quote:Originally posted by Disco Steve: Galaxy Quest. Not a rip-off, but a homage. There's a difference. You stupid child.
If the crew of Protector had been a black woman, an alien with pointed ears, a captain with a hairpiece, a Russian chief of security and an Asian pilot then it be a rip off.
Galaxy Quest had the overzealous captain who took risks and always won out in the end (a la James Kirk), the calm alien counterpart whose main characteristic was his alien culture (a la Mr. Spock), the engineer who accomplished impossible tasks (a la Scotty), and the pilot who was young and inexperienced (a la Chekov). But the movie didn't concentrate on these points. No. Instead, it used these premade character concepts and concentrated on different areas. It used all of the recognizable aspects of Star Trek and other sci-fi to create a different story. This is what Moore did. He used the same ingredients to create a different book. Only on the surface do they look the same.
