The best thing about this movie is that it hilariously manages to spoof Star Trek while still being completely respectful to both the genre and it's fans.
There's a really funny meme that goes, "Intelligence is knowing Galaxy Quest isn't a Star Trek movie; Wisdom is knowing it's the best Star Trek movie."
"Guy Fleegman" is a shoutout to Guy Vardaman, a long time stand-in and extra on ST:TNG. Vardaman didn't know anthing about it until he saw the movie in a theater, and he said he nearly fell out of his seat. Patrick Stewart on Galaxy Quest: "I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans."
Famously, Patrick Stewart didn't want to watch it because he thought it was making fun of Star Trek. Johnathon Frakes (Riker) convinced him to see it in a packed theater, and he absolutely adored it; particularly the way they made the fans of the show heroes in their own right
Also I guess the bathroom scene where he hears people making fun of them and he never realized a lot of people look down on it that way actually happened to William Shatner at an early convention.
It is so funny because I knew Patrick Stewart from Excalibur and Lady Jane when Next Generation came on. He wasn't sold on doing Star Trek and now he gets it. It is so funny to hear how many of the post original Star Trek cast had no clue and then got it with the fans.
Alan Rickman's disfainful lip curl hesitation, saying: "By Grabthar's Hammer... What a savings" is one of my favorite character building moments in cinema.
"By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns Of Warvan , you shall be avenged." The way Alan Rickman delivers that line, with such sincere and sombre conviction, gets me every single time. ❤ This is one of those very rare, perfect movies.
For me it isn't the line, but the fact that he says a line he hates, to comfort a dying friend. Repetition means the line means little to him, but everything to the person hearing it - it's a very touching moment for a cynical actor (not Rickman, the character he plays).
@@theaikidoka Definitely, it wouldn't have been nearly as moving if they hadn't built up how MUCH he hated it beforehand, so that when he says it THAT time, it instills it with a fresh sense of meaning.
In the original series, an episode had Kirk trapped on a planet battling a reptilian creature while his crew helplessly watched from orbit. Kirk is able to collect different elements (sulfur, carbon, etc.) and is able to defeat the reptilian by building a cannon. Guy asking "Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe?" is a nod to that.
I got two huge laughs out that joke. The first was from the joke itself. The second was me laughing at myself because I’m enough of a Star Trek nerd to know such an obscure reference in the first place! 😂😂😂
When Guy suggested "Can you make some sort of rudimentary lathe?" -- that was a callback to Kirk making a primitive cannon when fighting the Gorn in "Arena" (TOS). And Guy, as "Crewman #6," was every redshirt who died on the original series.
The Studio's weren't too keen on "promoting drug usage", so they just left it to the audience's imagination about" Kwan." Tawny" was based on Marina Siirtis's character "Deanna" on TNG, being a "Captain obvious", as Marina put it. When Tawny see's the Chompers, Sigourney was so caught up in the scene, she didn't say the word "Screw"... They loved her energy in the scene and thought it'd be fun to allow the Audience to SEE what she really said This was a True Homage, not only to the Series, but it's also a love letter to the Cons and the devoted Fans of show.
One detail I feel like often gets overlooked: when Sarris comes to the bridge disguised as Fred and points a phaser at Nesmith, Nesmith says "whoah careful Fred, you'll put an eye out with that thing," and Sarris as Fred smirks before raising the gun and shooting. Because Sarris lost his own eye in his first encounter with Nesmith. That's good writing and acting, and the kind of detail you might not pick up till repeat viewings.
Sygorny Weaver's saying "Why is it always ducts? May have been a callback to her previous Sci-fi rolls. She is the only one of the cast to have a solid background in Sci-fi. She had to fight to win the part because of that. She wanted the role because it was 180 degrees from her previous parts. She loved the Tawny character so much she would later wear the wig and go out in public.
Brilliant Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar) first did his audition for his role with a normal voice and normal body language, and made a great impression on the filmmakers, but then he asked could do it again trying something different he had come up with. This time he used the odd intonation we hear the Thermians use in the movie (he based this on a voice warm up exercise from his stage training) and their strange, "unfamiliar with using a human form," way of moving. He totally blew them away and was put in charge of teaching the other actors how to act like Thermians.
Colantoni is a standout as far as I'm concerned, he crushes it every time I see him on screen. His other standouts to me are Keith Mars (Veronica Mars) and Elias in POI. And that's saying something because as they said, the rest of the cast is already amazing. I love Shaloub's most-definitely high engineer, and Weaver's portrayal of the "eye candy" on the show; but dammit, she's gonna do it right!
15:43 what’s amazing is how they built everything in the tv show to actually work. Something someone dreamed up works in real life. It would’ve been cool to see one of the writers join them and see all this come to life.
Oh, some other fun things about the movie: - The bridge was built on a gimbal, so when they're under attack, the bridge is actually moving. - When Gwen is badly startled by Guy's screaming after arriving at the ship, the actress really did jump because the scream was unscripted. - The "rudimentary lathe" advice is a callback to the original Star Trek episode "Arena" in which the captain makes a gun out of bamboo ... - A documentary called "Never Surrender" was released a few years ago describing the creation of Galaxy Quest, with lots of cast interviews and such.
Also Gwen's obvious "Fuck that" was dubbed over as "Screw that!" so the film could be rated PG-13, but they never bothered to shoot that again, so you can clearly see that it isn't what she says.
35:00 "I am shot." The cadence, not the words, is a reference to Shakespearean Iambic Pentameter. It's used to finish off a phrase to stay within the poetic pattern. Fitting since Alan Rickman's character is so proud of his Shakespearean past.
