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It’s actually pretty good. I’m liking it a lot. Even though by now every idea has been butchered and used in every possible way by others.

Why did they remake Star Trek: Wrath of Khan into that terrible “Into Darkness” Movie when they could have taken any of these old episodes, update them, and use them as a template for something grand! These episodes are brimming with ideas! 

Not gonna lie, Into darkness would have been better had they just casted someone other than crinklehop bandersnatch because ID kahn is more of a rogue but WoK kahn is a warrior. blanderpop wasn’t the right person to cast for kahn.

I don’t think that was Cumberbatch’s fault. Just the writing in general. The story seemed to be trying to replicate the Wrath of Khan, but not understanding what made Wrath of Khan so good. 

What made Wrath of Khan so good, was that it deconstructed Kirk. It deconstructed Kirk’s “Always another way” winning strategy. Kirk ALWAYS wins, and he never suffers any major losses during it. Even if he has to cheat the odds. Wrath of Khan was about showing Kirk’s failings, and digging a heel into his face with how he can’t keep playing his close games of death without losing at least once. 

Into Darkness didn’t get that, and seemed to go with a “Captain’s Sacrifice Theme,” which didn’t need Khan. Khan was put in because of name recognition. 

TLDR: Into Darkness was dragged down because it wanted to be Wrath of Khan, but missed out completely on the themes that made Wrath of Khan good, and replaced it with a theme that could have been done in any story, including the first movie. 

Huh. I guess that’s a better reason as to why the kahn of ID was so lame. Because he literally could have been replaced with anyone else and it still be the same movie.