That sponsor transition was gold. Also it's been quiet for a while but there was(is?) a Galaxy Quest TV series in the works with _Simon Pegg_ attached.
@@grabble7605 It keeps getting 'delayed'... two main reasons: 1) casting. no one would accept the adventures of NSEA Protector without the original cast. 2) the original cast won't do it without Alan Rickman. Expanding the universe with New Generation might not be out of the question, but Taggart & co? Not going to happen.
Rickman's delivery was absolutely pitch perfect on this line. Just a little heavier, it would have been camp; a little lighter, and it would lose its impact. The best comedy can go back and forth between farce and pathos without missing a beat.
The cast was on board with doing a sequel to this movie but plans were scrapped when Alan Rickman passed. They just said it would feel too awkward without him there.
@@Madbandit77 It's unfair to say he thought the movie was "rubbish." He just didn't want to watch it because he assumed it was just making fun of Star Trek. Frakes, of course, encouraged him to see it and Stewart did and actually loved it.
Someone probably already said this, but the actor who plays the alien leader actually came up with how they talk/act all on his own. Everyone liked it so much that the other actors decided to play it the same.
Galaxy Quest is amazing because you don't need to know anything about Star Trek, and it's still a great film, full of heart. If you know Star Trek lore, you recognize a lot of situations, but it's not a parody, neither it mocks Star Trek. It's a love letter to it. There's not a single drop of mean-spirited content in the whole film. It doesn't even show the fans under a bad light, and most "parodies" love the "hurr durr nerds" approach. And Alan Rickman is a treasure.
Jonathan Frakes claims that when he saw the movie he was the audience member laughing the most, and after it called every cast member of TNG to tell them to go watch it
@@PeBoVision The Orville is still the best actual Star Trek out there. It is fine that they moved away from it being a parody .. also HyperDrive (Nick Frost) is not bad. An absurdist Orville would have been to close to that, already done.
@@michelleplombe7019 Was already done way back in 1988 with Red Dwarf (which is still on as short special runs from time to time, I think) Absolutely brilliant in every way. The only sci-fi with a series of episodes that take place in the Coronation Street Universe. I figure that maxxes out the 'absurd' factor. Had never heard of HyperDrive, but looked it up briefly, and will check it out soon. Thanks for the tip.
Tony Shalhoub's character was supposed to have smoked weed and gotten really high before getting sent to the ship but they cut thatscene out but left in him acting super chill the whole movie🤣🤣 my favorite fact about this movie
One of the best Star Trek films made, and that's official. Fun Factoid - Segorney Weaver liked her blond wig so much that she kept it after shooting the film. Fun Factoid 2 - The ship's designation NTE-3120 stands for "Not The Enterprise"
i think it was higer than 7th....I know most of my frineds rank it, #2 Wrath of Khan, then #4 Voyage Home, then TNG First Contact, then #6 Undiscovered Country then Galaxy Quest...so like fifth
I saw an article that rated Galaxy Quest as the 2nd best Star Trek movie. Our Star Trek family LOVES this movie. We rate it third (Khan and Voyage Home the first two).
Two of the best things about Guy: 1 - Guy was a “red shirt,” a dispensable character, who was the only one _not_ to get blown away on the deck when Sarris is disguised as Fred. 2 - Guy, who wasn’t important enough for a last name, not only “gets a last name” in the reboot, but gets the longest character name as well. 😂🥰😂🥰😂
Typically I don't laugh as much at this movie since I've seen it so many times, but while watching this video and "experiencing" it again with someone who hadn't seen it makes it a brand new experience for myself as well.
So when the rock monster was attacking and they said you need to find his motivation,... as it turns out his motivation is silence. The little blue demons where making so much noise that it woke him up and made him angry. Later when he ended up getting tossed out into space that final scene was to show that he was suddenly at peace with the absolute silence of outer space and goes on to live happily ever after adrift and at peace.
I like this explanation because it really does seem as if the rock monster just sort of relaxes once he gets into space... like all the cares have washed away.
OMG, I was reading about the interesting facts and movie props today and just read the part of Galaxy Quest where Alan Rickman was wearing this alien hair all day ... To see how such serious actors have so much fun while filming is the best part. RIP such a good actor
Patrick Stewart didn't want to see this movie at first because he thought it was very disrespectful to Star Trek, but Jonathan Frakes saw it and told him he MUST see it and that it was hysterical. The bathroom scene when the non fans are making fun of "Jason Nesbitt" reportedly actually happened to William Shatner at a Star Trek convention.
I love that you guys watched this movie. It’s such a great one. I got to work on a movie with Sigourney Weaver and another actor (he’s British) told her how much he loves Galaxy Quest and she was so excited to hear that and she talked about how brilliant Alan Rickman was. It was a great moment.
I watch this movie at least once a year. Absolutely priceless. Both takes the piss out of Trekkies and gives an hommage at the same time. In other words, a great parody
I always felt Rickman in this was like Michael Caine in Muppet Christmas Carol. Both acted the hell out of a movie that had no business having them being at that level. I think I remember Caine even saying he acted as if it were real people in a stage like environment. Rickman was top notch here. Love this movie
He's actually a fantastic portrayal of early Nimoy. Nimoy was a stage actor who took the role of Spock to get him by between performances. He hated the role, felt it was beneath him and that he was typecast moving forward, but grew to love it as he got older.
Saw a meme I loved. Michael Caine worked well in muppet movies because he treats the muppets like fellow actors. Tim Curry works well in muppet movies because he treats himself like a fellow muppet... 😅😂
I’m not sure if anyone mentioned this but, him overhearing people in the bathroom at 3:14 was something that actually DID happen to William Shatner at a convention.
Enrico Colantoni (who's been great in a ton of roles) made up all of the weird speech patterns and movements for the aliens for his audition and the producers loved it so much they made him teach an "alien boot camp" for the other actors.
