Cami happy with STAR TREK IV THE VOYAGE HOME (1986) Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING 

Believe it or not. Voyage home wasn’t planned when Search for Spock was in postproduction. But the Bird of Prey was such an important asset. They needed a small ship that can land in the planet’s surface. The cloaking device made it invisible. You would think the last guy that had it was a time traveler…Oh wait. Marty-“Don’t tell me you made a Time Machine out of a bird of prey?” Kruge-“The way I see it, if you're going to make a Time Machine out of a spaceship why not do it with some style?”

The new Enterprise wasn't built quickly. Commonly accepted lore is that Starfleet renamed the newly refitted USS Yorktown to USS Enterprise and assigned the crew.

@PopcornRoulette The opening dedication at 1:57 was for the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger. On January of 1986; as Star Trek IV was in post-production, the Challenger shuttle exploded; with all seven of its crew on board, including Christa McAuliffe, who was a schoolteacher. Harve Bennett; the producer of Star Trek’s II-V, wanted to do something to honor the Challenger crew. So he wrote up this dedication. And when the film opened in November of 1986, I remember everyone in the theater applauding for a good solid 30 seconds before the movie even started.

I'm a lifelong middle-aged Trekker, and this is my favorite film in the series. No murderous villains, just a nice Star Trek puzzle for the characters to solve and everybody gets their little moment to shine. (Sulu was supposed to have a bit where he met his great-great grandfather as a kid, but the child actor they hired wouldn't cooperate, so it's nice that he got the bit with the helicopter, too). We also see the final resolution of the feud between Spock and his father. When we first met Sarek and Amanda on the TV show, Sarek wouldn't speak to Spock because he was upset that Spock joined Starfleet instead of going to the Vulcan Science Academy. So it was huge for long-time fans to see the two of them finally make up.

Having sat through all the ST movies, this had by far the best audience reaction, and was deservedly the most critically acclaimed of the ST movies. It also had the highest box office revenue until JJ's 2009 Trek.

The "Punk On The Bus" was portrayed by Kirk Thatcher, one of the producers of the film. He also wrote and performed the song. A couple of years ago, he reprised his role in an episode of "Star Trek: Picard"

This story was a big surprise to all the fans of this series. And still is a fan favorite today.

This movie also helped with Humpback Whales being hunted significantly less and helping them no longer be as endangered.

"Gracie is pregnant." *SCREEEECH* The first time I saw this movie in the theater, this moment had the audience laughing hysterically.

Fun fact, Transparent Aluminum was invented in the early 2010s, it remains experimental for now. The "hello computer scene" is one of my all time favorites. The New Enterprise is nothing but the USS Yorktown that was heard of earlier in the movie, forced to improvise a solar panel to stay powered... The next movie isn't the best but has some good character development for our main trio.

It's great how offended you were when Gillian called Spock "ditzy". You've come to love and appreciate these characters as we long time Trekkers have :) Good job & great reaction!

Best part of the whole movie was the last 5 minutes, when they got the new enterprise....first time i ever teared up in a movie...i remember all these movies when they were new.

My favorite Star Trek movie. So funny and heartwarming at the same time.

This was the most commercially successful and most mainstream of the Trek movies at the time (1986). It was also released in Europe titled as "The Voyage Home: Star Trek IV." This film's success convinced the studio, Paramount, to create a new syndicated television series to premiere in 1987 called "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

This was my favorite Star Trek film when I was a kid. Nostalgia rules 😂

Being the Star Trek film most accessible to general audiences (meaning not just appealing to Trekkies) I believe this was consequentially the most commercially successful of the six original Star Trek films. The Challenger shuttle disaster took place while they were filming this, which is why they felt the need to put that dedication at the beginning. Other space oriented films didn't fare so well that year - most notably SpaceCamp which tells the tale of a type of space shuttle disaster. It's actually quite good and co-stars Spielberg's wife as well as Joaquin Phoenix in a very early role (back when he was known as Leaf Phoenix).

