Kirk has been promoted to the rank of Admiral. He returns to Captain the USS Enterprise as there is a 'thing' out there.

Voyage of discovery at the beginning of a five picture deal.

Characters:

• Mr Spock is very logical
• Mr Bones is very testy towards Mr Spock
• Mr Scottie is determined to continue with his Scottish accent straight from a 1930's US movie
• Ms Uhuru is keenly on hand to make up the numbers
• Captain Kirk is dreamy

"A highly philosophical plot, not much time wasted running and zapping with their phasers. A disappointment."

"A veritable cornucopia of logical thought with pointy ears. Don't expect Blade Runner, but it is much better than the trash sci-fi shows of the 1960's, the colors are much better and the special effects don't make the walls wobble. A triumph!"

"Captain Kirk pulls his stomach in with gusto, although there is little need for his legendary punchy-fists to save the day. All in all a nicely wordy piece."

"The Spock-alise: one of my earliest disappointments in childhood. It was not until my 14th year when I realized that you couldn't make someone unconscious by just nipping their shoulder like Mr Spock (I assumed I was doing it wrong)."

"Captain Kirk was once voted the best manager of all-time by a management consultancy. I bet if he didn't get what he wanted, he could just let that stomach out - a submission would surely follow."

V-ger is the Voyager 6 space probe - it is looking for its creator as it has mutated into an artificial intelligence type non-human-feeling-creature. Will it and Mr Spock marry? Close, but no C-ger.

To continue on its evolution, Decker, from the Enterprise, agrees to be melded to almost certain death off screen in a moment of human growth experimentation madness. There must be a spin off series in this somewhere... Never fear, all the main characters live for the sequel.

The special effects are a million times better in this movie than in the TV series.

June 5, 2002