The best thing about this movie is that it hilariously manages to spoof Star Trek while still being completely respectful to both the genre and it's fans.
Famously, Patrick Stewart didn't want to watch it because he thought it was making fun of Star Trek. Johnathon Frakes (Riker) convinced him to see it in a packed theater, and he absolutely adored it; particularly the way they made the fans of the show heroes in their own right
Also I guess the bathroom scene where he hears people making fun of them and he never realized a lot of people look down on it that way actually happened to William Shatner at an early convention.
It is so funny because I knew Patrick Stewart from Excalibur and Lady Jane when Next Generation came on. He wasn't sold on doing Star Trek and now he gets it. It is so funny to hear how many of the post original Star Trek cast had no clue and then got it with the fans.
Alan Rickman's disfainful lip curl hesitation, saying: "By Grabthar's Hammer... What a savings" is one of my favorite character building moments in cinema.
There's a really funny meme that goes, "Intelligence is knowing Galaxy Quest isn't a Star Trek movie; Wisdom is knowing it's the best Star Trek movie."
In the original series, an episode had Kirk trapped on a planet battling a reptilian creature while his crew helplessly watched from orbit. Kirk is able to collect different elements (sulfur, carbon, etc.) and is able to defeat the reptilian by building a cannon. Guy asking "Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe?" is a nod to that.
I got two huge laughs out that joke. The first was from the joke itself. The second was me laughing at myself because I’m enough of a Star Trek nerd to know such an obscure reference in the first place! 😂😂😂
"By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns Of Warvan , you shall be avenged." The way Alan Rickman delivers that line, with such sincere and sombre conviction, gets me every single time. ❤ This is one of those very rare, perfect movies.
For me it isn't the line, but the fact that he says a line he hates, to comfort a dying friend. Repetition means the line means little to him, but everything to the person hearing it - it's a very touching moment for a cynical actor (not Rickman, the character he plays).
@@theaikidoka Definitely, it wouldn't have been nearly as moving if they hadn't built up how MUCH he hated it beforehand, so that when he says it THAT time, it instills it with a fresh sense of meaning.
"Guy Fleegman" is a shoutout to Guy Vardaman, a long time stand-in and extra on ST:TNG. Vardaman didn't know anthing about it until he saw the movie in a theater, and he said he nearly fell out of his seat. Patrick Stewart on Galaxy Quest: "I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans."
Oh, some other fun things about the movie: - The bridge was built on a gimbal, so when they're under attack, the bridge is actually moving. - When Gwen is badly startled by Guy's screaming after arriving at the ship, the actress really did jump because the scream was unscripted. - The "rudimentary lathe" advice is a callback to the original Star Trek episode "Arena" in which the captain makes a gun out of bamboo ... - A documentary called "Never Surrender" was released a few years ago describing the creation of Galaxy Quest, with lots of cast interviews and such.
Also Gwen's obvious "Fuck that" was dubbed over as "Screw that!" so the film could be rated PG-13, but they never bothered to shoot that again, so you can clearly see that it isn't what she says.
Brilliant Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar) first did his audition for his role with a normal voice and normal body language, and made a great impression on the filmmakers, but then he asked could do it again trying something different he had come up with. This time he used the odd intonation we hear the Thermians use in the movie (he based this on a voice warm up exercise from his stage training) and their strange, "unfamiliar with using a human form," way of moving. He totally blew them away and was put in charge of teaching the other actors how to act like Thermians.
Colantoni is a standout as far as I'm concerned, he crushes it every time I see him on screen. His other standouts to me are Keith Mars (Veronica Mars) and Elias in POI. And that's saying something because as they said, the rest of the cast is already amazing. I love Shaloub's most-definitely high engineer, and Weaver's portrayal of the "eye candy" on the show; but dammit, she's gonna do it right!
When Guy suggested "Can you make some sort of rudimentary lathe?" -- that was a callback to Kirk making a primitive cannon when fighting the Gorn in "Arena" (TOS). And Guy, as "Crewman #6," was every redshirt who died on the original series.
Not just the dialogue. The world-building, the characters, the smooth interaction between the actors, pretty good SFX, but not good enough for the succeeding Fox TV executives. So: Every time a UA-cam viewer falls in love with "Firefly," a Fox TV executive falls off the Nakatomi Plaza building.;)
Fun fact: Steven Spielberg's company produced this movie and went to visit one day to see how they were doing. Now, Spielberg was not a fan of Tim Allen (who had become famous with the sitcom Home Improvement) and found him rather lowbrow. As it happened to be, the day he decided to visit, they were filming Malchazar's torture scene and Spielberg was very impressed with Tim Allen's acting. After Tim Allen filmed that scene, by the way, he asked for some time alone in his trailer to decompress. Alan Rickman told the director that Tim "had just experienced acting".
Sygorny Weaver's saying "Why is it always ducts? May have been a callback to her previous Sci-fi rolls. She is the only one of the cast to have a solid background in Sci-fi. She had to fight to win the part because of that. She wanted the role because it was 180 degrees from her previous parts. She loved the Tawny character so much she would later wear the wig and go out in public.
R.i.P. Alan Rickman ... damn I miss this Man, one of my Fav-Actors ever. Galaxy Quest is one of the best Comedies ever and an awesome Loveletter to Fandom.
You can tell that Galaxy Quest was not only a love letter to Star Trek (as you said), but also a love letter to the fans. As much as you loved the movie, you would probably also enjoy Never Surrender on Prime. Released in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of the show, Never Surrender is a 90-minute documentary about Galaxy Quest, it's production and it's legacy. They talk with the cast, crew, and executives about how the movie got made, and they talk with fans, critics and some ST:TNG alumni about how it was marketed and received, and what its legacy has been. As much as I love Galaxy Quest, I also love Never Surrender, even after a half dozen viewings.
"Never give up! Never surrender!" Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Rainn Wilson and Justin Long. Casting Notes Fact: Laliari is the first main role Missi Pyle landed in a feature film. Her role was expanded after the producers noticed Sigourney Weaver was the only female main character. Fan Boy Fact: Tim Allen admitted that he was quite star-struck when he met Sigourney Weaver, as he's a huge fan of Alien (1979). Allen even asked Weaver to sign some of his Alien Franchise memorabilia between takes. She ultimately did. Red Shirt Lives Fact: Despite frequent whining about his character Crewman Number Six being expendable and going to die, Guy Fleegman (Sam Rockwell) is the only crew member not to be shot and killed by Sarris (Robin Sachs) during his surprise assault towards the end.
One detail I feel like often gets overlooked: when Sarris comes to the bridge disguised as Fred and points a phaser at Nesmith, Nesmith says "whoah careful Fred, you'll put an eye out with that thing," and Sarris as Fred smirks before raising the gun and shooting. Because Sarris lost his own eye in his first encounter with Nesmith. That's good writing and acting, and the kind of detail you might not pick up till repeat viewings.
They were planning on doing a sequel aftrr the video release was so successful but with the passing of Alan Rickman the rest of the cast decided not to😢💔
35:00 "I am shot." The cadence, not the words, is a reference to Shakespearean Iambic Pentameter. It's used to finish off a phrase to stay within the poetic pattern. Fitting since Alan Rickman's character is so proud of his Shakespearean past.
