@@fakegmale4648 Meanwhile the Orville is a fanfict/loveletter to Star Trek that is also a better Star Trek than the Star Trek fanfiction show that is ST: Discovery.
I found hilarious the fact that galaxy quest has been on top of, if not all but most, "best star trek films" since it was released, I guess we no longer need to pretend that this isn't a star trek film 😂😂
@@paula2265 I'd like to believe that it's an alternate universe of trek, though I feel like that would make the show its based on an alternate, alternate universe. Though that's just splitting hairs.
It is now the year 2020 as I type this, and this movie is still freaking amazing. So much so, a friend of mine that for nearly 21 years now (god I feel old)....avoided this movie.... finally watched it.... And it blew his mind. He absolutely found it funny as hell. To top that off, he realizes how much this movie makes fun of Trek, while also being a good, funny movie... and he has now become a Trek fan too thanks to Start Trek: Picard, and this movie. To me, a person that has been a Trek fan since 1987, this is epic because now I can talk about 33 years of backstory to someone that used to have his eyes glaze over when it came to Star Trek.
Galaxy Quest is also responsible for the funniest DVD easter Egg of all time. Check your Galaxy Quest DVD, and you will find that they have an alternate audio track with the filmed entirely dubbed in Thermian.
Back in the day, that was part of the reason I bought the DVD. How can you not buy a DVD for a great movie that dedicates an entire audio track to an obscure joke?
So I was watching this video and he says, "Wait for it.... 17 years ago", and then I looked at when the video was made...4 years ago...so the Movie is now 21 years old....HOW DID I GET S OLD? Still a great movie though!
I love everything you said - this is one of my favorite movies! One cannot be a sci-fi fan and not love this movie. But you missed the best line of the movie: Sigorney Weaver’s “we gotta get out of here before they kill Guy!” so perfectly captures what they believe about their reality, as it comes out subconsciously after actively denying Guy’s redshirt freak out.
Can we talk about the fact that the Thermian's exposition of why they appeared as humanoid explained the reason for Roddenberry's reason for using humanoid aliens in Star Trek, if that universe actually existed? It was the first thing I noticed. Don't want to freak the humans out? Change your appearance to match theirs. It was the first time I realized that Star Trek aliens may not actually look as they appear on screen. changed my life. Lol
Actually, the in-universe reason for so many humanoids in Star Trek is brought up in TOS and TNG: there was an ancient race who 'seeded' various planets with their DNA (as at that time, the galaxy was mostly empty of life), so most of the species we see share a very distant common ancestry. Kind of lame, but there you are. I'd like to think at least some of the races do edit their appearance somewhat for whatever reason, making it easier to navigate a universe full of humanoids, like the Breen could be lil worms in humanoid suits or something.
I love this movie. The scene where the crew is pulled thru space to the ship and all freak out, followed by Tony Shalhoub's character who is totally cool with it, was my favorite.
oh man, well if that 16 minute commercial for the movie didn't inspire you to go watch it, i hope this comment will. GO WATCH IT! It's on Netflix (at least it was a month ago) if it isn't it's worth the $4 to rent it from amazon.
And it wasnt even his best, I thought his best role was in dogma, where he played the metatron who has this dramatic gravity, but was highy cynical emotional and cursing aroung at the same time, and the best kevin smith movie in my opinion.
I remember seeing Observe and Report when it came out, and I distinctly remember walking away from it thinking "I mean... it was kinda funny but at the same time I feel gross?" This video made me realize why.
They made a retrospective documentary of Galaxy Quest recently. I think my favorite part of the trailer for the documentary is Brent Spiner talking about how he wished the cast of Next Gen had done that movie instead of Tim Allen, and then they had a bearded lumberjack looking Wil Wheaton say that Galaxy Quest is hands down the best Star Trek movie. th-cam.com/video/39cVvN28UXE/w-d-xo.html&feature=emb_logo
Nice review, Mikey. I worked on GQ and still find it to be one of my favourite films of all times. I'm delighted that you mentioned the aspect ratios. If techie geek stuff about filmmaking is your thing (people reading the comments, that is), a former colleague of mine wrote a great blog post about this: tadleckman.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/shapeshifiting-films/ Cheers!
Hey Mikey, I must admit, your TH-cam show is such a breath of fresh air. It’s truly amazing. Not only do I share a love of your favourite movies, a common perception which makes me feel like I know you, but by listening to your analysis of these movies it makes me remember why I loved them in the first place. It makes me realize what was so good about these movies that they became a part of mental library of taste. Why they became artifacts of self identification. My personal bookshelf of cool. I think you have a grasp on empathy far greater than most people. And Im sure this empathy has caused you a great deal of pain and discomfort in your life. But you use this empathy as a gift to share your understanding of the human condition with the world that is so sorely needed. You show us why our contemporary art is more than comic book films and space shows. You teach what it is to communicate effectively and why that is so important. This afternoon while standing in line for lunch (I was keeping social distance) I was watching your video on Creed and came to a moment where the content of your video, well, the only way to put it is, uhm, it broke me. I had a hard, instant adult silent cry. And so while waiting in line I had to hide my face and increase my social distance so others wouldn’t see me in this moment of vulnerability. Your video did this to me. It’s an amazing talent to get that kind of a reaction out of someone. And it was a reaction. Out the blue. I had no lingering depression hanging around, no sadness or internal conflict/strife. I was just waiting on some fries. So thanks for putting your talents to work so we can all see the world thru your eyes. Because you see the world beautifully, sadly, dangerously, and most importantly, you see the world honestly. And nothing is more important. Thanks. Peace
Gotta say: love your definition of a classic comedy. _Galaxy Quest_ is a perennial favourite of mine, watched it heaps of times and will watch it again. Not only is it a brilliant _fish out of water_ story - for which I have quite the soft spot - the humour is brilliant (as you say, timeless) and the acting, directing and cinematography are all superb. And yeah, I teared up when "Dr Lazarus" said his iconic (and despised) catch-phrase in all sincerity to the fan that viewed him as a father figure.
Found this channel on a whim and I can say without a doubt that your videos touch my soul as a movie nerd. Thank you for doing what you do and may you forever glorify cinema in your beautifully comedic ways.
Also, I have to mention that at the beginning you are laughing at the characters' failures. At the end you're laughing as they succeed. That can only happen if you're invested in the characters and their interior life.
