The Serenity/Galaxy Quest connection by chrisisall

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The Serenity/Galaxy Quest connection

POSTED BY: CHRISISALL
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 15:38
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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:00 AM

...Other than David Newman doing the music for both.

Does the end of Galaxy Quest seem a lot like the ending of Serenity to you?

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Our heroes are being dropped left and right; all seems to be lost, then a miracle saves them all!

Now, Joss must have seen this movie, do y'all think it maybe influenced him just a bit?

But even if it didn't, it's a movie all good Browncoats should see!

Taggart Chrisisall

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:07 AM

CARTOON

I thoroughly enjoyed "Galaxy Quest" -- saw it in the theatre, and watch it everytime it's on TV, and I never saw that parallel before.

Maybe it's just a coincidence.

Although, everyone draws (consciously or not) from everything we've experienced previously, so it's possible.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:27 AM

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

When it comes to a Serenity sequel (or a Firefly Season 2) I do find myself screaming NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER SURRENDER a lot

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:31 AM

SAB39

Galaxy Quest ends with a new series getting made...

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:33 AM

MATTCOZ

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Does the end of Galaxy Quest seem a lot like the ending of Serenity to you?

Yes, but not for the reason you stated.

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I'm referring to them bringing the Reavers and in Galaxy Quest them dragging the mines.

Not like they're the only ones to ever use that though.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:41 AM

GIXXER

Only one definite parallel...

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How about being rescued with the aid of a load of geeks who know more about the series than is strictly healthy?

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:45 AM

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The geek kids! I so loved them.

"It's all real"
"I KNEW IT!"

LOL

I need to dig out that DVD again!

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:46 AM

MATTCOZ

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Originally posted by Gixxer:
Only one definite parallel...
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How about being rescued with the aid of a load of geeks who know more about the series than is strictly healthy?

HA! Nice.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2006 6:51 AM

CARTOON

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Originally posted by Gixxer:
Only one definite parallel...

LOL

I must be getting old. How could miss should obvious parallels?

Okay, not getting, but already there...

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Wednesday, March 8, 2006 4:22 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by mattcoz:
Yes, but not for the reason you stated.
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I'm referring to them bringing the Reavers and in Galaxy Quest them dragging the mines.

Whoah. I didn't see that...
Even more similar than I thought.
lol, they're almost the same movie, just different in seriousness!

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Taggart has to fight a rock creature that he can't win against, but DOES, and uses that "monster" against the bad guys!!!

How weird is that?

Chrisisall, in the Twilight Zone

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:31 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Gixxer:
Only one definite parallel...

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How about being rescued with the aid of a load of geeks who know more about the series than is strictly healthy?

Are you callin' us GEEKS??!!??
I'm no GEEK!
*Cradles his Lego Serenity*

Geekisall

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:09 AM

REGINAROADIE

I guess one could see a parallel between the Protector dragging mines behind them and Serenity baiting the Reavers, but it didn't cross my mind when I first watched SERENITY.

I had recently read in a newer sci-fi film book a whole chapter devoted to GALAXY QUEST and all the meta aspects of the movie and how it's one of the few successful sci-fi/comedies out there. I was kinda psyched to read that this movie was deemed worthy of an in depth analysis. Hopefully five years from now, SERENITY will be put under the microscope of film academia if not already.

As per GALAXY QUEST, who thinks Alan Rickman rocks in this movie? It's strange. Alan Rickman's claim to fame is being these bad guys in Hollywood blockbusters, like DIE HARD, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES and the HARRY POTTER movies. But in my mind, I see him as Dr. Lazarus/Alexander Dane from GALAXY QUEST or The Metatron from DOGMA or Marvin the Paranoid Android off of HITCHIKER'S. I see him more as a comic relief in sci-fi/fantasy flicks than as a villain.

Does anyone else seem him as that as well?

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:19 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by sab39:
Galaxy Quest ends with a new series getting made...

And Firefly ended with Serenity getting made.

It keeps gettin' weirder the more I think about it...

By Grabthar's Hammer Chrisisall

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:24 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:

As per GALAXY QUEST, who thinks Alan Rickman rocks in this movie?

Alan is a true actor's actor. Truly, Madly, Deeply (I think that's the title) was the thinking person's Ghost.
And his bad guy in Quigley Down Under made the movie!

But his role in Galaxy Quest is the one I bow to him for.

Benefits of a classical education Chrisisall

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Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:33 PM

SAB39

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And Firefly ended with Serenity getting made.

Nonononono, I said a new series, gorramit!

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Monday, March 13, 2006 5:38 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by sab39:
Quote:
Galaxy Quest ends with a new series getting made...

And Firefly ended with Serenity getting made.

Nonononono, I said a new series, gorramit!

Yeah, it would have been better it that particular similarity was more...er, similar...

To read makes our speaking English better Chrisisall

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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 3:38 PM

GIXXER

Alan Rickman rocks in pretty much anything he cares to appear in.

Good Obadiah Slope years ago. Anyone else as Snape would have have just been annoying.

And on a gratuitous Harry Potter digression, dredge the back of your video cupboards for Tutti Frutti. Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson fronting a legendary Glasgwegian rock band's comeback.

One of the best openings to a series ever. Burying Big Jazza McGlone, The Majestics do an acapella version of "Three Steps to Heaven." Had to wait for Mal to shoot Laurence to beat that as a statement of intent.

Kicking myself for not taping "Your Cheatin' Heart." Tilda Swinton is an absolutely unbelievably good singer.

Eddie Clockerty's PA was Katy Murphy (there is a whole generation of Scots who will fall about if you say "Miss Toner" to them in Victor Meldrew's voice) who appeared in the awesome "Taking Over The Asylum" with my first sighting of David Tennant who gets us almost, but not quite, on topic.

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