I was joined by Dylan Zimmerman from music podcast A Feedback Loop to discuss what he describes as the best Star Trek movie, Galaxy Quest.
Some of the topics we discussed.
-what else Dylan Z is watching on Netflix (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
-the current state of Star Trek, particularly the reboot films
-the decision to go with a softer, less dark and gritty tone
-Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen) as the William Shatner analog
-Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver), using her role as a so-called bridge bunny to highlight the absurdities of the series
-Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman), who always feels better than his circumstances but could never walk away
-Tony Shaloub as the we are diverse because we called this character Chen... but do not ask too many questions and possible stoner Fred Kwan
-redshirt analog Guy Freegman (Sam Rockwell)
-Enrico Colantoni and his take on the Thermians and what makes the aliens so absurd and unique
-why the Thermians probably could not have picked a better show to base a culture around
-when Star Trek is at its best and at its worst
-the camaraderie of the crew
-we give the movie a rating out of 5 stars for our own Netflix profiles and assign an MVP from the film
