The actors of an old sci-fi TV show—now barely scraping a living through re-runs and sci-fi conventions—suddenly find themselves mistaken by an alien race for their TV counterparts, believing that the cast’s heroics are historical documentation of real-life adventures. The aliens turn to the celebrities for help in their quest to overcome an oppressive regime in their solar system.
Welcome to the fifth of six genre hybrids (comedy) we’re covering this year. Galaxy Quest (1999) is what many fans refer to as an unofficial Star Trek film… and rightly so. Aside from the laughs, this film touches on many of the elements that made Trek successful including production details, the actors themselves, and behind-the-scenes gossip. Join us as we discuss these many attributes and the obvious love and respect that went into this homage to the granddaddy of all space operas. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys blasts into space with a novice crew, going where no man has gone before in order to discover that which makes us human.
SHOW LINKS
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Original trailer
- Star Trek TOS
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Alien (1979)
- Aliens (1986)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- Event Horizon (1997)
- The Fifth Element (1997)
- Yessongs
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
- Invaders from Mars (1953)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- The Thing (1982)
- SNL Shatner
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Harlan Ellison
- Men in Black (1997)
- The Mandalorian (2019)
- Star Wars (1977)
- Explorers (1985)
- Babylon 5 (1993)
- The Orville (2017)
- Black Mirror: USS Callister
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