"Guy Fleegman" was a shout-out to Guy Vardaman, a long time extra and stand-in on ST:TNG. He didn't know about it until he saw the movie and said that he nearly fell out of his seat at the reveal. Patrick Stewart had this to say about 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."
I've actually never watched ST properly, I caught pieces of a couple episodes on TV and have enough of a surface knowledge through pop culture osmosis to appreciate this film, and I do like this movie a lot. But since I've never properly watched the show, I never knew that tidbit about Guy, he's my favorite character in the movie. Thanks for the fun fact! :D
If I'm not mistaken, maybe 15-20 years ago, they polled attendees at a Star Trek Convention about the best Star Trek movies ever made, and Galaxy Quest came in at, like, 7th despite not being part of the franchise.
So everybody knows the Odd/Even rule for Star Trek films - the odd numbered movies suck, the even numbered ones are good. Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country, and First Contact are all well-regarded while The (Slow) Motion Picture, Search for Spock, Final Frontier, and Generations are not. Except after First Contact, there were two back-to-back stinkers - Insurrection and Nemesis. Was the streak broken? Well...there was one film that came out between Insurrection and Nemesis...its name:: GALAXY QUEST. Then the trend picked up again as the next Star Trek film was the Abrams reboot which is pretty decent, then the god-awful right-wing-politics-conspiracy-theory laden shitshow of Into Darkness (aka WOLF 359 WAS AN INSIDE JOB! WAKE UP, TRIBBLES!), and the underrated Star Trek Beyond keeping the "every other Star Trek film is good" pattern alive.
I’ve been a Trekkie my whole life and myself and so many others do consider this a Star Trek movie. It is so well written and acted. It is a love letter to a show we hold most dear. 🖖
It also fixes the pattern of the even numbered Star Trek movies being good with the odd numbered being okay at best. Putting it in between Insurrection and Nemesis makes Nemesis an odd numbered movie and the 1st Kelvin-verse movie an even one.
Not only am I a trekkie, I'm a 3rd generation trekkie who was named in the late 80's for (Na)tasha Yarr (before she was unfortunately killed off, of course). This is one of my favorite "Star Trek" movies of all time!
Fellow Trekkie. Oh Captain, my Captain was Kirk. Spock was the only person on television I could relate to. Makes sense I favored Taggert and Dr Lazarus. A love letter to the show, I like that. Live long and prosper. 🖖
My favorite joke of the whole movie is super subtle. . . when Sarris does his surprise attack at the end, right before they activate the Omega 13 and go back in time, and all the major characters are getting killed. . . Guy is the only one who doesn't get hit :D :D :D Alan Rickman's speech and avenging the death of the alien who admired him is an amazing scene. He was such a special actor.
I like how he rants and raves about there possibly not being air _as the hatch is already opening_, and then he takes a deep breath and holds it in, cheeks puffing out! lol
Even Star Trek actors, including Patrick Stewart and most of the TNG cast, think this movie is fantastic. The actor that played Mathizar used a vocal warm-up technique he learned as an early actor as the voice for the Thermians. The director loved it so much that he asked him to keep doing it.
Mathesar was played by Enrico Colantoni, who has quite an extensive television resume. He had regular or recurring roles on "Just Shoot Me," "Veronica Mars," "Person of Interest," and "Flashpoint."
"I was agreeing with you. Like I know where the hold button is"😂😂 Its an alien planet! Is there air?! You dont know! Great writing and dialog for this movie. So many quotable lines
The reason that Fred/Tech Sergeant Chen (Tony Shaloub) is so chill all the time is that he’s stoned out of his mind. The parts of the movie showing him getting high were edited out for a PG-13 rating.
You know, I almost just prefer it being that he's just the most chill dude ever on earth. No explanation for it being that way is needed. I'm glad it was edited out.
When they say 'Tech Sergeant Chen' and he looks skyward listening to how epic it sounds... 😆. Taking the role as ship's chief engineer and running his crew was the cherry on the cake. They did everything, he did nothing BUT, he gave them full credit and appreciation. "Group hug" 😂
You can see the moment Jason becomes The Commander... When they see the monitor, and Gwen says that the Thermians were suffocating... The look on his face, like he just tasted something bitter... and then... he became the leader he always wanted to be.
"Galaxy Quest": The best "Star Trek" movie that Paramount didn't make. By Grabthar's Hammer, you are in for a roller coaster ride of a movie! Sigourney Weaver signed on to play a Blonde, and could "feel her IQ level drop" every time show wore the wig...all the way home.;)
The creators wanted to stay away from sci-fi actors, but when Signourney heard about it, she was adamant to get the role and wouldn't take no for an answer, and a good thing she didn't.
Originally this was a hard R movie. Things like "Chen" being a pothead are only hinted at now. There was a number of scenes where F-bombs were that were cut or altered. One is still in the movie where you can see Weaver very clearly say "F*ck that!" The bridge of the Protector came in two flavors. The TV show version, which had cheaper looking displays and deco, and the "real" version which was built on a giant gimbal so they could actually throw the cast around. It apparently "scared the Hell out of them." For the 10th Star Trek film, they actually rebuilt the bridge of the Enterprise to also be on a gimbal, as it gave the battle sequences more authenticity. So the comedy movie actually had a serious influence on the Star Trek films. Several of the Star Trek actors absolutely loved the movie and were laughing harder than the rest of the audience. One of the producers, Brannon Braga actually lamented the movie, because it basically ended Star Trek in his mind. William Shatner said of Tim Allen "I have no idea who he's supposed to be. I really don't get it." He said it with a smile, of course. He was just having fun. Often considered an honorary Star Trek film. The Galaxy Quest Conventions were a real Star Trek convention, where they had cosplayers and vendors use Galaxy Quest merch for the shooting period. There was a fake documentary filmed for E! featuring footage of the actors as the actors. Talking about the fake origin of the show, how cheaply made it was, and touching on the animosity between some of the cast. It ended with a promo for the upcoming movie as if the movie itself was a "revival of the old show." It's on CZcams if you want to check it out, but its very low quality. There was even a Galaxy Quest website called questarian, which had a fake list of episodes. They've been trying to do a sequel, and a TV show... and I just hope they never do. GQ was great in 1999 when Star Trek was firing on all cylinders. I just don't think it could be done justice today, especialyl without Rickman.
I love Galaxy Quest. It brings a tear into my eyes. I was watching the TNG when it was still on TV and I remember the old crew movies. Galaxy Quest is so well written. Rusty actors slowly come back to the characters they used to play in the show. One last time a great adventure. I think there's a fake documentary about the making of the Galaxy Quest.
