David Bloyd , it was made of duranium: 250,000× weaker than neutron degenerate matter, 80× more dense than lead without being unstable. An auxillary control rod.
Nimoy wasn't wearing one...Shatner was though. Both were fairly fit...even though he liked to put away the booze(a thing never kind to your waistline), Shatner spent the first half of his career doing Shakespeare and that meant he had to know how to fight in any scenes that called for it. With fists OR swords. The man wasn't any slouch in that area. A ham, yes. Very much a ham. You could smell it sizzling in the skillet in nearly every scene. And he was wearing a toupee, definitely. And over the following decades he would let himself go a bit, while Nimoy(who liked to bike a lot and didn't drink nearly as much) stayed fit. But Shatner wasn't short on skills.
marlon brando My wife and I watched this last night for the first time and she was wondering why I laughed at that moment. I’m glad you noticed it too! So funny.
I saw an AFI interview with Ricardo Moltalban where he discussed playing Khan. He had said he would not accept the part unless he knew everything about Khan..how he was born..how he got started on Earth and how he was sent into space. All that played in his decision to play Khan.
Montalban was a master-my Spanish teacher in college told me to model my Spanish pronunciation on Ricardo's Spanish. An Hispanic Richard Burton in Spanish and a damned good actor in English.
And if you watch interview for Wrath of Khan had he had to get that anger and revenge mindset back after playing kind host Mr Roarke on Fantasy Island, true old school actor taking his craft seriously
I'm still furious that they got the whitest dude ever, Benedict Cumberbatch, to play Khan in the Kelvin timeline sequel movie. There's no excuse, because as Khan's cryogenic ship left Earth before the Kelvin timeline diverged, it must have been physically the same Khan as in TOS. Cumberbatch is an objectively fine actor, but he was horribly miscast. Khan he ain't! There's plenty of South American or Indian actors who would have relished the role and done a better job. But nobody could ever outperform Ricardo in the role.
@@realsatoshihashimoto When Into Darkness first came out I had hoped that it was a fake out and it was one of Khan's henchmen masquerading as Khan the whole time. It would have been a great payoff.
It actually was less obvious when you watched in on the old, standard definition CRT television sets back in the day. Today, in HD, it's really noticeable though.
The shot at 2:15 ????? The hair, makeup & lighting of that shot, & Recardos' Alpha-male face....perfect, except, it wasn't pitch black in the background in that room.
The techniques of *CAPTAIN KIRK* *FLYING KIRK KICK* : 2:40 *DREDED KIRK TRIPLE HAMMER FIST COMBO* : 2:47 *THE KIRK TRIANGLE / OR KIRK TRIANGLE LOCK* : 2:52 *KIRK FLYING-* *ROLLER/ROLLING TOSS /* *CLEARLY LUCHADOR ROOTS* : 2:57 *ONE OF KIRKS MANY PATTENTED JUDO TOSSES AND ROLLS* : 3:02 *KIRK PAWNCH'S* : 3:06 *THIS IS JUST A METAL PIPE...* *IT'S JUST KIRK BEATING THE F!CK OUTTA SOMEONE WITH A PIPE...* *THAT HAPPENS TO ALSO LOOK.... ODDLY SOFT* : 3:18
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..
Watched these so many times as a young kid. My brothers and i knew them backard and forward Now pushing 61 and growing my hair out like Kahn. Though mine in white now.
When my brother and I first saw this we did not know what stunt doubles were. I even asked my dad, "Who is that guy fighting Khan?" because he looks so little like Shatner. Khan's stunt double is a little better at least!
"Kirrrrrrrrrrrk. If I read your technical manual correctly, I am microwaving fish in your breakroom microwave. You will NEVER get that smell out of here!!!"
Khan was a genius and a tank, but his arrogance was his fatal flaw. But yes, he stood and walked like a king. Because he had been a king, and in his mind would always be.
Spock would’ve been on a restricted communications channel, or just maintained radio silence. Instead he’s broadcasting their next move to the entire ship. 😆
No one beats Kirk in hand to hand combat. His unique fighting style of dishing out flying dropkicks, judo throws and double-hammerfists like Bruce Lee doped up on ten pounds of quaaludes was way more balls-out than any alien could handle, and those who were tough enough to withstand his fumbling fists of fury found themselves on the receiving end of a patented James T. Kirk OPEN HAND JUDO CHOP. His technique of slapping someone in the neck with the blade of his hand was so vicious it could drop a blood-lusted Minotaur in it's tracks. Khan has no chance.
love Scotty, but I'm not sure I bought that. It would have been cooler if he used some engineering trick to take the guy down (shocking him with some electrical conduit or something).
