Excellent retrospective of a great movie. I remember seeing this at Easter in the U.K. (in the year 2000)….I had a huge smile from start to finish. Thanks for a well researched piece. In a way “The Orville” is kind of a spiritual successor to Galaxy Quest, and even though it is now in it’s third and probably final season, and has pretty much dropped all of the humour that was the usp of the first season, there are many similarities and I love it too. (It’s certainly better than any current official Star Trek tv series)
@@jimd385/videos "probably final season" - Source? I don't think such a successful series is going anywhere. Also, they have not dropped the humor. Its still a fun series to watch, but they also tackle serious issues of our times too.
At the beginning of the movie I was thinking about how annoying the aliens were. At the end of the movie I was thinking about how I would die defending the Thermians.
I remember when seeing the promos for this film and saw the Thermians thinking oh look, they omitted the pointed ears of the Vulcan spoofs in this Star Trek spoof. How I underestimated what I was about to see.
Galaxy Quest could have been a mean-spirited jab at the Star Trek fandom, but instead was clearly a love letter. I think that's why it really reached the level of cult classic and still remains so heartfelt today. On one hand, I'm sad that it didn't get the instant fame that it deserved. A film like this should have been a massive critical, audience and financial hit. But on the other hand, I think that saved the film from being watered down by sequels that, honestly, probably wouldn't have had any more to say than the original did. Instead, Galaxy Quest got to stand alone as simply a great movie, with so much heart and loved poured into it by everybody involved.
Exactly. Patrick Stewart assumed it was mocking Trek; instead it was laughing along. Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies of all time. Fantastic script, fantastic film.
The one scene i will always remember from Galaxy Quest is the scene where Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver are trying to disable the automatic destruction sequence by pushing a blue button but the sequence doesn't stop. Just when they accept their fate and hug each other the countdown stops at 1 second because - "It always stops at 1 on the show." So of course the Thermians built it like that. Just thinking about it has me laughing again.
Love this too, as well as when he is hung over and looking for his shoes and he asks them to help them find it and they start looking at the ceiling. So many wonderful examples of great comedy in this movie.
One of my favorite lines was on the alien planet when Tawny Madison said, "Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy". I roll everytime I hear it.
I love Shalhoub's line after the rock creature and aliens were dumped out oft the ship. "I noticed that door was sticking a little, I'll get one of my guys up to fix it".
No one else could have nailed the over-the-top campy overacting of the original series scene, the bitterest sarcasm of the forced mall opening scene, AND the heartfelt pathos of the death scene WITH THE SAME LINE. Each absolutely works. That character is believable. Blows me away every single damn time. It could have been a total farce of a movie, yet it had this genuine emotional core. Provided by Rickman's absolute mastery of the craft.
That scene where rickman gives the cheesy line in such a heartfelt and serious tone to his dying friend is simply one of the best moments in my cinema viewing experience. I don't get emotional about movies, but that scene really gets me.
In my office, we have daily arguments about which is better, Wars, Trek, Babylon 5, Alien, 40K... But there's one thing all of us will always, always agree on, and that is that by Grabthar's Hammer, Galaxy Quest was amazing.
I remember thinking about how the movie was poking massive amounts of fun at Star Trek fandom, and then the movie pulls the rug out from under us all and made it all real. Then I realized how incredibly brilliant the writing (not to mention the acting, vfx, etc.) was. Honestly, the best movie ever.
its a complete film. i’ve revisited the scene where alan rickman’s character indulges the fantasy of the dying theriam alien…as he held him in his arms…and even though the film is a comedy its one of the most moving and compassionate scenes…the acting was so beautiful for that moment and has brought me to tears…
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Honestly I'm glad the movie was "censored" down to a PG rating. I was 7 years old when it came out, and a huge Star Trek fan as my dad was basically raising me on it. There's no way my mom would have let me watch an R rated movie at that point, but with a PG rating I got to watch it on repeat basically, growing up loving it just as much as I loved anything Star Trek. And I do really think it works as a charming family-friendly comedy. That said, now that I'm grown up, I certainly wouldn't mind seeing an R rated cut of the movie.
Would it have been such a disaster to your young 7 year old mind to hear Sigourney Weaver say "Well, fuck that!" when faced with a room inexplicably full of chompers? 🤔
I feel the same way. While it would have been interesting to see an R rated version of this film, it works so well as a PG movie. I also think it makes Galaxy Quest feel more like Star Trek since they're in a similar audience rating (at least with the Star Trek at the time).
I think that one f bomb at the chompers would have been perfect. Then again, I think that bleeps can be funnier than the actual words being censored sometimes.
“Could you try not to hit - EVERY! SINGLE! ONE???!!!” My favorite line delivery of any movie. The kind that you can’t really script and is entirely dependent on the actor to present.
I personally used that exact line and delivery when I let my girlfriend drive us through the Aruban Back 40 on a side-by-side quad... she was going like a bat outta Hell, and seemed to hit every frigging rock somehow; much to the chagrin of my aching gonads...
So many great lines in it including that one. I grew up on TOS reruns when it was the only Trek game in town, so mine is Rickman saying "I see you managed to get your shirt off again". Genius.
So many great moments in this movie. A perfect balance with the comedy. The funniest moment is the launching of the ship. One of the most heart-breaking moments in all of cinema is Nesmith explaining Mathazar that the show wasn't real. That truth was worse than any form of torture, amazing writing and acting. And Rickman / Dane delivering the Grabthar's Hammer line to the dying Quellick, a line that till then had been delivered cheesily or with distain. But in the moment he delivered it from the heart. Sachs / Sarris had presence and that made the heroes feel so much stronger when they overcame him. As much love as this film gets, it deserves more.
The moment Rickman does the 'Grabthar's hammer' speech with sincerity, always brings a tear. Its a superb conclusion to a very funny story arc. But Rickman was brilliant
My friends and I went to see Galaxy Quest during its first release, while we were attending an SF convention...certainly *that* audience thoroughly appreciated it! The casting, the music, every comedy and emotional beat: just perfect. I'm a little surprised you didn't have my absolute favorite moment: "You WILL go out there." "I *won't* and nothing you can say will make me." "'The Show Must Go On.'" "Damn you."
The only thing wrong with this retrospective is that I wish it had been twice as long. I love this movie SO MUCH. I've been a Trek fan since the 80s when I was about 12, and Galaxy Quest is simply the perfect cherry on top.
The lens it shone on Con Culture was far ahead of its time. And the heart this film has is immeasurable. I can not watch this movie with out weeping at the Grabthar's Hammer line. What a great vid man, thank you so much.
I'm pretty sure that Shatner's quote was self-deprecating humor, not the incredible lack of self-reflection it may have appeared to be. I can hear it the tone he uses when he's making a joke. I can't hear it as him in his serious voice.