[m] Aw! Thank you! It makes me so happy that I have really smart friend-people that like my inane ramblings on film and what it means to me. Fair warning, though: the Interstellar one is gonna make your heart hurt. In a good way, but it's, uh, heavy.
I didn't know this movie existed until I saw it in a friend's DVD collection and asked him: "what's this?" He was in shock, tried to describe a few scenes through his laughter, couldn't, so he went to his plan "b" of: "dude, just watch it, you won't be disappointed!".....I've never known him to be more correct in his life. Too bad the marketing for it was so poor, I think this movie could have done some really big numbers while it was in theaters.
Evolution is one of my favorite spoofs. Duchovny playing a character that's basically a nod to Mulder with a LOT of cameos. perhaps not comedy gold, but definitely worth a screening. ( Ira!! )
The problem with a movie that relies on cameos and pop-culture reference(aside from the fact that not all of them are funny) is that eventually, the audience wont get it. I mean, how many of the current 20 year olds have watched X-files?
Thanks for another great review and cinematic dissection. Something I only fairly recently realized about this film: the design of the "NSEA Protector" evoke's Star Trek's "Enterprise" by both emulating it (the large tubular central hull with a sensor dish in the front and the bridge on top) and inverting it (rather than a pair of thin straight struts leading upward to large nacelles, there's wide curved struts leading back to small pods). It's a rather clever bit of design that distances itself from the inspiration yet also invokes it.
The registry number, like NCC-1701 USS Enterprise, the 1701st Naval Construction Craft, the NTE-3120 in front of NSEA Protector was said to just stand for Not The Enterprise by the cast and crew during development.
I’m a new subscriber and was super happy to see you were going to talk about Galaxy Quest which is one of my top five favorite movies ever!! Thank you so much for giving the wonderful Alan Rickman TWO shoutouts. He deserves a zillion. I miss him everyday and things he still would have done. I met him once and he was a lovely lovely man. I really have enjoyed your videos.
but my good man, Evolution was a good movie! A little off topic at times but the build ups and character developments were fun! Have you tried watching it again?
Its one of those movies that if you bring up at a party or something, you can't be entirely sure people will know what you're talking about, but if you quote it and one person laughs...you just made a friend for life.
I stopped what I was doing and actually watched the entirety of this movie again after watching your video! I cried by myself when Alan R delivered his line. You were right. So dang gooooooooood!!! (edit: spelling)
This was one of my favourite films as a kid, and looking back at it, it's even more ingenious than I had realised! One of my favourite comedies still to this day, and you sir made an excellent review of it!
Sigourney Weaver in this movie still makes my pants tight. Now, with that pervy comment out of the way, I gotta say this is definitely a classic movie. I've enjoyed it since seeing it in the theater. Very clever and funny.
Mikeeeeeeyyyy, I love this movie and I love this video and I love you for making it. Nicely done! I LARGELY agree with what you said about what makes for a classic comedy, though I disagree with you lumping 40 Year Old Virgin into the non-classic category. I've returned to that movie lots of times because: A) the improv style of the comedy is timeless in its own way. It's funny people having fun in consistently funny ways, which taps into that empathic delight response. Even the non-improv comedy is funnier than the average comedy, tho (I think). B) the movie has real stakes and turns out to be way more than just a one-note joke about a 40 year old dude who doesn't have sex. He turns out to be a real character with a complex psychology, and the real focus of the humor ends up being how messed up all the so-called "normal" people in the movie are, with the Carell character being the most balanced and healthy of them, even in his self-imposed repression. I feel like that movie really sets you up to expect something one-note and ends up being a multi-faceted exploration of relationships and how our personal baggage tends to affect them. It's a true "relationship comedy" not just a romantic comedy. Knocked Up, on the other hand, is mostly humor focussed around how this one guy knocked up this one chick and it made their lives difficult. Still not terrible, but decidedly less insightful, and way less universal. So, yeah... I think 40 Year Old Virgin absolutely earns its spot on the classic comedy lists. Anyway, can't wait to see your Interstellar video!!
I still don't understand how you don't even have 25k subs yet. Your channel is solid gold-platinum-amazing. Also your film shorts are incredible. I will share your videos with everyone forever!
I will always remember Enrico as Keith Mars/ Galaxy Quest alien. I kept thinking about Veronica Mars when I rewatch Veronica Mars a few months back, and I keep thinking about this movie as I am rewatching Veronica Mars at the moment.
I keep watching Movies with Mikey only to immediately watch the movie featured and see it in a new and completely different light, and it's pushed me to think about other movies a bit more deeply as well. Tanks for making me want to watch more movies and think a little more deeply about the media I'm taking in man. You're doing great work here
Right? I kind of liked that movie. It was silly and really tried to something different. It almost makes me not hate Sean William Scott. But lets be real, nothing will make me not hate him.
Never got a sequel, but did get a tonally inappropriate saturday morning cartoon in the early 2000's, but then again there were a LOT of those back then
In the same sense that Wild, Wild West was great, but a lot of the humour only works on the first viewing and gets stale on the second watch. I mean, sure, they are a fun watch a few times, every now and then, but not really "classic" material. For instance, Evolution constantly switches between taking itself too seriously(when it needs to advance the story) or not at all(when it needs to deliver comedy). The characters themselves are not what makes the movie funny(except for the 2 boneheads, but they are designed with that in mind and it wouldnt work if every character was like that), but the "weird stuff" that happens to them. As a result, I can remember quite a few of the funny moments from Evolution, but have no memory of the characters names or the characters personalities. Galaxy Quest is a parody movie in the same vein as most of Mel Brooks parody movies. People can still watch them and enjoy them to this day, due to good humour, good script, a love and respect for the material it parodies and solid acting. You feel that these are plausible characters with plausible problems, which are then set in a very peculiar situation. We actually have character arcs(for multiple characters) compared to the typical 1-dimensional characters in most parody/satire comedies. That is also why Tropic Thunder is a great parody movie. It works along very similar lines as Galaxy Quest and Mel Brooks movies.
@@NSMike87 And the film is all the better for it. It's SO obvious and blatant that it might as well break the fourth wall, and in a film with its tongue so firmly in its cheek it bores through, it works very well.
