Popular examples of these types of films include Back to the Future, Spaceballs, Ghostbusters, Evolution, Innerspace, Galaxy Quest, Mars Attacks !, and Men in Black.

Galaxy Quest is a 1999 science-fiction comedy parody about a troupe of human actors who defend a group of aliens against an alien warlord.

It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mitchell as the cast of a defunct television series called Galaxy Quest, in which the crew of a spaceship embarked on intergalactic adventures.

In commentary on the Blu-ray edition of Star Trek, director J. J. Abrams called Galaxy Quest " one of the best " Star Trek " movies ever made.

Galaxy Quest is a once-popular television space-drama series starring Jason Nesmith as the commander of a spaceship called the NSEA Protector, Alexander Dane as the ship's alien science officer, Fred Kwan as the chief engineer, Gwen DeMarco as the computer officer, and Tommy Webber as a precocious child pilot.

Eighteen years after the show was cancelled, as a Galaxy Quest convention full of costumed fans is underway, Jason is approached by a group of people whose leader, Mathesar, says that they are aliens called " Thermians ".

Technologically advanced but having no concept of fiction, they have mistaken broadcasts of Galaxy Quest for historical documentaries and modelled their society on the ethos presented in the episodes.

Sarris interrogates Jason about the Omega 13 and forces him to admit the truth about Galaxy Quest to Mathesar, who is heartbroken after learning that Jason and his crew are make-believe.

Not knowing how the ship works, Jason then contacts an avid Galaxy Quest fan named Brandon in his suburban home on Earth, using a Vox communicator that he accidentally swapped at a promotional store opening.

As the Thermians take control of the ship, the actors detach the command deck and land on Earth with Brandon's help, accidentally crashing into the building where the Galaxy Quest convention is taking place.

Later that year Galaxy Quest is revived, starring the original cast, along with Laliari, a female Thermian who chose to stay on Earth as Fred's lover, and with Guy playing the ship's chief of security, " Roc " Ingersol.

The cast of Galaxy Quest.

Peter Quincy Taggart, the captain of the Protector, during the original Galaxy Quest television run.

Jason remains the putative leader of the Galaxy Quest crew members as they travel to conventions and strip mall dedications.

* Alan Rickman as Alexander Dane, the actor who portrayed Dr Lazarus of Tev ' Meck on the Galaxy Quest TV show.

Guy ultimately finds his courage when Fred suggests that he think of himself as " the plucky comic relief ", and at the end of the story he is given a permanent role in the Galaxy Quest cast as the starship's Security Chief " Roc " Ingersol ( a reference to his earlier lament that characters without full names are always killed ).

His character on Galaxy Quest had been a Wunderkind pilot, but the real-life Tommy has much more difficulty piloting a real starship and only masters the controls after watching video of his work as a child.

* Justin Long as Brandon, a devoted Galaxy Quest fan with an encyclopedic knowledge of the show.

Galaxy Quest was a critical success.

* I had originally not wanted to see Galaxy Quest because I heard that it was making fun of Star Trek, and then Jonathan Frakes rang me up and said " You must not miss this movie!

* I've had flashbacks of Galaxy Quest at the many conventions I've gone to since the movie came out.

* Yes, I have seen Galaxy Quest and no, Star Trek fandom is not really like that.

* I loved Galaxy Quest.

Galaxy Quest is an acknowledged homage to Star Trek ; therefore a variety of elements in the former correspond to those of the latter.

The television program within the film, Galaxy Quest, is set around the starship NSEA Protector, an instrument of the National Space Exploration Administration, which are obviously parodies of the USS Enterprise and Starfleet respectively.

* In November 1999, Galaxy Quest was novelized by science fiction writer Terry Bisson, who stayed very close to the plot of the movie.

* In December 1999 E !, the US entertainment channel, featured a mockumentary entitled Galaxy Quest: 20th Anniversary, The Journey Continues, concerning the making of the Galaxy Quest television show.

Galaxy Quest ( 1999 ), a comedy about actors from a defunct science-fiction television series serving on a real starship, included an actor who is terrified that he's going to die on an away mission because his only appearance in the show was as an unnamed character who was killed early in the episode.

The 1999 film Galaxy Quest portrays the lives of a once-popular television space-drama crew who are kidnapped by real aliens who have mistaken the fictional series as reality.

Weaver also concentrated on smaller and supporting roles throughout the decade such as Jeffrey ( 1994 ), Galaxy Quest ( 1999 ), and A Map of the World ( 1999 ) earning her another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.

* Galaxy Quest ( 1999 )

* Scenes where Tim Allen battles a giant rock monster called " Gorignak " in the 1999 film Galaxy Quest were filmed at Goblin Valley State Park.

* Khaosai Galaxy ( 1999 )

* Power Rangers Lost Galaxy aired in 1999.

About two dozen bronze statues — each perhaps four feet tall — of characters and scenes from Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999 were erected in the downtown area of Tsuruga in 1999.

* Galaxy Quest ( 1999 )

He starred in the title role in The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes in 1999, and has also given his voice to the roles of Max Quordlepleen in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and James Phillimore in The Singular Inheritance of Miss Gloria Wilson, an original Sherlock Holmes radio play in the series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( 2002 ).

The Galaxy again finished first in the Western Conference in 1999, with a final record of 20 – 12, with a win in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, but they lost to DC United again 2 – 0.

About twenty or so bronze statues-each perhaps four or five feet tall-of characters and scenes from the popular 1970s anime Uchū Senkan Yamato ( Space Battleship Yamato or, in the United States, Star Blazers ) and Galaxy Express 999 were erected in the city's downtown area in 1999.

Delhomme also then played for the NFL Europe's Frankfurt Galaxy in 1999, and along with Pat Barnes, he was part of the " double-headed quarterback monster " that led the Galaxy to a World Bowl victory over the Barcelona Dragons.

This time, it was a 2 – 0 win over the Galaxy in the 1999 MLS Cup final.

Power Rangers Lost Galaxy is the fifth television series and seventh season of the Power Rangers franchise that aired in 1999.

* Galaxy Quest ( 1999 )

Beasley signed with MLS on March 16, 1999, and was allocated to the Los Angeles Galaxy.

* Ashley Hammond Power Rangers Lost Galaxy ( 1999 )