Any way the real point of this episode is to never coddle dictators. Don’t cry about what a “waste”…

eileentothestars:

I’m up to Space Speed in my TOS rewatch and it still boggles my mind that they were more progressive in their casting of Khan than Into Darkness was.

Like yes, obviously, from a modern perspective, shoving Ricardo Montalbán into every remotely foreign/exotic role regardless of whether his background matched up with the character’s is Not Good (he played a Native American in Bonanza once too), but there was some kind of effort made. Into Darkness made zero effort at all, they just...