Star Trek III and IV - great way to spend a Sunday

Yesterday the hubby and I decided to have one of his brothers (and the brother's gf) over for dinner.  The plan for dinner was a nice, semi-lazy slow cooker-based meal (more on that later) and so we had the afternoon to lounge around and just hang out together (a total rarity).  So we popped in Star TrekIII: The Search for Spock.

As stated in my post on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, I enjoyed it so much that I was really looking forward to III - and I was not disappointed.  This movie was really interesting - just as interesting as II, really.  So much so that I actually put down my magazine and my laptop and just snuggled up to my husband and watched the movie. No, seriously, this is a big deal.  1 - I don't snuggle.  2 - I don't watch TV without doing something else at the same time (usually reading on my laptop, sometimes flipping through a magazine).  For this film to get my full attention, it had to be really interesting.  It was so interesting and entertaining that I asked if we could watch the next film after dinner: Star Trek IV: TheVoyage Home.

I was previously told by several sources that this film is the favorite among non-Trekkies and, now having watched it, it's very easy to see why.  It's the least space/science/technology-oriented of the films I've seen so far.  Not to ruin anything if you haven't seen it, but a lot of it takes place in 1980s San Francisco (so, on Earth, not in space) and the plot could be the plot of any non-Trek film.  I enjoyed it a lot, but I felt like they were pandering to the non-Trekkie audience a bit.  The film was funny and entertaining, though, and if it was a bit earlier when we finished it, I would have wanted to just keep on going and pop in Star Trek V.  But we'll save that for another evening.

So, yeah - I think my husband is succeeding in his quest to turn me into a Trekkie.  Man, I would have never thought it possible.  You won't find me building Enterprise models but I really do want to watch more films and the original series.  Gah.