Line #21 Trivia/GalaxyQuest


1	!!!Movie reception:
2	* The film won the UsefulNotes/HugoAward for Best Dramatic Presentation, and Howard and Gordon accepted the award almost in tears because they were so pleased that the Sci-Fi community "got it" -- that the film was a [[AffectionateParody valentine]], not a [[TakeThat sneer]].
3	* It is so strongly considered an [[AffectionateParody honorary]] ''Star Trek'' film that it was voted the seventh-best movie in the franchise [[https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/12/diehard-star-trek-fans-rank-the-best-and-worst-movies in 2013]] -- by attendees at a Star Trek FanConvention, no less. (The fact that it helped keep the StarTrekMovieCurse straight may have been a factor: if ''Galaxy Quest'' is treated as ''Star Trek 10'', ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' and ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', which would otherwise have been "good" 10th and 12th installments, [[FanWank get bumped into the "odd-numbered movies that suck" column]]).
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5	!!!Trivia tropes:
6	* ActorInspiredElement:
7	** The Thermians' odd speech pattern came from Enrico Colantoni's audition. It is actually a vocal warm-up exercise he was familiar with.
8	** Creator/SigourneyWeaver came up with Gwen's blonde wig and ample bosom to contrast with [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Ripley]].
9	** Creator/TonyShalhoub insisted that Kwan should always been shown eating to play towards the stoner stereotype.
10	* ActorSharedBackground: Alexander Dane's [[IAmNotSpock resentment]] of being {{Typecast}} following his famous television role reflects on his actor Creator/AlanRickman similarly trying to avoid typecasting as a villain following his StarMakingRole as Hans Gruber in ''Film/DieHard''. Also, both Dane and Rickman came from Shakespearian acting backgrounds.
11	* AllStarCast: Creator/TimAllen, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/TonyShalhoub, Creator/SamRockwell, Creator/RobinSachs, Creator/EnricoColantoni and [[RetroactiveRecognition pre-fame]] appearances by Creator/JustinLong, Creator/MissiPyle and Creator/RainnWilson.
12	* ApprovalOfGod: The film won over many ''Franchise/StarTrek'' actors:
13	** Creator/WilliamShatner:
14	--->I thought it was very funny, and I thought the audience that they portrayed was totally real, but the actors that they were pretending to be were totally unrecognisable. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Certainly I don't know what]] Creator/TimAllen was doing. He seemed to be the head of a group of actors, and for the life of me I was trying to understand who he was imitating. The only one I recognized was the girl playing Creator/NichelleNichols.
15	** Creator/GeorgeTakei:
16	--->I think it's a chillingly realistic documentary. [laughs] The details in it, I recognized every one of them. It is a powerful piece of documentary filmmaking. And I do believe that when we get kidnapped by aliens, it's going to be the genuine, true ''Star Trek'' fans who will save the day.... I was rolling in the aisles. And Creator/TimAllen had that Shatner-esque swagger down pat. And I roared when the shirt came off, and Sigourney rolls her eyes and says, "There goes that shirt again".... How often did we hear that on the set? [Laughs]
17	** Creator/JonathanFrakes
18	--->It was, I mean, some of the stuff in it is so on the nose and so accurate, and perfect, and funny. And Rickman. Rickman with the peeling makeup. Stuff that {{Creator/LeVar\|Burton}}'s character does. I mean, it's a favorite. I don't know why that sequels never been made. I gather it's encumbered with a lot of people who need money before they even shot, but this seems rife for a remake.
19	** Creator/PatrickStewart:
20	--->I had originally not wanted to see ''Galaxy Quest'' because I heard that it was making fun of ''Star Trek'', and then Creator/JonathanFrakes rang me up and said "You must not miss this movie! See it on a Saturday night in a full theatre." And I did, and of course I found it was brilliant. Brilliant. No-one laughed louder or longer in the cinema than I did, but the idea that the ship was saved and all of our heroes in that movie were saved simply by the fact that there were fans who did understand the scientific principles on which the ship worked was absolutely wonderful. And it was both funny and also touching in that it paid tribute to the dedication of these fans.