It’s impossible he’d have so little self awareness. Given what we know of his humor over the decades, it is impossible to take that quote as anything but a very funny joke.
If you want to see funny little movie, check out 'Free Enterprise'. Shatner is hilarious, especially when he performs a rap number ( No Tears For Caesar ) at the end. The story is good with loads of references to sci-fi movies, tv shows, etc. Definitely worth a watch.
"I loved it as a kid and my appreciation for it has only grown with age." Same, I remember catching the adverts for this on TV when I was nine then convincing my Dad to take me to see this in the cinema. One of the most fun times we've both had seeing a movie for the first time. A month later when my Mum imported a US DVD copy we ended up watching it three times in the first week because my Mum and step-dad wanted to keep encouraging more people to watch it. Also aside from the Star Trek cast praising Galaxy Quest it was also given a shout-out by the Babylon 5 cast in their DVD commentaries. Unsurprisingly they also thought it was brilliant.
8:51 - inspiration for the Thermian personality coming from "the creepily friendly demeanour of Jehovah's witnesses" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 As someone who raised as a JW, that was hilariously ON POINT! I'll never be able to unsee that now whenever I re-watch GQ.
I was once told that Fundamentalist Christians are often the nicest people you can ever meet…. But they are always incredibly smug about it, it’s like they know something that the rest of us don’t 🤔
I remember back in 2007,when I was living in Copperas Cove,Tx,Jehovah's witnesses would come knock on the door early Saturday mornings and I wouldn't answer the door. LOL.Really didn't want to be bothered.
I got emotional watching this. I have such fond memories of the film, which perfectly portrays how ordinary people (one might even say broken people) can rise to the occasion when faced with extraordinary circumstances. I also love that you included commentary from various Star Trek actors. I, too, with Wil Wheaton had gotten to play the part he wished he had played. It would have been a glorious addition to the film! I'll be sharing this link on Twitter (when you release it publicly). Perhaps Frakes and the rest will see the great job you've done!
I know what you mean, but I think it would've been too on the nose, even for a movie that's obviously a tribute and parody of Star Trek (and other sci-fi).
i dont know if people give Tim Allen enough credit for his role in this film, he really did a fantastic job. its pretty much impossible for me to imagine baldwin in that role
I agree 100%. The only other actor that could possibly have worked was Kevin Kline in my opinion. But it's hard to imagine the movie being as good as it is without Tim Allen and what he brings to the film. He nailed it.
We quote this movie so often! "I have *one* job on this lousy ship. It's stupid but I'm going to do it!" Or saying, "I really need an omega-13 right now." It's in my top 5 movies of all time. Just perfection.
This is an amazing film, still holds it's own now. I didn't know they almost changed the Thermians, they are such a brilliant species, as in "what if we don't do your classic humanoid alien for once, please?" Great video for a great movie.
One of my favorite scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. Tony Shaloub solves an engineering problem by Socratic questioning. It was hysterical. Shaloub's character was a brilliant 'Anti-Scotty',
One line that still chills me to this day is when Sariss forces Jason to explain to Mathezar about how Galaxy Quest was make believe, especially when he says "HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND...EXPLAIN TO HIM...AS IT HE WERE A CHILD!" To me that brought back memories of my parents having to explain to me about how something like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy did not exist. Granted I didn't have the same reaction Mathezar had but I'm sure there were a lot of children who felt that way. It just shown the raw emotion that I will always remember from this amazing movie, and I'm half tempted to watch it again. If for anything, so I can also laugh out loud at Tony Shaloub's hilarious homage to Scotty. "Just FYI" gets me all the time.
Great video! Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters, and Tremors are some of the best written and successfully produced films ever. Not a wasted moment, no throwaway dialogue, setups and payoffs everywhere, set pieces that are both fun and that further the plot, and excellent casting. So good.
And, just like the original Star Trek series, it got off to a slow start, but when it finally got the recognition it deserved it became a cult classic.
My ex boyfriend and I showed up at Goblin Valley, Utah to camp during the production of this movie. We saw a bunch of semis filled with equipment and the spaceship prop. We asked one of the crewmembers the name of the film being shot. When the told us "Galaxy Quest", we figured it was a B movie at best. We unfortunately couldn't camp at Goblin Valley since the production had reserved the entire park. We were excited to see the movie when it came out and I fell in love with it. It's still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Rickmans most iconic role personally is still in dogma, but this is too one of his top, he was a treasure. And cole the thermian, wow he really makes the movie.
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Just watched this film, I can safely say it's one of the best movies I've ever watched. From a technical standpoint it was good for its time, but the writing is what makes it shine.
I love Brent Spiner's Patrick Stewart impression. I keep watching this same few seconds over and over 😂 Brent, let me say something to you... I LOVE THIS IMPRESSION
25:00 Hilarious how Shatner is like "I have no idea what Tim Allen was doing, or he was trying to imitate." And of course Takei is like "oh he had that Shatner-eque swagger down pat." Hahahahah
What a wonderful, wonderful actor Alan Rickman was absolutely stole every film he appeared in. And can we just take a moment to appreciate Brent Spiner's spot on Patrick Stewart impression!
I'll watch any video that extols the virtues of Galaxy Quest. Absolutely one of my favorite films. I nearly teared up at 19:50, even with just the scene in isolation.
This is a brilliant retrospective. You nailed it. This has all the heart and humor of the movie itself. I also completely agree about the fact that this movie doesn't need a sequel. It's perfect the way it is and they need to leave it alone
By Grabthar's hammer...thank you Alan and the rest of the cast and crew for such a wonderful movie. I've lost count how many times I have watched this.
Galaxy Quest is one of the movies that I can rewatch fully knowing that Im gonna cry my eyes out by the end. It has a beautiful energy. I tear up just THINKING about the ending at the con!
My dad, a huge Trekkie, was too cheap to take us to many movies at the theater. However, he heard the word of mouth about this one and took the whole family to the dollar theater to see it. I remember being unenthusiastic going in, but coming out laughing and smiling. Truly a gem
I'm surprised that they were reluctant to take on Alan Rickman for a comedy because "he's a serious actor". Haven't they heard of Police Squad and The Naked Gun?? They're hilarious cause Leslie Nielsen is so serious. And a straight man is a famous comedic troup.
I always remember when Leslie Nielsen was on Saturday Night Live, and in his monologue he said "I was kind of surprised they invited me here. I've never considered myself a comedian. I just acted serious while funny things were happening around me." And that's the key to why Alan Rickman was perfect in this: he never acted like he knew it was funny, and that's exactly what made it funny. But it also made the point where he transitioned from it being a role he was tired of being stuck in, to it being one he embraced, feel so sincere.