"Don't tell me! You're from outer space." "No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space." Fun Fact: This film features the only instance of "Scotty, beam me up." in the franchise. Historical Fact: Scotty (James Doohan) helps Dr. Nichols (Alex Henteloff) "invent" transparent aluminum, which, in real life, became possible 23 years later in 2009, developed partially by Professor Justin Wark of Oxford University's Department of Physics. Music Enthusiast Fact: Associate Producer Kirk R. Thatcher cameos as the punk on the bus who is nerve-pinched by Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Thatcher expressed displeasure at the music chosen for his boom box, and asked to write and perform a song that he felt would be more representative of his character. The result was the "I Hate You" song. What Script Fact: The woman who answers Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) and Chekov (Walter Koenig) when they are looking for the nuclear "wessels" was an extra who was not supposed to speak. Layla Sarakalo had never acted before and "act naturally" was her instruction. So when she was asked, she improvised an answer. Much to Sarakalo's surprise, her unscripted line was kept in the film. Sarakalo happened upon the set when her car was towed away to make room for the film's production. Sarakalo offered to be an extra so that she could make money to get her car back.

This was my favorite of the series. I liked it when Spock was having trouble using curse words. I got a movie reaction suggestion for you it's one of my favorites, The Final Countdown (1980) The U.S.S. Nimitz goes back to December 6th, 1941. It's filmed on the Nimitz. It's like Top Gun meets Back to The Future.

Cami laughing is the cutest thing

I'm enjoying your ST reactions. So great to see someone discover & enjoy ST for 1st time. I grew up watching The Orig Series & Movies w/my Dad. ST 4 is his fav of the movies. Old Trek brings back a lot of (good) memories. Keep going though ST. Keep enjoying ! Still a lot of ground to cover w/shows & movies.

That was a kiss-off if I ever saw one. When a girl is interested, she shows it and when she's not, "Let's just be friends."

The Enterprise-A was, most likely, the same USS Yorktown that was mentioned at the start of the film. It was given a quick onceover by the Corps of Engineers and re-christened. You'll see the result in the next movie.

The actress who played Gillian was the mother in Child's Play.

One of the Starfleet officers to appear on screen, at HQ during the storm crisis is Jane Wiedlen, of the Go-Go's (guitar, writer, vocals) She has an interesting hairstyle. The one Officer, south Asian, who recounts his peril from his crippled ship, was then recently in James Bon's "Octopussy" as a fellow agent in India; he was a professional Tennis athlete too.

The “nuclear wessels” is a lot funnier in context. During the lighter part of the Cold War, you have someone with a Russian accent asking where the United States weapons are stored. Also, I like the very next scene on the bus. Notice the pessimistic lyrics in the song that Kirk calls “damn noise”. Kirk’s very being is built around thinking of possibilities and hope.

Voyage Home is probably my favorite of the TOS films. It most captured the flavor of the original series while feeling like a film-scale story. It was very popular at the time, even with non-Trek viewers. Just a good movie.

decades of watching this movie and I never realized what a double meaning kirk says when he says I'm out of time.

I’m 63 years old and watching your reaction videos is like watching a movie with my daughter who is in the Air Force now and away from home. I’m going to subscribe to your channel and enjoy many more moments of surprise, disappointment, and joy with you. Thank you.

This was a movie of my childhood. It was one of the first movies my dad bought on VHS. Before that we had Beta videotapes. I’ve seen this one more than any other Star Trek movie or episode. It is gold.

"Guys! I'm going to pronounce the names right this time!" *five seconds earlier* "A Harvey Bennet production!" 😂😂😂 you are seven different kinds of adorable. Never change.

I love the music score in this film. Especially the opening and closing credits.

“Nuclear wessels.” Imagine. It’s the mid-1980s, and the depth of the Cold War, and a fellow with a Russian accent is asking for “nuclear wessels.” Oh yeah. People are going to be real cooperative.

Cami, the "whale scientist" is played by Catherine Hicks, who was Andy's mother in CHILD'S PLAY.

