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Published Apr 22, 2020

The One About the Whales

For Earth Day 2020, a look back at one of our favorite movies.

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“Everybody remember where we parked,” is not exactly the kind of line you think you’re going to get in a Star Trek movie. You might also not expect to see Spock swimming underwater with a humpback whale or Kirk inventively cursing out a cab driver in 1980s San Francisco. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a wild ride, but really, it’s all about those whales.

Lately, I’ve found the movie to be very comforting, a sunny kind of balm in this new time of social distancing and uncertainty. With the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day this month, The Voyage Home ’s environmental philosophy is also particularly poignant. The message is a simple one of interconnectedness, that the extinction of one species affects every other species. There’s also a hospital chase scene and a legendary Punk on a Bus. In its humor and lightheartedness, sincerity and simplicity, Star Trek IV is the funny one, the quirky one, but also a reminder of what can be lost and the unexpected consequences along the way.

Released in 1986, The Voyage Home builds directly on the events of the previous two films in its opening, with Spock readjusting to life after being reborn on Genesis and the Enterprise crew preparing for an inglorious return to Starfleet after breaking all the rules to rescue him. Near Earth, the arrival of a mysterious probe of unknown origin wreaks havoc on Starfleet Command and the operations of the planet. On their way home in a jalopy of a Bird of Prey from Star Trek III , Kirk and company quickly piece together that the probe is trying to make contact with life forms on Earth—just not the life forms you’d expect.

The probe is trying to get in touch with humpback whales, except there are no more humpback whales on Earth in 2286. Recognizing that the giant space log isn’t going to stop until it hears some whale song, Kirk realizes that, naturally, time travel must be attempted. They will journey back to Earth of the past, before whales went extinct, and bring some back to their present time to communicate with and appease the massive space log. It’s a bonkers premise, but sublimely so in execution.

Environmentally themed movies today are still a bit of a niche category. But when Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and the Enterprise crew were suiting up for their fourth big-screen adventure, it had been little more than a decade since the passage of some of America’s most significant environmental legislation; things like the Clean Water Act the Endangered Species Act, and the 1970 formation of the EPA. Nimoy, pulling double duty as both director and co-star, had a strong vision for the film early on in the production process. Both he and producer Harve Bennett wanted to make what they termed a “nice” Star Trek movie, one free of villains and phaser fights. Paramount was on board, bringing Nimoy back to the directing chair for a second go-round after Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and fully investing in his environment-focused concepts for the movie.

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An early story idea had not whales as the target of the probe, but the tiny snail darter — a fish roughly the length of two paper clips. It’d recently been discovered, and Bennett liked the very Star Trek -esque idea of something so small having such a big impact (as well as its potential for cost-savings in production). Humpback whales, though, were ultimately chosen. They’re grander and a better cinematic choice because of their size and elegance and distinctiveness from so many other sea creatures. They also play a critical role in the overall health of the marine ecosystem in their spot at the top of the oceanic food chain.

The vision of Nimoy and his co-creators was notable, especially compared to other studio films of the 1980s. What resulted was the both the least “Star Trek” Star Trek movie but also the most “Star Trek” Star Trek movie in terms of values and ethos. And it paid off, in Hollywood terms and for fans. The Voyage Home was the fifth-highest grossing movie of 1986 and remained the highest-grossing Star Trek film until 2009’s J.J. Abrams reboot. It earned four Academy Award nominations, including for its cinematography and score, and it remains a fan favorite, known more for its nickname than its official title.

Like Nimoy wanted, there are no phaser fights and no Klingons dropping out of cloak. The cast, free from bridge duty, shine in San Francisco subplots, providing forward action for the humpback search and also some of the best comedic moments in Star Trek (“Dialysis? My god, what is this, the Dark Ages?”). Uhura and Chekhov must find nuclear “wessels” to help repair the Bird of Prey but can’t find Alameda, while Dr. McCoy and Scotty go in search of whale tank materials and navigate a less-than-chatty desktop computer. Sulu seeks out a helicopter, leaving Kirk and Spock to play tourist at the Cetacean Institute, where they find humpback expert and Kirk-skeptic Dr. Gillian Taylor and two happy humpbacks, George and Gracie. Each sequence in IV contains the essence of Star Trek — teamwork, pursuit of the greater good, forward progress.

