedmanwestvancouverbc9266
    @weedmanwestvancouverbc9266 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I recall the motion picture Academy wouldn't consider this film for an Academy Award for special effects because they cheated and used computer graphics. And then gave it to ET.
    You also missed that quite a number of the Starfield shots and the computer displays on board the bridge were done by the computer firm of Evans and Sutherland.

  • @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN-1701
    @DrGeorgePBurdell-USN-1701 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Horatio Hornblower in space! Sailing navy in space, wind in ship's sails.

  • @Treachery93
    @Treachery93 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "You are in a position to demand nothing, sir... I, on the other hand, am in the position to grant, nothing..." - best line in the movie. LOL!
    I love the refit Enterprise. It's sleek and screams SEX!

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Such a great line! And that redesigned Enterprise is still my favorite!

  • @TerryB751
    @TerryB751 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is kind of funny... maybe many people didn't think Ricardo's chest was real because it looked like it belonged to a 30 year old Schwarzenegger, but Ricardo's face looked too old at 62. He probably thought he may as well been wearing a fake chest if nobody believes it was really his. 😁

  • @Bobalicious
    @Bobalicious 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was not produced by Paramount Pictures but by Paramount Television.

  • @cheddarcheese7928
    @cheddarcheese7928 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve heard 2 different ideas on ST II moving forward..I’ve heard people on the film say that the movie was in doubt due to the poor reception from the Motion Picture.Thats why the budget for Wraith was slashed almost in half..I’ve also heard that the sequel was all but guaranteed due to the financial success of the 1st movie..It’s probably the latter.If a studio could make $$,I would imagine they would be all in

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Too true! That's how Hollywood thinks!

    • @casinoroyalewcheese
      @casinoroyalewcheese 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've heard some crazy stuff about how Paramount was hedging their bets, hoping to make STII a TV movie, until they saw how great it was. Then they decided to give it a theateical release. Idk if thats true

    • @jamestavella1398
      @jamestavella1398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@casinoroyalewcheese The first movie was supposed to be a TV show reboot. In fact, they were developing it when Star Wars became a success. Paramount decided to go with Roddenberry's idea of an epic motion picture with the original cast. In fact some of the sets, costumes and actors, like David Gautreaux, that were used in the Motion Picture, were supposed to be for the new show. Gautreaux was supposed to be the new Vulcan replacing Nimoy on the new show. Instead, he dies on the Epsilon space station when it runs into Vger.

    • @jamestavella1398
      @jamestavella1398 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Both are correct. Just because a movie has an unfavorable viewing doesn't mean you can't presell the sequels. Back then, diehard fans of a franchise were a guarantee. They will go see the movie anyway. Tickets were cheap back then too. Most producers are not artists and have little idea what makes a good story that will draw audiences. They look at everything from a numbers and marketing position. Despite the 1st films poor over-all reception with audience, it did score highly well and many Trekkies who liked the look of the New Enterprise and were willing to sit through the boring parts and unfinished effects. So it still made a lot of money which is good for the studio! Which means the next film was guaranteed to sell out, at least in the first two weeks! After that, if the film was bad, the box office numbers will decline sharply. So slashing the budget to 13 million guarantees that if the film tanks with the audience after two weeks, the film is still likely to break even within the first two week. Of course, Star Trek II made bank. Lots of bank! So you get even more profit. It made so much bank, it instantly green lit a #3 movie for $17 million.

  • @clocksurfer
    @clocksurfer หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Ceti Alpha V; Ceti Alpha VI... whatever it takes." - Mr. Mom

  • @stevenfunderburg1623
    @stevenfunderburg1623 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Some interesting things which are strikingly apparent differences between the industry now and then... Now, there would be no set in stone shooting commencement schedule unless a complete script was presented first. Also, within days of the box office confirmation of success, Meyer would have immediately been signed to a muti picture deal. PS Love that there is an official studio promo pic of Roddenberry rocking the very costume style he objected to shown during the description of his objection 🤣😂😂😂😅

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So true. It was a different time back then. Haha! So funny about Gene Roddenberry rockin the outift. 🤣 Thank you for your comment.

  • @katrineroberts4084
    @katrineroberts4084 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    US navy? That makes so much sense.

  • @speciesto3065
    @speciesto3065 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing in the modern context that Kirk and Khan never actually meet in person through the whole movie. They talk through the viewscreen, but are never actually in place together. Also a difference from today is Khan dies just BEFORE the Enterprise escapes. He dies thinking he won. That wouldn't happen in a modern movie, we would have to see him react to Kirk beating him.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes! They sure knew how to make movies back then. I feel most modern movies just don't have that spark and flair. That's just my opinion. Thank you for your comment.

  • @fr1day2
    @fr1day2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Disappointed you failed to mention James Horner's score for Aliens, which he had to write in just a few weeks. Still a thumbs up though.

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for the kind words. James Horner was awesome! I'm goimg to have to make a video on Aliens.

  • @ordinalkirk
    @ordinalkirk หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Almost certainly this movie saved Star Trek.

  • @tex148th
    @tex148th 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Almost everyone in the theater WEPT when Spock died saving the ship...
    Almost everyone in the theater WEPT when SPOCK'S "KOTRAH" was returned to his regenerated body....!
    James Horner met a tragic end piloting his own aircraft.
    A terrible loss....

    • @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast
      @TotallyAwesomeFilmsPodcast  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope you enjoy the Star Trek III: Search for Spock video SO sad about James Horner. So tragically young!

  • @abraxsmith01
    @abraxsmith01 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Horner also did Krull and Aliens.