So what's the appeal?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Galaxy Quest
The_Eighth_Passenger — 10 years ago(June 10, 2015 01:02 PM)
This has been on my watch list for years but only just round to it. Don't normally bother with these kind of posts but I am genuinely amazed at the culty geeky love this film gets. I quite like an underrated nerd comedy such as Mystery Men or Fanboys (Super too, it's one of my fave comedies) but I found Galaxy Quest to be almost utterly without merit. Not a single laugh, honestly. The most interesting thing for me was noticing Weaver's dubbed F Bomb then googling what that was all about.
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myk-harwood — 10 years ago(July 01, 2015 03:56 PM)
I don't think that that's what they meant - just that it's the type of humour that simply doesn't mesh with some people.
Like, I love Elvis and think it would be the cutest thing in the world to dress my little sister's baby up like him, with a spangly jumpsuit and tiny sideburns and stuff She on the other hand prefers stuff like Snow Patrol or Travis and thinks that putting a wig on her baby would be stupid and immature.
There's nothing I could say that would get her to understand why it would be funny - it simply can't be explained to her. She's not less (or more) intelligent than me, she's not bereft of a sense of humour - it's just that our ideas of what is and isn't funny don't really meet.
Myk
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king_of_bob — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 09:49 AM)
If you think Big Bang Theory is a good comedy, then yes to everything else.
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Alek_Hidell — 10 years ago(June 28, 2015 12:40 PM)
I'm assuming that you haven't seen much, if any, of the original Star Trek then. Or, you just don't have much of a sense of humor and don't recognize jokes when they are made.
I'm just a patsy!
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LadyCatherine — 10 years ago(July 08, 2015 08:41 PM)
Part of the appeal for me was the convention. I grew up going to Trek cons and, boy, I rrecognize a lot of people in the kids at the cons.
It's a cute, fun, popcorn film. I don't always feel like dissecting Metropolis.
I refuse to be outwitted by a 2-dimensional character in a cheap romantic thriller! -
poem — 10 years ago(September 11, 2015 06:37 AM)
shrugs
Well then obviously its not for you.
I cant watch Galaxy Quest without laughing, well, most of the time. Of course some scenes arent supposed to be funny. But many are.
And the main reason why the movie is so great is that the actors are so great and the characters are so well fleshed out.
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minuetone — 10 years ago(September 12, 2015 05:17 PM)
Part of the appeal is how real each of the actors are played.
I can relate to their disappointment and frustration and need to be appreciated.
So when they are faced with the ridiculous predicaments during their unwanted adventure, they react the way I would.
The WTF makes me laugh out loud in recognition.
Of course I am not being chased by a giant rock, or almost crushed by big chompy things, but it doesn't matter, the emotions are the same.
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Gourry Gabriev — 10 years ago(January 04, 2016 07:28 PM)
The movie is a total parody of the entire Star Trek franchise, including the conventions, the resurrection of the series, and the fan base. If you know the serieses and movies you can see the attention to putting all the show references into the movie. The convention scenes were spot on. Having attended many a Creation Entertainment convention over the years ( I always used to go to the Thanksgiving weekend convention in NYC ) before they sold out and went corporate and ruined it. Galaxy Quest is to Star Trek as what Spaceballs is to Star Wars. Both movies are great parodies of the genre.
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TheInvisibleGirl1985 — 10 years ago(January 12, 2016 09:44 AM)
I don't find Mystery Men all that funny. I find Galaxy Quest hilarious. It's really just a matter of personal taste and opinion.
If someone doesn't like a film or doesn't find it funny, explaining it to them rarely does anything to change their opinion. -
flyerzzrul — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 10:05 PM)
I watched this often when it first came on HBO, and my late wife (girlfriend at the time) watched it with me once. She never cared for sci-fi or silly comedy so there was no reason for her to like it. I could see her holding back laughter but she eventually gave up, laughed hysterically and admitted liking it
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Elemenoh — 10 years ago(January 15, 2016 05:47 PM)
Because it was made at a time when geek and nerd culture were NOT okay with most of the public. This film was one of the first love-letters to nerdism that saw the light of day.
You're using 2015's attitudes to judge a film that celebrated something which wouldn't become acceptable until a decade after its release.
This post is like somebody showing up to a 'Halloween' board and complaining that it's a slasher cliche, when it's the reason the cliche exists in the first place.