Sigourney Weaver's role in this is based off of a naval dive officer I think which relays commands from the captain to the crew in this case to the ship.
Thumbs down for throwing the word "haters" around like candy ... which just showcases that you FAILED TO RECOGNISE THE VALID CRITICISM of Jason at the start ... because he did act like a jerk AND nobody from his "friends" liked him! TRUTH IS A GOOD THING ... and it isnt "hate"! Grow up and get off the propagandist rhetoric wagon, because "hater" is something created by THE CORPORATIONS who cant deal with valid criticism.
Star Trek TOS started in the 60's so the nerds of that time had something to geek out with. Also at star trek cons the actors like Michael Dorn(Worf) and LeVar Burton(Geordi) respond to tech questions and even at times explain the lore themselves or how the Enterprise works and which decks hold what.
The greatest performance in all of acting is Alan Rickman’s, “By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a savings.” The sense of defeat and misery is so perfectly evoked by a master actor.
That was great. I have to also credit Sam Rockwell on some great line delivery as well. His tone inflections were perfect when he saw Fred making out with the alien woman and he said "Oh ... That's Not Right."
@@dunringill1747 Sam Rockwell is, without a doubt, my favorite performance of the whole film. He just killed it on every single opportunity they gave him.
43:19 You can tell by Alan Rickman’s emotional delivery. The line Alexander Dane hates the most is now the most important and sincere thing he’s ever said in his life. I. Love. This. Move!
Enrico Colantoni as Matthezar is one of the most underrated performances in comedy history. He expertly combines several sci-fi tropes and is totally committed to seriousness of his character, which actually makes him even funnier. The other actors get all the credit and he is sadly often not mentioned.
Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar) thought of the signature way the Thermians speak and move when he auditioned for the movie (he actually based the speech pattern on a vocal exercise that stage actors often do to warm up their voices before performing). The filmmakers loved his audition so much that they hired him for the role of Mathesar and put him in charge of teaching the actors how to act like a Thermian.
@MagsonDare For me he's also Greg Parker from the Canadian cop show "FlashPoint" which he is wonderful in. Seriously, the guy is amazing in anything he does.
My father is a fan of the old 60's Star Trek and introduced me to it when I was a small child. Then we watched The Next Generation and the rest of the 90's Star Trek together. We saw this in a theater together and it was simply a great experience. From the non-referential comedy to the sci-fi and nerd in-jokes, even the 3 aspect ratio changes during the film, it was all so well crafted and with so much heart. One of my favorite movies and theater experiences.
I saw this with my biggest nerd friend (and he could say the same about me). We’re old enough to have seen OST in the mid 70s when it first went into syndication. We never got into STNG however. By the time it came out we had caught the D&D bug and/or were nerding out on different things. A bit of fun trivia: erotic fan fic got started with the OST fandom. It was called Kirk/Spock fiction. If you’ve heard the term “slash fic”, it comes from the “/“ between Kirk and Spock. Once you’ve heard the concept, you can’t watch the original series the same way. The lovers’ triangle between Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy becomes clear. McCoy is the older lover, discarded for the younger, hotter Spock.
@@Caseytify Fun fact on the aspect ratio. It changes twice. First, when the old show footage ends at the convention. Second, when the ship opens to reveal the planets and Jason realizes he’s actually in space.
Yes, Fred was stoned. 😆 Fun Fact: Rockwell's scream was unscripted. If you watch the scene again, Sigourney's startled jump was genuine. ... You are correct, this is less a parody than a love letter to fandom. One thing I noticed was that the reboot appeared 18 years after the first show. That is the same time gap between Star Trek original series and The Next Generation. Oh, if you look closely at Sigourney's lips at the start of the chomper scene, "Screw this!" was _not_ what she said. 😏
The Chomper section is apparently where quite a few edits seemed to have happened since a deleted scene explains why Gwen looks how she does afterwards cause one of Serris' men also makes it through the Chompers until Gwen distracts them by unzipping her suit long enough for the last Chomper to crush them.
Gwen is basically a sex object type trope in the original series, that can only repeat after the computer. However, the Thermians took this as her being the only one able to communicate with the computer, hence it ignores every query from anyone else.
It would be great if there was some explanation that the computer simply didn't speak English and that she was literally the only one who could understand what it was saying.
"She went from Ripley to this." Sigourney was actually excited to play against type and be the bimbo in this movie. It was brilliant casting. "Young Laredo" was a Wesley Crusher gag. Basically the "boy wonder" trope. "Why are you so casual?" In the original version, before they edited it to get a PG rating, Fred was supposed to be a stoner. That's why he also always has a bag of munchies. "I would have taken my 'cap' off." As much as he complains about being typecast in his role, he never takes that prosthetic off... even when he's at home. Sam Rockwell is such an underrated actor.
24:30 "Miners not minors!!" 😆🤣 This is one of the funniest things in the movie for me and I just love their cackling laugh reactions, that's me every time! :D
i use this joke when i can when ppl talk about Miners and try to make them uncomfortable about it "what do kids have to do with this!?" ... luckily they i joking and laugh
Sigourney Weaver liked her blond wig so much that she kept it after the shoot. Tony Shalhoub in the original script was supposed to be stoned throughout and that's why he looks so chill all the time while eating snacks. Fun Factoid - the NTE prefix for the ship stands for Not The Enterprise.
Something most people don’t realize about Alan Rickman he was just as great comedically as he was dramatically, between this and dogma he really showed his comedic chops. My favourite line is “but the animal is inside out…..(boom)and it explode.” Such a hard line to say straight faced.
@@789syrus789 No, it's won fan polls before, and Wil Wheaton and Nicholas Meyer have both said it's the best Star Trek film. Brent Spiner said, "Why didn't WE (the TNG cast) do this?"
60's nerd here, recipient of High School science award, so totally geeked. For us, yes, it was comics and now it is a dream to see this whole Marvel Universe brought to life as I was much more of a Marvel fan than DC. I played the first commercial video game at the St. Louis airport back in 1972, and I am still a big MMO gamer at 70! You guys are awesome. Thanks for a fun view!
When shooting the film, Justin Long thought he was overdoing it. One of the execs gave him a copy of a doc called Trekkies. After watching it, Justin was like, “Oh. Yeah. I wasn’t even close.”
I worked on two films that Alan Rickman was in. Bob Roberts and Dogma. I had several conversations with him even though I was at the bottom of the totem pole as far as crew was concerned he took the time to talk to everyone. He was a very humble nice guy.
One of the most underrated jokes in this movie is that Guy, who spends the movie shouting “Don’t open that! Is there air!” and “The aliens are evil!” gets a role in the reboot as the ‘Security Chief.’ Perfect casting.
Also, after all his fears that he is going to die because of his role on the show, he's the only one who doesn't get shot when Sarris shoots up the bridge.
I was told the R version is due to Sigourney Weaver's character getting assulted by one of Sarris' troops which is where her top gets ripped. I am happy with the current version.
@@timschroyer1257 If that is the reason for the R rating then I agree it doesn't need to be in the movie. That would be too serious a deviation in tone. This movie hits all the right notes already.
Actually, Sigourney pulls her top open, showing some cleavage as a trick to distract, then squish, the 2 green guys after one of them mentions liking the way that human looks. So, she played them. Neither one touched her.
