@Georg Hauptmann : Absolutely! I can't believe that c. late-1990s that (other) fans voted the Borg Queen (from _First Contact_ ) as the best _Star Trek_ villain! Hey, hey, she's an excellent villain alright! But no villain in _Star Trek_ is greater than the wrothful Khan even now, Cumberbatch notwithstanding hehehehehe
When my friend watched the Wrath Khan with me, she was like wow, look at Khan's chest. Is that really his chest? Since I did not want to be compared, I told her of course that's fake. I mean come on that guy's at least 30 years older at the time of the movie. How could that be real? Of course I was not sure and heard it was likely real, but it seemed the right thing to say at the time!
@@malafakka8530 Cumberbatch was a great super-villian. He just shouldn't have been Kahn. They should have made him one of Kahn's men instead trying to free Kahn and the rest.
@@TheJTcreate Nice Idea. But I think that if the new Star Trek is different it is only logical that Khan would be different as well. One doesn't have to like it though.
00bikeboy Agreed. She and Ricardo were also together in a Bonanza episode as well to as a married native American couple. Very sad, as she passed away from MS, multiple sclerosis, and actress Loretta Swift of MASH fame was her very best friend.
@@danbasta3677 , her illness was also the reason why her character died offscreen. She was in no position to reprise it and they didn't want to recast the part.
how was she excellent? She was aweful.. I mean for most of it you'll have to blame the authors but this whole stupid love story came just completely out of nowhere, even more her betrayal that would just make no sense at all.. she is like "I know this guy for about 5 minutes but because he is a big, strong guy from the past, I'll just let him force his way to free the other augments - they surely won't do anything to harm the crew." but then again of course the most stupid thing was Kirks decision to let her go to the planet with the other augments without even asking Starfleet for their opinion.. I mean it's worse enough that he just decides to place these potentially hostile people on a planet where they can plan their space conquest, but she is a Starfleet officer, there is no way that he can do this to her just because she is so madly in love with Khan.. people use to criticize Picard because he broke prime directive a few times but Kirk acts as if for him there wouldn't be any rules at all
A very Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec. March 22, 1931 Born in Canada, But a U.S. treasure. Your legacy is worldwide. Thanks Tiberius..
One of my very favorite, BEST first season episodes, and there were many others in the first season that were excellent. Love thd Original Star Trek Series, the finest, BEST Star Trek out there.
2:49 "Here at least we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice to reign is worth ambition though in Hell: *Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.*"
Except in the last, hell itself will be cast into the lake of fire. There, there is no one who reigns, and no one who is lorded over. All alike suffer eternal torment.
Darth Vader, Kahn... they both made the franchises. It's such a simple formula really. A strong, intelligent villain makes it worth it. Thank you, Ricardo Montalbán, for doing this movie.
Good thing that Khan forgave Marla McGivers for saving Kirk's life so that he can save the crew and the Enterprisethough it got them exiled on Ceti Alpha V but Khan and what was left of his people from his old ship to escape and get revenge after Marla,who became Khan's wife,got killed by strange creatures on that world.
Space Seed and TWOK are among the finest stories we're given by the original crew. And it is an admittedly minor note, but after Kirk's last interview with Kahn; when he breaks out of the stateroom and backhands the security guard outside the door; the backflip that stuntman does is among the finest stunts in the original series! He makes it look like Kahn has knocked him clear into the next episode!
@@frankgesuele6298 NO! This incident was covered UP by Kirk & Co. NO report was made to Starfleet, & every1 briefed to not mention it to any1 else! (That would include NEW crew members like Chekov!) 1 of the reasons the Reliant crew, (inc Pavel) had NO knowledge of a clandestine settlement on Ceti Alpha 5!)
@@DMSProduktions This episode only shows a dozen or so Enterprise crew members, but the standard Constitution-class vessel has a complement of 430. Where is Khan holding the rest? Why can't Chekov be among them?
I recently watched Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and and Ricardo Montalban as the circus owner captured by the police. I wish he was Khan in that movie too.
