Posted on 02/21/2021 8:32:31 AM PST by Rummyfan
We have been clobbered by cancer here at SteynOnline. Our peerless film columnist Kathy Shadily died last month, to be followed this month by Rush Limbaugh. Kathy was a Rush listener, and I in turn occasionally quoted her aperçus on Rush's show. To mark her passing, we've picked out a few Kathy classics from her movie columns over the years. This one was hugely popular with readers - a film from 1999, Galaxy Quest:
In a just world, O.J. Simpson would currently be serving the 24th year of a double life sentence; Ronald Reagan would have been president during America's bicentennial instead of Gerald Ford — and Galaxy Quest would've earned half-a-billion bucks at the box office when it came out in 1999.
But inept and indifferent studio marketing (plus competition from another "sci-fi" comedy, Ghostbusters) relegated Galaxy Quest to semi-cult status. Which is ironically appropriate, given its plot:
At a science fiction convention, fans await an appearance by the cast of Galaxy Quest, a hokey interstellar TV adventure series unceremoniously cancelled in the early 1980s. The show's fatally typecast has-been "stars" (played by Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub and Daryl Mitchell) are reduced to reluctantly signing autographs at tacky gatherings like this one, when they're not cutting ribbons (in full costume) at supermarket openings.
That is, until genuine aliens — who, in cargo cult fashion, have based their civilization on Galaxy Quest re-runs transmitted through space — touch down and beg "the crew of the NSEA-Protector" to help them defeat the villain bent on destroying their planet. The adorable Thermians innocently believe the program's "crew" are fearless, intrepid space warriors and technological geniuses, not just washed-up actors in laughable uniforms. Their language has no word for "pretend"...
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Galaxy Quest is EXCELLENT. Great movie. I watch it every time it pops up on TV.
I miss Rush.
A favorite movie. I always watch when it comes on.
I’m reminded of this movie back when it was in the theaters,
I was on my way to the airport in another city over an hour away from me to pick up a friend flying in, I received a call that the flight had been delayed for three hours or more so I had a lot of time to kill, so went to lunch and then happened to see a movie theater across the street from the restaurant, went in and this was the movie about to start, that was the only deciding factor,
Fun movie, I wasn’t planning to go see it at all
Anyone who has not watched it is missing out.
Yup, good movie and such an obvious dig on Star Trek. I bet William Shatner laughed his butt off when he saw it.
Sam Rockwell who played Guy, is one hell of a character actor. He played the insane guy, killer of two little girls, in The Green Mile.
Same here, plus we have the DVD.
“Never give up! Never surrender!”
One of my all-time favorites. Devoted Trekkers might be horrified at how deftly they are parodied, but Tim Allen makes a better Shatner than Shatner. :)
One of my favorite movies and one DVD that I actually own. Have watched it numerous times, and it’s just so spot-on with it’s mocking of us ‘Trekkies.’
All ends well, just like an episode of Star Trek. :)
Tim Allen has made me laugh since Day One of Home Improvement; all of his movies are good.
‘Sam Rockwell’
Have you seen him in, ‘Moon?’ We really enjoyed that. :)
Galaxy Quest is a classic. Great casting. Great story.
The cute little blue aliens scene.
“Hi there!”
“Do you guys ever watch the show?!”
“See ,they’re going to help then little hurt one.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ83r886Kyg
Will have to check it out.
"Ghostbusters" was released in 1999?!
Regards,
Galaxy Quest had top notch actors and actresses who gave it their all even though it's a comedy. Yes, anyone who hasn't seen it is missing out.
Moon is a great movie
Alan Rickman wasn't the only one wearing "prosthetics".
By Granthor’s hammer, you will be avenged
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