Originally posted by: blonde_devil
{snip} ignoring that they are two different styles and such, how about combining "Space Seed" and ST2 into one movie? ST2 is 116 minutes(the original version is a little shorter) and the episode is only 50 minutes, so the whole thing would be less than 3 hours which isn't unbearable. the only thing you would need to do which might be a real pain is look at the season 2 and 3 episodes for a scene with Chekov that you could steal and use so he actually appears in the episode. It would be nice to include some of the missing scenes too, but those are hard to find and even harder to find with decent picture and sound quality.

That could be interesting...

I'm going steal your idea

(with credit), if you don't mind, and adapt to Phase II, and try to make a "15-years-ago" synopsis out of Space Seed. Then make the beginning of the Kobiashi Maru into a short teaser. It'd fade out right at the end of the distress call. That would be a classic way to start any era of episode.

Engineering is the best place for Khan to meet Chekov. It might be feasible to paste his head on one of the two crewmen, there, or render/steal another jumpsuit, for him. I haven't started looking for source material. But it would have to be his 2nd-season Prince Valient Wig... (Keep in mind I have no Idea what I'm getting into with this matteing and rendering stuff... :-)

I'm aching for a decent-quality version of the "she's half-Romulan." scene. It aired in a preview on some cable showing.

And I'm looking forward to "BLAX31: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - The Television Cut". I want to cut together both versions of the turbolift scene - so that both Kirk and Saavik flirt briefly. It's out of character for Kirk to get overt (look her up & down, in this case), without the babe giving him "the look" first (they usually do). (The exceptions are when Kirk is seducing them in the line of duty - e.g. Shahna, Kelinda...)

I hope you make your own version of TMP-as-Phase II. I'd like to see it.