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I get choked up EVERY time I see Rickman do the "By Grabthar's Hammer" line with sincerity. It's just such a powerful moment, and I also love it because of the inspiration behind it with Leonard Nemoy. How for a long time after the show/movies, he HATED that everyone just saw him as Spock, and how he got so tired of everyone telling him to "Live long and prosper". But after many years, and realizing that a LOT of people, found genuine aid and comfort from his words. Like people were able to get a handle on their lives, how it shaped their outlook on the world in a positive way, that he started to appreciate the impact his character had on the world. That he had become an actual force for good in the world, with the character that he put so much creativity into. That's why as Quillek is laying dying and says "You were like a father to me." It hits so hard. Because while he didn't have droves of fans, the people who were inspired by him, had their lives turned around. That it MEANT SOMETHING to them. Which in the end, is what most actors want. They want their work to impact people, to give them hope, inspiration, motivation, joy. And he did.
I always get teared up in that scene. Alan Rickman was such a good actor.
Best moment in the movie for sure
That reminds me about Natalie's question from the intro; what you did was the Vulcan salute, performed when greeting or leaving someone. Usually accompanied by "Live long, and prosper." It's said Nimoy (who's Jewish) remembered a similar gesture with both hands by a rabbi during a ceremony when he was a child. He was looking for a distinct Vulcan greeting when they meet each other.
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@@Caseytify Yeah there are actually a lot of old interviews with Nemoy when the show first aired, where he talked about his inspiration for stuff. Like how he came up with the Vulcan neck pinch, because he felt that a species as evolved and enlightened as the Vulcan's wouldn't just kill people. They were above that. So he came up with this non-lethal knockout trick, as another layer of alien uniqueness for the species. But to hear him talk about WHY he came up with it, is really neat. He put a lot of serious thought into that character, to make it feel fleshed out, and believable. And I think his effort shows, given the longevity and impact of the character.
I LOVE this movie, and so do the vast majority of Trek people. Patrick Stewart wasn't interested until Jonathan Frakes insisted he HAD to see it "in a theater with an audience." He listened, and he fell in love. He said his favorite part was that it made the fans into heroes and let them save the day, because real-life fans are so passionate and supportive. This is a rare case where a movie is fantastic and funny on the face of it, but also full of warm fuzzy feelings in the backstory as well.
Yeah Patrick Stewart thought it would be a mocking parody and avoided it.
Patrick was the only one who laugh the hardest and loudest when he saw it.
Yeah, Patrick Stewart has admitted that in the early seasons he took himself and the roll far too seriously and struggled to have fun with it. But he eventually did become more relaxed and he's said it helped him be better at his role.
@Patrick Cromwell you can see it happen on TNG a couple seasons in. He relaxes into the role and he isn't quite as rigid. He even begins softening the way he delivers his lines.
I was a pretty hard-core Trek fan in the 1990's, and I LOVE this movie so much.
This is the sci-fi equivalent to The Princess Bride: a perfect movie in its genre.
Totally agree with this!
This is a spectacular parallel
amen
YES! If someone asks me what my fave movies are, I always say Galaxy Quest and The Princess Bride.
Galaxy Quest and The Princess Bride, two PERFECT movies.
You should have included Guy's reaction to Laliara and Chen "getting busy." Rockwell's "...no...that's not right." Is perfection.
In the Galaxy Quest documentary “Never Give Up Never Surrender” Tim Allen said he actually choked up when acting the scene where he said “we lied” and said he din’t like the feeling, but Alan Rickman then quipped “He just experienced acting for the first time” - hilarious
This movie did a really neat trick in theaters. The movie was formatted in 4:3 (like old tv shows) up to the point where the doors open on the space ship showing the captain the vastness of space, and then it became widescreen.
