I absolutely love that movie. I can not tell you how many times I have
seen it and it never fails to make me laugh. I sure wish it had been
more successful at the box office so that they could have done a
sequel. It is one of my all time favorites
ravenadal wrote:
> I had the pleasure of watching "Galaxy Quest" yesterday (it was on
> satellite).
>
> A spoof of the original Star Trek series and the twenty years its
> stars spent in the acting wilderness, appearing at comicons and
> supermarket openings, "Quest" is delightful in its many conceits. The
> main conceit is right out of the "Star Trek" playbook: an benign alien
> race has intercepted television transmissions of the original "Galaxy
> Quest" program and has misinterpreted them as "historical documents."
> They have recreated everything from the series and have come to
> retrieve the original cast members to save them from annihilation at
> the hands of the Sarris, a scaly-skinned evil-doer.
>
> "Galaxy Quest" is clever and amusing and makes great use of its
> excellent cast which includes Tim Allen as the starship commander,
> Sigourney Weaver as the hot communications officer, Alan Rickman as
> the alien science officer, Tony Shalhoub as the head of engineering,
> Daryl Mitchell as the child navigator who has since grown into a man
> and Sam Rockwell as the crewman with no last name who always gets
> killed. As they have proven in other venues, Richman and Shalhoub are
> superb in their respective parts.
>
> Trivia note 1: Mathesar, the eternally blissed alien leader, is played
> by Enrico Colatoni - Keith (Veronica Mars' daddy) from the "Veronica
> Mars" series.
>
> Trivia note 2: "Galaxy Quest" also marks the first big screen
> appearance of Justin Long, the Mac guy from the Apple Computer ads.
> Long plays a teenage "Galaxy Quest" fanatic who's encyclopedic
> knowledge of the show's arcane details plays an integral part in
> saving the day.
>
> I have seen "Galaxy Quest" many times and still find it a pleasant way
> to salt away a couple of hours.
>
> ~rave!
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