Good catch on Tony Shalhoub’s character being stoned. There was an edited out subplot where he got high before they beamed them up to the ship which is why he’s so relaxed all the time
Ok, so you wanted some recommendations for *fun* sci-fi films. Here are ten - in no particular order: - *"Dark Star"* (1974), by John Carpenter _(Carpenter's directorial debut)._ - *"The Fifth Element"* (1997), by Luc Besson. - *"Spaceballs"* (1987), by Mel Brooks. - *"M+r+ns from outer space"* (1985), by Mike Hodges _(I don't know whether the algorithm let's this slide)._ - *"Innerspace"* (1987), by Joe Dante _(+ a honorable mention of "Fantastic Voyage" (1966), by R. Fleischer - the "quasi" prequel of Innerspace...less funny, but equally awesome)._ - *"Short Circuit"* (1985), by John Badham. - *"Evolution"* (2001), by Ivan Reitman. - *"Iron Sky"* (2012), by Timo Vuorensola. - *"Plan 9 from outer space"* (1959), by Ed Wood Jr. _(no such list is complete without this classic XD)._ - *"Monster vs. Aliens"* (2009), by C. Vernon, R. Letterman _(animated)._
I like 'Iron Sky' (a movie made by fans) and 'Spaceballs' from this list. I believe there are lots of behind the scenes clips of Iron Sky viewable on UA-cam.
and UFOria (1985) Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton. "Everyone ought to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink." - Brother Bud.
35:19 For him it was like if one of his devoted fans were dying in his arms. Just to hear him utter that line means something to those fans. Even though he couldn't stand saying it all the time and resenting it, that moment made him gain a new appreciation for that line and his role as Dr. Lazarus. Took one alien's death to realize that for himself. 🥲
"I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans." - Patrick Stewart
As an Asian-American who grew up watching David Carradine play Kwai Chang Caine in the TV series "Kung Fu" (a role Bruce Lee wrote for himself to play but was recast because studio execs didn't believe an Asian actor would be accepted as the leading character in an American show), I totally approve of the joke of Tony Shalhoub playing "Fred (I'm not even Chinese!') Kwan" and squinting to look more Asian as Tech Sergeant Chen.
In the numerous times I have rewatched this film, I always wondered what that look was for...and completely glossed over "Fred Kwan"...SMH Thank you for this!
It's also a reference to James "Scotty" Doohan's put-on Scottish brogue. He had a routine he did at conventions where he runs through all the other accents he _could_ have used.
Fun fact: The serial number on the ship contains "NTE" which the producer added to indicate "Not The Enterprise" because he was concerned about ripping off Star Trek lol.
If you go back and check out the "chompers" scene again, you may notice that even though the audio says, "Well screw that" , that is not what was actually said during taping.
She actually said the 'F' word (I read her lips) but they overdubbed the line because the producers wanted to secure that PG rating (and not get a PG-13 or an R) to maximize the audience numbers = more profit/money
@@MLJ7956 Yes I know, but I don't mention what she said in my comment because if they do go back and look it makes a more comical impact when they see it for them selves rather than being told what she said.
The scene in the bathroom and the scene where Jason has to confess to being fake remind me of a Heinlein quote: "This sad little lizard told me that he was a Brontosaurus on his mother's side. I did not laugh; people who boast of ancestry often have little else to sustain them. Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is in short supply." Believing in his character Commander Taggart was pretty much all Jason had to hold on to to give his life meaning, and to give himself value. Playing at being the commander, IMO, was as important to him as the adulation of the fans. Being the "hero". So it crushes him when he realizes... "I'm just a two-bit actor from a dead tv show". But then he's given that moment. You can see it... When Gwen points to the monitor where the Thermians are suffocating, you can see the expression on Jason's face. That is the moment he becomes the hero he always wanted to be. It was not a conscious decision. It was an acceptance of responsibility.
Having fun with, without making fun of - a clever hilariously funny comedy, but at the same time respectful to the genre and the fans. Galaxy Quest is such a rare gem with an absolutely stellar cast. Love this movie so much!
And, Exactly the opposite of what's been done at the Walt Disney company to ALL of their intellectual properties for years. Result: These billion dollar IPs are worth a tenth of their original assessment. "Idiocracy" (2006) in real time.
your EDITOR does a great job not leaving too much out and keeping Good reactions Like your videos keep them coming and picking GOOD movies that are not too obscure
This is a great film. Being a lifelong Trekkie, I love it. Will Wheaton and a few other of the TNG cast call this the best Trek episode. Check out the doc 'Never Give Up, Never Surrender'. Its a fun look on the making og it as well as the fandom that rose from it. A fun direct nod to Star Trek is on the Protector. With the NTE-3230 on the ship, the NTE means 'Not The Enterprise'.
The Studio's weren't too keen on "promoting drug usage", so they just left it to the audience's imagination about" Kwan." Tawny" was based on Marina Siirtis's character "Deanna" on TNG, being a "Captain obvious", as Marina put it. When Tawny see's the Chompers, Sigourney was so caught up in the scene, she didn't say the word "Screw"... They loved her energy in the scene and thought it'd be fun to allow the Audience to SEE what she really said This was a True Homage, not only to the Series, but it's also a love letter to the Cons and the devoted Fans of show.
My connection to this film comes through two of the cast members. I acted in an episode of Monk and got to meet Tony Shalhoub (he was a very nice guy). I also got to work on an episode of Veronica Mars and worked very directly with Enrico Colantoni (the head alien Mathesar). He was also a very nice guy. As a child I grew up watching the original Star Trek when it aired on TV. My best friend and I watched the reruns religiously. I was so happy to see the show brought back to life in movies and the different series. Gene Roddenbery was a genius.
talk about sparks on the panel, my favorite joke from orville was they get hit and a panel burts into flame and cmmander was like, "Why isn't the fire supression kicking off." and response was, "That was the fire supression panel."
I just noticed the opening scene audience shot showed a fan cosplaying a Star Trek: Discovery Klingon. This wasn't a mean parody, as you said, it was a love letter both the Trek program as well as the fans...it was the "fans" of the show, both alien and human, who actually saved the day. Very fun reaction, guys! Yes, Fred was constantly stoned. That's why he was always munching something. I'm told that a shot of him actually smoking a joint was cut by the censors.
It's the other way around. Galaxy Quest was released in 1999. Star Trek: Discovery didn't come along until 2017, 18 years later. If anything, ST:D was cosplaying Galaxy Quest!
this is a brilliant movie, a very affectionate homage to Star Trek..... in fact it's often referred to as the "Star Trek episode that they never wrote"... I get a buzz from it no matter how many times I watch it, because there always seems to be a new joke or easter egg that I'd missed....... and of course, Sigourney Weaver gradually bustin' out of her uniform is always watchable.......
I recommend watching Forbidden Planet (1956) a classic movie, maybe one of the earliest sci-fi movies that influenced a lot of things that came after, including Star Trek I believe. It is a sort of adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Also, for modern audiences there is, let's call it, a surprise and fun element to rediscover. Speaking of classics I also recommend Flash Gordon (1980), based on the comic strips from the 30's that was an influence on Star Wars.
The scream that Sam Rockwell lets out after the transport was ad-libbed, it wasn’t in the script. You can see Sigourney jump as she wasn’t expecting it.
One of the most authentic experiences...watching fans asking technical questions about the show to the actor who simply acted from a script. They are not the Showrunners or the writers...especially after a decade goes by they may not even remember making the episode. Lol. I was at a Star Trek Creation Con and John Delancie who plays Q was there answering questions. His first comment was not to ask about technical questions about the show as he likely wouldn't know. The very first fan asks "How many "Q" are there in the Q Continuum." John replied "203...next...". Lol 🤣😆
20:30 yes! The original cut had him stoned but the studio changed the rating. Director protested by reshooting the stompers scene but only used the audio over the clearly visible “well fuck that” line by Sigourney.
