From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, January 2, 2000 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, NowReVuing wrote:   
   > Even those not into Roddenberry's brand of cosmic religiosity will find   
   > themselves wrapped up in the nonsense of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,"   
   > which remains the best of the "ST" movies, and for two solid reasons: William   
   > Shatner as Kirk and Ricardo Montalban as Khan give benchmark performances as   
   > the series' top adversaries. In old man's specs, consumed by mortality,   
   Shatner   
   > embodies Kirk with a cushiony frailty that's surprisingly endearing; the role   
   > has become a love-energy source. Montalban's all diametrics -- roaring Milton   
   > and Melville with glorious venom -- and his remarkable pecs validate the   
   > striptease vanity; a face with hills as wrinkles, this force of nature is   
   more   
   > powerful here than he has ever been in anything else in his long career. The   
   > movie also has a great theme: regeneration, something maybe our great great   
   > great grand kids will likely see attempted on Mars. While "Wrath of Khan" is   
   > nothing more than television, director Nicholas Meyer has provided a nifty   
   > understatement in its interiors and gadgetry, and Kirk's quarters a   
   > well-designed, cozy hideaway I wouldn't mind having myself. (Gay friends said   
   > they wouldn't object if I called the costumes here NASA fag.) In a more   
   > generous time, Hollywood might have honored this neglected class of   
   > entertainment with nominations for Montalban and Shatner's "take us, we're   
   > yours" performances. People have won Oscars for a lot less. (Meyer also   
   > directed "ST VI: The Undiscovered Country," with Christopher Plummer as   
   General   
   > Chang in what many had hopes would be the actor's yummiest role in years. He   
   > certainly looks the part -- reptilian flamboyance like no tomorrow. He's far   
   > and away Kirk's craftiest adversary since Khan and as educated: he rages   
   > Shakespeare. There's even a sly under-directed bit of continuity between the   
   > villains and Kirk: when sitting at a dining table with Chang and Kirk hears   
   him   
   > recite some Bard, there's deja vu in Kirk's eyes. But Plummer's role isn't   
   > large enough; difficult to tell if truncated by the editing or writing, Chang   
   > isn't the star he should be, especially since he now commands a ship that can   
   > fire torpedoes while using the infamous Klingon cloaking device. Trekkers   
   have   
   > been waiting for this technological feat for over 25 years.)   
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