History Headscratchers / GalaxyQuest

*** If indeed,this is the case, then Alex would probably have been better off leaving the title off of his name. As it really makes him seem like a loser compared to all of the British actors who earned their "knighthood". It also seems like his family lineage didn't leave him much in the way of wealth if he has to humiliate himself in a role that he hates in order to pay the bills.

Having a knighthood as an actor generally means that one has had a reasonably diverse and memorable acting career, as opposed to being known mostly for just one TV role. Sir Patrick Stewart was a renowned British actor before and especially after his ''Star Trek'' TV tenure which is when he became even more prolific and got his knighthood. Assuming that Alex and Alan Rickman are about the same age, Alex would have been rather young to be knighted in the years before the Galaxy Quest show. He does talk as though his only other meaningful roles were prior to Galaxy Quest when he was probably barely in his mid 30s ("I played Richard III")[[note]]Alan Rickman was 32 in 1978, the first season of Galaxy Quest. And he was 35 in 1982 when the show ended.[[/note]]. So, if his acting career was, by his own view, stagnant since the show ended, how would he even qualify for any sort of honor, let alone knighthood?

[[folder: When exactly was Alex knighted as "Sir Alexander Dane"? and for what? ]]

[[folder: When exactly was Alex knighted as "Sir Alexander Dane"? ]]

Having a knighthood as an actor generally means that one has had a reasonably diverse and memorable acting career, as opposed to being known mostly for just one TV role. Sir Patrick Stewart was a renowned British actor before and especially after his ''Star Trek'' TV tenure which is when he became even more prolific. Assuming that Alex and Alan Rickman are about the same age, Alex would have been rather young to be knighted in the years before the Galaxy Quest show. He does talk as though his only other meaningful roles were prior to Galaxy Quest when he was probably barely in his mid 30s ("I played Richard III")[[note]]Alan Rickman was 32 in 1978, the first season of Galaxy Quest. And he was 35 in 1982 when the show ended.[[/note]]. So how would he even qualify for any sort of honor, let alone knighthood?

Having a knighthood as an actor generally means that one has had a reasonably diverse and memorable acting career, as opposed to being known mostly for just one TV role. Sir Patrick Stewart was a renowned British actor before and especially after his ''Star Trek'' TV tenure which is when he became even more prolific. Assuming that Alex and Alan Rickman are about the same age, Alex would have been rather young to be knighted in the years before the Galaxy Quest show. He does talk as though his only other meaningful roles were prior to Galaxy Quest when he was probably barely in his mid 30s ("I played Richard III")[[note]]Alan Rickman was 32 in 1978, the first season of Galaxy Quest.[[/note]]. So how would he even qualify for any sort of honor, let alone knighthood?

** I can recognise episodes of quite a few shows by SxEx designation (most notably ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}''), partly because the British model hasn't always provided readily available onscreen episode titles. Recognition by P-codes is normally the domain of fiction, though.

** Unless they're playing villains (which is unlikely if they're typecasted) the Therbian would just assume they're on some sort of mission or in a post-military service profession.

** I'm afraid you're mixing two separate lines of dialogue. The "universe will be destroyed" is said by a Therbian scientist as a feared possibility of the device. What the fans on Earth actually said is that there are two main theories; a) That is a bomb that will destroy everything close in second (nor the entire universe) and b) That turns time 13 seconds in the past. And yes, moving the entire universe 13 seconds in the past could probably destroy it as the Therbians feared, but was never an intentional aspect of the artifact.

** Well, a sue will be difficult because the cast do not own the ship. The affected ones would have to sue the real owners, and they are the Therbians, not the cast, even if one of them was driving it. And he can argue that he was under a life or death situation. You can escape a sue if you cause damage trying to save a human life.

** If nothing else it's a lot of metal and plastic, that's worth something.

* Shouldn't the Thermians have figured something was up when they travelled to Earth, and found it relatively very primitive compared to the Trek-ish TV show? Or why Nesmith was nowhere near any starships?

** I think they were playing off the notion, promoted by Paramount and floating at the back of surprisingly many people's minds despite its goofiness, that the Star Trek writers actually Did The Research and that the Treknobabble has some kind of basis in reality. I gathered that the Earth civilization, and by extension the Galaxy Quest writers, actually knew in principle how to build FTL drives, teleporters, ray guns etc. but it was way beyond their technical capability. (Much the way the mid-20c writers of ComicStrip/DickTracy, ''Series/GetSmart'', ''Series/ThePrisoner'' et al. could sort-of anticipate current communications technology and electronics without actually being able to build them themselves.)

** What I get from the scene, considering that he was entering the bathroom with a towel in his neck was exactly that he was about to take the make-up off. Is just not shown because they wanted to save it for the gag at the end when the piece is all peeled out and we can see [[BadassGrandpa parts of his gray hair]].

** He originally believed that the Thermians knew what the Omega 13 did. In his list of demands is a technician, presumeably to operate the device, but when he realizes that no one knows how it works, he seems to decide that it's not worth his time.

** Well, of course. But isn't the point of ItJustBugsMe and WildMassGuessing to overthink these things?