This is one of these perfect movies where every single scene is a thing of beauty and every single performance is absolutely goated. The Thermian side characters and even Sarris, all goated.
the reason Weaver's shirt was open later in the movie was from a deleted scene where she was trying to distract one of the aliens, but that scene was cut, but they had her top open the rest of the movie so they of course couldn't reshoot all those scenes, which is why her shirt is closed half the time, and open the other half.
"We have to get out of here before somebody kills Guy!" and the "Well, Screw This!" (Dubbed over "Well, F--- This!") are such great lines by Sigourney Weaver.
what if they get a similiar classically trained actor that has comedic chops... and use the replacing actor joke (producer guy): "ahh theyll get over it, they did in Bewitched , Gresh Prince, etc" (they can list a ton for the movie, and the new guy just always gets crapped on for not being in the original, then he can have an arc by the end of acceptance). Im just spitballing ideas to keep a sequel alive and the way Id write it
plus the actor that played tommy webber ( the ships pilot) is a paraplegic now, he had an accident and is permanently in a wheelchair and gave up acting
My favourite fact about this movie is that Fred apparently ate a ‘special’ dessert prior to them getting on the ship, hence his behaviour 😂 I don’t know why it was cut out. 😢
I remember seeing this in the theater, where they showed Fred getting high. I don't know if they cut those scenes in later showings, or just in the non-theatrical version. So yeah, he was already flying, even without the aid of a space ship.
Tim Allen as the egotistical star who irritated other cast members was based upon the dynamic between William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and the cast from original Star Trek. And him getting fed up and telling the kid everything was just a TV show was a direct nod to Shatner's appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1986 when he told hardcore Trekkies to "get a life!" . That scene was a well-executed homage to a great skit.
Ahhh Yes. One of my all time favorite movies. "Because I died...IN EPISODE 81" 😂😂😂. There's so many great quotes in this movie and by Grabthars Hammer, you will laugh your ass off😂😂
Young lady, your title idea is THE BEST TRIBUTE and most apt description of this movie I have ever seen. Signed, Every Nerd (which is most of us, in one way or another).
50:08 60’s nerds geeked out about Star Trek, sci-fi movies, sci-fi magazines, fanzines, conventions to a much lesser scale, science, NASA especially. Yes, and absolutely comics.
Apparently, either William Shatner or Patrick Stewart didn't want to watch this movie... thinking that this was going to spoof on Star Trek. Once they did watch it, though, they actually liked/loved it afterwards, realizing the movie was an homage to the genre.
It was Patrick Stewart. The rest of the cast all told him to watch it, and he did and loved it. It is a parody, but it's an affectionate parody and people usually assume that parodies are the other type.
There’s actually an excellent documentary on this movie called ‘Never Surrender.’ It’s a great doc that touches on many of the themes you pointed out - it truly was a love letter to nerd fandom. Recommended watch 👍🏼
@@DeRockMedia is it the doc that mentions that Galaxy Quest was originally rated R? I don't remember where I heard that rumor from, but looking back at the film it does seem like it's true. There's a scene where Weaver's character says "forget that!", but her mouth CLEARLY says the words "F*CK THAT!", so it was dubbed over in post. Also Casey mentions Weaver's bewbs being out randomly, and I heard there was a sexaully suggestive scene that was deleted because it would ruin the PG rating, so it was cut out the film. Hence why her bewbs are out the rest of the film with no explanation lol
the scene where he admits to Mathezar that he'd lied, Allen had to go back to the trailer after doing it, he was so distraught. Rickman told him, "I think you've just experienced... acting"
As a kid, I watched the first episode of Star Trek in 1966 and was surprised it was a series. Absolutely no one at the time thought it would become an international treasure. Enjoyed your reaction, thank you.
😂 if you notice, when Saris starts killing the crew towards the end, guy is literally the only person who wasn’t shot. Even tho he literally thought he’d be the first to die earlier 😂
Galaxy quest was my first exposure to Sigourney Weaver as a kid because I was too young to have seen Alien. I just have one word to say.... Daaaaaaaaammmmmnnnn....
@@grabtharshammer In 1999, when this movie came out in theaters, I would have been 8 or 9 years old, and I didn't watch Ghostbusters until I was maybe 11 or 12.
@@grabtharshammer I'm aware. Still, it doesn't change the fact that I didn't see it until later in life. I grew up poor most of my life. We didn't even have cable until I was about eight or nine anyway. The only time I really saw movies was when they were in theaters, and half the time, I had to sneak into do that.
The early part of this movie actually mirrors some of the issues the Star Trek TOS crew faced at conventions before William Shatner received a wakeup call while attending a convention and learning just who was attending for the explicit purpose of seeing him so that he recognized he was already a character model for many of them.
I’m not sure what the hell you’re talking about, but did you see the SNL sketch about Shatner ranting at fans at a convention? “Move out of your parents’ basements, get apartments, and grow the hell up!”
Yeah, Shatner is well known for his disdain of fans. He won't sign autographs or talk to anyone outside of a paid appearance. Which he does very infrequently.
You guys are right! I was a kid nerd in the 70s, and I definitely used to geek out on Marvel Comics, Star Trek and the original Godzilla TV show. So you guys have definitely been airing my favorite stuff recently!
14:32 ...."Why is he a pilot as a child?".... Is a reference to Wesley Crusher, from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", played by a teenager Will Wheaton..... In the show, Crusher was merely a passenger, but due to some circunstancies I won't spoil here, he ended up being one of Enterprise's bridge staff..... Great show......
This was fun rewatching Galaxy Quest and seeing Kacee's reactions for the first time seeing it. There are tons of old shows I'd love to see remakes of like: Mission Impossible, I Spy, It Takes A Thief, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart, Lost In Space, Land of the Giants, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, The Thunderbirds, Space Patrol, and even Green Lantern and Batman. Think of what they could do with the CGI now. Sorry, I know y'all didn't grow up in the 60's when we saw all of these for the very first time... nothing like any of these shows ever existed before them. And y'all probably haven't seen but a handful of these.
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Most of these series you've listed have been resurrected as movies or tv series.It Takes A Thief,Land of The Giants and Space Patrol are the exceptions.Just my opinion,but I'm kind of fed up of endless remakes and reboots.People are free to enjoy them..I just won't watch them.
I'm an old-school nerd. Read SF/Fantasy. Played D&D from back when it was AD&D. Was there or the first arcade-style video games. Watched Hawk the Slayer every time it was on TV (usually a weekend afternoon when they had nothing else to broadcast). Saw all the Star Wars and Star Trek movies in the theater first run. Programmed in BASIC on my Atari 800 computer. Collected comics. Was a social outcast. Never had a date in high school. Had parents who rarely understood me. Picked last for sports. Bullied at school. You're right, despite how glorious it sometimes was being a 70s/80s nerd (everything was so shiny and new), it was a rough time. We were the antithesis of cool, and society let us know that at every opportunity. But we endured, we survived, and we changed the world, mostly for the better.
@@jennifermorris6848 I don’t think you could. It would be a pick your poison to be honest. But also, if it did come back, no Walsh or Book…do you want a firefly like that?
Did you recognize that in the scene where Sarris shoots everyone all of them are hit except Guy - the extra that usually dies immediately? PS: A deleted scene shows why her uniform is open like that. PPS: I would really like a continuation of Babylon 5 - not a remake, a continuation. There's also a German 7-episode show from the 1960ties with a very, very small budget but cool characters and plot - Raumpatroullie Orion. I think that would be a good one for a remake.
