As much as Into Darkness is a mess on a lot of levels, and as much as having Khan both played by a white dude *and* appear out of nowhere was a bad bad idea. . . look, I still think Cumberbatch's performance as Khan was the best part of the movie. Both because Cumberbatch is excellent at playing charismatic egomaniacs, but also because "What if Khan Noonien Singh woke up under different circumstances?" is a really compelling premise. And while I generally hate almost everything that has ever been done with Section 31, I was definitely up for "the Federation franchise of Cerberus forcibly recruited Khan, and then direly regretted it". *ahem*