Home Movie Reviews

MASH is definitely one of the best shows ever produced. After channel-surfing through the wasteland of formula trash and reality shows that makes up TV these days, I'm sure most people will agree with me. Not content to pigeonhole itself into any one genre, MASH works because it feels real. The humour (and delivery of it) feels spontaneous, witty, and irreverent. The drama is believable, and sometimes even tear-jerking without being sappy (at least in the early seasons). And the show takes risks with the topics it covers - I'm sure a series like MASH would be censored to death today by the suits. It's these elements that got me hooked on the show, and that make me continue to watch it over today's television.

While MASH was still finding its groove in season 1, there is still a consistently high level of comedy here. It may be a little wackier and out there compared to the later seasons, but in that sense it's actually more in spirit with the original books and movie (note the blurred, hazy look in some of the episodes - just like the movie). Season 1 also offers a different perspective on the characters, too. Besides Radar being more street-smart, Frank Burns doesn't whine and cry as much, and Henry Blake seems a bit more attentive to things. Hawkeye, of course, is at his womanizing best (the nurses in these episodes were hotter, too - check out Karen Phillip in the pilot).

At first I was hesitant about buying these sets, simply because they're pretty bare bones and I wasn't sure of Fox's release schedule. But after buying them to bring my friend up to speed with the network airings, I'm really satisfied. Audio and video are decent, and its great to turn that laugh track off. While extras would've been nice, it would've meant a 4th disc, and more $$ for each set (most sets put 6 episodes per disc - MASH packs 8). As it is, each set is affordable, the episodes stand on their own without extras, and the episodes are uncut - the extended opening to the pilot is a definite treat for fans.

Season 5 will be released in December, a testament to Fox's commitment in releasing this series. If you haven't picked up these sets yet, there's no better time to start.

when I was a kid my uncle would watch this show all the time I hated it but as I grew older I realized that this is one of the funniest shows to ever grace tv and I can see why people loved it so much

The choice - which is beautiful - of not having the laugh track is the best feature of these DVDs - you can hear everthing, including the horrible job of vocal overdubs that are, on such shows as "Requiem For A Lightweight", almost obnoxiously bad. The production quality of the vocal overdubs is the only flaw of these shows. Aside from that one gripe, this whole collection makes you realise what the TV ding dongs, to this day, cut out for the reruns. To be able to sit and enjoy these shows uncut without commercials is, in one way, a great paradise for the mind. "Germ Warfare" is, until I get the next three seasons, the funniest episode of MASH I've ever seen.

Tommy MacLuckie

The reviewer for Amazon.com said this DVD demonstrates why the Simpsons are "by a large margin" the best television show ever. He is wrong. While the Simpsons were great, it can't compare to Seinfeld. Seinfeld was the perfect sitcom, there will never be anything like it again. And unlike the Simpsons, the brains behind Seinfeld knew when to quit. But the Simpsons were still a great show and this DVD showcasing their glory years is a great buy.

Season three is my favorite. From a technical side, the animators and voice actors have mastered their crafts. In terms of the writing, the episodes in season three have the richness of the first two seasons, and are still based in quasi-reality (e.g. Homer still goes to work). The later seasons are great -- still the best thing on TV, but they have come to rely more on quick visual edits, and gags with little set-up; I think the show reached its zenith in season three. Of course, the extras are always great. Enjoy!

With great episodes like "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" and "Saturdays of Thunder" this set is a must-have for all Simpsons fans. The first several seasons of The Simpsons are so densely packed with sight and verbal gags that it rivals early Mystery Science Theater 3000, only in this case the barrage of jokes are packed into about 22 minutes. The incisive wit aimed at the absurdity of the behavior of the average human never lets up and you will laugh out loud watching these repeatedly.

The extra features like the commentary by the people behind the show are fun, but if recording these comments is the reason that Fox is only releasing one season per year on DVD, then I could live without them. Which brings me to this question: why is Fox Video releasing only one season of this show per year? This is one case where the studio's greed would be welcomed if they would release a season every couple months like Paramount did with Star Trek TNG. The prospect of having to wait years to be able to buy up to seasons six, seven and beyond is mystifying and annoying. One other thing, please Fox Video, please include ALL of the Tracy Ullman Simpsons shorts as an extra feature on the next set released. Now THAT would be an extra feature worth having (as opposed to clips of the Simpsons balloons in the Thanksgiving parade as were included in this set).