More than 30 years after Star Trek IV, and fifty years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, forward progress is still the hope of so many. Around 20 million Americans took part in the inaugural Earth Day celebration, and the landmark legislation of the mid-1970s has proven vital. For instance, ninety-nine percent of the species protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 have been saved from extinction in the years since the law’s passage. Still, there is much progress yet to be made, even in the area of species conservation. Despite an international ban (instituted, ironically, in 1986), pockets of commercial whaling in places like Japan and Iceland persist. There are bright spots, though, and proof of the success of long-term conservation efforts: One distinct population of humpbacks (all originally classified as endangered under the ESA) has recently been starting to thrive once again.

Star Trek IV is a delightful exploration of that kind of forward-thinking hopefulness. It revels in both its un- Star Trek -ness and its own canon, with a message that is universal and still relevant today. Like a Star Trek movie with a Klingon ship crash-landing beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and a trippy 3D exploration of time travel, this year’s Earth Day won’t look like what anybody would’ve expected. Instead of community events and large-scale gatherings, it’s going online, reimagining itself with 24 hours of digital activities. Star Trek is like that too, imagining how things might be —how they could be — and then reimagining itself again and again. Maybe humans can find a way. Maybe they have to slingshot around the sun. Maybe Kirk has to have dinner with Dr. Gillian for purely mission-related reasons.

It’s wacky and touching and funny and thematically important. The One About the Whales doesn’t fit any one mold, but it does boldy go in the hopeful direction that humans can find a way to save what we have in common above all else—life on Earth.

Catherine L. Hensley (she/her) is a freelance writer and editor. She’s the author of New York Dolls (goo.gl/WPQvMW) and thinks “double dumbass on you” is a pretty great turn of a phrase, in 1986 and today. Follow her on Twitter, @NYDollsTheNovel.

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George and Gracie

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George and Gracie, features at the Cetacean Institute

George and Gracie were a pair of humpback whales who wandered into San Francisco Bay as calves , and were brought to the Cetacean Institute in Sausalito .

By 1986 , they had become fully grown, each weighing 45,000 pounds . However, that year it was decided that they had to be released back into the wild because the Institute no longer had the money to feed them their two- ton requirement of shrimp per day .

In the 23rd century , the powerful signal from a deep space probe had caused disruption of Earth 's weather patterns, threatening the entire planet . Spock theorized that an alien species had sent the probe to Earth to determine why they had lost contact with humpback whales (which had become extinct in the 21st century ).

George and Gracie came to the attention and interest of Admiral Kirk , who had time traveled to 1986 in search for some of these whales .

Upon visiting the Institute, Kirk and Spock determined that they were ideal specimens for their mission. Spock mind melded with the whales to communicate their intentions of taking them back to the 23rd century, wanting to avoid making the same kind of arrogant assumption that those who had hunted the whales to extinction originally had made. In doing so, he learned that the whales were unhappy with the way their species had been treated by man , although they were apparently willing to help the time-travellers. He also learned that Gracie was pregnant . Dr. Gillian Taylor noticed his melding after a visitor pointed him out, and Taylor was initially angry with Spock, but eventually believed Kirk's explanation.

George and Gracie aboard the " HMS Bounty "

The following day, the whales were flown in a special 747 to the Bering Sea , off Alaska , where they were released. The radio frequency of their tracking tags was 401 megahertz .

With Taylor's assistance, Kirk and his crew managed to locate the whales after they were released; although they were targeted by whalers, the crew frightened them off, and then was able to beam the whales into a specially designed tank aboard a Klingon vessel which the crew had commandeered.

