Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan shook the foundations of the Star Trek franchise when it was first released in 1982. By breaking Star Trek: The Original Series out of its never-ending “five-year-mission” and showing the characters’ growing, aging and even dying, it gave real life to the Star Trek universe for the first time. That allowed Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent series to tell their own stories without relying on James T. Kirk’s gang. It remains an indisputable high point of the saga, as well as a classic 1980s movie in and of its own right.A director’s cut of Star Trek II containing three additional minutes of footage was released on DVD in 2002, followed by a Blu-ray release in 2016 and a re-issue in 2021. Yet, the cut has been surprisingly hard to find on streaming services and retains a low profile in comparison to the theatrical cut. Normally it wouldn’t merit much mention, but in this case, the restored three minutes is surprisingly vital not only to The Wrath of Khan, but the way the franchise as a whole has unfolded.The three missing minutes on the theatrical cut of Wrath of Khan are far from fatal, and director Nicholas Meyer apparently retains no animosity over them. Paramount presumably wished to tighten the running time and highlight the action, which necessitated shortening a few scenes of dialogue. That includes an extended version of the exchange between Kirk and McCoy at Kirk’s apartment, and a longer version of the argument between Spock and McCoy about the potential dangers of the Genesis Device.Why Captain Kirk Never Mentions La’an in Star Trek’s Khan Stories
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan shook the foundations of the Star Trek franchise when it was first released in 1982. By breaking Star Trek: The Original Series out of its never-ending “five-year-mission” and showing the characters’ growing, aging and even dying, it gave real life to the Star Trek universe for the first time. That allowed Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent series to tell their own stories without relying on James T. Kirk’s gang. It remains an indisputable high point of the saga, as well as a classic 1980s movie in and of its own right.
A director’s cut of Star Trek II containing three additional minutes of footage was released on DVD in 2002, followed by a Blu-ray release in 2016 and a re-issue in 2021. Yet, the cut has been surprisingly hard to find on streaming services and retains a low profile in comparison to the theatrical cut. Normally it wouldn’t merit much mention, but in this case, the restored three minutes is surprisingly vital not only to The Wrath of Khan, but the way the franchise as a whole has unfolded.
The three missing minutes on the theatrical cut of Wrath of Khan are far from fatal, and director Nicholas Meyer apparently retains no animosity over them. Paramount presumably wished to tighten the running time and highlight the action, which necessitated shortening a few scenes of dialogue. That includes an extended version of the exchange between Kirk and McCoy at Kirk’s apartment, and a longer version of the argument between Spock and McCoy about the potential dangers of the Genesis Device.
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