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Summary: Not only Tim Allen...
Review: O.K.,I will admitt it:I only watched the movie becuase I am a really big Tim Allen fan.That was the first time. The second time I watched it because it was really funny (allthough I never saw a single Star Trek episode). The third time I watched it because it is absolutely genious. The plot,the jokes,the cast,the scenery and everything else is fantastic. I will wait till I can buy it in Germany,and then it certainly will get my most watched video this year.And not only because of that great Captain Kirk-parodie performed by Tim Allen...
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Summary: Worth of a good laught
Review: The movie worths for the comic scenes, Sigourney Weaver's blond hair, the great special effects and the sound quality. Packed full of extras and a special audio track, in Thermian language (which is always good to show to your friends), gives the final touch for this DVD, that should be part of your home collection.
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Summary: Tounge-n-Cheek meets Star Trek
Review: This is on the DVD version. The SFX (esp. if you have digital surround) are not over done (ie. some of the louder action movies). The movie moves along well with only a few necessary slow spots. I enjoyed being able to watch this with my whole family (although S. Weaver could have covered up her wonder bra more). The only negative aspect of the movie was the weak ending - much like a sitcom it is all wrapped up in a neat little package at the end and the kid-hero appears to get nothing more than a thank you at the end. Still a good fun movie that you can watch over and over again.
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Summary: I knew those little green guys were killers right away!
Review: This movie was fantastic! Wouldn't it really be a great TV series?I do have a question that keeps gnawing at me; at the end of the movie when all of the GQ crew are exiting the ship, I noticed that the alien girl (don't recall name) stumbled and looked to me like she broke her ankle just before the camera cut away. Did anyone else notice this? It's just one of those little things that drives you nuts until you find out! If you saw it and/or know what happened please e-mail me at tmaguire@z.com!
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Summary: Good movie!
Review: I am, not a big Tim Allen fan, i did watch his show, I liked it this was funny for the family you'll like it.....
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Summary: A Good Try
Review: Most people who have seen 'Galaxy Quest' probably have never seen a science fiction convention before, well take from someone with first hand knowledge, it was pretty much like what you saw on the big screen. Large rooms filled with frothing fanboys dressed as Vulcans or Klingons, and those are the guys who run the dealer tables, over priced merchandise that you could have found at your local comic shop for half the price, crammed into too small lecture halls watching 9th generation copy of Urutskodoji, or a chance to meet the guy who almost played the stand in for Patrick Stewart in episode 406 of Star Trek: The Next Humiliation. And perhaps worst of all, the fans themselves, who care more about how warp drive works than personal hygiene. The horror. The horror. 'Galaxy Quest' is a good-natured poke at science fiction fandom, which is good, because there are a lot of good things about fandom, having met many good friends at conventions, seen wonderful costumes by very passionate and talented people, and engaged in some very good discussions and debates with some very smart people. In 'Galaxy Quest', Tim Allen place Jason Nesbet, the star of a long since cancelled TV series of the same name that has a very loyal following of fans, and like Stat Trek, just can't let the series die. Allen is joined by Sigourney Weaver in a grey and red jump suit with blonde hair...the single best part of the film, as burnt out actors who attend these conventions, sometimes as their only means of making money. (Not really a joke, check to see how much James Doohan makes for appearing at a World Con.) All of the actors are upset at Nesbet as his ego spirals out of control and he ends up alienating most of his fellow cast members (are we paying attention Mr. Shatner?). they gripe about him always getting the girl, always getting to take his shirt off, that is until they find themselves aboard a very real working replica vessel of the one they used in the TV series and fighting a very real war. Built by aliens who received transmissions of the show and believed them to be historical documents, they rebuilt everything they saw on the show, even the massive starship Protector (incidentally, the 'NTE' in 'NTE-3120' stands for 'Not The Enterprise'), against a race of reptilian alien uglies who want to destroy this nice alien race who built all of this great stuff because,...well, that's not important. Strangely, the film actually pulls itself together as a friendship piece. Did I just write that? Sometimes I got the feeling that they writers really wanted to take some gut shots at fandom, other times the jabs were well meaning and flattering. It also becomes apparent that the series endures because of the fans (something Paramount has never learned about Star Trek. How many web sites have they closed?). 'Galaxy Quest' has some honestly funny moments, but where it falls apart is the editing, which comes across as very unprofessional with one bad take leading into another. The special effects, (ILM again), are first rate, even the stuff they did as out takes from the old series had a nice period look to them. The NTE-Protector is actually quite beautiful, with just a hint of Enterprise for inspiration. A great film? No. A good one? Yes. Mel Brooks' 'Spaceballs' did it first and did it better.