It was actually in 3 ratios in the theaters. 4x3 for the opening TV show scenes (first 2 minutes). Then the screen opened up to 1.85:1 academy ratio as they pulled out from "to be continued..." to show the convention (next 20 minutes). It stayed in academy ratio until the doors opened up on the space ship to send Nesmith back to Earth (after the initial Sarris confrontation) and became the full 2.35:1 Panavision widescreen for the rest of the movie.
I was disappointed when the first DVD came out and it went from 4x3 to Panavision immediately after the TV show scenes, skipping the whole 1.85:1 framed section altogether. But it does show that they simply cropped the sides for the theatrical release. None of the opening credits text gets too close to the sides.
This movie isn't just a parody of Star Trek, it's a parody of the whole Star Trek ('Trekkie') fandom. But at the same time it's an homage to the same; it's a love letter wrapped in a roast. And it pulls it all off to absolute perfection.
"Miners not minors" is one of my favorite lines ever. Right up there with, "I understand. It is important you believe me. Look behind you."
My favorite underrated joke in the movie: The fact that Guy spends most of the movie saying things like “They’re gonna get mean and ugly” and “Is there air?!” … and then at the end of the movie, his reboot character is a Security Officer 😂
Enrico Colantoni makes this movie for me, he is so genuine in his performance, especially when he is learning the truth about Taggart in his crew, and then 5 minutes later he has the biggest smile on his face.
Great reaction:), Guy was always paranoid about getting killed because in Star Trek whenever the main cast beams down to a planet and they have a couple of common red shirt security personnel, the red shirts ALWAYS die.
More importantly unamed Ensigns in Redshirts. That was the joke. He didn't have a name because he was just destined to die. So he got given a name and rank in the "new movie" to make him regular cast and protected by plot armour. His line about no-one knowing his name is one of the great StarTrek nods
that is a very good book, too. Titled "Redshirts" about crewpersons on a starship who realize that they are the only ones who get killed.
When Colm Meaney was on STTNG his character originally had no name. He was an unnamed redshirt operating the transporter. When the writers finally gave his character, Miles O'Brien, a name, nobody had told Meaney that his character was being given a larger part in an episode - and a name. As I recall the episode dealt with some aliens the Federation had previously encountered on hostile terms, so Picard was concerned about whether O'Brien might bear some resentment towards them.
So when Meaney got the script for that episode, he had a bit of a freakout thinking that he was being replaced on the show since the guy operating the transporter now had a name. I kinda think Guy freaking out about not having a name is also a reference to Meaney.
Such a great script and perfectly cast. When he has to admit he's just an actor and none of it is real I actually get tears in my eyes. Balancing comedy with real emotion is tough to do but they pull it off.
It is not just a parody, it is a great comedy, a sci-fi movie in his own right way better than it should.
They make use of all the tropes and cliches to poke fun of the genre but in a respectful way while showing genuine love for the fans.
All of this serve by a dream cast of actors at their peak and they clearly enjoy themself. It is one of those perfect movies.
I wouldn't call it a parody. More of a fun homage to Trek and the fandom. Like Young Frankenstein was a nod to the old Universal monster movies. If it was a parody, it would be more like Airplane! or Spaceballs.
1:56 - The Vulcan handsign means "live long and prosper", and Leonard Nimoy, who was Jewish and played the Vulcan Spock, introduced it based on a Jewish blessing he'd seen as a child.
Yes, I was an Aliens reference. :)
One callback I can't resist mentioning: in the original series Scotty (the ship's engineer) was constantly calling Kirk on the bridge to say "the engines canna take it, captain! the ship is breaking up!!" every other episode.
There are several deleted scenes (that are thankfully on UA-cam). Tony Shaloub really got cut. And, yes, his character was stoned the whole time.
The movie is less a parody of Star Trek than a love letter to fandom.
Fun Fact: Sam Rockwell's scream when they first arrived was not scripted. Sigourney's startled jump was genuine.
edit: almost forgot; in the movie, the first series had been cancelled 18 years before. At the end we see a new Galaxy Quest series announced.
