James Doohan's death last year brings to mind the whole "Star Trek" franchise, including this installment. I've never usually taken much interest in the "Star Trek" movies, but "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" is something else! It has the Starship Enterprise going back to 1986 San Francisco to find some humpback whales to appease an alien race trying to attack earth. I crack up thinking of the crew traipsing through the city oblivious how to do things in the 20th century, especially since Spock takes everything literally ("Maybe if we play our cards right." "How will playing cards help?") and Chekov sounds like a Soviet spy. My favorite scene is that part on the bus! Catherine Hicks adds an interesting dimension as a woman at the Cetacean Institute who has a weird encounter with Kirk and Spock, but then joins them. It almost seems to me that they should have stopped the franchise after this. In fact, they could have made the original series just about this. All in all, a really cool movie.
Review of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