"I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans." - Patrick Stewart
35:19 For him it was like if one of his devoted fans were dying in his arms. Just to hear him utter that line means something to those fans. Even though he couldn't stand saying it all the time and resenting it, that moment made him gain a new appreciation for that line and his role as Dr. Lazarus. Took one alien's death to realize that for himself. 🥲
talk about sparks on the panel, my favorite joke from orville was they get hit and a panel burts into flame and cmmander was like, "Why isn't the fire supression kicking off." and response was, "That was the fire supression panel."
They were planning on doing a sequel aftrr the video release was so successful but with the passing of Alan Rickman the rest of the cast decided not to😢💔
You can tell that Galaxy Quest was not only a love letter to Star Trek (as you said), but also a love letter to the fans. As much as you loved the movie, you would probably also enjoy Never Surrender on Prime. Released in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of the show, Never Surrender is a 90-minute documentary about Galaxy Quest, it's production and it's legacy. They talk with the cast, crew, and executives about how the movie got made, and they talk with fans, critics and some ST:TNG alumni about how it was marketed and received, and what its legacy has been. As much as I love Galaxy Quest, I also love Never Surrender, even after a half dozen viewings.
Fun fact: Steven Spielberg's company produced this movie and went to visit one day to see how they were doing. Now, Spielberg was not a fan of Tim Allen (who had become famous with the sitcom Home Improvement) and found him rather lowbrow. As it happened to be, the day he decided to visit, they were filming Malchazar's torture scene and Spielberg was very impressed with Tim Allen's acting. After Tim Allen filmed that scene, by the way, he asked for some time alone in his trailer to decompress. Alan Rickman told the director that Tim "had just experienced acting".
The scene in the bathroom and the scene where Jason has to confess to being fake remind me of a Heinlein quote: "This sad little lizard told me that he was a Brontosaurus on his mother's side. I did not laugh; people who boast of ancestry often have little else to sustain them. Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is in short supply." Believing in his character Commander Taggart was pretty much all Jason had to hold on to to give his life meaning, and to give himself value. Playing at being the commander, IMO, was as important to him as the adulation of the fans. Being the "hero". So it crushes him when he realizes... "I'm just a two-bit actor from a dead tv show". But then he's given that moment. You can see it... When Gwen points to the monitor where the Thermians are suffocating, you can see the expression on Jason's face. That is the moment he becomes the hero he always wanted to be. It was not a conscious decision. It was an acceptance of responsibility.
"This totally looks like a planet from Star Trek." It does. But it's Utah. Goblin Valley State Park. A nice little stop over about halfway between Capitol Reef and Arches National Parks. Easily one of the cooler state parks I've ever been too.
Not just the dialogue. The world-building, the characters, the smooth interaction between the actors, pretty good SFX, but not good enough for the succeeding Fox TV executives. So: Every time a TH-cam viewer falls in love with "Firefly," a Fox TV executive falls off the Nakatomi Plaza building.;)
Love this movie...a great sci-fi comedy(I don't watch Star Trek)that I watch whenever it comes on.Brilliant cast and story..everything works.Thanx for running it!
At 14:38, I just noticed Guy choking on his food - a little nod to Kane's demise in 'Alien'? His scream in the transporter room was an ad lib btw. This is a wonderful movie, really enjoyed your reaction too. Subbed.
I didn't notice a comment about it but the rock monster floating in space? Either an after credit scene or a deleted scene shows the rock floating away and in subtitles it's thinking how it finally has some peace and quiet. Or something to that effect. So no worries, it lived the rest of its existence in heaven..or technically the heavens.
Perhaps a fun note, but when Sigourney Weaver says: "Why is it always ducts?!" it's actually a reference to the Alien-movies, where they kept going through ducts. Sure, it's not a Star Trek reference, but it's still sci-fi and it features Sigourney Weaver, so why not?
and UFOria (1985) Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton. "Everyone ought to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink." - Brother Bud.
One of the most authentic experiences...watching fans asking technical questions about the show to the actor who simply acted from a script. They are not the Showrunners or the writers...especially after a decade goes by they may not even remember making the episode. Lol. I was at a Star Trek Creation Con and John Delancie who plays Q was there answering questions. His first comment was not to ask about technical questions about the show as he likely wouldn't know. The very first fan asks "How many "Q" are there in the Q Continuum." John replied "203...next...". Lol 🤣😆
If you go back and check out the "chompers" scene again, you may notice that even though the audio says, "Well screw that" , that is not what was actually said during taping.
She actually said the 'F' word (I read her lips) but they overdubbed the line because the producers wanted to secure that PG rating (and not get a PG-13 or an R) to maximize the audience numbers = more profit/money
@@MLJ7956 Yes I know, but I don't mention what she said in my comment because if they do go back and look it makes a more comical impact when they see it for them selves rather than being told what she said.
One joke that you missed was Sigourney Weaver saying "Why is it always vents?". I'm assuming this is a joke about both Alien movies. This movie is like Airplane, but just for sci-fi, there are references by the dozen.
Have hardly ever clicked so fast. You two have amazing senses of humor so I knew you'd really enjoy this. An awesome movie IMO whether or not you're a Star Trek fan. Thanks for posting.
You can visit the place where they filmed the rock golum scene. It's called goblin valley in southern utah. And it looks just like that minus the mining equipment. Some great camping and hiking, the closest you can get to feeling like you're on Mars. Tho I'd suggest going in spring or fall. Its extremely hot in the summer and gets snow in the winter.
39:40 not sure if anyone did this thing before with the fireworks for a landing location for a space ship first, but I think they ripped this scene from Flight of the Navigator (1986). From TOS, the losing the shirt and the rolls are from Kirk.
