Saw The Remake of Wrath of Khan yesterday. Pretty good movie, though the allegories with A) The original B) the Cold War, and C) the War on Terror were all quite obvious and heavy. Nevertheless, thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable.
I just recently watched the originalWrath of Khan. More boring than I remember it, though I'm sure had I seen it in theaters it would have been spectacular.
I also saw it tonite. Star Trek has never been known for subtlety and sure didn't start now. I enjoyed it, but they've gone to great trouble to hire actors who clearly are true to ones we knew in the original, however there was none of the original Khan in Cumberbatch.
That was another issue. Why hire an Englishman to play an Indian who, to my knowledge, was played by a Latino!? Sure, Cumberbatch is a cool actor, but not a Khan.