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"Inherit a Cosmic Wind"
Galaxy Quest: Global Warning #5
IDW
Written by: Scott Lobdell
Art by: Ilias Kyriazis
December 2008 |
Can Nesmith stop the Judgementites from
ending Earth?
Story Summary
Having awoken from his own fantasy/nightmare, Nesmith retrieves
Alexander from his and the two soon awaken the others.
Confronting the babes Nesmith has dubbed the Judgementites, it
is revealed that the Judgement Ship is largely powered by the
alien females' own confidence in themselves. With a moving
speech, Nesmith manages to plant to a seed of doubt in their
minds about the (un)worthiness of the humans of Earth and the ship
begins to experience catastrophic failures. The alien leader
orders the ship home for repairs and spares the Earth and the
actor/crew of Galaxy Quest.
The Thermians finally arrive in the Protector II on the
eve of the premiere of
Galaxy Quest: The
Journey Continues. Mathasar arranges to overwhelm Earth's
broadcast signals such that the show plays on every television
channel, presumably making it a tremendous hit.
Didja Know?
This issue contains chapters 13-15, "Inherit a Cosmic Wind",
"My Friend, My Self", and "Once More With Feeling". The font of the title
"Inherit a Cosmic Wind" is similar to the font of the
Battlestar Galactica logo.
On the cover, notice that the
medallion worn by Alexander in his
Richard III costume has the NSEA
logo on it. The costume itself
appears to be based on that which is
depicted in the painting David
Garrick as Richard III by
William Hogarth in 1745. Even the
medallion is present, though not
with the NSEA logo! The David
Garrick of the painting was an actor
who portrayed the king in a 1741
production of the Shakespeare play.
A couple of flying saucers and a
bunch of weird aliens, including a
Gorignak, appear on the cover; they
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Alexander as
Dr. Lazarus as Richard III |
David Garrick
as Richard III
by William
Hogarth |
On page 2, Alexander is depicted performing his fifth curtain call
as Richard III. In
Galaxy Quest, he comments
lamentably that he used to give five curtain calls at the end of
Richard III for his performance of that character.
On page 3, Alexander mentions a review in TV Guide that
insisted he was the reason to watch Galaxy Quest.
TV Guide
is a bi-weekly magazine of television listings and related articles.
On page 4, Nesmith seems to state that there were 85 episodes of
Galaxy Quest. But Guy states at the convention in
Galaxy Quest that there were
92. Since Nesmith is telling the audience at the play of Richard
III about Alexander's role as Dr. Lazarus at the time, it's
possible he is referring to the number of episodes Alexander
appeared in, not the total number of GQ episodes produced.
On page 7, panel 4, Alexander wields a Targathian pulse rifle.
Targathians were mentioned in an episode of GQ as Nesmith flicks
through TV channels in
Galaxy Quest.
Oddly, it seems as if the Judgementites are entirely female. Hot
females.
On page 10, panel 1, notice that
one of the holographic images of the Judgementites (the one on the far
right) appears to depict a couple of
ships in the sky in the background
which look very similar to the
Enterprise/Federation chevron
emblem from
Star Trek. |
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On page 12, Nesmith claims to the Judgementites to speak for the six
trillion humans of Earth. Actually, at the time of this story, there
were about 6 billion humans on the planet, not trillion.
Of course, Nesmith always has been a bit full of it. (As of this writing,
June 2013, a little more than 7 billion people live on Earth.)
Nesmith's stirring speech is an homage to many such delivered by
Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series.
Page 20 appears to show a number of flatscreen televisions in the
store window though they were not widely available to the public
until
the late 2000's (this story takes place in 1999).
Unanswered Questions
What was causing the faults in the Judgement Ship on pages 15-16?
It's not entirely clear, though I assume that Nesmith's speech and
the actor/crew's behavior were affecting the confidence of the
Judgementites and thus diminishing their power.
Did
Galaxy Quest: The
Journey Continues get picked up for additional episodes beyond
the pilot? (Note: Apparently it did, with the new title Galaxy
Quest: The Continuing Adventures, according to the
The Journey Continues comic book mini-series that
followed in 2015.)
Will Alexander still want his character of Dr. Lazarus to die during
the first season of the new series (as seen in
"Destiny Be Mine!")
so he won't have to continue the role? (Note: Alexander
seems to have continued his role beyond the first season, as
depicted in the
The Journey Continues comic book mini-series that
followed in 2015.)
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