Volpone
Zombie Hunter
Lighten up, Francis. It was a joke.
First time...hell, I don't know if I've ever watched "The Space Seed" from beginning to end. Certainly not as an adult and on a relatively large TV with a good picture. It's a classic, given that it produced arguably the best Star Trek film ever. And you get an idea how truly impressive Ricardo Montalban was near his prime. Very commanding presence. But dang. OK. I'll get the easy one out of the way: The final fight is very well done, but could Shatner's stunt double be any more obvious? Usually the cut the shots so the action is from behind or just short bits with closeups of the star intercut but this fight, the stunt double is on there for extended periods. And you're seeing his face and everything.
Then there's the actual premise. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy really figure out what's going on fairly early on, but then it's like "Sure, freakishly strong probably genetically engineered uncooperative, evasive, and manipulative likely war criminal. The doctor will show you how to access all the classified technical details about our ship right from your bed."
I did like the way they did the "Paradise Lost" reference though. Shatner and Montalban handled it masterfully. And using Scotty as a "Watson" after the fact for any non-literary viewers was a nice way to literally have something unspoken between the two characters. Back when TWoK came out, I remember Montalban saying he played Khan as the hero and watching the episode, that's really the way he played it even then.
First time...hell, I don't know if I've ever watched "The Space Seed" from beginning to end. Certainly not as an adult and on a relatively large TV with a good picture. It's a classic, given that it produced arguably the best Star Trek film ever. And you get an idea how truly impressive Ricardo Montalban was near his prime. Very commanding presence. But dang. OK. I'll get the easy one out of the way: The final fight is very well done, but could Shatner's stunt double be any more obvious? Usually the cut the shots so the action is from behind or just short bits with closeups of the star intercut but this fight, the stunt double is on there for extended periods. And you're seeing his face and everything.
Then there's the actual premise. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy really figure out what's going on fairly early on, but then it's like "Sure, freakishly strong probably genetically engineered uncooperative, evasive, and manipulative likely war criminal. The doctor will show you how to access all the classified technical details about our ship right from your bed."
I did like the way they did the "Paradise Lost" reference though. Shatner and Montalban handled it masterfully. And using Scotty as a "Watson" after the fact for any non-literary viewers was a nice way to literally have something unspoken between the two characters. Back when TWoK came out, I remember Montalban saying he played Khan as the hero and watching the episode, that's really the way he played it even then.