18 years is the period between the original series ending and The Next Generation beginning.
I love the scene where Guy berates Fred for not checking the planet's atmosphere before opening the back hatch. What makes it funny is Fred just casually taking a breath and saying it's okay.
He knew 'his boys' wouldn't have put them in a lander without any means to breathe, therefore the planet's atmosphere had to be safe. He trusted his boys....
One of my favorite meta jokes/parody aspects of this movie is the casting of Sigourney Weaver in general. Ripley from the Alien series is one of the greatest, most popular, ground breaking, bad ass, intelligent and capable sci-fi heroines of all time. She was even nominated for a best actress Oscar for Aliens which is practically unheard of for a Sci Fi film. And they cast her to play the complete opposite character, the ditsy, big boobed, blonde eye candy whose only job is to repeat what the computer says. Genius casting.
She often wore that blonde wig off-set, she liked it so much.
i really love how this movie somehow nails being a parody of star trek and the star trek fandom, while also being a love letter to star trek and the star trek fandom
Your "dramatic recreation" of the squirrel outside your window was the laugh I needed today. Thank you!
That “hello” gesture is actually Jewish. In the original series in the 1960s, the actor playing Spock wanted to introduce some special greeting (like “hello”) that Spock’s species would have. I recalled his Orthodox experiences at temple when the rabbi would make that gesture (forming the Hebrew letter of shin). The congregation would have their eyes closed when the rabbi would gesture, when the shekhinah would spread over the congregation.
Sam Rockwell's scream after the transport was ad-libbed. Watch Sigourney Weaver jump when he does it. Also, "Guy Fleegman" is a shout-out to long-time ST:TNG stand-in and extra Guy Vardaman. Vardaman said he damn near fell out of his seat in the theater when he saw the movie.
One of the cutest funny touches I liked was the fan in the audience fainting when Tim Allen kisses Sigourney Weaver, as if her hopes for those characters had finally been realized. But, yeah, SO MANY great lines and hilarious bits which put together make a greater whole. As an Original Fan of Star Trek, I can say this is the best parody of that iconic series.
I’m so happy this gem has been making the UA-cam rounds lately.
Most of the reactors I follow did this film about a year ago but you do bring up a good point. Is a film finally sowing up on a streaming service so everyone jumps on it or is there a secret cabal I don't know about. Alright everyone, the second week of April we're doing American Graffiti so work that into your schedule.
This film is such a glorious love letter to Star Trek, its actors, and especially the fandom, the more you learn about it, the more incredibly meaningful it gets. The first few times I watched it, I hadn’t seen any of the Star Trek episodes or movies, but I could still appreciate it as a stand-alone film. Now that I’ve watched several of the series, and a few movies as well, it brings even more joy and appreciation for this movie. Truly worth watching more than once, it’s got so many layers of commentary, homage, and brilliant parody, it gets better every time I watch it.
The reason "Guy" was so upset in the beginning was on Star Trek, first different Departments/Disciplines were designated by color of shirts/dresses (command=gold, sciences=blue, maintenence/ship ops=red. ie. security officers=red shirt). Secondly, periodically a security member (red shirt) would get killed and we only sometimes learned their last name.
That's why if a red shirted character appeared and it wasn't the "guest star" of the episode, we all knew "he's doomed".
Every time you watch a comedy, I can feel your sense of humor, your actual levels of enjoyment right through the screen. That's a rare gift in our tired old world, Nat. Thanks for sharing with us. :)
RIP Alan Rickman
Indeed.
One of the best actors of our time.
He will forever be missed.
May he rest in peace
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I love watching people love the movies I love. I don't think I even noticed that Guy was the only survivor of Saris' shooting spree. That's too funny
There’s a deleted scene where Tony Shalhoub’s character gets high in a bathroom before transport to the ship. That’s why he’s acting so chill the entire time.
When Natalie was born, the doctor in the delivery room asked her to react to Galaxy Quest.