My connection to this film comes through two of the cast members. I acted in an episode of Monk and got to meet Tony Shalhoub (he was a very nice guy). I also got to work on an episode of Veronica Mars and worked very directly with Enrico Colantoni (the head alien Mathesar). He was also a very nice guy. As a child I grew up watching the original Star Trek when it aired on TV. My best friend and I watched the reruns religiously. I was so happy to see the show brought back to life in movies and the different series. Gene Roddenbery was a genius.
What a great film, takes cheese to a level where it's so over the top recognizable yet doesn't disrespect that which it is clearly spoofing. You mentioned more sci-fi, have a few suggestions; "Metropolis", "The 27th Day" & "THX 1138"...all absolutely fantastic & thought-provoking.
Good catch on Tony Shalhoub’s character being stoned. There was an edited out subplot where he got high before they beamed them up to the ship which is why he’s so relaxed all the time
The rock monster the commander fights here is a reference to a similar moment that was supposed to happen in Star Trek V where CPT Kirk was stuck alone on a planet at the center of the galaxy and was supposed to have a fight with one, but Paramount was notoriously cheap with the ST movies and despite approving it they said it wasn't in the budget when it came time to shoot it, and thus the entire final fight is very dull and anticlimactic, It's funny that a homage to Star Trek got the chance to do something that the very things it was modeling itself after "couldn't afford to do", it's a sign of true knowledge of what they were paying homage too and dedication as well. Great flix.
this is a brilliant movie, a very affectionate homage to Star Trek..... in fact it's often referred to as the "Star Trek episode that they never wrote"... I get a buzz from it no matter how many times I watch it, because there always seems to be a new joke or easter egg that I'd missed....... and of course, Sigourney Weaver gradually bustin' out of her uniform is always watchable.......
Since we are sneaking up on October... you might be interested in "Pontypool"... an AMAZING Canadian horror. "Fido" is a great comedy-horror from the same wonderful location.
The scream that Sam Rockwell lets out after the transport was ad-libbed, it wasn’t in the script. You can see Sigourney jump as she wasn’t expecting it.
I love the "Alien" reference as Sigourney is crawling through the Air Ducts. The movie was originally supposed to be "R" rated. But this was changed to "PG" ro get a larger family audience. Rumors also say that Disney didn't want their Santa Claus and Buzz Lightyear in an "R" Rated movie. Some "R" references remain, Tony Shaloub's character was a much bigger "Stoner" in the "R" version but his Chill demeanor and snack craving remains. Also Sigourney says "F*ck That" when she sees the "Corridor of "Death" (aka This Episode was badly written). They dubbed in "Screw That" instead. The original Cast wanted to do a Galaxy Quest 2 but the death of Alan Rickman put an end to the idea of a sequel.
Ah, such a great movie! I'm glad you were able to experience it. You asked for some other sci-fi movies to watch: - Spaceballs - the classic Star Wars spoof. - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - an enjoyable adaptation of the classic comedy sci-fi books. - The Fifth Element - original action/sci-fi starring Bruce Willis in his prime. - The Martian - the main character is surprisingly upbeat for having to survive by himself on Mars. - Pacific Rim - not comedy, but it's giant robots fighting giant monsters, and it knows exactly what it is and it perfectly walks the line between "not too serious" and "not too campy."
The whole time you were explaining your love of Star Trek, I was just looking at the beautiful Enterprise D model on the self. lol also, I'm going to recommend Critters (1986) for scifi! Fantastic 80s sci-fi horror.
I've watched this movie and reactions to it soooo many times, but I've never noticed Guy signing autographs at the convention before! Cool...and thanks.
I love how at 33:28 when they have to go "straight on through the chompers." Sigourney Weaver clearly says "well fuck that!" But they dubbed over in post to censor it to "screw that". I understand their decision, being a kid friendly movie and all, but I think it would have been fine to leave it in. Also, *whispers* "Tech Sergent Chen"... His character was supposed to have been on some kind of psychedelic hallucinogen throughout their time in space. This, too, was scrapped for more favorable character traits but is still hinted at when Guy asks "are you stoned or something?"
From what I understand (though it could be wrong -- I read it on the internet, after all), they originally planned to have an R rating, but then had to "clean it up" enough to make it PG (not PG-13... ) so they had te remove the scenes of Tony Shalhoub smoking weed, remove some scenes where Sigourney's top was even more off than what we see here, and of course, dub her line at the chompers. The director was apparently upset about it, so he put in the obvious dub, rather than re-shoot the scene with her saying the updated line as a mild protest.
Cool shirt, bro! lol I was just playing some PS2 Rock Band (and Guitar Hero) with a buddy of mine last weekend. We smoked up and tried to get through most of it on Medium settings but it had been so long since either one of us had played - we sucked! lol
A sci-fi film callback I never noticed myself until this rewatch: The button for the self-destruct rises up on a metallic cylinder in front of Sigourney Weaver's character. Much like the metallic cylinders that rose up in front of another heroine on another spaceship self-destruct system: that of the Nostromo, from Alien.