You hit the key point with spoof comedy in general: so many spoof comedies assume that they don't have to build situations with real consequences or do any serious character development. Comedy is so much more effective when it's also just a regular story, and follows the rules of regular storytelling.
I'm so old I saw Galaxy Quest at the Cinema, then bought it on DVD as it had DTS to try out the cinema amp, then blueray, now own it on iTunes ;-). It's Classic!
Movies with Mikey is one of my favourite shows on youtube right now. One thing that throws me for a loop, the faded look you give you're thumbnails is very similar to the effect that youtube gives a thumbnail for a video you've already watched. So a couple of times my simple mind has looked and been like oh I've already seen these even though it's a video I haven't watched. But as always great stuff. I hope this series continues till the end of time, or at least the end of you're time, I mean not to get morbid but we all die and stuff.
Michael you do fantastic work! Please dont stop creating in whatever form it is. You have a terrific sense of humor and you bring smiles and laughter to a lot of people, some of whom are empty shells of human beings. Keep it up!
I honestly saw this in theaters for just after my 13th birthday. I appreciate A LOT more now, since I marathoned all 800 plus Trek episodes and films. As well as learning things like 1 NSE in the NSEA Protector stands for NOT STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. 2 Tim based his performance on Shatner himself (as he's a HUGE Trek fan). 3 that line about the TV guide interview actually happened to Jeri Ryan when she joined the Voyager cast in the show's 4th season
Bumming me out this doesn't have more views. Mikey, your writing, delivery, and editing is that of someone with 8 billion followers and half a century of experience. As for Galaxy Quest, J.J. Abrams said that it is one of his (and the writers of Star Trek 2009) favorite Trek films. It is one of my favorite movies since I was a kid, and I know nothing about Star Trek. It is funny how wide of an audience this movie potentially has if people actually knew about it.
Mikey, great episode as always. Seriously tough, don't mind about the long episodes. Do them as long as you need them. People will love it regardless if the length is used to make all the points you want better and as clear as you want them.. Thanks for the awesome show and can't wait for the next one :)
Love this movie, another criminally underrated gem. I can't say, though, that i ever came away with the impression that Jason was responsible for the destruction of the Thermian planet. While it's true that the timing is never established, there's simply no time between the two events. Jason fires the cannons, they goop him home, he goes to the store opening, and the crew is beamed back to the ship basically right away, still in costume. This is a matter of hours *at most* and not likely to involve planet destroying. Plus, the Protector crew was well aware of Sarris' deception and cruelty. It implied that he had been terrorizing the Thermians for a long time, and the Protector crew were the last fleeing survivors of a doomed race.
I saw this as a kid, and rewatched it endlessly. Tony Schalub (sp?) is pitch perfect throughout, and it and TMNT introduced me to Sam mfing Rockwell. I love it so. Easily the best Tim Allen project.
Galaxy Quest still ranks up with one of the top comedies I've ever seen. I don't pay for many movies anymore but I definitely paid to have Galaxy Quest in my repertoire.
On the DVD commentary, this movie was a spec script that a studio liked and bought. The directors told the actors to play it straight so even though they were making a comedy all the actors played normal PEOPLE in an outrageous situation which made it so funny and which I think adds to the staying power. In addition, Tony shaloob was given very little direction to his character, I remember from the commentary, he said that his character was a brown paper bag, and in one scene you can actually see him holding one, the scene where they're rolling the sphere thing back to the transporter
I had forgotten about the three aspects! I saw it at the cinema and remember being wowed by this. Our Region 2 DVD of GalaxyQuest actually has Gwen deMarco saying "Fuck that!" Thank you for another great film dissection, Mikey.
Coupla notes: a) Alan Rickman is, and will forever more, be a legend. Already miss him so damn much! b) As always, I love this installment! With one tiny issue: c) Evolution was hysterical, and if I could find a Region 2 copy I would own it right now. The only reason I don't mention it on a daily basis is that the people I interact with just haven't seen it...*mutter*boringfrakkingpeople*mutter* And in conclusion: Tookie tookie! Ca-caw ca-caw!
AGREE on all levels! Also, your channel is by far the best one on TH-cam...now to figure out this Patron thing so I can put my money where my mouth is and support your skills and talent of visual analysis of cinematic storytelling. Plus, I love your type of humor.
Wow, you're right. I had completely forgotten about Evolution until you mentioned it. I do remember enjoying it very much, though. I need to go watch that again (and Galaxy Quest, for the first time).
as far as I know, the movie Evolution only has a fanbase of two people: my parents. They don't agree on a lot of movies, but man they love that movie and watching it together, and it's weird seeing someone else mention that movie existing
Wonderful episode, Mikey! I also love hearing about your past work with Kris- long time fan, so it's cool to hear you talk about stuff I've been around for. Haha Great breakdown of classic comedies. 👍 YOU, Mikey... are a classic.
Enjoyed this, but I'm honestly more pumped for your thoughts on Interstellar than anything. Your video on Sunshine is what brought me to your channel, and I enjoy most when you tackle sci-fi. Frequently you seem like you have more to say about a film than you have to time to, and I for one would not mind longer videos. Thanks as always Mikey!
This is one of the movies I cite how many great movies have tiers of notable actors. And movies with third tier parts posted by actors who become something are special.
Honestly. I watch 40 year old all the time. I think it is a sweet, beautiful love story between a nerdy, lonely man and an accepting, loving woman. He is not the but of the joke for his nerdiness. Yes he lets go of it but you never feel his nerdiness is a bad thing (at least for me). I also think it is fucking hilarious. Most of the beats hot and I quote it all the time. Same with galaxy quest though. I probably nearly wore out my DVD copy of it. I watched it almost every day for a while and I still find it hilarious. I could probably write the script from memory if I had to. What a great film. It celebrates nerdom. It makes the nerds the heroes at the end and it is hilarious while doing it.
I've always enjoyed your vids so much. You utterly ignored Daryl Mitchell who played Tommy Webber. Even characters that played an even more minor role at the time you acknowledged. No, he didn't move on to become well known like many other actors, but the CHARACTER was right there with the comedy of this movie and held his own. Utterly ignored.
I never understood the phrase "you'll want to sit down for this" I mean I do but like, I AM sat down Ive been sat down from the start of the video, the only point I stood up, I pasued and stopped watching until I sat back down and continued language is funny
This is the most intelligent thing I've watched in that weird, jumpy youtube format. It's like I'm watching something I love at the same time as I watch something I hate.
