The novelization of Star Trek II was more explicit about the fate of Reliant’s crew. As I recall, some were killed, some were abandoned on the planet, some were intimidated into cooperation and some were “converted” with Ceti eels. I can see why this complication was left out of the movie, though - the background characters were a bunch of ragtag hippie kids in various stages of Mad Maxery (with makeup by Mad Maxfactor) and having some Starfleet guys in there, apparantly cooperating, would’ve seemed odd.
Of course, why they didn’t change out of their rags once they had access to Reliant’s clothing supplies is unclear.
Great movie, anyway.
If I have to explain it it just wasn’t funny. Nobody gets me. The rock thought that counselor Troi was spathic. It’s a mineralogical term. It means having good cleavage. I kill me.
Nice to see you out of character.
Ricardo Montalban said in an interview that he played Khan as believing himself to be in the right; that seemed to him true of the “best” evil characters.
It is a consolation, and I thank you. My children think I’m the biggest geek alive. My daughter was convulsed with laughter after seeing the grocery list that I had written NaCl on.
Major T. J. “King” Kong:
Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