35:08: What I love about this scene is, all through the movie, Alexander Dane has been dismissive, annoyed, or outright hostile about his role and fans, feeling this Rubber-Forehead Alien is an insult to his acting skills. But it was precisely his skill, his dedication to the craft, that brought this character to life and made him so beloved by so many. Now, he sees that this role is just as important, just as meaningful, just as worthy of his acting talents as any other, that he has touched real people in profound ways. It's kind of a comment on the sci-fi genre as a whole: sure, you have lots of projects that are low-budget schlock, hiring unknown and possibly uneducated actors on the primary (or sole) criteria of "do you work cheap?" But Sci-Fi isn't a genre, it's a setting, and you can tell stories that are just as rich and deep and meaningful, have characters just as worthy of immortalization in storytelling history, as anything penned by Billy The Bard. Real human emotion is real human emotion, it doesn't matter if those emotions are happening in Elizabethan England or on a spaceship. Wil Wheaton loved the film, though regrets that he wasn't approached to play an aggressive fan who swore at Tommy for "Why the hell is there a kid on the ship!" A lot of the _Star Trek_ cast and crew loved the film, getting that it was an affectionate parody, that it was laughing with _Star Trek_ and its fans instead of at them. It's also considered an honorary _Star Trek_ film, partly for the bald-faced inspiration it took, but also because of the Star Trek Movie Curse. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ is generally considered underwhelming at best, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ is exceptional, _Star Trek III: The Search for Spock_ is meh, _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ is hilarious, _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_ is painfully bad, _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_ is almost on part with _Star Trek II,_ _Generations_ is disappointing, _First Contact_ is solid, _Insurrection_ is meh, _Nemesis_ is *awful.* Even is good, odd is bad, until you get to _Star Trek X, Nemesis._ If you count the reboots, _Star Trek_ (11) is good, _Into Darkness_ (12) is meh, _Beyond_ (13) is great. So what happened between _Insurrection_ and _Nemesis_ that the trend flipped? _Galaxy Quest_ happened.
There are these top 100 sci fi movies of all time shows which have the public voting on their fave movies, and actors and directors chatting as the show goes down through the list. Galaxy Quest is ALWAYS top-5. There is also a fun and adorable documentary on super-fans called Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
R.i.P. Alan Rickman ... damn I miss this Man, one of my Fav-Actors ever. Galaxy Quest is one of the best Comedies ever and an awesome Loveletter to Fandom.
The best thing about this movie is that it hilariously manages to spoof Star Trek while still being completely respectful to both the genre and it's fans.
Its one of those spoofs that celebrate rather than mocks. Well done.
And It is a totally awesome science fiction movie in its own right...@arandomnamegoeshere
It's like when you and your siblings spoof your parents. It's particularly funny because you know the source, and you love it.
It’s a parody that does a neat trick: it gets us emotionally involved with the characters and the plot.
@@Mcvthree3 The 3 best Star Trek movies are Wrath of Khan, First Contact, and Galaxy Quest.
There's a really funny meme that goes, "Intelligence is knowing Galaxy Quest isn't a Star Trek movie; Wisdom is knowing it's the best Star Trek movie."
My mother and I both still quote "IS THERE AIR?!" to this day. As well as "And it exploded"
It's my notification sound on my phone. It makes people laugh in offers me the opportunity to tell people about this movie they never heard of.
"Guy Fleegman" is a shoutout to Guy Vardaman, a long time stand-in and extra on ST:TNG. Vardaman didn't know anthing about it until he saw the movie in a theater, and he said he nearly fell out of his seat.
Patrick Stewart on Galaxy Quest: "I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans."
Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy.
Famously, Patrick Stewart didn't want to watch it because he thought it was making fun of Star Trek.
Johnathon Frakes (Riker) convinced him to see it in a packed theater, and he absolutely adored it; particularly the way they made the fans of the show heroes in their own right
Also I guess the bathroom scene where he hears people making fun of them and he never realized a lot of people look down on it that way actually happened to William Shatner at an early convention.
I love that story.
It is so funny because I knew Patrick Stewart from Excalibur and Lady Jane when Next Generation came on. He wasn't sold on doing Star Trek and now he gets it. It is so funny to hear how many of the post original Star Trek cast had no clue and then got it with the fans.
@@manueldeabreu1980Ive heard the guy that plays Q. Apparently hes kind of a shitheel about the fans.
He may have seen "Fanboys first", a much worse parallel for Star Wars with a literal virginshaming scene
Alan Rickman's disfainful lip curl hesitation, saying: "By Grabthar's Hammer... What a savings" is one of my favorite character building moments in cinema.
The comedic timing of his delivery is perfection! lol
You could feel his pain, literally 😂😂
.... and then he moves you to tears with the same line... great actor with an absolutely stunning voice....
It's the look of a man who is truly desolate, hopeless, and at the end of his rope. Alan Rickman captured it completely.
Of course it’s perfection, he’s British!
Comedy gold
"By Grabthar's Hammer, by the Suns Of Warvan , you shall be avenged."
The way Alan Rickman delivers that line, with such sincere and sombre conviction, gets me every single time. ❤
This is one of those very rare, perfect movies.
For me it isn't the line, but the fact that he says a line he hates, to comfort a dying friend. Repetition means the line means little to him, but everything to the person hearing it - it's a very touching moment for a cynical actor (not Rickman, the character he plays).
The person that looked up to him most died happy because of him. Lovely...
@@theaikidoka Definitely, it wouldn't have been nearly as moving if they hadn't built up how MUCH he hated it beforehand, so that when he says it THAT time, it instills it with a fresh sense of meaning.
In the original series, an episode had Kirk trapped on a planet battling a reptilian creature while his crew helplessly watched from orbit. Kirk is able to collect different elements (sulfur, carbon, etc.) and is able to defeat the reptilian by building a cannon. Guy asking "Can you fashion some sort of rudimentary lathe?" is a nod to that.
Thanks. Now I don't have to comment about it!
The episode title was "Arena."
I got two huge laughs out that joke. The first was from the joke itself.
The second was me laughing at myself because I’m enough of a Star Trek nerd to know such an obscure reference in the first place!
😂😂😂
Exactly!!!
I was looking for this post so I wasn’t just repeating it. And you explained it better than I would have.👍
By Grabthar's Hammer...what a reaction...
