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Star Trek 4: Voyage Home Se Dvd
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The most popular movie in the "classic Trek" series of feature films, Star Trek IV was a box-office smash that satisfied mainstream audiences and hard-core fans alike. The Voyage Home returns to one of the favourite themes of the original TV series--time travel--to bring Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura and Chekov from the 23rd century to present-day (i.e., mid-1980s) San Francisco. In their own time, the Starfleet heroes encounter an alien probe emitting a mysterious message--a message delivered in the song of the now-extinct Earth species of humpback whales. Failure to respond to the probe will result in Earth's destruction, so Kirk and company time-travel to 20th-century Earth--in their captured Klingon starship--to transport a humpback whale to the future in an effort to communicate peacefully with the alien probe. The plot sounds somewhat absurd in description, but as executed by returning director Leonard Nimoy, this turned out to be a crowd-pleasing adventure, filled with a great deal of humour derived from the clash of future heroes and contemporary urban realities, and much lively interaction among the favourite Trek characters. Catherine Hicks plays the 20th-century whale expert who is finally convinced of Kirk's and Spock's benevolent intentions. --Jeff Shannon
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Special Features
English
Region 2
Commentary By Leonard Nimoy And William Shatner
Text Commentary By Michael Okuda And Denise Okuda
The Star Trek Universe
Production Featurettes
Visual Effects Featurettes
Tributes
Original Interviews
Archives
Theatrical Trailer
Editorial
Synopsis
A contemporary Marine biologist becomes involved with Kirk and crew as they undertake a vital mission into Earth's past to save a species whose extinction poses a threat to the very existence of the planet. Forced to travel back to the San Francisco of 1986, the crew encounter a world as strange to them as any on their previous adventures.
The light-hearted Trek
Review date: 2008-04-09 Rating: 8 out of 10
`The Voyage Home' was the first of the Star Trek films that I ever saw and although I do still really enjoy the film I do not consider it to be as good as I once did. This film is the conclusion of the storyline started in `Wrath of Khan' and continued in `Search for Spock'. In this film the crew are returning to Earth to answer for their actions when an alien probe of unknown origin shuts down all technology on and around Earth. Studying the probes signals the crew discover it is searching for whales and they must travel back in time to acquire some humpbacks whales.
This is the most light-hearted and funniest of all the Star Trek films and although I once thought this was the best of the films my estimations of it have dropped somewhat recently. While it is still very funny and somewhat entertaining throughout, the film does seem to be lacking something and I feel it doesn't live up to many of its fell films. Having said this, the film does produce some of the best and most memorable lines of any of the films or series and is generally a joy to watch, even if certain parts are extremely cringe worthy. While this is definitely not the best of the Star Trek films it is nowhere the worst of the bunch either and I do enjoy it whenever I watch it.
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Reviews
to boldly go where Battlestar went before...
Review date: 2007-03-05 Rating: 6 out of 10
Hmm...Like most people, I always rated this as the best of the bunch, and it still stands up pretty well as a tongue-in-cheek environmental caper.
And then I accidentally caught 'Battlestar Galactica 1980' on cable - a largely forgotten 3-part sequel to the cheesy 70's series. OMG - they pinched the whole plot! The bit where they park hide the spaceship, the bit where they track down the scientist and provide him with a quantum leap. I know there are only a handful of original sci-fi plots, but this is downright theft!
It's a still a fun movie, but honestly - how low can Paramount go?
Whales...
Review date: 2006-04-14 Rating: 10 out of 10
You can view this film on two levels.
Firstly the central premise of the plot in the film sends a strong environmental message. That is that if we keep messing the planet up, we could be in serious trouble down the line. Almost 20 years after this film was made, this seems to be truer now than it ever was.
However, don't let the above put you off (whatever your view on environmental issues) because secondly as a piece of entertainment this a great film. Kirk, Spock, Bones and the other main characters all get ample opportunity to show why Star Trek became so successful. Theres a lot of humour in this film which works really well:
Kirk having no understanding of exact change only on a bus. Spock when asked if he's sure he won't change his mind replies "is there something wrong with the one I have".
So effectively its a classic episode of the original series, given a big budget, better special effects (although starting to look dated now) with a classy script. It is certainly worth buying as this is a film that supports repeated viewings.
There are a lot of extras on the special edition (6 hours +) that make this much preferable to the standard release.
To Boldy Come Back to Where We Are!
Review date: 2004-10-15 Rating: 10 out of 10
Star Trek 4 is simply one of the best star trek movies ever made and a must have for any trek fan. But this is movies isn't just for 'trekkies', its good humour and awesome storyline appeals to people who would usually turn away at the sight of 'Star Trek'.
A Paramount executive once said to Leonard Nimoy, 'We'd even make this film if it wasn't star trek.'
Just image Kirk and the crew getting run over by a taxi in downtown San Francisco. This film must be seen to be appreciated, an essential DVD for your collection, and don't forget this is two disk! After you've finished being addicted to star trek by disk 1, throw in disk 2 and the hours of interviews, documentaries, tributes will teach you about star trek culture and actually keep you entertained unlike many second disks in many other films.
Well worth 114 minutes of your time!
Near Perfect Trek-Movie on near Perfect Discs!
Review date: 2003-06-11 Rating: 10 out of 10
What more can be said about Star Trek 4 than that which has already been mentioned by countless beaming (no pun intended) reviews over the past 15 years. It is a classic melding of Science Fiction and comedy, amusing without resorting to insulting spoofs and remaining respectful towards the spirit of the original series.
Perhaps usually remembered simply as "The one with the whales" it details the fugitive crew of the USS Enterprises voyage back through time to rescue two humpback whales (long extinct in the 23rd century) which may hold the key to mankinds salvation. Replete with good-hearted ecology messages and bursting with 80's period flavour it tells its story without drifting into preachy morals or sickly sweet nostalgia.
The presentation here is almost uniformly superb, the range of extras available (from full length commentary by Shatner and Nimoy to over 6 hours of behind the scenes retrospectives) is in keeping with earlier releases in Paramounts revisitations of the Trek movies and as such proves utterly fascinating and informative, menus are fully animated, sound quality is strong throughout and the selection of subtitles available is astounding.
Only one aspect brings a slight quibble, picture quality is acceptable, the movie certainly looks as good as any home cinema release so far, but it lacks the remasterinbg afforded to the Wrath of Khan release. A few scenes feel slightly grainy and there is a loss of colour depth on occasion. Minor problems however in such a commendable and well-priced package.
Not only one of the best trek-discs out there, but one of the best DVD's in general. Bravo Paramount!
The only real negative is that its Star Trek 5 next...God help us all!
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
James Doohan
William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
DeForest Kelley
Catherine Hicks
Creators:
William Shatner (Primary Contributor)
Leonard Nimoy (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
EAN: 5014437832030
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2003-06-02
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 117 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1986
Language: English (Original Language)