Wrath of Khan - "Here it Comes"

Captain Kirk is so sly.

[@neneshubby]

I remember watching this in the theater and everyone laughed when Kirk said “here it comes” and then an even bigger laugh as Khan’s overconfident grin fades into a look of horror at the news that his shields have dropped.

[@ashleighelizabeth5916]

I was 10 and screamed, oh he cut you down when Enterprise started shooting." My friends were so embarrassed but I didn't care, it was a weekday matinee and we were almost the only ones in the theater anyway.

[@phoenixnyc]

That line STILL makes me laugh 40 years later!

[@jessihawkins9116]

no you don’t 🤨

[@firecriss1392]

I remember people laughing when he had to put his glasses on.....

[@jeffreyriley8742]

I was 9 years old when I first saw this and even then I knew it was one of the greatest things ever.

[@azurerainbow4637]

The expression on Khan's face when the Reliant's shields were dropped is priceless.

[@therealtampadude9175]

For real...Khan's face is like, "WTF U KIDDIN' ME, BRAH?"

[@iceho6460]

That's call good acting

[@MarkHewitt1978]

"I CAN'T" - fistbump. Guy has tried nothing and he's out of ideas

[@davidchristopher5976]

My favorite Star Trek movie hands down.

[@dancastro4732]

One of mine too

[@ayokay123]

Most everybody's who are old enough to have seen them all.

[@therealtampadude9175]

IMHO, the best of them all, hands down.

[@trueknowledgeispower]

Montalban's dialogue here is just mesmerizing,.....brilliantly done.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

What makes it work is that no matter how futuristic it is, they seem contemporary.

[@anthonycerulli1423]

Especially the way he says the word “alternative “.

[@jb7591]

One of the greatest scenes in Star Trek movies. Just goes to show, you don't need over the top CGI, just great acting and a good theme carries it well.

[@phoenixnyc]

And a good script.

[@operasinger2126]

Star Trek magic!

[@TankUni]

When you think you've got Kirk boxed in and he tells you 'here it comes', expect shenanigans.

[@iam4uk60]

Also, honorable mention for Sulu...love his under the breath, tuck of the head “Phasers locked.” 👏👏

[@Koldeman]

Nick Meyer said he had to wear Shatner down with take after take because he would ham up the line "okay...here...it...COMES!" and Meyer had to explain that Khan is no dummy. He had to do this a lot to rein in Shatner's overabundance of enthusiasm of line delivery.

[@TripleB2580]

He did this with 98% of his scenes.

[@frankdodd3355]

I love that, because Shatner was a good but hammy actor and we needed the gravity of the situation to come through. A good director.

[@folioio]

@@frankdodd3355 Yes, exactly! And it was his rather ... operatic tendencies on TOS that make the Kirk of Khan so satisfying. This Kirk feels so natural as an older, more mature and less cocky version of that Kirk. That said, Shatner is no dummy himself and was of course an experienced old pro who'd been working steadily since the 1950s. I imagine he had a pretty good idea what Meyer was doing -- but it was working, so why not?

[@frankdodd3355]

@@folioio God, those films were so good because everyone was more mature and more experienced, but the original series also served as collective memory for the viewer. The "Here it comes" line is eclipsed maybe by Kirk's reading of the self-destruct code in the next film which again echoes TOS episode, but this time he knows the ship is dead for sure. Which prompts Bones' description of Kirk, which captures him forever.

[@tracybosworth1033]

@@frankdodd3355Is

[@blueskunk9163]

THIS is Star Trek. Perhaps the greatest scene ever created in a sci-fi film. It has it all: tension, strategy, effects, sound, acting, costumes, sets, music, script and story. A total masterpiece of film making.

[@silverkitty2503]

agreed

[@brianjlevine]

I love TMP for what it is, and I love TWOK for what it is. Shatner and Montalban are so good together, even though they didn't film any of there scenes together, which is rather amazing and a testament to their abilities as actors.

[@azurerainbow4637]

Khan was in a panic when the Reliant's shields dropped and that he couldn't find the override. The technology at Starfleet had changed a lot while he and his followers were marooned for almost 20 years on Ceti Alpha V.

[@oldhag2881]

A five digit code is all that stops an enemy from doing this.

[@00bikeboy]

Kirk was one crafty dude.

[@vectorhacker-r2]

Superior intellect does not automatically make you tactically superior

[@ThePathStrider]

"He's intelligent, but not experienced." - Spock

[@silverkitty2503]

High IQ doesn't give you superior intellect either hard work does and access to info.

