Starring San Francisco: Would You Rather H.G. Wells or Jack the Ripper?
If you thought killing prostitutes for fun in a simulacrum of San Francisco was just for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, you don't know the...
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Xenu said:
July 28, 2009 12:13 PM
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The same guy who wrote this film went on to write Star Trek IV, which has a remarkably similar plot -- Kirk & Co. have to travel back in time to San Francisco. But instead of saving prostitutes, they have to save the whales.
The best part of that film, of course, is watching Kirk and Spock ride Muni.
Christine Borden replied to comment from Xenu
July 28, 2009 12:20 PM
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You know, you're totally right. I completely forgot about that choice tidbit. Incidentally, I already wrote a SSF on "The Voyage Home."
You can find it here: http://sfappeal.com/culture/2009/04/starring-san-francisco-save-the-whales-man.php
Perhaps there is a time machine pattern here I need to investigate.