They went to incredible effort to differentiate the effects on the *show* from the effects in "reality". To the point they put the bridge set on a gimble to make the actors reactions to the ship taking hits more real.
21:35 Rudimentary lathe... This is a call to Star Trek Episode S1-18 "Arena" where Kirk fought the Gorn. He constructed a rudimentary hand cannon from iron-hard bamboo, saltpeter, sulfur, diamond dust, and diamonds (as the projectiles).
Fun fact, they built the set of the bridge of the ship to actually shake and move as well as the camera to simulate weapons impact to make the actors' movements more believable.
Yep, and there were real injuries, too. Tim Allen talked about his apprehension when the set designer told him, "Yeah, we've never made one this big before."
As a huge Trekkie I can say must of us do consider this movie one of the best Star Trek movies. We love it so much. I can watch this movie all the time 🖖
You have to watch "Never Surrender", the documentary about the making of and the impact since of Galexy Quest. Don't know what streaming service its on State side, it was on Sky here in UK
I had to read what you wrote a couple of times because the line was only said meaningfully ONCE. So, I think your comment would be best read if written as "I tear up every time I hear Alan Rickman say his line while meaning it for the first time." But w/e. me too.
Just like The Princess Bride, Galaxy Quest manages to be a hilarious satire of a genre while also being unironically one of the best films of the genre.
The shaking was real. When they filmed the TV episode scene, they did the fake shake the camera and the actors fling themselves around. But the set of the real Protector bridge was built on an enormous gimble, the biggest ever made up to that point, so the bridge really could be shaken around. There were a lot of bruises when they filmed the battle scenes on that set as the actors were shaken out of their chairs and across the floor.
This movie is something special. Both a spoof and a love letter to Star Trek, the Trekkies, and fandom in general. And one of my college professors actually worked on it! He did the visual effects for the rock monster! I guess it goes without saying that it has a place in my heart.
18:27 This is a real place in Utah. It's called Goblin Valley, and it's also surrounded by some of the most breathtaking scenes Utah's national parks have to offer. It truly does seem like another planet out there.
My favorite part was always how the Thermians feel like they're not sure how to function in human bodies. So many super great details that make this one so much more then a parody.
General Roth'h'ar Sarris (the villain) is a perfect mix between a Ninja Turtle (2014) and 'The Creeper' from Jeepers Creepers. I guess it's a Justin Long thing
If you haven't yet, read the book. The level of humour is on another level in comparison. Still love the movie though, but the Hitchhiker's book series is such a fun read.
Tony Shalhoubs character is stoned off his gourd the entire movie. Also, notice how he squints when he's playing his character in the show, Tech-sergeant Chen, who is supposed to be asian.
One of the best BTS facts about this movie was an R rated cut supposedly had Tony Shalhoub's character high the entire movie. It explains his entire demeanor through the movie.
Stopping by again and so here's another fun fact: When Jason does that posture in the captain's chair where he leans over with one hand on his thigh, Tim Allen said he's specifically doing Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments. If you haven't seen that, you absolutely must. It's overblown, deadly serious mid-century Hollywood camp at its finest. Charlton Heston with his lantern jaw, Yul Brynner with his dark smolder, Anne Francis with her poisonous eyes, and color and spectacle like you've never seen. Seriously, younger people would automatically assume it had to be CGI, because doing it now the way it was done then - purely practical - would be impossible now. Put it on your list; you can't miss a real slice of grand Hollywood yaya.
The reason this works better for me than other satires is that the movie clearly understands and appreciates why people like Star Trek. It is poking fun at the fans and the show but simultaneously loves the fans and highlights why Star Trek works in spite of any silliness.
Tony Shalhoub's character always being extremely calm is the exact opposite of the chief engineer trope. Scotty from Trek, for instance, is always "SHE CANNUT TAKE ANY MORE CAPTAIN!!"
I'm ashamed to admit how many times I saw this movie before I realized that Sarris was only wearing his spiky eyepatch and sporting his bionic hand AFTER Jason recklessly fired on his ship in the first act. Which explains why Sarris was so pissed with Jason and obsessed with killing him.
“We have to get out of here before one of those things kills Guy” may be my favorite line. This running gag has a pay off when Sarris is killing everyone, Guy is not hurt at all. I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. I was excited to see it and it didn’t disappoint. It is one of my all time favorite films.
Apparently the engineer acting the way he did, and constantly snacking, was mostly the brainchild of Tony Shaloub himself. His character had very little fleshing out done in the script, so he suggested the quirks to make him more interesting. Great acting and understanding of the script on his part.
His character is supposed to be high the whole time, but they cut it to make it family friendly. This was originally R. They should've kept it that way imo. I think it would've done a lot better, but I remember the movie Snowday came out at the same time & it overshadowed it sadly.
@@d3l3tes00n The cut to make it more family-friendly is also why we get the badly ADR’d line, “Well, screw that!” It was (obviously) “fuck” in the original take, but the people in charge changed their minds so late in the process, the sets had already been dismantled, so they had no choice but to dub the line and hope for the best.
@@d3l3tes00n I disagree. Not saying it wouldn't still be funny, but it's kind of an overdone trope. So many comedies back then had to have a stoner character or at least a scene where somebody got high. This movie still feels surprisingly fresh (excluding some special effects, though even that holds up pretty well overall) but making his character just be high would have dated it a bit. It's personally way funnier to me that this is just the character's personality. It gave me the impression that he never quite fit in with his fellow humans, and meeting and interacting with these aliens was way more natural for him.
The DVD of the movie was hilarious because when we rented this movie way back in the day we had to wait for everyone to be ready to watch it and so we messed around with the menus at the time. It had an option in the extras menu that said "Activate Omega 13" where it did the things with the balls and just wound up back at the main menu. We had no idea why it did that until we watched the movie then wound up dying laughing when we actually understood it.