Not to repeat everything that has already been said... But this show is great! Every episode is extremely well done, and each can be wathed again and again... If you are a fan of the "West Wing" you should like this! As with any series interest really picks up after the fourth or fifth episode, try it - you shouldn't be disappointed!

Sports Night was a show that, despite its quality, never seemed to find its audience. Though it aired on a major network with decent publicity, the public largely ignored this superb show, writing it off as a show about sports. I am embarrassed to say that I was part of that ignoring public.

Visiting the show later in reruns on Comedy Central, I came to understand why this show was almost universally praised by critics: Sports Night is, through and through, one of the most tightly crafted shows to ever hit the airwaves.

Sports Night focuses on a fictional sports show with the same name, broadcast nightly on a third-place cable sports station, and hosted by two intelligent, witty men who put up good appearances on the air, but who are each struggling with their own demons behind the scenes. Added to the mix are a domineering executive producer (brilliantly portrayed by Felcity Huffman), as well as a cast of neurotic characters, all anchored by the sanity of Isaac, played by Robert Guillaume.

What makes Sports Night so incredibly watchable is the accessability of the show to any type of viewer, sports fan or not. In fact, the sports references are kept to a minimum, as the show--like The Larry Sanders Show--focuses more on what happens behind the scenes.

The dialogue is extraordinarily snappy, and moves along at a rhythmic clip that is almost melodic in nature. It's a banter whose music rivals that of the best David Mamet scripts.

Perhaps the only mistep Sports Night made was the inclusion of a laugh track early on in the show. Not only was this extremely obvious as canned laughter, it also seemed out of place, as this is not a comedy with dramatic elements, but rather a drama with a hint of comedy every now and then.

Sports night is a true gem.

I watched the final disc of this set last night and was half-way between crying that it was over and cursing the network that dropped it after two seasons. I feel partly to blame since I'd never seen the show when it was on the air and I wish I could go back in time. This show needed more time to find an audience. I seem to remember "Cheers" not being very popular the first couple seasons but NBC stuck with it. This show needed more time. I need more episodes.

The impact of PLANET OF THE APES has unfortunately suffered a diminution because of the inferior sequels and a cartoonish television series. Nevertheless the original still resonates in ways that even now does not lose power after multiple viewings. Director Franklin Schaffner took a literate script from Rod Serling, who in turn adapted the monkey planet tale from Pierre Boulle, and brought to the screen a world turned upside down. In both the novel and the script, an astronaut (Charlton Heston) crashes his spacecraft on a world that he believes lies hundreds of light years from earth only to discover that it is apes who rule and human beings who serve. The plot, which details Heston's attempt to understand how this monkey ruling society could have evolved, allows Director Franklin both to entertain and to instruct. The entertaining aspect is connected to an often biting and humorous didacticism that pokes a not so gentle thrust at an anti-war, post-hippie society that was contemporary with the film's release date of 1968. The tri-part ape society of gorilla, chimpanzee, and monkey correspond to the pro-war military, the educated elite, and the silent majority respectively. Just as human society was rent by internal dissent during the Vietnam War so is simian society equally divisive due to the heavy handed way the gorillas run roughshod over the chimps and monkeys. The impact of PLANET OF THE APES inheres in a very nearly seamless melding of sight to sound. At the start of the film, Heston and two other earth astronauts are forced to wander this new world and are greeted first by an inhospitable desert, then by thieving humans, and then finally by brute gorillas who round up the humans in images of white slave catchers recapturing runaway black slaves. The scene involving the imprisoning of the humans still shocks in intensity, even after more than three decades. Later, other and similar scenes set up the beach finale that indicates at what point human society began to wither and simian society began to be ascendant. Much of the dialogue is rife with irony and wit that when spoken by apes about humans richly suggests the folly of ethnic egotism that is apparently not limited to humans alone.

Heston's supporting cast is capable and even classically trained. Maurice Evans as the ape leader mouths platitudes with the certainty of a wounded Lear as he tries mightily to grasp why his own kind are taking the side of the humans. Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter are kindly scientists who can see that Heston is far more than the mutated freak that the gorilla leaders hold him to be. And then there is the obligatory piece of female eye candy, fetchingly played by Linda Harrison, as Heston's love interest. What PLANET OF THE APES points out is that if our contemporary human society suffers from mutually assured destruction, then the survivors may be indistinguishable from the brutish laws of a future ruling simian one.

