# Never give up, never surrender **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613 "2001-11-10T10:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/1 "2001-11-10T10:07:00Z")
Ok, it’s 5 AM and I just got done watching Galaxy Quest for the 4th or 5th time. What a great movie (and that’s not just the beers talking). I love it. Any other sci-fi fans out there got a place in their hearts for Galaxy Quest? As much as it is a parody, it also shows exactly what sci-fi is there for. Not only that, but I’m pretty sure you can see Tim Allen’s little friend early on in the movie, but again, that may just be the beers. So, let’s hear it for the best science fiction movie to come out since Gattaca. Hip hip horray!!! Oh, and another great line: “What are you doing?!?!?!? Is there air out there?? You don’t know!!!??!?!?!?” _breathing noises_ “Seems okay” ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/2 "2001-11-10T13:32:54Z")
**Eonwe** , pour us a beer, and I’ll happily sit here and watch it with you. Great movie! ---
**Author:** ![Winkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Winkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winkie)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/3 "2001-11-10T14:02:03Z")
_(Winkie frantically writes “Galaxy Quest DVD” on Christmas list …)_ Love it, love it, love it! Most often quoted line in my house: That was a hell of a thing. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/4 "2001-11-10T14:52:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Look, I have _one_ job on this lousy ship. It’s _stupid_, but I’m gonna do it, _OK_? > [@](#): > > Did you guys ever _watch_ show? > [@](#): > > Sorry, I was – door was a little sticky. Did you see that? I’ll get one of my boys up here with a can of WD-40. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/5 "2001-11-10T14:59:06Z")
Not only that, but the flick caused hysterical giggling in this household during the first episode of “Enterprise”. The scene of the shuttlepod carrying Archer to his new ship in spacedock just _had_ to include scraping it, didn’t it? Another case of art imitating parody. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/6 "2001-11-10T15:04:43Z")
Ohhhhh . . . that’s not _ **right!** _ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/7 "2001-11-10T15:26:25Z")
“Did you think ‘Gilligan’s Island’ was _real_?” [sobbing] “Those poor people!” ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/8 "2001-11-10T21:23:23Z")
“We gotta get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!” God, I love that movie. But **Eonwe** , why do you think you saw Tim Allen’s “little friend?” I wanna see, too! 🙂 Sheri ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/9 "2001-11-10T21:26:34Z")
Best damn Star Trek movie since Khan. “By Grapthar’s hammer…[sub]sigh[/sub]the savings.” ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/10 "2001-11-10T21:26:56Z")
Absolutely wonderful movie, woefully underappreciated, badly marketed, deserves much better. VERY funny, VERY sweet. stoid ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/11 "2001-11-10T22:20:50Z")
“ohhh, that’s sick!” (Not a good line, but a great line to say." And Signourney’s comment about why they build those damn traps deep in the spaceship was worth the price of the ticket. “Galaxy Quest” and “Zoolander” are two of the best comedies I’ve seen in the last year, except for Ewan McGregor warbling “Your Song” in “Moulin Rouge.” ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/12 "2001-11-11T07:51:55Z")
“Just like Mother used to make.” This was the only movie that literally caused tears of laughter to roll down my cheeks several times. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/13 "2001-11-11T08:09:57Z")
Well, I had to love the movie for no other reason than Alan Rickman. He’s enough for me! ---
**Author:** ![xcheopis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xcheopis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xcheopis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/14 "2001-11-11T08:29:01Z")
I loved this movie for many, many reasons but one of the best is: _tong!_ The noise the mines made when they’d hit the ship and bounce off never fails to get a laugh. But, yes, Alan Rickman was a draw. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/15 "2001-11-11T13:22:17Z")
Sam Rockwell’s(Guy) scream after they were transported from the mall to the ship is one of the all-time funniest moments in screen history! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/16 "2001-11-11T15:21:40Z")
Much credit to Tony Shalhoub for an outstanding role … “Um… just thought I’d let you know that they’re telling me… ah, that the engine’s can’t take much more. Just, ya know, FYI.” - Rick ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/17 "2001-11-11T16:36:13Z")
pesch wrote: > [@](#): > > And Signourney’s comment about why they build those damn traps deep in the spaceship was worth the price of the ticket. “THAT EPISODE WAS POORLY WRITTEN!!” Incidentally, remember when they were about to jump through the traps, and Sigourney Weaver blurted out, “Screw this!” If you look at her while she’s saying this, you can tell her mouth is actually saying, “Fuck this!” I guess the producers decided at the last minute that they wanted to release the movie with a PG rating instead of PG-13. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/18 "2001-11-11T17:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Absolutely wonderful movie, woefully underappreciated, badly marketed, deserves much better. VERY funny, VERY sweet. Not by the science fiction world – it won both Hugos (voted by the fans) and Nebula (voted by the writers). The film did fairly well at the box office, too: $41 million to make, $71 million in the U.S. Few recent movies have made me laugh so loudly. And the DVD bonus tracks are actually worth seeing. (Along with the Thermian-dubbed version 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/19 "2001-11-11T18:18:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Incidentally, remember when they were about to jump through the traps, and Sigourney Weaver blurted out, “Screw this!” If you look at her while she’s saying this, you can tell her mouth is actually saying, “Fuck this!” I guess the producers decided at the last minute that they wanted to release the movie with a PG rating instead of PG-13. My understanding is that that was actually the intention from the start, for her lips to not match her words. Just one more subtle joke. Few are the parodies that can stand as good movies in their own right, but _Galaxy Quest_ was assuredly one of them. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613/20 "2001-11-12T00:00:12Z")
Count me in on he **Galaxy Quest** bandwagon – not only is it funny as hell, not only is it a dead-on parody of its target, but it manages to entertain without (IMO) shredding _Star Trek_ or its fans, and it gives the characters a good dose of heart. The cast and the fans may take things a bit too seriously, but when push comes to shove, they manage to pull through and do the right thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender/92613.md?page=2)