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Summary: A near miss.
Review: "Galaxy Quest" ALMOST makes it; the idea of a bunch of has-been actors from a TV Sci-Fi series having to save the universe 'for real' is funny in itself, and Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and the marvellous Alan Rickman are terrific in their roles as the mis-matched losers forking out a scant living making personal appearances at Sci-Fi conventions. However, once the subtext is established - it is forgotten, and we're left with a typical 'laser-gun/scary alien/big explotion' type of movie which I feel is aimed at a younger viewer. The problem with "Galaxy Quest" is that it doesn't seem to 'know' its audience; there isn't enough of the 'has-been actor' theme to keep an adult audience laughing, and this idea of 'people past their prime' is lost on youngsters. There are a LOT of clever ideas and genuinly funny lines in this movie, but they aren't 'played out', and I can't help but wonder if this has more to do with the Hollywood obsession with making movies for a 'young audience' to gross as much money as possible; you feel that the movie has been told to 'hold off' on the very intelligent subtext and focus on the laser guns! This is a real shame, because 'Galaxy Quest' is ALMOST hilarious - but isn't. And that's no fault of Allen, Weaver, Rickman or the very strong supporting cast.
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Summary: A fun trip, well worth the ride
Review: I would have never gone out of my way to see this movie, however after I saw it on an airplane, I immediately purchased the DVD. I am not a huge fan of Science Fiction and am certainly not a "Trekkie", but you don't have to be either to appreciate and enjoy this wonderful and very clever movie about hero worshiping aliens who mistake TV actors as legitimate space rangers. That in itself is funny enough, but Galaxy Quest takes the scenario even farther with wit, great special effects and fine performances. Especially Alan Rickman as Spock-like Dr. Lazarus, and Enrico Colantoni as the lovable alien leader Mathesar. Don't miss Galaxy Quest. It's a trip well worth the ride.
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Summary: Classic Tim -- Funny, not Serious
Review: I thought this movie was hilarious! I watched it at a friend's house and we must have nearly died laughing. But I really like Star Trek, and Galaxy Quest made fun of it. But that's what makes Galaxy Quest so funny, all the jokes on Star Trek. I must admit, when I first saw the beginning, I was ready to hate it because their 'starship' looked like a really cheesy copy of the inside of a Star Trek ship.
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Summary: An unusually different Sci-fi....
Review: Galaxy Quest is NOT a non-stop action film with a deep and meaningful story line. But it is a real good entertaining laugh based on a very clever idea. Specifically, that Aliens could receive and watch our TV shows, and believe them to be historical archive footage of real events in our history. (Not too unreasonable a theory if you think about it.!) These lovable Aliens manage to get the actors of a long ago canceled TV Scifi to battle some 'not so nice' Aliens on their behalf. With the "Captain" Tim Allen being far too arrogant to admit that they're actors and not space jockeys, they all end up on the bridge of a Starship that's identical to the one on their TV show. (The Aliens have designed and built it purely from watching the ship and its operations on the show! ) This leads us to my favorite part of the film. When manning the bridge of the ship for the first time, the crew nervously, apart from the Captain!, adopt their "usual" positions on the bridge. The reaction of the helmsman is classic, when Tim Allen turns to him and says "TAKE US OUT!". There's many DVD's I've purchased that will forever gather dust on the shelf. This isn't one. It's uncomlicated relaxing entertainment. Ideal for those evenings when you can't face a long complex plot. Well worth the investment.
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