@@WillTalksMovies If you manage to get the DVD, one of the great little features in the 'language selections' is Thermian. The entire thing dubbed in that 'turkey gobbling' sounds! It's hilarious!
It was part parody or spoof... But also an amazing tribute to Star Trek and Star Trek fans. It may not be Star Trek canon, but much like the Orville, Galaxy Quest is a love letter to Roddenberry's vision and all loyal Star Trek fans.
@WillTalksMovies Another fun tidbit: the designers intentionally took the design of the Enterprise and basically, with some slight modifications, turned it upside down to create the Protector.
It’s been called The Perfect Movie. Every callback is so GOOD! You may notice Sigourney Weaver’s top was ripped open at the end- that came from a deleted scene where she used seduction to distract an evil guard. You remember she complained in the beginning about an article that was 6 paragraphs about her boobs! That is a reflection of reality- ST Voyager’s Seven of Nine actress faced the same treatment in real life. It’s funny how Dr Lazarus didn’t bother to take his prosthetic rubber head cap off, because he had a gig the next morning implying that he wore it all the time when working. Well, in ST2 The Wrath of Kahn- actress Kirstie Alley reportedly wore her Vulcan ears to bed (by request).
Yeah there are a lot of little easter eggs in the film, like how the pilot makes that comment about "oh yeah I had it all worked out!" talking about the various buttons and controls and what they did. This is something Wil Wheaton mentioned, when he was at some convention or something, and a tech team of fans had made a software program to replicate the helm of the TNG: Enterprise. And so he decided to see if it worked, because he, as an actor, decided to do the same gestures over and over for the same things. And the tech team replicated it accurately. When he, unprompted, tapped out the sequence to activate warp drive, the display showed that warp was engaged. When he raised shields, it raised the shields. He was VERY impressed by that attention to detail. The whole thing about Alan Rickman's character hating his role, but then coming around to it, is an homage to Leanord Nimoy's relationship with Spock, and the fans. At first he enjoyed how impactful his character was to people, then he came to hate it as everyone wanted him to say that damned line, so much so that he wrote a book "I'm Not Spock", to try and distance himself from the character. But then when he started to realize how much real life impact he'd had on people, how he'd help them overcome emotional issues, and mental disorders, by focusing their lives around the concept of vulcan logic, that it became an anchor for them, he came back around to enjoying Spock. So many little things throughout that were love letters to the franchise.
The actors on the classic series did the same thing with their own control panels, as well. When ST:DS9 did the "Trials and Tribble-ations" anniversary-special episode, Walter Koenig was brought in as a consultant to show the DS9 actors the "right" way to use the classic TOS-era props and control panels so that whatever they did would be consistent with the original-series footage they were being inserted into.
Have you given _Kingsmen: The Secret Service_ a go? _Unlike_ the harsh and merciless parody _Austin Powers_ (which condemned and mocked the James Bond franchise so damn hard that they ended-up replacing it with the deadly-serious Daniel Craig era), _Kingsmen_ is a part of the gentlemanly spy genre while at the same time paying respectful homage to what James Bond did before it. I would also suggest _True Lies_ (an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie), which is more of an homage to action thrillers while being one.
he's definitely more a Michael Dorn type, holding the record for most appearance in GQ episodes... I would never see Guy asking to be let go from the show.
@@WillTalksMovies Another great franchise is Farscape (1999-2003), a creation of Jim Henson's studios. The design of alien species surpasses Trek and perhaps even Star Wars (in my opinion). Jim Henson and Frank Oz are behind Yoda and many other popular characters you may know.
I have been. If anything this depiction is tame! Needs more folks wearing outrageous costumes, and people who sprinkle script quotes throughout every conversation and generally act as if it's all real
I actually saw Galaxy Quest at a fan run Star Trek con, with fans in costume all around. We all enjoyed it. It is a love letter to TOS, with lots of in-jokes for fans that others wouldn't get.
I went to a Star Trek convention when I was 18. I met Walter Koenig, got him to autograph his book, and later lost it. I also didn't think to bring a camera with me. And people were just walking up to him and having conversations. I was too starstruck. I barely said a word. I doubt I even smiled at him. I walked away quickly after getting the autograph, too nervous to stick around. I'd like to think I'd do much better today. . . but I'd also have to pay $150 for a photo op and $75 extra for an autograph - at least.
If you enjoyed Galaxy Quest, then I suggest that you watch The Orville created by and starring Seth McFarlane. Essentially it is Galaxy Quest- The Series.
As much as you enjoyed Galaxy Quest, I bet you would really like Never Surrender, a 90-minute documentary about the movie released in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of the film's release. It talks with cast, crew, and executives about how the film was made (including how the Thermians became the way they were). It also talks with fans, critics, and a few Star Trek alumni about how the film was marketed, how it was received, and about the lasting legacy it has had. I have watched the documentary almost as many times as I have watched Galaxy Quest and I highly recommend it.
My favorite moment in the movie is when Jason says, "...it's all fake... just like me..." The pain in Gwen's face at watching him crushed, watching him forced to surrender the delusion she knew Jason most needed to believe... Signourney Weaver's finest moment in film, IMO.
And I heard that Tim Allen had to go to his trailer after that scene because he had so much emotion about it. And Alan Rickman said I think he just experienced acting.
This movie has such a special place in my heart! As a lifelong Star Trek fan, it gets so much right about the show, the actors (William Shatner is notorious for being an early-movie Jason), and the fandom. I actually got into science and STEM *because* of Star Trek, and even though I'm disabled and the life of science is sadly out of my reach, I still love keeping up with new technology and developments because it makes me feel like that future isn't so far away.
A thing about the rock monster. When they were asking about its motivation, a deleted scene took that further. Being made of stone it is very sensitive to vibrations and just wants some quiet. That is why it was so at peace floating in space later.
This movie is an homage to _Star Trek_ and to _Trek_ fans, and many of us consider it to be the best _Star Trek_ movie ever made. Patrick Stewart avoided seeing _Galaxy Quest_ because he'd heard that it was a _Trek_ parody and he didn't want to see _Star Trek_ devalued, but Jonathan Frakes called and told him he had to see it and he should do so in a theater so he could see how the audience reacted. Sir Patrick loved it.
I don't know how old you are, but those Trek fans who went to conventions before ST:TNG have a special fondness for how well they depicted that sort of thing at the beginning of the movie.
