Like many fans, my favorite Star Trek movie is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but I will always have a soft spot for IV: The Voyage Home. One reason it stood out for me was obviously the humor, but I also really enjoyed that the whole cast was given a lot to do, rather than Kirk, Spock and Bones having all the fun. It was nice to see Sulu, Uhura, Scotty and Chekov going off on missions of their own.
ReplyDeleteHow about Karate Kid and The Karate
Kid (from the movies).
Dang, Anon! You stole my line. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though: I loved STIV, as well, My favorite scene is where the four you just named are so used to the Big Three having all the fun that they initially just stand around "like a cadet review!"
Mordru and Mudd would be a great villain team up! They are some of my favorites from their respective titles, and I could imagine a future cover where they come together! Very original cover that works well!
ReplyDeleteAs fun as this cover is, I think that I would've preferred this take on Hikaru Sulu being paired with my other favorite rapier-wielder, Kurt "Nightcrawler" Wagner. Those two could really get into some "sworded" tales! #BadPunNoCookie Well, maybe some other time.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm with you as far as ST4:TVH. It really is one of the most successful Star Trek stories, in any medium.
Still, though... Mordru with Harry Mudd? Somehow that doesn't seem to work for me, at least tone-wise. Mudd is a figure who is relatively comical, and not incredibly dangerous but still challenging enough to be a real threat. Didn't the pre-Zero Hour Legion have anyone of similar tone?
Val Armour and Mr. Sulu?! Oh, my!
ReplyDeleteAt one point there was a limited set of prints of each primary crew member which I managed to get hold of. That shot of Sulu reminds me of the print of him and I need to dig thru my storage to find that set.
ReplyDeleteI was able to meet George Takei and Walter Koening back in college in early 80's at college and ask a question.
I love the Sulu/KK team-up, but I must agree with Greenwade that Mordru is too powerful for this mix.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Leland McCauley, a tycoon with no powers who was a rival of R. J. Brande?
(I'm reaching here; alas, the Legion has no direct analog of Mudd, although the pre-Crisis Superman had J. Wilbur Wolfingham.)
I have to wonder, though, how Mudd got in touch with Mordru? Via the equally "mercantile" Ferengi? Or as a result of escaping from Norman 1.0 (via that laser-generated "parabolic intersection of dimension with dimension)?"
ReplyDelete@Glenn: What question (at college)?
ReplyDelete"How do you feel?" perhaps?
ReplyDeleteKid C: Funky Flashman got the dc universe.
ReplyDeleteThanx. I had forgotten Funky Flashman, though like Wolfingham, he lived in the 20th Century, rather than the 30th.
ReplyDelete@Ivory Bill: he could've been cloned by the Dark Circle.
ReplyDeleteThe version that once tried to brainwash Mordru, that is.
ReplyDeleteThe Karate Kid stuck back in time again? Will he ignore the love of his life Princess Projectra for a new girlfriend...again?
ReplyDeleteIs it ironic? Just because George Tekai is of Japanese ancestry it doesn't mean he knows kara-te. But then, he never talks about himself.