[@TheBrokenMadMan]

One thing I love about this scene, with the benefit of hindsight, is that it really shows how out of his element Khan is despite his immense intelligence, and how lucky Kirk is for that. Kelvin Timeline Khan had an entire year to familiarise himself with the future, Starfleet, modern engineering, etc. The end result of that was a Dreadnought of his design that dwarfed the Enterprise and was superior in almost every way. If it weren't for Spock's quick thinking and Khan's need to retrieve his crew clouding his judgement, he would've won. Prime Khan was just as skilled and gifted, but he had a few days at most to get up to speed on 23rd Century Tech. While he managed it, he didn't know everything, only what he needed to know to operate the ship. When something like this happens, you see Khan looking around like the lost soul hundreds of years out of his comfort zone that he is. Fucking amazing.

[@garylowe2127]

Still the greatest one liner ever "Here it comes"

[@bootlegpbj3767]

“Damn” every guy ever when he has to put on readers

[@lizkoppert5196]

Not just the guys... I can totally relate ☺

[@williamj.dovejr.8613]

💯

[@FreemonSandlewould]

Rich Corinthian leather!

[@toneycarter3603]

Thumps up

[@azurerainbow4637]

Even though Khan had a high intellect,there were some things about the Federation starships he didn't know about,hence Kirk outsmarted him and lowered the Reliant's shields so that the Enterprise can fight back.

[@kyle8952]

@MrHoppers002 Enterprise's core was shut down because of engine room damage. They wouldn't have been able to escape the blast.

[@stvdagger8074]

Always read the manual!

[@xen1313]

@MrHoppers002 Warp core breaches are huge, most ships attempt to warp away from another ship that's experiencing one. In this case, the Enterprise could not, due to their warp core being inoperable. Nice tactic, but not logical in the current situation presented by the film.

[@stephennewton2777]

The difference between intelligence and knowledge (and later in the film, experience).

[@blppt]

@@xen1313 They also had no shields at the time. Good point.

[@HowtoMakeThings]

I must’ve watched this clip a dozen times in the past 3 days!! Brilliant acting.

[@garylowe2127]

Considering neither Ricardo nor William were on the same set at the same time. They were actually reacting to each other's videos.🎉

[@davfree9732]

A good example of why Star Fleets jelly button consoles were a good security barrier to boarders. It takes a moment to find the override.

[@Koldeman]

Those buttons look A LOT like those little jelly candies Dots. LOL

[@dennispersson9466]

An OVERRIDE CODE, Involves More than ONE Button, because,you don't want any enemy, to be able to knock out a WHOLE Battle Group, at once! AND, You don't want any yahoo, able to take over your own ship! SO IT'S Got to be Limited to Command Staff, + Engineering Spec's ONLY! (ONLY in "Spaceballs", do you have a BIG Pushbutton, that says, "Self Destruct ! NEVER, EVER, PUSH THIS !")

[@stuarthargreaves3745]

I see your point. Here it comes now, Mr. Spock

[@frankdodd3355]

I love the logical sense of this strategy. The idea that it was protocol that every Captain would know these codes if God-forbid some rogue agent seized something as powerful as a starship. It's such a quiet, technocrat strategy that makes perfect sense. That and how as brilliant as he is Kahn doesn't really know how to do battle in space later: two dimensional thinking. It is a tribute to the thought that the people who made this film understood the threat of Kahn was proportional BUT for his possession of Genesis. He's not THAT dangerous. He's like the Charles Manson of space. but he has a dangerous weapon. That elevates affairs. But the Star Trek reality isn't upset.

[@MikeMahleraggressivestrength]

Such a badass scene! Awesome movie

[@martinmanifold2241]

RIP kirstie ally

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

James Horner’s most famous piece. Used brilliantly. Pumped up for “Bishop’s Countdown “ in Aliens.😀👍🏻

[@JB-qt4hp]

The music score cued with the scene is so superbly done here. You'd be hard pressed to find many examples of this done better.

[@brotherchrisrco1125]

The Wrath of Khan was so much better than the new Star Trek with Khan. Kirk was a crybaby wimp and Spock needed his girlfriend to beat Khan. Kirk said to Khan, Hold me Spock, I'm afraid of Death. Shatner's Kirk welcomed Death and when he knew he was dying his last words was, It was Fun...

[@sociallyintrovertedasmr8923]

Welcome to Fantasy Island

[@charlesstemple2362]

Those were the good old days. Men still had testosterone.

[@operasinger2126]

The best!

[@dennistedder3384]

Here it comes...

[@m.joeymcgrath6842]

Good scene. Admiral kirk broke khan's cantaloupe when he deactivated the "reliant's" sheilds. Ha-ha.

