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In the wake of the first "Star Trek" movie in 1979, producer Harve Bennett, who had a solid track record in TV with hits like "The Mod Squad" and "The Six Million Dollar Man," was called into a meeting with top Paramount Studio executives to talk about developing the second film in the series.
Asked what he thought of the first one, Bennett — never short of chutzpah — told the execs, "I thought it was boring."
Challenged to make a better movie, he watched every episode of the original TV series and spotted one guest-star creature that intrigued him. The name: Khan.
Read more http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harve-bennett-20150308-story.html