My favorite part of the movie is that Guy spent almost all of the movie saying that he was expendable, or going to die and at the end of the movie he was the only one who survived Serris Attack. Here's a Fun fact that most people either won't tell you, or don't know, Robin Sachs, the guy who played Serris also played Ethan Rayne on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The tv series not the bad movie.
So a fun thing about the movie: At the start, the crew tries to take it seriously. They're thinking about it like it's real life and not the show, so they're applying logic and science to everything. And it screws up badly because they don't know enough about everything going on around to make those sort of decisions so they fly directly into a minefield they think is a nebula and assume Turbo can be used indefinitely rather than a quick momentary boost. And Sarrin kicks their asses every time because he's better at it being a real military commander in this world. But at the very start, Jason gets the drop on Sarrin by treating it like the TV show - he just opens fire and it acts like a suckerpunch because Sarrin wasn't expecting an attack during a surrender. Then by the end, they start doing the sort of wacky stuff that the writers would come up with for the show - rather than fighting directly (which would cost SFX money and be a violent confrontation proving the Protector is a warship and not a ship of peaceful exploration if it could out-gun another larger warship in a head-on fight), they drag a bunch of mines behind them using their environment and the dangerous artifacts of a previous war to their advantage (with a subtle pacifist message attached). And they win. BECAUSE they're acting like they're on the show, something Sarrin can't counter and something they're damn good at.
Weavers shirt is zipped down the later half of the show because there is a deleted scene where she tries to distract one of the alien guards by showing off her chest. But they didn't use that scene and they would have to reshoot a lot of the later half of the show over with her shirt zipped back up like normal, so that is why suddenly half way through she is all hanging out. Not complaining mind you but that is the reason "suddenly" she is exposed.
Tony Shalhoub's character, Fred Kwan, is a caucasian actor who has locked himself into an Asian stage name, so he gets cast as Asian characters. (Think of David Carradine playing Kwai Chang Caine in _Kung Fu.)_ Did you notice how often he squints? This is meant to be a vain attempt to emulate the epicanthic fold. Tony decided to play Fred Kwan as a stoner. He was late for the transport up to the space station because he was busy at a vending machine, stocking up on snacks to feed his "munchies," and he snacks throughout the movie. This also explains his remarkably effective laid-back management style in Engineering.
I love that movie. All of it. It's brilliant from start to finish. Every Star Trek geek got vindication for their geekiness and I have no doubt that those involved with Star Trek laughed harder than any of us. It was so well made. Everyone was awesome in it, but I particularly love Alan Rickman. He was a rare treasure of an actor.
Tony Shalloub in an interview said, "for this role, I tried to act, first, as dumb as I could, completely vapid. 2nd, I took that same character and made him stoned". (interview with Tig Natarro)
In defense of the rock monster, why assume it is malevolent? After all, in The Neverending Story (1984) the rock-biter was a pretty solid, righteous character.
Well, the rock monster that was supposed to be in the climax of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier that this monster is a direct riff off of was supposed to be a minion of the so-called God creature Kirk, MCoy and Sybok found so...
@@bjgandalf69 I was not aware of that character in Star Trek V, was that a detail that got cut from the final edit or was it an early concept that never made it to production?
@tofersiefken The latter. The film didn't have the budget for them (there were to be several, then one then they got cut). The creature and scene was an idea by director/screenwriter Shatner that got designed, at least in drawings, but got cut before ever being constructed.
18:54 "why is the engineer guy so chill about everything?" He's not chill. He is just stoned as *bleep* it's why he is eating something as stoned people get hunger cravings. 25:14 I would not have said it's lying. It's just not historical documents, but futuristic documents. It's our vision of the future we hope to one day make true.
This is a perfect movie, one of my top favorites. Glad you had a good time with it. For us old fans, we saw all the parallels to the episodes as this unfolded. You will see them as you are exposed to more Star Trek. It will be cool to see your recognition of and , and especially as you go along.
I always liked the gag about 'Guy' not having a surname thus expendable.....also..the Captain gets his shirt ripped. If memory serves, the concept of the movie carries on into the Making Of documentary in which they keep up the pretense that GQ was a real show. I did hear that it was either due a sequel or they were thinking of making the actual series when sadly, Alan Rickman passed away. As someone below stated, you'll enjoy The Orville which is also a love letter to Trek. Seth McFarlane is a big Trek fan and cameos in episodes of Enterprise.
Not only does Guy _have_ a last name, but Jason _knows_ it. Most people miss it, but at one point on the desert planet he addresses Guy as "Fleegman". Guy never tells them his last name, which means that Jason remembers the name of a random extra on the show from 18 years ago. Sure, Jason is an asshole to his fellow cast for much of the movie but he actually has serious people skills, as evidenced by the scene at the convention where he's talking to fans before his meltdown ("They really do love him."). This includes things like having a very good memory for names, even of people he has only met briefly.
The trope of hapless townspeople confusing actors for heroes has been used a couple of times before in The Three Amigos and A Bug's Life. Shakespeare used something like it as well. Of all science fiction movie comedies, there have been only five perfect movies, and this was one of them. "Is there air? You don't know!" "That's not right. No."
"Miners, not minors" - possibly the best line in film history. May I suggest you take a look now at The Orville Episode 1? Watched it last night, still stands up. At the start the Orville was a bit of a spoof, but ended up being very much its own show. Try it and see.
@@WillTalksMovies No problems, just a suggestion. It takes me ages to edit a slide show, so goodness knows how much work is involved in cutting down a film.
Saw this in the theater when it came out. We expected a comedy,* and it was for the most part, but didn't expect to be cheering when the good guys won and actually crying when Dr. Lazarus says that line for the very first time with feeling to that dying Thermian. * My favorite comedy line is when Gwen says to the Thermians, "Surely you don't think Gilligan's Island..." to which the Thermians bow their heads and Mathesar says "Those poor people...". *I DIED!*
I love this movie, it is so well written and entertaining with a fabulous cast. Not a spoof, a loving parody tribute and was referred to as the 7th best Star Trek movie.
Spaceballs was actually a spoof of Star Wars that George Lucas agreed to because he couldn't have prevented it anyway. So at least he had some influence on Spaceballs. This film, on the other hand, is a homage to Star Trek. That's a big difference!
Grabthar's Hammer is a weapon available in the original Guild Wars. Finding it was one of those unforgetable gaming moments for me. Grabthar the Overbearing drops it.
