And that, after all, is all we, your BSG brethren, can ask!
It was very interesting reading your review, Rach! I grew up on Trek as a kid. It played as I watched in the family room, my mom and dad seated nearby. It was one of the few shows, along with the Sunday night Disney movie, and Get Smart, that I can remember we ALWAYS watched. The Original Series is probably more responsible for forming my life-long love of science fiction than anything else.
And in it’s time, believe it or not, it WAS groundbreaking in it’s portrayal (usually) of women in leadership roles, as important members of the crew, in breaking racial and ethnic barriers. Looking at it from today’s perspective, yes, many of the characterizations certainly seem somewhat limiting and even condescending: sometimes they were. But the show’s creator was determined to show that 200 years from then, sex, race, ethnicity, wouldn’t be discriminated against. Of course, he was still dealing with 1960’s censors, TV executives, and sponsors, and everything had to be filtered through those lenses before a finished product appeared on our screens. He tried like hell, though.
It was wonderful to read your review, you Total Trek Noob, you! I think you’ll get a kick out of Wrath of Khan. I hope so anyway. There’s nothing quite as satisfying as showing someone something they didn’t know was out there, and watching them find enjoyment in it.
And if you don’t…there’s probably, oh, one or two other sci fi 'verses out there that we can get you hooked on! We’ve got lots and lots of time!! 
So that’s where Khan comes from.
Oh, Ricardo Montalban.
It was a good story but as mentioned earlier, the gender politics are really screwy. Not to mention the whole “all brown people look the same” idea having Montalban play someone who is supposedly a Sikh.
I’m glad I saw it before Wrath of Khan tonight
Who tested poorly with women at the time, ironically.