21	** Creator/TimRuss:
22	--->I've had flashbacks of ''Galaxy Quest'' at the many conventions I've gone to since the movie came out. I thought it was an absolute laugh-a-minute.
23	** Creator/WilWheaton:
24	--->I loved ''Galaxy Quest''. I thought it was brilliant satire, not only of ''Trek'', but of fandom in general. The only thing I wish they had done was cast me in it, [[SelfDeprecation and have me play a freaky fanboy who keeps screaming at the actor who played "the kid" about how awful it was that there was a kid on the spaceship.]] Alas.
25	* AwesomeDearBoy:
26	** Although Creator/AlanRickman hated sci-fi as a genre, he could not resist taking part in this film as he found the material very funny.
27	** Creator/TimAllen, on the other hand, was a lifelong fan of science fiction and collector of memorabilia. He even stated that his dream was to command a starship.
28	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/TonyShalhoub originally auditioned for Guy Fleegman, but Creator/SamRockwell won the role, and Shalhoub was cast as Fred Kwan instead.
29	* ChannelHop: The film was originally going to be made at Creator/{{Disney}}.
30	* CreatorBacklash: Writer Bob Gordon was so disappointed at the studio-mandated cut of the film that he decided not to show Dreamworks the script for a sequel he was working on.
31	* DeletedScene: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4s5CfPD4Y Several]]:
32	** MarsNeedsWomen: When Jason Nesmith and Gwen [=DeMarco=] are attempting to shut down the reactor, they are held up by two of Sarris' men. One of them is strangely attracted to Gwen, which disgusts the other one, who claims that he'd sooner mate with an animal. ("Yes... I know.") Gwen is disgusted by the first one's attraction — and pissed off at the second one's insult, so she makes the ship's computer squash them underneath a blast door.
33	** MrFixIt: The Thermians believe, because of the "historical documents," that Tech Sargent Chen can fix anything wrong. Since Fred Kwan is really a stoner, he constantly asks that Thermian engineer "and what does that mean?" Fortunately, the engineer thinks that Fred is doing a bit of spot training and gives the correct way to fix each problem. The Thermian engineer has one of these during this ParrotExposition.
34	** NobodyPoops: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in one scene, where Quellek mentions to Alexander that Earth's "historical documents" did not contain any information regarding waste facilities on the ship and "we extrapolated based on your anatomy" -- revealing what looked to be the most horrendously painful toilet ever created.
35	** ThePowerOfActing: When Jason is fighting the rock monster, Alexander's advice is to attempt to figure out its "motivation". One deleted scene shows Alex "entering the mind" of the rock monster through method acting, deducing that what it ''really'' wants is peace and quiet. [[spoiler: And, as the climax of the film reveals, he was right.]]
36	** ReliablyUnreliableGuns: Guy has to watch over the knocked-out Sarris, but when the baddie awakes, Guy's gun jams and he curses himself with "Oh yep, knew that was gonna happen. BIG surprise!"
37	* DiedDuringProduction: There were much-hyped plans to continue the film's story with an Amazon series and, miraculously, the entire cast was willing to revisit their characters. Unfortunately, Creator/AlanRickman passed away due to cancer, and the project was put on indefinite hold.
38	* DirectedByCastMember: The Mexican Spanish dub was directed by Javier Rivero, who voiced Mathesar in the dub.
39	* EnforcedMethodActing: When the crew first arrives on the ship and Guy screams in terror, Creator/SigourneyWeaver nearly jumps out of her skin in shock. Apparently the director (purposely) didn't tell her that that was about to happen.
40	* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was originally much more adult-oriented, but Dreamworks executives forced the production to cut most of it so they could market it as a family film.
41	* FakeNationality: Parodied with Lebanese-American Creator/TonyShalhoub playing Chinese-named Fred Kwan/Sgt. Chen, a reference to Japanese-American Creator/GeorgeTakei playing totally not Japanese-named Sulu on ''Series/{{Star Trek\|The Original Series}}'', Englishman Creator/PatrickStewart playing French Jean-Luc Picard on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'', and Canadian Creator/JamesDoohan playing Scotty, a Scotsman. Kwan isn't even his real name. He visibly squints for the camera in an attempt to make his eyes look Asian, which doesn't really help as Shalhoub's eyes naturally curve ''downwards''.