This movie was the ultimate love letter to Star Trek while reminding the industry not to take itsself so seriously. I enjoyed every moment of it and it is one of my top 20 movies. nuff said?
That moment when the Protector first leaves the space dock and everyone nervously looks at the ship veering dangerously off course, while the crew is still trying to pretend everything is absolutely fine, that's just pure comedy gold.
I adored this film sooo much when it came out. One of just a handful of films I will happily re-watch over and over. My whole family are huge Star Trek fans and we all loved it.
I don't know how many times I'd watched the film before realizing that Rickman's Alexander was STILL wearing his costume skullcap at home in the scene where he is talking to Gwen on the phone. If he really hated the character, Alexander would have ripped it off as soon as he got home - if not in the car on the way home. So this showed that he, too, was perhaps living in his glory-days, as well. I don't know if it was written into the script that way, or a decision by Rickman, but it was well done. If a series or another film IS done, I really hope they do it right, with good writing, an actual story, and not just 'throw something on the screen and make a bit of cash'. Thank you for the documentary, Rowan. You brought back a lot of wonderful memories...as well having to deal with parents and other family for arriving "late" because we went to see a movie on Christmas day! LOL
Always has been one of my favorite films. "I used to be an actor once dammit, now look at me!" Always makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it.
In terms of the rock monster in this movie, it was like the animators at ILM decided to make use of the scraped rock monster concept for the finale of Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier. Only visualizing the rock monster with CGI instead of a clunky and barely functioning costume.
There are so many wonderful scenes in this brilliant film, but for me an oft-overlooked gem is when Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver are trying to shut off the self-destruct. At the moment where they think that they have failed, they each turn to the other and in that one moment try to confess their feelings, yet are interrupted by the realization that they have in fact succeeded and saved themselves. Those were two adults confronting their wish to recapture a lost moment...it was touching.
In Toy Story 1, Tim Allen's Buzz Lightyear is a spaceman who has a delusion that he is regular person, Mrs. Nesbith. In Galaxy Quest, he plays regular person, Mr Jason Nesbith, who goes to space and thinks it's a delusion.
EXCELLENT Rowan, as always , thank you so much... what a great pleasure!!!! No question my favourite Star Trek movie and one of my all time favourite comedies, up there with Monty Python!!
This movie is incredible. It somehow manages to be both a fun parody and a loving homage. It's just something yo DO NOT SEE done well. It's got so much heart. I wish there was another film or 3 in in this series but maybe it's for the best. Wonderful retrospective. It's so quotable too.
Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies of all time, right up there with Aliens. It's one of the few times where a clear parody completely shot past its mark and was not only as good as the thing it was making fun of, it actually managed to be better in many ways. The music is fantastic, the jokes and references are hilarious, the action is very well directed and acted, and even the drama and more serious parts of the movie are perfectly done.
I think it needed Sigourney Weaver to highlight the role. She's played characters more than capable, we know she can do more shows how limited many female roles can be because we know she's the one that can do the most.
I had this on VHS and watched it damned near every day. I absolutely adored Galaxy Quest. It was hilarious, it was exciting, it was touching. Definitely the best of parts of Star Trek and the fandom wrapped up into one fantastic package.
One of the greatest comedies of all time. A situation that is completely ludicrous. A stellar cast that plays it dead-pan seriously. Everything about it is hilarious from the hate-hate relationship between the team members to the behaviour of the Thermians. It's up there with Life of Brian, Night at the Opera, Three Musketeers (1973). 10+ in every way.
It is not a comedy. Watch it again and pay attention. It's a great historical document. Just like the one about those poor people stranded on an island, all because of the first mate. I'm surprised there was nothing about how dangerous it would be to travel with that oh what's his name. He crashed his plane in a river. Another time he was in a plane that crashed in the ocean and had a round friend called Willison. You know what's his name, can never remember since he always used a new name. Different want people to know it was him on the ship plane car or space craft. He almost blew up an Apollo craf.... wait he did.
@@francisdhomer5910 Oh, my mistake. Thank you for correcting me. I know who you mean. When he was a little kid he made a wish that turned him into a grown up, and later on he was nearly conned into jumping into a volcano so that Meg Ryan's dad could make a lot of money. Some people,eh?
I remember when this came out and I remember deciding not to see this in the theater, as the marketing was so terrible. When I did finally see it, I was disappointed I missed the theater experience.
As a Star Trek fan myself, this movie succeeds at a seemingly impossible task: make fun of a classic sci-fi series and its fandom, and at the same being deeply respectful towards what the series and its fandom stand for. A movie like this could not even be conceived in the current Hollywood climate. There are few films that I remember where I was truly elated when the end credits rolled by, and GALAXY QUEST ranks among the very top of it. ❤
It’s that sincerity, admiration and refraining from going for the low-hanging fruits which makes all the difference. The depiction of the fans is both something that’s believable and amusing without coming off as mean-spirited about it; an element of truth amongst all of it. If it was made today? Ever seen how Teen Titans Go! lampoons fans of the original series? Probably something like that with all the smug-induced smarm and jock-like spitefulness in their backhanding of geek culture. A work written by a fake geek or a school bully who just wants to shit on the genre rather than celebrate it.
i remember watching this in theaters after my Dad had it recommended to him by his co-worker who knew that he appreciated TNG and Tool Time. I was 13, and to be honest, I was expecting a mediocre space film. I left feeling fulfilled, and felt so many memorable emotions, that to this day I continue to re-watch it every year or so.
I love this movie so much. Thank you for this retrospective. My sisters and I still quote this movie randomly just for the fun of it. One of our favorite moments is the red thingy, green thingy scene. Never fails to make me laugh.
I actually watched it when my router decided to die on Tuesday night. My daughter who is 7 absolutely loved it. It's held up superbly. Good video mate.
In my opinion, Galaxy Quest is easily one of the best Star Trek movies yet made! It is one of the best, and most loving spoofs ever made! Only The Orville holds a candle to Galaxy Quest as a perfect Star Trek spoof! (Note: The Orville is still in production, and it is REALLY hitting its stride in Season 3, which is currently releasing as I type this comment)
Before seeing Galaxy Quest: "it's just a parody of start trek" but the actually seeing it outgrow what its perception was and what it wanted to be in every part having comedy but also a strong story arc that grows out of that comedy and finds it's own strength. The same i feel is with Orville, started as a comedy star trek but now in season 3 it found it's own soul with strong stories and a hint of comedy. It also finds it's own place and his own strength. With strange new world it's the strongest star trek - not Trek series we got today.
