For the uninitiated, the magic of television's Star Trek was not to be discovered in the Star Trek movies, I through III. But that changed with Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, in which the now-aging crew (buttressed by a perhaps unintentionally entertaining array of hair-dyes and make-up) seems to have sprung to life anew in a lightweight tale in which the traditionally humorous interplay between crew members is highlighted, even spoofed. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty and the rest of the Star Trek regulars become caught up in 20th century ecology, San Francisco "save-the-whales" style, in order to save life in the 23rd century and beyond. Some critics, like David Edelstein in the Village Voice wailed at the addition of this distinctly earthbound and contemporary plot to dilute "what was timeless about Star Trek-its vision of military explorers as a kind of dream bureaucracy, in which communication became more precise than humanly possible...(and) its predictable approach to every conflict: logic versus emotion, with the man of action (Kirk) weighing each in its turn." But others, such as Rod Granger in Film Journal, note a return to the "real" Star Trek-that of the TV series: "The plot and tone have the same goofily heroic quality, bolstered by sturdy liberal underpinnings, that characterized the most memorable episodes of the winning series."