Would Galaxy Quest have been a good Trek movie?
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... if Star Trek were produced by Glen Larson.
In many ways, I agree with you.
I watched this just the other day (for the third time, I think). It is so very, very good. Not only is the humour spot on but for 1999 the special effects are AMAZING! Ok, there aren't all that many of them, but the space scenes are absolutely terrific. I have to wonder, did it cross their minds when writing it to try for the actual license? Was a tentative phone call ever made or a letter sent?
I suppose it could've worked. "Breaking the Fourth Wall" it's called when characters start talking to the audience or begin to undermine the fantasy. Didn't the sixth Nightmare On Elm St movie basically do this? With Robert Englund as himself or an actor, playing Freddy (as the role starts to affect him).
Interesting to think they almost ended DS9 like that, with the whole ST universe a figment of Benny Russell's imagination.
Interesting to think they almost ended DS9 like that, with the whole ST universe a figment of Benny Russell's imagination.
I've had the long-running opinion that Galaxy Quest was aleady the best Trek movie ever.
Indeed it was. One of my favorites as well.
With many folks convinced that Star Trek V would be a cinematic masterpiece had the rockman scene been finished, I'm surprised that no "phantom edit" has been made to stitch Galaxy Quest's rockman into that flick.
Maybe the shot of the Klingon ship firing its weapons at "God" could be reused to have it firing at the rockman. Cut to the GQ shot of the rockman tumbling away in space.
Yes, I'm kidding.
Galaxy Quest is such a brilliant Star Trek movie on so many levels. It appeals to generic audiences as a comedy/drama. It appeals to the mass Trek fans. And it appeals to the semi-hard core Trek fans.
The writing was fantastic! They put some thought into it. Take for instance "Guy." Representing every extra on the movie while also representing every red shirt. From his "yes, that's right, I was on THE show (ummm, for 30 seconds)" attitude, to his knowledge that he was doomed in the event of that reality... "something bad's going to happen" ... they're so cute" ..."have you ever WATCHED the show?" From "I won't say that line ever again" to Tim Allen's "walk" on the berrilium sphere supply planet. From "gawd he loves himself" to "what if it's a real job! Let's go!" [note almost complete misquotes just for the gist]
I for one, would DEFINITELY pay to see GQ II - VI! In spite of being a non-TNG fan, I'd would go for VII+ as well.
The writing was fantastic! They put some thought into it. Take for instance "Guy." Representing every extra on the movie while also representing every red shirt. From his "yes, that's right, I was on THE show (ummm, for 30 seconds)" attitude, to his knowledge that he was doomed in the event of that reality... "something bad's going to happen" ... they're so cute" ..."have you ever WATCHED the show?" From "I won't say that line ever again" to Tim Allen's "walk" on the berrilium sphere supply planet. From "gawd he loves himself" to "what if it's a real job! Let's go!" [note almost complete misquotes just for the gist]
I for one, would DEFINITELY pay to see GQ II - VI! In spite of being a non-TNG fan, I'd would go for VII+ as well.
I suspect that "Guy Fleegman" was someone's inside joke/nod to Guy Vardeman.
I'd figured Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World was the best Trek movie, but I could be talked into your point of view.I've had the long-running opinion that Galaxy Quest was aleady the best Trek movie ever.
For my money, Butt Banging Sluts Vol. 23 is the best Star Trek movie. Volumes 1 through 22 were still a little hazy on canon and volumes 24 through 38 were a little lazy.
Travis Mayweather is the perfect Trek version of Guy! Lol!
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Agreed!I'd figured Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World was the best Trek movie, but I could be talked into your point of view.I've had the long-running opinion that Galaxy Quest was aleady the best Trek movie ever.
Aubrey & Mautrin == Kirk & Bones
It's scary the number of parrallels. If you haven't seen Master & commander you need to run, not walk, to the video store. It's Trek on the water in both tone and spirit.
I never got this Trek vibe while watching Master and Commander.
I suppose Futurama's "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" is kind of like GQ meets ST, certainly as close as we'll ever get.
I suppose Futurama's "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" is kind of like GQ meets ST, certainly as close as we'll ever get.
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Aubrey the head strong "cowboy diplomacy" captain.
Mautrin the doctor who acts as the Captain's conscious and moral compass.
The man of action and the man of science. Best friend's side by side on the ship.
For me it was Trek with oars rather than nacelles.
Agreed!I'd figured Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World was the best Trek movie, but I could be talked into your point of view.I've had the long-running opinion that Galaxy Quest was aleady the best Trek movie ever.
Aubrey & Mautrin == Kirk & Bones
It's scary the number of parrallels. If you haven't seen Master & commander you need to run, not walk, to the video store. It's Trek on the water in both tone and spirit.
Maturin, an Irish-Catalan man of saturnine temperment and insatiable, naturalist curiosity, not to mention the ability to kill logically and efficiently, is far more Spock than Bones. (As a spy for the Admiralty, he's also a wee bit of James Bond.) On a British warship, the surgeon was as close as you could get to the science officer--hell, Maturin almost scoops Darwin at Galapagos.
In reality, the characters of Maturin and Aubrey probably had absolutely nothing to do with Trek. Earlier in his career, O'Brian wrote two boys adventure novels starring two teens with Aubrey and Maturin's temperments. He just re-used their types for those books. (And every Trek fan should read those books.)
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