Of Alan Rickman’s character is a parody of Leonard Nimoy how he was a stage actor and artist who was typecast as Spock and couldn’t escape the role, even though he only did three seasons of a canceled sci-fi show in the 60s. Back in the day, the Star Trek cast was paid peanuts for their work, but they never saw syndication residuals and so it was decided to make the Star Trek movie after the monumental success of Star Wars, the entire cast, essentially blackmailed Paramont for that lost revenue.
and UFOria (1985) Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton. "Everyone ought to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink." - Brother Bud.
The kids ragging on the convention are employees of the center. Like concessions, probably. And Fred's so chill because he is absolutely blazed. He was lookin' for snacks in the vending machine, he was munching snacks on the shuttle ride down to the planet. Man is in orbit the entire time XD
15:43 what’s amazing is how they built everything in the tv show to actually work. Something someone dreamed up works in real life. It would’ve been cool to see one of the writers join them and see all this come to life.
One of the references they make was when he says to Jason, "Well you managed to get your shirt off!" Shatner was very frequently shirtless in some of the original Trek episodes.
There are these top 100 sci fi movies of all time shows which have the public voting on their fave movies, and actors and directors chatting as the show goes down through the list. Galaxy Quest is ALWAYS top-5. There is also a fun and adorable documentary on super-fans called Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
Very enjoyable reaction, guys! A few references: - “You managed to get your shirt off!” - Kirk has his shirt off or ripped/torn about 7 times during the original series. - “It turned inside-out and then it exploded??” - Transporter malfunctions were a semi-staple on the Trek shows. A transporter accident also occurred in “Star Trek: the motion picture,” (1979) and a teleporter accident was the central premise in David Cronenberg’s “The Fly” (1986). I think this was the first time that the concept was played for laughs - and it totally worked. - “Was six paragraphs about my boobs, and how they fit into my suit!” - Jeri Ryan’s character had a skin-tight catsuit on the series: Star Trek: Voyager. Early versions of the costume had to be adjusted because they were too tight. There is supposedly a story that a TV Guide article at the time, did, in fact, spend a number of paragraphs on the actress’s physical appearance in the costume. Of course, in the original series, the creators went out of their way to cast stunning actresses in guest roles, and Bill Theis, the costume designer, had a distinctive style and philosophy to make the women on the show - regulars or guest actors - look sexy. It's enough of a trope that a hilarious 'meta' episode of another beloved Sci-Fi series, 'Stargate: SG-1' has a scene in which a bonehead Producer walks off the studio with the line, "What this show needs... is a Sexy Female Alien!" - Dr. Lazarus - Leonard Nimoy had a complex relationship with the character that he played. There were times in his life when he was simply tired of Spock. He wrote and published a book in the 1970s titled, “I am not Spock.” Several decades later, he wrote an updated autobiographical book, with the title, “I am Spock.” - Bathroom scene at the convention - I am told that this experience actually happened to William Shatner in real life, at a convention - he overheard in a bathroom stall that his fellow actors on the show had a lot of (present-day, at the time) difficulty with him. It’s complicated, because Shatner really did put in an enormous effort, as Kirk, to make the show work, and it’s hard to imagine the show being remotely as good had someone else been cast in his place. It’s not an excuse for an inflated ego, but the GQ storyline shows everyone ‘growing up’ including Jason Nesmith, and I’d like to think that Bill Shatner also did what was necessary to grow as a human being, since that incident.
Part of the reason Kirk's shirt ripped so often is the shoestring budget. The costumes were all made on the cheap, so as a result were pretty flimsy, meaning they'd tear easily when Kirk got into the obligatory bareknuckle fistfight. William Ware Theiss often gets misblamed for the scanty costumes in TOS. His original designs were more modest (but still very sexy), then Gene Roddenberry would come in and attack them with scissors to show as much skin as he was legally allowed to. Theiss would then have to tape or glue the actresses into the costumes to prevent wardrobe malfunctions (and that didn't always work, as a famous deleted scene from "Mudd's Women" shows, where one of the titular women has to tug at a gap under one of her breasts, because if that gap opened any wider her boob would pop out).
The original TOS things in this movie aren't really from the show (maybe the "I see you managed to get your shirt off" thing). The bigger thing to know was what happened around and after the show. In the 70's, most of the cast couldn't get real acting work, except for William Shatner (and Leonard Nimoy, but he just appeared in single episodes of shows like Emergency). The rest of the cast relied on these conventions and TV appearances for income while William Shatner was able to get his own TV shows. Naturally the rest of the cast hated him. Stuff like that is here in Galaxy Quest, mostly at the beginning, where Gwen and Alex live in small apartments while Jason lives in a big Hollywood Hills house.
It's worth mentioning that Shatner was also (allegedly) a pain in the arse to work with and something of a diva. I think he eventually recognised this about himself and made some ammends/apologies to his former cast mates. And, of course, is famously happy to make fun of himself.
I’ll “yes, and” this by adding that Leonard Nimoy was particularly resentful of how fans thought of him as Spock first and Leonard second, going so far as to title his first autobiography “I Am Not Spock”. This kind of feeds into Alan Rickman’s performance, with a dash of Patrick Stewart (“I played Richard the Third…”). Nimoy eventually made peace with his legacy sometime in the eighties, titling his second autobiography “I Am Spock”. (Without getting into spoilers, a _lot_ of what happens with Spock in the films is a direct reflection of Nimoy’s personal feelings about his fame at the time each one was made.)
Ah, such a great movie! I'm glad you were able to experience it. You asked for some other sci-fi movies to watch: - Spaceballs - the classic Star Wars spoof. - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - an enjoyable adaptation of the classic comedy sci-fi books. - The Fifth Element - original action/sci-fi starring Bruce Willis in his prime. - The Martian - the main character is surprisingly upbeat for having to survive by himself on Mars. - Pacific Rim - not comedy, but it's giant robots fighting giant monsters, and it knows exactly what it is and it perfectly walks the line between "not too serious" and "not too campy."
Perhaps a fun note, but when Sigourney Weaver says: "Why is it always ducts?!" it's actually a reference to the Alien-movies, where they kept going through ducts. Sure, it's not a Star Trek reference, but it's still sci-fi and it features Sigourney Weaver, so why not?
35:08: What I love about this scene is, all through the movie, Alexander Dane has been dismissive, annoyed, or outright hostile about his role and fans, feeling this Rubber-Forehead Alien is an insult to his acting skills. But it was precisely his skill, his dedication to the craft, that brought this character to life and made him so beloved by so many. Now, he sees that this role is just as important, just as meaningful, just as worthy of his acting talents as any other, that he has touched real people in profound ways. It's kind of a comment on the sci-fi genre as a whole: sure, you have lots of projects that are low-budget schlock, hiring unknown and possibly uneducated actors on the primary (or sole) criteria of "do you work cheap?" But Sci-Fi isn't a genre, it's a setting, and you can tell stories that are just as rich and deep and meaningful, have characters just as worthy of immortalization in storytelling history, as anything penned by Billy The Bard. Real human emotion is real human emotion, it doesn't matter if those emotions are happening in Elizabethan England or on a spaceship. Wil Wheaton loved the film, though regrets that he wasn't approached to play an aggressive fan who swore at Tommy for "Why the hell is there a kid on the ship!" A lot of the _Star Trek_ cast and crew loved the film, getting that it was an affectionate parody, that it was laughing with _Star Trek_ and its fans instead of at them. It's also considered an honorary _Star Trek_ film, partly for the bald-faced inspiration it took, but also because of the Star Trek Movie Curse. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ is generally considered underwhelming at best, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ is exceptional, _Star Trek III: The Search for Spock_ is meh, _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ is hilarious, _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_ is painfully bad, _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_ is almost on part with _Star Trek II,_ _Generations_ is disappointing, _First Contact_ is solid, _Insurrection_ is meh, _Nemesis_ is *awful.* Even is good, odd is bad, until you get to _Star Trek X, Nemesis._ If you count the reboots, _Star Trek_ (11) is good, _Into Darkness_ (12) is meh, _Beyond_ (13) is great. So what happened between _Insurrection_ and _Nemesis_ that the trend flipped? _Galaxy Quest_ happened.