Oh that's great. Reminds of Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD where there's an option for "hard of hearing" and all it does is have someone yell out all the menu text on screen.
@Cau No The Thermoan language track is insane. We skipped around, and it was done for the entire film. I couldn't imagine actually watching the while film with that audio. But talk about committing to a joke.
This movie is so widely loved by so many fans, that many people consider it to be the 2nd or 3rd best Star Trek movie in the entire franchise...after Khan and maybe First Contact...on my list it is third after those two.✌ 18:10 And that is EXACTLY how Tony Shalhoob has said that he was playing the character...IIRC. 😁
Fun fact. In the original tv episode at the beginning of the movie when the ship is attacked it is just camera shake and pretend falling, but when they actually are on the ship later and are hit with the mines they are on a moving set that shook
I love that Guy becomes the Security chief b/c he's so worried about and thinking of security issues throughout the whole movie. He's the one who warns them about the 'cute' aliens, he's the one who grabs the big gun, tries to cause a distraction, etc.
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.
Someone in another reaction commented that Tony Shaloub's character was supposed to be high af, and when you see him in that light...yeah he's totally stoned.
The only direct inference to Star Trek is hidden. The Letters on the side of the ship Protector are NTE. It's short for Not The Enterprise, which, of course is Star Trek's flagship.
11:45 The DVD has an entire audio track with the Thermian language instead of English. The whole movie is in Thermian. All of it. Every line of dialogue. Thermian. God, it was funny.
The film was edited to get a PG rating, which is why Sigorney Waever's "fuck that!" is dubbed over, and Tont Shaloub is never seen getting stoned, but the character basically is stoned the whole time.
As always, fantastic. Altaf's reaction the moment he realized the Thermians are real aliens was simply priceless. Also: funniest line in the movie, for my money: "Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?"
Since you mentioned Mass Effect you might be interested to know that the actor who played Sarris, Robin Sachs, also voiced Zaeed Massani in ME 2 and 3. He's also well known for his role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as recurring villain Ethan Rayne.
You guys showed the perfect amount enthusiasm I need when watching a movie, not needed on this one it's one of my absolute favorites. Thank you guys so much for this channel it really helps to feel like I watch a movie with people would love for them to be longer
I had the pleasure of seeing this movie at the theater when it came out and we bought it as soon as it was available on DVD. We watch this at least 3 times a year. Love it so much! As a Star Trek fan this feels like a love letter to the fandom.
This is one of my all time favorite movies, speaking just in general as well as a big Star Trek fan. It's generally considered to be one of the best Star Trek movies and there is a great story out there about Patrick Stewart seeing this for the first time. There is also a wonderful documentary about this movie that I highly recommend if you enjoyed this. It really was lightning in a bottle! One of my favorite fun facts is that the aspect ratio changes 3 times: the intro where they show the old TV show, then it widens for the first 20ish minutes, and then widens again when the doors open to send Tim Allen's character back to Earth.
When Alan Rickman says his line to the dying alien guy…fucking goosebumps. Another amazing scene was when Sarris forces the good guys to admit they lied to Malthazar. “You did far more damage than I ever could have done”
27:35 I use "it's the simple things in life you treasure" almost on a daily basis- like when I get more than an 80 on a test, I can breathe out of both of my nostrils, or hey, even when the Keurig machine at work is functioning.
Apparently, after Tim Allen shot the scene where he explains that he and the others are actors, he walked off set saying he needed some time. Alan Rickman response was 'Oh my God, I think he just discovered acting '
Glad you noticed that Sigourney's lips did not say "screw that" when they were about to go into the chompers. I didn't notice this when I first watched this. I love how the countdown timer stops at 1, just like it does on so many shows.
It was great to show this movie to my mom who is a Trekkie (OG series). She absolutely loved this movie, and I personally love the fact they cast Sigourney Weaver in this. She has said many times it was one of her favorite roles she has done. What I think that made this movie work so well is the fact it would fit right in as a Star Trek episode. And they made it to where the fans where key to helping them complete their mission. It bombed when it first came out, but now some many people love this movie. There was talks of a sequel but after Rickman pass they decided it would not work without him.
The main reference to the original Star Trek is that all of the actors were so typecast after the show, that most of them had to just get by, hence the conventions. William Shatner came out ok. Leonard Nimoy somewhat (but also typecast). While there were other things like Tim Allen losing his shirt, and the one expendable guy, they point it out in the script, so it's not really an inside joke.
Shatner had a good career going until ST was canceled, and then he wound up severely typecast for nearly a decade. He did an occasional crappy low-budget movie but mostly he was living in his car, traveling around doing dinner theater to support his family back home. He didn't do well again until the late 70's and his series "T.J. Hooker". All of this explains his attitude of getting all the gusto possible out of life, because you never know when it'll all be taken away.
I love how towards the end when Sarris is killing everyone on the bridge in slow motion, people are dying left and right and the only person untouched ironically after his complaining the whole movie is Guy just standing there screaming like a sitting duck in the middle of the room with his hands on his ears, but he's not getting hit. 😆
Never noticed that, such a good 180. He was never destined to die. I always find it funny that he ends playing the Security Chief in the reboot after spending so much time screaming and ducking haha. Sam Rockwell is a treasure and played the part to perfection.
I remember the first time I ever watched this movie, I thought it was going to be stupid and I didn't have high hopes for it. As it went on, I enjoyed it more and more until by the end I was thoroughly impressed. This movie does satire as well as it can be done; the balance between making fun of and having respect for the material is just perfect. This movie is to action/adventure sci-fi what The Princess Bride is to action/adventure fantasy.
We find out Guy's last name earlier in the movie. When they're on the planet looking for the sphere, Jason refers to Guy as Fleegman. Also, damn Sigourney Weaver is lookin' good in this movie.
Sam Rockwell's scream when they are "probed" on arriving at the ship is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Just so honest and brilliant. Sigurney's reaction is also priceless--don't think she saw that coming.