Re-release of the classic film Planet of the Apes!! I can't wait. You know this one is gonna be good! I can warrant giving it 5 stars already, cause I've seen the film many times and have enjoyed it emensly...It's just the extras we're worrying about here though.... With the 35th Anniversary release, we can look foward to some great extras on the DVD...Commentary by actors Roddy McDowall, Natalie Trundy, Kim Hunter and others. Outtakes, Roddy McDowall home videos and I'm sure much, much more! This is surely a DVD to look out for!

The box cover is a bit of a spoiler. This is unfortunate, because the first time you see this film, the ending is a real shocker. Don't ask anyone what I mean; watch it without knowing the ending, and let yourself take the wild roller coaster drop when you see it.

The casting is unusual and brilliant. Kim Hunter, best known for winning the supporting actress Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire, plays Zira, a chimpanzee who is a psychologist studying human behavior. Former child star Roddy McDowell plays her husband, Cornelius. Charleton Heston is Taylor, a talking human who shakes up the ape society's view of itself as the species created in the image of god.

The set design and costumes hint of "B" IAP movies, but this is not a B-film. It is a brilliant, heavy-handed, yet not didactic commentary on human society; it is as true now as it was when it was first released upon the Vietnam-era United States.

Though there are sly backhands at the government that got us into Vietnam, and created the "generation gap," the larger commentary on race relations and the treatment of non-human animals is staggering.

The ape make-up is pure art, and the film is watchable just for the human actors bringing the ape faces to life. But it's watchable for much more than thrills; watch it for its message: because of the ape allegory, the film makes many statements that couldn't be made directly.

On top of it all, this is plain fun, science fiction, and a fantastic action film.

Rated G when you could say "damn" in a G film, this film is something that children will love-- though there's so much in it, and adult won't pick it all up without repeated viewings.

This is a buyable film; you'll want to watch it again and again.

The impact of PLANET OF THE APES has unfortunately suffered a diminution because of the inferior sequels and a cartoonish television series. Nevertheless the original still resonates in ways that even now does not lose power after multiple viewings. Director Franklin Schaffner took a literate script from Rod Serling, who in turn adapted the monkey planet tale from Pierre Boulle, and brought to the screen a world turned upside down. In both the novel and the script, an astronaut (Charlton Heston) crashes his spacecraft on a world that he believes lies hundreds of light years from earth only to discover that it is apes who rule and human beings who serve. The plot, which details Heston's attempt to understand how this monkey ruling society could have evolved, allows Director Franklin both to entertain and to instruct. The entertaining aspect is connected to an often biting and humorous didacticism that pokes a not so gentle thrust at an anti-war, post-hippie society that was contemporary with the film's release date of 1968. The tri-part ape society of gorilla, chimpanzee, and monkey correspond to the pro-war military, the educated elite, and the silent majority respectively. Just as human society was rent by internal dissent during the Vietnam War so is simian society equally divisive due to the heavy handed way the gorillas run roughshod over the chimps and monkeys. The impact of PLANET OF THE APES inheres in a very nearly seamless melding of sight to sound. At the start of the film, Heston and two other earth astronauts are forced to wander this new world and are greeted first by an inhospitable desert, then by thieving humans, and then finally by brute gorillas who round up the humans in images of white slave catchers recapturing runaway black slaves. The scene involving the imprisoning of the humans still shocks in intensity, even after more than three decades. Later, other and similar scenes set up the beach finale that indicates at what point human society began to wither and simian society began to be ascendant. Much of the dialogue is rife with irony and wit that when spoken by apes about humans richly suggests the folly of ethnic egotism that is apparently not limited to humans alone.

Heston's supporting cast is capable and even classically trained. Maurice Evans as the ape leader mouths platitudes with the certainty of a wounded Lear as he tries mightily to grasp why his own kind are taking the side of the humans. Roddy McDowell and Kim Hunter are kindly scientists who can see that Heston is far more than the mutated freak that the gorilla leaders hold him to be. And then there is the obligatory piece of female eye candy, fetchingly played by Linda Harrison, as Heston's love interest. What PLANET OF THE APES points out is that if our contemporary human society suffers from mutually assured destruction, then the survivors may be indistinguishable from the brutish laws of a future ruling simian one.

Re-release of the classic film Planet of the Apes!! I can't wait. You know this one is gonna be good! I can warrant giving it 5 stars already, cause I've seen the film many times and have enjoyed it emensly...It's just the extras we're worrying about here though.... With the 35th Anniversary release, we can look foward to some great extras on the DVD...Commentary by actors Roddy McDowall, Natalie Trundy, Kim Hunter and others. Outtakes, Roddy McDowall home videos and I'm sure much, much more! This is surely a DVD to look out for!