Great Oscar nominated score composed and conducted by Leonard Rosenman.

17:51 "She looks really familiar." That's Catherine Hicks, probably best known for her dozen years of portraying the mother on the T.V. show 7th Heaven.

When i saw this movie, I thought, more than ever, I wish I could do that Vulcan nerve pinch. The water scene was filmed in Feb and they were cold in that water.

The best special effect in the whole movie is William Shatner's hair when he was swimming under water towards the end. 😂😈

Such a fun movie!

Scotty: How do we know he didn’t invent the thing? McCoy: Yeah. I’m a doctor. Not a transparent aluminum expert.

I always find it striking to think that when a four-day-old William Shatner was somewhere in Montreal, a little boy was being born in Boston who would become a very prominent person in his life--Leonard Nimoy.

Really glad you enjoyed it! The next one is also pretty great, it's definitely JUST as fun! Don't let other people dictate your perception, enjoy things on it's merit. Thnx for sharing your vid

Fun Fact for you, Cami: The actress that played the captain of the USS Saratoga is Madge Sinclair, who played Eddie Murphy's mother in "Coming To America" and also played Simba's mother in "The Lion King" both roles opposite James Earl Jones as her husband

This movie was great!!! it felt like a fun and happy Star Trek Movie!!! I have a few shirts I wear that have the movie poster of Star Trek The Voyage home that I got in the mail. Great video and Hope to see more like this.

It was wonderful to see Jane Wyatt as Spock's mom again for the first time since TOS episode, "Journey to Babel" (1967). We had, after all, seen his dad Sarek again after that episode already in both TAS episode, "Yesteryear" (1973) and in Star Trek III, but Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Number One, Nurse Chapel/Dr. Chapel) had performed the voice for her character in "Yesteryear." It was also nice to see Janice Rand (the captain's yeoman on TOS) again. You know her as the transporter chief in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and she stood silently in the space station cafeteria watching the damaged Enterprise limp back into space dock in Star Trek III. Dr. Chapel from The Motion Picture (Nurse Chapel on TOS and Number One in the original pilot) was back here again too with dialog. Saavik's dialog was 100% unnecessary and redundant, since she'd already told Kirk what David had done in the last movie. This was sadly a rare example of sloppy writing in Star Trek IV, which is otherwise almost perfect. They could have found a better way to inform audiences watching IV that had not seen III what had happened. They did, in fact, have Sarek ask the Klingon ambassador, "They did kill Kirk's son?" Don't you remember? Spock's uniform was in his coffin (the torpedo tube), which was destroyed when the Genesis planet blew up.

Yorktown, and Enterprise are common American ship names that are regularly re-issued. During WW2 The Enterprise was one of the most decorated carriers in the Pacific

What I want to point out about Star Trek 2, 4, and 6 is that they were all written by Nicholas Meyer, and then 2 and 6 were directed by him as well. He was an instrumental architect of 3 of the best Star Trek movies. The thing I remember is that my drama teacher got to be an extra. He walks behind them in front of the "Yellow Pages" building. And this movie was hysterical in the cold war, and it's just as good now.

Mr Spock's "guesses" are spot-on accurate. They arrive back at the same time they departed down to the second.

I love your reactions! I grew up with this crew. Great to see the reactions of a fresh face…

The flight deck of an aircraft carrier (the one in the movier is in fact the USS Ranger, as Enterprise was not available for filming at the right time) is typically around 50-60 feet from the waterline, so almost double the height of the tallest diving platforms used at the Olympics, and certainly high enough to cause injury - such as broken bones - if you land badly.

My personal favorite movie is Star Trek 6, looking forward to seeing your reaction to that one! Glad to see you're enjoying the experience so far, a lot of people dont give Star Trek a chance, but it deserves it!

This film was call back to some of the Orginal series time travel episodes, i think that is one of the reasons it is so beloved. The Original Series would use sets and constumes from other TV shows that where set in the 1920s, 1930s and 1950s, to save time and money.

I was so young when I saw this film on VHS that I do not recall the first time seeing this film.

