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[edit] "Nesmeth"

I may be wrong on the connection, but Tim Allen's character was named "Jason Nesmeth." In Toy Story, when Allen's character Buzz Lightyear realizes that he is a toy, he ends up in a tea party with some dolls. When Woody finds him, Buzz proclaims: "I am Mrs. Nesmeth! See the hat?" I'm adding it, but if I am wrong, please remove it.

Damn, I wish I picked that up. Nice find. My guess is Tim Allen probably made the name up for the captain role, Nesmeth being his choice for favorite made up name (either he also made up the name for Toy Story, or he really liked the name that the Toy Story writers came up with). I don't see how the 2 Nesmeth's would be unrelated and just coincidance, Nesmeth being an uncommon name. I also don't see the Galaxy Quest writers choosing the name from Toy Story, without some form of input from Tim Allen. Rewt241
The name in Toy Story is Nesbitt, not Nesmith. See the Talk entry below. Jordan Brown 05:54, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beryllium sphere's purpose

I love this movie (to the extent that we made thermion outfits for a fancy dress once :). I've always pondered what the beryllium sphere was actually for. Reading around, a number of possibilities for this are:

The reason I wonder is mainly because beryllium is an unusual material and is very toxic to handle, so they NSEA designers must have had some special reasons for such an exotic material. The fact that an alien race produced a suitable replacement indicates it is practically a commodity in spacefaring communities. Is there any data connecting the performance of beryllium spheres with that of transparent aluminium? njh 10:01, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I always saw the beryllium sphere as a counterpart to Star Trek's dilithium crystals. -- Hawaiian717 08:56, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
I have the answer... the Beryllium sphere (drum roll) is for a Plot device! It's a movie, people. TheHYPO 09:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
Holy moly, I think TheHYPO has got it!
Atlant 12:03, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is Galaxy Quest a time travel movie?

Although I've seen Galaxy Quest some three or four times, I must have missed the time travel aspect to it. Would anyone mind if I removed Galaxy Quest from the category on time travel movies? Can someone refresh my memory about the time travel aspect to this film?

It's near the very end, they jump back in time a whole 13 seconds, if I remember correctly. (EmiOfBrie 17:59, 22 January 2006 (UTC))
Commander Peter Quincy Taggart: Activate the Omega 13.
Atlant 19:16, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Enough time to correct a single mistake. njh 23:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
It is a time travel film in a way, but technically it isn't: the omega 13 reorders the matter in the universe to a previous state, so no real time trivel is involved. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.222.81.16 (talk) 21:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reaction

I think it's better to have the section in which the Star Trek actors talk about Galaxy Quest named something along the lines of Reaction From Star Trek Regulars. I think it makes it a bit clearer what the section is for.
JesseG 06:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Totally agree. The film pokes fun at both Star Trek, and the whole Star Trek following / cult, but actually pays a lot of respect to both while still being funny. The "straight" story (as if it was really an episode of Galaxy Quest) was good in and of itself. However, they really triumph when the actors get "in character" and pull together, though none of it would have been possible with the fanbase that is obsessed with the details of the world of Galaxy Quest. The world of science fiction fantasy was made real by both the combination of the actors and the fans (and of course, the producers, writers, etc.). Essentially, skills like using the digital conveyor worked because the actor created the movements needed, as did the controls for the ship. But the skills of the fans made it possible for them to get to the right locations and perform the right sequences of moves.

[edit] The Thermians/Mathesar/Enrico Colantoni

IMHO, this otherwise fine article is sadly deficient due to the complete lack of any reference to Enrico Colantoni's amazing performance as the Thermian leader Mathesar, probably the best piece of acting in the movie (at the very least, he ties with Allen for Best in Show). Obviously, showering praise on Colantoni would violate NPOV, but he needs to be in there for the article to be really complete. The fact that his character's name is clearly a shout-out to Richard Matheson would seem to provide a decent excuse to mention him in the article. I may add something myself, but if anyone else wants to do the honors (since I may not get around to it for a bit) they should feel free to do so.Andrewjnyc 14:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] NPOV?

I read the article and it really doesn't seem NPOV, hence the tag there now. With lines like "The tiny details that the prop department came up with are amazing."(See Trivia for that line) through out, does anyone else think some things should be edited?4.136.159.166 19:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Suggest merge of NSEA Protector

I have suggested the merge of that article into this one. Basically that article is a collection of:

  • a linking of what the ship is and that it's from this film
  • two unproven theories ("the Protector's registration number...ostensibly alludes to some sort of similar space federation", "...believed to stand for Not The Enterprise."
  • an uncited fact ("The shape of the ship is based on the combadges...in Star Trek: The Next Generation.")
  • some meager statistics.
  • a picture.