What's great about this is that they spoof Star Trek but never in a mean spirited way. It pays tribute to the fans in the best possible way. Voted by Star Trek fans as the 4th best Trek movie even though it's not Star Trek!
26:30 "Are they actors or are they true heroes after all?" Yes. They're actors, ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary situation that requires heroism, so they behave heroically. They're both. Next time you see a news report about someone who ran toward danger rather than away and managed to save lives by doing so, listen to the interviews with the hero. There's an extremely good chance that they'll say "Oh, I'm not a hero. I just did what anyone would do in that situation." To a certain extent they're correct; you never know how you'll react until you actually find yourself in that extraordinary situation, you may be more heroic than you think. An awful lot of people are.
most STAR TREK fans consider this a STAR TREK movie, usually somwhere in the top 5 or 6. It is usually Wrath of Khan, then First Contact, then JJ Abrahams Sgtar Trek, then Galaxy Quest thenVoyage home
This is definitely one of the best Star Trek movies ever made! 😉 I actually saw this movie in the theater when it first came out, and even as a kid I was a huge Star Trek fan, so I absolutely adored this movie! Everything about this movie is a perfect, loving homage to Star Trek. It was just the right balance of poking fun at Star Trek's sillier aspects, while still showing great love for what it was always trying to be! Clearly the people who made this movie LOVE Star Trek, and also have a healthy sense of humor about how goofy and weird it often was! Great reaction, man! Can't wait to see you do more with Star Trek! Your appreciation for this movie will only increase the more you watch! 💕
Fun fact, at one of the big Star Trek conventions in 2013, Galaxy Quest was voted the 7th best Star Trek movie. Also, if you accept that and see it as a Trek movie, it's release date puts it between Insurrection and Nemesis, preserving the even/odd split in Trek quality.
@@this.is.a.username With Generations it's not so much that it's bad, but look at what it's sandwiched between. If you look at Super Sentai, Go-Busters was a good season, but it was stuck between Gokaiger and Kyuryuger so it's considered a lesser season.
"Guy Fleegman" was a shout-out to Guy Vardaman, a long time extra and stand-in on ST:TNG. He didn't know about it until he saw the movie and said that he nearly fell out of his seat at the reveal.
Patrick Stewart had this to say about 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."
I've actually never watched ST properly, I caught pieces of a couple episodes on TV and have enough of a surface knowledge through pop culture osmosis to appreciate this film, and I do like this movie a lot. But since I've never properly watched the show, I never knew that tidbit about Guy, he's my favorite character in the movie. Thanks for the fun fact! :D
You need to watch the documentary about making Galaxy Quest
Filmmaker, author, and playwright David Mamet said there were four perfect movies: Dodsworth, A Place in the Sun, The Godfather, and Galaxy Quest.
@@MWSin1 then he's wrong, because The Princess Bride epitomizes the perfect movie, it's got fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles!
@@this.is.a.username Yes. You're very smart. Shut up.
Best Star Trek film that isn't a Star Trek film at all. 🥰
Part Star Trek film, part biography of William Shatner.
All the best satires have that quality in common.
If I'm not mistaken, maybe 15-20 years ago, they polled attendees at a Star Trek Convention about the best Star Trek movies ever made, and Galaxy Quest came in at, like, 7th despite not being part of the franchise.
In my opinion, better than the films that ARE Star Trek movies.
So everybody knows the Odd/Even rule for Star Trek films - the odd numbered movies suck, the even numbered ones are good. Wrath of Khan, Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country, and First Contact are all well-regarded while The (Slow) Motion Picture, Search for Spock, Final Frontier, and Generations are not. Except after First Contact, there were two back-to-back stinkers - Insurrection and Nemesis. Was the streak broken? Well...there was one film that came out between Insurrection and Nemesis...its name:: GALAXY QUEST.
Then the trend picked up again as the next Star Trek film was the Abrams reboot which is pretty decent, then the god-awful right-wing-politics-conspiracy-theory laden shitshow of Into Darkness (aka WOLF 359 WAS AN INSIDE JOB! WAKE UP, TRIBBLES!), and the underrated Star Trek Beyond keeping the "every other Star Trek film is good" pattern alive.
"A chillingly realistic documentary." - George Takei
I’ve been a Trekkie my whole life and myself and so many others do consider this a Star Trek movie. It is so well written and acted. It is a love letter to a show we hold most dear. 🖖
I think that ‘miners not minors’ is one of the smartest jokes ever written.
It also fixes the pattern of the even numbered Star Trek movies being good with the odd numbered being okay at best. Putting it in between Insurrection and Nemesis makes Nemesis an odd numbered movie and the 1st Kelvin-verse movie an even one.
@@halvpoe I like that point 🖖
Not only am I a trekkie, I'm a 3rd generation trekkie who was named in the late 80's for (Na)tasha Yarr (before she was unfortunately killed off, of course). This is one of my favorite "Star Trek" movies of all time!
Fellow Trekkie. Oh Captain, my Captain was Kirk. Spock was the only person on television I could relate to. Makes sense I favored Taggert and Dr Lazarus. A love letter to the show, I like that. Live long and prosper. 🖖
RIP Allen Rickman. Truly the GOAT.
My favorite joke of the whole movie is super subtle. . . when Sarris does his surprise attack at the end, right before they activate the Omega 13 and go back in time, and all the major characters are getting killed. . . Guy is the only one who doesn't get hit :D :D :D
Alan Rickman's speech and avenging the death of the alien who admired him is an amazing scene. He was such a special actor.
That was my favorite part in the whole movie, when Rickman says "by Grabthar's hammer" and really means it. A very moving moment for a comedy.
I had to have that one pointed out to me, but it's now one of my favorites, too!
It's not just a film about a space show; it's a film about the fans... :)
It's for all of *us*!
This is the best answer.
Possibly the best science fiction comedy made thus far. Alan Rickman was brilliant, as he always was.
One of the best lines is from guy ' hey,don't open that. It's an alien planet. Is there air? You don't know....
I like how he rants and raves about there possibly not being air _as the hatch is already opening_, and then he takes a deep breath and holds it in, cheeks puffing out! lol
"See if you can make a Rudimentary Lathe" calls out to the primitive cannon Kirk made to defeat the Gorn captain.
This is not a parody, like many think, its a hommage to Star Trek, and a very great one. Just the same as "The Orville" is as a TV-show.
"Give him a big hand, he's British!"
I love how Guy, the character not important enough for a name, ended up having the longest name of anyone on the crew during the reboot.
I never noticed that before. What a great little detail for them to have added!
