Posted by Placenta Jones at 198.109.1.30 on December 22, 1999 at 10:51:10:
In Reply to: Alan Rickman on Conan O'Brien TONIGHT. posted by Mr.CombatisMattSaxe on December 22, 1999 at 02:08:52:
This was on Harry Knowles Ain't It Cool News site this morning. Apparently, Alan Rickman read Harry's review of Galaxy Quest and then misquoted the review on Conan last night. So, Harry posted an open letter to Alan Rickman to clear matters up.
Enjoy!
PJ
:Dear Alan Rickman... Re: Conan O'Brien Misquote
of ME about GALAXY QUEST!
Alright, so I'm sitting here in my room minding my
own affairs... talking with Father Geek about the
-30 windchill in Chicago, my magic shoes, sewer
covers really do have steam coming out, cabbies,
Carson's Ribs and more, when suddenly from the
living room comes the voice of Alan Rickman
saying my name. Dad hushes me... THen says
something along linest that Alan Rickman said
that I said that GALAXY QUEST was the greatest
movie ever made.
AHEM...
Now, I really adore GALAXY QUEST. I think that it
is to Star Trek, what BLAZING SADDLES was to
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN and YOUNG
FRANKENSTEIN was to FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE
OF FRANKENSTEIN and SON OF
FRANKENSTEIN.... HOWEVER... I like BLAZING
SADDLES and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN more.
GALAXY QUEST is smarter and far funnier and
cooler than MEN IN BLACK (which is a film I don't
enjoy all that much) and the cast is note perfect.
BUT... This is a parody of STAR TREK... Not
DESTRY RIDES AGAIN or FRANKENSTEIN. It's
about source material. I love Star Trek... but
they've kinda been parodying themselves for the
last decade as it is.... It's just GALAXY QUEST
does a better job of making loving fun of and with
Star Trek, than Star Trek does.
As a kid brought up on STAR TREK, this movie is
REAL FUCKING COOL.... HOWEVER... IT IS NOT
THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE... sorry
Alan... that quote is reserved (in my mind) for
KING KONG (1933) and THE ADVENTURES OF
ROBIN HOOD and TREASURE OF SIERRE MADRE
and SINGING IN THE RAIN and FOOTLIGHT
PARADE and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and ....
well... as you can see I have no DEFINITE
GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE.... It's sorta like
comparing GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE done
perfect with LASAGNA done perfect.... Given your
mood... you may choose one over the other.... But
I would never choose to say that a Pop Tart is the
greatest food ever made... and GALAXY QUEST is
a nice warm tasty Pop Tart while watching
Saturday Morning Cartoons... It rocks... but it is...
just a Pop Tart.
Harry Knowles
P.S. Having Hans Gruber say my name is like so
fucking cool! You rock, Alan!