On the DVD, an option audio option was theThermian language. The whole movie! Not sure if it made it to the Blu-ray version. Definitely not an option on the streaming.
This movie got edited down to be kid-friendly because of The Rugrats Movie. After The Rugrats Movie was such a big hit the studio said "we need something kid-friendly" and picked Galaxy Quest to get the chop. Honestly I don't think it takes anything away from the film, it's arguably funnier when you can see where they've edited out the more adult content.
fun fact, when this movie came out in 99 my mom loved Sigourney Weavers hair so much, she decided to go blonde. Little baby me didn’t recognize her and started crying every time I saw her for a week
The original script actually had Tony Shaloub's character be high. It was supposed to have shown him smoking out before being transported. I think it makes it funnier that he's just like that without explanation.
In the last scene at the Convention, the guy introducing the cast is Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall), and one of the girls who screams and faints is Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy).
I friggin' love Sarris, he's one of my favorite villains. Ruthless, intimidating and sadistic, he eats up the screen. I miss fun, charismatic villains so much. Galaxy Quest is the best kind of satire, in that it's actually a good movie.
Fun Fact: The DVD had one of the GREATEST Special Features of all time. One of the language tracks was Thermian. They dubbed. The. Entire. Movie. In. Thermian.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. This was such a nice reaction. It made me feel like I was watching it for the first time again!!! Fun fact, in the scene where Saris is shooting everyone on the bridge the only character to not get shot is Guy.
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That sponsor transition was gold.
Also it's been quiet for a while but there was(is?) a Galaxy Quest TV series in the works with _Simon Pegg_ attached.
@@grabble7605 It keeps getting 'delayed'... two main reasons: 1) casting. no one would accept the adventures of NSEA Protector without the original cast. 2) the original cast won't do it without Alan Rickman.
Expanding the universe with New Generation might not be out of the question, but Taggart & co? Not going to happen.
“By Grabthar’s Hammer” starts as the dumbest line, and by the end it has you in tears. God speed, Alan Rickman
What a savings!
Rickman's delivery was absolutely pitch perfect on this line. Just a little heavier, it would have been camp; a little lighter, and it would lose its impact. The best comedy can go back and forth between farce and pathos without missing a beat.
The cast was on board with doing a sequel to this movie but plans were scrapped when Alan Rickman passed. They just said it would feel too awkward without him there.
@@dunbar9finger great, yet another reason to be devastated that he's gone....
@@dunbar9finger wow that does suck but I agree with them; without rickman it just wouldn't be the same, he was unparalleled in a role like this tbh.
I know Patrick Stewart said he was so impressed that this movie understood how much the fan base "made" the shows and movies.
He actually thought this film was rubbish until Jonathan Frakes (Will Riker) told him to watch it with an audience.
@@Madbandit77 It's unfair to say he thought the movie was "rubbish." He just didn't want to watch it because he assumed it was just making fun of Star Trek. Frakes, of course, encouraged him to see it and Stewart did and actually loved it.
Yes I love how sincere the movie became towards the fans!
@@HermanVonPetri Patrick Stewart ALSO loved "Beavis and Butthead". He couldn't explain 'precisely' how it was so amusing; he just enjoyed it.
@@HermanVonPetri I was just paraphrasing, sir. Jeez....🙄
Someone probably already said this, but the actor who plays the alien leader actually came up with how they talk/act all on his own. Everyone liked it so much that the other actors decided to play it the same.
Enrico Colantoni.
I first became familiar with him as the father of the title character in Veronica Mars.
But he did a lot of television before that
@@vincegamer I was a big fan of Person of Interest. He was great in that.
Damn, that's wild. We also just found out he plays a pretty cool character in the Mass Effect series 😮
@@NiceDudeMovieNight He also gets killed by Deadpool 😛
@@NiceDudeMovieNight wait who?
Galaxy Quest is amazing because you don't need to know anything about Star Trek, and it's still a great film, full of heart. If you know Star Trek lore, you recognize a lot of situations, but it's not a parody, neither it mocks Star Trek. It's a love letter to it. There's not a single drop of mean-spirited content in the whole film. It doesn't even show the fans under a bad light, and most "parodies" love the "hurr durr nerds" approach. And Alan Rickman is a treasure.
For sure! At the end of the day, the fans save everyone! It really separates itself from other snarky satires/parodies
Jonathan Frakes claims that when he saw the movie he was the audience member laughing the most, and after it called every cast member of TNG to tell them to go watch it
Its actually what I had hoped The Orville would be. More of a 'Family Guy in Space'
An American 'Red Dwarf'.
@@PeBoVision The Orville is still the best actual Star Trek out there. It is fine that they moved away from it being a parody .. also HyperDrive (Nick Frost) is not bad. An absurdist Orville would have been to close to that, already done.
@@michelleplombe7019 Was already done way back in 1988 with Red Dwarf (which is still on as short special runs from time to time, I think)
Absolutely brilliant in every way. The only sci-fi with a series of episodes that take place in the Coronation Street Universe.
I figure that maxxes out the 'absurd' factor.
Had never heard of HyperDrive, but looked it up briefly, and will check it out soon. Thanks for the tip.
The best satire is when it both mocks and appreciates the subject matter.
Absolutely!
Like Space Balls, ridiculous yet appreciative of the source
@@kelduarjudgester9083 May the Schwartz be with you!
@@IR4TE I miss Yogurt, he taught me of the Upside in life
Like any movie, a satire need to be well written and shot. Treating it like it's lesser than just because it's a satire is asinine
Tony Shalhoub's character was supposed to have smoked weed and gotten really high before getting sent to the ship but they cut thatscene out but left in him acting super chill the whole movie🤣🤣 my favorite fact about this movie
One of the best Star Trek films made, and that's official. Fun Factoid - Segorney Weaver liked her blond wig so much that she kept it after shooting the film. Fun Factoid 2 - The ship's designation NTE-3120 stands for "Not The Enterprise"
This movie was voted like the 7th best Star Trek movie by trekkies or something at a convention years ago
Deserved a better score.
