Star Trek IV

I was rewatching Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, as all of the Trek movies have cycled around on pay cable.

It’s a reminder of the simple power of goodness and teamwork, and seeing people we like, who like each other, live up to their ideals. Ah, Star Trek, bless you.

I remember when the late 1980s Star Trek movies came out and the critics and culture were just merciless about the aging cast. Old jokes, fat jokes, wig jokes—it was brutal.

And now Indiana Jones is in his eighties and Tom Cruise is 63 and hanging off airplanes and nobody cares.

Seriously, even in Star Trek VI, Shatner and Nimoy were only 59!