@@sonrouge *Improved strength usually means increased skeletal and muscular durability - meaning he's not immune but would still be highly resistant to many types of blunt force trauma.*
Kirk VS. Khan round one, 2270 Kirk VS.Khan round two , 2285, 15 years later. " Captain Kirk, I have the strength of five men". " Well, Khan, Scotty has a much stronger tool that can handle that !!". Strange that in " The wrath of Khan" the Enterprise engine room was targeted, maybe Khan remembered his fight with Kirk there and held a grudge. " Kkhhaaannn !!!".😝
This is something that's been missing in Trek - Shatnerness! How to defeat Khan? Beat him down with a pipe! There are a number of episodes where Shatner just beats the crap outta everyone around and saves the day.
Khan was such a superior character we need a solo movie i think that'll be badass really , and to point how intelligent he was he demonstrated to kirk that he was no one to pick a bone with after crushing a phaser with his bear hands and than squinting at him eye to eye enforcing his superior dominance almost like an animal like the incredible villain he is just outstanding and amazing ricardo was so badass at this
@@odom2142 dude there's gotta be a guy who's atleast 6 '1 and mexican or native like ricardo with long hair who could definitely pull it off they'd have to actually study the "space Seed " episode and wrath of khan to actually imitate the style of Mr Montalban yknow ?
@The Fandom Menace Madlyn Rhue was indeed a beautiful and shapely woman. Sadly, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1977, a disease that would plague her for the next 26 years. She bravely continued working through 1996. But the debilitating illness kept her from reprising her role as Marla McGivers for “Star Tek II: The Wrath of Khan”. Out of respect for her, her character was written out rather than re-cast. RIP Madlyn.
It was laughed at in Into Darkness, I suppose deservedly, but I always thought Spock should have been sent to confront Khan. Even match. Kirk didn't expect to get his play dough phaser crushed. It doesn't get much thought, but isn't Khan trying to commit suicide rather than be captured? I would think escape more practical. And if these are all supermen, why was Khan the only one to react appropriately to the gas? Because plot, obvs. Kirk seems to have better karate in this fight. Seems a deficiency in Khan's arsenal. CumberKhan put up a spirited fight in ID. The "augmented men are resistant to phaser stun" thing in Trek is silly. They don't even try to explain it. Space Seed is a gem and Wrath of Khan is the best.
Shatner's stunt double in this scene is the legendary Cliff Booth. According to eye witnesses, he once threw Bruce Lee against a car during a backlot fight. Supposedly he also got away with killing his wife, but I don't know how true that is.
When you realise Khan was more than willing to have himself, Kirk , the crew, and his own people killed when the arc went critical just so he could beat Kirk . It indicates that for all his charm and intellect he's a megalomaniac with a god complex to the extent that he has no regard for his life let alone anyone else's, he'd rather die than be defeated . It also perfectly foreshadows his instability and actions in Wrath Of Khan.
Love the way Kirk hits the red intercom button to stop overload. I think they needed a few more buttons, switches, and knobs for the engineering console. lol
When Mr. Montalbán was a teenager in Los Angeles, he attended high school with my maternal grandparents. Every time I see Khan, I’m reminded of Kirk shouting “KHAAAAANNN!” in Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan. And it’s always to see Lt. Maria McGivers.
Only if you put on a welder's mask, squint very hard, turn off your monitor and look the other way. (I also know you're just messing around but I couldn't resist.)
Kirk might be by far the worst of all captains.. he literally doesn't use his mind a single time, that's how all bad things keep happening - including this, probably the worst of his decisions "well, there's a group of nearly invicible, highly aggressive people, who just tried to destroy the ship and kill the whole crew who saved their lives.. instead imprisoning or executing them, let's put them on a planet without any guard - they surely won't come back in a few years to end what they begun." - and all of this without approval of starfleet command, he just let them disappear for no damn reason.. I wish TOS were about Pike instead of Kirk because I can really not see how Kirk ever even finished starfleet academy.
@@Fenixias "He literally doesn't use his mind" what are you smoking? Go rewatch Balance of Terror and The Corbomite Maneuver and The Deadly Years. Kirk is brilliant and frequently comes up with wonderfully creative solutions.
Originally, kahn was going to look at William Shatner and say: “ah Tatoo(you short goofball) this is William Kirk and we must make his fantasy awesome”!
Even as OLD as this series is it is STILL relevant today with its ideals and morals! That's why its such a fan favorite. Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan is my all time favorite of ALL the motion pictures.
Scotty's sucker punch on the guard not even looking at him is special, but possibly bested by the guy in the gold shirt who almost follows him to safety, but then decides to stay and get gassed instead.
I have 5x your strength. Oh no 🙈 not the foreign object trick. They warned me about this in genetics school but I was busy charming girls in to do my bidding. Back to square one
