"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Kolbar]

The key to saving the future, can be found only in the past.

"Admiral, there be whales here." - Scotty

Release Date: November 26, 1986
Studio: Parmount Pictures
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Robert Ellenstein, John Schuck, Brock Peters, Michael Snyder

Plot Summary: A space probe appears over 23rd century earth, emanating strange sounds towards the planet, and apparently waiting for something. As time goes on, the probe starts to cause major storms on earth and threaten its destruction. James T. Kirk and crew are called upon once again to save mankind. They discover the strange sound is actually the call of the humpback whale - which has been hunted to extinction. They have only one choice - to attempt to time travel back into the 20th century, locate a whale, and bring it back to 23rd century earth to reply to the probe.

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Comments?

[Lord Dalek]

My favorite Star Trek movie. Leonard Nimoy and Nick Meyer take a potentially silly concept and make a classic out of it. Every time I see an aircraft carrier in person I feal the need to say "Nuklear Wessles"!

[Chris Wood]

This is a fun movie, and I laughed a lot the first time I saw it. It's really more like an goofy episode of the series than a movie though. The film could've used a villain, as there's not much tension.

[FredNash]

This was a great movie to watch, but it's hard to defend to anyone since it's really just for Trek fans I think. I mean, it's pretty self-indulgent to have the characters you love from the show travel back in time to the year the movie was released, but it's fun to feel like you can meet them in one aspect or another. Like I said, this one's mainly for the fans.

Anyway, I loved this movie. A cool end to the II, III, IV "trilogy".

[Nightflower]

This was a great movie to watch, but it's hard to defend to anyone since it's really just for Trek fans I think. I mean, it's pretty self-indulgent to have the characters you love from the show travel back in time to the year the movie was released, but it's fun to feel like you can meet them in one aspect or another. Like I said, this one's mainly for the fans.

Anyway, I loved this movie. A cool end to the II, III, IV "trilogy".

Actually, this is the most mainstream movie of all the movies made, I believe, if I'm to read Jammer's reviews correctly:

"It's the one movie in the series that achieved unexpected popular commercial success and existed more or less on its own terms. It did this, quite simply, by existing in a more recognizable world. It's a broader, lighter, and perhaps safer picture."

[OnlyJedi]

Anyway, I loved this movie. A cool end to the II, III, IV "trilogy".

About the only gripe I have with this movie is that there is no real villian. Sure, there's the space probe trying to destroy the planet. But its no Khan, or Kruge, or Sybok. Still, I loved The Voyage Home, and I'd rate it as my third favorite Trek movie, after II and III.

[The Penguin]

Scotty: Computer. Computer?
[Bones hands him a mouse and he speaks into it]
Scotty: Hello, computer.
Dr. Nichols: Just use the keyboard.
Scotty: Keyboard. How quaint.

This month we remember the great James Doohan who passed away last month.

The Movie Talkback of the Month highlights some of the previously released movies in the Movie talkbacks From A to Z section. Sometimes they will be new threads and other times they will be selected from the current list like this one. Hopefully this will help foster some discussion in these threads. Look for the current Movie Talkback of the Month below the current releases in the Movie Talkback Thread Collection.

Special thanks to TZ mod and Star Trek HQ webmaster Kolbar for helping me pick a TOS movie to honor Scotty.

[Sharklady]

'Voyage Home' is my favorite ST movie (*narrowly* edging out 'Wrath of Khan'.)

It has some of the best lines in the whole series ("What does it mean- 'exact change'?"), it's got some howlingly funny scenes (Kirk's reaction to Spock's dip in the tank had me rolling in the aisle), and it's got *beautiful* whales! It was also very nice to see the secondary characters get a decent amount of screen time.

Speaking of which: Rest in peace, Mr. Doohan.

[Michael24]

THE VOYAGE HOME is actually one of my least-favorite STAR TREK movies (right above THE MOTION PICTURE), just because it always seemed like a desperate attempt to lure outsiders to the franchise. (Another little grip is how they alter the geographic layout of the city. When Kirk says they're heading "back to San Francisco," they're already in San Francisco!) And I agree, it could have really used a villain. But it does have it's moments, and of course, the scene with Scotty trying to talk to the Macintosh is classic.

[Harley_Quinn]

Probably my 3rd favorite Trek film with the Original cast. Khan and Undiscovered being 1 and 2.

[SirLemming]

A fantastic sci-fi action comedy. One of the only ones, really. What more is there to say?

[Gatomon41]

Star Trek 4 is one of the Great Star Trek movies (Evens rock). It's a great romp, with tounge-in-cheek humor. There's a starical quaility to the film that I like about it. There's alot of classic scenes rememberable evens. Also, anyone can enjoy it, even if they're not trek fans. Funny, fun, and great.