They could probably still have had her in it. Write into the script that her MS symptoms were due to an injury she had during her time on Ceti Alpha 5, or the long term effects of those brain parasites or something.
This was 1960's tv and a fairly low cost production even for that time. Sci fi was scoffed at back then and generally seen as "cheap entertainment". Basically they had neither the time nor the money to produce something akin to a Hollywood film at the time. Bear in mind most still had a black and white tv back then and it was a tiny 20 inch screen at the end of a living room. You sure as heck didn't notice it was "stunt doubles" back then unless you saw the third rerun or something. Personally I believe they did well with the limited means and funds at their disposal. They had to be creative and think fast.
Yes Chekow wasn´t part of the bridge crew when Khan meet Kirk for the first time. However Ricardo Montalban came up with an interesting fan theory on where Khan knew Chekow from, which i think should be made into canon. Chekow was on the Enterprise, and Khan is for his enhancements still human and humans needs to use the toilet from time to time. So Khan needed to use it, but Chekow was using it at that time and took his sweet time. Meaning Khan was probably dancing outside the door trying to hold it in, all the while swearing up a revenge most foul, for the crewman hogging the toilet.
The lovely Madlyn Rhue should have had her own spin off series: Lt McGivers - Space Fox. The song could have had lyrics such as: "Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. She has a boyfriend with five times your strength So you'd have to hit him with a blunt object of leeeennnggth Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Try to kiss her, she'll act like a prig. and she'll help your prisoner escape from the briiiiiiiiiiiiiiig Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Spaaace Foxxxxx." *(voice goes down on the word 'fox')* "Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Spaaaaaaace Foxxxxxxxxx." *(voice goes UP on the word 'fox')*
Dont care how much stronger Ricardo Montalkhan was than James T, if Kirk had come back from that vault off the wall to that control panel and landed him an axe- swingin' double-fist to Khan's ballzak, he could have sent Ricardo's 29th century ass back to the cryro tube.
There have been many times, when a woman has spurned my sexual advances, and I have yelled , “GO!! Or stay. But do so, because it is what you WISH to do!! They always left.
Kirk tasks him. He tasks him and Khan shall have him. He'll chase him around the moons of Nibia and around the Antares Maelstrom and around perdition's flames before he gives him up.
Man says, "I have five times your strength." Kirk says no problem and beats him down with a pipe. That's why he wanted a stiff club for the Gorn commander.
He had been playing Mister Rourk for so long, that when he was asked to play Khan again, he had to watch the old episode three times before he could get Rourk out of his head.
2:02 Gets thrown across the room by a Genetically Engineered Tyrant. Gets back up without a word, and Single Leg Drop Kicks the Genetically Engineered Tyrant. Ladies and Gentlemen, be more like James T. Kirk.
LOL, I believed Walter Koenig realized that but kept his mouth shut as Star Trek II actually gave Chekov something to do other than be a Sulu stand-in.
@@Idazmi7 You're welcome. However, after reading some of the other comments, I realized that Chekov didn't join the series until the second season, and this episode was part of the first season. It could be that Chekov hadn't joined the ship's crew yet. If that's the case, then Khan could not have been aware of Chekov.
Khan is by far the best villain at star trek universe
montalban was a hell of a stud back in the day !
Dukat's up there too
Ricardo Montalban's Khan is one of the best villains of all time. It's too bad that they couldn't bring him back.
@Georg Hauptmann
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Absolutely! I can't believe that c. late-1990s that (other) fans voted the Borg Queen (from _First Contact_ ) as the best _Star Trek_ villain! Hey, hey, she's an excellent villain alright! But no villain in _Star Trek_ is greater than the wrothful Khan even now, Cumberbatch notwithstanding hehehehehe
Khan is certainly up there. But there have been many notable Star Trek villains through the years.
5 times his strength is no match for the mighty styrofoam!
lol
Octavian Caesar Hibernicus You don’t know the power of the dark side of the foam.