I Love this "episode" of Star Trek, after the gut wrenching pain of the darker aspects and tragic moments in "The Wrath of Khan" and "The Search For Spock"..."The Voyage Home" by it's title and story was in itself, a story of hope. Children grow up to be adults and leave home to make their own way in the world. As Adults children - adults - plan to not make the same mistakes as parents. Going HOME is always a quest of Hope, from the Illiad (Homer's...sp) but returning home, going home is a hope of success, or safety or atime to heal or all of that. After the tragedies of II and III, the crew needed a story thats main directive was hope. ...and like Spock, George and are in essence bringing Humpback Whales back from the dead, so a second chance in life. I love 2,3 and 4...they feel like chapters of a whole, so it's impossible to choose a favorite out of 1 - or one, it is Star Trek, and each chapter informs the next, so 4 by itself would be a little incoherent if we hadn't seen II or III...it's part of an Arc... For me at least.

Gillian liked Kirk very much, but she likes science and opportunities for exploration more. I love the glee in Kirk's last line...'let's see what she's got....!'

Interesting note: The punk kid with the boom box on the bus also showed up in season 2, episode 4 of the new Pickard series. It was played by the same actor, all grown up, with the boom box again....only this time, when he is asked to shut it off, he does pretty quickly....and just grumbles a bit..."sorry, I just really like that song."

"Don''t splurge." Adjusted for inflation, $100 in 1986 would be equivalent today to $40 for each of the 7 crew members. Still not a lot, but not quite as absurd as it might initially sound.

Great reaction to a wonderful movie! While I'll agree that Wrath of Khan was a superior movie on many levels, this one is my favorite Star Trek movie. I would have been fine if this had been the final Star Trek movie as it brought us full circle through what was basically a trilogy with Wrath, Search, and Voyage. The cast and characters really felt like a family here and there was so much humor in with all the drama, which I love. "One damn minute Admiral." "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon - that's hard." "Are you sure it isn't time for a colorful metaphor?" "The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe." "I did not wish to be shot down on our way to our own funeral." "I got used to flying a Huey." I also liked that a couple of characters from the Original Series appeared in this movie. Commander (formerly Ensign) Janice Rand and Doctor (formerly Nurse) Christine Chapel were visible at Starfleet Headquarters. In addition guitarist and vocalist Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos appears on one of the big screens as a communications officer reporting from one of the disabled ships. Also, when McCoy hands Scotty the mouse at the computer during the tour of the plexiglass plant is the clearest view we ever get of James Doohan's missing middle finger, shot off on Juno Beach during D-Day. Ridiculous as it sounds, it's a true story. I also liked that they portrayed the position of the male humpback whale's singing posture, vertical with head down, in this movie, and I liked that the probe assumed the same posture.

This is the first Star Trek movie I saw in the theater and it's still my favorite.

Spock peppering his speech with "the hell"... 😝

I love this movie. I even named my pot plants George and Gracie!

the reason why The Wrath Of Kahn is the top favorite is because it was directly tied to The Series which The film also honors the continuity of the original series by bringing back Kahn to end Kahn's Life Story for good

"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home": Save the Whales! Some memorable quotes: "Don't forget where we parked." "Is there something wrong with the mind I have?" "I'm from Iowa, I only work in Outer Space." "Hello computer." "Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one?"

You're going to love Star Trek 2009. Great character introductions. This was '86 the cold war was still going on. Chekov a Russian asking about nuclear vessels would be weird.

10:01 "Farewell." 😳The way he _said_ that. "Farewell." It sounds so _ominous_ and _final._

FYI: The first Space Shuttle in "Enterprise" :)

Dr. Jillian Taylor is played by Cathryn Hicks who also played the role of Annie Camden in the TV series 7th Heaven

Cami, there's been constant debate among Trekkies for years as to which film is best, STAR TREK 2 or 4, and the debate rages on to this day! Both movies have their supporters, so the question will probably never be settled. Then, to add fuel to the fire, you have STAR TREK 6: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, the last film with the original crew, which has its own supporters as the best one!! 😄

Oh my goodness, after thirty years, I just realized that the sound after the commander shouts 'Get him back!', which in your video is at 12:20, is distinctly a sonic boom. "THOOMP THOOMP!" I always thought it was just the weather thunderclap or something. But it's the sonic boom and shock from the bird-of-prey coming down in the bay. I always knew it was a 'we now return you to just seconds before we left'... But that detail eluded me.

