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You know, it’s been 42 years since Star Trek 2 came out and we’re still talking about The Battle of the Mutara Nebula. We’re not nerdy. Not at all.

In submarine terms, what Khan did when he turned the ship around and nearly collides with Enterprise is called a "Crazy Ivan." Russian subs used to do this all the time. It was like a high stakes game of "chicken."

My sister took me to see this on July 4th, 1982. I called her this year in July to remind her  that we saw this movie 42 years ago and  asked if she felt old now.

Port engine nacelle. Not starboard.  

Your work is still 10/10. Thank you.

1:20 You're a one man army. Blender and similar programmes aren't particularly user friendly so props to you.

These breakdowns show just how much detail went into the Wrath of Khan's two fights. It's also one of the last films in the franchise to feature the inspiration for Star Trek; submarine fights. A cat and mouse chase that can make either ship the predator or the prey.

The film from beginning to end is just a masterclass of how to have a consistent story. Despite being 40 years old, it holds up extremely well.

In the novel, Spock explains that the Enterprise’s sensors are still down, but Regula One’s are fully functional.

The fact that you can do all this via Blender is just amazing. It's been awesome watching your skills grow across the 3d vfx pipeline

A brilliant analysis of one of Sci-fi's greatest ship duels. Well done

My license plate is KHAAAAN.

I am not joking.

Showing how Kirk was always fighting against a stronger opponent is a point that I believe a lot of people miss about the story in "The Wrath of Kahn."

You got port and starboard mixed up.  The Reliant's PORT nacelle was destroyed, not the STARBOARD one.  Port = Left side / Starboard = Right side.  An interesting history on where these names came from.  Ships were built with the main gangway plank or cargo hold opening on the left side, hence this was the side they always came into port to transfer cargo and passengers.  The Enterprise's main gangway hatch is on the PORT edge of the main saucer section. The main wheel house or rudder wheel was always offset slightly to the right of the main sailing mast.  The "wheel" was also known as the "star" because of it's distinctive shape with radial spokes.  Thus, that side of the ship was known as "star-board."  Even on modern aircraft carriers the "bridge" or "island" is always on the "starboard" side of the flight deck.  On aircraft with two front seats, the pilot's seat is always on the right or "starboard" side.

I like how there’s a sense of tightness to this battle. There’s a very real possibility they’ll run into one another, so Khan’s Crazy Ivan is more insane than most think.

Also, while Khan’s thinking is two-dimensional, it’s the same flaw he had back in Space Seed. He’s superior in intellect, but inexperienced in his new arena. He’s used to thinking in terms of armies and battleships, not starships. Of weak modern humans, not the “evolved humans” of TOS.

I’ve always assumed that Genesis was made from regula 1, but I could be wrong. My only real evidence is that it’s possible the reason it failed was because the Genesis Chamber within caused a feedback loop with the larger detonation. The Chamber itself wasn’t unstable, after all.

That nebula you've created looks absolutely gorgeous 11/10

16:51 True that Spock was an architect of victory, but as you pointed out in your breakdown of the earlier battle, that victory would never have been necessary if he hadn’t basically told Saavik to shut up when she suggested raising the shields. Stifling critical, and logical, input is a total violation of command principles, including effective crew resource management (CRM). We know Spock is aware of this because he himself has offered critical and logical command support all the way back through the original series. Stifling Saavik is utterly wrong for the Spock character, especially when woven into a critical plot point. To me that was one of the few writing blunders in this great movie.

Nice work. What's brilliant about this movie is that it uses this universe to play in and battle in. The Enterprise uses the Nebula as a means to level the playing field and working technology to simple terms--captain to captain, ship to ship, battle conditions. Khan has always bragged about his superior abilities because he was part of the Eugenics War, but in truth it is Kirk who outsmarts him--genetics gives Khan an advantage in strength and speed, but it is Kirk's experience as a captain that beats Khan and his crew helps him. And, perhaps most importantly, his XO helps him the most and Kirk trusts him and follows his observation, meanwhile Khan only trusts himself, Joaquin is abandoned. Checkmate to Kirk and the Enterprise.

The  one  thing  that is  obviously missing  in the  movie  is  what Khan plans  to do with the Genesis device. Since  he demanded from Kirk all data and  materiel one  might  get  the  idea  that he already has a plan for  it.
I can imagine  that either  he  just  plans use  it  to either find  himself  a suitable  planet  and  terraform it, disregarding  any lifeforms  that are  upon it or  he  might  even go after  Earth since  he  had  been kicked  from that planet  and  since  by then he  already would've  finished  off Kirk it was  time  to finish off  Earth as  well and  take possession of  earth in it's  new  form, not  knowing  that even that new "Earth" would  destroy itself shortly afterwards.

11:40 is what's known as "Sun Blind Spot".  Pilots back to WW1 would use this vantage point to attack targets unawares or in some cases, to attempt losing their tail.

It was brought up by Spock about repairs to the Enterprise after Kirk,Saavik,Bones,Chekov,Carol and David were rescued as Spock stated that they were able to restore partial main power in 2 hours as apparently most of the Enterprise's systems including the turbolifts were inoperative below C Deck and they had to use the Jefferies tubes to get upto the bridge.