Shatner and Stewart both said they were bummed they didn't think of this or make this with their cast
@@rsalbreiter Again. Should've been a higher ranking.
i think it was higer than 7th....I know most of my frineds rank it, #2 Wrath of Khan, then #4 Voyage Home, then TNG First Contact, then #6 Undiscovered Country then Galaxy Quest...so like fifth
I saw an article that rated Galaxy Quest as the 2nd best Star Trek movie. Our Star Trek family LOVES this movie. We rate it third (Khan and Voyage Home the first two).
Two of the best things about Guy:
1 - Guy was a “red shirt,” a dispensable character, who was the only one _not_ to get blown away on the deck when Sarris is disguised as Fred.
2 - Guy, who wasn’t important enough for a last name, not only “gets a last name” in the reboot, but gets the longest character name as well.
😂🥰😂🥰😂
(in the fictional universe of the show, he would be the first to get blown away, but in real life, apparently he’s the last (if at all))
And he also has the best line in the show:
3 - Guy first arrives on the ship and Peter asks who wants a tour:
Guy: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"
And also.
4. Guy is the Security Chief, The only main character who dies in the Next Gen series.
@@stevenminnett524 And also, "Awwwhh that's not right."
We'd better get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!
There is only one thing Galaxy Quest related that's better than watching it: seeing someone see it for the first time.
Typically I don't laugh as much at this movie since I've seen it so many times, but while watching this video and "experiencing" it again with someone who hadn't seen it makes it a brand new experience for myself as well.
So when the rock monster was attacking and they said you need to find his motivation,... as it turns out his motivation is silence. The little blue demons where making so much noise that it woke him up and made him angry. Later when he ended up getting tossed out into space that final scene was to show that he was suddenly at peace with the absolute silence of outer space and goes on to live happily ever after adrift and at peace.
I never thought of it that way but that's a fantastic idea/interpretation. Thanks for sharing that!
I like this explanation because it really does seem as if the rock monster just sort of relaxes once he gets into space... like all the cares have washed away.
There is an extended scene which essentially confirms this. But it was shortened I think because the implication was enough
The ONLY one who doesn't get shot in the bridge attack? Guy.
OMG, I was reading about the interesting facts and movie props today and just read the part of Galaxy Quest where Alan Rickman was wearing this alien hair all day ... To see how such serious actors have so much fun while filming is the best part. RIP such a good actor
Patrick Stewart didn't want to see this movie at first because he thought it was very disrespectful to Star Trek, but Jonathan Frakes saw it and told him he MUST see it and that it was hysterical. The bathroom scene when the non fans are making fun of "Jason Nesbitt" reportedly actually happened to William Shatner at a Star Trek convention.
Get a life. My god it's just a tv show... you, have you even kissed a girl?
he deserved it at the time IMO
much of his later life was spent spoofing his earlier acting
If it did, he turned around since then. He's reportedly a pretty cool guy now in person. I guess age will mellow ya.
Stewart can swivel on it. What he did to the character of Picard, for a paycheck is unforgivable.
I love that you guys watched this movie. It’s such a great one. I got to work on a movie with Sigourney Weaver and another actor (he’s British) told her how much he loves Galaxy Quest and she was so excited to hear that and she talked about how brilliant Alan Rickman was. It was a great moment.
Everybody has nothing but nice things to say about Alan Rickman and it's incredibly heartwarming
@@NiceDudeMovieNight ...and heartbreaking.
I watch this movie at least once a year. Absolutely priceless. Both takes the piss out of Trekkies and gives an hommage at the same time. In other words, a great parody
I always felt Rickman in this was like Michael Caine in Muppet Christmas Carol. Both acted the hell out of a movie that had no business having them being at that level. I think I remember Caine even saying he acted as if it were real people in a stage like environment. Rickman was top notch here. Love this movie
That’s a great comparison! They committed so hard to something so silly
@@NiceDudeMovieNight Which is why it works! You go along with it because they committed so hard to it!
He's actually a fantastic portrayal of early Nimoy. Nimoy was a stage actor who took the role of Spock to get him by between performances. He hated the role, felt it was beneath him and that he was typecast moving forward, but grew to love it as he got older.
Saw a meme I loved.
Michael Caine worked well in muppet movies because he treats the muppets like fellow actors.
Tim Curry works well in muppet movies because he treats himself like a fellow muppet...
😅😂
I’m not sure if anyone mentioned this but, him overhearing people in the bathroom at 3:14 was something that actually DID happen to William Shatner at a convention.
Enrico Colantoni (who's been great in a ton of roles) made up all of the weird speech patterns and movements for the aliens for his audition and the producers loved it so much they made him teach an "alien boot camp" for the other actors.
They went to incredible effort to differentiate the effects on the *show* from the effects in "reality". To the point they put the bridge set on a gimble to make the actors reactions to the ship taking hits more real.
I love that they got Sigourney Weaver for this movie. Having a well established Sci fi actress just really adds to the movie
And she said she loved playing the dumb blonde!
She famously said it was the most honest take on women in action films she was ever in.
Having a badass sci-fi actress playing the "hot chick with virtually no purpose" was _priceless._
21:35 Rudimentary lathe... This is a call to Star Trek Episode S1-18 "Arena" where Kirk fought the Gorn. He constructed a rudimentary hand cannon from iron-hard bamboo, saltpeter, sulfur, diamond dust, and diamonds (as the projectiles).
Forgot the coal.
Fun fact, they built the set of the bridge of the ship to actually shake and move as well as the camera to simulate weapons impact to make the actors' movements more believable.
That's amazing. They could have easily shot it with the actors simulating falling over while the camera shakes, but they really went the extra mile
@Nice Dude Movie Night The set moved for the film scenes, but was stationary and the actors moved for the original TV scenes.