I lived in a land-locked, midwestern state in the USA when this movie came out but have lived the past 27+ years in southeast Alaska. My perspective of humpback whales has been informed by several whale-watching experiences and an indigenous culture that values the humpbacks along with other animal species of the region. I'll admit that this is the goofiest of the Star Trek movies, (though TOS had some pretty (fun) goofy episodes as well), but I love the environmentalist message at its core. Mr. Spock's (burned out hippy) persona in this installment of the series is a great "comic straight-man" and I love it! (I may even try some of his brand of profanity just for kicks!?)

I think I saw this in the theaters back in 1986 a total of 8 times! Star Trek IV was Deliberately Written and made to be a light hearted movie to help ease the Fans off the Previous two Dramatic movies! They wanted to give the fans something to laugh at after losing spock and then getting him back agian, Losing David, and Losing the Original 1701! They knew what they were doingf! Fans also call this movie "The one with the Whales" The Aircraft carrier seen in th movie is "The U.S.S.RANGER" What's great about this movie is Each Crew member is given something to do..some kind of Adventure or great Dialogue! A In The "Nuclear Wressles" scene, the lady that told tnhem about Alameda was out walking her dog that just happend to walk into the shot. The Produiciton crew had to chase after her to get her to sign a Waiver to be in the movie! Eddie Murphy was gonna be in he movie, but Declined so could be in "Golden Child" So they re-wrote his character into GiIllian "Cahtrine Hicks". Most of the whales you see in the movie are all Radio controlled!

There was only one shot of a live whale in this film - the long distance shot near the end where a whale is leaping from the water. Every other shot was achieved by the use of models both big and small. The results were so realistic that the producers got threats of legal action from the ASPCA, on behalf of what they suspected might be abuse of animsla!

This is the film where more people who did not know the franchise got introduced to this film.

One of my favorite trek things is either people from the 23rd and 24th Century going back in time and being like "Money??? Huh???" And then a person from the 20th century showing up and being like "WHY IS THERE NO MORE MONEY HOW CAN I BE RICH NOW"

2:33 😄Oh, you've _gotta_ love this music.

Admiral Cartwright is played by Brock Peters. He is most famous for playing one of the lead roles in To Kill a Mockingbird along side Gregory Peck grandfather of the current Spock in Strange New Worlds. Ethen Peck. Peters would later play Commander Siskos father in Deep Space 9

The Vulcan in the Counsel meeting, in the beginning, is Spock's father, Saarik, played by Mark Lenard. He showed up in the original series...and once, I think, in TNG.

In the original series there was at least one episode where they accidently went into earths past. Season 1 Episode 9 "Tomorrow is Yesterday". Thirty years after this movie Transparent Aluminum became a reality.

Baby girl...I've seen every Star Treck "Movie"...even the last movie with Lenard Nemoy...in which the young & old "Mr.Spock" meet with each other at the end of the movie!!

"I seem to have misplac"Misplaced it. Did he thought, or what happened? Maybe he did. Probably reading too much into it." Well, all of his belongings would have been blown up with the Enterprise except what he was buried in, and if he was buried in his uniform, that was left in or near his coffin on Genesis.

By the way, transparent aluminum now exists. And it's bullet-proof.

8:11 Fun Fact for you, Cami: There was a scene that was written for this film that was never fimed which explained that Saavik remained on Vulcan because she was pregnant with Spock's child

Catherine Hicks, the marine biologist Gillian Taylor, one of several actors to be tested. For timing & connivance Hicks went w/the studio's film crew to Shatner's ranch on a Fri. for a quick screen test. She & Shatner connected so well, they all stayed, & shot all weekend. Search over.

