Here It Is, Goblins!
Remember where you are at this exact moment because it is one of truly awesome cultural importance.
We are now paying homage to a film that paid homage to the nerd culture so well it became part of nerd culture which is now using it to look back on… nerd culture!
I give you Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary.
So assuming you sat through that you’ll probably agree it looks interesting but interesting enough to pay to see? I have my doubts.
For those of you who couldn’t be bothered to watch even the trailer let me nutshell it for you.
It all began when a group of producers set out to make a movie about nerd culture and ended up contributing one of the greatest not-Star-Trek Star Trek movie ever made and created 1999’s Galaxy Quest.
There were ups and downs, drama and laughter, peril and heroics, also apparently a fire and that was just in post-production!
Hooked?
No?
Well I can’t say I entirely blame you. After all, we’re talking about the impact of a movie made to show the impact of a TV show and share hilarious insights into the obsessive nature of its fans.
Jesus, the lines are all so blurry between entertainment, fandom and homages I don’t even know what I’m actually mocking here.
And please don’t get me wrong, Galaxy Quest was a fine movie. A pleasant surprise even but I don’t think it has quite the impact the existence of this documentary would have you believe.
Rather I feel this is more a celebration of those who recognized early on the value of exploiting the nerd culture under the guise of an homage.
Keep in mind this was made in the years before Bryan Singer’s kick-ass X-Men gave comic book fans some respect on film and Jon Favreau’s Ironman making it sexy to not fit in the advertised status quo.
I guess they just didn’t expect their monster would come out tap dancing instead of lurching so I guess it follows that they would want to exploit that as well.
Watch for this bad boy to be cake walking into a theatre near you on November 26th.
