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Quote from Commander Peter Quincy Taggart: "As
long as there is injustice, whenever a Targathian baby cries out,
wherever a distress signal sounds among the stars, we'll be there.
This fine ship, this fine crew. Never give up... and never surrender."
Synopsis: Has-been actors from a long-canceled
space adventure TV Show, are beamed up to a real spaceship, by
real aliens, who after seeing the old transmissions of the old
Galaxy TV show, and want help from the crew of the NESA Protector,
in battling the aliens' and the universe's deadly enemy.
For four years, the Sci-fi TV Show, "Galaxy
Quest," as the valiant crew, of the NESA Protector thrilled
many fans with their dangerous missions in space, until the show
was canceled. The opening scene finds these same, now has-been
actors, 18 years later, still going to Galaxy Quest conventions,
or any other gig, to earn money for their portrayal of their heroic
characters, the main ones being; Commander Peter Quincy Taggart
(Tim Allen), Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver), and Dr. Lazarus
(Alan Rickman).
Much dissension and unhappiness exists among
these actors, until real aliens one morning approach a sleepy,
hung-over actor Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), who thinks they are
the reps from a gig he had booked as a solo. He falls asleep on
the way to the real space ship, where he unknowingly has a real
space battle with the real bad guy monster, all assuming it was
all on a sound stage. He doesn't realize that it was all real,
until they send him home, through real space, much to his astonishment.
When the aliens come back for him because the
bay guy wasn't destroyed in the space battle, he fast-talks the
rest of the Galaxy Quest actors to come with him, who don't believe
Allen's fantastic story, but who also don't want to miss any possible
gig. Thus begins their fantastically funny quest to battle evil,
and "must turn in the performances of their lives, with no
script, no director and no clue,"on a real, working ship
that had their own TV Show ship, the NESA Protector, as its prototype
model. They have to become the people they have pretended to be
for so long, in order to save their universe, as well as their
alien friends.
Some favorite scenes include: the dining scene
aboard the ship, the mining planet scenes, scenes showing these
actors evolving into heroes despite themselves, and the ending
battle scenes, and the fantastic finale.
This hysterical spoof of Star Trek was written
by two young, up and coming screenwriters, David Howard &
Robert Gordon, under the fine direction of Dean Parisot, who has
directed many fine T.V. shows, like "Northern Exposure,"
and some movies as well.
This Sci-Fi comedy is extremely well-done, and
most enjoyable, due to a very witty, clever script, great direction,
great pacing & timing, great set design and special effects,
and a great ensemble cast, that had a lot of fun working together,
creating a hilarious adventure comedy, sure to entertain everyone.
(NBC-TV) calls Galaxy Quest, "The funniest, wittiest comedy
of the year."
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