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The Tenor Always Gets the Earworm..

Jan 27, 2009
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Culture, Geekery, Movies

I am woefully behind the times, and anytime I post a "you have to see this!" post it is something that was passe in the Carter administration, but in this case I don't care. There is a Wrath of Khan opera, and I need to shout it's existence to the mountain tops!

The fine folks at Robot Chicken have outdone themselves this time. Somehow capturing the feel of both Star Trek II and an opera. Ken would be better suited to discuss the form, and it's possible deconstruction but even a plebe like me recognized the classic death aria. I also enjoyed the Ring Cycle shout out of having Kirk & Khan carried on their "shields."

I have to admit, there was a part of me hoping that Shatner would somehow be involved with this, or at least hearing a classically trained tenor bust out a Shatner impersonation. No such luck, alas.

I have now watched this twice on TV and twice more on this link. I think you owe it to yourself to watch Le Wrath de Khan. Bravissimo!

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  1. Patrick  •  Jan 27, 2009 @5:43 pm

    That was brilliant. Of course they acknowledged the movie's main pop culture contribution: Khan! KHAN! KHAAAAAAN!

    All it misses is an aria about the needs of the many.

  2. Patrick  •  Jan 27, 2009 @5:46 pm

    Whoa! Apparently I was the last person to access the video on your site Ezra.

    I clicked it again about thirty seconds later, and got:

    THIS VIDEO IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE DUE TO A COPYRIGHT CLAIM BY THE CARTOON NETWORK.

    The Kardassian Federation was founded by IP attorneys.

  3. Ezra  •  Jan 27, 2009 @5:54 pm

    Thanks for the heads up Patrick, I'll check the Adult Swim site & see if it's up there when I get home this evening. Lawyers, they ruin everything…

  4. Ken  •  Jan 27, 2009 @6:06 pm

    It worked fine for me. And it is hilarious.

    I love that they actually wrote it in Italian, and included recitative. And it works so well as a parody of both Trek and opera — right down to cheesy staging.

  5. Patrick  •  Jan 27, 2009 @7:37 pm

    The post author switched out the clip Ken. That's why it works now. Good for him, going from Youtube to the licensed stuff. And good for Adult Swim for making it shareable.

  6. Bruce  •  Jan 27, 2009 @10:16 pm

    Shareable for those in the US alas.

    I may have to search for 'other' sources.