@Markus117 I don't think I could tolerate a Firefly remake, it's pretty much perfect as is. Space Above and Beyond was pretty good but never lived up to its full potential, so it would be hard for Hollywood to f**k it up, but I can guarantee that they'd f**k up Firefly
@@chopps75 Your probably right, They would mess it up, But i would still like a re-boot. Because in my mind I'd like to think they would do a decent job if they had the right people on the project. Instead of just having people who don't really care what rubbish they pump out.. 🤞🤔
I'm so happy that you picked up on that this is a love letter, it's not a spoof. The scene near the end, where Tim Allen salutes Justin Long is saying this is for the fans, more or less. They never dissed the fans in this movie, they slightly dissed the writing of Star Trek and other shows by pointing out how some tropes were just bad, but even then they acknowledge that the shows had a cultural impact for the fans. The scene with Tim Allen getting upset, is a parody of a Will Shatner bit on Saturday Night Live "Get a Life" . The thing is that fandom is about life balance.
60s nerds rediscovered The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books and boosted sales tremendously. My older sister would tell us those stories when I was growing up in the late 60s and early 70s. She adapted them to be kid friendly, but the images I have in my mind for certain scenes in the books are the same ones I had when I was a little kid, hearing my older sister tell us those stories for the first time.
Speaking as a '60s nerd, _Star Trek_ was first aired in 1966. And before that there were (gasp!) books. Heinlein. Asimov. Clarke. Bradbury. H. G. Wells. _The Moon is a Harsh Mistresss. The Gods Themselves. 2001, A Space Odyssey. Rendezvous With Rama. Fahrenheit 451. The Time Machine._ And nerd-dom isn't just about fiction; I'm a math nerd. My brother is now an electrical engineer, but back in the '60s he was collecting vacuum tubes in hopes of making his own computer someday. (And so he has, though transistors became readily available before he got around to it - I still have some of those old vacuum tubes in my basement.) He was also grinding his own mirror to make a telescope. There were also things happening in real life that were *better* than science fiction. When I was 4 going on 5 my father took me out in the back yard late one night to show me the stars, including one strange star that was actually moving, while all the others seemed to be standing still. My father showed me Sputnik, because he wanted me to be able to tell my children and grandchildren that I was there at the beginning of the space age. I watched Alan Shepard go up, and come down safely. And John Glenn. I sat on the carpet in front of the television in our living room, all of the room lights off, only the Christmas tree lights on, and the television, and listened to Borman, Lovell, and Anders read from Genesis about "the Good Earth," as they passed over the barren landscape of the moon - that was Apollo 8, Christmas Eve, 1968. The next year we watched Apollo 11 land on the moon.
The sad thing about it is that there was consideration for the continuation of Galaxy Quest on Amazon as a possible show/movie release before Alan Rickman's passing. Currently, there's only been leaks that Simon Pegg was attempting to do something with the IP.
Thus movie is a love letter to fandom and a vindication for all the "Red Shirts" who have had to die to demonstrate that the story is a matter of life and death.
We were "geeking out" about "Forbidden Planet," "Star Trek," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Dark Shadows," "UFO," "Space 1999," "Atari Pong" and grabbing the first copies of "D&D" off the shelves.
18:45 He's doing a parody of sorts of Scotty from the original Star Trek. Scotty was very excited all the time and is famous for lines like... "She can't take any more Captain!" and "She's breaking up!" So he's doing as what if Scotty smoked weed? Also (and this is much more obscure... to the point that it might not be true) he might be playing as a white guy who's pretending to be Asian. Scotty was famously played by a Canadian actor with an over the top fake Scottish accent, and Tony Shaloub's character in this movie has an Asian name and tends to squint whenever he introduces himself. The rumor is he was asked to do a fake Asian accent but he thought it would be too offensive and people wouldn't get the joke so they figured they squinting would be enough.
One of the best Star Trek movies ever made! It's a parody but it also shows respect for the fandom. It even shows us what would happen if the cast of the original Star Trek series were mistaken for real space heroes where they must fight off an intergalactic warlord. This movie is THREE AMIGOS but in space.
I think you guys are more or less one generation younger than me (which is just a way of avoiding saying I'm old enough to be your dad!). I can't tell you how happy and proud it makes me that you and other people your age totally embrace fandom and nerd culture. There were a lot of ways in which my generation had to be cautious about that (the "satanic panic" around D&D and heavy metal, for instance). But nowadays, there are so many different things to nerd out about, so many different fandoms - it's really awesome! Anyway, it's always a blast watching you guys. Thank you for doing what you do!
I've got to say after watching a number of your reactions, Kacee's pattern of predicting so many details and endings of movies well in advance, she's got an amazing intuition for story.
60's Nerds had "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea", "Lost In Space", "Star Trek" 70 Nerds Had "UFO" "Space 1999" "Jason Of Star Command" "Star Wars" "Battlestar Galactica"
With the Omega 13 being revealed as a 13 second backward time jump, I hope they didn't write that into the rebooted show too often. Because that shit would get really old really quickly.
It would have been so easy for this movie to turn into a mockery of sci-fi and hardcore fandom, but it ended up being a love letter to it. The film managed to laugh with nerd culture and not at it. It's honesty an incredible feat of filmmaking to be able to walk that line, and yet still make an entertaining movie for general audiences.
I grew up in the 80's and fell in love with scifi by watching the original Star Trek with my father (and Dr. Who). Those are really found memory with my father who is not with us anymore. Star Trek TNG, the spin offs and any other good scifi show I could find were a passion for me growing up. And what I wish show creators and actors on these shows would know is that these shows were inspirational to many of us and help develop a passion for being curious. I went into the sciences professionally, physics to be exact, and have had many nerdy talks with colleagues over the decades about scifi shows and star trek. You might be surprised how many scientist have tattoos that are scifi themed. Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies of all time because it manages to capture the feel of a scifi show while making fun of the genre and at the same time paying homage to the fans of scifi without being insulting to those fans. Your reaction was fun to watch and was happy to see y'all understood what the movie was trying to get across.
so weird! this movie popped into my head after not watching it for like 13 years ! and now this popped up! Ripley and Professor snape in a movie! sooo dope
What did 60's nerds geek out to? Star Trek, Doctor Who, Outer Limits, Lost in Space, the Jetsons, the Time Tunnel to name a few classic sci-fi series from the period...
This movie couldn't have been done any better. Even the fact that for some reason only Taggart doesn't lose his memory like he has a magical connection to the omega 13 is a hommage to all the logic mistakes that every SciFi film ever has.
60s nerd here. We had the original Star Trek series. We had early anime's like Speed Racer, Astroboy and Gigantor. Marvel and DC Comics. The Marvel cartoons. Batman. Johnny Quest. James Bond spy type things like The Man From UNCLE, The Girl From UNCLE. Great stuff!!
@@neospock5034 Yeah, I know. The Saturday morning cartoons. I was trying to keep my comment a bit short, lol! And the Avengers, if you know, you know, lol!
Nerd culture.. Radiation causing giant insects such as in the film Them! (1954). 1956 was The Forbidden Planet which if you have never watched you should if interested in history of sci-fi. You also had things like the series UFO and Space 1999 Remember the toys for both those shows. You then have the puppets for Stingray (1964), Thunderbirds (1965) and Captain Scarlet (1967) or even the Star Fleet/X Bomber series in the 1980's. Should just add Flash Gordon, Rocket Man for the weekend cinema shows although that was before my time.
