When Does "GalaxyQuest" (1999) Take Place?
"GalaxyQuest" is a comedy science fiction film written by Robert Gordon with David Howard and released December 25th, 1999. So when is "GalaxyQuest" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because, at the very start of the film, Guy Fleegman clearly says to the convention-goers that they had just enjoyed the only screening of "the lost 'GalaxyQuest' episode 92 two-parter since it was originally aired in 1982!" At the end of the movie, when an in-universe advertisement is played for the viewer as an epilogue, the voice-over clearly says, "back again after 18 years" referring to how much time has elapsed since "GalaxyQuest" (the TV show within the fictional world [diegesis] of the film), was off the air.
2000 AD
We know this because, at the very start of the film, Guy Fleegman clearly says to the convention-goers that they had just enjoyed the only screening of "the lost 'GalaxyQuest' episode 92 two-parter since it was originally aired in 1982!" At the end of the movie, when an in-universe advertisement is played for the viewer as an epilogue, the voice-over clearly says, "back again after 18 years" referring to how much time has elapsed since "GalaxyQuest" (the TV show within the fictional world [diegesis] of the film), was off the air.
1982 + 18 = 2000.
HOWEVER, how much time has elapsed between the end of the main action of the plot and this epilogue isn't entirely clear.