This is great (again) BUT... I loved Evolution. You should give it a re-watch. It actually holds up as the comedy it is. It, like Galaxy Quest doesn't take itself too seriously, while the CHARACTERS seem to really take themselves seriously at times. Orlando Jones is GOLD in that movie! Sure it has it's DUMB moments, but it's a fun film overall. I just discovered your channel a week or so ago and I am LOVING this stuff!
Well, you got me wanting to watch this again, which is a good thing. Points of dissent tho: I really liked Evolution as a kid and still like it. More than Ghostbusters in fact, though I need to give that a fair shot. Also, whilst Gervais' David Brent makes me clench my own buttock's buttocks, Larry David/Curb is one of my favourite comedy things ever. Brent was constructed for clueless hate-farming, no doubt, but David is all about having a clearly-defined honest identity just off-kilter enough - or less than that, simply with conventional filters removed - to result in alienation and hostility. Brent is generally "how awful a thing can we have the character say or do, it's cool we can redeem him by making him cry that one time" and David is generally "well yeah, obviously people should be quiet during movies, why is everyone shouting now". For some reason, despite the purpose of these videos, I feel weird about getting deep into beloved comedy, but feh. I might be a low-level sociopath or simply in the minority, but Curb works for me because (somewhat like Alan Partridge) I fundamentally agree with David at almost all points and view general public as the antagonist. Whereas the Office (UK - never even seen the US) is about uniting the audience against an oafish blowhard, the weaknesses and insecurities leading to which are revealed far too late to really change things. DO you hate the Larry David character in the same way you hate David Brent, or consider it an equivalent style of clueless hate-farming? I am legit curious. Here's the conclusion I reached about those three shows entirely unplanned: Alan Partridge makes me hate* myself, the Office makes me hate David Brent, Curb makes me hate people. Superlative video as always. *not actual hate. Just TV-hate.
I think I get what you mean there. In the end I would much prefer living in a world populated by Larry David clones than in a world populated by David Brent clones.
I'm surprised how many missed this in theaters when I bring it up. I was in high school when it came out and I pretty much washed it at least once or twice a year with my folks while I was still under their roof. Though my buddies and me still will quote evolution. We enjoyed it
Another excellent installment. Wonderful insights into the greatest Star Trek movie ever made. I particularly enjoyed thinking about how the "actors" have almost the polar opposite qualities of in-universe characters they portrayed. So cool! You helped me appreciate one of my favorite movies even more, which I would not have thought possible. Thank you, sir. Annnnnnnd of course the month I finally catch the video the day it's posted there isn't any voting. For what it's worth, I would *love* to hear your thoughts on Creed! Personally I think it succeeded in reinventing and rebooting a series in the most fantastic way imaginable, but I do tend a bit toward hyperbole.
You've probably heard this by now, but here goes anyhow....when Weaver drops the f-bomb, it wasnt dropped because they got scared about it being in a family friendly movie. Weaver said fairly recently, within the last few years in an interview, that GQ was originally going to be an R rated affair and was much more crass and adult in nature, but they changed it up and just dubbed over that particular part. Also totally love GQ, its in the top 10 favorites of all time for sure, and yeah, Alan Rickman was a special guy and its sad as fuck hes gone. But the work he did still lives so we will always have that.
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"Knowledge" is knowing Galaxy Quest isn't a Star Trek movie; "Wisdom" is knowing that Galaxy Quest is *the best* Star Trek movie.
EthalaRide and “nerdery” is knowing that incorporating galaxy quest as a star trek movie makes it so that every even numbered one is good
@@fakegmale4648 Meanwhile the Orville is a fanfict/loveletter to Star Trek that is also a better Star Trek than the Star Trek fanfiction show that is ST: Discovery.
I found hilarious the fact that galaxy quest has been on top of, if not all but most, "best star trek films" since it was released, I guess we no longer need to pretend that this isn't a star trek film 😂😂
This person gets it.
@@paula2265 I'd like to believe that it's an alternate universe of trek, though I feel like that would make the show its based on an alternate, alternate universe. Though that's just splitting hairs.
"...and it exploded." is still a classic joke, and extremely popular among scientists. :-D
Not a scientist, but it's one of my favorite lines.
It is now the year 2020 as I type this, and this movie is still freaking amazing. So much so, a friend of mine that for nearly 21 years now (god I feel old)....avoided this movie.... finally watched it.... And it blew his mind. He absolutely found it funny as hell. To top that off, he realizes how much this movie makes fun of Trek, while also being a good, funny movie... and he has now become a Trek fan too thanks to Start Trek: Picard, and this movie. To me, a person that has been a Trek fan since 1987, this is epic because now I can talk about 33 years of backstory to someone that used to have his eyes glaze over when it came to Star Trek.
I gotta agree. If you are a Trek fan, at all, you love Galaxy Quest. It was making fun of Trek long before Lower Decks.
Galaxy Quest is also responsible for the funniest DVD easter Egg of all time. Check your Galaxy Quest DVD, and you will find that they have an alternate audio track with the filmed entirely dubbed in Thermian.
Our DVD also has the time machine used at the end of the film as an extra
Back in the day, that was part of the reason I bought the DVD. How can you not buy a DVD for a great movie that dedicates an entire audio track to an obscure joke?
Hey, it's Freakazoid
Maybe, but Spaceballs did it first with the dialogue in Dink.
@@rcknbob1 WAIT.... WHAT!?
So I was watching this video and he says, "Wait for it.... 17 years ago", and then I looked at when the video was made...4 years ago...so the Movie is now 21 years old....HOW DID I GET S OLD? Still a great movie though!
Oh. Shit.
I didn't even think about that lol.
There is an EXCELLENT documentary about this movie, called “Never Surrender” that you might be interested in
I literally shouted "Fuck you" at my computer when I got to that point.
Your comment turned my bones to dust.
Mike is still right, even 20 years later this movie totally stands up.
I love everything you said - this is one of my favorite movies! One cannot be a sci-fi fan and not love this movie. But you missed the best line of the movie: Sigorney Weaver’s “we gotta get out of here before they kill Guy!” so perfectly captures what they believe about their reality, as it comes out subconsciously after actively denying Guy’s redshirt freak out.
