Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Ask any Star Trek fan what the best Star Trek movie is, and a lot of them will tell you it’s The Wrath of Khan. Like most Star Trek stories, it’s a mishmash of ideas: you’ve got a villain-of-the-week from the original series, Kirk’s inability to confront failure and death, a powerful device that can create (and eat) planets, all wrapped up in a distinctly naval theme with a strong Moby Dick metaphor. It’s a lot, and it’s mostly pretty good! We dig into all this, plus our pitch for a Yoda family movie, why Henry has critic brain even if he doesn’t want it, and the conundrum of telling ordinary stories in an extraordinary setting.