Take a close look at Sigourney Weaver as she and Jason first see 'The Chomper.' Read her lips and she clearly didn't say, "Screw that!" I heard the original one time before it was forever dubbed in later releases. HIlarious!
Some other TOS references (trying not to be spoilerish): -The Thermians hairstyles resembled a certain Vulcan's hair. - The commander with his shirt off = all the times Kirk was shirtless or had his shirt torn. I mean, Shatner was pretty hot and the-powers-that-be knew it, lol. - The commander rolling on the ground = classic Kirk moves. - The commander being known as a ladies' man - Fred playing an Asian character. Back in the day, a white actor or an American actor playing a non-white or a different ethnicity was pretty common throughout the industry. In TOS, we had a Canadian playing a Scotsman and an American playing a Russian. -Gwen basically represents Uhura ("hailing frequencies open, sir") and pretty much every hot woman put into a revealing costume, lol. The whole film mirrors a lot of the phenomena, fandom and aftermath that sprang from the original series: the conventions, people dressing up, taking the whole thing very seriously and knowing minute details, the actors having a hard time finding work after the series, Shatner's ego, Nimoy's early attempts to distance himself from Spock...there was a lof of stuff in there that longtime TOS fans recognized, lol.
One of the best and subtlest things in this movie is the progression of Alan Rickman's alien makeup. We never actually see him out of it, and at the beginning of the movie it's very obviously a prosthetic: you can see the seam and the skin tone doesn't quite match. But as the movie goes on, it actually starts to look _better_ - until we get to the climax of his arc and it's legit movie-quality sci-fi alien makeup. And then he attacks the bad guy, and it tears the forehead piece, and it goes back to looking (deliberately) fake. It gets me every time.
Such a great movie though didnt get the plaudits it deserved when it was first released until it was released for home consumption.... It was initially supposed to be an "R" rated movie but the studio wanted a larger audience... Two of the major changes was that Tony Shaloub's character was obviously stoned and innthe scene where Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver are running together she says "F&$? that!!" instead of what we actually hear. You can read her lips. Sam Rockwell's scream when they are transported actually scared Sigourney and what we see.😊 And obviously the best lines are from Fred(Tony Shaloub) "They're like 3 years old" and Alexander's (Alan Rickman) "Minors not miners!!"
There was also supposed to be a scene where Weaver's character tries to seduce some of Serris's henchmen. That's why she suddenly appears with a torn-open top.
Tim Allen wasn't even an actor when he started Home Improvement. Add Sigourney and Alan Rickman, it's a win. This movie is so hilarious and heartbreaking, often overlooked but I will love it forever. “Never give up, never surrender"
The best thing about this movie is that it hilariously manages to spoof Star Trek while still being completely respectful to both the genre and it's fans.
Its one of those spoofs that celebrate rather than mocks. Well done.
And It is a totally awesome science fiction movie in its own right...@arandomnamegoeshere
It's like when you and your siblings spoof your parents. It's particularly funny because you know the source, and you love it.
It’s a parody that does a neat trick: it gets us emotionally involved with the characters and the plot.
@@Mcvthree3 The 3 best Star Trek movies are Wrath of Khan, First Contact, and Galaxy Quest.
Famously, Patrick Stewart didn't want to watch it because he thought it was making fun of Star Trek.
Johnathon Frakes (Riker) convinced him to see it in a packed theater, and he absolutely adored it; particularly the way they made the fans of the show heroes in their own right
Also I guess the bathroom scene where he hears people making fun of them and he never realized a lot of people look down on it that way actually happened to William Shatner at an early convention.
I love that story.
It is so funny because I knew Patrick Stewart from Excalibur and Lady Jane when Next Generation came on. He wasn't sold on doing Star Trek and now he gets it. It is so funny to hear how many of the post original Star Trek cast had no clue and then got it with the fans.
@@manueldeabreu1980Ive heard the guy that plays Q. Apparently hes kind of a shitheel about the fans.
He may have seen "Fanboys first", a much worse parallel for Star Wars with a literal virginshaming scene
Alan Rickman's disfainful lip curl hesitation, saying: "By Grabthar's Hammer... What a savings" is one of my favorite character building moments in cinema.
The comedic timing of his delivery is perfection! lol
You could feel his pain, literally 😂😂
.... and then he moves you to tears with the same line... great actor with an absolutely stunning voice....
It's the look of a man who is truly desolate, hopeless, and at the end of his rope. Alan Rickman captured it completely.
Of course it’s perfection, he’s British!
There's a really funny meme that goes, "Intelligence is knowing Galaxy Quest isn't a Star Trek movie; Wisdom is knowing it's the best Star Trek movie."
In the original series, an episode had Kirk trapped on a planet battling a reptilian creature while his crew helplessly watched from orbit. Kirk is able to collect different elements (sulfur, carbon, etc.) and is able to defeat the reptilian by building a cannon. Guy asking "Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe?" is a nod to that.
Thanks. Now I don't have to comment about it!
The episode title was "Arena."
I got two huge laughs out that joke. The first was from the joke itself.
The second was me laughing at myself because I’m enough of a Star Trek nerd to know such an obscure reference in the first place!
😂😂😂
Exactly!!!
I was looking for this post so I wasn’t just repeating it. And you explained it better than I would have.👍
"By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns Of Warvan , you shall be avenged."
The way Alan Rickman delivers that line, with such sincere and sombre conviction, gets me every single time. ❤
This is one of those very rare, perfect movies.
For me it isn't the line, but the fact that he says a line he hates, to comfort a dying friend. Repetition means the line means little to him, but everything to the person hearing it - it's a very touching moment for a cynical actor (not Rickman, the character he plays).
The person that looked up to him most died happy because of him. Lovely...
@@theaikidoka Definitely, it wouldn't have been nearly as moving if they hadn't built up how MUCH he hated it beforehand, so that when he says it THAT time, it instills it with a fresh sense of meaning.
One the best Star Trek movie, and it’s not even a Star Trek movie.
It’s not a spoof, it’s a love letter
And a strong base foundation for "The Orville" when you think about it...
It's both a spoof and a love letter. 🥰
"Guy Fleegman" is a shoutout to Guy Vardaman, a long time stand-in and extra on ST:TNG. Vardaman didn't know anthing about it until he saw the movie in a theater, and he said he nearly fell out of his seat.
Patrick Stewart on Galaxy Quest: "I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans."
Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy.
"a chillingly realistic documentary" - George Takei
Tony Shaloub's character being stoned and so mellow was hilarious to me, because it was a total opposite of his character on the show Monk.
Oh, some other fun things about the movie:
- The bridge was built on a gimbal, so when they're under attack, the bridge is actually moving.
- When Gwen is badly startled by Guy's screaming after arriving at the ship, the actress really did jump because the scream was unscripted.
- The "rudimentary lathe" advice is a callback to the original Star Trek episode "Arena" in which the captain makes a gun out of bamboo ...
