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Good humor, but with dumb plot
I can understand what the writers of Star Trek IV were trying to do: Make a film more lighter and yet create an epic adventure. In theory, this sounds good, but with a plot like this one, I can't say I'm happy with the overall result. Now, don't get me wrong, back in the day, there were pretty crazy plots in the original Star Trek series. Need I mention Season 3's "Spock's Brain"? I'll spare re-telling the whole story of this film, undoubtly, you already know it from other reviews, but in a nutshell, the crew has to go back in time to get extinct humpback whales or the future Planet earth is destroyed. If you think that's funny, note that all of this is determined by the crew by themselves in oh...about a minute and half!!!! Basically, this plot just seems so over-the-top dumb, espeically for a major motion picture that includes a bigger audience rather than just the die hard Star Trek fans who would probably enjoy the movie if the story was about the crew having a slumber party. I can't believe that many fans are calling this film the best in the series. The saving grace of this film is the humor. There are some great scenes with Kirk and Spock, as well as Scotty, in then present-day San Fran. doing their best "fish out of water" routines. Really good humor, I must admit. But maybe someone should have spent a little more time on the overall STORY of the film rather than just adding humor. It's almost like they wrote the story specifically for humor, rather than just writing a good story and injecting humor in it. Hey, if you want to add humor, add some humor. If you want time travel, go for it, I'm all for time travel..but whales?? Give me a break....to quote the movie, I think someone took "too much LDS" when they were writing the script!

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Far-Fetched And Wonderful
The Star Trek franchise has taken its fans all over the galaxy. From its deepest unknown reaches with "Voyager" to the bridge of the "Gorkon," fans have seen plenty. The peculiar thing is that one of Trek's best tales takes place in late 80's San Francisco in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." After recovering Spock in "Star Trek III," the crew of the Enterprise find themselves as exiles in a Klingon vessel on Vulcan. When repairs to the damaged ship are completed, Kirk and company decide to return home to accept the penalties waiting for them for their numerous violations from the third Trek film. When they do decide to go home, a strange ship is spotted making its way to the Federation's headquarters in San Francisco. Everything in its path becomes inoperable, and it impending arrival on Earth spells certain doom for mankind. The ship is sending out a signal that cannot be decoded.....until Spock deciphers it as the vocalizations of a humpback whale which, as fate would have, are extinct in that particular age of humanity. <
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>Desperate to save mankind, the crew of the Enterprise take their Klingon vessel back in time to San Francisco in the late 80's in order to recover a whale and bring it back with them to their present in hopes to save Earth. Can they do it? The only way to find out is to watch this wonderful film. <
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>Directed by Leonard Nimoy (Spock), "Star Trek IV" is one of the best Trek films I've ever seen (and I've seen them all). The story is very far-fetched, even for Star Trek, but it works perfectly. There is a bit more humor injected into this tale than the other films, especially during the interactions with late 20th century humanity. The film does focus quite a bit on Kirk and Spock, but Scottie, Bones, and the rest of the gang have their own moments as well. <
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>There are plenty of wonderful special features for folks who enjoy that type of thing. A wonderful text commentary, production gallery, and a "making of" documentary are nice, but my favorite special feature was the commentary from Nimoy and William Shatner. <
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>Younger fans may cringe at a few of the special effects, especially those involving the cloaked Klingon ship, but this film was (thankfully) made at a time when films weren't all about special effects. The story is what drives this film, and it is an excellent one. <
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>Highly recommended.

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Great movie, decent DVD
Star Trek IV is a classic -- considered by some to be the best of the Trek movies. The movie as it appears on this DVD looks and sounds just fine on my regular TV with regular stereo sound. Personally, I can't tell the difference between the DVD quality and VHS quality, though a better home theater system might behave differently. <
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>As for the DVD itself, the special features are decent. Some of the interviews are a little dull. The section which explains the scientific phenomena present in the movie is also somewhat boring -- even to an engineer like myself. There are some nice featurettes, though, including interviews conducted with Shatner, Nimoy, and Hicks about 4 or 5 years ago (as of 2007). <
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>Overall, this DVD is worth the money, especially to a Trekkie. It's still Star Trek IV, even if the special features are a tad disappointing.