That’s the absolute beauty of Galaxy Quest. I’m not a Star Trek fan, but I adore this movie
The reason Sigourney's shirt was unzipped was from a deleted scene where she was distracting a couple of aliens.
The joke about Sam Rockwell's character dying is likely a reference to the red shirt joke of Star Trek where unknown crew members in red shirts die in a lot of episodes.
One of my favorite comedies of all time, glad you watched it Natalie! 🙂
One of my all time favorite movies. An unsung masterpiece.
Fred Kwan is always chill (and eating) because he's always stoned. This was spelled out more obviously in the original script but they changed it to be more subtle to avoid a potential R rating. None the less, he always has a bag of snacks with him even if it isn't explained.
Also, he's supposed to be an Asian character so whenever he has the camera on him, he reflexively squints to look more Asian.
Enrico Colantoni(Mathazar) is also memorable in his very different role as former sheriff turned private detective in "Veronica Mars."
There's actually a documentary about this movie - it's pretty good. You don't have to watch Star Trek to like it. It's good on its own and just that much better if you are a fan of Star Trek.
Galaxy Quest was a parody in a way, but also kind of a love letter to Star Trek. One of the most underrated movies ever. It's fantastic.
The thing you missed about the Star Treck connection is that all the extras in the show wore red shirts, and everything the main cast would go down to a planed, the two red shirted extras were killed off. That's why GUY was so afraid. He had only been a young extra on the original show. That's why Weaver's character said, "We've got to get out of here before that thing kills Guy."
This is a hidden gem, one of those you finish watching when you catch it 20% in on USA or TNT
This was one of the best movies ever. A hilarious homage to both Star Trek and love for its fandom.
"Everyone's dying, but Guy." Everyone misses that, good job!
Natalie--I never saw anyone enjoy a movie as much as you did this one. Hilarious!!
That hand gesture with V fingers is the Vulcan hello, but it's taken from a Jewish Kohanim blessing that uses both hands -- Leonard Nimoy was Jewish and added Jewish beliefs to his dialogue and performances
this is just an amazing movie by itself, they did a great job to be able to enjoy it knowing about star trek or just conventions and fandoms in general
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Fun fact: it's hidden in the director commentary on DVD, the original story had Tony's character say in the opening scene that the way he puts up with the stress is magic-mushrooms before each public event. However, the studio wanted PG-13.
Tony Shalhoub’s character, who is the most highly edited character in the movie. In the original way that it was shot, he was constantly smoking pot, which explains his laid-back demeanor. I love this movie in its current form but I think a Directors cut should be released. (FYI it was Goblin Valley in southern Utah where they got the beryllium sphere.)
The TV guide joke came from Jerri Ryan. The actress that played Seven of Nine. Her interview was almost exclusively about her bust size and the uncomfortable catsuit she had to wear for a season. It really was a bad costume. It cut off her circulation she nearly passed out in set multiple times.
I just rewatched this movie this past weekend and my daughter watched it with me. We loved it. Sam Rockwell is panicking because he is just really regretting tagging along with them. lol
Natalie: "zip your suit up ma'am!"
Male Audience: "this woman does not speak for us"
The scene they cut out that explained why her suit is open was hilarious and I wish they had kept it in.
When Star Trek had its 50th anniversary, the official convention in Vegas did a ranking of all the movies. Galaxy Quest finished 7th.
With the mines they were magnetically attracted to the Galaxy Quest ship and they passed close enough to Saris’ ship that the mines moved to his ship.
I think you're right about the original line not being "screw that", but I'm pretty sure that the theatrical version has the same line, and the edit actually came before the movie's release when they had to make some changes to get a PG-13 rating.
Correct. I have the docco "Never Surrender" and you are correct. Dreamworks deemed it a little too profane for kids....a shame.
