[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is one of my all-time favorite films! Cheers! Amy
>I had the pleasure of watching "Galaxy Quest" yesterday (it was on > satellite). > > A spoof of the original Star Trek series and the twenty years its > stars spent in the acting wilderness, appearing at comicons and > supermarket openings, "Quest" is delightful in its many conceits. The > main conceit is right out of the "Star Trek" playbook: an benign alien > race has intercepted television transmissions of the original "Galaxy > Quest" program and has misinterpreted them as "historical documents." > They have recreated everything from the series and have come to > retrieve the original cast members to save them from annihilation at > the hands of the Sarris, a scaly-skinned evil-doer. > > "Galaxy Quest" is clever and amusing and makes great use of its > excellent cast which includes Tim Allen as the starship commander, > Sigourney Weaver as the hot communications officer, Alan Rickman as > the alien science officer, Tony Shalhoub as the head of engineering, > Daryl Mitchell as the child navigator who has since grown into a man > and Sam Rockwell as the crewman with no last name who always gets > killed. As they have proven in other venues, Richman and Shalhoub are > superb in their respective parts. > > Trivia note 1: Mathesar, the eternally blissed alien leader, is played > by Enrico Colatoni - Keith (Veronica Mars' daddy) from the "Veronica > Mars" series. > > Trivia note 2: "Galaxy Quest" also marks the first big screen > appearance of Justin Long, the Mac guy from the Apple Computer ads. > Long plays a teenage "Galaxy Quest" fanatic who's encyclopedic > knowledge of the show's arcane details plays an integral part in > saving the day. > > I have seen "Galaxy Quest" many times and still find it a pleasant way > to salt away a couple of hours. > > ~rave! > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1335 - Release Date: 3/19/2008 > 9:54 AM > >
