A Mystery Solved.......Finally!

 

For many years, fans of Star Trek have all wondered the same thing.  They've pondered  a mystery that has been around ever since Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was released in theaters.  It's a question the makers of the film have never openly answered.  That question, of course, is . . . . . . .

 

What the hell do the Humpback whales and the alien probe talk about at the end of the film?

 

For those of you who have never seen Star Trek IV (what's wrong with you?), let me explain.  At the beginning of the film, this giant cigar shaped alien probe thing shows up at earth and starts causing all sorts of havoc with Earth's weather.  It also starts searching the oceans, but no one knows for what.  Captain Kirk and his crew though have no problem figuring out what it's looking for.  Humpback whales.  It's trying to talk to whales, but the problem is Humpbacks are extinct in the time of Kirk, so they go back in time to the 1980's, have some hilarious "man out of time" adventures, meet up with a really scary whale scientist lady, and eventually steal two Humpback whales and book it back to the 24th century.

 

Once they crash land into the ocean and let the whales out, the whales and the probe have an extended conversation about something, and then the probe leaves.  The only problem is, audiences were never told what was talked about.  All we got to see were shots of the whales intercut with shots from the probe as they speak whale-speak, and then the probe flies off.

 

So just what the hell are they talking about?  Finally, thanks to youtube, we have an answer.  Some brave soul with way too much time on his hands has obviously figured out how to translate whale-speak and has added subtitles to the scene at the end of the movie.  The result is . . . . . well . . . . . maybe you should just watch for yourself.

 

Personally, I'm just glad this mystery has been solved.  Now I don't have to lay awake at night wondering what the whale and the probe talked about.