Galaxy Quest is the recognition of all fan-girls and fan-boys in the world and I love it for that
Huge themes of this are basically based on a couple things. One was that William Shatner was notoriously disliked by his cast members, though it seems Leonard Nimoy/Spock became friends with him later. Also, Rickman’s show character is basically Spock, and Nimoy once wrote a book in the ‘70s, “I Am Not Spock.” Many took this to mean he hated a trek and the character, even though he claims that wasn’t what the title meant. Then years later after Treks resurgence he wrote a book “I Am Spock.” Which meant he really came to appreciate the character and fans’ love of him. So Rickmans journey here is basically a short story version of that.
this cast was just so amazing But Samn Rockwell was in rare beautiful form! and oMG the engineer!!
One of my absolute favorite movies, because it is so good & has such an amazing cast, aside from the fact that I grew up on Star Trek. One person you might have missed on the cast because he was fully in prosthetics and everything is the late Robin Sachs as Serris.
It was really fun to watch this from the perspective of someone who has experience with acting. Lends an entirely other flavor to your reaction. I've been enjoying your reactions a lot of late, thank you for your enthusiasm!
As regards Star Trek, a lot of people might tell you to watch a different one first, but the original series has to be touched on first in my opinion simply because you can literally see how they overacting and hamminess of it is a transition from theater to early TV. And of course because so many of the conceits of the following series come from either continuing something from the original series, or trying to fix its failings. I usually tell people to watch them in order of release, but they're such a vast project as you said that a lot of people can probably get plenty out of it by just viewing certain nitpicked episodes in order to basically get the Zeitgeist of what they meant, and what they were trying to do, if that makes sense, and understand why they made such an impact, or just to get the flavor. I think that if you did a poll about which specific episodes to watch out of each series, you'd probably still understand a lot of what is going on there, get a lot out of it without having to get lost in a lot of those big, unnecessary arcs that sometimes evolved out of episodic TV when you had twenty-odd episodes to get through each season, and so they had so many filler episodes and that kind of thing, if you know what I mean. And then maybe it would whet your appetite for more if you ever decided to further delve into them, or at least allow you to understand the impact it had on future stuff, like you have all of the since shows like the newer Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Farscape, Red Dwarf, The Orville, all of these other things and that basically evolved from or riffed off of Star Trek w/ and a few other side notes. There's also basically a Star Trek for everybody. For instance a lot of people really love the Deep Space 9 series... But it's the only one aside from all the very new ones that have come out in the last two years or so that I haven't watched yet, because it starts out slow and is very involved in a very specific arc. Meanwhile, a lot of people dislike one that I really enjoy, Voyager, because it still has the sort of frontier aspect to it that I missed from the original series, because I grew up on reruns of that. A lot of people prefer The Next Generation to TOS because it's got more diplomacy and seems more civilized... Also I think it just kind of depends on whether you can handle the goofiness of what the people in the original series were required to deal with in order to get by in the early days of Hollywood on a shoestring, as opposed to the more polished stuff that came later because they were able to do more polished stuff; but I think from your background you would probably appreciate the original series in ways a lot of younger people don't these days. More importantly, despite a few strange a little sixties conceits, it has a surprisingly nuanced social commentary involved that sets the pace for all of the subsequent series.
Everybody involved had such a good time making this movie that they resolved to do a TV series based on it. everybody was on board and they were ready to start production when Alan Rickman died. That was the end of that. R.I.P.
This is such a fun movie to rewatch randomly!
This is the Tropic Thunder of Parodies. Best modern Star Trek film; as many of the characters are based on TOS TNG Actors, most notably Lenard Nemoy - Who spent his post-TOS career hating his SPOCK persona and lines, to such an extent, he wanted to be killed off in the 2nd film, due to being type-cast. It wasn't until, the joint pleasant experience of working on Wrath of Khan and going to a fan convention, where they told him how much he meant to them!
There is a documentary I believe it came out last year about the movie and the cast I believe its on Prime or netflix but it shows so much and it makes me love the movie more. I saw the movie when it was released because I grew up as a Star Trek/ Star Wars fan.