Even Star Trek actors, including Patrick Stewart and most of the TNG cast, think this movie is fantastic. The actor that played Mathizar used a vocal warm-up technique he learned as an early actor as the voice for the Thermians. The director loved it so much that he asked him to keep doing it.
Love it 😂
Mathesar was played by Enrico Colantoni, who has quite an extensive television resume. He had regular or recurring roles on "Just Shoot Me," "Veronica Mars," "Person of Interest," and "Flashpoint."
yep, on "Veronica Mars," he'd played title character's father, Keith Mars
@@karlsmith2570 And he did a complete 180° in "Person of Interest," playing ruthless gang boss Carl Elias in several episodes.
@@bobbuethe1477 never seen "Person Of Interest"
"I was agreeing with you.
Like I know where the hold button is"😂😂
Its an alien planet! Is there air?! You dont know!
Great writing and dialog for this movie. So many quotable lines
Does the rolling help?
Somewhere out there, there's a society that modeled itself after the Star Trek historical documents.
Miners, not minors!
I love that one, too.
The reason that Fred/Tech Sergeant Chen (Tony Shaloub) is so chill all the time is that he’s stoned out of his mind. The parts of the movie showing him getting high were edited out for a PG-13 rating.
You know, I almost just prefer it being that he's just the most chill dude ever on earth. No explanation for it being that way is needed. I'm glad it was edited out.
I understand the need to remove stuff for the rating, but knowing that was the intention cracks me up. He's always eating or just going with the flow.
@@pnwajs3532 it's better this way, we know he was stoner coded just like Shaggy. we didn't need it confirmed.
When they say 'Tech Sergeant Chen' and he looks skyward listening to how epic it sounds... 😆. Taking the role as ship's chief engineer and running his crew was the cherry on the cake. They did everything, he did nothing BUT, he gave them full credit and appreciation. "Group hug" 😂
It also led to Sigourney’s fuck this at the chompers getting dubbed to screw this.
There's a Galaxy Quest documentary "Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary". A surprising number of Star Trek alumni make an appearance in it.
You can see the moment Jason becomes The Commander... When they see the monitor, and Gwen says that the Thermians were suffocating... The look on his face, like he just tasted something bitter... and then... he became the leader he always wanted to be.
"Galaxy Quest": The best "Star Trek" movie that Paramount didn't make. By Grabthar's Hammer, you are in for a roller coaster ride of a movie! Sigourney Weaver signed on to play a Blonde, and could "feel her IQ level drop" every time show wore the wig...all the way home.;)
The creators wanted to stay away from sci-fi actors, but when Signourney heard about it, she was adamant to get the role and wouldn't take no for an answer, and a good thing she didn't.
Originally this was a hard R movie.
Things like "Chen" being a pothead are only hinted at now.
There was a number of scenes where F-bombs were that were cut or altered. One is still in the movie where you can see Weaver very clearly say "F*ck that!"
The bridge of the Protector came in two flavors. The TV show version, which had cheaper looking displays and deco, and the "real" version which was built on a giant gimbal so they could actually throw the cast around. It apparently "scared the Hell out of them." For the 10th Star Trek film, they actually rebuilt the bridge of the Enterprise to also be on a gimbal, as it gave the battle sequences more authenticity. So the comedy movie actually had a serious influence on the Star Trek films. Several of the Star Trek actors absolutely loved the movie and were laughing harder than the rest of the audience.
One of the producers, Brannon Braga actually lamented the movie, because it basically ended Star Trek in his mind.
William Shatner said of Tim Allen "I have no idea who he's supposed to be. I really don't get it." He said it with a smile, of course. He was just having fun.
Often considered an honorary Star Trek film. The Galaxy Quest Conventions were a real Star Trek convention, where they had cosplayers and vendors use Galaxy Quest merch for the shooting period.
There was a fake documentary filmed for E! featuring footage of the actors as the actors. Talking about the fake origin of the show, how cheaply made it was, and touching on the animosity between some of the cast. It ended with a promo for the upcoming movie as if the movie itself was a "revival of the old show." It's on CZcams if you want to check it out, but its very low quality. There was even a Galaxy Quest website called questarian, which had a fake list of episodes.
They've been trying to do a sequel, and a TV show... and I just hope they never do. GQ was great in 1999 when Star Trek was firing on all cylinders. I just don't think it could be done justice today, especialyl without Rickman.
They scrapped the idea after Rickman died. But they were serious before that.
@@shallowgal462 For some reason, more than with anyone else, it's still hard to believe that Alan is dead.
@@markharris1125 Always
I love Galaxy Quest. It brings a tear into my eyes. I was watching the TNG when it was still on TV and I remember the old crew movies. Galaxy Quest is so well written. Rusty actors slowly come back to the characters they used to play in the show. One last time a great adventure.
I think there's a fake documentary about the making of the Galaxy Quest.
No way I will definitely have to check out that documentary 😂
@@WillTalksMovies check for Galaxy Quest The Mockumentary. It's on CZcams.
There's also a real documentary about the making of "Galaxy Quest." It's called "Never Surrender," and it's on CZcams.
@@WillTalksMovies If you manage to get the DVD, one of the great little features in the 'language selections' is Thermian. The entire thing dubbed in that 'turkey gobbling' sounds! It's hilarious!
Guy’s scream after being transported wasn’t scripted. Sam Rockwell ad libbed it, you can see Sigourney jump when he does, she wasn’t expecting it.
That’s amazing 🤣
I’ve read he also ad libbed the line “That’s not right!” He is hilarious in this film!
@@LBullockPW Sam is an underrated treasure period. Highly recommend Mr Right with Anna Kendricks, fucking hilarious
It was part parody or spoof... But also an amazing tribute to Star Trek and Star Trek fans. It may not be Star Trek canon, but much like the Orville, Galaxy Quest is a love letter to Roddenberry's vision and all loyal Star Trek fans.
Ted 2 is the best love letter to Trek I have ever seen.
NTE means "Not the Enterprise"...😂😅😊
Omg that’s perfect 🤣
@WillTalksMovies Another fun tidbit: the designers intentionally took the design of the Enterprise and basically, with some slight modifications, turned it upside down to create the Protector.
@@bjgandalf69 The way Matt Jeffries had originally conceived it!