One the best Star Trek movie, and it’s not even a Star Trek movie.
It’s not a spoof, it’s a love letter
And a strong base foundation for "The Orville" when you think about it...
It's both a spoof and a love letter. 🥰
better than the first one
Sir Patrick Stewart acknowledges this film as a beautiful homage to Star Trek.
When Guy suggested "Can you make some sort of rudimentary lathe?" -- that was a callback to Kirk making a primitive cannon when fighting the Gorn in "Arena" (TOS).
And Guy, as "Crewman #6," was every redshirt who died on the original series.
This movie is unironically considered by many sources to be the best Star Trek Movie
The Studio's weren't too keen on "promoting drug usage", so they just left it to the audience's imagination about" Kwan."
Tawny" was based on Marina Siirtis's character "Deanna" on TNG, being a "Captain obvious", as Marina put it.
When Tawny see's the Chompers, Sigourney was so caught up in the scene, she didn't say the word "Screw"... They loved her energy in the scene and thought it'd be fun to allow the Audience to SEE what she really said
This was a True Homage, not only to the Series, but it's also a love letter to the Cons and the devoted Fans of show.
"a chillingly realistic documentary" - George Takei
One detail I feel like often gets overlooked: when Sarris comes to the bridge disguised as Fred and points a phaser at Nesmith, Nesmith says "whoah careful Fred, you'll put an eye out with that thing," and Sarris as Fred smirks before raising the gun and shooting. Because Sarris lost his own eye in his first encounter with Nesmith. That's good writing and acting, and the kind of detail you might not pick up till repeat viewings.
Tony Shalhoub playing "Fred " is supposed to be stoned throughout the film.
Yep, that's why you always see him with snacks.
They decided to cut that detail out to make it PG-13 as well as the F word by Sigourney
The paper bag has his snacks. He was at the vending machines just before they were beamed up.
And after he was "beemed" up, there is a small puff of smoke...
Sygorny Weaver's saying "Why is it always ducts? May have been a callback to her previous Sci-fi rolls. She is the only one of the cast to have a solid background in Sci-fi. She had to fight to win the part because of that.
She wanted the role because it was 180 degrees from her previous parts. She loved the Tawny character so much she would later wear the wig and go out in public.
William Shatners' Kirk was seen lots of times without his shirt. Or with his shirt ripped.
and often did over the top dives and flips, and drop kicks etc.... which is alluded to with Nesbitt's doing the dive rolls.
Tony Shaloub's character being stoned and so mellow was hilarious to me, because it was a total opposite of his character on the show Monk.
One of the best, with humor, action, suspense, and romance all wrapped up in a loving tribute. Fun watching it with you!
Brilliant Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar) first did his audition for his role with a normal voice and normal body language, and made a great impression on the filmmakers, but then he asked could do it again trying something different he had come up with. This time he used the odd intonation we hear the Thermians use in the movie (he based this on a voice warm up exercise from his stage training) and their strange, "unfamiliar with using a human form," way of moving. He totally blew them away and was put in charge of teaching the other actors how to act like Thermians.
Colantoni is a standout as far as I'm concerned, he crushes it every time I see him on screen. His other standouts to me are Keith Mars (Veronica Mars) and Elias in POI.
And that's saying something because as they said, the rest of the cast is already amazing. I love Shaloub's most-definitely high engineer, and Weaver's portrayal of the "eye candy" on the show; but dammit, she's gonna do it right!
@@charleshartley9597 I was elated to see Colantoni in "Deadpool". He nailed his role in that one, too.
@@Yesquire0 I believe you're confusing Enrico Colantoni with Jed Rees who plays Teb, Mathesar's (Colantoni's) second in command in this.
15:43 what’s amazing is how they built everything in the tv show to actually work. Something someone dreamed up works in real life. It would’ve been cool to see one of the writers join them and see all this come to life.
42:15 I love that you have the N64 Goldeneye and Legend of Zelda games in the background too! Those are two of my favorite games ever!
I've always loved the dual message "don't meet your heroes" and "don't disappoint your fans"
Oh, some other fun things about the movie:
- The bridge was built on a gimbal, so when they're under attack, the bridge is actually moving.
- When Gwen is badly startled by Guy's screaming after arriving at the ship, the actress really did jump because the scream was unscripted.
- The "rudimentary lathe" advice is a callback to the original Star Trek episode "Arena" in which the captain makes a gun out of bamboo ...
- A documentary called "Never Surrender" was released a few years ago describing the creation of Galaxy Quest, with lots of cast interviews and such.
Also Gwen's obvious "Fuck that" was dubbed over as "Screw that!" so the film could be rated PG-13, but they never bothered to shoot that again, so you can clearly see that it isn't what she says.
16:49 *In the original Star Trek they shook the camera. Here the bridge set is on hydraulic rams.*
35:00 "I am shot." The cadence, not the words, is a reference to Shakespearean Iambic Pentameter. It's used to finish off a phrase to stay within the poetic pattern. Fitting since Alan Rickman's character is so proud of his Shakespearean past.
Read this, saw the word “is” and got suddenly sad. What a loss, only 69, too soon.
"I had originally not wanted to see [Galaxy Quest] because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said ‘You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre.’ And I did and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant.
No one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans." - Patrick Stewart
The show the Orville is the closest thing to galaxy quest tv series.
You guys would love it.
Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell are both in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, another sci-fi comedy.
35:19 For him it was like if one of his devoted fans were dying in his arms. Just to hear him utter that line means something to those fans. Even though he couldn't stand saying it all the time and resenting it, that moment made him gain a new appreciation for that line and his role as Dr. Lazarus. Took one alien's death to realize that for himself. 🥲
talk about sparks on the panel, my favorite joke from orville was they get hit and a panel burts into flame and cmmander was like, "Why isn't the fire supression kicking off." and response was, "That was the fire supression panel."
