The horror that is Galaxy Quest (rubberhead!Rickman)

[Caius Marcius]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" 
<dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> 
> Amanda wrote:
> > Interesting. I found Galaxy Quest to be one of the funniest 
movies 
> I've ever
> > seen, immediately went out and bought it after I rented it, and 
> did not (at
> > the time) have much familiarity with Alan Rickman. It wasn't for 
> the stars.
> > I just loved the movie. It's a superb spoof of a genre, that can 
> still stand
> > on its own for story and humor.

Yes, I agree - I didn't go expecting to like it particularly, but I 
found it hilarious and actually a bit moving - like the recent 
Incredibles, it serves as both a send-up and an homage to a genre 
(space-quest and super-hero, respectively).

  - CMC