1st off. This one of my favorite films. I dont wanna date myself. 86 was heartbreaking and amazing. As kids we watched on "Live" TV the Challenger blowing up. F Richard Scobee :commander Michael J Smith: Pilot. Ronald Mcnair Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Gregory Jarvis Christa McAuliffe : thank you.

"The One With the Whales" singlehandedly saved the humpback whales. They're no longer on the endangered species list.

"You mean I have to die to discuss your insights on death?" - Dr. McCoy. The thing is McCoy did die, in the TOS episode "Shore Leave"

This is my second favorite of the original cast movies after Wrath of Khan.

The actor that played Jillian along with the actor that played Capt. Decker for Star Trek The Motion Picture both starred together in a show on The WB called 7th Heaven which was on from 1996 until 2007. Maybe that's were you know her from. Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks.

With regard to the Enterprise A, back in the day there was some conflicting information on the subject with the official model incorrectly stating she was the renamed USS Yorktown, but the most official source says Enterprise A was originally the recently completed USS Ti-Ho before being rechristened to Enterprise. Much of what you see in Star Trek is based on the WWII era United States Navy and it wasn't uncommon for them to rename ships still under construction to pay homage to events, individuals, or lost vessels. A good example, while still under construction the Essex Class aircraft carrier originally named USS Bon Homme Richard CV-10 (an homage to Poor Richard's Almanack) was renamed to USS Yorktown CV-10 after the Yorktown CV-5 was lost at the Battle of Midway. Going forward, I personally feel like Star Trek V was more of a long episode than feature film quality, but it would have been a good episode and Star Trek IV is worth continuing your journey for. Also, I don't know how much Star Trek you've watched, but the 8th movie is worth watching the entire Next Generation series for, not that you need an excuse to watch Star Trek the Next Generation

If you're planning to continue with the Star Trek franchise beyond the original series and its movies, you should pause here and get into the first seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. (ST:TNG premiered in 1987, while the next film, Star Trek V, wasn't released until 1989.)

This is one of my favorite Star Trek movies. A more lighthearted approach. Thanks for doing this one.

I like the idea that things go in circles....eventually Kirk will get those glasses "again" for his birthday...from McCoy.

The Punk on the buss was played by Kirk Thatcher. He was also an associate producer of this movie.

I think the music in the opening credits was originally used in the 1978 animated feature of Lord of the Rings

They didn't rebuild the Enterprise. They renamed another starship that was the same class as the Enterprise.

The theoretical physics floating around NASA JPL at that time, was that only a star had enough energy to tap into for faster than light engines to open a traversable wormhole for bending space time enough to move forward or backward in time as well as space. Star Trek has always attempted to glean the most advanced science available in order to help suspend disbelief.

Yeah, the (refitted) Enterprise and the Enterprise A are fine, but my favorite (apart from the NX-01) is the USS Enterprise 1701-C. It doesn't get much screen time in the TNG episode when it makes an appearance, but the design is really cool, gives a preview of some Enterprise D's design features, but is a bit more angular and aggressive looking, especially at the rear of the secondary hull.

The cast playing around in the water near the end wasn't in the script. After filming the footage for the movie, the cast just began playing around while the cameras were still filming. So they decided to keep it, despite that Spock is clearly seen smiling/laughing

The "Sausalito Cetacean Institute" scenes were actually filmed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Now in the end credits you can the bloopers as Scotty fall into the water out of the Bird of prey as he slipped on the ladder.

Couple of facts. Originally Eddie Murphy was supposed to play a scientist obsessed with aliens in this movie but it didnt work out The USS Enterprise CVN65 scenes were filmed on the USS Ranger CV60 due to the components of the Enterprise engine room being classified. The Ranger also stood in for Enterprise in Top Gun. Sadly Ranger was scrapped vs becoming a museum ship as she deserved. The Cetation Institute was fillmed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium about 2 hrs south of San Francisco