1. "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" (Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, 1982)
It’s been parodied so often and so mercilessly (Jon Stewart uses a version on The Daily Show occasionally) for anyone unfamiliar with the series, this is the one quote they might recognise.
Featuring a powerhouse performance from the late Ricardo Montalban, the scene sees Kirk’s nemesis, Khan, dumping him on the Regula One moon (or so he thinks).
We’ll leave the rest to the pulp-tastic, endlessly quotable dialogue...
Khan: “I’ve done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, marooned for all eternity in the centre of a dead planet... buried alive! Buried alive!”
Kirk: “KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!” (Echo several times).
Trek Trivia: Montalban’s chest? Real. He did push-ups to make it so hefty. A lot of push-ups.
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mattburgess
May 4th 2009, 16:33
Star Trek Generations, and the Enterprise-D is moments from being destroyed by a vastly inferior klingon warbird. But thanks to a nifty little trick by Data, they force the warbird to drop its own shields, and in one brilliant, heart stopping, breath taking moment, Commander Riker gives the order: "Fire!" A single, fateful photon torpedo later, and the warbird is a complete wreck. Brilliant! (Never mind the fact that Riker has previously asked for a spread of torpedos)
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jhr01
May 5th 2009, 21:42
6. “This Far. No Further!” (Star Trek Generations, 1994) The scene involving Patrick Steward and Alfie Woodward's Lily Sloane is from First Contact, not Star Trek's Generations! Shame on you Total Film!!!!
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jwhite
May 7th 2009, 21:26
Argh! My bad. I'm turning in my phaser and heading to the Agony Booth for a sesh. Error fixed!
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Juliette
May 8th 2009, 19:53
Brilliant article, thanks! Though I think Spock's death has to be No 1 for me, and I also have a soft spot for Chekov's 'Now would be a good time!' in Star Trek IV
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stewart
May 10th 2009, 18:08
A really good article, thanks! Personally I thought your number 3 was probably the number 1 - Kirk destroying that which he coveted above all else - and of course the exchange between Kirk & Bones that followed. I felt that Star Trek III was the best of the lot - despite the critics harangueing it no end, and largely because of the scenes from that filn that you included in this article!
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