{"id":522,"date":"2008-07-03T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T03:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/?p=522"},"modified":"2025-09-20T15:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T20:18:37","slug":"entry-149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slidingconstant.net\/?p=522","title":{"rendered":"The Redshirt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I feel like just about everyone who reads this site has seen the movie Galaxy Quest<\/a>. I found it on the TiVo tonight and watched it again. It\u2019s just spot-on brilliant parody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

You all know that, though. This post is about Guy Fleegman, the character in the movie who we learn played the part of \u201cCrewman Number 6\u2033, who was killed in one of the original Galaxy Quest episodes. All throughout the movie Guy is mortified that he\u2019s going to be killed. The rest of the Galaxy Quest cast constantly try to console him, and Guy does indeed make it to the end of the story. As a reward for his help and to prove that he\u2019s an important character, the cast give Guy a role in the new adventures of Galaxy Quest. That\u2019s all back story. What I didn\u2019t realize until just tonight is that I think the joke goes one layer deeper. My readers can decide if I\u2019m right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy\u2019s character in the new series is \u201cSecurity Chief \u2018Roc\u2019 Ingersol.\u201d If the new Galaxy Quest series is basically Star Trek: TNG<\/a>, think about\u00a0the Enterprise D<\/a>\u2019s first Security Chief<\/a> and what happened to her in an episode in the very first season<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could be reaching, but I don\u2019t think I am. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Edited on 25 April 2021 to add the following)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wiki page<\/a> was written by people who saw the same thing I did (see the third bullet in the “Notes” section at the bottom of the page). \ud83d\ude09\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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