Hey, do you remember Galaxy Quest?

Hello and welcome, Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose tinted glasses to see how it holds up.

I'm Chris.

I'm Donna.

And I'm Carlos.

And today we're revisiting Galaxy Quest.

Yeah. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting Galaxy Quest. All right.

Well, this is sort of bittersweet because this is a movie I've suggested a couple times.

It was one of the suggestions I threw out when we wound up doing big trouble in Little China.

And then just a couple weeks later, of course, the whole thing has taken on a much sadder context because of Alan Rickman's passing.

And like when Robin Williams died, I remember saying at the time we didn't want to do anything that felt opportunistic. And that's why we waited a little while before we watched one of his movies and talked about what he meant to us. And this was a very similar situation. I knew we should acknowledge it at some point. I knew we wanted to talk about it. And also, it seemed like quite a few of you wanted us to talk about it as well. I think our listener, Hannah, in particular, was really behind the idea of us doing something to pay tribute to him. And this was one of the titles she suggested. And this is not one of his more renowned roles, I realize, but it is one of the most beloved.

And we've already done episodes about his two most iconic villain performances, Die Hard and Robin Hood.

And this seemed like a nice opportunity to look at one of his lighter roles because this truly was an actor who could do anything.

He could take whatever you threw at him and completely elevate it in the process.

So before we talk about the movie, let's talk about Alan Rickman.

I thought, you know, I thought he was great.

He was an outstanding actor.

And we were watching this and, you know, obviously after he he died kind of take some time because he's

one of those actors um so i had seen him probably first in robin hood um and maybe some sense and

sensibility um both pretty young and it wasn't like i was like oh that guy let me run out and

see all of his work i was a child like i don't know I was like oh that guy let me run out and see all of his work

I was a child like I don't know I was watching movies you know um but he was kind of around

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