‘Star Trek’ Cast Members on ‘Galaxy Quest’ Parody: “It’s perfect… it’s so well-crafted.”

Among the many Star Trek parodies, Galaxy Quest is definitely one that stuck around. Beloved by some, and hated by others, Galaxy Quest was definitely a successful project, although there will be those who will say that it went too far. Regardless, the legacy of the movie lives on.

During the Indiana Comic Convention’s recent Star Trek: The Next Generation panel, some cast members of the series talked to the press, and one of the questions asked was about the Galaxy Quest film. How did the crew react and what is their opinion of the movie? Keep reading to find out!

The cast members in question are Jonathan Frakes and Denise Crosby, both well-known faces, and they were asked whether they consider Galaxy Quest an insult to the franchise or not. “It’s perfect. It perfectly captures the essence [of Star Trek] with love and humor and intelligence…it’s so well-crafted,” Crosby said, adding:

Supposedly, and I’ve never asked him to verify this, but apparently on the first day of shooting, the story goes that Tim Allen gave the whole cast a copy of Trekkies. I had screened Trekkies for the writers of Galaxy Quest; they had never been to a con, and I was shopping Trekkies around at that time. I knew a production girl at the studio, and she said, ‘We’ve got these writers, they’re doing a rewrite on Galaxy Quest. Can they come to a screening?

Jonathan Frakes was also quick to commend, adding: “It’s almost like they read our mail,” before adding. “The only thing I wish about it is that we had made it.”

As you can see, the original cast members did not mind the movie, which is an additional reason to embrace it as a wonderful parody that respects the original and the soul of the original.

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