The box cover is a bit of a spoiler. This is unfortunate, because the first time you see this film, the ending is a real shocker. Don't ask anyone what I mean; watch it without knowing the ending, and let yourself take the wild roller coaster drop when you see it.

The casting is unusual and brilliant. Kim Hunter, best known for winning the supporting actress Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire, plays Zira, a chimpanzee who is a psychologist studying human behavior. Former child star Roddy McDowell plays her husband, Cornelius. Charleton Heston is Taylor, a talking human who shakes up the ape society's view of itself as the species created in the image of god.

The set design and costumes hint of "B" IAP movies, but this is not a B-film. It is a brilliant, heavy-handed, yet not didactic commentary on human society; it is as true now as it was when it was first released upon the Vietnam-era United States.

Though there are sly backhands at the government that got us into Vietnam, and created the "generation gap," the larger commentary on race relations and the treatment of non-human animals is staggering.

The ape make-up is pure art, and the film is watchable just for the human actors bringing the ape faces to life. But it's watchable for much more than thrills; watch it for its message: because of the ape allegory, the film makes many statements that couldn't be made directly.

On top of it all, this is plain fun, science fiction, and a fantastic action film.

Rated G when you could say "damn" in a G film, this film is something that children will love-- though there's so much in it, and adult won't pick it all up without repeated viewings.

This is a buyable film; you'll want to watch it again and again.

The first season of Mr. Show is absolutely painful to watch. Without any of the brilliance but in the style of Monty Python, poorly drawn sketches are fumbled through in a manner reminiscent of a college theater production. The ideas are not terrible, but the execution is abominable and the writing is half-baked.

The second season is far superior to the first, but remains just lukewarm.

See the title of this review.

This is the kind of stuff that renews your faith in the fact that there are people are there capable of making great television. Laugh-out-loud funny for hours and hours!

I am still angry the show was not able to continue to grow, but this DVD will hopefully indicate to the HBO execs that maybe people actually DID like the damn show.

This film was just a wild ride from the word go. We're suspended in disbelief as we watch one set of insane circumstances beget another. No matter, Christian and Patricia engage us and assure us at each step... yes, it's believable my character would do this. And we nod, hypnotically, yes, you're right. A good film.

What can you say about a guy who has the King as a Guardian Angel? Either he is as star-crossed as the King was, or he is very lucky. Lots of action and hilarious dialogue. With all the cameos, you may even find your favorite actor in here.

Quentin Tarintino was a no-name when this movie hit the theaters. I don't remember hearing much press about it when it was released, but I rented it when it first hit the shelves and I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY. This is such a great movie.
The story starts off when Clarence (Christian Slater) and Alabama (Patricia Arquette) meet at a movie theater showing a kung-fu marathon. They spend the night together *nudge, nudge* wink, wink* and realize that they are in love with eachother and have been brought together by fate. Not a pair to let this moment pass, they get married less than 12 hours later. But, it's not quite happily ever after just yet. Alabama was a hooker (employeed for three days)and when Clarence goes to pick up some of her clothes, he gets into a fight with her pimp (Gary Oldman) and ends up killing him. He takes off (accidently leaving his drivers license behind) with a suitcase of Alabama's clothes. When he gets back to his wife - surprise! - it's not a suitcase full of clothes, it's a suitcase filled to the brim with cocaine. They decide to take advantage of the situation and drive out to LA to see Clarence's friend, Dick Richie (Micheal Rappaport)to see if he has any Hollywood connections who would buy half a million dollars worth of cocaine. Of course he does. But the plot gets more tangled as rightful owners of the cocaine (Tony Soprano, Christopher Walken, and others) want their drugs back and try to track them down & the cops are suddenly involved.

This movie is full of everything - romance, humor, action, drugs, rock-n-roll, sex. It doesn't get much better than this. Christian Slater is great & Patricia Arquette is the cutest thing ever. The movie is FULL of famous actors (those listed above plus Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer - who plays the voice of Clarence's alter-Elvis-ego, Brad Pitt)
The unrated directors cut is great because there are scenes added to the movie that weren't in the orginal - more graphic violence, drug use, language, and sex.
You will not be disappointed by this movie. It's a must-see and a must-own!