It would be so fun to do the whole next generation watch through one of my favorite TV shows I have ever seen
I LOVE LOVE LOVE that you have done this movie it was my absolute favorite back when it came out thank you for always creating such enjoyable and wholsome content 🥰
This is one of my favorite sci fi and comedy movies. Pokes fun at Hollywood in the best ways! A true masterpiece :D
I literally tear up every time I see the little alien die and Alan Rickman says the line. It's powerful.
this was one of my mothers favorite movies. seeing you watch it and have such a good time makes me think of how she was every time we watched this gem. thank you
A favorite sci-fi movie of my childhood .❤ RIP Alan Rickman
Also Robin Sachs/Sarris
You really should look up the Galaxy Quest deleted scenes. It's pretty clear why they were removed (e.g. pacing, run length) but they are super fun.
Fun Fact: Brett Spiner, the actor who played Data on Star Trek: Next Generation watched the movie, and was ashamed that they hadn't come up with the idea first.
20 years later my family still says "is there air?!? you don't know!" and other lines regularly.
Highly recommend a watch of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" after this, and "Moon", some of Sam Rockwell's other great space roles
Natalie, you were so funny reacting to this hilarious gem of a movie. I'm glad you enjoyed it, but how could you not? I've seen it about a half dozen times and still laugh at what I laughed at the first time, and things I didn't really notice so much the first time.
Watch it again one day. It'll be just as funny.
At least in the cinema, the movie's aspect ratio becomes wider at the point where the doors open in front of about-to-be-transported Tim Allen to reveal space.
I hoped you had watched this. And you did not disappoint! There is a lovely documentary about the movie that is well worth a watch. ❤❤❤
I love Galaxy Quest. Funny and witty and tender too. It is spot on.
LOTS of direct Star Trek references.
You don't need to watch Star Trek at this point. Having never seen Trek before, now after seeing the parody, you will likely just see Star Trek as a joke, rather than connecting to it as its fans have.
Glad you had fun watching 🙂
More than just Star Trek references: "Ducts, why is is always ducts!" lol
Also, check the deleted scenes for why Sigourney was all exposed at the end.
Fun Fact for you, Natalie:
The scene where Tim Allen's character over heard some fans trash talking Tim's character was based on a real-life experience that William Shatner had at a Star Trek convention
Some one pointed this fact out the other day. The character, Fred Kwan, as the name suggests is meant to be Asian so Tony Shalhoub narrows his eyes when he plays him, mocking having a white man play an Asian character in a stereotypical way. We see this in the bit from the original show when he has his eyes half closed. When the Thermians say his name when he first gets on the ship, he narrows his eyes again as though he is playing the character again as Asian. He does it again in the clip from the new show. I missed this every time I saw the film.
This film was so epic, Screen Junkies made a documentary about it. Definitely worth the watch, especially since it was made after Alan Rickman's passing.
The comparison to “Star Trek” are the tropes that evolved during the original series 3 year run more than the movies. The genre starts there. The first Star Trek movie is contemporaneous with Star Wars.
The duct thing probably referenced both "Alien" and "Star Trek". Star Trek had a few episodes of having to crawl through the air shafts. Even "the next generation" had a few of those moments. Anyway when I first heard that line I thought of the duct crawling in "Star Trek" and laughed hard. But you can't really justify that it was "always ducts". Not used that much in Star Trek, at least from my memory.
I remember seeing a clip of the Star Trek convention where the fans ranked the Star Trek movies and Galaxyquest ranked 7 out of 13!
OML YES, This is my childhood movie!! :D
Istg, I thought only me and my bf knew about this amazing movie XD
My two favorite non-Star Trek/Star Wars movies is Galaxy Quest and The Last Star Fighter. Last Star Fighter is the first all cgi generated movie ever.