I would like to see Farscape return. If you have not seen the show it is (in my opinion) a great tv series. It originally ran on the Sci-Fi network in the early 90s. Galaxy Quest is a really good movie that tends to be overlooked. It pokes fun at us nerds without being mean. You can tell that the people who made it liked the source material. I was 41 when this came out so I did get all of the references ( in Star Trek, Kirk was always losing his shirt).
Farscape was fantastic. It would also be a great candidate for a reaction series. I have not watched it for some time but I bet it holds up well because of their use of practical effects.
They spoofed Farscape in the 200th episode of Stargate. Ben Browder and Claudia Black were cast members at this point, so they did like a 15 second clip, and OMG it's GOLD. Claudia reprises her character, but they thought it'd be funny if Ben didn't 😂 the whole episode is amazing, they're just making fun of themselves for 45 minutes. They spoof the actors, characters, crew, writers, story-building, everything. It's like their own Galaxy-Quest-feel episode, where it's all for the fans. 😆
25:41 “ let’s get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!” Yes, The random red shirt is named Guy. He’s just Guy, with no last name. That is laziest, most careless naming of an expendable character I’ve ever heard. No wonder Guy keeps panicking. His worst sci-fi nightmare is coming true. I love this movie so much.
One of the best Star Trek movies... Oooo, Invention of Lying reaction? 60s nerds were geeking out over Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, Doctor Who, comics, sci-fi novels, sci-fi magazines, 2001 and the odd sci-fi movie, the space race... It's hard to pick a show for a return/reboot that hasn't already been done in the past few years (Star Trek, Star Wars [returning to TV], Quantum Leap, X-Files, Twin Peaks, Twilight Zone, Babylon 5, MacGyver, Magnum PI, Hawaii 5-0, Scooby Doo, TMNT, King of the Hill, Futurama, Night Court, Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, Wonder Years, Mad About You, He-Man, She-Ra, Transformers, Voltron...if you go back far enough you can even count Doctor Who...). I guess I'll go with Stargate. Ooo, Star Trek reactions?
60's nerds had all the media of the 60's and prior. Planet of the Apes, Fantastic Voyage, 2001: a space odyssey, James Bond, The Man From Uncle, Dangerman, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dr Who, Quatermass, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, all the Universal Monster movies, It Came From Outer Space, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Ray Harryhausen, and on and on and on - and actual books, and comics, and radio... Also real space was constantly in the news, the cold war was on, and the coolest muscle cars ever
I only JUST discovered your channel, kids - happy to see your reaction to Galaxy Quest! And how much your appreciation of nerd culture shines through. You've earned a subscriber today! Looking forward to seeing more of your videos!
I love the question about the kid. That's probably a nod to Westley Crusher on Star Trek The Next Generation, a child prodigy that eventually had a role on the crew.
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Nothing Better Than A Young Sam Rockwell And A Baby Justin Long 😅
This movie was voted as one of the top 10 best star trek movies by trek fans at a Las Vegas convention.
Sigourney Weaver's role in this is based off of a naval dive officer I think which relays commands from the captain to the crew in this case to the ship.
Thumbs down for throwing the word "haters" around like candy ... which just showcases that you FAILED TO RECOGNISE THE VALID CRITICISM of Jason at the start ... because he did act like a jerk AND nobody from his "friends" liked him!
TRUTH IS A GOOD THING ... and it isnt "hate"! Grow up and get off the propagandist rhetoric wagon, because "hater" is something created by THE CORPORATIONS who cant deal with valid criticism.
Star Trek TOS started in the 60's so the nerds of that time had something to geek out with.
Also at star trek cons the actors like Michael Dorn(Worf) and LeVar Burton(Geordi) respond to tech questions and even at times explain the lore themselves or how the Enterprise works and which decks hold what.
The greatest performance in all of acting is Alan Rickman’s, “By Grabthar’s Hammer, what a savings.” The sense of defeat and misery is so perfectly evoked by a master actor.
true, but did you notice the cut? i keep wondering what else he originally said.
That was great. I have to also credit Sam Rockwell on some great line delivery as well. His tone inflections were perfect when he saw Fred making out with the alien woman and he said "Oh ... That's Not Right."
@@dunringill1747 absolutely. Sam Rockwell was amazing.
@@dunringill1747 Sam Rockwell is, without a doubt, my favorite performance of the whole film. He just killed it on every single opportunity they gave him.
@@TheGoIsWin21 Sam Rockwell is an impressive actor in everything I've seen him in.
43:19 You can tell by Alan Rickman’s emotional delivery. The line Alexander Dane hates the most is now the most important and sincere thing he’s ever said in his life. I. Love. This. Move!
Enrico Colantoni as Matthezar is one of the most underrated performances in comedy history. He expertly combines several sci-fi tropes and is totally committed to seriousness of his character, which actually makes him even funnier. The other actors get all the credit and he is sadly often not mentioned.
and its weird seeing him with hair.
I love Rico. I've been lucky enough to work with him on a couple of things. He's criminally underrated
Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar) thought of the signature way the Thermians speak and move when he auditioned for the movie (he actually based the speech pattern on a vocal exercise that stage actors often do to warm up their voices before performing). The filmmakers loved his audition so much that they hired him for the role of Mathesar and put him in charge of teaching the actors how to act like a Thermian.
The sitcom he got famous on, Just Shoot Me, is a must watch. He plays Elliott DiMauro a fashion and model photographer.
@@jeffk.9075 The program I know him from is Person of Interest. He plays all his parts so well.
@@davidgoza5620he’s also good in flashpoint
@@davidgoza5620 For me he's Keith Mars, then Mathesar, then from PoI.
@MagsonDare For me he's also Greg Parker from the Canadian cop show "FlashPoint" which he is wonderful in. Seriously, the guy is amazing in anything he does.
Intelligence is knowing that Galaxy Quest isn't a Star Trek film. Wisdom is knowing that Galaxy quest is the best Star Trek film.
Charisma is convincing another that Galaxy Quest is a lost Star Trek.
and Love is The Orville
And Constitution is hearing yourself off-handedly referred to as a "nerd that came before us" and not breaking down and sobbing.
Charisma is being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad.
A tomato based fruit salad would simply be salsa.
It's the best " Star Trekkie " film ever.
My father is a fan of the old 60's Star Trek and introduced me to it when I was a small child. Then we watched The Next Generation and the rest of the 90's Star Trek together. We saw this in a theater together and it was simply a great experience. From the non-referential comedy to the sci-fi and nerd in-jokes, even the 3 aspect ratio changes during the film, it was all so well crafted and with so much heart. One of my favorite movies and theater experiences.
Good catch on the aspect ratios.
I saw this with my biggest nerd friend (and he could say the same about me). We’re old enough to have seen OST in the mid 70s when it first went into syndication. We never got into STNG however. By the time it came out we had caught the D&D bug and/or were nerding out on different things.
A bit of fun trivia: erotic fan fic got started with the OST fandom. It was called Kirk/Spock fiction. If you’ve heard the term “slash fic”, it comes from the “/“ between Kirk and Spock. Once you’ve heard the concept, you can’t watch the original series the same way. The lovers’ triangle between Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy becomes clear. McCoy is the older lover, discarded for the younger, hotter Spock.
