I was referring to Sarris’ ship, which was not, as far as I know, based on the historical documents, so presumably it was designed to be operated by Thermians. And my guess is that previous Thermian space ships were also designed to their needs. It’s just the Protector that was designed for humans.
Sarris is not a Thermian.
Stranger
Okay. Good point.
This reminds me of my favorite quote:
“Hey guys, there’s a red-thingy moving toward the green-thingy.”
“What?”
“Red-thingy moving toward the green-thingy. I think we’re the green-thingy.”
That chompers scene is so perfect – it’s set up to be difficult for no reason. I now notice things like that in other movies – there’s a similar thing in Rogue 1, and when my friend saw it first, he said, watch for the chompers scene. When it showed up, I knew exactly what he meant (one of the characters had to exit some pipe which kept opening and closing for no particular reason).
In the 2009 J.J. Abrams Star Trek reboot, there is a scene where Kirk and Scotty transport across interstellar space onto the Enterprise (using a device that Scotty just invented because that isn’t an arbitrary plot contrivance), and for some reason Scotty transports into a system of transparent water-filled tubes terminating in a big Ninja blender setup because….well, because I assume Abrams opined that viewers needed a big comedic action scene at this point. When the blade-thing came on screen, I turned to the friend beside me and said, “Straight into the chompers!” I recall walking out of the movie observing that I enjoyed it a lot more when it was called Galaxy Quest. Seriously, that entire film (and the Abrams sequels) were unironically composed of all of the tropes that Galaxy Quest so effectively skewered. They were just so dumb.
Stranger
OK, but still tons of fun, at least the first one. I don’t remember much about the next two.
I might have asked this before here, but are their other movies in the Three Amigos/Galaxy Quest/Tropic Thunder genre?
I thought it was painfully dumb (and I’m pretty critical about how some of the best loved original Star Trek movies are kind of stupid), badly written with a bent toward fan service in lieu of a comprehensible plot, and surprisingly bad performances despite having a good cast. I would watch Galaxy Quest any day of the week instead of having to watch that movie again.
It’s not a great movie but My Name is Bruce is a fun little romp with B-movie horror icon Bruce Campbell is mistaken for Ash from the Evil Dead movies and forced to fight and actual horror.
Stranger
The Last Starfighter? Or Ender’s Game, to a lesser chance extent.
Neither are played for comedy like the other mentioned, though.
That’s a pretty cool idea. Although it sounds like he knows that he’s not in a movie the whole time, whereas the other movies start with actors thinking they’re playing a part.
Given the popularity and success of Galaxy Quest, I wonder why the writers or director weren’t hired for Star Trek.
Hmmm…The Man Who Knew Too Litle?
Yeah, sounds close enough.
Going even further, in a way, is the Nicholas Cage movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. He plays (sort of) himself getting caught up in international intrigue.
So, two things about this.
I could have sworn there was a late '70s/early '80s martial arts comedy called “My Name is Bruce?” that featured a guy who is mistaken for Bruce Lee, but I can’t find anything about it in Google.
But also, when I Googled “My Name is Bruce?” one of the results was this AI generated “summary”:
Edit: Found it, it was They Call Me Bruce?
Ever see A Bug’s Life?
I did, probably when it came out? I don’t remember it having a similar theme.
Really? Performers who were (mistakenly) recruited as warriors?
ETA: I haven’t seen Tropic Thunder, but from context, I’m making an assumption.
“A Bugs Life” is a parody of “Seven Samurai.”
Tropic Thunder is just like Three Amigos and Galaxy Quest, in that at first, they are a bunch of actors who think they’re doing a movie or a scene or whatever, but it turns out the situation is real.