Galaxy Quest vs The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Galaxy Quest has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.7/10 for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). Galaxy Quest is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 49m. Galaxy Quest is the older of the two (1999 against 2005). Both are adventure, comedy, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Sam Rockwell.
Galaxy Quest
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy| Galaxy Quest | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction | Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Dean Parisot | Garth Jennings |
| Main cast | Tony Shalhoub, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Allen, Enrico Colantoni, Missi Pyle | Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Helen Mirren, Sam Rockwell, Thomas Lennon |
Synopsis
Galaxy Quest
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space ... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no…
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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