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Take the cast of a cancelled sci-fi cult classic (Tim
Allen, Sigorney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shaloub) and
mix them with REAL aliens that believe the show was REAL
and have based their entire culture around the show and
you have the perfect recipe for a very funny character driven
comedy. In "Galaxy Quest" Tim Allen plays the role of a
washed up actor who along with his cast mates have made
a living on the Science Fiction Convention circuit since
his show was cancelled over a decade before. Believing that
the aliens are fans making an offer for him to perform on
the side for them, he accepts the job only to discover that
he has to battle a nasty alien that has tortured and pursued
the Thermaines for years. Suddenly the cast of a fictional
show find themselves having to become real heroes. ***
Why "Galaxy Quest" didn't explode at the box office
is beyond me; it's the funniest, best written comedy of
its decade. Yep, of its decade. Perhaps the Trekkies didn't
like having "Star Trek" made fun of and that's why the film
didn't do as well as it should but either way this is a
terrific film that was overlooked by most people when it
was released. ---
Image & Sound:
This new edition has a stellar transfer that looks terrific.
I'm hoping that this DVD edition is a preview of what we
might see in a Blu-ray edition of the film. Colors are more
accurate. Reds tended to bleed a bit and detail is improved
over the original version released on home video nearly
a decade ago. ***
The 5.1 mix sounds terrific as well although curiously
the DTS mix is missing this time around. ---
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