There are lots of retrospectives on this film, and most of them praise Alan Rickman--and with good reason--but this film would not be the film we all love if not for Miss Weaver. Her facial reactions (thanks to the director for catching them) and eyerolls, the smart way she delivers her lines--even the mundane lines like when she explained to Jason why she had not killed the intercom when he motioned for her to do that, is just perfection. Even, near the end when she has her boobs out, she (as an actress) understood that the basis of her character (in the old TV show) had been created based on old films like Mission Stardust and Barbarella where the lead actresses had used their sexuality to attract male audiences. Having Gwen expose her bra was a nod to the male fandom that--Gwen knew--had made the TV show a hit, and given her all those convention dollars.
Has anyone else noticed that the main power plant for the Quantum Drive in The Orville is clearly a Beryllium Sphere. And that Samuel Kirk from Strange New Worlds is the identical twin of the Sam Rockwell character in the movie 🤔
They absolutely should not try to do anymore "Galaxy Quest." It really is a perfect film and a perfect satirical tribute to a beloved part of popular culture. The stars were aligned metaphorically and actually and anything else, attempting to recreate magic, would really become cynical and cynical is NOT what this film is. P.S. I swallowed down the wrong pipe during the Shattner quote. I mean that is Narcissistic perfection. Brava!
Absolutely excellent! I adored and loved this film right from first watching. I'm 70+ and used to rewatch this masterpiece every couple of years with my best friend, who died prematurely in '12. He and I were stalwarts of the UK Diplomacy PBEM hobby from it's inception for three decades went to conventions 2-3 times a year. So the emotional weight it carries is enormous. A lesser film I would have just looked at the cover to bring back the memories, but I still re-watch the film. It's so good, that it isn't overwhelmed by the emotional freight that it carries - you have done it justice. I've gotten (an American usage whose absence is a regrettable lacuna in UK English) several of my friends to subscribe as well, but I think that it's time my appreciation also took a more tangible form. 😁
Must go water the garden now it's cooling down, I'll just check my youtube subscriptions. Ohhhh a Rowan video. Ohhh no Galaxy Quest. Well, I guess the garden can wait for another half hour....
Totally worth postponing everything I was doing to watch, a loving retrospective for a film that itself is a loving look at it's genre and it's fans. I love this film and have since I first saw it. It's my go-to if ever toxic fandom and cynicism creeep into my enjoyment of genre media. It never fails to remind me just why I love these things, what's so great about so many people coming together to love it. It's some kind of magic with the casting, the script, just how well done the effects are that it never feels like it has a mean edge but always says 'we get why you love it, we love it too'.
9:20 it's ridiculous how many behind the scenes and documentaries about movies eventually come to the part that says "and then Steven Spielberg suggested ______"
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Excellent retrospective of a great movie. I remember seeing this at Easter in the U.K. (in the year 2000)….I had a huge smile from start to finish. Thanks for a well researched piece.
In a way “The Orville” is kind of a spiritual successor to Galaxy Quest, and even though it is now in it’s third and probably final season, and has pretty much dropped all of the humour that was the usp of the first season, there are many similarities and I love it too. (It’s certainly better than any current official Star Trek tv series)
Hey Rowan.. thanks for doing this one! I thought the golden days of your Star Trek series was over.. then I saw this :)
@@jimd385/videos "probably final season" - Source? I don't think such a successful series is going anywhere. Also, they have not dropped the humor. Its still a fun series to watch, but they also tackle serious issues of our times too.
Are you planning to a retrospective on Battlestar Galactica? Or maybe a more grounded to earth kinda Sci-fi like The X-Files?
An amazing film
"Oh my god, I think he just experienced acting" - Rickman rocks.
Go watch Emma Thomson's eulogy. It's heart thumpingly beautiful
Oh and if you can find it, John Sessions does an imitation of Rickman on QI. Hilarious.
There aren't many films as good as Galaxy Quest. It succeeds in basically everything it sets out to do.
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no doubt...this is one of the few movies that i can watch over and over and always be entertained.
gripping sci-fi, cool ship and tech and brilliant comedy it is has it all and is near perfect hoot
How’d you post a comment 7 days before posting? Lol
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It's because I love this film just that much.
At the beginning of the movie I was thinking about how annoying the aliens were. At the end of the movie I was thinking about how I would die defending the Thermians.
Same, same. I think that's exactly the point - they're very well-written.
It's the termites!
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I remember when seeing the promos for this film and saw the Thermians thinking oh look, they omitted the pointed ears of the Vulcan spoofs in this Star Trek spoof. How I underestimated what I was about to see.
Personally I was really surprised how invested I was in the intra-species romance
My personal favorite - "Hey, don't open that! We're on an alien planet! Is there air? You don't know!!"
(takes a few deep breaths) "Seems OK."
Knowing that one of them would later star in Monk as Adrian Monk, it’s even funnier when you imagine Adrian saying that line for a different reason.
Lol. That was indeed funny. Guy was hilarious
Galaxy Quest could have been a mean-spirited jab at the Star Trek fandom, but instead was clearly a love letter. I think that's why it really reached the level of cult classic and still remains so heartfelt today. On one hand, I'm sad that it didn't get the instant fame that it deserved. A film like this should have been a massive critical, audience and financial hit. But on the other hand, I think that saved the film from being watered down by sequels that, honestly, probably wouldn't have had any more to say than the original did. Instead, Galaxy Quest got to stand alone as simply a great movie, with so much heart and loved poured into it by everybody involved.
Exactly. Patrick Stewart assumed it was mocking Trek; instead it was laughing along. Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies of all time. Fantastic script, fantastic film.
Absolutely
@@Entertainer13 About what is it laughing along though?
@@Icetea-2000 What do you mean? It was laughing along with *everything*. It poked fun at the tropes without ever sullying its reverence for heroism.
The film did poorly upon release due to abysmal marketing. The trailers make it seem like a screwball farce instead of a funny, heartfelt adventure.
The one scene i will always remember from Galaxy Quest is the scene where Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver are trying to disable the automatic destruction sequence by pushing a blue button but the sequence doesn't stop. Just when they accept their fate and hug each other the countdown stops at 1 second because -
"It always stops at 1 on the show." So of course the Thermians built it like that.
Just thinking about it has me laughing again.
My favorite line of the film.
Love this too, as well as when he is hung over and looking for his shoes and he asks them to help them find it and they start looking at the ceiling. So many wonderful examples of great comedy in this movie.
One of my favorite lines was on the alien planet when Tawny Madison said, "Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy". I roll everytime I hear it.
I don't know why, but I never quite caught that until around my 4th or 5th viewing. Sam Rockwell's reaction really brought it home though.
Yes! And when Guy asks them, Did you guys ever watch the show? when Tawney was saying how cute the little killers were. Love all of that.
