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Summary: A HILARIOUS send up of Star Trek's obsessive fans
Review: I don't know why, but I didn't see this movie until after it had come out on video. I certainly missed out on seeing it on the big screen. It was by NO MEANS a masterpiece, but being a 'Trekkie' myself, it was easy to see the obvious similarities to Star Trek and how SOME (but by no means all) of the fans practically see the show as REALITY. Not just funny, but if you consider yourself a pretty hard-nosed Trek fan, you will either find it hilarious or an incredible insult.Tim Allen is absolutely PERFECT as the Captain from a Sci-Fi series from I would guess the late 70's to early 80's. Since the cancellation of the series, he as well as the rest of the major characters from the series are herded from one sci-fi convention to another for a chance to sign autographs for the fans of the show that are, let's face it: so INTO it that they have memorized entire episodes and come dressed as their favorite characters. These folks lives pretty much revolve around this show, and those who acted IN it. But like the loveable James T. Kirk, Tim Allen is despised by the other actors because of his arrogance towards the supporting characters and nobody is more surprised than he when honest-to-goodness aliens arrive seeking help from him and his crew to save their entire civilization. This group of advanced aliens are gentle, peace-loving squid-like creatures that have intercepted 'Galaxy Quest' as it was broadcast and went beyond the reaches of our Solar System and being naive as they are, actually believe this TV series to be the REAL THING--even more so than the most hard-core TV fan on earth. They ACTUALLY believe that the crew will assist them to battle an enemy who wants to destroy our peace-loving squids, well decimate the entire race, actually. It all is full of laughs and incredible situations which they amazingly escape from (just like the characters from the TV show...imagine THAT!) and with tongue planted firmly in cheek 'Galaxy Quest' never takes itself too seriously. If you are a Trekkie, you are in for a real treat. If you just casually enjoy sci-fi movies, you should get a kick outta this...but if you totally dislike these kinds of films, you may want to check out something else--but I STILL think its worth a look. All in all a fantastic and funny romp through the Universe.
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: This was one of the funniest movies that has come out in a long time. I was in stitches when they were down on the planet and Guy thought he was going to die. Maybe it's because I like startrek and have watched most of the episodes so I got all of the jokes. Though my aunt loved it and she dislikes StarTrek like nobodys business, so even if your not a star trek fan, you'll still have a really good laugh. I recommend it 100%
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Summary: An X-Phile who got a kick out of this film....
Review: So I'm no Trekkie, but I have a friend who is and *told* me to see this film. So I decided, with my unconscience thinking attitude (yeah I'm a Fox Mulder wannabe-sue me!) and ran down... to pick up a copy! I did! And I loved it! And still do! Warmhearted, funny, well acted, no chessy effects, not so perfect plot. Yet I didn't really give a darn about the plot, the characters were great! It was nice to see Tim Allen again, I miss him... the last thing I saw him in was "Home Imporvement" series finale and how long ago was that? Signory (sp?) Weaver can do comedy-and I want to see more! The cast was wonderful down to the funny looking aliens to that um... bad green guy I can't remember his name. Well pick up a copy, sit back with some butter popcorn and enjoy it! DramWorks keep producing movies like this, I know that movie "Evolution" is coming and and I'm sooo looking forward to it! PS-Wouldn't it be funny if they did a spoof with the actors from the XF, where David Duchovny (Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Scully) have to end up saving the world, but not as their characters-but as themselves. Hahahaha... that would be great! :)
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Summary: This is a good movie
Review: I saw this movie a long time ago it is a comedy ill tell you that.It was a ok plot just it was overall plan funny thats all buy it or go see it!
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Summary: Never Give Up, Never Let Anyone Steal This DVD From You!
Review: When alien rebel forces intercept broadcasts of a 1970's Earth television series about the brave Captain Peter Quincy Taggart of the U.S.E.A. Protector (Allen), they kidnap him and his costars (including an actress played by Weaver, a young actor played by Sam Rockwell, and a renowned British actor played by Rickman who sounds a bit like a cross between Spock and Picard) to help them defeat their evil oppressors.
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Summary: But What Happened After The Convention?
