# ? about Galaxy Quest **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867 "2025-02-27T13:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/21 "2025-02-28T21:31:25Z")
Do you think I could sit, maybe sign a few autographs? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/22 "2025-02-28T21:35:35Z")
> _Jason Nesmith]: Ok, here’s the plan: first, Fred, we need a diversion to clear these things out of the compound, then Gwen, Alex, Fred and I go down to get the sphere. Any of those things come back Tommy, give a signal. Guy, you set up a perimeter._ > _Gwen DeMarco: Why does this sound so familiar?_ > _Tommy Webber: “Assault on Voltarek III”. Episode 81 I think._ > _Guy Fleegman: We’re doing episode 81?_ > _Tommy Webber: Whatever, the one with the hologram. The wall of fire._ > _Gwen DeMarco: How the hell is Fred supposed to project a hologram?_ > _Guy Fleegman: We’re doing episode 81, Jason?_ > _Jason Nesmith: It doesn’t have to be a hologram, just a diversion._ > _Guy Fleegman: Jason, are we doing episode 81 or not?_ > _Jason Nesmith: It’s a rough plan, Guy, what does it matter if we’re doing episode 81 or not?_ > _Guy Fleegman: BECAUSE I DIED… IN EPISODE 81!_ Stranger ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/23 "2025-02-28T21:53:02Z")
Miners, not minors! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/24 "2025-03-01T00:55:40Z")
My wife is convinced that the movie got a Hugo on the strength of: “It’s all real” “I KNEW IT!” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/25 "2025-03-01T04:29:11Z")
True Facts: When the money people said it had to be PG production people made 2 changes. 1. They changed the audio for the scene where Jason and Gwen faced the clompers. The audio has Gwen saying “Screw this!” but if you can even slightly lip read you can make out what she really said. B. Between the scene where the crew leave the minivan to volunteer for the mission and the scene where they all are transported to the Thermian space dock, they cut the a scene where Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) shared either a hand rolled cigarette or a bong with an attractive female who offered it him. So that explains his calmness and munchies during their adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/26 "2025-03-01T04:35:18Z")
If you enjoyed Galaxy Quest you might enjoy “Never Give Up! Never Surrender!”, a documentary with interviews of fans of GQ, cast members, production staff, a few Star Trek actors, and others. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/27 "2025-03-01T05:53:38Z")
_Well, at least he’s outside_. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/28 "2025-03-01T11:39:03Z")
Yes. It’s terrific ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/29 "2025-03-01T15:23:42Z")
This thread really shows that Galaxy Quest is in that top level comedy club of movies that can not be discussed without turning into everyone sharing favorite moments. High praise. “Guy, you _have_ a last name.” “DO I? DO I? FOR ALL YOU KNOW, I’M JUST CREWMAN #6! mommy! mommy!” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/30 "2025-03-01T15:35:16Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > William Shayner’s review of the movie: I assume everyone caught the typo in this line. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/31 "2025-03-01T16:44:12Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > “Guy, you _have_ a last name.” > > “DO I? DO I? FOR ALL YOU KNOW, I’M JUST CREWMAN #6! mommy! mommy!” _Are we there yet?_ ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/32 "2025-03-01T17:22:37Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > 1. B. Between the scene where the crew leave the minivan to volunteer for the mission and the scene where they all are transported to the Thermian space dock, they cut the a scene where Fred Kwan (Tony Shalhoub) shared either a hand rolled cigarette or a bong with an attractive female who offered it him. So that explains his calmness and munchies during their adventure. _Years_ ago, a friend pointed out that being stoned would explain Fred Kwan’s weird behavior, and that the baggie he was carrying around contained either his edibles or snacks to satisfy the munchies. That explains _so_ much. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/33 "2025-03-01T17:39:54Z")
Kwan’s line “It’s so clean” when first arriving onboard prefigures Monk! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/34 "2025-03-01T17:45:45Z")
It is right there in the script. In the scene where Fred says “_Besides, I have a great idea …_”, Guy responds “_Are you stoned?_”, the irony being that Fred is acting about the least stonedly in the film. One of the best moments, though, is when Gwen and Jason come around the corner and see the chompers. Gwen says “_Screw this!_”, but the second or third time you watch that scene, you notice her mouth is very obviously not forming “screw”. It is just so perfect. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/35 "2025-03-01T17:49:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > _Years_ ago, a friend pointed out that being stoned would explain Fred Kwan’s weird behavior, and that the baggie he was carrying around contained either his edibles or snacks to satisfy the munchies. That explains _so_ much. At one point, he explicitly gets asked if he’s stoned. In a PG-rated comedy, that can be a jokey throwaway line you can say to a guy while knowing full well he _isn’t_ — just like it’s something you can instead ask, with bland sincerity, of a guy who simply _is._ [ninja’d!] ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/36 "2025-03-01T18:04:22Z")
OK, that was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/37 "2025-03-01T18:18:20Z")
I wonder about tte fate of the remaining Thermians. Their planet and the rest of their species are gone. Their battle damaged ship (minus the command deck) is all they have. Do they establish a colony on some new planet? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/38 "2025-03-01T18:51:10Z")
They seem like a very industrious and optimistic lot. I think they’ll figure it out, and of course ‘Jane Doe’ is on Earth to carry on even if the rest of the Thermians punch their ticket flying through a random mine field or are eaten by a cosmic plasma beast. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/39 "2025-03-01T18:57:20Z")
The Thermians must have had incredibly advanced technology, much more advanced than we actually saw in the film, to have been able to manifest _fictional_ technology and make it work exactly as depicted on the _Galaxy Quest_ show. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867/40 "2025-03-01T19:04:41Z")
Definitely. Remember that what was shown in the historical documents was nonsense made up by television writers and set designers and from that, they produced a working ship. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-galaxy-quest/1014867.md?page=3)