Oh boy poor Guy, does he even have a name? That movie is just so chuck full of jokes. I also particularly love how the aliens look at the ceiling to find the captains sock. 😋
For real. Like obviously the movie isn't high art but it hits all it's emotional and comedic beats perfectly. Pretty much every major character has some sort of arc and it understands and lovingly and expertly pokes fun at so many aspects of campy scifi and scifi fandom.
Like a ridiculously well executed movie on every level.
If you enjoy Galaxy Quest the people who make Honest Trailers made a documentary called Never Surrender, with interviews of most of the surviving cast and filmmakers.
A documentary about a movie about a TV show that aliens thought was a documentary.
She is also incredibly intelligent (Stanford) and funny (easily kept pace with Bill Murray) and an amazingly talented actor with the range from source (Aliens) to spoofing the source (G.Q.).