5. The Khan-Kirk Relationship
Its been said many times before, and its worth saying again here: Khan and Kirk are never on screen together in Wrath of Khan. The entire movie is built around their conflict, around Khans need for revenge on Kirk and Kirks responses to Khan, but they never actually meet in person. We hear all their history secondhand, and they have only a handful of conversations. And that works. Its written well enough that the conflict is believable, that the plot makes sense, and the emotions seem genuine. But in Into Darkness, the meeting between Khan and Kirk and the things they do together are the centerpiece of the film. The relationship has a healthy dose of suspicion and standard Hollywood unwilling partnership, and thats it. Its nothing special. Khan doesnt even kill Kirk: its a complete accident that Kirk dies as a result of Khans actions, and Khan wasnt even aiming for that.
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Rebecca Kulik lives in Iowa, reads an obsence amount, watches way too much television, and occasionally studies for her BA in History. Come by her personal pop culture blog at tyrannyofthepetticoat.wordpress.com and her reading blog at journalofimaginarypeople.wordpress.com.
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