The Search for Wrath – Episode 71

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The Search for Wrath - Episode 71

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Star Trek II & III… One Big Story!

Happy Day After Thanksgiving/Black Friday! This week Brian and Johnny are talking about Star Trek’s II & III as they prepare for the long holiday weekend. They also breakdown the first glimpses of Pacific Rim: Maelstrom and Angela Bassett’s addition to the Black Panther’s cast at T’Challa’s mommy.

News Bites

Pacific Rim: Maelstrom First Looks
Angela Bassett is Black Panther‘s Mom

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the second film based on Star Trek, and is a sequel to Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), a character who first appeared in the 1967 Star Trek television series episode “Space Seed”. When Khan escapes from a 15-year exile to exact revenge on Kirk, the crew of the Enterprise must stop him from acquiring a powerful terraforming device named Genesis. This film is the beginning a story arc that continues with the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and concludes with 1986’s Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Cast & Crew

Directed by
Nicholas Meyer

Produced by
Robert Sallin

Screenplay by
Jack B. Sowards
Uncredited:
Nicholas Meyer

Story by
Harve Bennett
Jack B. Sowards
Uncredited:
Nicholas Meyer
Samuel A. Peeples

Based on Star Trek by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
DeForest Kelley
James Doohan
Walter Koenig
George Takei
Nichelle Nichols
Bibi Besch
Paul Winfield
Kirstie Alley
Ricardo Montalbán

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the third feature film of the Star Trek science fiction franchise and is the center of a three-film story arc that begins with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and concludes with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. After the death of Spock (Leonard Nimoy), the crew of the USS Enterprise returns to Earth. When James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock’s spirit, or katra, is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk and company steal the Enterprise to return Spock’s body to his home planet. The crew must also contend with hostile Klingons, led by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd), bent on stealing the secrets of a powerful terraforming device.

Cast & Crew

Directed by
Leonard Nimoy

Produced by
Harve Bennett

Written by
Harve Bennett

Based on Star Trek by
Gene Roddenberry

Starring
William Shatner
DeForest Kelley
James Doohan
George Takei
Walter Koenig
Nichelle Nichols
Merritt Butrick
Christopher Lloyd

New Comics This Week

Johnny

BATMAN BEYOND #2
BLOODSHOT USA #2
CIVIL WAR II #7
EMPRESS #7
ENCHANTED TIKI ROOM #2 (regular cover and action figure cover)
FLASH #11
FUTURE QUEST #7
HAL JORDAN AND THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS #9
HORRORHOUND 2016 FALL ANNUAL SPECIAL
JUDGE DREDD (ONGOING) #12
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #13
NINJAK #21
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA #23
STAR WARS #25
STAR WARS HAN SOLO #5

Brian

ALL NEW X-MEN ANNUAL #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
BATMAN BEYOND #2
CHEW #60
CHEW ADULT COLORING BOOK TP
CIVIL WAR II #7
DEATH OF X #4
DETECTIVE COMICS #945
MARVEL TSUM TSUM #4 (Both Covers)
MIGHTY THOR #13
MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR #13 NOW
STAR WARS #25
STAR WARS HAN SOLO #5
TEEN TITANS #2
THIEF OF THIEVES #37
TITANS #5
X-MEN 92 #9

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The Search for Wrath – Episode 71