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Star Trek Review: SPACE SEED
Director Marc Daniels,' "SPACE SEED," is one of the better Classic "Trek" episodes. Daniels is also responsible for the classic "Trek" episodes: "The Naked Time", "Mirror, Mirror", "Spock's Brain" among many others.
The Enterprise encounters an old ship in space. Beaming aboard, they find a crew in suspended animation.
The crew turns out to be a group of genetically engineered "supermen," (and women). One of the group, Khan, attempts to take over the Enterprise.
Ricardo Montalban gives a powerful performance as Khan Noonian Singh. He brings energy and vitality to his characterization of a "superman" from the past. Montalban went on to great fame, on "Fantasy Island".
The model of Kahn's "sleeper ship" is a good one. It somewhat resembles a submarine, and seems credible as a spaceship launched, in the 1990's.
The Teleplay for this episode, by Gene L. Coon, Carey Wilbur; (Story by Carey Wilbur), is quite imaginative. The feature film, "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" followed up on the "Space Seed" Story. Montalban once again played Khan, to great effect.
It's funny how the "real" present can catch up to the "fictional" past. The Eugenics War, of the 1990's, referred to as a "past" event in the episode, now seems unlikely.
"SPACE SEED" should be highly watchable for most Sci-Fi viewers. Ricardo Montalban/"Fantasy Island" fans will dig this episode.
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