@@Caseytify Fun fact on the aspect ratio. It changes twice. First, when the old show footage ends at the convention. Second, when the ship opens to reveal the planets and Jason realizes he’s actually in space.
There's also a fair amount of the 80s Buck Rogers in this
Yes, Fred was stoned. 😆
Fun Fact: Rockwell's scream was unscripted. If you watch the scene again, Sigourney's startled jump was genuine.
... You are correct, this is less a parody than a love letter to fandom.
One thing I noticed was that the reboot appeared 18 years after the first show. That is the same time gap between Star Trek original series and The Next Generation.
Oh, if you look closely at Sigourney's lips at the start of the chomper scene, "Screw this!" was _not_ what she said. 😏
It's not a reboot,.dumbass.
The Chomper section is apparently where quite a few edits seemed to have happened since a deleted scene explains why Gwen looks how she does afterwards cause one of Serris' men also makes it through the Chompers until Gwen distracts them by unzipping her suit long enough for the last Chomper to crush them.
Gwen is basically a sex object type trope in the original series, that can only repeat after the computer.
However, the Thermians took this as her being the only one able to communicate with the computer, hence it ignores every query from anyone else.
Even more, they *personalized* it to her, so it doesn't have the Siri problem.
Sigorney is the "7 of 9"from ST:Voyager (Jeri Ryan) of this Movie
It would be great if there was some explanation that the computer simply didn't speak English and that she was literally the only one who could understand what it was saying.
That's why it's extra funny when she explodes and yells, "Look, I have one job on this lousy ship. It's stupid, but I'm going to do it, okay?!"
sig asked to be in this movie. she is so with it.
"She went from Ripley to this." Sigourney was actually excited to play against type and be the bimbo in this movie. It was brilliant casting.
"Young Laredo" was a Wesley Crusher gag. Basically the "boy wonder" trope.
"Why are you so casual?" In the original version, before they edited it to get a PG rating, Fred was supposed to be a stoner. That's why he also always has a bag of munchies.
"I would have taken my 'cap' off." As much as he complains about being typecast in his role, he never takes that prosthetic off... even when he's at home.
Sam Rockwell is such an underrated actor.
24:30 "Miners not minors!!" 😆🤣 This is one of the funniest things in the movie for me and I just love their cackling laugh reactions, that's me every time! :D
i use this joke when i can when ppl talk about Miners and try to make them uncomfortable about it "what do kids have to do with this!?" ... luckily they i joking and laugh
they know im joking and laugh*... some do get uncomfortable though XD
Sigourney Weaver liked her blond wig so much that she kept it after the shoot. Tony Shalhoub in the original script was supposed to be stoned throughout and that's why he looks so chill all the time while eating snacks. Fun Factoid - the NTE prefix for the ship stands for Not The Enterprise.
Something most people don’t realize about Alan Rickman he was just as great comedically as he was dramatically, between this and dogma he really showed his comedic chops.
My favourite line is “but the animal is inside out…..(boom)and it explode.” Such a hard line to say straight faced.
That line wasn't Rickman tho
@@rickandrygel913 no but it’s still my favourite line
I always found Rickman hilarious in Robin Hood as well
AND, that he didn't duck when it did. Because he was an alien and didn't have that reflex. That is the funny visual aspect I like.
@@jaredfalk7701 His cancelling Christmas was pure gold.
I've always said jokingly that this is my favorite Star Trek movie.
Would trekkers squeak when you tell them that?
@@789syrus789 No, most of us are in complete agreement that this is one of the best Star Trek movies.
I always always always say that this movie was a love letter to Star Trek and the fans! I'm one of them. xD
2nd favorite, Wrath of Khan is number 1. This is number 2.
@@789syrus789 No, it's won fan polls before, and Wil Wheaton and Nicholas Meyer have both said it's the best Star Trek film. Brent Spiner said, "Why didn't WE (the TNG cast) do this?"
60's nerd here, recipient of High School science award, so totally geeked. For us, yes, it was comics and now it is a dream to see this whole Marvel Universe brought to life as I was much more of a Marvel fan than DC. I played the first commercial video game at the St. Louis airport back in 1972, and I am still a big MMO gamer at 70! You guys are awesome. Thanks for a fun view!
I love this film. It's a real love letter to Star Trek, even down to the cast members hating William Shatner. So funny and heartfelt.
When shooting the film, Justin Long thought he was overdoing it. One of the execs gave him a copy of a doc called Trekkies. After watching it, Justin was like, “Oh. Yeah. I wasn’t even close.”
I worked on two films that Alan Rickman was in. Bob Roberts and Dogma. I had several conversations with him even though I was at the bottom of the totem pole as far as crew was concerned he took the time to talk to everyone. He was a very humble nice guy.
Dogma is one of my favorite films of all time.
Dogma was so good! Thanks for helping make that happen
One of the most underrated jokes in this movie is that Guy, who spends the movie shouting “Don’t open that! Is there air!” and “The aliens are evil!” gets a role in the reboot as the ‘Security Chief.’ Perfect casting.
Plus his nickname: "Roc"...
Also, after all his fears that he is going to die because of his role on the show, he's the only one who doesn't get shot when Sarris shoots up the bridge.
Sigourney Weaver confirmed that a rated R director's cut exists. Finding and releasing that version is more important than the Snyder Cut.
That makes sense, because when they're in the hall with the smashy things she clearly says fuck that but they changed it to screw.
I was told the R version is due to Sigourney Weaver's character getting assulted by one of Sarris' troops which is where her top gets ripped. I am happy with the current version.
@@timschroyer1257 If that is the reason for the R rating then I agree it doesn't need to be in the movie. That would be too serious a deviation in tone. This movie hits all the right notes already.
@@timschroyer1257they also cut scenes with fred getting high.
Actually, Sigourney pulls her top open, showing some cleavage as a trick to distract, then squish, the 2 green guys after one of them mentions liking the way that human looks. So, she played them. Neither one touched her.
This is one of these perfect movies where every single scene is a thing of beauty and every single performance is absolutely goated.
The Thermian side characters and even Sarris, all goated.
What a dream cast! Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Tony Shalhoub were incredible!
the reason Weaver's shirt was open later in the movie was from a deleted scene where she was trying to distract one of the aliens, but that scene was cut, but they had her top open the rest of the movie so they of course couldn't reshoot all those scenes, which is why her shirt is closed half the time, and open the other half.
And Sam Rockwell
You Forgot Sam Rockwell And Justin Long And Dwight Schrute
deff rockwell and justin long... when i saw Jeepers Creepers im like "its the kid from Galaxy Quest... oh no hes effed!
@@fabian5813 don't leave out Darryl chill Mitchell.
"We have to get out of here before somebody kills Guy!" and the "Well, Screw This!" (Dubbed over "Well, F--- This!") are such great lines by Sigourney Weaver.
I think the line about something killing guy is missed by a lot of people.
I’m always disappointed no one seems to catch the fact that Guy’s character on the new show is nicknamed “Roc.” I thought that was hilarious.
