tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post7621020497837204604..comments2024-02-28T09:34:58.074-08:00Comments on NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!: STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982)Gene Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-1254243721019771002021-08-10T13:17:29.406-07:002021-08-10T13:17:29.406-07:00Nimoy had been on Mission Impossible in a recurrin...Nimoy had been on Mission Impossible in a recurring role, but since that had finished, I don't know of anything regular he'd been doing until the ST movies came along.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-15707272431639741082021-08-10T12:48:06.612-07:002021-08-10T12:48:06.612-07:00If you think about how old they all were at the ti...If you think about how old they all were at the time, too, they were definitely reaping the benefits of the show's cult status. Shatner was the only one who had managed to keep star-status once he got older, and the others didn't seem to be getting cast for jobbing roles on seventies and eighties TV. I don't know if that was purely because they'd been typed as "SF-actors" or what.Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460474552118769771.post-55269521711140337602021-08-10T01:56:32.755-07:002021-08-10T01:56:32.755-07:00Far more entertaining than the first film, that...Far more entertaining than the first film, that's for sure. I'm so glad the actors were given the chance to do it right this time - as I'm sure they were also.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com