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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | Nicholas Meyer

February 7, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

The final of the Star Trek films to feature the entire original cast, Star Trek VI draws many parallels to the end of the Cold War between the United States (represented here by the Federation) and the Soviet Union (the big bad Klingons). An explosion occurs on the Klingon moon known as Praxis (an allusion to […]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | Nicholas Meyer

January 10, 2020 qwipster Comment is Closed

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With Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the series took a swing in the exact opposite direction from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, putting things on a raw emotional level. This is a sequel, not of the first film, but of an original “Star Trek” episode, “The Space Seed”, also starring Ricardo Montalban in […]