Galaxy Quest (DVD, 2000, Widescreen)

Making fun of the original Star Trek series is nothing new. Comedians have been doing it for years! You've seen it done in standup routines as well as skits on various shows. Now comes the 1st feature length motion picture to poke fun at the ground breaking, but low budget vintage space series.

Tim Allen stars as Jason Nesmith, an actor who's only claim to fame is the fact that he played Captian on the long defunct TV series "Galaxy Quest". The show, like the real 'McCoy' has an enormous cult following & Nesmith makes the rounds at conventions with his former crew. Nesmith loves the attention & feeds off the adoration of his fans. His crew is not so enthusiastic. Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone female & is pretty much tired of being ogled by fan boys who only ask her questions about her breasts, Alexander dane (Alan Rickman), a classically trained British actor who once played Shakespeare, is now forced to wear an alien headpiece & must continually spout his catch phrase over & over for the amusement of the fans, Tony Webber (Daryl Mitchell) is a former child star all grown up now whose youthful enthusiasm for the whole business has waned, only Fred Kwan (Tony Shaloub) seems even remotely entertained by the whole business.

One day, at a convention, Nesmith over hears a couple of non fans making fun of him. He realizes that his whole career is a sham & that send him into drunken depression. Nesmith is visited by a group of people he thinks are just fans asking for his help & he agrees to take part in their "little production". He is beamed up to a ship & destroys the bad guy, assuming it's all just a low budget film. He soon finds out it is not fake, these are real aliens & he has just incurred the wrath of a real vicious alien bad guy, General Sarris, who he really didn't destroy! He manages to get his whole crew sucked into this adventure & many hilarious moments take place as Nesmith tries to correct his mistake. There are tons of references to situations from Star Trek both amusing & accurate. Nesmith & crew are placed in many situations that should be horrifying, but end up just being funny!

Any Star Trek fan will surely get a kick out of this satirical look at their favorite TV show! Even casual fans will find this very amusing! & for those of you who have never seen the show at all, this is still a very funny movie! One of Allen's best!