Can we talk about the fact that the Thermian's exposition of why they appeared as humanoid explained the reason for Roddenberry's reason for using humanoid aliens in Star Trek, if that universe actually existed? It was the first thing I noticed. Don't want to freak the humans out? Change your appearance to match theirs. It was the first time I realized that Star Trek aliens may not actually look as they appear on screen. changed my life. Lol
Actually, the in-universe reason for so many humanoids in Star Trek is brought up in TOS and TNG: there was an ancient race who 'seeded' various planets with their DNA (as at that time, the galaxy was mostly empty of life), so most of the species we see share a very distant common ancestry. Kind of lame, but there you are.
I'd like to think at least some of the races do edit their appearance somewhat for whatever reason, making it easier to navigate a universe full of humanoids, like the Breen could be lil worms in humanoid suits or something.
I love this movie. The scene where the crew is pulled thru space to the ship and all freak out, followed by Tony Shalhoub's character who is totally cool with it, was my favorite.
“Galaxy Quest and Phantom Menace came out the same year…“ Me: 👀👀👀
Rickman really was a treasure, wasn't he. I've never seen this, to my discredit, but I love your reasons for loving it.
oh man, well if that 16 minute commercial for the movie didn't inspire you to go watch it, i hope this comment will.
GO WATCH IT! It's on Netflix (at least it was a month ago) if it isn't it's worth the $4 to rent it from amazon.
I think Sam Rockwell said recently that a Galaxy Quest 2 was possibly in the works, but any plans got canned when Rickman died.
Yes, it was in a Nerdist podcast.
And it wasnt even his best, I thought his best role was in dogma, where he played the metatron who has this dramatic gravity, but was highy cynical emotional and cursing aroung at the same time, and the best kevin smith movie in my opinion.
Uhhh, easily fixed.
Thank you for encapsulating all of my deep seated and inexpressible problems with "cringe comedy" so well!
I remember seeing Observe and Report when it came out, and I distinctly remember walking away from it thinking "I mean... it was kinda funny but at the same time I feel gross?" This video made me realize why.
Such an awesome yet underrated movie. It actually was listed in a Trek poll as one of the best STAR TREK films ever released. :-)
Joe Digger ditto spaceballs
It isn't necessarily saying much, as there's basically no good star trek movie apart from the first one. But either way Galaxy Quest is amazing.
They made a retrospective documentary of Galaxy Quest recently. I think my favorite part of the trailer for the documentary is Brent Spiner talking about how he wished the cast of Next Gen had done that movie instead of Tim Allen, and then they had a bearded lumberjack looking Wil Wheaton say that Galaxy Quest is hands down the best Star Trek movie.
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Nice review, Mikey. I worked on GQ and still find it to be one of my favourite films of all times.
I'm delighted that you mentioned the aspect ratios. If techie geek stuff about filmmaking is your thing (people reading the comments, that is), a former colleague of mine wrote a great blog post about this: tadleckman.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/shapeshifiting-films/
Cheers!
Hey Mikey, I must admit, your TH-cam show is such a breath of fresh air. It’s truly amazing. Not only do I share a love of your favourite movies, a common perception which makes me feel like I know you, but by listening to your analysis of these movies it makes me remember why I loved them in the first place. It makes me realize what was so good about these movies that they became a part of mental library of taste. Why they became artifacts of self identification. My personal bookshelf of cool. I think you have a grasp on empathy far greater than most people. And Im sure this empathy has caused you a great deal of pain and discomfort in your life. But you use this empathy as a gift to share your understanding of the human condition with the world that is so sorely needed. You show us why our contemporary art is more than comic book films and space shows. You teach what it is to communicate effectively and why that is so important. This afternoon while standing in line for lunch (I was keeping social distance) I was watching your video on Creed and came to a moment where the content of your video, well, the only way to put it is, uhm, it broke me. I had a hard, instant adult silent cry. And so while waiting in line I had to hide my face and increase my social distance so others wouldn’t see me in this moment of vulnerability. Your video did this to me. It’s an amazing talent to get that kind of a reaction out of someone. And it was a reaction. Out the blue. I had no lingering depression hanging around, no sadness or internal conflict/strife. I was just waiting on some fries. So thanks for putting your talents to work so we can all see the world thru your eyes. Because you see the world beautifully, sadly, dangerously, and most importantly, you see the world honestly. And nothing is more important. Thanks. Peace
The movie is 20 years old and still one of my favourite movies of all times :)
Gotta say: love your definition of a classic comedy. _Galaxy Quest_ is a perennial favourite of mine, watched it heaps of times and will watch it again. Not only is it a brilliant _fish out of water_ story - for which I have quite the soft spot - the humour is brilliant (as you say, timeless) and the acting, directing and cinematography are all superb.
And yeah, I teared up when "Dr Lazarus" said his iconic (and despised) catch-phrase in all sincerity to the fan that viewed him as a father figure.
Found this channel on a whim and I can say without a doubt that your videos touch my soul as a movie nerd. Thank you for doing what you do and may you forever glorify cinema in your beautifully comedic ways.
Also, I have to mention that at the beginning you are laughing at the characters' failures. At the end you're laughing as they succeed. That can only happen if you're invested in the characters and their interior life.
Once again, Mikey. You make my heart happy.
[m] Aw! Thank you! It makes me so happy that I have really smart friend-people that like my inane ramblings on film and what it means to me. Fair warning, though: the Interstellar one is gonna make your heart hurt. In a good way, but it's, uh, heavy.
thanks for sending me here Pat, subbed. Well done Mike, enjoyed that.
+Chainsawsuit Original Can't wait to see it!
just wanna give a shout-out to Mr. Rothfuss for inspiring me to start writing again with KKC!
I didn't know this movie existed until I saw it in a friend's DVD collection and asked him: "what's this?" He was in shock, tried to describe a few scenes through his laughter, couldn't, so he went to his plan "b" of: "dude, just watch it, you won't be disappointed!".....I've never known him to be more correct in his life. Too bad the marketing for it was so poor, I think this movie could have done some really big numbers while it was in theaters.
Evolution is one of my favorite spoofs. Duchovny playing a character that's basically a nod to Mulder with a LOT of cameos. perhaps not comedy gold, but definitely worth a screening. ( Ira!! )
The problem with a movie that relies on cameos and pop-culture reference(aside from the fact that not all of them are funny) is that eventually, the audience wont get it. I mean, how many of the current 20 year olds have watched X-files?
