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Summary: A Totally Funny Hit!
Review: With my like of space movies such as Star Wars, I was happy to find this movie. It is totally funny and has Laugh out loud lines that have stuck with me! My brother and I can't stop laughing! But beware of it's PG rating, there is much cussing in this film, other wise it's one of the best!
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Summary: BUY THIS MOVIE!
Review: This movie is probably one of the funniest movies of all time! It is great for kids and adults and people that don't like Sci-Fi! It is about the stars of an old TV show named "Galaxy Quest" and they are taken to a ship that is modeled exactly after the one they had in the show. My favorite character is Guy, everything that comes out of his mouth makes me crack up laughing! Buy or rent this movie, I'm sure you'll love it!
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Summary: Wonderful, affectionate sendup of Trek: Classic and Next Gen
Review: It's probably not a good idea to write a review just to take issue with Amazon's editorial review, but I have to say something about their characterization of Fred Kwan/Tech. Sgt. Chen (Tony Shaloub) as a "dimwit". Kwan/Chen isn't a dimwit, he's just very, very "Type B"; a doctor would never sedate him, because that would merely be redundant. That difference of opinion aside, this is one of the best sci-fi satires ever made. One of the reasons it is is that it works on two levels: on the one hand it satirizes Star Trek itself (watching Tim Allen manage to pull off parodies of both William Shatner/Capt. Kirk and Patrick Stewart/Capt. Picard at the same time is, I think, priceless) and on the other hand it satirizes the whole "Trekker culture". Both satires are affectionate, though, there's no ridicule here, and ultimately we realize that both feed on each other; the stars need their fans just as much as the fans need the stars of their favorite show. Wonderful acting by all the principals (in addition to Shaloub, Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver are simply superb (and I hope I look even 1/4 as good as Weaver when I get to be her age), and the rest of the cast work together as a tightly knit ensemble). This is one of the few movies I've seen in the past 20 years that was worth full price at the box office; get out your credit card and order this DVD NOW!!! You won't regret it....
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Summary: A galaxy full of giggles.
Review: An old cult Sci-Fi show is off the air & is doing conventions. Suddenly, REAL ALIENS show up..thinking that the episodes were a documentary,they come asking for help to solve a situation regarding an evil alien. I can imagine the cast of Star Trek doing this for real too. The whole thing is totally funny.
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Summary: GREAT!!
Review: More fun than a barrel of monkeys. I do not know how much fun that can be but this film is way to much fun!
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Summary: "By Grabthar's hammer, you shall be avenged!"
Review: In December of 1999, director Dean Parisot unleashed what is arguably the funniest sci-fi/comedy film of all time, "Galaxy Quest", which focuses upon the dissatisfied lives of five actors who had starred in a long-cancelled sci-fi television series of the same name. Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen) played ship's captain Commander Peter Quincey Taggart. Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver, who is no stranger to sci-fi with her roles in the "Alien" films) played Lt. Madison. Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman, also known for his roles as Hans Gruber in the 1988 film "Die Hard" and Professor Snape in the two "Harry Potter" films) played Dr. Lazarus. Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) played ship's engineer Tech Sgt. Chen and Tommy Webber (Daryl Mitchell) played ship's pilot Laredo. Following the cancellation of the TV series, none of the actors had found descent acting jobs. Instead, they were relegated to appearing occasionally as their former "Galaxy Quest" characters at fan conventions and infrequent commercials. Especially frustrated is Alexander Dane, a trained Shakespearean actor who cannot escape the stigma of having said those immortal words, "By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"The film begins at a "Galaxy Quest" convention where the quintet is preparing to appear. Unbeknownst to them, not all of the conventioneers dressed as aliens are pretending. A group of uniformed "aliens" approach Jason (dressed as Commander Taggart) saying that they are in dire need of his assistance. Jason quickly agrees and assumes that the group is planning to pay him to appear as Commander Taggart at a fan-function. Following a night of drinking at his home, the "aliens" arrive in a limousine (per Jason's request) to escort him to their function. The "aliens", calling themselves Thermians, are Mathesar (Enrico Colantoni), Teb (Jed Rees) and Laliari (Missi Pyle). While en route to their function, Teb recites the lengthy history of Thermia to Jason, but Jason (who has a hangover) falls asleep. (Jason doesn't take the Thermians seriously; instead believing that they are simply "Galaxy Quest" fans.) Jason awakens to what he believes is a very elaborate set mimicking the NSEA Protector from the "Galaxy Quest" show. Mathesar (who always refers to Jason as Commander Taggart) tells him that the Thermians want him to negotiate a peace treaty with General Sarris (Robin Sachs). Instead, "Commander Taggart" orders the Thermians to fire upon Sarris' ship. Assuming that he has completed his performance, Jason tells Mathesar that he is ready to return home. Mathesar escorts him to an empty room and leaves. Jason, not understanding what is happening, is suddenly enveloped within a strange substance and raised to the ship's exterior where he sees millions of stars in deep space. He is suddenly shot from the ship, then finds himself standing next to his swimming pool at home. Jason finally realizes that the Thermians are real extraterrestrials, and that they mistakenly regard the "Galaxy Quest" show (which they received in deep space) as being historical fact. The other four "Galaxy Quest" actors are