42	* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/AlanRickman took to disliking Creator/TimAllen due to the latter's easygoing attitude and frequent joking during the filming, which clashed with Rickman's serious-minded approach to acting. As their characters had a similar dynamic, [[EnforcedMethodActing Rickman used this to help fuel his performance]]. Despite their differences, Rickman acknowledged Allen did good work when the cameras were rolling.
43	* InspirationForTheWork: David Howard stated he got the idea while at an IMAX presentation, and while waiting for the show to start, one of the trailers for an upcoming "''Americans in Space''" film featured the voice of Creator/LeonardNimoy. The trailer got Howard thinking about how the other Star Trek actors had becoming pigeonholed in these types of roles since the cancellation of ''Star Trek'', and then came up with the idea of what if there were real aliens involved. From there, he considered the rest of his script "that, in a lot of ways, just wrote itself, because it just seemed so self-evident once the idea was there".
44	* LoopingLines: The "chompers" scene features Gwen seeing the completely nonsensical hallway full of banging metal blocks and exclaiming, "''Screw that!''" -- except that from the movement of her mouth, it's entirely clear that she originally said "fuck". Presumably the line was looped to keep the film to a PG rating. There are also a couple of other lines in the film that don't disguise the dub as well. (The film's director eventually admitted he made no attempt whatsoever to make the dub look at all convincing.)
45	* MethodActing: Creator/SamRockwell drank a lot of coffee before shots to help create his over-excitement and jitters associated with the character.
46	* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer shows the Thermians discovering the ''Galaxy Quest'' show for the first time and declaring the crew to be their saviors.
47	* OrphanedReference:
48	** Before going to the ship, Gwen tells Laliari that "we work as a crew, or not at all." In an extended version of the opening scene at the convention, the cast is angry at Jason for booking an appearance at the electronics store without their consent and also for appearing at fan houses. This leads Gwen to remind Jason that they had agreed to do things as a crew, or they wouldn't do them at all.
49	** Jason suddenly knows Guy's last name (Fleegman) when they're on the alien planet. In a deleted line, Guy reveals his last name during his breakdown on the shuttle.
50	** There was originally going to be a reference to Alexander having a knighthood, which was removed on the suggestion of Creator/AlanRickman as he felt his character would not have been able to attain a knighthood.[[note]]The knighthood was undoubtedly a reference to ''Sir'' Creator/AlecGuinness, who was knighted in 1959, the year after winning an Academy Award for ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', and played Obi-Wan Kenobi 18 years later.[[/note]] However, the credits still refer to him as "Sir Alexander Dane".
51	* PermanentPlaceholder: Dr. Lazarus' catchphrase, "By Grabthar's Hammer", was written as a temp line in the script when filming started, with Robert Gordon planning to find a less funny word than "Grabthar", but the line stuck as the production crew started using the line around their offices and printed T-shirts with the saying.
52	* PlayingAgainstType:
53	** Creator/SigourneyWeaver stated that her role was a parody of her iconic role as [[Film/{{Alien}} Ripley]]. Gwen was the opposite of the progressive sci-fi heroine, being a "DumbBlonde".
54	** Creator/AlanRickman, who normally plays dark, emotionless characters and often villains, playing a sarcastic, dissatisfied (though ultimately heroic) actor in a comedy.
55	* ProductionPosse: Producer Mark Johnson, director Dean Parisot, and co-star Daryl Mitchell all previously worked together on ''Home Fries''. Johnson, who developed the ''Galaxy Quest'' script, had wanted Parisot from the very first, but [=DreamWorks=] insisted on a higher-profile director for a big-budget release, and got Creator/HaroldRamis. Ramis ironically dropped out when the studio insisted on Tim Allen for the lead, and Johnson immediately hired Parisot when he did. Parisot then cast Mitchell as Tommy Webber. (Even so, Mitchell only narrowly edged out David Alan Grier for the part.)
56	* PropRecycling: The robot on stage with Guy Fleegman at the movie's beginning is also one used in ''Film/{{Toys}}''. They are the back-up security system the uncle uses.