What's do great is seeing you react pretty much the way I did when I saw this. I only knew about Tim and Sigourney but not the others. The multiple layers of geeking out is awesome here!!! Lol
My friend and I still quote this movie at each other.
I loved this movie. They finally worked together even though previously they had to be paid just to tolerate one another. I need to download this movie. I no longer have a DVD player.
I legit did not get the "ducts" reference until very very recently (Alien is my favorite horror movie of all time)... Galaxy Quest is one of the best comedies ever made
The only joke you missed from not watching star trek was the one about the "ducts". In star trek people are always crawling around inside space ship pipes and building pipes and falling down the 'ducts" - which makes them pop up in other random places they have to struggle to escape.
A bit of an in-joke. In the script and the first shooting of the movie, Tech Sergeant Chen has a bit of a "munchies" habit - which is why he's so laid back. They took that out in the final cut - this is an old movie and marijuana was officially not so acceptable back then - but the effect of the munchies is evident in Chen's behaviour. Also, Chen is an asian character - so you'll notice that Fred Kwan squints a lot. Thats because he's trying to make his eyes look 'asian". A bit of a comment on "white face" (or is it "yellowface'? Im not sure. One of those, anyway).
This is a really good fun movie and I knew youd love it. Try Scarlet Johansen's version of Ghost in the Shell. Pretty sure youd love that too.
So happy you did this reaction.
It's such a fun movie.
Notice the way Tony shalhoub squint whenever they say his name because he's Tech Sgt. "Chen".
Tony Shaloub plays a very mild, calm, character, in counter to Scotty from ST, who was constantly complaining in his heavy brogue. Ye can na change the laws of physics, Captain!
Also fun fact Tim Allen only had the snag clause and some comedy under his belt as well as home improvement it wasn’t on the level of Sigourney Weaver as an actor and was a HUGGE FAN of the alien movies the producers knew this got SW on board but no at said anything to Tim. He found out when she walked on their first scene together and was Star struck!
After seeing you getting emotionally destroyed by The Last of Us, it's so nice to see the sheer joy this gem of a movie is bringing you! No matter how dark some of these shows get, never give up! Never surrender!
for another great comedy, i definitely recommend "There's Something About Mary"
Tony shaloub's character is supposed to be zooted the whole time, that's why he's so chill about everything, they cut it out to keep their rating
Nice to see Natalie reacting to something that won’t traumatise her for a change.
She appreciates satire of nerd culture, yet not satire of oppressive structures like Hollywood (Tropic Thunder) or slavery (Django Unchained)... What is wrong with her?
Or yell at the screen about how the characters are behaving immorally. To be fair, more than just Natalie needs a break from that.
Have to say I’m stopping by her channel less often. There is a certain, if subtle, flavor of Hollywood snob infecting her commentary. As a fan of various genres AND a Trekkie, I don’t need it.
Not unnecessarily announcing a departure, here, just sharing some constructive criticism.
I dunno, man, the scene where Jason is forced to explain to Malthasar about the show... ooft, gets me every time.
My favourite story about this film is after Tim Allan did the emotional scene explaining the truth about the show he needed to go off set to recover. Alan Rickman snarkily said " oh dear, it looks like Tim just discovered acting"
dangggg
even funnier there is an older story from Home Improvement. The wife was super upset and Tim stopped filming to ask, "Patricia are you OK?" and she replies "It's called acting Tim."
@@sea-envy3137 Well he was a comic who stumbled into stardom.
@@sea-envy3137 lmao daaannnng XD
While making the movie "Marathon Man", quintessential method actor Dustin Hoffman was trying to find his motivation for whatever the character was supposed to be feeling and Sir Lawrence Olivier said to him, "It's called 'acting', dear boy".
