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Galaxy Quest is a Sci-Fi adventure spoof about the stars of a cult TV show and stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Justin Long.
The TV show, called Galaxy Quest, is a 1980's Sci-Fi show in the vein of "Star Trek" and has the same enthusiastic fans. The show has been canceled for 18 years but Jason Nesmith, Gwen DeMarco and Alexander Dane and the rest of the crew still earn their way attending conventions and opening discount stores. During one convention, where they're at each others throats as usual, a race of aliens known as Thermians arrive and ask for their help. Nesmith laughs them off until he gets taken up into their spaceship, along with the rest of the cast. Turns out the aliens think these actors are real spacemen (and women) and have based their whole society around them. They take them into space hoping for them to defeat the megalomaniacal General Sarris and save their planet.
Now, I do like my Sci-Fi, but I'm not above laughing at the more extreme types of fans, and this film nails them perfectly. There are fans they encounter who dress up as their favorite character, can recite pretty much every line from every episode and collect everything they can about their personal favorite show. And coming from someone who's been to a few conventions, they hit the nail on the head!
Along the way they enlist the help of a fan, Brandon (Long), who seems to know the Galaxy Quest ship better than the cast do. He gets all his friends to help the crew dodge the various obstacles they need to to get to the self-destruct button. Of course these obstacles are completely meaningless, but they do make good TV.
This film has a great cast and they all act superbly. Tim Allen as the charismatic captain, Alan Rickman as the serious actor who is tired of playing his alien character and Sigourney Weaver as the pretty blonde whose only job seemingly is to just tell the computer what to do. This is an absolute spot-on parody about the nuances and personalities of the science fiction genre. The plot is relatively simple but the cast do a lot with it, and is rounded off by fantastic special effects and characters that you really care for. The actors are basically just fish out of water, stuck in a situation they have no idea how to get out of, and they convince you of this magnificently.
Overall a classic comedy in the making, and thoroughly deserving of your time, five stars!
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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