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Podcast: Verbal Diorama
Episode: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Description: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is beloved by fans of the franchise, and lauded as the best Star Trek movie, with Khan himself as one of the standout villains, and Spock's sacrifice and resulting death as an emotional high point.That wasn't always the case though. In fact, Spock's death was leaked to fans during production, and fans were not happy, even resorting to sending death threats to producer Robert Sallin.Sallin, though, is one of the MVPs of this whole production. He would never work on Star Trek (or really in Hollywood...