@@johncampbell756 The attention to detail just....**chef's kiss**
They really wanted the ship fights to seem real so that the fake ones seemed fake by comparison.
Yep, and there were real injuries, too. Tim Allen talked about his apprehension when the set designer told him, "Yeah, we've never made one this big before."
I believe Wil Wheaton has called this movie the best Star Trek film ever made, as it perfectly captures the nature of "fandom".
As a huge Trekkie I can say must of us do consider this movie one of the best Star Trek movies. We love it so much. I can watch this movie all the time 🖖
8:28 Alan Rickman’s reluctant delivery of here is my favorite bit of acting in all of cinema. One can, in fact, feel his soul leave.
You have to watch "Never Surrender", the documentary about the making of and the impact since of Galexy Quest. Don't know what streaming service its on State side, it was on Sky here in UK
Every time Alan Rickman says His line while meaning it for the first time, I tear up.
Especially when he said it to a dying thermian which gave it serious meaning. I love it. RIP
I had to read what you wrote a couple of times because the line was only said meaningfully ONCE. So, I think your comment would be best read if written as "I tear up every time I hear Alan Rickman say his line while meaning it for the first time." But w/e. me too.
Just like The Princess Bride, Galaxy Quest manages to be a hilarious satire of a genre while also being unironically one of the best films of the genre.
I actually enjoyed it heaps more than the princess bride...and you're right
The shaking was real. When they filmed the TV episode scene, they did the fake shake the camera and the actors fling themselves around. But the set of the real Protector bridge was built on an enormous gimble, the biggest ever made up to that point, so the bridge really could be shaken around. There were a lot of bruises when they filmed the battle scenes on that set as the actors were shaken out of their chairs and across the floor.
Reminds me of the Pacific Rim set that the actors hated for being very physically demanding and shaking them around/throwing water on them.
This movie is something special. Both a spoof and a love letter to Star Trek, the Trekkies, and fandom in general. And one of my college professors actually worked on it! He did the visual effects for the rock monster! I guess it goes without saying that it has a place in my heart.
The best spoofs are always love letters.
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This is a real place in Utah. It's called Goblin Valley, and it's also surrounded by some of the most breathtaking scenes Utah's national parks have to offer. It truly does seem like another planet out there.
My favorite part was always how the Thermians feel like they're not sure how to function in human bodies. So many super great details that make this one so much more then a parody.
Definitely! Their true forms are so vastly different than the human anatomy, so their awkward speech and movements make sense. It's very clever!
General Roth'h'ar Sarris (the villain) is a perfect mix between a Ninja Turtle (2014) and 'The Creeper' from Jeepers Creepers. I guess it's a Justin Long thing
Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman were both in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as well! My all time favorite movie! 👍
If you haven't yet, read the book. The level of humour is on another level in comparison. Still love the movie though, but the Hitchhiker's book series is such a fun read.
@@JustinMcVicar It was also a radio serial as well.
@@MandalorianRevan I knew of the TV series, but I didn't know about the radio serials. Interesting.
Rickman was such a perfect choice to play Marvin. I wasn't wild about the character design but his performance could not have been better.
Tony Shalhoubs character is stoned off his gourd the entire movie. Also, notice how he squints when he's playing his character in the show, Tech-sergeant Chen, who is supposed to be asian.
One of the best BTS facts about this movie was an R rated cut supposedly had Tony Shalhoub's character high the entire movie. It explains his entire demeanor through the movie.
Stopping by again and so here's another fun fact: When Jason does that posture in the captain's chair where he leans over with one hand on his thigh, Tim Allen said he's specifically doing Yul Brynner in The Ten Commandments. If you haven't seen that, you absolutely must. It's overblown, deadly serious mid-century Hollywood camp at its finest. Charlton Heston with his lantern jaw, Yul Brynner with his dark smolder, Anne Francis with her poisonous eyes, and color and spectacle like you've never seen. Seriously, younger people would automatically assume it had to be CGI, because doing it now the way it was done then - purely practical - would be impossible now. Put it on your list; you can't miss a real slice of grand Hollywood yaya.
The reason this works better for me than other satires is that the movie clearly understands and appreciates why people like Star Trek. It is poking fun at the fans and the show but simultaneously loves the fans and highlights why Star Trek works in spite of any silliness.
Tony Shalhoub's character always being extremely calm is the exact opposite of the chief engineer trope. Scotty from Trek, for instance, is always "SHE CANNUT TAKE ANY MORE CAPTAIN!!"
I'm ashamed to admit how many times I saw this movie before I realized that Sarris was only wearing his spiky eyepatch and sporting his bionic hand AFTER Jason recklessly fired on his ship in the first act. Which explains why Sarris was so pissed with Jason and obsessed with killing him.
Galaxy Quest is the Greatest Love Letter to Fans and Fandom ever put to Celluloid.
“We have to get out of here before one of those things kills Guy” may be my favorite line. This running gag has a pay off when Sarris is killing everyone, Guy is not hurt at all. I saw this movie in the theater when it came out. I was excited to see it and it didn’t disappoint. It is one of my all time favorite films.
Yep. It's such a perfect almost throwaway line that has me laughing every time I see her deliver it.
Apparently the engineer acting the way he did, and constantly snacking, was mostly the brainchild of Tony Shaloub himself. His character had very little fleshing out done in the script, so he suggested the quirks to make him more interesting. Great acting and understanding of the script on his part.
His character is supposed to be high the whole time, but they cut it to make it family friendly. This was originally R. They should've kept it that way imo. I think it would've done a lot better, but I remember the movie Snowday came out at the same time & it overshadowed it sadly.
@@d3l3tes00n The cut to make it more family-friendly is also why we get the badly ADR’d line, “Well, screw that!” It was (obviously) “fuck” in the original take, but the people in charge changed their minds so late in the process, the sets had already been dismantled, so they had no choice but to dub the line and hope for the best.