I love Shalhoub's line after the rock creature and aliens were dumped out oft the ship. "I noticed that door was sticking a little, I'll get one of my guys up to fix it".
"Does the rolling help?"
_"Yes,_ Gwen. It helps."
(pause) "Where's your gun?"
"Aww, man!"
So many gems like that throughout. What kills me every time is Rickman saying "I see you managed to get your shirt off again".
The late Allan Rickman was treasure in this film.
He was so perfect for this movie.
No one else could have nailed the over-the-top campy overacting of the original series scene, the bitterest sarcasm of the forced mall opening scene, AND the heartfelt pathos of the death scene WITH THE SAME LINE. Each absolutely works. That character is believable. Blows me away every single damn time. It could have been a total farce of a movie, yet it had this genuine emotional core. Provided by Rickman's absolute mastery of the craft.
By Grabthar's hammer...what a savings.
I loved how surly and pissed off he was at the start of the film and then came a genuine sense of caring and heart
@@10-OSwords I loved how he could barely spit that line out... :'D
That scene where rickman gives the cheesy line in such a heartfelt and serious tone to his dying friend is simply one of the best moments in my cinema viewing experience. I don't get emotional about movies, but that scene really gets me.
In my office, we have daily arguments about which is better, Wars, Trek, Babylon 5, Alien, 40K... But there's one thing all of us will always, always agree on, and that is that by Grabthar's Hammer, Galaxy Quest was amazing.
People are advocating for Star Wars where you work? Do you work in a Nursery School?
Sounds like great coworkers!
@@markallen2984 You don't like Star Wars?
Nobody's championing Stargate?
Stargate should be in the conversation... and it should be the winner...
I remember thinking about how the movie was poking massive amounts of fun at Star Trek fandom, and then the movie pulls the rug out from under us all and made it all real. Then I realized how incredibly brilliant the writing (not to mention the acting, vfx, etc.) was. Honestly, the best movie ever.
Impossible to not see a video about this movie and not get teary-eyed.
This movie is a true masterpiece in science-fiction
its a complete film. i’ve revisited the scene where alan rickman’s character indulges the fantasy of the dying theriam alien…as he held him in his arms…and even though the film is a comedy its one of the most moving and compassionate scenes…the acting was so beautiful for that moment and has brought me to tears…
Such a great film. It's right up there with The Princess Bride. Simply perfect 👏👏👏
YES… and, may I add Young Frankenstein?
@@a.noriega-gonzalez6801 what sbut spacebalks or fsnboys fsnboys is kind like this movi with it satircrl take on fandom culture and how it both affects and grows a frsnchise over time to even desires
What a great list of movies that perfectly set out to do what it meant to. Galaxy Quest, Princess Bride, young Frankenstein and let me add Tremors.
Honestly I'm glad the movie was "censored" down to a PG rating. I was 7 years old when it came out, and a huge Star Trek fan as my dad was basically raising me on it. There's no way my mom would have let me watch an R rated movie at that point, but with a PG rating I got to watch it on repeat basically, growing up loving it just as much as I loved anything Star Trek. And I do really think it works as a charming family-friendly comedy. That said, now that I'm grown up, I certainly wouldn't mind seeing an R rated cut of the movie.
Would it have been such a disaster to your young 7 year old mind to hear Sigourney Weaver say "Well, fuck that!" when faced with a room inexplicably full of chompers? 🤔
It was a compromise to public taste than turned out not to be detraaction, but improvement.
I feel the same way. While it would have been interesting to see an R rated version of this film, it works so well as a PG movie. I also think it makes Galaxy Quest feel more like Star Trek since they're in a similar audience rating (at least with the Star Trek at the time).
I think that one f bomb at the chompers would have been perfect. Then again, I think that bleeps can be funnier than the actual words being censored sometimes.
@@dexterbunco4212 wel ther in pg13 movie you can only have on f bomb
“Could you try not to hit - EVERY! SINGLE! ONE???!!!”
My favorite line delivery of any movie. The kind that you can’t really script and is entirely dependent on the actor to present.
I personally used that exact line and delivery when I let my girlfriend drive us through the Aruban Back 40 on a side-by-side quad... she was going like a bat outta Hell, and seemed to hit every frigging rock somehow; much to the chagrin of my aching gonads...
So many great lines in it including that one. I grew up on TOS reruns when it was the only Trek game in town, so mine is Rickman saying "I see you managed to get your shirt off again". Genius.
So many great moments in this movie. A perfect balance with the comedy. The funniest moment is the launching of the ship. One of the most heart-breaking moments in all of cinema is Nesmith explaining Mathazar that the show wasn't real. That truth was worse than any form of torture, amazing writing and acting. And Rickman / Dane delivering the Grabthar's Hammer line to the dying Quellick, a line that till then had been delivered cheesily or with distain. But in the moment he delivered it from the heart. Sachs / Sarris had presence and that made the heroes feel so much stronger when they overcame him. As much love as this film gets, it deserves more.
*Me watching back in 1999*
Sariss: He doesn't understand! Explain to him...as if he were a child.
Me: Damn...that's cutting deep.
@@SNARC15 As much as SEEING how they experience the world has meaning… have it put into words has real weight.
One of the great films of all time. The baby aliens are utterly brilliant.
The moment Rickman does the 'Grabthar's hammer' speech with sincerity, always brings a tear. Its a superb conclusion to a very funny story arc. But Rickman was brilliant
My friends and I went to see Galaxy Quest during its first release, while we were attending an SF convention...certainly *that* audience thoroughly appreciated it! The casting, the music, every comedy and emotional beat: just perfect. I'm a little surprised you didn't have my absolute favorite moment: "You WILL go out there." "I *won't* and nothing you can say will make me." "'The Show Must Go On.'" "Damn you."
The only thing wrong with this retrospective is that I wish it had been twice as long. I love this movie SO MUCH. I've been a Trek fan since the 80s when I was about 12, and Galaxy Quest is simply the perfect cherry on top.
The lens it shone on Con Culture was far ahead of its time. And the heart this film has is immeasurable. I can not watch this movie with out weeping at the Grabthar's Hammer line. What a great vid man, thank you so much.
I'm pretty sure that Shatner's quote was self-deprecating humor, not the incredible lack of self-reflection it may have appeared to be. I can hear it the tone he uses when he's making a joke. I can't hear it as him in his serious voice.
I agree. I've always admired his ability to poke fun at himself, like the SNL appearance, and I'm sure this was just more of the same.
It’s impossible he’d have so little self awareness. Given what we know of his humor over the decades, it is impossible to take that quote as anything but a very funny joke.
It was. 100%
Of course. It’s Canadian humour.
