Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Corrected entry: It is established at the start of the movie that the Klingon Bird of Prey is the same one that they flew to Vulcan in Star Trek III: Search for Spock. The bridge of the ship however is totally and utterly different to the one shown in the previous movie. There can be no claim to suggest they remodelled it in their time on Vulcan, because everyone still uses the controls with a degree of caution, which they wouldn't do if they modified it to suit their needs.

GalahadFairlight

Correction: There most certainly can be made a claim that they remodeled it on Vulcan. What difference does it make if they, "use the controls with a great deal of caution?" People use brand new things and things they are already familiar with a great deal of caution. And this measurement is highly subjective at best. The crew is likely a bit apprehensive because the "guts" of the ship, for lack of a better term, are still Klingon. Scotty even speaks negatively of the dilithium crystals in the ship at point.

Corrected entry: When the crew starts to evacuate the Bird of Prey from the ship's hatch, the sound stage wall is easily visible.

Correction: That's the wall of the escape hatchway, not the sound stage wall.

johnrosa

Corrected entry: Starfleet has serious regulations on bringing future technology to inappropriate time periods (which is why the Bird of Prey remained cloaked during it's time in 1986). Chekov being fully aware and considerate of these regulations, considering he has been in Starfleet for about 20 years should have never tossed the Klingon phaser (23rd Century technology) at the navy officer (20th Century person) with full knowledge that he'll never be able to retrieve it. He is too smart for it to have been panic.

Correction: Maybe a bad error in judgment, but a character mistake, not a movie mistake.

wizard_of_gore

Correction: First off, the men interrogating him do not appear to be Navy officers but rather federal agents (FBI, CIA, etc.) The guy asking the questions has some idea of what the phaser is supposed to be, "Make nice, give us the ray gun" so he either deduced that or as is common in interrogations, they're asking the same questions over and over. The interrogators obviously don't believe a word of what Chekov is saying, hence why the one agent tells him, "Go ahead, stun me."

Factual error: The "whaling boat" is too small to function as such. It isn't large enough to hold a fin, let alone disassemble a humpback whale.

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Kirk: Mr. Spock, have you accounted for the variable mass of whales and water in your time re-entry program?
Spock: Mr. Scott cannot give me exact figures, Admiral, so... I will make a guess.
Kirk: A guess? You, Spock? That's extraordinary.
Spock: [to Dr. McCoy] I don't think he understands.
McCoy: No, Spock. He means that he feels safer about your guesses than most other people's facts.
Spock: Then you're saying... It is a compliment?
McCoy: It is.
Spock: Ah. Then, I will try to make the best guess I can.
McCoy: Please do.

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Trivia: Kirk Thatcher, an associate producer of the film, played the punk on the bus, and also wrote the song ("I Hate You") the punk is listening to on his boombox. (00:43:45)

wizard_of_gore

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Question: In a few scenes in the film, the characters mention how people of the 20th century still use money. Key word: still. How is the process of currency different in the 23rd century compared to the present?

Answer: The United Federation of Planets uses the credit. Its a purely electronic form of money. Necessities and luxuries both are simple and cheap to produce with the Federation's advanced technology, and humanity has matured to the point that accumulating wealth is considered vulgar. Furthering the common good or the advancement of humanity is the real status symbol in the 23rd and 24th century. These conditions result in a society with very little need for money. Citizens are paid, but since the technology built into a place of business (or starship) or home supplies all basic needs for free, most people spend money only on exotic products that aren't commonly manufactured, like art or handmade foods.

Grumpy Scot

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