Galaxy Quest "R" version

[Lindley]

the poor guy who played the alien clearly considers his fandom to be composed of idiots.

Enrico Colantoni looked like he was having a great time. He was fantastic on Veronica Mars too.

 

[Daneel]

the poor guy who played the alien clearly considers his fandom to be composed of idiots.

Enrico Colantoni looked like he was having a great time. He was fantastic on Veronica Mars too.

I'm pretty sure Dennis was referring to the character played by Alan Rickman.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Yeah, I meant "Alexander Dane" - his behavior toward the fans at the conventions and "big box" store openings is one of grim forebearance punctuated by explosive frustration.

 

[DarthPipes]

Back when IGN was Filmforce, they had an interview with the Galaxy Quest writer David Howard. Here's the link...

http://movies.ign.com/articles/035/035850p1.html

IGN is almost impossible to go into anymore due to webpage problems.

Unfortuneately, the last page of the interview is unavailable but Gordon stated they had a PG and PG-13 version of the movie. The PG-13 version had more language and you can see at least two instances in the film where the original dialogue is overdubbed.

I think Galaxy Quest is fine how it is. It's a legitimately funny movie.

Here is the piece that you thought was missing:

http://movies.ign.com/articles/035/035852p1.html

jeff

Thanks!

Here's the question and answer on the subject...

PLUME: I've heard that the film had sequences that were harder edged and more intense than what we saw in theaters -- but these scenes were cut out to make it less serious.


HOWARD: That's true. I understand there were two factions: one that wanted to make it more edgy and hip, and another -- who wanted to make it more family friendly, and I don't mean that in a pejorative sense. I really think they made the right choice, because I think it's sophisticated enough so that adults enjoy it on a different level than other people do. But they did make a deliberate choice to tone some of the violence down and take some of the language out. If you watch closely, you can sometimes see where their lips don't exactly say what words come out.

 

[stonester1]

In the R rated version, you see Ms. Weaver's nips.

 

[Gepard]

Don't tease us so.

 

[davejames]

This is one instance when I think they were right to go in a more innocent, family-friendly direction. Just seems like a better fit with the story and the more optimistic spirit of the original Trek.

What's optimism got to do with anything? You can't be raunchy and optomistic at the same time?

Only in puritanical America...

Hey I love edgy, R-rated humor. I just don't think it was really necessary in this case (which is proven by just how beloved this film already is by scifi fans).

And plus, even in this version the characters already come across as much more edgy and real than their innocent Trek counterparts. We don't need to hear a bunch of swearing to know that these are a bunch of vain, shallow, and stuck up characters.

 

[newtontomato539]

:Seeing Siggy's pic:

I

Am

Not

A

Lesbian!

Noope. Nothing to see here. . .

Could everyone leave so I could compose myself?

 

[HIjol]

...sounds to me like the lovely 'Gornee was having fun at someone's expense...I agree that the possibility of a cut like that just does not feel right...that said, I would love to see a deleted scene of the good Tech Sergeant toking it up with the lads in engineering...

 

[HIjol]

...sounds to me like the lovely 'Gornee was having fun at someone's expense...I agree that the possibility of a cut like that just does not feel right...that said, I would love to see a deleted scene of the good Tech Sergeant toking it up with the lads in engineering...

 

[bigdaddy]

Two years too late...

 

[publiusr]

I wish we'd gotten the R-rated version. It might have done decent business.

The stuff they cut out, particularly Weaver's character vamping for the lizard guys, is hysterical and would have worked really well in the movie.

I think it might have slowed the movie down . Shortening the deal of the rock-thing "what's its motivation" speech I think also made for a tighter movie.

Galaxy Quest is perfect as is. Now if a sequel was made, I might have the omitted scenes as flashbacks in how they remember what went on.