Haha xD gold
Never doubt the foam.
5 times the strength is no match for Scotty's unusual tool collection.
Ricardo was outstanding as Khan. And he got a follow up worthy of him.
Yup and he was cheated out of an Oscar for Wrath of Kahn because the Academy is prejudice against Trekkies...lol
Khan is the KING of consent. He did it in a harsh way, but the moment she said no, he laid the rules down and made it clear.
Sales technique. Make the offer then withdraw it. Makes the offer more attractive.
Ho ho
Gul Dukat would just take it
The title "Space seed" refers to what Lt. Mcgivers wanted from Khan.
Exactumondo!! And she got it too!!! Lucky Kahn!!!!
When my friend watched the Wrath Khan with me, she was like wow, look at Khan's chest. Is that really his chest? Since I did not want to be compared, I told her of course that's fake. I mean come on that guy's at least 30 years older at the time of the movie. How could that be real?
Of course I was not sure and heard it was likely real, but it seemed the right thing to say at the time!
As a straight man i must admit, Khan is incredibly sexy. When he rants on about revenge it makes me want to turn gay just for him.
@@climberly If Khan doesn’t turn you gay, no one will
I see what you did there ;) giggity
"James Kirk, commanding the Starship Enterprise."
"I see."
Khan don't give a fuck at all.
“Then go. Or stay. But do it because it is what you wish to do.”
That is one of my favorite lines ever. I even used it on an old girlfriend once. 😁
Did she stay?
@@VideoAmateurLuxembourg don't matter lol it's how Khan taught us to carry ourselves
@@VideoAmateurLuxembourgobviously not, she is an old girlfriend lol
Cumberbatch fans take note this is what Khan is really like
Yup. Cumberbatch was weak sauce. Surprised they even tried to recreate the character.
And only one man could play him.
Cumberbatch was fine. Just different.
@@malafakka8530 Cumberbatch was a great super-villian. He just shouldn't have been Kahn. They should have made him one of Kahn's men instead trying to free Kahn and the rest.
@@TheJTcreate Nice Idea. But I think that if the new Star Trek is different it is only logical that Khan would be different as well. One doesn't have to like it though.
Single most badass redshirt that ever was.
but met the same fate as every other Nameless redshirt!
''..Then go. Or stay but do it because it's what you wish to do'' Classic pimpin right there from mac daddy Singh. May he pimp on in heaven.
a true alpha move
Don't be so insulting. He's not going to heaven.
Guy's going to Valhalla.
😂
Master Vampire Have you ever read Milton? It is better to rule in HELL than to serve in Heaven!
Whaaa-hahahaha?
Kahn and McGivvers have one of the most interesting relationships in the trek universe. It's total BDSM.
Loll Totally
Madlyn Rhue (Lt. Marla McGivers) doesn't get enough credit for her role. She was excellent.
00bikeboy Agreed. She and Ricardo were also together in a Bonanza episode as well to as a married native American couple. Very sad, as she passed away from MS, multiple sclerosis, and actress Loretta Swift of MASH fame was her very best friend.
@@danbasta3677 , her illness was also the reason why her character died offscreen. She was in no position to reprise it and they didn't want to recast the part.
@@PungiFungi Pretty much aware of that. At any rate, she was a very good actress none the less.
how was she excellent? She was aweful.. I mean for most of it you'll have to blame the authors but this whole stupid love story came just completely out of nowhere, even more her betrayal that would just make no sense at all.. she is like "I know this guy for about 5 minutes but because he is a big, strong guy from the past, I'll just let him force his way to free the other augments - they surely won't do anything to harm the crew." but then again of course the most stupid thing was Kirks decision to let her go to the planet with the other augments without even asking Starfleet for their opinion.. I mean it's worse enough that he just decides to place these potentially hostile people on a planet where they can plan their space conquest, but she is a Starfleet officer, there is no way that he can do this to her just because she is so madly in love with Khan.. people use to criticize Picard because he broke prime directive a few times but Kirk acts as if for him there wouldn't be any rules at all
@@Fenixias she's no different than any overgrown teenager who has read too many romance novels.