[@ardiffley-zipkin9539]

One of the best !

[@marlonwalker7110]

One of my favorite parts of this film.

[@jonmt12]

This is my second favorite Star Trek movie. The save the whales one is my favorite.

[@lizkoppert5196]

Mine too

[@TavsIsAbout]

I’m amazed that Reliant’s systems didn’t pick up the phaser lock

[@garylowe2127]

2 dimensional thinking.

[@amead78]

It’s rather convenient that Khan couldn’t hear what Kirk and Spock were saying.

[@DavidKMartin]

Kirk and company also can't hear what Khan and Joachim are saying to each other, so it's consistent. Either someone on each bridge is holding a "push to talk" button at the right time or there's some sort of AI that mutes all the audio unless someone is directing their words toward the view screen/remote party.

[@eq1373]

You don't know how comms work?

[@amead78]

@@eq1373 Yes, I do.

[@HowtoMakeThings]

Here it comes…

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

Kirk knows precisely where khan and his crew are....always aiming for the bridge.

[@MrOarson]

He damaged the proton control and the warp drive.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Kirk gets his payback for khan damaging the enterprise

[@azurerainbow4637]

A surprise that Khan didn't congratulate Kirk for getting promoted to Admiral.

[@Daedalus-BC308]

The day Kirk outsmarted Khan.

[@blppt]

Actually if Kirk didn't inexplicably keep the shields down in the first place none of this would have happened, lol. I love Kirk, but as he put it "caught with his pants down". One of the biggest on-screen screwups in his entire career.

[@WeymanThompson]

Classic scene

[@jcortese3300]

I love that line -- butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

[@azurerainbow4637]

Too bad that Admiral Kirk didn't alert Starfleet about Khan's escape from Ceti Alpha V right after the Reliant, which Khan and his followers hijacked, had retreated for the time being following the ship getting some damages from the Enterprise after the Reliant's shields went down.

[@blppt]

They didn't have warp engines until later and communications were limited to extremely short range.

[@matthewlivermanne4441]

Kirk's glasses are cool

[@rwboa22]

Funny when he says "dang" in front of Saavik, given both her age and the advances in medicine that made reading glasses obsolete by the 23rd Century.

[@TheRivrPrncess]

Kirk is cool so his glasses would naturally be.

[@andrewlankford9634]

"You never faced death" -- Seems a little unfair to Kirk's character, given that he faced death in just about every episode of the original series, even if ultimately the people who did the actual dying were the redshirts. But if you follow the plots, the Enterprise crew as a whole was pretty darn lucky. What exactly do you have to do to truly face death apart from dying? Guess that was Spock's prerogative.

[@dampnickers]

He never faced the death of someone close to himself... that was what was being pointed out. An Ensign who has been on board for a few weeks, in a red shirt, is expendable. It's why, when he tells Carol, "I did what you wanted. I stayed away", has so much more impact when David is murdered. He clearly felt a lot for his son, even though he "stayed away".

[@azurerainbow4637]

If Khan‘s wife had survived the exile on Ceti Alpha 5 with him and what was left of his crew at the time they escaped by hijacking the Reliant,would Khan still want to get revenge on Admiral Kirk whether Khan & his wife,Marla McGuyvers,who served on the Enterprise and helped Khan try to take over that ship,had his children or not?

[@brianjlevine]

This is ALL Chekov's fault. First, he couldn't tell a bunch of living beings from some preanimate matter. Second he wasn't smart enough to go with "Khan, we just discovered your plight and are here to rescue you." To quote the Federation President: "Dumbass!"

[@TK-593]

@@brianjlevine Or to ask Khan "How can you remember me? We've never met. I didn't join the Enterprise crew until the next season."

[@brianjlevine]

@@TK-593 Walter Koenig always responded to this by pointing out that Chekov was on the ship but not yet assigned to the bridge crew. For example, Chekov clearly did not know who Harry Mudd was (Mudd's Women was early in season 1) but may have known who Khan was (Space Seed was late in season 1). That's his story anyway. In any case, Sulu wasn't in that episode either so they couldn't have used him. TWOK is a great movie filled with numerous plot holes.

[@jackpayne5101]

William Shatner said that he had to meet up with Ricardo Montaban to catch up as they actually don't come together on screen!

[@silverkitty2503]

genius!

[@triforcehunter]

“I CANT!”

Great scene. But another thirty seconds added would have been nice.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

You have to be pretty overconfident and arrogant to try and put one over on a SEASONED STARFLEET COMMANDER.