An accountant named William Blake (Johnny Depp) goes West in the late 19th century looking for a job and instead winds up with a bullet near his heart and on the run from the law. Luckily, an Indian man named Nobody (Gary Farmer) takes pity on him and thinking he's the great English poet, he takes Blake on a slow journey to the ocean and his own death. Even though there's clearly supposed to be a connection to the poet William Blake's works (they quote his poetry a lot, there's a character named Thel), I just didn't get it. Nobody tells Blake that his gun will now create his poetry, but didn't the real Blake write that "Every Thing that Lives is Holy"? Also, the depiction of the West and the people in it is so unrelentingly bleak and hellish that it seems to examine only Blake's dissatifaction with the modern world and none of his hope that somehow man can escape his real and imagined fetters and someday truly live.

That being said, the film is worth your time for a couple of really beautiful scenes, all of them involving either paper flowers or Johnny Depp. Depp is so good, SO good, that he can say a simple line like, "You're a very strange man," and infuse it with such love that it sounds like the sweetest compliment ever given. At the end of the film he has just a few lines, the word, "Hello," being one of them and he even makes "Hello" sound like something special. He makes you realize that if the directer, Jim Jarmusch, had kept all the interaction between Blake and Nobody and taken out a large quantity of the quirky and violent gun fodder characters, this might have been a very good movie.

This film, from director Jim Jarmusch, is a benchmark. It sets the tone for all bizarre westerns. It plays out fitfully; jagged like a nightmare. The black & white cinematography by Robby Muller is crisp and innovative; creating a Noir acid-dream atmosphere. The musical score, by Neil Young, initially thrills us; just the right chords and throbs. Then it becomes tediously repetitive. Is this intentional ? Is Jarmusch using this repetition as a motif ? Possibly.

I felt that from the opening credits the whole film was done in flashbacks. As the frontier train rumbled toward its dark destination, there were a series of fade-outs; with passengers changing into others, and terrain metamorphosing into a bleak arrid wasteland. The fades were like blinks, making the new scenes more illusionary and dreamlike.

Johnny Depp, with his performance of William Blake, added to his personal pantheon of eccentric roles. Part Buster Keaton, part William Bonney, Depp wandered the streets of a decaying town knee-deep in mud and depravity. We wanted to laugh, but were afraid to. In that desolate town, nothing appeared normal. The townsfolk were zombie-like, or possessed by unseen demons. Madness coarsed through the streets like a hot wind. Towering over the edge of town, like the feudal castle of Vlad, the Dickinson Metal Works belched black smoke into a cloudless sky.

Lied to and betrayed, Depp barged into the office of the owner, John Dickinson; played by Robert Mitchum. The character is obviously insane, paranoic, and dangerous. Rushing from the cavernous darkness of the factory, Depp found himself desolate, lost, and desperate. Wandering aimlessly, he met and bedded a flower girl (Mili Avital). She happened to be the former girlfriend of Dickinson's son Charlie. In the midst of their passion, Gabriel Byrne, as Charlie, burst into her room and in a fit of rage, shot her and Depp. In self-defense, Blake killed the intruder. Mortally wounded Depp began his flight, his quest, his Death Adventure.

The entire cast is first-rate. Gary Farmer, as the European-educated Indian "Nobody", dominates the film. Was he a spirit guide, an angel of death, or just a native American vagabond ?
We can decide for ourselves. Lance Henriksen and Michael Wincott are killers hired to hunt down Blake. Their portrayals are vivid and off-beat; especially Henriksen as Cole Wilson; evil incarnate. Along the way, as his strength ebbed, Depp met many colorful characters; an odyssey of sorts. One night he chanced onto a meeting with Billy Bob Thornton ( Big George ), and Iggy Pop as Sabatore "Sally" Jenko, attired in a dress and bonnet. They, too, had to be dispatched by Blake; in self-defense. As the death toll rose, it seemed odd that Blake never picked up a discarded weapon, or more ammunition. This was another inconsistency that pointed to the possibility that the film represented the last gasps, the sordid dreams of a wounded dying man. John Hurt, Crispin Glover, Alfred Molina, and Steve Buscemi spice up the narrative with sparkling off-center characters.

The film is unsettling, illogical, mildly maddening and wildly creative; both frightening and fascinating, like petting a pit viper. The end appears to be the beginning, dipping us into the cyle of a life; hinting that Death is not an end, rather it is a transition; that each life is but a smudge on a larger canvas.

