when Chekov is in the Botany Bay cargo carriers/shelters and looks at the bookshelf, there’s a very conspicuously-placed copy of Moby Dick sitting there.
As Kahn is activating the Genesis device he directly quotes Ahab from chapter 135, starting with “to the last…”
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
At the risk of stating the well-known, Khan’s line references Moby Dick:
and:
I did not know that, thanks for posting!
when Chekov is in the Botany Bay cargo carriers/shelters and looks at the bookshelf, there’s a very conspicuously-placed copy of Moby Dick sitting there.
As Kahn is activating the Genesis device he directly quotes Ahab from chapter 135, starting with “to the last…”
Reading the text of Moby Dick? Okay, cool.
Hearing it performed by Ricardo Montalban? Some of the best goddamn poetic prose ever.
Exactly. Kirk is his white whale and his obsession with killing him ends up being his death.
And years later, Picard overcame his White Whale.