One movie that definitely deserved a sequel. There was talk of one, but when Alan Rickman died, it didn't make sense to make it.
what if they get a similiar classically trained actor that has comedic chops... and use the replacing actor joke (producer guy): "ahh theyll get over it, they did in Bewitched , Gresh Prince, etc" (they can list a ton for the movie, and the new guy just always gets crapped on for not being in the original, then he can have an arc by the end of acceptance). Im just spitballing ideas to keep a sequel alive and the way Id write it
Actually, with Lenard Nemoy passed on, one could homage the parallel...
@@DeRockMedia there will not be a sequel however Simon Pegg is making a Galaxy Quest series for Amazon Prime
plus the actor that played tommy webber ( the ships pilot) is a paraplegic now, he had an accident and is permanently in a wheelchair and gave up acting
Why does it hurt me so much that hes gone?
I didnt fakking know him... it still feels like a personal loss T_T
May he rest in peace.
My favourite fact about this movie is that Fred apparently ate a ‘special’ dessert prior to them getting on the ship, hence his behaviour 😂 I don’t know why it was cut out. 😢
They wanted to get a PG-13 rating so had to cut it
@@ImBigDave79 that makes sense!
@@ImBigDave79 It was PG. Drug references are not hard to find in PG-13 movies.
He was stoned the whole time - munchies every scene.
I remember seeing this in the theater, where they showed Fred getting high. I don't know if they cut those scenes in later showings, or just in the non-theatrical version. So yeah, he was already flying, even without the aid of a space ship.
Tim Allen as the egotistical star who irritated other cast members was based upon the dynamic between William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and the cast from original Star Trek. And him getting fed up and telling the kid everything was just a TV show was a direct nod to Shatner's appearance on Saturday Night Live in 1986 when he told hardcore Trekkies to "get a life!" . That scene was a well-executed homage to a great skit.
"That mare had a foal? 🤣😂
@@brownstarslots best SNL appearance EVER!!
Ahhh Yes. One of my all time favorite movies. "Because I died...IN EPISODE 81" 😂😂😂. There's so many great quotes in this movie and by Grabthars Hammer, you will laugh your ass off😂😂
Yes. Yes it is. From nerds to nerds. It's glorious. :)
Young lady, your title idea is THE BEST TRIBUTE and most apt description of this movie I have ever seen.
Signed,
Every Nerd (which is most of us, in one way or another).
"Didn't you guys ever WATCH the show?" - Best line in the movie imo
50:08 60’s nerds geeked out about Star Trek, sci-fi movies, sci-fi magazines, fanzines, conventions to a much lesser scale, science, NASA especially. Yes, and absolutely comics.
Apparently, either William Shatner or Patrick Stewart didn't want to watch this movie... thinking that this was going to spoof on Star Trek. Once they did watch it, though, they actually liked/loved it afterwards, realizing the movie was an homage to the genre.
It was Patrick Stewart. The rest of the cast all told him to watch it, and he did and loved it.
It is a parody, but it's an affectionate parody and people usually assume that parodies are the other type.
I think Jonathan Frakes saw it and convinced Patrick Stewart to go see it, they loved it.
There’s actually an excellent documentary on this movie called ‘Never Surrender.’ It’s a great doc that touches on many of the themes you pointed out - it truly was a love letter to nerd fandom. Recommended watch 👍🏼
i just watcjed it after another reactor did Galaxy Quest within this last week... great doc
@@DeRockMedia is it the doc that mentions that Galaxy Quest was originally rated R? I don't remember where I heard that rumor from, but looking back at the film it does seem like it's true. There's a scene where Weaver's character says "forget that!", but her mouth CLEARLY says the words "F*CK THAT!", so it was dubbed over in post. Also Casey mentions Weaver's bewbs being out randomly, and I heard there was a sexaully suggestive scene that was deleted because it would ruin the PG rating, so it was cut out the film. Hence why her bewbs are out the rest of the film with no explanation lol
Alan Rickman was one of the greatest actors of his Generation, he was so damn good he could pull off any genre with class.
Tim Allen went to infinity and beyond in this movie for sure.
the scene where he admits to Mathezar that he'd lied, Allen had to go back to the trailer after doing it, he was so distraught. Rickman told him, "I think you've just experienced... acting"
I'd like to see them bring back "Warehouse 13". Endless wonder, endless plots.
As a kid, I watched the first episode of Star Trek in 1966 and was surprised it was a series. Absolutely no one at the time thought it would become an international treasure. Enjoyed your reaction, thank you.
😂 if you notice, when Saris starts killing the crew towards the end, guy is literally the only person who wasn’t shot. Even tho he literally thought he’d be the first to die earlier 😂
33:11 It's like when you tell your children that there's no such thing as Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth fairy, etc.. ☹️
Galaxy quest was my first exposure to Sigourney Weaver as a kid because I was too young to have seen Alien. I just have one word to say....
Daaaaaaaaammmmmnnnn....
You never saw Ghostbusters?
@@grabtharshammer In 1999, when this movie came out in theaters, I would have been 8 or 9 years old, and I didn't watch Ghostbusters until I was maybe 11 or 12.
@@DarkestAndBlackest Wow, Ghostbusters came out in 1984
@@grabtharshammer I'm aware. Still, it doesn't change the fact that I didn't see it until later in life. I grew up poor most of my life. We didn't even have cable until I was about eight or nine anyway. The only time I really saw movies was when they were in theaters, and half the time, I had to sneak into do that.
"Never discount those who know the lore"
Yeah, until they retcon everything.
"Never give up never surrender." Winston Churchill would be proud.
"We shall fight on the beaches; we shall fight in space; we shall fight on the planet of cute-looking cannibals. We shall nevah surrender!"
Tony Shalhoub's character is a pot head that's why he's so chill with everything
This movie is perfectly cast, Rickman and Tony Shaloub steal the show for me
Literally one of my favourite films. Sooo tongue in cheek! Clicked on it as soon as I saw this come up ;)
The early part of this movie actually mirrors some of the issues the Star Trek TOS crew faced at conventions before William Shatner received a wakeup call while attending a convention and learning just who was attending for the explicit purpose of seeing him so that he recognized he was already a character model for many of them.
I’m not sure what the hell you’re talking about, but did you see the SNL sketch about Shatner ranting at fans at a convention? “Move out of your parents’ basements, get apartments, and grow the hell up!”
Yeah, Shatner is well known for his disdain of fans. He won't sign autographs or talk to anyone outside of a paid appearance. Which he does very infrequently.
You guys are right! I was a kid nerd in the 70s, and I definitely used to geek out on Marvel Comics, Star Trek and the original Godzilla TV show. So you guys have definitely been airing my favorite stuff recently!
Before Allen Rickman died, they were seriously looking at an actual continuation series with the main cast…
14:32 ...."Why is he a pilot as a child?".... Is a reference to Wesley Crusher, from "Star Trek: The Next Generation", played by a teenager Will Wheaton..... In the show, Crusher was merely a passenger, but due to some circunstancies I won't spoil here, he ended up being one of Enterprise's bridge staff..... Great show......
This was fun rewatching Galaxy Quest and seeing Kacee's reactions for the first time seeing it. There are tons of old shows I'd love to see remakes of like: Mission Impossible, I Spy, It Takes A Thief, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Get Smart, Lost In Space, Land of the Giants, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, The Thunderbirds, Space Patrol, and even Green Lantern and Batman. Think of what they could do with the CGI now. Sorry, I know y'all didn't grow up in the 60's when we saw all of these for the very first time... nothing like any of these shows ever existed before them. And y'all probably haven't seen but a handful of these.
