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"By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Quest




My favourite bit of that movie (Rickman plays Sir Alexander Dane, a proud thespian whose once illustrious career has been destroyed by Galaxy Quest typecasting him into this humiliating role):

   Jason Nesmith: You WILL go out there. 
   Sir Alexander Dane: I won't and nothing you say will make me. 
   Jason Nesmith: The Show Must Go On. 
   Sir Alexander Dane: ...Damn you.


My favorite part is when they're in front of the supermarket.

"... By Grabthar's hammer... what a savings."

It's like he's contemplating his entire acting career and questioning how he got to this point in his life.


It's like he's contemplating his entire acting career and questioning how he got to this point in his life.

That's my favorite Rickman scene as well.

It takes a fine actor to pack 30 years of fictional history into a single line. I'll greatly miss his tremendous talents.


Because I love that scene, and youtube hasn't DCMA'ed it yet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgv7U3GYlDY


Another good scene between the two:

   (Jason is fighting the rock monster)
   Jason: Alexander, you're supposed to be my adviser, advise me!
   Alexander: Well, you're just going to have to figure out what it wants. What is its motivation?
   Jason: It's a rock monster, it doesn't *have* any motivation!
   Alexander: Well, there's your problem, Jason, you were never serious about the craft!


.. riffing on not only Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness, but also Rickman himself going from Serious Theatre to Hollywood action movies.

Rickman clealy had a lot of fun playing villains; apparently he improvised or re-wrote most of his lines in Robin Hood, making it hilarious.


> Patrick Stewart and Alec Guinness

No, it's Leonard Nimoy. This is a Trek TOS satire, and he's the alien sidekick who hates his catchphrase "Live Long and Prosper" or, in this case, "By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged".

Nimoy had a reputation for being quite sick of being Spock. It was even the title of his biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Not_Spock


It's possibly worth pointing out in later life he seemed happier about it -his second autobiography was called "I am Spock" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Spock


This reminds me of how I learned recently how much Harrison Ford disliked Han Solo as a character. :-/


It actually kinda shows in the new movie. I mean, I was happy to see the old cast back, but Ford didn't really seem to be feeling it a lot of the time.

But on the other hand, that might just be an oldish man not really feeling comfortable playing an immature character (that's part of Han's charm, really).

I'd wager his dislike of the Han Solo character had more to do with working with George Lucas.


I have no idea if this was improvised, but the line has stuck with me since childhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhfuuKiTcYQ


When the elevator to the spaceport goes down and the ship is revealed, Rickman's character says "Oh, my God... it's real." It's such a little line but it encapsulates the whole spirit of the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrYsg2RFL30


If you like Rickman's work I highly recommend the Masterpiece episode "The Song of Lunch"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/songoflunch/


The phrase "By Grabthar's Hammer" is actually trending on Twitter right now.




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