They were planning on doing a sequel aftrr the video release was so successful but with the passing of Alan Rickman the rest of the cast decided not to😢💔
Alan Rickman died 16 years after this came out on video. They had plenty of time to make a sequel.
1999 was such a break out year for Sam Rockwell. Guy in Galaxy Quest and Wild Bill in The Green Mile. What a range!
It's so entertaining to see two Star Trek fans enjoying the ultimate Star Trek fan movie. Thank you!
Ppl say Spoof, I say Tribute. They make it to where Star Trek could really happen and how fans are awsome
It's Star Trek's Spaceballs.
the speculum being pointed specifically at Sigourney Weaver at 10:39 gets me every time
You can tell that Galaxy Quest was not only a love letter to Star Trek (as you said), but also a love letter to the fans. As much as you loved the movie, you would probably also enjoy Never Surrender on Prime. Released in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of the show, Never Surrender is a 90-minute documentary about Galaxy Quest, it's production and it's legacy. They talk with the cast, crew, and executives about how the movie got made, and they talk with fans, critics and some ST:TNG alumni about how it was marketed and received, and what its legacy has been. As much as I love Galaxy Quest, I also love Never Surrender, even after a half dozen viewings.
Still weird that despite Tim Allen's regular guy brand, he's played two different iconic space heroes with a perfect mix of comedy and heart.
Great reaction video. First time watching your channel. Definitely subscribing. And for the record.....
Galaxy Quest is THE best Star Trek movie.
Fun fact: Steven Spielberg's company produced this movie and went to visit one day to see how they were doing. Now, Spielberg was not a fan of Tim Allen (who had become famous with the sitcom Home Improvement) and found him rather lowbrow. As it happened to be, the day he decided to visit, they were filming Malchazar's torture scene and Spielberg was very impressed with Tim Allen's acting.
After Tim Allen filmed that scene, by the way, he asked for some time alone in his trailer to decompress. Alan Rickman told the director that Tim "had just experienced acting".
Considering that Tim Allen was up against Enrico Colantoni's heart-wrenching *but why*... it's no wonder he needed a moment afterwards.
Nobody called 'Malchazar' in this, chief...
I love love love Star Trek, so naturally I love Galaxy Quest.
38:48 I never realized until you mentioned it that Guy Fleegman is the only one who DID NOT get shot.
This movie was a love letter to Star Trek fans.. 😊
Galaxy Quest is the best non-Star-Trek Star Trek movie ever made. Great reaction. Thank you.
The scene in the bathroom and the scene where Jason has to confess to being fake remind me of a Heinlein quote:
"This sad little lizard told me that he was a Brontosaurus on his mother's side. I did not laugh; people who boast of ancestry often have little else to sustain them. Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is in short supply."
Believing in his character Commander Taggart was pretty much all Jason had to hold on to to give his life meaning, and to give himself value. Playing at being the commander, IMO, was as important to him as the adulation of the fans. Being the "hero". So it crushes him when he realizes... "I'm just a two-bit actor from a dead tv show".
But then he's given that moment. You can see it... When Gwen points to the monitor where the Thermians are suffocating, you can see the expression on Jason's face. That is the moment he becomes the hero he always wanted to be. It was not a conscious decision. It was an acceptance of responsibility.
I will always maintain that Galaxy Quest is the quintessential nerd movie that's a must watch.
Tony Shaloub's character WAS stoned all the time, but the explicit references were cut from the final edit.
Guy’s “Oh that’s not right” is one of the top 10 best delivered lines in cinema
Geez, how is this 25 years old already? I swear, i still get as much enjoyment watching it now as i did then.
Tony shaloub is the funniest
"This totally looks like a planet from Star Trek." It does. But it's Utah. Goblin Valley State Park. A nice little stop over about halfway between Capitol Reef and Arches National Parks. Easily one of the cooler state parks I've ever been too.
Cortana's not from Star Trek?!!! oh man! does Gene Lucasberry know about this?!
Watch FIREFLY series (only 14 episodes)! The dialog is SO good!
Not just the dialogue. The world-building, the characters, the smooth interaction between the actors, pretty good SFX, but not good enough for the succeeding Fox TV executives. So: Every time a TH-cam viewer falls in love with "Firefly," a Fox TV executive falls off the Nakatomi Plaza building.;)
One of my all-time favorites! 😄👍
The ST:OS tribbles episode is revisited in ST:DS9 - that episode is a must see followup.
Love this movie...a great sci-fi comedy(I don't watch Star Trek)that I watch whenever it comes on.Brilliant cast and story..everything works.Thanx for running it!
At 14:38, I just noticed Guy choking on his food - a little nod to Kane's demise in 'Alien'? His scream in the transporter room was an ad lib btw.
This is a wonderful movie, really enjoyed your reaction too. Subbed.
I didn't notice a comment about it but the rock monster floating in space? Either an after credit scene or a deleted scene shows the rock floating away and in subtitles it's thinking how it finally has some peace and quiet. Or something to that effect. So no worries, it lived the rest of its existence in heaven..or technically the heavens.
One of my favorite references was actually when Sigourney Weaver says “Why is it always ducts?”. A nod to both Alien and Aliens.
So nice to finally get the Star Trek / Alien crossover we always dreamed of :)
Ducts also figure in Star Trek a few times.
The documentery about this movie is amazing. I think it’s still up here.
It is! Totally worth watching after seeing the film!