Twilight Zone did have a reboot in 2019 for 2 seasons with Jordan Peele as the host. ruclips.net/video/29_gA_GDGvE/видео.html Loved the Superbowl Ad ruclips.net/video/v_vK74riT-Y/видео.html
Thunderbirds had a reboot in 2015
Most of these series you've listed have been resurrected as movies or tv series.It Takes A Thief,Land of The Giants and Space Patrol are the exceptions.Just my opinion,but I'm kind of fed up of endless remakes and reboots.People are free to enjoy them..I just won't watch them.
I'm an old-school nerd. Read SF/Fantasy. Played D&D from back when it was AD&D. Was there or the first arcade-style video games. Watched Hawk the Slayer every time it was on TV (usually a weekend afternoon when they had nothing else to broadcast). Saw all the Star Wars and Star Trek movies in the theater first run. Programmed in BASIC on my Atari 800 computer. Collected comics.
Was a social outcast. Never had a date in high school. Had parents who rarely understood me. Picked last for sports. Bullied at school.
You're right, despite how glorious it sometimes was being a 70s/80s nerd (everything was so shiny and new), it was a rough time. We were the antithesis of cool, and society let us know that at every opportunity. But we endured, we survived, and we changed the world, mostly for the better.
It’s been too long now but the correct answer for a show to bring back is Firefly
This would absolutely be my choice. One of my favorite shows of all time!
If only it could be done right. Given Hollywood's track record, I wouldn't count on it.
@@dougearnest7590 totally agree. It would be so horrible I almost hope they do it for the hours of hate content on RUclips it would spring 😂
Best show in the verse. Could you do it without Whedon? He’s pretty cancelled right now.
@@jennifermorris6848 I don’t think you could. It would be a pick your poison to be honest. But also, if it did come back, no Walsh or Book…do you want a firefly like that?
"13 seconds, to redeem a mistake. Great writing!! ......The show didn't have it."
I had to pause on that one till I finished choking. Excellent.
Did you recognize that in the scene where Sarris shoots everyone all of them are hit except Guy - the extra that usually dies immediately?
PS: A deleted scene shows why her uniform is open like that.
PPS: I would really like a continuation of Babylon 5 - not a remake, a continuation. There's also a German 7-episode show from the 1960ties with a very, very small budget but cool characters and plot - Raumpatroullie Orion. I think that would be a good one for a remake.
I would absolutely love to see "Space: Above and Beyond" get a reboot.
I see your "Space: Above and Beyond" and raise you "SeaQuest DSV"
I raise you firefly! Lol...
@Markus117 I don't think I could tolerate a Firefly remake, it's pretty much perfect as is. Space Above and Beyond was pretty good but never lived up to its full potential, so it would be hard for Hollywood to f**k it up, but I can guarantee that they'd f**k up Firefly
@@chopps75 Your probably right, They would mess it up, But i would still like a re-boot. Because in my mind I'd like to think they would do a decent job if they had the right people on the project. Instead of just having people who don't really care what rubbish they pump out.. 🤞🤔
Loved how you two cracked up over the miners/minors joke! Lol! That scene never gets old for me.
I'm so happy that you picked up on that this is a love letter, it's not a spoof. The scene near the end, where Tim Allen salutes Justin Long is saying this is for the fans, more or less. They never dissed the fans in this movie, they slightly dissed the writing of Star Trek and other shows by pointing out how some tropes were just bad, but even then they acknowledge that the shows had a cultural impact for the fans.
The scene with Tim Allen getting upset, is a parody of a Will Shatner bit on Saturday Night Live "Get a Life" . The thing is that fandom is about life balance.
60s nerds rediscovered The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books and boosted sales tremendously. My older sister would tell us those stories when I was growing up in the late 60s and early 70s. She adapted them to be kid friendly, but the images I have in my mind for certain scenes in the books are the same ones I had when I was a little kid, hearing my older sister tell us those stories for the first time.
Speaking as a '60s nerd, _Star Trek_ was first aired in 1966. And before that there were (gasp!) books. Heinlein. Asimov. Clarke. Bradbury. H. G. Wells. _The Moon is a Harsh Mistresss. The Gods Themselves. 2001, A Space Odyssey. Rendezvous With Rama. Fahrenheit 451. The Time Machine._
And nerd-dom isn't just about fiction; I'm a math nerd. My brother is now an electrical engineer, but back in the '60s he was collecting vacuum tubes in hopes of making his own computer someday. (And so he has, though transistors became readily available before he got around to it - I still have some of those old vacuum tubes in my basement.) He was also grinding his own mirror to make a telescope.
There were also things happening in real life that were *better* than science fiction. When I was 4 going on 5 my father took me out in the back yard late one night to show me the stars, including one strange star that was actually moving, while all the others seemed to be standing still. My father showed me Sputnik, because he wanted me to be able to tell my children and grandchildren that I was there at the beginning of the space age. I watched Alan Shepard go up, and come down safely. And John Glenn. I sat on the carpet in front of the television in our living room, all of the room lights off, only the Christmas tree lights on, and the television, and listened to Borman, Lovell, and Anders read from Genesis about "the Good Earth," as they passed over the barren landscape of the moon - that was Apollo 8, Christmas Eve, 1968. The next year we watched Apollo 11 land on the moon.
RIP Alan Rickman - even in a silly movie like this he's brilliant
The sad thing about it is that there was consideration for the continuation of Galaxy Quest on Amazon as a possible show/movie release before Alan Rickman's passing. Currently, there's only been leaks that Simon Pegg was attempting to do something with the IP.
Thus movie is a love letter to fandom and a vindication for all the "Red Shirts" who have had to die to demonstrate that the story is a matter of life and death.
We were "geeking out" about "Forbidden Planet," "Star Trek," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Dark Shadows," "UFO," "Space 1999," "Atari Pong" and grabbing the first copies of "D&D" off the shelves.
I want a continuation of Chuck. Even if it's a movie, I just want to live in that world again. I truly miss those characters.
Chuck vs. The Cancelation
15:57 Funny Fact: The registry letters that were scrapped off were “NTE” which stood for “Not The Enterprise” 🤣
Rickman's delivery is still the best thing in this movie. =))
18:45 He's doing a parody of sorts of Scotty from the original Star Trek. Scotty was very excited all the time and is famous for lines like... "She can't take any more Captain!" and "She's breaking up!" So he's doing as what if Scotty smoked weed?
Also (and this is much more obscure... to the point that it might not be true) he might be playing as a white guy who's pretending to be Asian. Scotty was famously played by a Canadian actor with an over the top fake Scottish accent, and Tony Shaloub's character in this movie has an Asian name and tends to squint whenever he introduces himself. The rumor is he was asked to do a fake Asian accent but he thought it would be too offensive and people wouldn't get the joke so they figured they squinting would be enough.
One of the best Star Trek movies ever made! It's a parody but it also shows respect for the fandom.
It even shows us what would happen if the cast of the original Star Trek series were mistaken for real space heroes where they must fight off an intergalactic warlord. This movie is THREE AMIGOS but in space.
I think you guys are more or less one generation younger than me (which is just a way of avoiding saying I'm old enough to be your dad!). I can't tell you how happy and proud it makes me that you and other people your age totally embrace fandom and nerd culture. There were a lot of ways in which my generation had to be cautious about that (the "satanic panic" around D&D and heavy metal, for instance). But nowadays, there are so many different things to nerd out about, so many different fandoms - it's really awesome!