A very Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec. March 22, 1931 Born in Canada, But a U.S. treasure. Your legacy is worldwide. Thanks Tiberius..
"It would be interesting to return to that world in 100 years..."
Oh dear
I don't see what could go wrong in the future over this.
@@Tigerfire75
You think they at least put up a satellite marker to warn others not to land there and check on them once every few years.
_"This is Ceti-Alpha Five!"_
Great stuff - and I love how obvious Shatner's stunt double was. :)
Too obvious!
Maybe not that obvious in a blurry 1960's crt tv...
It was the '60s. You're not allowed to notice that.
Tom Cruise would not stoop to such
Such a wonderfully written and acted episode.
Khan: I have 5 times your strength...
Kirk: And you're a Redshirt. Your argument is invalid
Khan- "I have 5 times your strength." Kirk- "I have a club."
One of my very favorite, BEST first season episodes, and there were many others in the first season that were excellent. Love thd Original Star Trek Series, the finest, BEST Star Trek out there.
1:10 - 1:25
Khan: So Suave, he throws them away,But they BEG to come back.
2:49 "Here at least
we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
to reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
*Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.*"
Except in the last, hell itself will be cast into the lake of fire. There, there is no one who reigns, and no one who is lorded over. All alike suffer eternal torment.
Darth Vader, Kahn... they both made the franchises. It's such a simple formula really. A strong, intelligent villain makes it worth it. Thank you, Ricardo Montalbán, for doing this movie.
Good thing that Khan forgave Marla McGivers for saving Kirk's life so that he can save the crew and the Enterprisethough it got them exiled on Ceti Alpha V but Khan and what was left of his people from his old ship to escape and get revenge after Marla,who became Khan's wife,got killed by strange creatures on that world.
Space Seed and TWOK are among the finest stories we're given by the original crew.
And it is an admittedly minor note, but after Kirk's last interview with Kahn; when he breaks out of the stateroom and backhands the security guard outside the door; the backflip that stuntman does is among the finest stunts in the original series! He makes it look like Kahn has knocked him clear into the next episode!
Khan knew how to handle flaky females
Madlyn Rhue was one hottie space seed! Yowzer!!!😀😁😀
NICE how you included the continuity error, of Chekov recognizing some1 he'd never met and was never told about!
Maybe he was part of the Enterprise crew then, but was not yet posted to the bridge.
So there would have been no reports for him to read?
@@westlock No, if he wasn't on screen, he WASN'T there!
@@frankgesuele6298 NO! This incident was covered UP by Kirk & Co. NO report was made to Starfleet, & every1 briefed to not mention it to any1 else! (That would include NEW crew members like Chekov!)
1 of the reasons the Reliant crew, (inc Pavel) had NO knowledge of a clandestine settlement on Ceti Alpha 5!)
@@DMSProduktions This episode only shows a dozen or so Enterprise crew members, but the standard Constitution-class vessel has a complement of 430. Where is Khan holding the rest? Why can't Chekov be among them?
I recently watched Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and and Ricardo Montalban as the circus owner captured by the police. I wish he was Khan in that movie too.
Bones shows some real vinegar in this one-'I would recommend the carotid artery'
I have 5 times your strength and 4 times your stunt doubles’
Cliff notes for Star Trek..Awesome
It took Kahn 15 years to get off Ceti Alpha V..It took Kirk 15 minutes!
Kirk was Asteriod regular 1
@@Leoluvesadmira oops
That’s because Kirk did things “by the book”.
Ricardo had quite a wardrobe!
It was a shame that they could not bring Madlyn Rhue back for the movie, but she had contracted multiple sclerosis by then.
They could probably still have had her in it. Write into the script that her MS symptoms were due to an injury she had during her time on Ceti Alpha 5, or the long term effects of those brain parasites or something.
"Superior woman."
