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[Hulk_Smash]

And thoroughly enjoyed it.

Back in the day, the trailers made it look like a really bad Tim Allen vehicle. So, it is a much better movie than the trailers made it out to be.

However, I fail to see how it reached a cult-like status over the years.

I mean, it's good, but not that good...

Any fans want to enlighten me?

 

[TrainedRage]

I know it furthered my infatuation with older women...

 

[Revolutionary]

However, I fail to see how it reached a cult-like status over the years.

I mean, it's good, but not that good...

Any fans want to enlighten me?

Because it's the perfect satire of sci-fi and its fandom.

 

[-Arcadia-]

And thoroughly enjoyed it.

Back in the day, the trailers made it look like a really bad Tim Allen vehicle. So, it is a much better movie than the trailers made it out to be.

However, I fail to see how it reached a cult-like status over the years.

I mean, it's good, but not that good...

Any fans want to enlighten me?

I would imagine it piggybacked off of Star Trek fandom. It probably isn't a cult classic so much as Star Trek fans probably talk it up for being an awesome satirization of something they love.

 

[Down With Yoga Pants!]

Easily one of the ten most underrated movies of that entire decade.

 

[Stiflers Mom]

And thoroughly enjoyed it.

Back in the day, the trailers made it look like a really bad Tim Allen vehicle. So, it is a much better movie than the trailers made it out to be.

However, I fail to see how it reached a cult-like status over the years.

I mean, it's good, but not that good...

Any fans want to enlighten me?

It's still one of the best Star Trek movies, though, even as a satire.

 

[Rentahamster]

I mean, it's good, but not that good...

Any fans want to enlighten me?

There's a lot of demand for good "Trek" and since so many of the actual Trek movies are trash, fans took a liking to a parody of Star Trek because it had the things they were asking for: good writing, good acting, a good plot, and respect given to the scifi fantasy genre.

 

[nush]

There's a lot of demand for good "Trek" and since so many of the actual Trek movies are trash, fans took a liking to a parody of Star Trek because it had the things they were asking for: good writing, good acting, a good plot, and respect given to the scifi fantasy genre.

See The Orville for a current series just like that.

 

[Tesseract]

it's good fun, pokes holes in the tricks and tropes without tripping into stupid

 

[Skyfox]

You're watching a sci fi movie more than 20 years after it debuted. Special effects were top notch at the time.

So yeah, you may have missed the nostalgia boat.

Its an 11/10 movie and deserves all the love!

My stand out favourite moment is when guy asks "is there even air?"
So good.

I have it on blu ray and still get a kick out of rewatches.

 

[GymWolf]

I know it furthered my infatuation with older women...

Ripley with a blonde wig was the best sigourney weawer we ever had, fight me.

 

[bitbydeath]

True story, I often get this one mixed up with The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

 

[Evil Calvin]

See The Orville for a current series just like that.

Didn't The Orville start out as a parody but then became a straight up Star Trek-type show without the spoofing.

 

[Evil Calvin]

True story, I often get this one mixed up with The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.

Blasphemy!! HHGTTG is amazing (The movie is decent --good cast---but watch the 6 part TV series from the 80's for a much better realization of the books)

 

[nush]

Didn't The Orville start out as a parody but then became a straight up Star Trek-type show without the spoofing.

That's right, but even those first episodes shifted wildly between comedy and sci-fi. I have a theory that Seth McFarlane just wanted to make a Star Trek homage from the start but pitched it as a comedy due the the success of Family Guy in order to get it green lit then pivoted by the end of the first season.

 

[and 3 others]

However, I fail to see how it reached a cult-like status over the years.

I'll help you there. But first, look around you, see if you can form some sort of rudimentary lathe!?

 

[SpartanN92]

Gotta understand as well when it came out the Str Wars Hype bubble was smashed because of Phantom Menace and Star Trek wasn't doing hot either.
Galaxy Quest is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.

 

[Hulk_Smash]

You're watching a sci fi movie more than 20 years after it debuted. Special effects were top notch at the time.

So yeah, you may have missed the nostalgia boat.

Its an 11/10 movie and deserves all the love!

My stand out favourite moment is when guy asks "is there even air?"
So good.

I have it on blu ray and still get a kick out of rewatches.

I read an in-depth article last night about the making of Galaxy Quest (and yes I will watch the doc at some point). I'm surprised at how authentic Tim Allen wanted this movie to be as a sci fi vehicle. He added a lot of the sci-fi crosstalk and gobbledegook you hear in the movie. Including the scene with Shalhoub. Man was Shalhoub a scene stealer. He was the funniest character in the whole movie.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

To bad the R version is no longer around ....

 

[ManaByte]

To bad the R version is no longer around ....

#ReleaseTheRRatedGalaxyQuest

 

[#Phonepunk#]

Really good cast in this.

I like Missi Pyle's weird alien girl

 

[TyphoonStruggle]

Really fun movie.

 

[ManaByte]

There's a great documentary about it on Amazon Prime right now.

 

[DKehoe]

There's a great documentary about it on Amazon Prime right now.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll need to check that out sometime.

 

[Skyfox]

There's a great documentary about it on Amazon Prime right now.

I just searched for galaxy quest and galaxy quest documentary and nada. Guess its a regional restriction.

 

[Stouffers]

Release the Hard R "Too Hot for Cinemas" cut.

 

[Xenon]

I have to agree that this movie is definitely underrated. It walks the line of lampooning and respect for its source material masterfully. I also just watched a great YouTube video on this recently.

 

[Valonquar]

Just feast your eyes on the glorious Japanese movie poster / box art.

I discovered it while updating some stuff on my Plex server and nearly spit out my drink.

 

[Avasarala]

I suppose it is a Galaxy Quest sort of morning.

I swear they must have been intentional with how sloppy Weaver's voice dub is. "To heck with this!"

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Brillant movie. I need a rewatch. I tried out The Orville but my Seth Mcfarlane allergy kicked in.

 

[Faenrir]

And thoroughly enjoyed it.

Back in the day, the trailers made it look like a really bad Tim Allen vehicle. So, it is a much better movie than the trailers made it out to be.

However, I fail to see how it reached a cult-like status over the years.

I mean, it's good, but not that good...

Any fans want to enlighten me?

It's parody. If you don't know Star Trek, you didn't get the joke.

 

[Revolutionary]

I know it furthered my infatuation with older women...

Someone in the Never Surrender documentary said that the boobs were fake, because she would flaunt them every chance she had lol

I swear they must have been intentional with how sloppy Weaver's voice dub is. "To heck with this!"

Also according to the documentary, the reason they edited it down to a PG version is because the Rugrats movie made an insane amount of money for a G film. Ugh, I've always hated the Rugrats and now I have even more reason to do so.

Having said that, to the producers and editors credit, the movie works quite well as a PG film... but I'd love to see an R version.