@@bjgandalf69 turned it right side back up ;)
It’s been called The Perfect Movie. Every callback is so GOOD! You may notice Sigourney Weaver’s top was ripped open at the end- that came from a deleted scene where she used seduction to distract an evil guard. You remember she complained in the beginning about an article that was 6 paragraphs about her boobs! That is a reflection of reality- ST Voyager’s Seven of Nine actress faced the same treatment in real life. It’s funny how Dr Lazarus didn’t bother to take his prosthetic rubber head cap off, because he had a gig the next morning implying that he wore it all the time when working. Well, in ST2 The Wrath of Kahn- actress Kirstie Alley reportedly wore her Vulcan ears to bed (by request).
The actual Star Trek cast loves this and consider it a love letter to the series.
A great love letter to Trek and it's fans. Awesome fun!!!
12:55 Yeah, that'll buff out with a little T-Cut... 😎
38:22. "Back again after 18 years" The gap between ST:TOS and ST:NG was eighteen years...
Yeah there are a lot of little easter eggs in the film, like how the pilot makes that comment about "oh yeah I had it all worked out!" talking about the various buttons and controls and what they did. This is something Wil Wheaton mentioned, when he was at some convention or something, and a tech team of fans had made a software program to replicate the helm of the TNG: Enterprise. And so he decided to see if it worked, because he, as an actor, decided to do the same gestures over and over for the same things. And the tech team replicated it accurately. When he, unprompted, tapped out the sequence to activate warp drive, the display showed that warp was engaged. When he raised shields, it raised the shields. He was VERY impressed by that attention to detail.
The whole thing about Alan Rickman's character hating his role, but then coming around to it, is an homage to Leanord Nimoy's relationship with Spock, and the fans. At first he enjoyed how impactful his character was to people, then he came to hate it as everyone wanted him to say that damned line, so much so that he wrote a book "I'm Not Spock", to try and distance himself from the character. But then when he started to realize how much real life impact he'd had on people, how he'd help them overcome emotional issues, and mental disorders, by focusing their lives around the concept of vulcan logic, that it became an anchor for them, he came back around to enjoying Spock.
So many little things throughout that were love letters to the franchise.
The actors on the classic series did the same thing with their own control panels, as well. When ST:DS9 did the "Trials and Tribble-ations" anniversary-special episode, Walter Koenig was brought in as a consultant to show the DS9 actors the "right" way to use the classic TOS-era props and control panels so that whatever they did would be consistent with the original-series footage they were being inserted into.
@@ballyastrocade5672 cool
In addition to everything else, this film is a deadly serious meditation on the purpose, function, and value of art.
After Brannon leaves with the fireworks, Dad looks at Mom. She says, "At least he's outside". Second best line in the film.
The scene where he says "Oh did you see that door stick? I'll get some guys down here with some WD40." I laughed out loud to near passing out.
Such a unique movie. I don't any spoof movie has ever made me laugh so hard but also cry. Amazing writing, direction and acting.
Have you given _Kingsmen: The Secret Service_ a go? _Unlike_ the harsh and merciless parody _Austin Powers_ (which condemned and mocked the James Bond franchise so damn hard that they ended-up replacing it with the deadly-serious Daniel Craig era), _Kingsmen_ is a part of the gentlemanly spy genre while at the same time paying respectful homage to what James Bond did before it.
I would also suggest _True Lies_ (an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie), which is more of an homage to action thrillers while being one.
@jefferoni1984 Tropic Tunder (spoofs war movies) is right up there with Galaxy Quest IMO.
Poor Guy---after all that worrying about being killed out, he becomes the NextGen security chief...and we all know what happened to Tasha Yar
This.
Maybe this is the Yesterday's Enterprise timeline...
he's definitely more a Michael Dorn type, holding the record for most appearance in GQ episodes... I would never see Guy asking to be let go from the show.
Don't you just love it when the bug hits the windshield?😂😂😂
Fun fact: _Galaxy Quest_ is presented in three different aspect ratios.
10:24 "He's just down with it." He's also incredibly high....
I've never been to a sci-fi convention in person, but I totally imagine that a Trek convention would be just like this movie presents.
I’ve only been to a few comic cons and yes very similar, would love to go to a Trek con
@@WillTalksMovies Another great franchise is Farscape (1999-2003), a creation of Jim Henson's studios. The design of alien species surpasses Trek and perhaps even Star Wars (in my opinion). Jim Henson and Frank Oz are behind Yoda and many other popular characters you may know.
I have been.
If anything this depiction is tame! Needs more folks wearing outrageous costumes, and people who sprinkle script quotes throughout every conversation and generally act as if it's all real
I actually saw Galaxy Quest at a fan run Star Trek con, with fans in costume all around. We all enjoyed it. It is a love letter to TOS, with lots of in-jokes for fans that others wouldn't get.
I went to a Star Trek convention when I was 18. I met Walter Koenig, got him to autograph his book, and later lost it. I also didn't think to bring a camera with me. And people were just walking up to him and having conversations. I was too starstruck. I barely said a word. I doubt I even smiled at him. I walked away quickly after getting the autograph, too nervous to stick around. I'd like to think I'd do much better today. . . but I'd also have to pay $150 for a photo op and $75 extra for an autograph - at least.
If you enjoyed Galaxy Quest, then I suggest that you watch The Orville created by and starring Seth McFarlane. Essentially it is Galaxy Quest- The Series.
and Lower Decks is The Orville: The Animated Series
As much as you enjoyed Galaxy Quest, I bet you would really like Never Surrender, a 90-minute documentary about the movie released in 2019 for the 20th anniversary of the film's release. It talks with cast, crew, and executives about how the film was made (including how the Thermians became the way they were). It also talks with fans, critics, and a few Star Trek alumni about how the film was marketed, how it was received, and about the lasting legacy it has had. I have watched the documentary almost as many times as I have watched Galaxy Quest and I highly recommend it.
Sigourney Weaver and "why is it always ducts".... small and excellent reference.
My favorite moment in the movie is when Jason says, "...it's all fake... just like me..."
The pain in Gwen's face at watching him crushed, watching him forced to surrender the delusion she knew Jason most needed to believe... Signourney Weaver's finest moment in film, IMO.
And I heard that Tim Allen had to go to his trailer after that scene because he had so much emotion about it. And Alan Rickman said I think he just experienced acting.
This movie has such a special place in my heart! As a lifelong Star Trek fan, it gets so much right about the show, the actors (William Shatner is notorious for being an early-movie Jason), and the fandom. I actually got into science and STEM *because* of Star Trek, and even though I'm disabled and the life of science is sadly out of my reach, I still love keeping up with new technology and developments because it makes me feel like that future isn't so far away.
