The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery

Next on my first-time Trek watchlist was “The Voyage Home”! Sure it’s nice to see the Enterprise crew out of their comfort zone, but the premise with the whales is stupid, time travel in Trek has always been bullshit, and turning this into an 80’s “fish out of water” comedy? Ugh.

The movie poster for "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"! At first I thought the title referred to being stranded with a Klingon starship behind enemy lines or in uncharted space, having to find their way back to Earth... but no, instead I got some stupid plot about humpback whales. At least I hope the movie increased public interest in animal preservation efforts...
Kirk trying to explain Spock to 1980s people with "He did too much LDS in the 60's" was quite funny, not just because he got "LSD" wrong, but because it could also be interpreted as Kirk saying Mormons look weird
McCoy doesn't apparently understand the concept of "don't mess with the timestream continuum", and gives some magic 23rd century medicine to a random lady in a corridor
Sure, let's teleport a bunch of whales along with 350 tons of sea water. I'm sure the whales won't get completely freaked out and die of a heart attack, and I'm sure that ship below will not suddenly sink

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