I think this movie is brilliant, who cares. Depp did an amazing job as Blake and I liked that. with great violent scenes and a good assemble cast makes this good. story with plot made this not a bore but a fascinating journey in the world of Blake. for Depp fans.

I bought this on vhs when I was 17 and had never done any yoga. At the time there werent very many videos (and certainly not dvd's) out on the market for yoga. Well I have to say that it went way past my expectations.

I did watch the tape the first time before trying to do any of the poses like it suggests and I was definately intimidated. But I tried it and I wasnt any good. Certainly over the past 9 years I have gotten better. But there are still many poses that I cant do as gracefully as I could so I am constantly learning.

I have scoliosis and there are many tapes I have tried that hurt my back. This is not one of them. A week doing Taebo and Im back into physical therapy. I can do this 7 days a week and theres no problem.

This is a challenging, relaxing, invigorating and wonderful yoga practice. I highly reccomend this to anyone wanting a little more than what most other dvd's and video's give you.

The video is beautiful. The music is relaxing and calming. The instruction is wonderful. There isnt anything about this that I can say is bad. To have used this tape for 9 years and not be annoyed by the music or instructor has to tell you something.

I lucked into this video at the library. I checked it out when I was just begining my interest in yoga. Since then I have seen many more videos and this is the one I decided I must own. The workout is the perfect length, the scenery is beautiful. When I first started, one of the poses seemed difficult but just enough to be a challenge and keep things interesting. Now I love that pose. The instruction is perfect, not too much explanation which can get old when you do the same video again and again. If you have never done yoga before, I suggest getting something basic like "Yoga for Dummies" from the library to learn the poses, then BUY this one. It is really wonderful. I still can not find another tape that compares to it.

I tried this video at the recommendation of my yoga instructor. I've been looking a long time for a yoga video with more strength training, a longer running time and the flexibility to include my level of ability (beginner). This is the first yoga workout that had the challenges and duration that I was looking for in a home, yoga workout. The scenery and music are wonderful!

This is the kitchiest piece of junk in the entire series. Not only is the plot ridiculously unbelievable - they have to go back in time to get whales because of some strange ship they can't stop from destroying the Earth while searching for its "cousins" - but it is utterly lacking in any of the ST spirit. Though I am a big star trek fan, this is both silly and stupid. But then, I love hard sci fi and deplore this totally predictable, feel-good pap. Not recommended.

This is the highest grossing Star Trek movie to date, and for good reason. It's funny, and has a socially-conscious theme.

STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (Special Edition) is a great edition to the Star Trek collection and for those who enjoy extras and features the second DVD has a lot to offer. There are retrospectives, behind the scenes, histories, graphics, illustrations, deleted scenes and features that include the original cast, crew and some insights from NASA and other scientists.

The DVD extra's are fantastic and filled insight, education and perspectives. Even Eugene Roddenberry, Star Trek's Creator Gene Roddenberrys (Earth II, The Questor Tapes) son makes some interesting commentary on his father.

The movie was the second direction by Leonard Nimoy (Three Men and A Baby, The Good Mother) and written by Harve Bennet, Leonard Nimoy and Nicholas Meyer (The same team responsible for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search For Spock) and has been the critics, general publics and Star Trek fans favorite of all the Star Trek movies. (That includes The Next Generation features too!)

The story is simple - all the good ones are - mankind is in trouble and our crew of the Starship Enterprise are the only ones who can save humanity. How? They need to go bring two humpback whales back in to the 23rd century. Why? There is an alien space probe that is communicating to the Earth's oceans on a level of intensity that is destroying Earth.

The fun begins when you take 23rd Century philosophies and through them into the 1986 San Francisco mentality. Seeing this crew in the middle of San Fran trying find their way around, spend money and ride the busses is hysterical.

The best performances come from Captain Kirk himself - William Shatner (Miss Congeniality, Loaded Weapon 1) and a Zoologist played by Catherine Hicks (7th Heaven, Child's Play.) When they interact with each other. They are charming, funny, witty and energetic. Leonard Nimoy (Golda, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers) himself does a stunning and hysterical job as Spock who just got his "mind" back. He has some of the funniest lines in the whole movie. The whole original cast seems to be having the best time throughout this movie.

It has action, adventure, a great story, special effects and the best humor a movie could possibly want. The DVD extra's are by far the most educational of all the DVD's of Star Trek series. The funniest is listening to the commentary of Shatner and Nimoy as the film runs. Fun for the whole family and a must for any one who likes these types of movies; Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure! 5-20-03 & 11-14-04