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Review Summaries
"Actors from an old TV series called "Galaxy Quest" spend their lives attending science fiction conventions. They are getting bored and tired of the whole thing, when suddenly they are confronted by a group of real aliens, bizarre tentacled creatures who have hidden themselves behind virtual human forms. The aliens cannot conceive of lying or fiction, so they have taken the old TV reruns as historical documents, and based all of their technology on what they have seen. The aliens ask the aging actors for their help in rescuing them from an evil galactic tyrant who seeks to destroy and enslave them, and the actors must come to terms with a whole new reality."
Horta, Resident Scholar
"This is a Star Trek parody that works. Not only did it make fun of Star Trek in good taste, it provded an extremely entertaining story with everything you'd want in a Sci-Fi movie. "
Brue, Resident Scholar
"Twenty years ago, "Galaxy Quest" was a cheesey hit sci fi TV series. Now its stars are reduced to doing conventions and commercial ads. Jason Nesmith (Allen), who played Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, is a simple-minded egotist who still gets off on the spectacle, but Alexander Dare (Rickman) is a British Shakespearean actor who loathes the work, the fans, the humiliation. Suddenly, the crew is swept into space by a dying race of aliens who picked up transmissions of their old show and took them for reality; the aliens created a replica of the show's spaceship and hope our actors can save them from the brutal alien warlord Sarris and his reptilian invaders. Alternately stupid (on purpose) and earnest, "Galaxy Quest" is a fairly successful parody of Star Trek and its fans. Its sports occasionally decent F/X and a terrific alien villain. Allen is charmingly egotistical and sincere, Weaver gamely enthusiastic (and shows a generous amount of bra strap and cleavage), and Tony Shalhoub especially notable as an insouciant anti-Scotty. Silly great fun."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 40% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Invasion from human defender POV?
- overt invasion (very visible of monsters/aliens)
War and Invasion
Yes
Major kinds of combat:
- spaceship battles
Parody movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium wavy
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male Alien
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Spaceship setting:
- alien spaceship
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- funny
Comedy or somewhat funny movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- Things that change shape/morph
- exploding spaceships
- exotic spaceships
- exotic aliens
- exotic alien landscape
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