I wrote recently about my Sci-Fi obsession and this movie is perhaps a true testament to that. You need to ‘know’ sci-fi to get this loving parody to this genre.
Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen at his finest) is still living off of his success as commander Peter Quincy Taggart in a successful 1970’s Sci-Fi show (not too dissimilar – i joke, it’s a complete rip off – from Star Trek) and now spends his career, along with his co-stars, signing photos and appearing at conventions. One day he is picked up by aliens who, having seen the ‘historical documents’ of his previous wars against many enemies, ask him and his ‘crew’ to help them defeat the evil Sarris.
I can not help but smile even just thinking about this film, and there are too many quotes to mention. It does no harm that I have a slight Alan Rickman obsession, and Sam Rockwell is genius as ‘the unnamed crewman’, convinced he will die any minute because that’s all his character ever did…. brilliant.
As an added bonus, in honor of all things Star Trek, here is a video of William Shatner being…. himself. Good to see George Lucas getting owned!
Sam Rockwell is an awesome actor! have you seen ‘Matchstick Men’? he steals the show in that
Hey Amy Watson! My name is Amy Watson too
Nice to meet you 
Come on – hurry up and do your Empire reflections!!