I submit that the actual legitimate contents of this article, if they are worth more than a trivia section mention in this article, could easily go in a Protector subsection of this article. TheHYPO

[edit] Plot

The plot needs to include more than just the beginning and middle, it should include the end.

[edit] Irwin Allen rock and roll

I removed this name for a technique for simulating an explosion's effect. I really like it, but I can't find any mention of it. --Kizor 17:52, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I did a quick search[1] and found a couple of sources that seem to back up the name.[2][3] (use your browser's "find" feature and tell it to look for "rock" on those pages) EVula 18:31, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
That's an egg on my face, then. Thank you for the sources. --Kizor 08:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bah!

Parody?

Do the people who wrote this actually know what a parody is!?

bah.

Blue Spider 08:42, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, the Galaxy Quest TV series is a parody of Star Trek; I don't see what the problem is. Oh, and new comment go at the top. --Chris Griswold (☎☓)

[edit] Quellek death scene

Added "Quellek death scene" reference to the references section. I'm suprised I'm the only one that picked that up. Except for the wording the scene plays very closely to the DS9 episode. The overall concept is identical, even the camera shots and how the actors are positioned to each other. The characters (Odo-Lazarus, Quellek-Weyoun) are also close in appearance. Rewt241

Checking the dates, the DS9 episode aired before the script was written. DS9 being the only Star Trek series airing at the time, I would guess the writers were watching it for research/material purposes. Rewt241

[edit] Uncensored version?

I could have sworn the first time I saw the movie (on Canadian stations CityTV or Space) Weaver's "Fuck that!" wasn't censored. It really stood out to me when I heard it changed to "Screw that!" while watching it on American stations like TBS. It seems that the Region 1 DVD also contains this edit, but is this true of other releases world wide? Merc 2k 02:56, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reaction quotes section to WikiQuotes?

Seems to me that the "reaction quotes" section belongs in WikiQuotes, with a summary (they liked it) here.

Thoughts?

Jordan Brown 20:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Boobs vs Breasts

I understand the general desire to avoid, um, informal wording, but the actual quote from the movie uses "boobs" and so it doesn't seem inappropriate here. Perhaps it should be in the form of a quote, e.g.:

Like them, she also wears a highly form-fitting uniform (she complains that her TV Guide interview consisted of "six paragraphs about my boobs and how they fit into my suit").

"breasts" seems too clinical here.

Jordan Brown 19:53, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

If the quotes uses "boobs", then it shouldn't be changed. Informal language is to be avoided in the article, not quotes. EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] reference removal

i removed the reference about toy story because the name was incorrect, buzz thinks his name is mrs nesbitt, not mrs nesmith —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.112.63.76 (talk • contribs) 07:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC).

Thanks. Jordan Brown 08:04, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
I double-checked the DVD and indeed the name in Toy Story is Nesbitt, not Nesmith. In addition, even if the names matched the connection is tenuous enough that without a citable reference it's WP:OR. Jordan Brown 05:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Di Marco's Bra reference

Under the References to Star Trek section there is a reference made to Di Marco accidentally gets her shirt unbuttoned, exposing her bra as parodying the unnecessary and flagrant use of sex appeal in action scenes in Star Trek, however the deleted scenes clearly show her "undoing" her top to distract an aliens and instructing the computer to close the doors, thereby killing them. Not really "accidental" at all. This does question having the reference in that section as it's not parodying anything, The reason her bra was exposed is due to the scene being cut from the movie and the scene thereafter has her blouse open due to continuity reasons. Bain (talk) 15:12, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fan fiction reference?

"The plot also echoes a fan fiction story published in the 1980s (Star Trek: The New Voyages) where the plot device includes a misadventure of the Star Trek-series actors (Shatner, Nimoy, and Nichols) when they are inadvertently beamed into the real U.S.S. Enterprise -- exchanging places with the 'real' Kirk, Spock and Uhura who are simultaneously transported to the set of the Star Trek series."