Anyway, it's always a blast watching you guys. Thank you for doing what you do!
Right after seeing this movie, Johnathan Frakes, immediately called Patrick Stewrt, and told him he had to see this film
This movie is hilarious and it's one of the many reasons I loved Alan Rickman as an actor. He could be funny or serious and be amazing at it.
I've got to say after watching a number of your reactions, Kacee's pattern of predicting so many details and endings of movies well in advance, she's got an amazing intuition for story.
❤Ok, I would love to see a reboot of “Northern Exposure” except that it was a perfect show and nothing would do it justice.
60's Nerds had "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea", "Lost In Space", "Star Trek" 70 Nerds Had "UFO" "Space 1999" "Jason Of Star Command" "Star Wars" "Battlestar Galactica"
With the Omega 13 being revealed as a 13 second backward time jump, I hope they didn't write that into the rebooted show too often. Because that shit would get really old really quickly.
I would just run around nutpunching people and then activating the omega 13
This movie came out same year as The green mile, Sam Rockwell play in that movie to, and shows what a great actor he is.
It would have been so easy for this movie to turn into a mockery of sci-fi and hardcore fandom, but it ended up being a love letter to it. The film managed to laugh with nerd culture and not at it. It's honesty an incredible feat of filmmaking to be able to walk that line, and yet still make an entertaining movie for general audiences.
I grew up in the 80's and fell in love with scifi by watching the original Star Trek with my father (and Dr. Who). Those are really found memory with my father who is not with us anymore. Star Trek TNG, the spin offs and any other good scifi show I could find were a passion for me growing up. And what I wish show creators and actors on these shows would know is that these shows were inspirational to many of us and help develop a passion for being curious. I went into the sciences professionally, physics to be exact, and have had many nerdy talks with colleagues over the decades about scifi shows and star trek. You might be surprised how many scientist have tattoos that are scifi themed. Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite movies of all time because it manages to capture the feel of a scifi show while making fun of the genre and at the same time paying homage to the fans of scifi without being insulting to those fans. Your reaction was fun to watch and was happy to see y'all understood what the movie was trying to get across.
Never give up, never surrender,
so weird! this movie popped into my head after not watching it for like 13 years ! and now this popped up! Ripley and Professor snape in a movie! sooo dope
What did 60's nerds geek out to? Star Trek, Doctor Who, Outer Limits, Lost in Space, the Jetsons, the Time Tunnel to name a few classic sci-fi series from the period...
By Grabthar’s Hammer…what a savings.
This movie couldn't have been done any better. Even the fact that for some reason only Taggart doesn't lose his memory like he has a magical connection to the omega 13 is a hommage to all the logic mistakes that every SciFi film ever has.
60s nerd here. We had the original Star Trek series. We had early anime's like Speed Racer, Astroboy and Gigantor. Marvel and DC Comics. The Marvel cartoons. Batman. Johnny Quest. James Bond spy type things like The Man From UNCLE, The Girl From UNCLE. Great stuff!!
Don't forget Space Ghost, Rocket Robin Hood, The Herculoids, The Wild Wild West and U.F.O.!!
@@neospock5034 Yeah, I know. The Saturday morning cartoons. I was trying to keep my comment a bit short, lol! And the Avengers, if you know, you know, lol!
Battle of the Planets (G-Force) and Star Blazers
It's also a tribute to those actors who were typecast by iconic, beloved roles and found little success otherwise.
Nerd culture.. Radiation causing giant insects such as in the film Them! (1954). 1956 was The Forbidden Planet which if you have never watched you should if interested in history of sci-fi. You also had things like the series UFO and Space 1999 Remember the toys for both those shows. You then have the puppets for Stingray (1964), Thunderbirds (1965) and Captain Scarlet (1967) or even the Star Fleet/X Bomber series in the 1980's. Should just add Flash Gordon, Rocket Man for the weekend cinema shows although that was before my time.
49:55"You walk so we could run."👍
I would like to see Farscape return. If you have not seen the show it is (in my opinion) a great tv series. It originally ran on the Sci-Fi network in the early 90s. Galaxy Quest is a really good movie that tends to be overlooked. It pokes fun at us nerds without being mean. You can tell that the people who made it liked the source material. I was 41 when this came out so I did get all of the references ( in Star Trek, Kirk was always losing his shirt).
Farscape was fantastic. It would also be a great candidate for a reaction series. I have not watched it for some time but I bet it holds up well because of their use of practical effects.
They spoofed Farscape in the 200th episode of Stargate. Ben Browder and Claudia Black were cast members at this point, so they did like a 15 second clip, and OMG it's GOLD. Claudia reprises her character, but they thought it'd be funny if Ben didn't 😂 the whole episode is amazing, they're just making fun of themselves for 45 minutes. They spoof the actors, characters, crew, writers, story-building, everything. It's like their own Galaxy-Quest-feel episode, where it's all for the fans. 😆
@@beetlebob4675 I remember that episode.
25:41 “ let’s get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!” Yes, The random red shirt is named Guy. He’s just Guy, with no last name. That is laziest, most careless naming of an expendable character I’ve ever heard. No wonder Guy keeps panicking. His worst sci-fi nightmare is coming true. I love this movie so much.
I love how in the airlock scene he has his head buried in Sigourneys chest. If your gunna die, that's how I wanna go.
I would love to see a reboot of "Dark Angel" with Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly.
The theme of "Galaxy Quest" is "Respect your fans!"
By Grathbar's Hammer...
What a savings.
One of the best Star Trek movies...
Oooo, Invention of Lying reaction?
60s nerds were geeking out over Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, Doctor Who, comics, sci-fi novels, sci-fi magazines, 2001 and the odd sci-fi movie, the space race...
It's hard to pick a show for a return/reboot that hasn't already been done in the past few years (Star Trek, Star Wars [returning to TV], Quantum Leap, X-Files, Twin Peaks, Twilight Zone, Babylon 5, MacGyver, Magnum PI, Hawaii 5-0, Scooby Doo, TMNT, King of the Hill, Futurama, Night Court, Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, Wonder Years, Mad About You, He-Man, She-Ra, Transformers, Voltron...if you go back far enough you can even count Doctor Who...). I guess I'll go with Stargate.
Ooo, Star Trek reactions?
you should watch too "Caveman" from 1981 :D
Caveman!!!
60's nerds had all the media of the 60's and prior. Planet of the Apes, Fantastic Voyage, 2001: a space odyssey, James Bond, The Man From Uncle, Dangerman, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Dr Who, Quatermass, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, all the Universal Monster movies, It Came From Outer Space, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Ray Harryhausen, and on and on and on - and actual books, and comics, and radio... Also real space was constantly in the news, the cold war was on, and the coolest muscle cars ever
I would have loved to see this movie as it was originally intended. Still a great movie.
I only JUST discovered your channel, kids - happy to see your reaction to Galaxy Quest! And how much your appreciation of nerd culture shines through.
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Classic movie loved this one as a kid
I love the question about the kid. That's probably a nod to Westley Crusher on Star Trek The Next Generation, a child prodigy that eventually had a role on the crew.
My dream shows for revival are: "Pushing Daisies" and "Firefly."
I loved the whimsical "Pushing Daisies".