57	* ReferencedBy: ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In the episode Velocity, as [[SplitPersonality Blitzwing]] and [[SuperSpeed Blurr]] play a game of Chicken, Blitzwing's Hothead and Icy personalities state "Never give up! Never surrender!"... and then [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Random Blitzwing]] lets out a "NEVER MIND!!" and crashes straight into a building.
58	* RealitySubtext: Alexander Dane's resentment of being typecast following his famous television role reflects on Creator/AlanRickman similarly trying to avoid typecasting as a villain. Also, both Dane and Rickman came from Shakespearian acting backgrounds. He said in a later interview that filming the convention scenes were a little too close for comfort.
59	* RomanceOnTheSet: Creator/TimAllen and his personal trainer for the movie, Jane Hajduk, later married.
60	* SerendipityWritesThePlot: Daryl Mitchell was significantly younger than how the character of Tommy Webber was initially envisioned. This was incorporated into writing by making his character in the ShowWithinAShow a ridiculously young ChildProdigy.
61	* ThrowItIn:
62	** The scene where Brandon rushes to throw out the trash was in the script but cut prior to production to save on time and costs. Then a very brief free moment opened up in the schedule and the decision was made to shoot it anyway; everyone rushed to film the scene in two takes at the very last minute.
63	** Sam Rockwell ad-libbed Guy's reaction to Fred and Laliari making out: "Oh! That's not right!" Even the screenwriter admits it was better than what he had scripted.
64	* WagTheDirector: The film's script originally contained a mention of Alexander Dane having been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Creator/AlanRickman asked that this be changed because he believed it was inconsistent with the character, and all mentions of the knighting were removed. However, the character is still listed in the credits as Sir Alexander Dane.
65	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
66	** Prior to release, this movie was met with disdain by Trek Alumns, who assumed that this was going to be a mean-spirited parody of the show that made them famous and the fans of that show who love them. This perception quickly changed as it became apparent on release that this was instead an AffectionateParody. Some expressed regret that they did not participate on the film in retrospect. Particularly Creator/WilWheaton who suggested he could have had a cameo where he insults Tommy Webber for his TeenGenius KidAppealCharacter.
67	** Creator/HaroldRamis was attached to the film as director at one point, and wanted to cast Creator/AlecBaldwin in the lead role, which he turned down. Creator/KevinKline was considered, though he turned it down for family reasons. Other candidates included Creator/MelGibson, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/TimRobbins, Creator/RobinWilliams and Creator/BruceWillis. Ramis didn't want experienced genre actors playing any of the parts, reasoning that it would be easier to get comic actors to "learn" sci-fi tropes than vice-versa. (His ''Ghostbusters'' castmate Sigourney Weaver disagreed, remarking that genre actors knew best how to take apart their own genre.) When Creator/TimAllen was cast, Ramis left the project. After seeing the film, Ramis said he was ultimately impressed with Allen's performance.
68	** According to Creator/SigourneyWeaver, the film was originally rated R, and included a ''sex scene''. All of this was taken out to make it a more marketable family-comedy, but if you watch closely, you can see the over-dubbed swears.
69	** Creator/KieranCulkin, Creator/EddieKayeThomas and Creator/TomEverettScott auditioned for Brandon.
70	** Creator/DavidAlanGrier was the second choice for Webber.
71	** Creator/PaulRudd auditioned for a role.
72	** Writer Bob Gordon was working on the script for a sequel but decided not to pitch it because he disliked how the studio forced the final cut to be trimmed and toned down.
73	** Jason's first trip to the ''Protector'' was intended to be much more ambiguous, with the scene transitioning from him falling asleep in the limo to waking up on the ship and then getting the big reveal when he is shot through space. The shot of the limo being "beamed up" was added later to make it more clear.
74	** Alan Dane was going to be the main bad guy, but was changed for being too unbelievable.
75	* WordOfStPaul: According to Creator/TonyShalhoub, his FantasticallyIndifferent performance as Fred Kwan was inspired by rumors of Creator/DavidCarradine being constantly stoned during the production of ''Series/{{Kung Fu\|1972}}''.
76	* WorkingTitle: ''Captain Starshine''.

Context Trivia / GalaxyQuest