If you want to see funny little movie, check out 'Free Enterprise'. Shatner is hilarious, especially when he performs a rap number ( No Tears For Caesar ) at the end. The story is good with loads of references to sci-fi movies, tv shows, etc. Definitely worth a watch.
"I loved it as a kid and my appreciation for it has only grown with age." Same, I remember catching the adverts for this on TV when I was nine then convincing my Dad to take me to see this in the cinema. One of the most fun times we've both had seeing a movie for the first time. A month later when my Mum imported a US DVD copy we ended up watching it three times in the first week because my Mum and step-dad wanted to keep encouraging more people to watch it.
Also aside from the Star Trek cast praising Galaxy Quest it was also given a shout-out by the Babylon 5 cast in their DVD commentaries. Unsurprisingly they also thought it was brilliant.
8:51 - inspiration for the Thermian personality coming from "the creepily friendly demeanour of Jehovah's witnesses" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
As someone who raised as a JW, that was hilariously ON POINT! I'll never be able to unsee that now whenever I re-watch GQ.
I was once told that Fundamentalist Christians are often the nicest people you can ever meet…. But they are always incredibly smug about it, it’s like they know something that the rest of us don’t 🤔
I remember back in 2007,when I was living in Copperas Cove,Tx,Jehovah's witnesses would come knock on the door early Saturday mornings and I wouldn't answer the door. LOL.Really didn't want to be bothered.
It is certainly one of my all-time favourite films. And, unlike many others, I can go back to it again and again.
I got emotional watching this. I have such fond memories of the film, which perfectly portrays how ordinary people (one might even say broken people) can rise to the occasion when faced with extraordinary circumstances. I also love that you included commentary from various Star Trek actors. I, too, with Wil Wheaton had gotten to play the part he wished he had played. It would have been a glorious addition to the film! I'll be sharing this link on Twitter (when you release it publicly). Perhaps Frakes and the rest will see the great job you've done!
I know what you mean, but I think it would've been too on the nose, even for a movie that's obviously a tribute and parody of Star Trek (and other sci-fi).
@@concernedcitizen6313 The best parodies are done with love. "Galaxy Quest" does that in spades.
i dont know if people give Tim Allen enough credit for his role in this film, he really did a fantastic job. its pretty much impossible for me to imagine baldwin in that role
I agree 100%. The only other actor that could possibly have worked was Kevin Kline in my opinion. But it's hard to imagine the movie being as good as it is without Tim Allen and what he brings to the film. He nailed it.
We quote this movie so often! "I have *one* job on this lousy ship. It's stupid but I'm going to do it!" Or saying, "I really need an omega-13 right now." It's in my top 5 movies of all time. Just perfection.
I feel like there should be a powerful cocktail named the 'Omega-13'
This is an amazing film, still holds it's own now. I didn't know they almost changed the Thermians, they are such a brilliant species, as in "what if we don't do your classic humanoid alien for once, please?"
Great video for a great movie.
What a WONDERFUL subject for a retrospective. I was grinning from ear to ear throughout the entire video. Well done!
I love this movie. Alan Rickman when he trives to escape at the beginning of the movie is hysterical. He is the best part of this movie by far.
You're work is worth every single penny of my OAP's contribution!
One of my favorite scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. Tony Shaloub solves an engineering problem by Socratic questioning. It was hysterical. Shaloub's character was a brilliant 'Anti-Scotty',
One line that still chills me to this day is when Sariss forces Jason to explain to Mathezar about how Galaxy Quest was make believe, especially when he says "HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND...EXPLAIN TO HIM...AS IT HE WERE A CHILD!"
To me that brought back memories of my parents having to explain to me about how something like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy did not exist. Granted I didn't have the same reaction Mathezar had but I'm sure there were a lot of children who felt that way. It just shown the raw emotion that I will always remember from this amazing movie, and I'm half tempted to watch it again.
If for anything, so I can also laugh out loud at Tony Shaloub's hilarious homage to Scotty. "Just FYI" gets me all the time.
"HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND...EXPLAIN TO HIM...AS IT HE WERE A CHILD!"
A great demonstration of Sariss 's inherent cruelty.
Great video! Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters, and Tremors are some of the best written and successfully produced films ever. Not a wasted moment, no throwaway dialogue, setups and payoffs everywhere, set pieces that are both fun and that further the plot, and excellent casting. So good.
There are very few movies I can watch again and again and still enjoy. This is one.
And, just like the original Star Trek series, it got off to a slow start, but when it finally got the recognition it deserved it became a cult classic.
My ex boyfriend and I showed up at Goblin Valley, Utah to camp during the production of this movie. We saw a bunch of semis filled with equipment and the spaceship prop. We asked one of the crewmembers the name of the film being shot. When the told us "Galaxy Quest", we figured it was a B movie at best. We unfortunately couldn't camp at Goblin Valley since the production had reserved the entire park. We were excited to see the movie when it came out and I fell in love with it. It's still one of my favorite movies of all time.
I had no idea what I was getting into when I first watched Galaxy Quest but now it's one of my favorite movies
Thank you Rowan, for a loving Review of the Best 'Not a Star Trek', Fantasy Science-Fiction Film ever made. Bloody love this Film.
Rickmans most iconic role personally is still in dogma, but this is too one of his top, he was a treasure.
And cole the thermian, wow he really makes the movie.
Yeah… My favorite part of rickman is also Methatron
I would argue that Dogma is Kevin Smith's best film, to date. Admittedly, there are a lot I haven't seen.
@@JoelMurphy77 my favourite too.
Through thetr are goodmovoeslike red state,and tusk, good horror
Through tusk is weird. But oddlyenough good johnny depp
And jay and silentbob strikes back i find funny.
Just watched this film, I can safely say it's one of the best movies I've ever watched. From a technical standpoint it was good for its time, but the writing is what makes it shine.
Honestly, I still lose it at “And it exploded” every time.
I love Brent Spiner's Patrick Stewart impression. I keep watching this same few seconds over and over 😂
Brent, let me say something to you... I LOVE THIS IMPRESSION
"Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!"
"Miners, not Minors!"
"By Grabthar's hammer, by the sons of Worvan, you shall be avenged!"
25:00 Hilarious how Shatner is like "I have no idea what Tim Allen was doing, or he was trying to imitate." And of course Takei is like "oh he had that Shatner-eque swagger down pat." Hahahahah
What a wonderful, wonderful actor Alan Rickman was absolutely stole every film he appeared in. And can we just take a moment to appreciate Brent Spiner's spot on Patrick Stewart impression!
I'm not a Trekky, but I love this movie! The idea is fantastic! It's directed well, acted well, and it's really funny.
A massively quotable film, but I think my favorite has to be "That's not right...!"