After returning with Kirk to the 23rd century, George and Gracie were released into San Francisco Bay , amid the chaotic weather caused by the Whale Probe. George communicated with the probe via the sounds made by the male of his species and the probe replied. Following a brief conversation, the probe ceased its disruptive signal and turned away from Earth, heading out into space . The pair of whales were last seen heading to open water . ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )

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40 Of The Funniest Star Trek Memes We Beamed Up This Week (January 3, 2023)

Set your phasers to ‘LOL’ and prepare to engage your laughter drives – we’re about to embark on an interstellar journey through the funniest Star Trek memes of the week!

In this corner of the galaxy, we take our humor at warp speed, boldly going where no meme compilation has gone before. From Captain Picard facepalming at cosmic levels to the sassiest quips from the one and only Spock, these memes are more entertaining than a Risa vacation.

Whether you’re a die-hard Trekkie or just someone who occasionally nods along when your friends talk about Klingons, these memes will have you laughing like you’ve inhaled a dose of laughing gas from the Delta Quadrant.

So, engage your dilithium crystals, make it so, and let’s dive into the cosmic chuckle-fest!

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Mike Primavera is a Chicago-based comedy writer even though he doesn't HAVE to work. He lives comfortably off of his family's pasta fortune. Follow him on all social media at @primawesome

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home's Whales Left Fans Furious - But Shouldn't Have

In the movie "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home," the now-former crew of the Starship Enterprise travels back in time to 1986 — the year of the film's release — in hopes of capturing a humpback whale and transporting it to their present. According to Spock (Leonard Nimoy), a probe causing havoc on Earth is doing so via a signal that resembles a humpback whale's cry. Since the species is extinct as of the film's present day, they require the use of time travel to obtain a whale that can counteract the signal.

Meanwhile, in the past, Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew helps defend some of the humpback whales they encounter from whalers. As detailed in a retrospective about "Star Trek IV" on the official "Star Trek website"  based on primary documents archived by its writer Nicholas Meyer, several of the film's viewers sent in angry letters protesting its whale scenes. These people, it turns out, thought that the production must have disrupted its whale subjects' natural habitats, contrary to its pro-environmental message.

Those whales, however, were not real. They were models designed and supervised by Michael Lanteri, who won an Oscar for "Jurassic Park" and even helped create the "Pirates of the Caribbean" ride at Disneyland. While the film does feature some limited footage of real-life whales, those shots are all from afar. The close-ups that inspired angry letters, notably, are all artificial.

Fans are impressed by the artificial whales to this day

After the official "Star Trek" website published this account of the letters that falsely alleged mistreatment of whales, the info served as the subject of a popular thread on the Today I Learned subreddit . Its top comment, by u/KeithCarter4897 , reads, "They were fake? TIL..." Based on upvotes from more than 1,000 users, it seems apparent that plenty of others familiar with the film were also surprised by the fact that its whales were fabricated.

Meanwhile, in response to a comment linking to a now-deleted clip of some of the film's fake whale footage, u/illBro wrote, "Those are some good looking animatronics." This received 200 upvotes, indicating that many additional users appreciated the quality of the special effects. The contingent of the film's original viewership unintentionally deceived by the whale models, then, is at least backed by plenty of present-day viewers who have found the artificial whales to hold up even to today's higher VFX standards.

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10 hilarious star trek memes of strange new worlds' spock & uhura.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Spock and Uhura find themselves transported to strange new places in a series of funny memes.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) and Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding) find themselves in some strange new places in a hilarious series of fan-made Twitter memes. The highly-anticipated Strange New Worlds season 2 has premiered on Paramount+ and has earned a 95% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. In Strange New Worlds season 2's premiere, "The Broken Circle," Spock takes the USS Enterprise on a mission to Klingon space and, of course, Uhura is along for the action and adventure.

