Monday, March 31, 2014

Only now does it occur to me... STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME

Only now does it occur to me...  that in STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (you know, the one with the time travel and saving the whales), when the crew of the Enterprise lands in 1980s San Francisco, they totally look like a multi-culti, ludicrously garbed street gang out of a Cannon Film!

They could absolutely be strolling down a street in DEATH WISH 3 or REVENGE OF THE NINJA, for sure.
Anyway, this soon leads to the most Cannon Film-ish moment in STAR TREK history when on a public bus, Captain Kirk tells a boom-box-blasting punk (who's listening to some generic rip-off Sex Pistols) to turn down his radio.

The punk retorts with a middle finger:

before Spock intercedes with a Vulcan nerve pinch rendering the rude young fellow unconscious:

Naturally, this leads the bus to its intended destination:  Slow Clap City.

I love this movie.
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2 comments:

  1. CannonApril 1, 2014 at 1:58 PM

    Ever notice that back in the 80s a lotta shit was being zapped into our time from the future or some other planet or something?

    There should be, like, a tally of movies from said decade that feature this.

    Anyways ...Kirk goes for pizza and beer with Chatherine Hicks. Something about that just makes me happy inside.

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  2. Sean GillApril 1, 2014 at 7:56 PM

    Cannon,

    Oh yeah, everything from THE TERMINATOR to FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR and BILL & TED... good stuff.

    Kirk's pizza and beers with Hicks also warms my heart.

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