- A documentary called "Never Surrender" was released a few years ago describing the creation of Galaxy Quest, with lots of cast interviews and such.
Also Gwen's obvious "Fuck that" was dubbed over as "Screw that!" so the film could be rated PG-13, but they never bothered to shoot that again, so you can clearly see that it isn't what she says.
My mother and I both still quote "IS THERE AIR?!" to this day. As well as "And it exploded"
Brilliant Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar) first did his audition for his role with a normal voice and normal body language, and made a great impression on the filmmakers, but then he asked could do it again trying something different he had come up with. This time he used the odd intonation we hear the Thermians use in the movie (he based this on a voice warm up exercise from his stage training) and their strange, "unfamiliar with using a human form," way of moving. He totally blew them away and was put in charge of teaching the other actors how to act like Thermians.
Colantoni is a standout as far as I'm concerned, he crushes it every time I see him on screen. His other standouts to me are Keith Mars (Veronica Mars) and Elias in POI.
And that's saying something because as they said, the rest of the cast is already amazing. I love Shaloub's most-definitely high engineer, and Weaver's portrayal of the "eye candy" on the show; but dammit, she's gonna do it right!
@@charleshartley9597 I was elated to see Colantoni in "Deadpool". He nailed his role in that one, too.
Tony Shalhoub playing "Fred " is supposed to be stoned throughout the film.
Yep, that's why you always see him with snacks.
They decided to cut that detail out to make it PG-13 as well as the F word by Sigourney
The paper bag has his snacks. He was at the vending machines just before they were beamed up.
And after he was "beemed" up, there is a small puff of smoke...
When Guy suggested "Can you make some sort of rudimentary lathe?" -- that was a callback to Kirk making a primitive cannon when fighting the Gorn in "Arena" (TOS).
And Guy, as "Crewman #6," was every redshirt who died on the original series.
Watch FIREFLY series (only 14 episodes)! The dialog is SO good!
Not just the dialogue. The world-building, the characters, the smooth interaction between the actors, pretty good SFX, but not good enough for the succeeding Fox TV executives. So: Every time a UA-cam viewer falls in love with "Firefly," a Fox TV executive falls off the Nakatomi Plaza building.;)
Fun fact: Steven Spielberg's company produced this movie and went to visit one day to see how they were doing. Now, Spielberg was not a fan of Tim Allen (who had become famous with the sitcom Home Improvement) and found him rather lowbrow. As it happened to be, the day he decided to visit, they were filming Malchazar's torture scene and Spielberg was very impressed with Tim Allen's acting.
After Tim Allen filmed that scene, by the way, he asked for some time alone in his trailer to decompress. Alan Rickman told the director that Tim "had just experienced acting".
Considering that Tim Allen was up against Enrico Colantoni's heart-wrenching *but why*... it's no wonder he needed a moment afterwards.
Nobody called 'Malchazar' in this, chief...
William Shatners' Kirk was seen lots of times without his shirt. Or with his shirt ripped.
and often did over the top dives and flips, and drop kicks etc.... which is alluded to with Nesbitt's doing the dive rolls.
Sygorny Weaver's saying "Why is it always ducts? May have been a callback to her previous Sci-fi rolls. She is the only one of the cast to have a solid background in Sci-fi. She had to fight to win the part because of that.
She wanted the role because it was 180 degrees from her previous parts. She loved the Tawny character so much she would later wear the wig and go out in public.
R.i.P. Alan Rickman ... damn I miss this Man, one of my Fav-Actors ever. Galaxy Quest is one of the best Comedies ever and an awesome Loveletter to Fandom.
"What happened to their planet?" Thirteen minutes earlier: "That spaceport looks cool. It's like on a rock."😭
You can tell that Galaxy Quest was not only a love letter to Star Trek (as you said), but also a love letter to the fans. As much as you loved the movie, you would probably also enjoy Never Surrender on Prime. Released in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of the show, Never Surrender is a 90-minute documentary about Galaxy Quest, it's production and it's legacy. They talk with the cast, crew, and executives about how the movie got made, and they talk with fans, critics and some ST:TNG alumni about how it was marketed and received, and what its legacy has been. As much as I love Galaxy Quest, I also love Never Surrender, even after a half dozen viewings.
"Never give up! Never surrender!"
Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Rainn Wilson and Justin Long.
Casting Notes Fact: Laliari is the first main role Missi Pyle landed in a feature film. Her role was expanded after the producers noticed Sigourney Weaver was the only female main character.
Fan Boy Fact: Tim Allen admitted that he was quite star-struck when he met Sigourney Weaver, as he's a huge fan of Alien (1979). Allen even asked Weaver to sign some of his Alien Franchise memorabilia between takes. She ultimately did.
Red Shirt Lives Fact: Despite frequent whining about his character Crewman Number Six being expendable and going to die, Guy Fleegman (Sam Rockwell) is the only crew member not to be shot and killed by Sarris (Robin Sachs) during his surprise assault towards the end.
One detail I feel like often gets overlooked: when Sarris comes to the bridge disguised as Fred and points a phaser at Nesmith, Nesmith says "whoah careful Fred, you'll put an eye out with that thing," and Sarris as Fred smirks before raising the gun and shooting. Because Sarris lost his own eye in his first encounter with Nesmith. That's good writing and acting, and the kind of detail you might not pick up till repeat viewings.
One of my favorite references was actually when Sigourney Weaver says “Why is it always ducts?”. A nod to both Alien and Aliens.
So nice to finally get the Star Trek / Alien crossover we always dreamed of :)
Ducts also figure in Star Trek a few times.
We old-time ST fans consider this as one of the best ST movies ever.
I'm an old-time ST fan, and I approve of this message.
Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell are both in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, another sci-fi comedy.
They were planning on doing a sequel aftrr the video release was so successful but with the passing of Alan Rickman the rest of the cast decided not to😢💔
Alan Rickman died 16 years after this came out on video. They had plenty of time to make a sequel.
It's so entertaining to see two Star Trek fans enjoying the ultimate Star Trek fan movie. Thank you!
Great reaction video. First time watching your channel. Definitely subscribing. And for the record.....
Galaxy Quest is THE best Star Trek movie.
One of the best, with humor, action, suspense, and romance all wrapped up in a loving tribute. Fun watching it with you!
Ppl say Spoof, I say Tribute. They make it to where Star Trek could really happen and how fans are awsome
It's Star Trek's Spaceballs.
I've always loved the dual message "don't meet your heroes" and "don't disappoint your fans"
35:00 "I am shot." The cadence, not the words, is a reference to Shakespearean Iambic Pentameter. It's used to finish off a phrase to stay within the poetic pattern. Fitting since Alan Rickman's character is so proud of his Shakespearean past.
Read this, saw the word “is” and got suddenly sad. What a loss, only 69, too soon.
Good catch on Tony Shalhoub’s character being stoned. There was an edited out subplot where he got high before they beamed them up to the ship which is why he’s so relaxed all the time
The ultimate hot box.
…and why he always has “the munchies.”
They left in a puff of smoke coming from his transporter bubble when he first arrives on the ship.
This movie is unironically considered by many sources to be the best Star Trek Movie
This movie was a love letter to Star Trek fans.. 😊
Ok, so you wanted some recommendations for *fun* sci-fi films.
Here are ten - in no particular order:
- *"Dark Star"* (1974), by John Carpenter _(Carpenter's directorial debut)._
- *"The Fifth Element"* (1997), by Luc Besson.
- *"Spaceballs"* (1987), by Mel Brooks.
