Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Because You Watched Starcrash

“Well, double-dumbass on you!” The Distinguished Professors travel at warp speed into their time travel adventures with an impromptu episode right after a theater showing of Star Trek IV! Topics discussed include Clink’s review of basic time travel theory, Trek time travel’s creation of alternate universes, the replacement Lt. Saavik, attempts to resolve whether Liz Taylor was ever in a Star Trek episode, a brief Warhammer 40k digression, why you shouldn’t think too hard about this movie, multiple levels of Bloom’s taxonomy in Spock’s re-education, this movie as the beginning of modern character-driven sci fi, “the even-numbered movies are the good ones” maxim, Kirk’s genius, pacing differences between the 80s and the present, nobody got time for the Prime Directive, “colorful metaphors,” the Vulcan nerve pinch, cursing in Trek, the post-scarcity economy, why you don’t warp in an atmosphere or build the Enterprise on Earth, thinking too much about JJ Abrams, another failure to give Nichelle Nichols enough to do, placing Catherine Hicks, Kirk’s true love, a Quantum Leap digression, a Michael Berryman story, Trek movies inspired by success of Star Wars (just like Star Crash!), nerd-dom requires dedication, Trek books inspired Star Wars, and our plans for the season (and fun home game - keep track of how many movies we talk about that we don’t do in the season!). Follow us on Facebook! Because You Watched Starcrash Music credits: "Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/