Thanks for another great review and cinematic dissection. Something I only fairly recently realized about this film: the design of the "NSEA Protector" evoke's Star Trek's "Enterprise" by both emulating it (the large tubular central hull with a sensor dish in the front and the bridge on top) and inverting it (rather than a pair of thin straight struts leading upward to large nacelles, there's wide curved struts leading back to small pods). It's a rather clever bit of design that distances itself from the inspiration yet also invokes it.
The registry number, like NCC-1701 USS Enterprise, the 1701st Naval Construction Craft, the NTE-3120 in front of NSEA Protector was said to just stand for Not The Enterprise by the cast and crew during development.
I’m a new subscriber and was super happy to see you were going to talk about Galaxy Quest which is one of my top five favorite movies ever!! Thank you so much for giving the wonderful Alan Rickman TWO shoutouts. He deserves a zillion. I miss him everyday and things he still would have done. I met him once and he was a lovely lovely man. I really have enjoyed your videos.
but my good man, Evolution was a good movie! A little off topic at times but the build ups and character developments were fun! Have you tried watching it again?
Ready for a DEEP DIVE?
I first saw this in theaters with my dad, and ABSOLUTELY remember the feeling of awe when the aspect ratio changed for the first time
On the DVD languages menu, you have the option to watch the entire movie in Thermian.
Its one of those movies that if you bring up at a party or something, you can't be entirely sure people will know what you're talking about, but if you quote it and one person laughs...you just made a friend for life.
I stopped what I was doing and actually watched the entirety of this movie again after watching your video! I cried by myself when Alan R delivered his line. You were right. So dang gooooooooood!!! (edit: spelling)
Hey Mickey. The movie's still awesome not 17, but 22 years later and I can't wait to laugh at it in 40 years!
This was one of my favourite films as a kid, and looking back at it, it's even more ingenious than I had realised! One of my favourite comedies still to this day, and you sir made an excellent review of it!
Sigourney Weaver in this movie still makes my pants tight. Now, with that pervy comment out of the way, I gotta say this is definitely a classic movie. I've enjoyed it since seeing it in the theater. Very clever and funny.
Mikeeeeeeyyyy, I love this movie and I love this video and I love you for making it. Nicely done!
I LARGELY agree with what you said about what makes for a classic comedy, though I disagree with you lumping 40 Year Old Virgin into the non-classic category. I've returned to that movie lots of times because:
A) the improv style of the comedy is timeless in its own way. It's funny people having fun in consistently funny ways, which taps into that empathic delight response. Even the non-improv comedy is funnier than the average comedy, tho (I think).
B) the movie has real stakes and turns out to be way more than just a one-note joke about a 40 year old dude who doesn't have sex. He turns out to be a real character with a complex psychology, and the real focus of the humor ends up being how messed up all the so-called "normal" people in the movie are, with the Carell character being the most balanced and healthy of them, even in his self-imposed repression. I feel like that movie really sets you up to expect something one-note and ends up being a multi-faceted exploration of relationships and how our personal baggage tends to affect them. It's a true "relationship comedy" not just a romantic comedy.
Knocked Up, on the other hand, is mostly humor focussed around how this one guy knocked up this one chick and it made their lives difficult. Still not terrible, but decidedly less insightful, and way less universal.
So, yeah... I think 40 Year Old Virgin absolutely earns its spot on the classic comedy lists.
Anyway, can't wait to see your Interstellar video!!
12:50 In the Dutch version Gwen actually says "Fuck that!" if I recall correctly, which is funnier because it seems much more heartfelt at that point.
I still don't understand how you don't even have 25k subs yet. Your channel is solid gold-platinum-amazing. Also your film shorts are incredible.
I will share your videos with everyone forever!
By Grapthar's hammer...
What a great video.
Thems fightin' words.. I love evolution
I will always remember Enrico as Keith Mars/ Galaxy Quest alien. I kept thinking about Veronica Mars when I rewatch Veronica Mars a few months back, and I keep thinking about this movie as I am rewatching Veronica Mars at the moment.
I keep watching Movies with Mikey only to immediately watch the movie featured and see it in a new and completely different light, and it's pushed me to think about other movies a bit more deeply as well.
Tanks for making me want to watch more movies and think a little more deeply about the media I'm taking in man. You're doing great work here
This is one of my all time favorite movies, I have seen it countless times and still thoroughly enjoy it!!
Thank you so much for making this! I love Galaxy Quest, and I don't get why more people don't cover this on TH-cam. You are doing the Lord's work!
I'm going to go watch Evolution...
Right? I kind of liked that movie. It was silly and really tried to something different. It almost makes me not hate Sean William Scott. But lets be real, nothing will make me not hate him.
I personally feel Evolution is super underrated. Saw it at the Drive In when it came out and still enjoy it.
I LOVED Evolution when I was in grade school. I watched it countless times.
Same here! I still quote it all the time.
Damn right. I still love Evolution
Whoa back up, Evolution is kinda great.
Eh.
Never got a sequel, but did get a tonally inappropriate saturday morning cartoon in the early 2000's, but then again there were a LOT of those back then
In the same sense that Wild, Wild West was great, but a lot of the humour only works on the first viewing and gets stale on the second watch.
I mean, sure, they are a fun watch a few times, every now and then, but not really "classic" material.
For instance, Evolution constantly switches between taking itself too seriously(when it needs to advance the story) or not at all(when it needs to deliver comedy). The characters themselves are not what makes the movie funny(except for the 2 boneheads, but they are designed with that in mind and it wouldnt work if every character was like that), but the "weird stuff" that happens to them. As a result, I can remember quite a few of the funny moments from Evolution, but have no memory of the characters names or the characters personalities.
Galaxy Quest is a parody movie in the same vein as most of Mel Brooks parody movies. People can still watch them and enjoy them to this day, due to good humour, good script, a love and respect for the material it parodies and solid acting. You feel that these are plausible characters with plausible problems, which are then set in a very peculiar situation. We actually have character arcs(for multiple characters) compared to the typical 1-dimensional characters in most parody/satire comedies.
That is also why Tropic Thunder is a great parody movie. It works along very similar lines as Galaxy Quest and Mel Brooks movies.