- *"M+r+ns from outer space"* (1985), by Mike Hodges _(I don't know whether the algorithm let's this slide)._
- *"Innerspace"* (1987), by Joe Dante _(+ a honorable mention of "Fantastic Voyage" (1966), by R. Fleischer - the "quasi" prequel of Innerspace...less funny, but equally awesome)._
- *"Short Circuit"* (1985), by John Badham.
- *"Evolution"* (2001), by Ivan Reitman.
- *"Iron Sky"* (2012), by Timo Vuorensola.
- *"Plan 9 from outer space"* (1959), by Ed Wood Jr. _(no such list is complete without this classic XD)._
- *"Monster vs. Aliens"* (2009), by C. Vernon, R. Letterman _(animated)._
I like 'Iron Sky' (a movie made by fans) and 'Spaceballs' from this list. I believe there are lots of behind the scenes clips of Iron Sky viewable on UA-cam.
Hardware Wars
Heavy Metal, Barbarella
As much as I liked "Short Circuit", I loved "Electric Dreams" (1984) even more. Virginia Madsen makes Ally Sheedy look like Sarris.
and UFOria (1985) Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton. "Everyone ought to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink." - Brother Bud.
35:19 For him it was like if one of his devoted fans were dying in his arms. Just to hear him utter that line means something to those fans. Even though he couldn't stand saying it all the time and resenting it, that moment made him gain a new appreciation for that line and his role as Dr. Lazarus. Took one alien's death to realize that for himself. 🥲
"I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant.
No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans." - Patrick Stewart
As an Asian-American who grew up watching David Carradine play Kwai Chang Caine in the TV series "Kung Fu" (a role Bruce Lee wrote for himself to play but was recast because studio execs didn't believe an Asian actor would be accepted as the leading character in an American show), I totally approve of the joke of Tony Shalhoub playing "Fred (I'm not even Chinese!') Kwan" and squinting to look more Asian as Tech Sergeant Chen.
I can't believe I never caught that before! Thank you--
In the numerous times I have rewatched this film, I always wondered what that look was for...and completely glossed over "Fred Kwan"...SMH
Thank you for this!
It's also a reference to James "Scotty" Doohan's put-on Scottish brogue. He had a routine he did at conventions where he runs through all the other accents he _could_ have used.
... asian american? do you have duel citizenship? or are you an american of asian descent? stop the pretentiousness
@@omega311888 *dual*
Tony shaloub is the funniest
Fun fact: The serial number on the ship contains "NTE" which the producer added to indicate "Not The Enterprise" because he was concerned about ripping off Star Trek lol.
If you go back and check out the "chompers" scene again, you may notice that even though the audio says, "Well screw that" , that is not what was actually said during taping.
She actually said the 'F' word (I read her lips) but they overdubbed the line because the producers wanted to secure that PG rating (and not get a PG-13 or an R) to maximize the audience numbers = more profit/money
@@MLJ7956 Yes I know, but I don't mention what she said in my comment because if they do go back and look it makes a more comical impact when they see it for them selves rather than being told what she said.
Geez, how is this 25 years old already? I swear, i still get as much enjoyment watching it now as i did then.
Galaxy Quest is the best non-Star-Trek Star Trek movie ever made. Great reaction. Thank you.
The scene in the bathroom and the scene where Jason has to confess to being fake remind me of a Heinlein quote:
"This sad little lizard told me that he was a Brontosaurus on his mother's side. I did not laugh; people who boast of ancestry often have little else to sustain them. Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is in short supply."
Believing in his character Commander Taggart was pretty much all Jason had to hold on to to give his life meaning, and to give himself value. Playing at being the commander, IMO, was as important to him as the adulation of the fans. Being the "hero". So it crushes him when he realizes... "I'm just a two-bit actor from a dead tv show".
But then he's given that moment. You can see it... When Gwen points to the monitor where the Thermians are suffocating, you can see the expression on Jason's face. That is the moment he becomes the hero he always wanted to be. It was not a conscious decision. It was an acceptance of responsibility.
1999 was such a break out year for Sam Rockwell. Guy in Galaxy Quest and Wild Bill in The Green Mile. What a range!
This is a perfect movie - it managed to balance parody, drama, comedy, scifi to both make fun of and honor Star Trek and similar shows.
Having fun with, without making fun of - a clever hilariously funny comedy, but at the same time respectful to the genre and the fans. Galaxy Quest is such a rare gem with an absolutely stellar cast. Love this movie so much!
And, Exactly the opposite of what's been done at the Walt Disney company to ALL of their intellectual properties for years. Result: These billion dollar IPs are worth a tenth of their original assessment. "Idiocracy" (2006) in real time.
your EDITOR does a great job not leaving too much out and keeping Good reactions Like your videos keep them coming and picking GOOD movies that are not too obscure
This is a great film. Being a lifelong Trekkie, I love it. Will Wheaton and a few other of the TNG cast call this the best Trek episode. Check out the doc 'Never Give Up, Never Surrender'. Its a fun look on the making og it as well as the fandom that rose from it. A fun direct nod to Star Trek is on the Protector. With the NTE-3230 on the ship, the NTE means 'Not The Enterprise'.
The Studio's weren't too keen on "promoting drug usage", so they just left it to the audience's imagination about" Kwan."
Tawny" was based on Marina Siirtis's character "Deanna" on TNG, being a "Captain obvious", as Marina put it.
When Tawny see's the Chompers, Sigourney was so caught up in the scene, she didn't say the word "Screw"... They loved her energy in the scene and thought it'd be fun to allow the Audience to SEE what she really said
This was a True Homage, not only to the Series, but it's also a love letter to the Cons and the devoted Fans of show.
Iirc most Star Trek actors actually LOVE this movie
38:48 I never realized until you mentioned it that Guy Fleegman is the only one who DID NOT get shot.
"By Grabthar's Hammer....." you will never find a more devoted homage to a nerd franchise ever.
My connection to this film comes through two of the cast members. I acted in an episode of Monk and got to meet Tony Shalhoub (he was a very nice guy). I also got to work on an episode of Veronica Mars and worked very directly with Enrico Colantoni (the head alien Mathesar). He was also a very nice guy. As a child I grew up watching the original Star Trek when it aired on TV. My best friend and I watched the reruns religiously. I was so happy to see the show brought back to life in movies and the different series. Gene Roddenbery was a genius.
I'm sad you never got that beer :P Nice work, cool connections!
@@jerodast Nice catch.
Still weird that despite Tim Allen's regular guy brand, he's played two different iconic space heroes with a perfect mix of comedy and heart.
talk about sparks on the panel, my favorite joke from orville was they get hit and a panel burts into flame and cmmander was like, "Why isn't the fire supression kicking off." and response was, "That was the fire supression panel."
I just noticed the opening scene audience shot showed a fan cosplaying a Star Trek: Discovery Klingon. This wasn't a mean parody, as you said, it was a love letter both the Trek program as well as the fans...it was the "fans" of the show, both alien and human, who actually saved the day.
Very fun reaction, guys!
Yes, Fred was constantly stoned. That's why he was always munching something. I'm told that a shot of him actually smoking a joint was cut by the censors.
It's the other way around. Galaxy Quest was released in 1999. Star Trek: Discovery didn't come along until 2017, 18 years later. If anything, ST:D was cosplaying Galaxy Quest!
this is a brilliant movie, a very affectionate homage to Star Trek..... in fact it's often referred to as the "Star Trek episode that they never wrote"... I get a buzz from it no matter how many times I watch it, because there always seems to be a new joke or easter egg that I'd missed....... and of course, Sigourney Weaver gradually bustin' out of her uniform is always watchable.......
The documentery about this movie is amazing. I think it’s still up here.