busy filming a commercial for the opening of an electronics store and are disgusted because Jason isn't there. Jason arrives late and tells them about his experience with the Thermians, but they think he has lost his mind. Jason tells them that the Thermians want him to return and that he wants them to come also. They initially reject it, but change their minds when they mistakenly believe that it's a paying job. Gwen, Alexander, Fred and Tommy are whisked away to the Thermian's NSEA Protector, along with another actor named Guy Fleegman (Sam Rockwell), who had played a bit part on the original "Galaxy Quest" show. With that, the most important role for each of the washed up "Galaxy Quest" actors begins! Dean Parisot, along with writers David Howard and Robert Gordon, created a brilliant and engaging spoof of the show "Star Trek", its conventions and trekkies with "Galaxy Quest". Tim Allen equated with William Shatner (Kirk), Alan Rickman with Leonard Nimoy (Spock), Sigourney Weaver with Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), Tony Shalhoub with James Doohan (Scotty) and Daryl Mitchell with George Takei (Sulu). Other sci-fi comedy spoof that predate "Galaxy Quest" (such as "Ice Pirates", "Pluto Nash" and "Spaceballs") are no where near as good, engaging or funny. All of the actors in "Galaxy Quest" performed their roles exceptionally well. Two actor who played significant minor roles were Patrick Breen, who played the Thermian named Quelleck, and Jeremy Howard, who played the young and very helpful "Galaxy Quest" fan named Kyle. I highly recommend purchasing "Galaxy Quest" on DVD, which has superior picture and sound quality, and includes several deleted scenes, trailers, biographies, the feature "On Location in Space" and production notes. "Galaxy Quest" is a film that can be watched many times while never becoming tiresome. Sit back and remember those immortal words, "Never give up! Never surrender!" as you are whisked away into the fantastic world of "Galaxy Quest"!
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Summary: A good spoof of star trek
Review: This is a movie about a group of actors from a canceled SCFI TV show. These actors make the money by making appearances at the shows fan conventions. These actors are mistaken for the real thing by a group of aliens who are being slaughtered. They ask for their help. They have biult an actual ship based on the television transmissions of this show. This show is a great spoof of Star Trek and its fans who have a hard time grasping reality. The ending is fantastic when they have a shootout with the bad guys. The show is renewed as "Galaxy Quest: The saga continues". I guess they would have got into trouble if they called it "Galaxy Quest: The Next Generation".
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Summary: I LOVE THIS MOVIE
Review: Galaxy Quest, as I'm sure everybody already knows, is a send up of Star Trek. Tim Allen is cast in the William Shatner role, Sigourney weaver is the Uhura of the show and a dead pan Alan Rickman is the Leonard Nimoy of Galaxy Quest. Having had their show cancelled several years previously the cast of the now defunct Galaxy Quest make their living by doing personal appearances at conventions organised by their all too obsessive fan club. However their careers are given a new lease of life, and a definite change of direction, when they are enlisted by some very hapless (but genuine) aliens to assist them in fighting a war against a ruthless enemy who has been terrorising their 'people'. The unfortunate ET's however do not realise that Galaxy Quest is merely a TV show and instead believe that each episode is a historical document. From this false belief the unfortunately dim-witted and naive aliens have modelled their whole ethical system on the show and created an exact replica of the Galaxy Quest star-ship to assist them in their quest for survival. I love Galaxy Quest. There I said it. I think it is one of the funniest yet most under appreciated movies of the last few years. I own it on DVD, yet every time it is on satellite TV I still end up watching it again and again and laughing again and again. To put this in perspective I'm not even a great fan of comedies, I'm not even a great fan of Tim Allen or Sigourney Weaver (although they are both decent actors) but this movie just tickles me pink and has me giggling like a kid every time I watch it. This movie is simply a joy. Unlike many spoofs it doesn't over egg the mix. It is told straight and there are no nudge nudge wink wink asides to the camera. Every joke pretty much hits its mark and there is so much fine observational humour that it perhaps requires a couple of viewings to completely appreciate its subtleties. Galaxy Quest is in many ways the sci-fi equivalent to the Scream movies, in that it sends up all the old clichés of sci-fi movies and of course in particular, Star Trek. That said it is not done in a disrespectful manner. I grew up with the original Star Trek and as an adult have enjoyed The Next Generation immensely, which definitely added to my viewing pleasure of Galaxy Quest, which is absolutely choc-full of witty knowing dialogue. Much of the credit for this must go to the invention of writers David Howard and Robert Gordon for what is obviously an affectionate and extremely clever and knowledgeable spoof. Kudos also to Director Dean Parisot for his subtle direction and decision to play the movie straight. Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, in fact the whole cast are just great. Galaxy Quest never misses a beat and I highly recommend it!
Five stars.
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Summary: ONLY THE IDEA was enough to deserve five stars!
Review: Only the idea was enough to deserve five stars. THis movie is magic, intelligent, expertly crafted. One of the ebst comedies I've ever seen.
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Summary: What-a-Show. . .
Review: This was one of the funniest movies I have seen. It is ranked in the top 10. Overall it is about 5 actors and a actor roadie (who is tagging along for the fun of it) who are mistaken, by aliens, for their characters they play in the hit tv series 'Galexy Quest'.
I 100% assure you that you will love the movie. Well, enjoy!!!
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