I’ve always believed that the two best Star Trek films of the original series were “Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan” and “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”. They were the two best Star Trek movies ever made, in my opinion.
“Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” was a film that Leonard Nimoy directed himself while he still starred as Spock. So he directed and acted in this film at the same time. “The Voyage Home” was a continuation of “Star Trek III: The Search For Spock” which is also a really good film. II, III and IV has always been considered a trilogy of some sorts ’cause those three films have a continuing story.
I’ve seen “The Voyage Home” too many times. It’s a film I’ll never get tired of watching. It’s an entertaining as hell film. Happy 30 years, “Voyage Home”.
Leonard Nimoy reunites with a special someone from, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home”. Who is it? Well, it’s that punk rock dude on the bus who Spock gives the nerve pinch to for playing the loud music (see the video below of the scene from the movie itself). Remember, Leonard directed the film himself and the man who played the punk rock kid is Kirk Thatcher. Kirk Thatcher even wrote the song himself that was playing on the boombox.
See what the punk rock dude looks like now 27 years later after “Star Trek IV” was released, here. Leonard sent that photo out on his twitter account.
Pretty cool stuff! “Star Trek IV” is my favorite Trek film too!
In honor of Leonard Nimoy’ s 82nd birthday today, I thought I would do something special for him. Leonard is another Star Trek genius who I’ve always admired and respected. He is also multi-talented. He’s not just an actor, he is also a screenwriter, author, musician, singer, etc.
Star Trek IV: “The Voyage Home”, is probably the best Star Trek film of the original franchise. I love it so much. This film was written and directed by, Leonard himself. It tells the story where if left off from Star Trek III: “The Search For Spock”. The star fleet crew are branded as fugitives, ’cause they were being punished by using the USS Enterprise to rescue Spock from the third movie. They learn that Earth is being ravaged by a space probe demanding a response from a lifeform that no longer exists. So since the starfleet crew couldn’t use the USS Enterprise for their mission, they instead, use a Klingon warship that they stole. Spock discovers, that in order to save Earth in their time, they had to go back in time to the 20th Century (in our current time), to get sounds from two humpback whales who are the only Earth beings who can respond to the space probe.
Many Star Trek movies and TV shows were taken place in futuristic times, but Leonard wanted to take this movie in a different direction and make this movie take place in our time, which is cool, and different. Everything about this movie is so perfect. This is the best acting by the original cast too, they all did a great job. Leonard wanted this Star Trek movie to be more of a positive and family friendly movie, since the first three Star Trek movies were so dark and violent. This one is more of a comedy, honestly. There’s plenty of funny one liners, most notably, “Double dumbass on you”, and many others. Leonard wanted this movie to be more enjoyable for children, so that could explain why the humpback whales were a part of this movie. I think the most important part of this movie, is that I think Leonard’s goal with the film was to bring awareness of how humpback whales are extinct. He wanted to help bring that to people’s attention.
What made this movie work, is that each cast member of the original Star Trek crew got their major moment. They all had their own chance of getting screen time. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Chekov, etc. This movie also showed a softer side of Captain Kirk. This is a very entertaining movie, all the way through. It’s one of those Trek films, I’ll never get tired of watching. It was such a beautiful film, and Leonard did a great job.
They don’t make Star Trek movies like this anymore. Happy Birthday, Leonard! I’m sure he’s having a good one with his family.
Kev
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