It is! Totally worth watching after seeing the film!
I recommend watching Forbidden Planet (1956) a classic movie, maybe one of the earliest sci-fi movies that influenced a lot of things that came after, including Star Trek I believe. It is a sort of adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Also, for modern audiences there is, let's call it, a surprise and fun element to rediscover.
Speaking of classics I also recommend Flash Gordon (1980), based on the comic strips from the 30's that was an influence on Star Wars.
The scream that Sam Rockwell lets out after the transport was ad-libbed, it wasn’t in the script. You can see Sigourney jump as she wasn’t expecting it.
One of the most authentic experiences...watching fans asking technical questions about the show to the actor who simply acted from a script. They are not the Showrunners or the writers...especially after a decade goes by they may not even remember making the episode. Lol.
I was at a Star Trek Creation Con and John Delancie who plays Q was there answering questions. His first comment was not to ask about technical questions about the show as he likely wouldn't know. The very first fan asks "How many "Q" are there in the Q Continuum."
John replied "203...next...". Lol 🤣😆
20:30 yes! The original cut had him stoned but the studio changed the rating. Director protested by reshooting the stompers scene but only used the audio over the clearly visible “well fuck that” line by Sigourney.
Of Alan Rickman’s character is a parody of Leonard Nimoy how he was a stage actor and artist who was typecast as Spock and couldn’t escape the role, even though he only did three seasons of a canceled sci-fi show in the 60s. Back in the day, the Star Trek cast was paid peanuts for their work, but they never saw syndication residuals and so it was decided to make the Star Trek movie after the monumental success of Star Wars, the entire cast, essentially blackmailed Paramont for that lost revenue.
Nimoy was pretty awesome in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
@@kojiattwood yeah, he was. He was also in a pair of episodes of combat as a German speaking infiltrator.
He was also amazing as the voice of Galvatron in the Transformers 1986 film
@@lordmortarius538 Along with the great Orson Wells.
Not only no syndication residuals, the cast weren't getting anything from all the merchandise being sold with their images on them.
🔥 + SCI-FI COMEDY MOVIES 🔥
★ *Paul* (2011) _Simon Pegg Nick Frost Seth Rogen (as Paul)_
★ *Evolution* (2001) _Julianne Moore & Seann William Scott_
★ *The Watch* (2012) _Ben Stiller , Vince Vaughn & Jonah Hill_
★ *CJ7* (2008) _starring & directed Stephen Chow_
and UFOria (1985) Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton. "Everyone ought to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink." - Brother Bud.
The kids ragging on the convention are employees of the center. Like concessions, probably.
And Fred's so chill because he is absolutely blazed. He was lookin' for snacks in the vending machine, he was munching snacks on the shuttle ride down to the planet. Man is in orbit the entire time XD
15:43 what’s amazing is how they built everything in the tv show to actually work. Something someone dreamed up works in real life. It would’ve been cool to see one of the writers join them and see all this come to life.
"this movie has been recommended soooooo much!"
Good.
This movie is awesome!!
(Just like you two! x//3 )
Yes, Jordan and Chandra gorignak. 😉
The command deck set was built on gimbals, so when they needed the actors to react to the ship being shaken,the set was actually being shaken.
Since you really enjoyed Sam Rockwell in this, he is brilliant in "Moon", a quiet but very well made sci-fi film from 2009.
A hidden gem! One of my all time faves.
I will always maintain that Galaxy Quest is the quintessential nerd movie that's a must watch.
Your highness !!!
One of the references they make was when he says to Jason, "Well you managed to get your shirt off!" Shatner was very frequently shirtless in some of the original Trek episodes.
The fireworks to guide them in are a reference to Flight of the Navigator.
There are these top 100 sci fi movies of all time shows which have the public voting on their fave movies, and actors and directors chatting as the show goes down through the list. Galaxy Quest is ALWAYS top-5. There is also a fun and adorable documentary on super-fans called Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
Tech Sargent Chin saying Chin isn't his real name is a reference to James Duhan, who played Scotty. Duhan being an Irishman playing a Scott.
Doohan, my friend.
He was also Canadian. His parents were Irish.
I love love love Star Trek, so naturally I love Galaxy Quest.
10:51 her reaction to the scream is genuine - she nearly jumped out of her skin
the speculum being pointed specifically at Sigourney Weaver at 10:39 gets me every time
"Firefly" is science fiction
@ItsMe-cz1pi sort of. More of a Western in fake outerspace.
For us oldschool trekkies, this film is pure joy :-) I would recommend "the orville" too, if you have not seen it.
"Moon" is a good Sci-fi movie, A cast member from this is in that.
«A cast member from this is in that.»
You didn't even took the effort to give his last name...
Crewman Number 6 ! Dammit !
Solid recommendation, especially if they're looking for another good sci-fi film.
It was a love letter to Star Trek. They did not make fun of the show, they honored it
A love letter in deed. More of an aumache then a spoof.
@@victore6242 homage.
Very enjoyable reaction, guys! A few references:
- “You managed to get your shirt off!” - Kirk has his shirt off or ripped/torn about 7 times during the original series.
- “It turned inside-out and then it exploded??” - Transporter malfunctions were a semi-staple on the Trek shows. A transporter accident also occurred in “Star Trek: the motion picture,” (1979) and a teleporter accident was the central premise in David Cronenberg’s “The Fly” (1986). I think this was the first time that the concept was played for laughs - and it totally worked.
- “Was six paragraphs about my boobs, and how they fit into my suit!” - Jeri Ryan’s character had a skin-tight catsuit on the series: Star Trek: Voyager. Early versions of the costume had to be adjusted because they were too tight. There is supposedly a story that a TV Guide article at the time, did, in fact, spend a number of paragraphs on the actress’s physical appearance in the costume. Of course, in the original series, the creators went out of their way to cast stunning actresses in guest roles, and Bill Theis, the costume designer, had a distinctive style and philosophy to make the women on the show - regulars or guest actors - look sexy. It's enough of a trope that a hilarious 'meta' episode of another beloved Sci-Fi series, 'Stargate: SG-1' has a scene in which a bonehead Producer walks off the studio with the line, "What this show needs... is a Sexy Female Alien!"
- Dr. Lazarus - Leonard Nimoy had a complex relationship with the character that he played. There were times in his life when he was simply tired of Spock. He wrote and published a book in the 1970s titled, “I am not Spock.” Several decades later, he wrote an updated autobiographical book, with the title, “I am Spock.”
- Bathroom scene at the convention - I am told that this experience actually happened to William Shatner in real life, at a convention - he overheard in a bathroom stall that his fellow actors on the show had a lot of (present-day, at the time) difficulty with him. It’s complicated, because Shatner really did put in an enormous effort, as Kirk, to make the show work, and it’s hard to imagine the show being remotely as good had someone else been cast in his place. It’s not an excuse for an inflated ego, but the GQ storyline shows everyone ‘growing up’ including Jason Nesmith, and I’d like to think that Bill Shatner also did what was necessary to grow as a human being, since that incident.
Dan Castellaneta referenced this by calling one of his dual CD album "I Am Not Homer." Then on the second CD it says "I Am Homer."
@@fergalstackstreams According to "The Simpsons," Leonard Nimoy wrote three books: *I Am Not Spock,* *I Am Spock* and *I Am Also Scotty.*
Part of the reason Kirk's shirt ripped so often is the shoestring budget. The costumes were all made on the cheap, so as a result were pretty flimsy, meaning they'd tear easily when Kirk got into the obligatory bareknuckle fistfight.