Fun fact:
They cut a scene out to lower the rating to make it more child friendly, but the scene was Fred getting high before getting onto the ship, that's why he's so chill and always snacking and smiling and a little "out of it" throughout the movie 😂
There were also some F bombs they cut, mostly notably near the end where Gwen clearly says "fuck that!" but we hear her say "screw that!" The censor actually makes the scene a lot more funny to me once you notice it 😅
@@robertwild9447 I know they do it in... Well... Every movie/show/and general production ever, but I do like to think the flub itself was kept in as another tribute to old Star Trek episodes in which there was clearly dubbed over lines and ADR.
Showing him stoned but cutting out him getting stoned bumped up the funny for me!
it is also why Gwen's top is suddenly zipped down, they cut the part where she tries to seduce a guard to get pass
lol that makes so much sense now
"Galaxy Quest" is one of those rare movies like "The Princess Bride", that carefully walks the line between parody and love letter to the genre.
And is also loved by people who otherwise have no interest in the genre.
true, but as a kid i didnt even pick up on the comedy of princess bride. to me it was a straight action fantasy film. That in of itself is genius writing when a film can appeal to 3 generations and each group watch it in a different way
Oh, well said, well said.
I think, in truth, the best Parody is a love letter to the original work. Just look at most of Weird Al's songs. Yeah they make fun of the original songs, but they do it with such reverence and respect that it's obviously made out of love.
@@mrmxypltkThat, or a deep abiding hatred of the subject being parodied - Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" or Mel Brooks' "The Producers" are classic examples of parodying Nazis.
In either case, the best parodies are from creators who have strong opinions on the source material. Otherwise you end up with "Not Another Teen Movie" or "Meet the Spartans".
I love this film as well, and worked on it. I helped design the blue alien kids, the weird lizard pig, and storyboarded many scenes, including when the ship first leaves the dock and when the captain gets transported back to earth. BTW, a book is coming out soon on the making of the film. Myself and many who worked on it were interviewed. The book will include a lot of pics including some of my concept art. I’m happy and proud to have been a part of such a fun film. Natalie, you sure had a good time watching!
Thank you for all of your hard work!
Hey! That's awesome! You and everyone involved helped make such an incredible, hilarious and memorable movie! The BTS book will be amazing! Congratulations, you should all be proud! ☺
I am definitely looking forward to that book!
Is it true we can see a puppeteer's arm in the pig lizard scene, and if so, was it intentional?
So who was responsible for those REALLY ANNOYING ALIENS. They ruined the movie.
"IS THERE AIR?! YOU DON'T KNOW!!" is still one of my all time favorite lines from any comedy. Friends and I will still quote it from time to time. 😄
Sam Rockwell's line about constructing a rudimentary lathe always breaks me up. 😂
@@plaidmoon5642 That's one of the few parts of the movie that are a pretty direct reference to a Star Trek:TOS, episode (as opposed to more generalized sci fi tropes and references to the cast and convention culture) as it is reminiscent of the episode in which Kirk has to fight a stronger alien lizard-man by himself on an uninhabited planet and figures out how to build and load a rudimentary gun (well, probably more of a hand-held cannon) using locally available materials. But you probably don't have to know that to be amused by the line.
@@hkpew I'm well aware that it was poking fun at Kirk mixing up some gunpowder and making a crude cannon. I just get amused at the idea of making a primitive lathe and accomplishing anything with it while dodging Gorignak.
I'm sure the "Is there air?" scene is a shoutout to the first episode of the 1936 _Flash Gordon_ serial movie. Having flown with Flash and Dale to the alien planet Mongo and landed his ship, Dr. Zarkov opens the hatch wide, takes a good sniff, and remarks brightly, "Well, the air seems breathable!"
@@plaidmoon5642 I think it's really funny, too, and for the reasons you say. I was just commenting for the benefit of anyone who hasn't seen the original series that it's also a commentary on one of those episodes. As Natalie indicated, some people are hesitant to watch this movie if they haven't seen Star Trek already, but very little (if any) of the humor is actually dependent on having seen Star Trek to understand it. This is one of the few cases where having seen Star Trek can add an extra layer to your amusement, but it isn't really necessary even for this one.