Tony showed up on set with that brown paper bag and told the director, "I think my character is in this bag."
@@d3l3tes00n Though, it might've lost the kind've appeal Star Trek has, so families who are fans of trek won't get to show kids.
@@d3l3tes00n I disagree. Not saying it wouldn't still be funny, but it's kind of an overdone trope. So many comedies back then had to have a stoner character or at least a scene where somebody got high. This movie still feels surprisingly fresh (excluding some special effects, though even that holds up pretty well overall) but making his character just be high would have dated it a bit. It's personally way funnier to me that this is just the character's personality. It gave me the impression that he never quite fit in with his fellow humans, and meeting and interacting with these aliens was way more natural for him.
The DVD of the movie was hilarious because when we rented this movie way back in the day we had to wait for everyone to be ready to watch it and so we messed around with the menus at the time. It had an option in the extras menu that said "Activate Omega 13" where it did the things with the balls and just wound up back at the main menu. We had no idea why it did that until we watched the movie then wound up dying laughing when we actually understood it.
Did you also check the "Thermian dub"? Some DVDs contained that audio track as an extra feature.
Oh that's great. Reminds of Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD where there's an option for "hard of hearing" and all it does is have someone yell out all the menu text on screen.
Chris here! I remember that on the DVD! 😂
I still have a DVD with the Omega 13 feature on it haha
@Cau No The Thermoan language track is insane. We skipped around, and it was done for the entire film. I couldn't imagine actually watching the while film with that audio. But talk about committing to a joke.
Tony Shalhoob’s character being stoned throughout the movie always cracks me up. Love it how they don’t spell it out.
Fun fact the actor who played sarris also voiced Zaeed Massani in the mass effect series
This movie is so widely loved by so many fans, that many people consider it to be the 2nd or 3rd best Star Trek movie in the entire franchise...after Khan and maybe First Contact...on my list it is third after those two.✌
18:10 And that is EXACTLY how Tony Shalhoob has said that he was playing the character...IIRC. 😁
Fun fact. In the original tv episode at the beginning of the movie when the ship is attacked it is just camera shake and pretend falling, but when they actually are on the ship later and are hit with the mines they are on a moving set that shook
I love that Guy becomes the Security chief b/c he's so worried about and thinking of security issues throughout the whole movie. He's the one who warns them about the 'cute' aliens, he's the one who grabs the big gun, tries to cause a distraction, etc.
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.
Someone in another reaction commented that Tony Shaloub's character was supposed to be high af, and when you see him in that light...yeah he's totally stoned.
The only direct inference to Star Trek is hidden. The Letters on the side of the ship Protector are NTE. It's short for Not The Enterprise, which, of course is Star Trek's flagship.
11:45 The DVD has an entire audio track with the Thermian language instead of English. The whole movie is in Thermian. All of it. Every line of dialogue. Thermian. God, it was funny.
The film was edited to get a PG rating, which is why Sigorney Waever's "fuck that!" is dubbed over, and Tont Shaloub is never seen getting stoned, but the character basically is stoned the whole time.
PG is better for this film
14:30 Actually, for this movie, they really had the bridge on an shake table. The bridge IS actually shaking, it's not just a camera thing.
Sigourney Weaver was great as the "buxom blonde!"😅😅😅
"We gotta get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!" My favorite line of the movie
One of the few truly perfect movies.
You do Rickman pretty well! He and Sigourney can do no wrong. They bring a higher level to all they do. ❤️💖
As always, fantastic. Altaf's reaction the moment he realized the Thermians are real aliens was simply priceless.
Also: funniest line in the movie, for my money:
"Can you form some sort of rudimentary lathe?"
I was so pumped waiting for the reveal 😂
I bet! How hard was it not to spoil even a little?
The lathe is a reference to Kirk building a canon to fight the Gorn in TOS Arena.
@@mikejankowski6321 Not to mention Tim Allen's long time role in the series Home Improvement.
Since you mentioned Mass Effect you might be interested to know that the actor who played Sarris, Robin Sachs, also voiced Zaeed Massani in ME 2 and 3. He's also well known for his role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as recurring villain Ethan Rayne.
RIP Robin.
Zaeed is so confusing. His face is clearly modeled after Tobias Menzies, who does not voice him.
Yes Zaeed!! That's so cool!
@@LudusAurea How is that confusing? There's nothing unusual about that...
@@Blutteufel Wait until they learn about male Shep.
You guys showed the perfect amount enthusiasm I need when watching a movie, not needed on this one it's one of my absolute favorites. Thank you guys so much for this channel it really helps to feel like I watch a movie with people would love for them to be longer
Thank YOU so much for watching and your kind words 😁 Glad you enjoyed!
I worked with Tony Shalhoub on an episode of Monk, and with Enrico Colantoni on an episode of Veronica Mars. They were both really nice guys.
I had the pleasure of seeing this movie at the theater when it came out and we bought it as soon as it was available on DVD. We watch this at least 3 times a year. Love it so much! As a Star Trek fan this feels like a love letter to the fandom.
9:46 That scream is the funniest part of the movie. :D
This is one of my all time favorite movies, speaking just in general as well as a big Star Trek fan. It's generally considered to be one of the best Star Trek movies and there is a great story out there about Patrick Stewart seeing this for the first time. There is also a wonderful documentary about this movie that I highly recommend if you enjoyed this. It really was lightning in a bottle! One of my favorite fun facts is that the aspect ratio changes 3 times: the intro where they show the old TV show, then it widens for the first 20ish minutes, and then widens again when the doors open to send Tim Allen's character back to Earth.
When Alan Rickman says his line to the dying alien guy…fucking goosebumps.
Another amazing scene was when Sarris forces the good guys to admit they lied to Malthazar. “You did far more damage than I ever could have done”
You nailed it.... The movie serves as a parody/satire/homage but also serves as its own thing. It might just be one of the best movies of it's kind.