[@azurerainbow4637]

Even if Khan's wife, who served on the Enterprise under Admiral Kirk's command until she helped Khan try to steal the starship almost 20 years earlier was still alive and escaped exile with Khan and his followers after hijacking the Reliant, would she try to convince Kahn to leave Admiral Kirk alone or not?

[@leejee88]

the whole movie is a chess match

[@adam_meek]

wer wuz đi ovarīd?

[@theplinko9840]

Why the hell is this in my KZbin recap? I know I’ve rewatched it a bunch this year but it’s not music.

[@johndoes2434]

The Empire Strikes Back

[@joliekae]

Say whaaat?!?!

[@TheRivrPrncess]

No. This definitely was Return of the Jedi Star Trek style.

[@xander66644]

The moment ... 1:24

[@MoiLiberty]

Robert Murphy brought me here.

[@Kitchevo]

At this point why did Kirk not just set Reliants self destruct? 😂

[@39KHall]

At this point in the movie, for all anyone knew Reliant's crew were aboard as hostages -- my guess, anyway.

[@Chris-B.]

240p we meet again.

[@therealtampadude9175]

Minecraft Trek

[@lewstone5430]

Khan: “But but!!”

[@develynseether4426]

Fear of wasps.

[@HowtoMakeThings]

How you like dem apples??!

[@julianaylor4351]

No jokes about London's mayor, please.

[@Warhorse500]

We don't need to. London's mayor is doing a fine job.... ....of making himself a joke.

[@eq1373]

Khaaaaan!!!!

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

How brilliant that team were Kirk and Co they will never be a better crew, one thing though you can have laser eye correction now for you eye sight I think in two hundred years glasses would be a very much in the past.

[@JnEricsonx]

Well, they mention there is a drug in the novelization for this, but Kirk comments that he's allergic. Also, Bones knows Kirk likes antique stuff.

[@blppt]

@@JnEricsonx It was in a deleted scene too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/epDWZYiCo5msrZo

[@therealtampadude9175]

Kirk was allergic to Retinox.

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

I like how Shatner needs reading glasses. No laser surgery 300 years from now?

[@danclark1348]

Part of the movies message was about age, therefore the glasses, so the audience could relate to.

[@blppt]

Earlier in the movie it was revealed that Kirk has an allergy to the standard treatment for his eyesight problem.

[@robpl718]

A moment in the movie when you find yet another plot hole. Riddle me this. How is it that Kirk can detect phaser locks but yet Kahn can’t. Wait what???

[@kyle8952]

A science officer purposely monitoring for radar lock can detect it. That doesn't mean that a crew of randoms who've never flown a starship before could do it, they probably never thought to try. If they had any idea what they were doing they wouldn't have left the prefix code unchanged.

[@stvdagger8074]

Khan's crew is green and must need active targeting scans to hit the target. At this short range and low speeds a veteran like Sulu likely can aim without them.

[@gabrielbennett5162]

I always figured Khan knew about the phaser lock and simply didn't care. The Enterprise was crippled and could only manage a few short phaser bursts, which wouldn't even be able to penetrate Reliant's shields. Therefore, the phaser lock would be of little concern and probably an expected response. He only realized how serious it was when his shields suddenly dropped and left him with nothing to hide behind.

[@We_Are_Borg_478]

@@kyle8952 You are the correct one. We know. We are Borg.

[@robotactics6635]

Enterprise is a battle ready vessel, Reliant was designed for more scientific missions... I am sure they have very different command systems, plus not to mention, Kirk is the god damn man!!!

[@davidkay7389]

Ah, this is Trump and Biden in 2020.

[@otakurocklee]

Why not just fire photons?

[@eq1373]

They weren't locked and loaded at the time. Besides, the phasers looked better

[@blppt]

From what I understand about Trek technobabble, the photons require warp engines to charge. Khan cut the horizontal intermix chamber in half just moments before.

[@phx4closureman]

1:48 *where's the override??? RIGHT HERE, SON!!!!!!*

[@ericbengtson2822]

Video and Audio quality is crap!

[@jasonb2702]

%

[@jctheboricua]

kinda bad aiming .

[@ironmanjakarta8601]

The directing was weak. Weren't there any directors left from TOS? Those guys kicked ass.

[@frankdodd3355]

This film turned Star Trek from an abandoned television into a viable, yet faithful, sustainable film series that lasted another four films. It is impeccably directed.

[@therealtampadude9175]

@@frankdodd3355 WERD. And Montalban should have won an Oscar for his performance.

[@chucksucks8640]

The enterprise never recovered from Kahn's attack.