Hostile Trekkies?
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TheManInOil — 13 years ago(May 14, 2012 07:25 PM)
To hate this, I think someone would have to be the worst kind of self-important trekkie out there, and also so humorless and unobservant that you'd fail to see that it's really a kind of love-letter to both Trek and its fans.
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decroissance — 13 years ago(May 31, 2012 12:36 PM)
I don't know why my friend didn't like it. She was so virulent in her hostility toward GQ that I didn't want to pursue the subject. For one thing, I thought she was nuts not to like it, but on the other hand I'd never asked a Trekkie before how they liked GQ, so I didn't know if I was getting into some kind of established argument or what.
We were new acquaintances at the time, and we're not friends anymore! So I don't know what the heck was in her mind. I've been really relieved to see that her opinion is not shared by anyone on this board. She is an unusual person, that's for sure. She's also very young and has had a really hard life. I imagine she'll change her view as she gets older. -
imdb-7676 — 13 years ago(August 02, 2012 10:44 AM)
All the Trek fans I know - including me - loved Galaxy Quest. The more they are into Trekdom, the greater their appreciation of GQ, because they can see and appreciate all those little details which work even better when one can see the reference.
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fraggle40 — 13 years ago(August 04, 2012 03:06 PM)
I used to be quite a trekkie, but love Galaxy Quest. It's so funny, which Star Trek isn't sent out to be. I must admit to not having watched GQ for a few years, but the fact I have my own copy of it means I like it!
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nbreyfogle-1 — 13 years ago(September 24, 2012 06:00 PM)
decroissance: your friend probably mistakenly thought Galaxy Quest was making fun of Star trek, insulting Star Trek. Just my guess.
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Mousuke — 13 years ago(November 18, 2012 06:12 AM)
Just a thought, but as you mention your friend is very young perhaps she is a fan of the Star Trek reboot and just doesn't get TOS or GalaxyQuest.
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MaximumMadness — 13 years ago(December 26, 2012 05:27 PM)
I don't know a single person who dislikes
Galaxy Quest
. And, in fact, the Trekkies I know tend to be the people who are most vocal about
loving
the film. Your friend is the first Trekkie I've ever heard of who dislikes it.
And FURTHERMORE, this is my signature! SERIOUSLY! Did you think I was still talking about my point? -
Keelai — 13 years ago(December 26, 2012 09:04 PM)
I recommended this movie to a fellow Trekkie who then went ballistic. She said she would never watch this movie because it was making fun of Trekkies. She changed her mind and finally watched it a few months later and raved about how great the movie was. Of course, I couldn't resist saying "I told you so."
Another Trekkie friend just found out about this movie and asked me if I saw it and is it any good. Huge thumbs up from me so I guess "Galaxy Quest" is about to soon have another fan. -
klaatoo999 — 13 years ago(December 30, 2012 07:25 AM)
I'm a Trek fan and I like Galaxy Quest. It's a great parody of Star Trek. I didn't find it insulting at all. I think what's really insulting is J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot, which in many ways is a mockery of Star Trek.
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Captain_Augustus_McCrae — 13 years ago(December 30, 2012 04:21 PM)
an open-minded, observant person can learn more about Star Trek by watching Galaxy Quest than by watching any of the TV documentaries narrated by William Shatner.
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HALs_eyeball — 13 years ago(December 31, 2012 05:26 AM)
A bunch of hyper-active absurdly good-looking actors take over the new Protector and try to defend the galaxy from an alien threat. It could be the Millennium Bug. They fail and are saved by Quincy Taggart (still played by Tim Allen) who has fallen through time from 1999.
No, that doesn't sound ridiculous enough!
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scribe1270 — 13 years ago(February 08, 2013 11:43 PM)
I grew up watching Star Trek in the 70's and have seen all of the spin off series and movies and I don't see anything wrong in a spoof of a well loved T.V. show. It's by knowing the show that you are best able to understand the jokes that are presented in the movie. Like how Guy is afraid he's going to be killed because he's the expendable one, or how Dr. Lazarus is holding his scanner (i.e.tricorder) upside down so when he's walking in one direction what he's scanning for is actually in the other direction. They actually had a guest star on one episode of TNG who held the tricorder upside down in one scene. She's seeing revenge against the crystaline entity for the death of her son and is scanning for evidence of it's recent presence on a planet.
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decroissance — 12 years ago(April 11, 2013 04:57 PM)
To my fellow Questarians: I love all these replies. Galaxy Quest is just a great movie.
After reading all these, I have to think that maybe she just didn't see GQ. And like someone said, she assumed it would make fun of Star Trek. Sometimes I see her aroundI'll ask her if I see her again!
I bet she hated the JJ Abrams movie. I liked it okay but not a ton.