The documentary is a fun, harmless look at Galaxy Quest. It doesn't offer any huge revelations and there's not many truly memorable moments, but it's fun none the less.
It's certainly the little anecdotes that give the documentary its life, and most of those comments seem to relate to Alan Rickman and his sardonic humour.
There's also some interesting insight into the birth of the movie, change of directors and some mild disagreements with the studio.
For me the biggest opportunity lost was not having the cast together. Having seen other such documentaries - particularly when the original material succeeds so much from the cast chemistry - to not have any form of reunion is a shame. As it was it felt like lots of separate talking heads.
And while I appreciate you can't put everything into a documentary to completely ignore the late Robin Sachs (Sarris) just felt a glaring omission.
But back to the positives, the inclusion of fans really made the documentary and was a great nod to the movie. You end up with fans in a documentary about a show within a show's fans... it all gets very meta and is quite lovely.
Worth watching, it's warm and engaging - but sadly I fear largely forgettable too.
It's certainly the little anecdotes that give the documentary its life, and most of those comments seem to relate to Alan Rickman and his sardonic humour.
There's also some interesting insight into the birth of the movie, change of directors and some mild disagreements with the studio.
For me the biggest opportunity lost was not having the cast together. Having seen other such documentaries - particularly when the original material succeeds so much from the cast chemistry - to not have any form of reunion is a shame. As it was it felt like lots of separate talking heads.
And while I appreciate you can't put everything into a documentary to completely ignore the late Robin Sachs (Sarris) just felt a glaring omission.
But back to the positives, the inclusion of fans really made the documentary and was a great nod to the movie. You end up with fans in a documentary about a show within a show's fans... it all gets very meta and is quite lovely.
Worth watching, it's warm and engaging - but sadly I fear largely forgettable too.