William Ware Theiss often gets misblamed for the scanty costumes in TOS. His original designs were more modest (but still very sexy), then Gene Roddenberry would come in and attack them with scissors to show as much skin as he was legally allowed to. Theiss would then have to tape or glue the actresses into the costumes to prevent wardrobe malfunctions (and that didn't always work, as a famous deleted scene from "Mudd's Women" shows, where one of the titular women has to tug at a gap under one of her breasts, because if that gap opened any wider her boob would pop out).
The original TOS things in this movie aren't really from the show (maybe the "I see you managed to get your shirt off" thing). The bigger thing to know was what happened around and after the show. In the 70's, most of the cast couldn't get real acting work, except for William Shatner (and Leonard Nimoy, but he just appeared in single episodes of shows like Emergency). The rest of the cast relied on these conventions and TV appearances for income while William Shatner was able to get his own TV shows. Naturally the rest of the cast hated him. Stuff like that is here in Galaxy Quest, mostly at the beginning, where Gwen and Alex live in small apartments while Jason lives in a big Hollywood Hills house.
It's worth mentioning that Shatner was also (allegedly) a pain in the arse to work with and something of a diva. I think he eventually recognised this about himself and made some ammends/apologies to his former cast mates. And, of course, is famously happy to make fun of himself.
I’ll “yes, and” this by adding that Leonard Nimoy was particularly resentful of how fans thought of him as Spock first and Leonard second, going so far as to title his first autobiography “I Am Not Spock”. This kind of feeds into Alan Rickman’s performance, with a dash of Patrick Stewart (“I played Richard the Third…”).
Nimoy eventually made peace with his legacy sometime in the eighties, titling his second autobiography “I Am Spock”. (Without getting into spoilers, a _lot_ of what happens with Spock in the films is a direct reflection of Nimoy’s personal feelings about his fame at the time each one was made.)
@@sleeper-cassieRickman's character's disdain for "that line" is a nod to Nimoy's feelings about "Live long and prosper"
Ah, such a great movie! I'm glad you were able to experience it.
You asked for some other sci-fi movies to watch:
- Spaceballs - the classic Star Wars spoof.
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - an enjoyable adaptation of the classic comedy sci-fi books.
- The Fifth Element - original action/sci-fi starring Bruce Willis in his prime.
- The Martian - the main character is surprisingly upbeat for having to survive by himself on Mars.
- Pacific Rim - not comedy, but it's giant robots fighting giant monsters, and it knows exactly what it is and it perfectly walks the line between "not too serious" and "not too campy."
Perhaps a fun note, but when Sigourney Weaver says: "Why is it always ducts?!" it's actually a reference to the Alien-movies, where they kept going through ducts. Sure, it's not a Star Trek reference, but it's still sci-fi and it features Sigourney Weaver, so why not?
35:08: What I love about this scene is, all through the movie, Alexander Dane has been dismissive, annoyed, or outright hostile about his role and fans, feeling this Rubber-Forehead Alien is an insult to his acting skills. But it was precisely his skill, his dedication to the craft, that brought this character to life and made him so beloved by so many. Now, he sees that this role is just as important, just as meaningful, just as worthy of his acting talents as any other, that he has touched real people in profound ways. It's kind of a comment on the sci-fi genre as a whole: sure, you have lots of projects that are low-budget schlock, hiring unknown and possibly uneducated actors on the primary (or sole) criteria of "do you work cheap?" But Sci-Fi isn't a genre, it's a setting, and you can tell stories that are just as rich and deep and meaningful, have characters just as worthy of immortalization in storytelling history, as anything penned by Billy The Bard. Real human emotion is real human emotion, it doesn't matter if those emotions are happening in Elizabethan England or on a spaceship.
Wil Wheaton loved the film, though regrets that he wasn't approached to play an aggressive fan who swore at Tommy for "Why the hell is there a kid on the ship!" A lot of the _Star Trek_ cast and crew loved the film, getting that it was an affectionate parody, that it was laughing with _Star Trek_ and its fans instead of at them.
It's also considered an honorary _Star Trek_ film, partly for the bald-faced inspiration it took, but also because of the Star Trek Movie Curse. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ is generally considered underwhelming at best, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ is exceptional, _Star Trek III: The Search for Spock_ is meh, _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ is hilarious, _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_ is painfully bad, _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_ is almost on part with _Star Trek II,_ _Generations_ is disappointing, _First Contact_ is solid, _Insurrection_ is meh, _Nemesis_ is *awful.* Even is good, odd is bad, until you get to _Star Trek X, Nemesis._ If you count the reboots, _Star Trek_ (11) is good, _Into Darkness_ (12) is meh, _Beyond_ (13) is great. So what happened between _Insurrection_ and _Nemesis_ that the trend flipped? _Galaxy Quest_ happened.
“I think we’re the green thingy”
Take a close look at Sigourney Weaver as she and Jason first see 'The Chomper.' Read her lips and she clearly didn't say, "Screw that!" I heard the original one time before it was forever dubbed in later releases. HIlarious!
Ellen "Blonde" Ripley?
Sir Patrick Stewart acknowledges this film as a beautiful homage to Star Trek.
Some other TOS references (trying not to be spoilerish):
-The Thermians hairstyles resembled a certain Vulcan's hair.
- The commander with his shirt off = all the times Kirk was shirtless or had his shirt torn. I mean, Shatner was pretty hot and the-powers-that-be knew it, lol.
- The commander rolling on the ground = classic Kirk moves.
- The commander being known as a ladies' man
- Fred playing an Asian character. Back in the day, a white actor or an American actor playing a non-white or a different ethnicity was pretty common throughout the industry. In TOS, we had a Canadian playing a Scotsman and an American playing a Russian.
-Gwen basically represents Uhura ("hailing frequencies open, sir") and pretty much every hot woman put into a revealing costume, lol.
The whole film mirrors a lot of the phenomena, fandom and aftermath that sprang from the original series: the conventions, people dressing up, taking the whole thing very seriously and knowing minute details, the actors having a hard time finding work after the series, Shatner's ego, Nimoy's early attempts to distance himself from Spock...there was a lof of stuff in there that longtime TOS fans recognized, lol.
One of the best and subtlest things in this movie is the progression of Alan Rickman's alien makeup. We never actually see him out of it, and at the beginning of the movie it's very obviously a prosthetic: you can see the seam and the skin tone doesn't quite match. But as the movie goes on, it actually starts to look _better_ - until we get to the climax of his arc and it's legit movie-quality sci-fi alien makeup. And then he attacks the bad guy, and it tears the forehead piece, and it goes back to looking (deliberately) fake. It gets me every time.
The show the Orville is the closest thing to galaxy quest tv series.
You guys would love it.
Such a great movie though didnt get the plaudits it deserved when it was first released until it was released for home consumption.... It was initially supposed to be an "R" rated movie but the studio wanted a larger audience... Two of the major changes was that Tony Shaloub's character was obviously stoned and innthe scene where Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver are running together she says "F&$? that!!" instead of what we actually hear. You can read her lips. Sam Rockwell's scream when they are transported actually scared Sigourney and what we see.😊 And obviously the best lines are from Fred(Tony Shaloub) "They're like 3 years old" and Alexander's (Alan Rickman) "Minors not miners!!"
There was also supposed to be a scene where Weaver's character tries to seduce some of Serris's henchmen. That's why she suddenly appears with a torn-open top.
Tim Allen wasn't even an actor when he started Home Improvement. Add Sigourney and Alan Rickman, it's a win. This movie is so hilarious and heartbreaking, often overlooked but I will love it forever. “Never give up, never surrender"