27:35 I use "it's the simple things in life you treasure" almost on a daily basis- like when I get more than an 80 on a test, I can breathe out of both of my nostrils, or hey, even when the Keurig machine at work is functioning.
Curious fact, the blueray has the whole movie dubbed in Thermians language, excellent video reaction, greetings from Uruguay
Apparently, after Tim Allen shot the scene where he explains that he and the others are actors, he walked off set saying he needed some time. Alan Rickman response was 'Oh my God, I think he just discovered acting '
Glad you noticed that Sigourney's lips did not say "screw that" when they were about to go into the chompers. I didn't notice this when I first watched this. I love how the countdown timer stops at 1, just like it does on so many shows.
If she had said "Fuck that!", it would have been an immediate R rating back in 98. Things have changed since then.
@@jmboyd65 Of course. (Although I think one F bomb is allowed in a PG/PG-13 rating, but any more than that and it gets an R).
It was great to show this movie to my mom who is a Trekkie (OG series). She absolutely loved this movie, and I personally love the fact they cast Sigourney Weaver in this. She has said many times it was one of her favorite roles she has done. What I think that made this movie work so well is the fact it would fit right in as a Star Trek episode. And they made it to where the fans where key to helping them complete their mission.
It bombed when it first came out, but now some many people love this movie. There was talks of a sequel but after Rickman pass they decided it would not work without him.
Galaxy Quest is perhaps the greatest Love Letter to any Fanbase ever put to film.
The countdown stopping at one absolutely kills me. Also, a bit random, but I love the editing done with the captions. Great job.
The main reference to the original Star Trek is that all of the actors were so typecast after the show, that most of them had to just get by, hence the conventions. William Shatner came out ok. Leonard Nimoy somewhat (but also typecast). While there were other things like Tim Allen losing his shirt, and the one expendable guy, they point it out in the script, so it's not really an inside joke.
Shatner had a good career going until ST was canceled, and then he wound up severely typecast for nearly a decade. He did an occasional crappy low-budget movie but mostly he was living in his car, traveling around doing dinner theater to support his family back home. He didn't do well again until the late 70's and his series "T.J. Hooker". All of this explains his attitude of getting all the gusto possible out of life, because you never know when it'll all be taken away.
I love how towards the end when Sarris is killing everyone on the bridge in slow motion, people are dying left and right and the only person untouched ironically after his complaining the whole movie is Guy just standing there screaming like a sitting duck in the middle of the room with his hands on his ears, but he's not getting hit. 😆
Never noticed that, such a good 180. He was never destined to die. I always find it funny that he ends playing the Security Chief in the reboot after spending so much time screaming and ducking haha. Sam Rockwell is a treasure and played the part to perfection.
I love this movie so much and watching you guys enjoy it is awesome. Also great that you noted Sigourneys little F-bomb there.... :D
I remember the first time I ever watched this movie, I thought it was going to be stupid and I didn't have high hopes for it. As it went on, I enjoyed it more and more until by the end I was thoroughly impressed. This movie does satire as well as it can be done; the balance between making fun of and having respect for the material is just perfect. This movie is to action/adventure sci-fi what The Princess Bride is to action/adventure fantasy.
I was the same way, but I loved Star Trek so much there was no way I wasn't going to watch it.
this movie is absolute legendary. to this day I still use the " never give up never surrender" because it works so well in real life.
We find out Guy's last name earlier in the movie. When they're on the planet looking for the sphere, Jason refers to Guy as Fleegman. Also, damn Sigourney Weaver is lookin' good in this movie.
By Grabthar's Hammer, what a reaction.
Sam Rockwell's scream when they are "probed" on arriving at the ship is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Just so honest and brilliant. Sigurney's reaction is also priceless--don't think she saw that coming.
On the DVD, an option audio option was theThermian language. The whole movie! Not sure if it made it to the Blu-ray version. Definitely not an option on the streaming.
This movie got edited down to be kid-friendly because of The Rugrats Movie. After The Rugrats Movie was such a big hit the studio said "we need something kid-friendly" and picked Galaxy Quest to get the chop. Honestly I don't think it takes anything away from the film, it's arguably funnier when you can see where they've edited out the more adult content.
Tony Shalhoub played his character as if he was high btw, that's why he's so calm and keeps eating
I forgot how good this movie is, it's such a good take on satire/homage.
fun fact, when this movie came out in 99 my mom loved Sigourney Weavers hair so much, she decided to go blonde. Little baby me didn’t recognize her and started crying every time I saw her for a week
The original script actually had Tony Shaloub's character be high. It was supposed to have shown him smoking out before being transported. I think it makes it funnier that he's just like that without explanation.
If you like funny comedies, definitely check out "Down Periscope" starring Kelsey Grammer!
There’s a great documentary on Galaxy Quest y’all should watch called Never Surrender.
In the last scene at the Convention, the guy introducing the cast is Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall), and one of the girls who screams and faints is Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy).
I friggin' love Sarris, he's one of my favorite villains. Ruthless, intimidating and sadistic, he eats up the screen. I miss fun, charismatic villains so much. Galaxy Quest is the best kind of satire, in that it's actually a good movie.
😂It’s an alien planet! Is there air? You don’t know!…. Now I remember where Cinema Sins mined that from. 😄
Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek movie to date! I'm so happy that Altaf's reaction is exactly what you'd expect!
This is hands down one of the best comedy movies made.
Fun Fact: The DVD had one of the GREATEST Special Features of all time. One of the language tracks was Thermian. They dubbed. The. Entire. Movie. In. Thermian.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. This was such a nice reaction. It made me feel like I was watching it for the first time again!!! Fun fact, in the scene where Saris is shooting everyone on the bridge the only character to not get shot is Guy.
Thank you!! And hahaha, that's an amazing detail that Guy doesn't get shot