I'll watch any video that extols the virtues of Galaxy Quest. Absolutely one of my favorite films. I nearly teared up at 19:50, even with just the scene in isolation.
This is a brilliant retrospective. You nailed it. This has all the heart and humor of the movie itself. I also completely agree about the fact that this movie doesn't need a sequel. It's perfect the way it is and they need to leave it alone
By Grabthar's hammer...thank you Alan and the rest of the cast and crew for such a wonderful movie. I've lost count how many times I have watched this.
A 7th grade teacher one day decided she didn't feel like teaching and decided to put this movie on for the class.
This movie is top tier
Lawlessx9 how old wre you you saw this
11:03 "Allen realised Rickman..."
That threw me off for a second
Galaxy Quest is one of the movies that I can rewatch fully knowing that Im gonna cry my eyes out by the end. It has a beautiful energy. I tear up just THINKING about the ending at the con!
My dad, a huge Trekkie, was too cheap to take us to many movies at the theater. However, he heard the word of mouth about this one and took the whole family to the dollar theater to see it. I remember being unenthusiastic going in, but coming out laughing and smiling. Truly a gem
I'm surprised that they were reluctant to take on Alan Rickman for a comedy because "he's a serious actor". Haven't they heard of Police Squad and The Naked Gun?? They're hilarious cause Leslie Nielsen is so serious. And a straight man is a famous comedic troup.
I always remember when Leslie Nielsen was on Saturday Night Live, and in his monologue he said "I was kind of surprised they invited me here. I've never considered myself a comedian. I just acted serious while funny things were happening around me." And that's the key to why Alan Rickman was perfect in this: he never acted like he knew it was funny, and that's exactly what made it funny. But it also made the point where he transitioned from it being a role he was tired of being stuck in, to it being one he embraced, feel so sincere.
This movie was the ultimate love letter to Star Trek while reminding the industry not to take itsself so seriously. I enjoyed every moment of it and it is one of my top 20 movies.
nuff said?
That moment when the Protector first leaves the space dock and everyone nervously looks at the ship veering dangerously off course, while the crew is still trying to pretend everything is absolutely fine, that's just pure comedy gold.
I adored this film sooo much when it came out. One of just a handful of films I will happily re-watch over and over. My whole family are huge Star Trek fans and we all loved it.
I love Galaxy Quest and in my opinion it is the greatest Star Trek film ever.
My young kids love that movie. It’s ageless.
I don't know how many times I'd watched the film before realizing that Rickman's Alexander was STILL wearing his costume skullcap at home in the scene where he is talking to Gwen on the phone. If he really hated the character, Alexander would have ripped it off as soon as he got home - if not in the car on the way home. So this showed that he, too, was perhaps living in his glory-days, as well. I don't know if it was written into the script that way, or a decision by Rickman, but it was well done. If a series or another film IS done, I really hope they do it right, with good writing, an actual story, and not just 'throw something on the screen and make a bit of cash'. Thank you for the documentary, Rowan. You brought back a lot of wonderful memories...as well having to deal with parents and other family for arriving "late" because we went to see a movie on Christmas day! LOL
Always has been one of my favorite films. "I used to be an actor once dammit, now look at me!" Always makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it.
In terms of the rock monster in this movie, it was like the animators at ILM decided to make use of the scraped rock monster concept for the finale of Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier. Only visualizing the rock monster with CGI instead of a clunky and barely functioning costume.
I thought the same thing
Probably why William Shatner was ecstatic about this movie. His rock monster was finally realised.
Definitely, a possibility. Also, there were rock creatures in the animated series (“Mudd’s Passion).
This movie was so perfect!
It would have deserved much more audience in the cinemas.
The NSEA Protector was Grant Imahara's masterpiece.
RIP Grant 😢😢
Grant is forever missed.
I actually liked him better as Sulu than George Takei in Star Trek Continues. RIP.
There are so many wonderful scenes in this brilliant film, but for me an oft-overlooked gem is when Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver are trying to shut off the self-destruct. At the moment where they think that they have failed, they each turn to the other and in that one moment try to confess their feelings, yet are interrupted by the realization that they have in fact succeeded and saved themselves. Those were two adults confronting their wish to recapture a lost moment...it was touching.
In Toy Story 1, Tim Allen's Buzz Lightyear is a spaceman who has a delusion that he is regular person, Mrs. Nesbith. In Galaxy Quest, he plays regular person, Mr Jason Nesbith, who goes to space and thinks it's a delusion.
EXCELLENT Rowan, as always , thank you so much... what a great pleasure!!!! No question my favourite Star Trek movie and one of my all time favourite comedies, up there with Monty Python!!
HE'S NOT THE ADMIRAL!
HE'S A VERY NAUGHTY BOY!
This movie is incredible. It somehow manages to be both a fun parody and a loving homage. It's just something yo DO NOT SEE done well. It's got so much heart. I wish there was another film or 3 in in this series but maybe it's for the best. Wonderful retrospective. It's so quotable too.
It's almost a paradox in that it both leaves you wanting more, but it also said all that needed to be said.
I remember how I found out about this movie by accident. Me and my brother nearly died from laughter watching it. This is really a masterpiece.
Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies of all time, right up there with Aliens. It's one of the few times where a clear parody completely shot past its mark and was not only as good as the thing it was making fun of, it actually managed to be better in many ways.
The music is fantastic, the jokes and references are hilarious, the action is very well directed and acted, and even the drama and more serious parts of the movie are perfectly done.
Your Retrospective documentary added knowledge to my enjoyment of this amazing film.
I think it needed Sigourney Weaver to highlight the role. She's played characters more than capable, we know she can do more shows how limited many female roles can be because we know she's the one that can do the most.
Its strangely refreshing have her not playing a stone cold badass for a change.
@@andromidius well, to be honest, she was playing an actor that suposely plays a stone cold badass hahahahaha
So she was playing basicly herself.
@@bragod no, Tawny Maddison was not a stone cold badass. She was the ditsy airhead. That was the joke.
I had this on VHS and watched it damned near every day. I absolutely adored Galaxy Quest. It was hilarious, it was exciting, it was touching. Definitely the best of parts of Star Trek and the fandom wrapped up into one fantastic package.
One of the greatest comedies of all time.
A situation that is completely ludicrous.
A stellar cast that plays it dead-pan seriously.
Everything about it is hilarious from the hate-hate relationship between the team members to the behaviour of the Thermians.
It's up there with Life of Brian, Night at the Opera, Three Musketeers (1973).
10+ in every way.
