Because it's about Galaxy Quest! Wonder if they'll use this song in the doc? (Corey needs the money, I'm sure.)
Honestly, they could sub David Warner for Alan Rickman and few would be the wiser. That's no dis against Rickman, but look at Warner And Rickman (Not the best choice of pics, but I can't really find the good ones I've seen in the past.) They look similar and sound almost identical (they were also born fairly close to one another as well). For the longest time, I thought that Rickman was Warner. So they could do a sequel or a series, stick Warner in there, make some kind of gag about it ala Welshie on Futurama or the various Beckys on Rosanne and it'd work just fine.
David Warner was almost Freddy Krueger. He even makeup tested for it. That....would have been a different series. Robert Englund did Freddy like an evil clown, Warner probably would have done him like the evil genius in "Time Bandits". Or Jack The Ripper in "Time After Time".
Yeah, here's the photo. Warner's Freddy had a trenchcoat. Englund Freddy finally got the trenchcoat in part 7.
as I googled corey hart, one of the top autofills was his net worth... about $5 mill. now there's a useless fact you know
Has anyone else seen this? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11044122/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2 Available on Amazon Prime. An inside look at The Making of... with insights into how the film (A) might never have happened; (B) might have been very different from the film we saw*; and (C) was considered No Big Deal and expected to flop at the time of its release. (IIRC, it was playing in exactly one theater in Manhattan at the time, and there were probably fewer than 20 people in the audience, but a friend and I were laughing loud enough for 20 more.) Lots of insight into predictable Stupid Suit Tricks from the studio. Lots of love for Alan Rickman. *Spoiler alert: Can't believe it's been 20 years since Galaxy Quest was released. Worth watching the documentary even if you haven't seen the original film in a while. And if you need good clean escapism in these troubled times, GQ is well worth a rewatch.
Galaxy Quest is a great film. It manages to make fun of science fiction tropes and series, like Star Trek, without being insulting. That's probably why so many Star Trek fans love the movie. Plus it helps that it actually has a well written story and good casting. The cast really came off as if they had been in a TV series earlier in life.
Watched it earlier today, really good documentary, and I really liked how it really is a Star Trek movie, and the movies does do a great job of making jabs at Star Trek fans without being disrespectful and at the same time capturing the spirit of Star Trek and its fans.
Galaxy Quest is in my second tier of Trek movies, with TUC and below the Genesis trilogy. It is a beautiful, magical thing.
Warner would've been a very different Freddy, but I think he would've been great. I can see him being a more chilling counterpoint to England's version.
Is it wrong that I've never watched Galaxy Quest? (I grew up poor so I missed like...a LOT of movies. I'm the only owner of a MINI who has never seen The Italian Job either )
I'm assuming that this is a clip from the doc (still haven't managed to see it) Skip to the ~5:30 mark. Notice Tim Allen saying how much it meant to him to have Alan Rickman accept Allen for who he was. Now, extend that to people in marginalized communities (you know, POC and LGBTQ+ folks, as well as immigrants). Whatever talents Allen has as a comic or an actor, I'm sure that he'd be willing to admit that Rickman had more. But the fact that Rickman didn't treat Allen like a dick meant something to Allen. That should teach folks something.
Okay, so by happenstance, I stumbled across this clip with David Warner talking about Shakespeare in the original Klingon. And then we have this bit with Alan Rickman. So, yeah, I think Warner could sub for Rickman, and pull the job off credibly. Do some handwavy bits like saying Warner was Rickman's brother who subbed for him in stunts, who then went on to take over the role after his brother's untimely death (throw in a nod to organizations that help folks with pancreatic cancer, like Rickman) and you're golden.