Perhaps a fun note, but when Sigourney Weaver says: "Why is it always ducts?!" it's actually a reference to the Alien-movies, where they kept going through ducts. Sure, it's not a Star Trek reference, but it's still sci-fi and it features Sigourney Weaver, so why not?
The part where Sam Rockwell yells was ad libbed by him and they kept it for the film
🔥 + SCI-FI COMEDY MOVIES 🔥
★ *Paul* (2011) _Simon Pegg Nick Frost Seth Rogen (as Paul)_
★ *Evolution* (2001) _Julianne Moore & Seann William Scott_
★ *The Watch* (2012) _Ben Stiller , Vince Vaughn & Jonah Hill_
★ *CJ7* (2008) _starring & directed Stephen Chow_
and UFOria (1985) Cindy Williams, Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton. "Everyone ought to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink." - Brother Bud.
One of the most authentic experiences...watching fans asking technical questions about the show to the actor who simply acted from a script. They are not the Showrunners or the writers...especially after a decade goes by they may not even remember making the episode. Lol.
I was at a Star Trek Creation Con and John Delancie who plays Q was there answering questions. His first comment was not to ask about technical questions about the show as he likely wouldn't know. The very first fan asks "How many "Q" are there in the Q Continuum."
John replied "203...next...". Lol 🤣😆
"What happened to their planet?" Thirteen minutes earlier: "That spaceport looks cool. It's like on a rock."😭
I love this movie, thank you for your great reaction! ❤
If you go back and check out the "chompers" scene again, you may notice that even though the audio says, "Well screw that" , that is not what was actually said during taping.
She actually said the 'F' word (I read her lips) but they overdubbed the line because the producers wanted to secure that PG rating (and not get a PG-13 or an R) to maximize the audience numbers = more profit/money
@@MLJ7956 Yes I know, but I don't mention what she said in my comment because if they do go back and look it makes a more comical impact when they see it for them selves rather than being told what she said.
10:51 her reaction to the scream is genuine - she nearly jumped out of her skin
One joke that you missed was Sigourney Weaver saying "Why is it always vents?". I'm assuming this is a joke about both Alien movies. This movie is like Airplane, but just for sci-fi, there are references by the dozen.
Have hardly ever clicked so fast. You two have amazing senses of humor so I knew you'd really enjoy this. An awesome movie IMO whether or not you're a Star Trek fan. Thanks for posting.
You can visit the place where they filmed the rock golum scene. It's called goblin valley in southern utah. And it looks just like that minus the mining equipment. Some great camping and hiking, the closest you can get to feeling like you're on Mars. Tho I'd suggest going in spring or fall. Its extremely hot in the summer and gets snow in the winter.
“I think we’re the green thingy”
39:40 not sure if anyone did this thing before with the fireworks for a landing location for a space ship first, but I think they ripped this scene from Flight of the Navigator (1986).
From TOS, the losing the shirt and the rolls are from Kirk.
Pitch black one of my favorite sci-fi movies
My connection to this film comes through two of the cast members. I acted in an episode of Monk and got to meet Tony Shalhoub (he was a very nice guy). I also got to work on an episode of Veronica Mars and worked very directly with Enrico Colantoni (the head alien Mathesar). He was also a very nice guy. As a child I grew up watching the original Star Trek when it aired on TV. My best friend and I watched the reruns religiously. I was so happy to see the show brought back to life in movies and the different series. Gene Roddenbery was a genius.
I'm sad you never got that beer :P Nice work, cool connections!
@@jerodast Nice catch.
What a great film, takes cheese to a level where it's so over the top recognizable yet doesn't disrespect that which it is clearly spoofing. You mentioned more sci-fi, have a few suggestions; "Metropolis", "The 27th Day" & "THX 1138"...all absolutely fantastic & thought-provoking.
wow no mustache on jordan! baby face hehe,, love comicons..met so many cool celebs that way.
Good catch on Tony Shalhoub’s character being stoned. There was an edited out subplot where he got high before they beamed them up to the ship which is why he’s so relaxed all the time
The ultimate hot box.
…and why he always has “the munchies.”
They left in a puff of smoke coming from his transporter bubble when he first arrives on the ship.
The rock monster the commander fights here is a reference to a similar moment that was supposed to happen in Star Trek V where CPT Kirk was stuck alone on a planet at the center of the galaxy and was supposed to have a fight with one, but Paramount was notoriously cheap with the ST movies and despite approving it they said it wasn't in the budget when it came time to shoot it, and thus the entire final fight is very dull and anticlimactic, It's funny that a homage to Star Trek got the chance to do something that the very things it was modeling itself after "couldn't afford to do", it's a sign of true knowledge of what they were paying homage too and dedication as well. Great flix.
this is a brilliant movie, a very affectionate homage to Star Trek..... in fact it's often referred to as the "Star Trek episode that they never wrote"... I get a buzz from it no matter how many times I watch it, because there always seems to be a new joke or easter egg that I'd missed....... and of course, Sigourney Weaver gradually bustin' out of her uniform is always watchable.......
Since we are sneaking up on October... you might be interested in "Pontypool"... an AMAZING Canadian horror. "Fido" is a great comedy-horror from the same wonderful location.
The scream that Sam Rockwell lets out after the transport was ad-libbed, it wasn’t in the script. You can see Sigourney jump as she wasn’t expecting it.
I love the "Alien" reference as Sigourney is crawling through the Air Ducts. The movie was originally supposed to be "R" rated. But this was changed to "PG" ro get a larger family audience. Rumors also say that Disney didn't want their Santa Claus and Buzz Lightyear in an "R" Rated movie. Some "R" references remain, Tony Shaloub's character was a much bigger "Stoner" in the "R" version but his Chill demeanor and snack craving remains. Also Sigourney says "F*ck That" when she sees the "Corridor of "Death" (aka This Episode was badly written). They dubbed in "Screw That" instead. The original Cast wanted to do a Galaxy Quest 2 but the death of Alan Rickman put an end to the idea of a sequel.