Paramount+ released a colorful series of Strange New Worlds season 2 images pairing up the cast, with Spock and Uhura united on the Starship Enterprise's bridge. On Twitter, TrekMovie.com decided to take one Spock and Uhura photo posed at Nyota's Communications console and PhotoShopped them into the Civil War. TrekMovie then invited their followers to join in, and here are 10 of the funniest memes fans beamed up of Spock and Uhura.

10 Spock In The Civil War

TrekMovie.com 's meme kicked it all off by transporting Mr. Spock into the Civil War in a period-appropriate, sepia-colored image. Spock is posed seated with some weary soldiers, possibly from the Union Army. Perhaps one of them knows Colonel Thaddeus R. Riker (Lewis R. Stegman), the ancestor of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard 's Captain William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes).

9 Spock & Uhura In Star Wars' Galactic Senate

Lt. Spock and Ensign Uhura find themselves in the Galactic Senate during Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace . The Enterprise crew members look on as Queen Padme Amidala (Natalie Portman) gives her pivotal speech that leads to a vote of no confidence on Chancellor Valorum (Terence Stamp). Also looking is Senator Sheev Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), but Spock likely wouldn't suspect Palpatine is secretly a Sith Lord unless the Vulcan performs a mind-meld.

8 Spock & Uhura Replace Ted Lasso

Meet the new managers of AFC Richmond . Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) may have left the UK and headed back home to the United States, but AFC Richmond soldiers on. Spock and Uhura may not know very much about soccer (or football as it's called in the rest of the world), but then again, neither did Ted Lasso when he became AFC Richmond's coach.

7 Spock & Uhura Join Community's Study Group

Spock and Uhura in the morning! It looks like only Abed (Danny Pudi) showed up to the study group at Greendale Community College, and Spock and Abed interacting would surely be rife with comedy. However, Uhura speaks dozens of human and alien languages so there's no doubt Nyota can easily translate, " Donde esta la biblioteca? "

6 Spock & Uhura Ride The Subway

Spock and Uhura find themselves in a New York City subway, which is surprisingly not crowded as it normally would be. In Strange New Worlds , Spock is still years away from visiting New York City thanks to the Guardian of Forever in the Star Trek: The Original Series classic, "The City on the Edge of Forever." But Spock ended up in 1930s New York City, not the present day.

5 Spock & Uhura Better Call Saul

Commander Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) is in desperate need of an attorney in Strange New Worlds season 2's premiere . Perhaps Spock and Uhura time traveled to find one of the best (and shadiest) in New Mexico, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). Surely, Saul could get Number One acquitted of all charges.

4 Spock & Uhura Join Game Of Thrones

If Spock and Uhura play the Game of Thrones, they either win or they die. The enlightened 23rd-century space heroes would be complete fish out of water in Westeros, especially when the Lannisters, the Starks, and the Targaryens are all vying to rule the Seven Kingdoms. Spock and Uhura would probably find their heads on spikes if they don't beam out of Westeros as fast as possible.

3 Spock & Uhura In The Studio

Spock and Uhura are a famous musical duo. Nyota has an angelic singing voice, and both have been known to jam on the lute in Star Trek: The Original Series . Perhaps during their spare time, Uhura and Spock slip into a recording studio on the Starship Enterprise and lay down some beats.

2 Spock & Uhura In Mar-A-Lago

Uh oh, here's one of the last places Spock and Uhura want to find themselves. Neither the Vulcan Science Officer nor the Communications Officer will want to be implicated in the indictment of President Donald Trump on federal charges of hoarding classified documents. Beam them right out of there, Enterprise!

1 Spock & Uhura In Furious 7

The ending of Furious 7 was the last time Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) shared the screen. Digital manipulation placed the late Paul Walker behind the wheel in his final farewell to Dom at the end of Furious 7 . Hilarious PhotoShop gives Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ' Spock and Uhura an identical goodbye as they both ride off in different directions.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 streams Thursdays on Paramount+.

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