They killed the aliens with a product placement.
@@NSMike87 And the film is all the better for it. It's SO obvious and blatant that it might as well break the fourth wall, and in a film with its tongue so firmly in its cheek it bores through, it works very well.
You hit the key point with spoof comedy in general: so many spoof comedies assume that they don't have to build situations with real consequences or do any serious character development. Comedy is so much more effective when it's also just a regular story, and follows the rules of regular storytelling.
I'm so old I saw Galaxy Quest at the Cinema, then bought it on DVD as it had DTS to try out the cinema amp, then blueray, now own it on iTunes ;-). It's Classic!
Movies with Mikey is one of my favourite shows on youtube right now. One thing that throws me for a loop, the faded look you give you're thumbnails is very similar to the effect that youtube gives a thumbnail for a video you've already watched. So a couple of times my simple mind has looked and been like oh I've already seen these even though it's a video I haven't watched. But as always great stuff. I hope this series continues till the end of time, or at least the end of you're time, I mean not to get morbid but we all die and stuff.
21 years later, and I'm still happy I saw this in the theater.
This movie came out December 25th 1999 so it will be 22 years old this Christmas. Damn I feel old.
Michael you do fantastic work! Please dont stop creating in whatever form it is. You have a terrific sense of humor and you bring smiles and laughter to a lot of people, some of whom are empty shells of human beings. Keep it up!
I honestly saw this in theaters for just after my 13th birthday. I appreciate A LOT more now, since I marathoned all 800 plus Trek episodes and films. As well as learning things like 1 NSE in the NSEA Protector stands for NOT STARSHIP ENTERPRISE. 2 Tim based his performance on Shatner himself (as he's a HUGE Trek fan). 3 that line about the TV guide interview actually happened to Jeri Ryan when she joined the Voyager cast in the show's 4th season
Its in the likes of Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs.
Yessssss. I was sitting around yesterday, asking myself, "When is the next video?!"
Thank you Mikey!
I am so glad you brought up the aspect ratio change trick they did with the theatrical release. It's utterly brilliant.
You think you're old? Just wait til your favorite tunes from high school go out of rotation on oldies radio.
Yay, I'm cooler than all my friends! That's the validation I needed, thank you so much.
Bumming me out this doesn't have more views. Mikey, your writing, delivery, and editing is that of someone with 8 billion followers and half a century of experience.
As for Galaxy Quest, J.J. Abrams said that it is one of his (and the writers of Star Trek 2009) favorite Trek films. It is one of my favorite movies since I was a kid, and I know nothing about Star Trek. It is funny how wide of an audience this movie potentially has if people actually knew about it.
Mikey, great episode as always. Seriously tough, don't mind about the long episodes. Do them as long as you need them. People will love it regardless if the length is used to make all the points you want better and as clear as you want them.. Thanks for the awesome show and can't wait for the next one :)
Love this movie, another criminally underrated gem.
I can't say, though, that i ever came away with the impression that Jason was responsible for the destruction of the Thermian planet. While it's true that the timing is never established, there's simply no time between the two events. Jason fires the cannons, they goop him home, he goes to the store opening, and the crew is beamed back to the ship basically right away, still in costume. This is a matter of hours *at most* and not likely to involve planet destroying. Plus, the Protector crew was well aware of Sarris' deception and cruelty. It implied that he had been terrorizing the Thermians for a long time, and the Protector crew were the last fleeing survivors of a doomed race.
Oh my shit , 2017 Klingon in the front row 14:04
Great review. The only thing I disagree with is that I still love Evolution. It's no Galaxy Quest but it holds a place in my heart nonetheless.
I saw this as a kid, and rewatched it endlessly. Tony Schalub (sp?) is pitch perfect throughout, and it and TMNT introduced me to Sam mfing Rockwell. I love it so. Easily the best Tim Allen project.
Aw, I really LOVE Evolution. I mean, I get how it fails to be what Galaxy Quest is but it's still way better than most comedy films out there, IMO.
Galaxy Quest still ranks up with one of the top comedies I've ever seen. I don't pay for many movies anymore but I definitely paid to have Galaxy Quest in my repertoire.
On the DVD commentary, this movie was a spec script that a studio liked and bought. The directors told the actors to play it straight so even though they were making a comedy all the actors played normal PEOPLE in an outrageous situation which made it so funny and which I think adds to the staying power. In addition, Tony shaloob was given very little direction to his character, I remember from the commentary, he said that his character was a brown paper bag, and in one scene you can actually see him holding one, the scene where they're rolling the sphere thing back to the transporter
Love love love love love! I have been a big fan of Galaxy Quest since my dad took me to go see it in '99, and I love your perspective and analysis.
I had forgotten about the three aspects! I saw it at the cinema and remember being wowed by this. Our Region 2 DVD of GalaxyQuest actually has Gwen deMarco saying "Fuck that!" Thank you for another great film dissection, Mikey.
Coupla notes:
a) Alan Rickman is, and will forever more, be a legend. Already miss him so damn much!
b) As always, I love this installment!
With one tiny issue:
c) Evolution was hysterical, and if I could find a Region 2 copy I would own it right now. The only reason I don't mention it on a daily basis is that the people I interact with just haven't seen it...*mutter*boringfrakkingpeople*mutter* And in conclusion: Tookie tookie! Ca-caw ca-caw!
I came from Pat's recommendation and, as always seems to be the case, the man wasn't wrong. This is damn fine work. Subbed.
AGREE on all levels! Also, your channel is by far the best one on TH-cam...now to figure out this Patron thing so I can put my money where my mouth is and support your skills and talent of visual analysis of cinematic storytelling. Plus, I love your type of humor.
I tonight i was (nearly) alone in loving this movie. Thank you Sir and/or Madam Mikey
Wow, you're right. I had completely forgotten about Evolution until you mentioned it. I do remember enjoying it very much, though. I need to go watch that again (and Galaxy Quest, for the first time).
Your classic comedy definition perfectly describes the princesses's bride to me. Just food for thought. I hope you have a good day
4 years later and this vid still holds up.
as far as I know, the movie Evolution only has a fanbase of two people: my parents. They don't agree on a lot of movies, but man they love that movie and watching it together, and it's weird seeing someone else mention that movie existing
This is still one of my favorite all time films and I'm glad I was able to see it on the big screen way back when.