Glad to see you light up watching this which I've always considered a love letter to star trek and one of my fav films.
A thing about the rock monster. When they were asking about its motivation, a deleted scene took that further. Being made of stone it is very sensitive to vibrations and just wants some quiet. That is why it was so at peace floating in space later.
My fave fact about this incredible movie…. Tim Allen wanted to get in shape for the shirtless seen so he hired a trainer, and ended up marrying her.
This movie is an homage to _Star Trek_ and to _Trek_ fans, and many of us consider it to be the best _Star Trek_ movie ever made.
Patrick Stewart avoided seeing _Galaxy Quest_ because he'd heard that it was a _Trek_ parody and he didn't want to see _Star Trek_ devalued, but Jonathan Frakes called and told him he had to see it and he should do so in a theater so he could see how the audience reacted. Sir Patrick loved it.
Casting Sigourney Weaver in this was genius. I would love to go to a drive in double feature of Alien followed by Galaxy Quest!
actually a better pairing would be ALIENS and Galaxy Quest!!
I've been a fan of this since I first saw it in the theater. Thank you for sharing your reaction to this spoof/tribute.
Funny enough Guy was the only one who didn't get shot at the end...
Intentional of course. I love the way he stood there kind of turning around in a circle.
I don't know how old you are, but those Trek fans who went to conventions before ST:TNG have a special fondness for how well they depicted that sort of thing at the beginning of the movie.
I wish the fan-boy's mom was played by Denise Crosby. That would have been a fun cameo.
At some convention Galaxy Quest was voted by the fans as one of the top 10 Star Trek movies. I think it was number 7.
My favorite part of the movie is that Guy spent almost all of the movie saying that he was expendable, or going to die and at the end of the movie he was the only one who survived Serris Attack.
Here's a Fun fact that most people either won't tell you, or don't know, Robin Sachs, the guy who played Serris also played Ethan Rayne on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The tv series not the bad movie.
So a fun thing about the movie: At the start, the crew tries to take it seriously. They're thinking about it like it's real life and not the show, so they're applying logic and science to everything. And it screws up badly because they don't know enough about everything going on around to make those sort of decisions so they fly directly into a minefield they think is a nebula and assume Turbo can be used indefinitely rather than a quick momentary boost. And Sarrin kicks their asses every time because he's better at it being a real military commander in this world.
But at the very start, Jason gets the drop on Sarrin by treating it like the TV show - he just opens fire and it acts like a suckerpunch because Sarrin wasn't expecting an attack during a surrender. Then by the end, they start doing the sort of wacky stuff that the writers would come up with for the show - rather than fighting directly (which would cost SFX money and be a violent confrontation proving the Protector is a warship and not a ship of peaceful exploration if it could out-gun another larger warship in a head-on fight), they drag a bunch of mines behind them using their environment and the dangerous artifacts of a previous war to their advantage (with a subtle pacifist message attached). And they win. BECAUSE they're acting like they're on the show, something Sarrin can't counter and something they're damn good at.
Good thumbnail! And great reaction!
Thank you 🙏 appreciate the support:)
Weavers shirt is zipped down the later half of the show because there is a deleted scene where she tries to distract one of the alien guards by showing off her chest. But they didn't use that scene and they would have to reshoot a lot of the later half of the show over with her shirt zipped back up like normal, so that is why suddenly half way through she is all hanging out. Not complaining mind you but that is the reason "suddenly" she is exposed.
I always presumed it was damaged during the crash. I'm glad they cut the seduction scene.
Tony Shalhoub's character, Fred Kwan, is a caucasian actor who has locked himself into an Asian stage name, so he gets cast as Asian characters. (Think of David Carradine playing Kwai Chang Caine in _Kung Fu.)_ Did you notice how often he squints? This is meant to be a vain attempt to emulate the epicanthic fold.
Tony decided to play Fred Kwan as a stoner. He was late for the transport up to the space station because he was busy at a vending machine, stocking up on snacks to feed his "munchies," and he snacks throughout the movie. This also explains his remarkably effective laid-back management style in Engineering.
The DVD of "Galaxy Quest," has a Thermion language track. I've never listened to it in its entirety.
it's called "Visit to a Strange Planet Revisited" by Ruth Berman
I love that movie. All of it. It's brilliant from start to finish. Every Star Trek geek got vindication for their geekiness and I have no doubt that those involved with Star Trek laughed harder than any of us. It was so well made. Everyone was awesome in it, but I particularly love Alan Rickman. He was a rare treasure of an actor.
This ranks up there as one of the best Star Trek movies, definitely one of the even-numbered ones.
Tony Shalloub in an interview said, "for this role, I tried to act, first, as dumb as I could, completely vapid. 2nd, I took that same character and made him stoned". (interview with Tig Natarro)
In defense of the rock monster, why assume it is malevolent? After all, in The Neverending Story (1984) the rock-biter was a pretty solid, righteous character.
Well, the rock monster that was supposed to be in the climax of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier that this monster is a direct riff off of was supposed to be a minion of the so-called God creature Kirk, MCoy and Sybok found so...
@@bjgandalf69 I was not aware of that character in Star Trek V, was that a detail that got cut from the final edit or was it an early concept that never made it to production?
@tofersiefken The latter. The film didn't have the budget for them (there were to be several, then one then they got cut). The creature and scene was an idea by director/screenwriter Shatner that got designed, at least in drawings, but got cut before ever being constructed.
Galaxy Quest is literally on several Favorite Star Trek Movie lists.
35:27 Guy is the only one _not_ to get shot, lol.
18:54 "why is the engineer guy so chill about everything?"
He's not chill. He is just stoned as *bleep* it's why he is eating something as stoned people get hunger cravings.
25:14 I would not have said it's lying. It's just not historical documents, but futuristic documents. It's our vision of the future we hope to one day make true.
This is a perfect movie, one of my top favorites. Glad you had a good time with it. For us old fans, we saw all the parallels to the episodes as this unfolded. You will see them as you are exposed to more Star Trek. It will be cool to see your recognition of and , and especially as you go along.
Notice that Guy is the only one who DOESN'T get shot by Sarris 😂.
You have a very expressionful face. I love seeing you getting drawn into the story.
Galaxy Quest is one of the best films ever.
Sadly, there was talk of a Galaxy Quest T.V. show and the cast was interested, but Alan Rickman (Dr. Lazarus) passed away so it never materialized.