Yes they needed her.
2:05 the stunt doubles fighting are hilarious! They don't even try to cut away to make is look more like the two actors!
This was 1960's tv and a fairly low cost production even for that time. Sci fi was scoffed at back then and generally seen as "cheap entertainment". Basically they had neither the time nor the money to produce something akin to a Hollywood film at the time.
Bear in mind most still had a black and white tv back then and it was a tiny 20 inch screen at the end of a living room. You sure as heck didn't notice it was "stunt doubles" back then unless you saw the third rerun or something.
Personally I believe they did well with the limited means and funds at their disposal. They had to be creative and think fast.
@@katewilliams4013 Excuse me, but Star trek was not low cost production. Star Trek was very expensive to make back then.
G.D.M.F.K! It never gets better than this!
Khan has sexy hair.
Khan is the ultimate chad.
This is true Kahn. No jj verse counterpart can ever have the same impact as he did.
"You may be stronger, but I have PVC!!!"
>I have 5 times your strength
>Gets beat down with plastic handle.
It was a design flaw in Khan’s back the creators built into his genome 🧬 😂
@@2bituser569 Kirk should have just beamed aboard Reliant with an away team armed with hand sanitizer nozzles and brought the pain to Khans crew...
Best editing ever
"who? who is not wearing the ribbon!!? wear it or dont, but do it because it is what you wish to do!!!!
When Kahn said "I have five times your strength", Kirk thought to himself, "Yes! But I have widget!"
Khan “I have 5x’s your strength”
Kirk “I’m Captain Kirk”
Khan “damn him to perditions 🔥 “
Ricardo did so much to make this character dangerous.
KHAAAAAAAN!
Kahn the original alpha male! I love how he handled that women.....do it because you like to do it!
She is crushing on Khan so bad!
Funny how Kahn's son looks like lieutenant McGiver in the face! I wonder how many picked up on this.
I'm just here for that "rich cordovan leather"!
Kirk had good intentions not his fault the planet next to it blew up and thus the Wrath begun
meh. he dumped them and threw away the key.
could have sent a probe once in a while...
“Look at what they have done to my car” -Kahn
Yes Chekow wasn´t part of the bridge crew when Khan meet Kirk for the first time.
However Ricardo Montalban came up with an interesting fan theory on where Khan knew Chekow from, which i think should be made into canon.
Chekow was on the Enterprise, and Khan is for his enhancements still human and humans needs to use the toilet from time to time.
So Khan needed to use it, but Chekow was using it at that time and took his sweet time.
Meaning Khan was probably dancing outside the door trying to hold it in, all the while swearing up a revenge most foul, for the crewman hogging the toilet.
Sounds legit...
Sounds legit...
Harhar
you're crazy! 😂
G/D/M/F. The best acting; the best writing, the best story.
That must have been one heck of a stun baton.
The lovely Madlyn Rhue should have had her own spin off series:
Lt McGivers - Space Fox.
The song could have had lyrics such as:
"Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs.
She has a boyfriend with five times your strength
So you'd have to hit him with a blunt object of leeeennnggth
Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs.
Try to kiss her, she'll act like a prig.
and she'll help your prisoner escape from the briiiiiiiiiiiiiiig
Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Spaaace Foxxxxx." *(voice goes down on the word 'fox')*
"Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Lieutenant McGiverrrrrrrrs. Spaaaaaaace Foxxxxxxxxx." *(voice goes UP on the word 'fox')*
_"I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her..."_
Ricardo Moltalban was so healthy. I'm surprised Ricardo died so soon.
He was 88. That's not soon?
Ricardo Montalban best ever acting performance
Dont care how much stronger Ricardo Montalkhan was than James T, if Kirk had come back from that vault off the wall to that control panel and landed him an axe- swingin' double-fist to Khan's ballzak, he could have sent Ricardo's 29th century ass back to the cryro tube.
Excellent summary of this episode
The Botany Bay is extremely sophisticated work for 20th century earth
Yeah it looks like the toy I got in a box of lucky charms in 1975.