Wonderful episode, Mikey! I also love hearing about your past work with Kris- long time fan, so it's cool to hear you talk about stuff I've been around for. Haha
Great breakdown of classic comedies. 👍 YOU, Mikey... are a classic.
Enjoyed this, but I'm honestly more pumped for your thoughts on Interstellar than anything. Your video on Sunshine is what brought me to your channel, and I enjoy most when you tackle sci-fi.
Frequently you seem like you have more to say about a film than you have to time to, and I for one would not mind longer videos. Thanks as always Mikey!
Rewatched it last year and loved it even more than before. A comedy and sci-fi classic all the way.
This is one of the movies I cite how many great movies have tiers of notable actors.
And movies with third tier parts posted by actors who become something are special.
Thank you, youngster, for your commentary as a member of a younger generation re-affirms my belief in this film as deserving of the title “Classic”.
Mikey is right: this channel is actually where the party, is in fact, at.
I watched Galaxy Quest for the first time today so I could watch this video. I loved both!
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks this is a classic and is spreading the word! Great work you've done here.
This has always been one of my favorite comedies! Absolutely underrated. Sub +1!
And he DOES indeed respond to messages! (Although don't keep sending them as we don't want him distracted from producing more cinematic awesomeosity!)
Honestly. I watch 40 year old all the time. I think it is a sweet, beautiful love story between a nerdy, lonely man and an accepting, loving woman. He is not the but of the joke for his nerdiness. Yes he lets go of it but you never feel his nerdiness is a bad thing (at least for me). I also think it is fucking hilarious. Most of the beats hot and I quote it all the time. Same with galaxy quest though. I probably nearly wore out my DVD copy of it. I watched it almost every day for a while and I still find it hilarious. I could probably write the script from memory if I had to. What a great film. It celebrates nerdom. It makes the nerds the heroes at the end and it is hilarious while doing it.
God, the graphic design on your show is incredible.
I've always enjoyed your vids so much. You utterly ignored Daryl Mitchell who played Tommy Webber. Even characters that played an even more minor role at the time you acknowledged. No, he didn't move on to become well known like many other actors, but the CHARACTER was right there with the comedy of this movie and held his own. Utterly ignored.
I never understood the phrase "you'll want to sit down for this"
I mean I do but like, I AM sat down
Ive been sat down from the start of the video, the only point I stood up, I pasued and stopped watching until I sat back down and continued
language is funny
This is the most intelligent thing I've watched in that weird, jumpy youtube format. It's like I'm watching something I love at the same time as I watch something I hate.
you're really right about there not being many comedy 'classics'. the only one I can think of is 'Some Like It Hot'
This is great (again) BUT... I loved Evolution. You should give it a re-watch. It actually holds up as the comedy it is. It, like Galaxy Quest doesn't take itself too seriously, while the CHARACTERS seem to really take themselves seriously at times. Orlando Jones is GOLD in that movie! Sure it has it's DUMB moments, but it's a fun film overall.
I just discovered your channel a week or so ago and I am LOVING this stuff!
Well, you got me wanting to watch this again, which is a good thing.
Points of dissent tho: I really liked Evolution as a kid and still like it. More than Ghostbusters in fact, though I need to give that a fair shot. Also, whilst Gervais' David Brent makes me clench my own buttock's buttocks, Larry David/Curb is one of my favourite comedy things ever. Brent was constructed for clueless hate-farming, no doubt, but David is all about having a clearly-defined honest identity just off-kilter enough - or less than that, simply with conventional filters removed - to result in alienation and hostility. Brent is generally "how awful a thing can we have the character say or do, it's cool we can redeem him by making him cry that one time" and David is generally "well yeah, obviously people should be quiet during movies, why is everyone shouting now".
For some reason, despite the purpose of these videos, I feel weird about getting deep into beloved comedy, but feh. I might be a low-level sociopath or simply in the minority, but Curb works for me because (somewhat like Alan Partridge) I fundamentally agree with David at almost all points and view general public as the antagonist. Whereas the Office (UK - never even seen the US) is about uniting the audience against an oafish blowhard, the weaknesses and insecurities leading to which are revealed far too late to really change things. DO you hate the Larry David character in the same way you hate David Brent, or consider it an equivalent style of clueless hate-farming? I am legit curious.
Here's the conclusion I reached about those three shows entirely unplanned: Alan Partridge makes me hate* myself, the Office makes me hate David Brent, Curb makes me hate people.
Superlative video as always.
*not actual hate. Just TV-hate.
I think I get what you mean there. In the end I would much prefer living in a world populated by Larry David clones than in a world populated by David Brent clones.
Glad I followed Rothfuss's link to here. You made this worn out, tired 3rd shifter pop GalaxyQuest in before heading to bed lol. Cheers!
I feel like mikey could look into my soul and see all of my secrets, motivations, memories, and find out stuff that even I don't know.
I'm surprised how many missed this in theaters when I bring it up. I was in high school when it came out and I pretty much washed it at least once or twice a year with my folks while I was still under their roof.
Though my buddies and me still will quote evolution. We enjoyed it
Another excellent installment. Wonderful insights into the greatest Star Trek movie ever made. I particularly enjoyed thinking about how the "actors" have almost the polar opposite qualities of in-universe characters they portrayed. So cool! You helped me appreciate one of my favorite movies even more, which I would not have thought possible. Thank you, sir.
Annnnnnnd of course the month I finally catch the video the day it's posted there isn't any voting. For what it's worth, I would *love* to hear your thoughts on Creed! Personally I think it succeeded in reinventing and rebooting a series in the most fantastic way imaginable, but I do tend a bit toward hyperbole.
I remember being pleasantly surprised by this movie. Thought it would just be a spoof, but it was so much better.
I feel lucky that I saw this film in the cinema with that aspect ratio change, it's one of my enduring memories of this film.
You've probably heard this by now, but here goes anyhow....when Weaver drops the f-bomb, it wasnt dropped because they got scared about it being in a family friendly movie. Weaver said fairly recently, within the last few years in an interview, that GQ was originally going to be an R rated affair and was much more crass and adult in nature, but they changed it up and just dubbed over that particular part.
Also totally love GQ, its in the top 10 favorites of all time for sure, and yeah, Alan Rickman was a special guy and its sad as fuck hes gone. But the work he did still lives so we will always have that.