It is not a comedy. Watch it again and pay attention. It's a great historical document. Just like the one about those poor people stranded on an island, all because of the first mate. I'm surprised there was nothing about how dangerous it would be to travel with that oh what's his name. He crashed his plane in a river. Another time he was in a plane that crashed in the ocean and had a round friend called Willison. You know what's his name, can never remember since he always used a new name. Different want people to know it was him on the ship plane car or space craft. He almost blew up an Apollo craf.... wait he did.
@@francisdhomer5910 Oh, my mistake.
Thank you for correcting me.
I know who you mean.
When he was a little kid he made a wish that turned him into a grown up, and later on he was nearly conned into jumping into a volcano so that Meg Ryan's dad could make a lot of money.
Some people,eh?
I didn't get to see this movie until my late 30's and I loved every second of it.
I remember when this came out and I remember deciding not to see this in the theater, as the marketing was so terrible. When I did finally see it, I was disappointed I missed the theater experience.
As a Star Trek fan myself, this movie succeeds at a seemingly impossible task: make fun of a classic sci-fi series and its fandom, and at the same being deeply respectful towards what the series and its fandom stand for. A movie like this could not even be conceived in the current Hollywood climate. There are few films that I remember where I was truly elated when the end credits rolled by, and GALAXY QUEST ranks among the very top of it. ❤
It’s that sincerity, admiration and refraining from going for the low-hanging fruits which makes all the difference. The depiction of the fans is both something that’s believable and amusing without coming off as mean-spirited about it; an element of truth amongst all of it.
If it was made today? Ever seen how Teen Titans Go! lampoons fans of the original series? Probably something like that with all the smug-induced smarm and jock-like spitefulness in their backhanding of geek culture. A work written by a fake geek or a school bully who just wants to shit on the genre rather than celebrate it.
Never Give Up Never Surrender!
An instant classic. "I see you managed to get your shirt off."
Fantastic content as always, it's such a great movie, this and enemy mine are two of my fav sci fi movies..
Finally someone recognizing Enemy Mine. I just love that movie and yes, it‘s up there with Galaxy Quest!!!
In short; a comedic parody done right.
I've only seen the movie couple of times,
but it's a blast of entertainment every time.
i remember watching this in theaters after my Dad had it recommended to him by his co-worker who knew that he appreciated TNG and Tool Time. I was 13, and to be honest, I was expecting a mediocre space film. I left feeling fulfilled, and felt so many memorable emotions, that to this day I continue to re-watch it every year or so.
I love this movie so much. Thank you for this retrospective. My sisters and I still quote this movie randomly just for the fun of it. One of our favorite moments is the red thingy, green thingy scene. Never fails to make me laugh.
18:26 I like to think the real reason Alexander Dane is irked in this instance is because the fan _got the catch-phrase wrong._
I actually watched it when my router decided to die on Tuesday night. My daughter who is 7 absolutely loved it. It's held up superbly. Good video mate.
In my opinion, Galaxy Quest is easily one of the best Star Trek movies yet made! It is one of the best, and most loving spoofs ever made! Only The Orville holds a candle to Galaxy Quest as a perfect Star Trek spoof! (Note: The Orville is still in production, and it is REALLY hitting its stride in Season 3, which is currently releasing as I type this comment)
Before seeing Galaxy Quest: "it's just a parody of start trek" but the actually seeing it outgrow what its perception was and what it wanted to be in every part having comedy but also a strong story arc that grows out of that comedy and finds it's own strength.
The same i feel is with Orville, started as a comedy star trek but now in season 3 it found it's own soul with strong stories and a hint of comedy. It also finds it's own place and his own strength. With strange new world it's the strongest star trek - not Trek series we got today.
There are lots of retrospectives on this film, and most of them praise Alan Rickman--and with good reason--but this film would not be the film we all love if not for Miss Weaver. Her facial reactions (thanks to the director for catching them) and eyerolls, the smart way she delivers her lines--even the mundane lines like when she explained to Jason why she had not killed the intercom when he motioned for her to do that, is just perfection. Even, near the end when she has her boobs out, she (as an actress) understood that the basis of her character (in the old TV show) had been created based on old films like Mission Stardust and Barbarella where the lead actresses had used their sexuality to attract male audiences. Having Gwen expose her bra was a nod to the male fandom that--Gwen knew--had made the TV show a hit, and given her all those convention dollars.
I may be misremembering, but Gwen's story of a TV Guide interview that focuses on her chest was inspired by an interview that Jeri Ryan had to endure.
Has anyone else noticed that the main power plant for the Quantum Drive in The Orville is clearly a Beryllium Sphere.
And that Samuel Kirk from Strange New Worlds is the identical twin of the Sam Rockwell character in the movie 🤔
They absolutely should not try to do anymore "Galaxy Quest." It really is a perfect film and a perfect satirical tribute to a beloved part of popular culture. The stars were aligned metaphorically and actually and anything else, attempting to recreate magic, would really become cynical and cynical is NOT what this film is.
P.S. I swallowed down the wrong pipe during the Shattner quote. I mean that is Narcissistic perfection. Brava!
Absolutely excellent! I adored and loved this film right from first watching. I'm 70+ and used to rewatch this masterpiece every couple of years with my best friend, who died prematurely in '12. He and I were stalwarts of the UK Diplomacy PBEM hobby from it's inception for three decades went to conventions 2-3 times a year.
So the emotional weight it carries is enormous. A lesser film I would have just looked at the cover to bring back the memories, but I still re-watch the film. It's so good, that it isn't overwhelmed by the emotional freight that it carries - you have done it justice.
I've gotten (an American usage whose absence is a regrettable lacuna in UK English) several of my friends to subscribe as well, but I think that it's time my appreciation also took a more tangible form. 😁
I had it and about 10 other movies on VHS when I first got a tv in my room... watched it the most, great memories and a great movie.
Tracy Scoggins who played Cmdr. Elizabeth Lochley in Babylon 5 said she and her fellow cast mates love to watch Galaxy Quest together.
Must go water the garden now it's cooling down, I'll just check my youtube subscriptions. Ohhhh a Rowan video. Ohhh no Galaxy Quest. Well, I guess the garden can wait for another half hour....
Totally worth postponing everything I was doing to watch, a loving retrospective for a film that itself is a loving look at it's genre and it's fans. I love this film and have since I first saw it. It's my go-to if ever toxic fandom and cynicism creeep into my enjoyment of genre media. It never fails to remind me just why I love these things, what's so great about so many people coming together to love it. It's some kind of magic with the casting, the script, just how well done the effects are that it never feels like it has a mean edge but always says 'we get why you love it, we love it too'.
9:20 it's ridiculous how many behind the scenes and documentaries about movies eventually come to the part that says "and then Steven Spielberg suggested ______"
Just the best “Star Trek” movie ever made. Done with love.