Women in the future still going after the bad boys 😂
Happy 40th Wrath of Kahn....where the legend began...
I wonder if Lt MacGyver is a descendant of one jack of all trades with a swiss army knife Angus MacGyver
Huh
There have been many times, when a woman has spurned my sexual advances, and I have yelled ,
“GO!! Or stay. But do so, because it is what you WISH to do!!
They always left.
I’m the worst you will ever see Kirk!
JJ Abraham… hold my beer Kahn.
Reason why Star Trek II will always be considered the best movie of the entire franchise.....the connection and continuation of this story arc.
...and that Nicolas Mayer knows how to make a film
Even trailer of Star Trek 2 is oscar nominated
1:10 That's a straight up MACK move by Khan. Play on, playa!
Beardman29 He definitely established dominance; more like a pimp move.
Favorite line: "We offered the world ORDER!!!"
So did Stalin. That’s not exactly a good thing.
I wished there was a face-to-face encounter between Kirk and Khan in Star Trek 2.
Khan didn't like the fact he was wearing a red shirt.
Yes I agree.
Kirk tasks him. He tasks him and Khan shall have him. He'll chase him around the moons of Nibia and around the Antares Maelstrom and around perdition's flames before he gives him up.
"Kirk" fighting in Engine Room an obvious stuntman!
That's so strange, I don't remember seeing Khan in a star fleet uniform. I thought he wore that vest the whole episode. Memories work so strangely.
Interesting how the star trek universe was back in the days of the eugenics wars...
02:17 Khan fell for the old blunt implement to the liver trick
Ricardo was making Fantasy Island at the time they offered him the role of Khan for the movie. He wanted the role badly and took a pay cut too.
Man says, "I have five times your strength." Kirk says no problem and beats him down with a pipe. That's why he wanted a stiff club for the Gorn commander.
Ricardo was 47 years old when he played Khan in this
"I have 5 times your strength....ow...ow....ow....ow....ow"
Well done!
Mr. Rourk, why so angry?
He had been playing Mister Rourk for so long, that when he was asked to play Khan again, he had to watch the old episode three times before he could get Rourk out of his head.
Lt McGovern was one of the most beautiful women of stat trrk
Khaaan indeed! 😎
It’s a matter of opinion it seems. But for me, he’s definitely number 1.
2:02 Gets thrown across the room by a Genetically Engineered Tyrant. Gets back up without a word, and Single Leg Drop Kicks the Genetically Engineered Tyrant. Ladies and Gentlemen, be more like James T. Kirk.
Well put together ! Thank You : )
They could've made the entire series about Kirk chasing Khan through space. Khan was Kirk's Joker.
Kahn: You are quit honestly inferior
Kirk: You are kinda sus 👀
No matter who plays him, Khan is way too sus to be “among us”.
1:07 Khan the Pimp?
Only living actor I can think of who could dare play Khan... Javier Bardem.
Khan and Kirk need to duel with lightsabers….
I wish i could handle women like khan
" Excellent "
I Was a Prince…Khan
This is Ceti-Alpha 5!!!
1:13. This is what I do with the ladies. Get on the program or leave. The decision is yours
Funny when Khan says "I never for get a face... Mr Chekov". Cuz Chekov was never in that original Khan episode.
Khan read the entire crew manifest and technical manuals.
LOL, I believed Walter Koenig realized that but kept his mouth shut as Star Trek II actually gave Chekov something to do other than be a Sulu stand-in.
@@Idazmi7 Wanted to bring this up, but you beat me to it. Good observation.
@@dalekelly7639
Thank you for noticing.
@@Idazmi7 You're welcome. However, after reading some of the other comments, I realized that Chekov didn't join the series until the second season, and this episode was part of the first season. It could be that Chekov hadn't joined the ship's crew yet. If that's the case, then Khan could not have been aware of Chekov.
Oh, Kirk, if you had only checked in on Khan.