Is this a well-known piece of fan fiction? If not, why is it mentioned here? Did its author edit this page? (And even if it is well-known, what's the contention--that GQ "stole" the story?) To say nothing of the fact that what's described here ISN'T actually that similar to GQ's plot. A fictional crew trading places with their real-life counterparts is different from actors being mistaken for the genuine article and being transported into a world similar to the one their characters inhabit. And of course GQ's plot only follows the fish out of water reversal in one direction; there's no "flip side" where the real crew is transported into the artificial world. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.107.0.73 (talk) 17:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

This may refer to Star Trek: The New Voyages and its sequel. I dimly remember reading one of those a million years ago, but don't have it now so I can't check. However, it's the right name, roughly the right timeframe, and those books are compilations of fan fiction. Jordan Brown 07:08, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lazarus quote

I believe it's Grabthar's hammer, not Gramthar's hammer, but I don't have time right now to check the DVD. Jordan Brown 07:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

I confirm it is "by Grabthar's Hammer" ....what a savings. :) Enigma3542002 05:07, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Robert Gordon

I don't think that Robert Gordon was a writer on this film, as it says in the article, or else the link is wrong.

[edit] The Other Dave Howard

Currently the link for Dave Howard's name leads to an article on a baseball player.

Possibly, that is a different person.

Ordinary Person 08:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion to improve the article

I think it is possible that the trivia section, elements of it can be converted into a 'development' or 'production' section. Similar things have been done to other film articles. Enigma3542002 05:06, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference or Coincidence?

I'm seeing what appears to be a fair amount of coincidental information in the References to Star Trek and other shows and trivia sections. For example:

  • In 1998, actor Peter Jurasik (famous for playing Londo Mollari on the science fiction show Babylon 5) wrote Diplomatic Act with William H. Keith, Jr. It is a science fiction novel where the lead character, an actor in a science fiction show, is kidnapped by aliens who think him to actually be his character from the program. The book is similar in tone and story to Galaxy Quest, which was released one year later.
  • The Thermians take the Galaxy Quest TV show as the basis for their entire society, as in the TOS episode, "A Piece of the Action," where aliens copy gangland Chicago after a book describing it is accidentally left behind, and the TNG episode "The Royale" where aliens construct a false reality based on a casino-themed novel for an astronaut whom they accidentally stranded on their planet.
  • etc

I'll start cleaning this up soon. Just a heads up. Gh5046 05:19, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 'T-Race'

It seems to me that almost every species mentioned begins with the letter T and, at least most, end in '-ian' parodying the apparently accidental predilection of the Star Trek writers to do the very same. Would someone like to verify this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.31.109.145 (talk) 20:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

You mean like Vulcan, Romulan, Telarite, Klingon? Only -ian race I can think of is Tholian.Olivertownshend (talk) 09:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
There's also Andorian. And others. —WWoods (talk) 19:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Omega 13?

i was watching the movie and measured the amount of time after the Protector exits the black hole to the activation of the Omega 13 device. The time is way more than 13 seconds...someone please confirm. I want to know if i should add this to the article. Thanks Matthew 19:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

they stretched the time out in editing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 19:03, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

In real-time (our perspective), the scene lasted 1 minute and 6 seconds from the time Sarris fired the first shot to the time Jason hit the Omega 13 switch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CookyMonzta (talk • contribs) 09:17, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

More movie math, obviously. Matthew is now MysteryMan (talk) 17:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another Star Trek Reference

Just a thought, but when the actor who plays the alien is down on the surface, he holds his little "tricorder" device upside down for a few moments. Could this possibly be reference to the actors who actually did this in the Star Trek Show, on accident. It was mostly extras or people who didn't use a tricorder. Examples I can think of off the top of my head are TNG "Silicon Avatar" and DS9 "Starship Down." Is this an actual connection, or am I just looking for one... --Nmajmani (talk) 20:15, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

It's most likely coincidental, unless in the DVD commentary, or some other source from a director/write/actor, indicates otherwise. Gh5046 (talk) 20:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References to Star Trek and other shows section

There is no need for this section to point out every single reference to Star Trek, etc.; this isn't a fansite. It's pretty obvious that this film is full of such references. Most of the section can go, particularly the ones that speculate on links to various episodes/movies (the rock monster stuff being an example), with no sources at all.--Drat (Talk) 11:18, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Will the aspect ratio change be restored on Blu-Ray?

Having only seen the film on video and DVD, I was unaware of the aspect ratio change that could be seen in theaters and I'm now wondering if it'll be restored for a possible future Blu-Ray release. (HD-DVD too if the format hadn't died.) While the article indicates it's not present on DVD, should it note that it may exist if and when it's available on Blu-Ray, or should we just wait and see? According to my search, Galaxy Quest was released to HD D-VHS some time ago and has been shown on Cinemax in HD. Was the aspect ratio change restored for either of those presentations? Should the article note those presentations? And what about future HD VOD, such as via the iTunes Store? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.254.119.181 (talk) 02:35, 10 April 2008 (UTC)