Reliving old (the good) Star Trek through fresh eyes is refreshing. And this was the cherry on top
Thank you for the support :) and yes this was a lot of fun
I always liked the gag about 'Guy' not having a surname thus expendable.....also..the Captain gets his shirt ripped. If memory serves, the concept of the movie carries on into the Making Of documentary in which they keep up the pretense that GQ was a real show. I did hear that it was either due a sequel or they were thinking of making the actual series when sadly, Alan Rickman passed away.
As someone below stated, you'll enjoy The Orville which is also a love letter to Trek. Seth McFarlane is a big Trek fan and cameos in episodes of Enterprise.
Not only does Guy _have_ a last name, but Jason _knows_ it. Most people miss it, but at one point on the desert planet he addresses Guy as "Fleegman". Guy never tells them his last name, which means that Jason remembers the name of a random extra on the show from 18 years ago. Sure, Jason is an asshole to his fellow cast for much of the movie but he actually has serious people skills, as evidenced by the scene at the convention where he's talking to fans before his meltdown ("They really do love him."). This includes things like having a very good memory for names, even of people he has only met briefly.
The trope of hapless townspeople confusing actors for heroes has been used a couple of times before in The Three Amigos and A Bug's Life. Shakespeare used something like it as well. Of all science fiction movie comedies, there have been only five perfect movies, and this was one of them.
"Is there air? You don't know!"
"That's not right. No."
My friends and I repeated that last line you quoted over and over again.
It was the biggest laugh for us in the entire movie.
This is one of those movies than pop up as you're flipping channels that I'll watch again. Really a good fun movie.
I'm glad that Josh Ruben is finally reviewing this movie.
@@whade62000 😂😂
There is a great documentary of this movie on Prime called Never Surrender. It's filled with Trek actors.
Brilliant cast, writing, direction. and shit tons of fun!😂❤
"Miners, not minors" - possibly the best line in film history.
May I suggest you take a look now at The Orville Episode 1? Watched it last night, still stands up. At the start the Orville was a bit of a spoof, but ended up being very much its own show.
Try it and see.
My current aim is 1 movie and 2 shows a week so that’s currently full till the end of TOS, would love to do more but editing takes sooo long :)
@@WillTalksMovies No problems, just a suggestion. It takes me ages to edit a slide show, so goodness knows how much work is involved in cutting down a film.
@@markharris1125 the worst is doing it all just in time for release and then CZcams blocks it
Saw this in the theater when it came out. We expected a comedy,* and it was for the most part, but didn't expect to be cheering when the good guys won and actually crying when Dr. Lazarus says that line for the very first time with feeling to that dying Thermian.
* My favorite comedy line is when Gwen says to the Thermians, "Surely you don't think Gilligan's Island..." to which the Thermians bow their heads and Mathesar says "Those poor people...". *I DIED!*
Yes that was a great line 😂😂
Yes, Will. What an amazing film. Loved your reactions. Bang on, mate.
Thermian Teb was played by the same guy who recruited Wade Wilson in Daedpool
A fantastic funny, yet serious, film. Nice reaction, too. RIP Alan Rickman.
Another ode to the fans is Free Enterprise from the 90s that stars William Shatner as Bonkers William Shatner and Captain Kirk.
I love this movie, it is so well written and entertaining with a fabulous cast. Not a spoof, a loving parody tribute and was referred to as the 7th best Star Trek movie.
It’s truly incredible this got made
Spaceballs was actually a spoof of Star Wars that George Lucas agreed to because he couldn't have prevented it anyway. So at least he had some influence on Spaceballs. This film, on the other hand, is a homage to Star Trek. That's a big difference!
I'm fairly certain that the NSE in NSEA Protector stands for "Not Starship Enterprise"
I mean that’s so perfect 😂
Grabthar's Hammer is a weapon available in the original Guild Wars. Finding it was one of those unforgetable gaming moments for me. Grabthar the Overbearing drops it.
This is a Star Trek film according to Trekies at a Las Vegas convention this is voted as the 7th best Star Trek movie.
Best ensemble cast ever.
What's great about this is that they spoof Star Trek but never in a mean spirited way. It pays tribute to the fans in the best possible way. Voted by Star Trek fans as the 4th best Trek movie even though it's not Star Trek!
It so easily could be a Star Trek movie that’s the best part
The engineer is so chill all the time because he's stoned - but the scenes where you see that were cut for brevity.
This is the third greatest Star Trek movie, behind The Wrath of Kahn and The Voyage Home.
You should definitely watch the documentary about the movie. Informative and fun.
26:30 "Are they actors or are they true heroes after all?"
Yes. They're actors, ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary situation that requires heroism, so they behave heroically. They're both.
Next time you see a news report about someone who ran toward danger rather than away and managed to save lives by doing so, listen to the interviews with the hero. There's an extremely good chance that they'll say "Oh, I'm not a hero. I just did what anyone would do in that situation." To a certain extent they're correct; you never know how you'll react until you actually find yourself in that extraordinary situation, you may be more heroic than you think. An awful lot of people are.
most STAR TREK fans consider this a STAR TREK movie, usually somwhere in the top 5 or 6. It is usually Wrath of Khan, then First Contact, then JJ Abrahams Sgtar Trek, then Galaxy Quest thenVoyage home
First comment! Woo HOO!
This is definitely one of the best Star Trek movies ever made! 😉
I actually saw this movie in the theater when it first came out, and even as a kid I was a huge Star Trek fan, so I absolutely adored this movie!
Everything about this movie is a perfect, loving homage to Star Trek. It was just the right balance of poking fun at Star Trek's sillier aspects, while still showing great love for what it was always trying to be! Clearly the people who made this movie LOVE Star Trek, and also have a healthy sense of humor about how goofy and weird it often was!
Great reaction, man! Can't wait to see you do more with Star Trek! Your appreciation for this movie will only increase the more you watch! 💕
Thank you so much and definitely the more I read comments and through the editing phase I picked up so much that I missed :)
Fun fact, at one of the big Star Trek conventions in 2013, Galaxy Quest was voted the 7th best Star Trek movie. Also, if you accept that and see it as a Trek movie, it's release date puts it between Insurrection and Nemesis, preserving the even/odd split in Trek quality.
this asserts that generations was a 'bad' trek movie, that assertion is wrong. generations was a good movie..
@@this.is.a.username With Generations it's not so much that it's bad, but look at what it's sandwiched between. If you look at Super Sentai, Go-Busters was a good season, but it was stuck between Gokaiger and Kyuryuger so it's considered a lesser season.
Great reaction. I love seeing people view some of my favorite movies for the first time.