Review: "Galaxy Quest" is a lighthearted satire of the whole sci-fi world, especially the "Star Trek" gang (here called "Quest-arians"). A group of TV actors now make their living from appearances and autograph signings, after being on the cult favorite TV show, "Galaxy Quest". Real aliens then come and need their help to save the aliens' planet. Tim Allen is positively Shatneresque as Commander Peter Quincy Taggert (shades of Captain James Tiberius Kirk!) Sigourney Weaver (playing actress Gwen DeMarco who plays Lieutenant Tawny Madison) has only one job to do - as she says, "Oh my God, I'm repeating the computer!" Tony Shalhoub is hilarious as Tech Sergeant Chen, sort of a Scotty-on-tranquilizers.... in a deadpan voice, "Commander, they tell me that the engines are about to blow...just a FYI..." Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane playing "Doctor Lazarus" gives a great performance as a classically trained Shakespearean actor who has been typecast as the Spock-like alien of the show. He's known for just one line ("If I have to say that line again I'll throw up!") But since The Show Must Go On, he does say it again and again. "By Grapthar's Hammer, I will avenge you!" One question for the fellow Quest-arians out there. The movie ended (SPOILER WARNING! SPOILER WARNING!) with our heroes taking part of the real alien ship and landing it pretty hard in the convention parking lot and convention hall! That is, scattered cars, busted walls, torn-up stage flooring all over the place! Now how are they going to explain this?
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Summary: "...two, two,..four-two...two,two..four-two..."
Review: "Galaxy Quest" is one of the funniest films in a long time. It's premise sparks some genuinely comic situations as it cheerfully but not disrespectfully sends up the "Star Trek" phenomenon and it's legion of fans. The most amazing thing about "Galaxy Quest" is that it looks like a film that it sends up. This is not a cheap, low-budget parody like "Scary Movie" or the first "Austin Powers" film. "Galaxy Quest" is a lavishly produced and features the expert talents of Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and the underrated Tim Allen.
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Summary: First to capture spirit of adventure since Star Trek
Review: Galaxy Quest is not just a comedy. In fact, its the FIRST movie since the early 60s Star Trek show to really capture the adventure of space travel. ALL of the other Sci-Fi movies since and before the original Star Trek show have failed to capture the spirit of adventure--think about it---Star Wars are really a war movie, where you have a narrow focus of getting from point A to B etc. All the others have a similar narrow focus and even the Star Trek movies could never quite recapture the adventure and mystique of being able to go anywhere in space and find things out...yet Galaxy Quest succeeds. How? GQ does this cleverly by taking us, the cynical audience and placing us at a Sci-Fi convention where all our cynicism are showing, and then drops the bomb--what IF REAL ALIENS SHOWED UP? And this then propels us as we identify with the phony TV cast into a world of possibilities----and we are soon sweeping through the skies of space on a real adventure...[GQ succeeds] where ALL others have failed....
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Summary: Well Now...
Review: Funny and warm-hearted film. If Monty Python ever did a spoff of Star Trek, it would have been like this movie.
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Summary: PERFECT SATIRICAL MATINEE FARE, ESP. FOR STAR TREK FANS
Review: This is, most importantly, a spoof of Star Trek and the Star Trek phenomenon. The story follows the adventures of the cast of a wildly popular cancelled sci-fi tv show, now living off their past glory as they travel to conventions and suffer their fans' adulation, as they are brought into outer space by aliens who believe their TV adventures were real to save their civilization from...well, I'm not gonna give it ALL away. The characters and situations are all very obviously based on their "Star Trek" couterparts: the heroic womanizing captain, the sexy female, the alien played by a frustrated thespian, the anonymous ensign who is supposed to get killed, and so forth. The characterization of the fandom phenomenon is slightly over-the-top, but only very slightly (if you know a devout "trekker," you know what I mean). For what it's worth, the comedy is funny and the adventure is exciting. The thrill comes from watching people overcone their insecurities to find the heroes within themselves. Much of the humor comes from seeing normal people trying to deal with the fact something they always thought was fiction is actually real. With that in mind, the film is enjoyable even if you're not familiar with "Trek." The movie succeeds in keeping things light. Things do get dark and down on occasion, but you're never worried that things will not turn out alright, you just wonder how. And of course the ending ties up all the loose ends and sets up an optimistic future for everybody. This lighness is a bit of a relief fom some of the over-long, intense, heavy-duty epics that have been clogging up the Oscar nominations these past few years. On the other hand, it does leave a feeling of needing just a little something extra. In my opinion, this film wants a cartoon, newsreel, and second feature. That's right, this is a perfect movie for a Saturday matinee; not too long, thrilling but not too heavy, and leaving you with enough room to digest something else. I believe that the perfect movie to see with this would be another sci-fi movie that came out not long after this one, that is simillarly not too long and not too deep, but is darker and more serious: "Pitch Black." I'll be writing a review of that movie soon.
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