This was the best reaction I've ever seen for this movie! Well done, and thanks!
Ah, such a great movie! I'm glad you were able to experience it.
You asked for some other sci-fi movies to watch:
- Spaceballs - the classic Star Wars spoof.
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - an enjoyable adaptation of the classic comedy sci-fi books.
- The Fifth Element - original action/sci-fi starring Bruce Willis in his prime.
- The Martian - the main character is surprisingly upbeat for having to survive by himself on Mars.
- Pacific Rim - not comedy, but it's giant robots fighting giant monsters, and it knows exactly what it is and it perfectly walks the line between "not too serious" and "not too campy."
Cool fact is this movie was voted something like the 7th best Star Trek movie by Trekies at a las vegas star trek convention.
Yes, I also like that the filmmakers did not make the movie a parody, but a real adventure with comic scenes.
The fireworks to guide them in are a reference to Flight of the Navigator.
The whole time you were explaining your love of Star Trek, I was just looking at the beautiful Enterprise D model on the self. lol also, I'm going to recommend Critters (1986) for scifi! Fantastic 80s sci-fi horror.
I've watched this movie and reactions to it soooo many times, but I've never noticed Guy signing autographs at the convention before! Cool...and thanks.
I love how at 33:28 when they have to go "straight on through the chompers." Sigourney Weaver clearly says "well fuck that!" But they dubbed over in post to censor it to "screw that". I understand their decision, being a kid friendly movie and all, but I think it would have been fine to leave it in. Also, *whispers* "Tech Sergent Chen"...
His character was supposed to have been on some kind of psychedelic hallucinogen throughout their time in space. This, too, was scrapped for more favorable character traits but is still hinted at when Guy asks "are you stoned or something?"
From what I understand (though it could be wrong -- I read it on the internet, after all), they originally planned to have an R rating, but then had to "clean it up" enough to make it PG (not PG-13... ) so they had te remove the scenes of Tony Shalhoub smoking weed, remove some scenes where Sigourney's top was even more off than what we see here, and of course, dub her line at the chompers. The director was apparently upset about it, so he put in the obvious dub, rather than re-shoot the scene with her saying the updated line as a mild protest.
Interestingly, Red Shirts numerically die a lot, but percentage-wise there are far more Red Shirts, so a lower percentage died than Gold Shirts.
Cool shirt, bro! lol I was just playing some PS2 Rock Band (and Guitar Hero) with a buddy of mine last weekend. We smoked up and tried to get through most of it on Medium settings but it had been so long since either one of us had played - we sucked! lol
A sci-fi film callback I never noticed myself until this rewatch:
The button for the self-destruct rises up on a metallic cylinder in front of Sigourney Weaver's character.
Much like the metallic cylinders that rose up in front of another heroine on another spaceship self-destruct system: that of the Nostromo, from Alien.
The command deck set was built on gimbals, so when they needed the actors to react to the ship being shaken,the set was actually being shaken.
35:08: What I love about this scene is, all through the movie, Alexander Dane has been dismissive, annoyed, or outright hostile about his role and fans, feeling this Rubber-Forehead Alien is an insult to his acting skills. But it was precisely his skill, his dedication to the craft, that brought this character to life and made him so beloved by so many. Now, he sees that this role is just as important, just as meaningful, just as worthy of his acting talents as any other, that he has touched real people in profound ways. It's kind of a comment on the sci-fi genre as a whole: sure, you have lots of projects that are low-budget schlock, hiring unknown and possibly uneducated actors on the primary (or sole) criteria of "do you work cheap?" But Sci-Fi isn't a genre, it's a setting, and you can tell stories that are just as rich and deep and meaningful, have characters just as worthy of immortalization in storytelling history, as anything penned by Billy The Bard. Real human emotion is real human emotion, it doesn't matter if those emotions are happening in Elizabethan England or on a spaceship.
Wil Wheaton loved the film, though regrets that he wasn't approached to play an aggressive fan who swore at Tommy for "Why the hell is there a kid on the ship!" A lot of the _Star Trek_ cast and crew loved the film, getting that it was an affectionate parody, that it was laughing with _Star Trek_ and its fans instead of at them.
It's also considered an honorary _Star Trek_ film, partly for the bald-faced inspiration it took, but also because of the Star Trek Movie Curse. _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ is generally considered underwhelming at best, _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ is exceptional, _Star Trek III: The Search for Spock_ is meh, _Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_ is hilarious, _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_ is painfully bad, _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_ is almost on part with _Star Trek II,_ _Generations_ is disappointing, _First Contact_ is solid, _Insurrection_ is meh, _Nemesis_ is *awful.* Even is good, odd is bad, until you get to _Star Trek X, Nemesis._ If you count the reboots, _Star Trek_ (11) is good, _Into Darkness_ (12) is meh, _Beyond_ (13) is great. So what happened between _Insurrection_ and _Nemesis_ that the trend flipped? _Galaxy Quest_ happened.
There are these top 100 sci fi movies of all time shows which have the public voting on their fave movies, and actors and directors chatting as the show goes down through the list. Galaxy Quest is ALWAYS top-5. There is also a fun and adorable documentary on super-fans called Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary (2019)
R.i.P. Alan Rickman ... damn I miss this Man, one of my Fav-Actors ever. Galaxy Quest is one of the best Comedies ever and an awesome Loveletter to Fandom.
OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED QUELLEK!
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