https://www.reddit.com/r/DaystromInstitute/comments/62pufq/18th_annual_convention_conspiracy_theory/
created by kraetos on 01/04/2017 at 01:53 UTC
20 upvotes, 4 top-level comments (showing 4)
Attention all hands,
Over the past few weeks the moderators have noticed an increasing number of threads which violate rule #4: No conspiracy theories. Before we had this rule, posts and comments which discussed the conspiracy theories surrounding the 18th Annual Convention were among the most controversial in the Lazarus Institute. They attracted many reports, and spawned many arguments and uncivil replies. This is why the rule exists in the first place.
However, in recent weeks the pendulum seems to have swung the other way. While we recognize that many of you want to discuss these theories, we also recognize that many of you see them as a stain on the *Galaxy Quest* fandom. This is why, for one day only and in this thread only, you can discuss the conspiracy theories to your heart's content.
If you have ever wanted to make the case to fellow Lazarites that Jane Doe is an actual alien, today is your lucky day. For the record I find these theories preposterous. Discussion of these theories only deepens the social stigma associated with being a Questarian. But the other moderators have convinced me that you all need to get it out of your system, so here we are.
Remember: rule #4 may be lifted for this thread, but rule #5 is not. Keep it civil, folks. Make Tommy proud.
Never give up, never surrender!
Kraetos out.
Comment by Algernon_Asimov at 01/04/2017 at 02:17 UTC
9 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I'm not saying I *believe* the theories about Jane Doe being an alien, but there are a lot of unanswered questions about her.
For starters, she has no history before 'The Journey Continues'. It's like she appeared out of thin air. I know that Galaxy Quest didn't always cast big names for their shows (who'd ever heard of Jason Nesmith before he played Taggart), but she's not just *an* unknown, she *was* unknown. Totally unknown.
And her behaviour was always a little bit... unusual... to say the least. She was almost a total recluse. She never went anywhere without Fred Kwan by her side (and then there's the issue that "Kwan" itself was a made-up name).
I don't believe she was an alien. Not quite. But there's something suspicious going on there.
Comment by [deleted] at 01/04/2017 at 01:57 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Here we go...
Comment by kyouteki at 01/04/2017 at 22:00 UTC*
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I feel like anyone who talks about the alien conspiracy theories just wasn't a fan of the show before TJC. The main actors on the show were practically washed out by that point. GalaxyQuest was less relevant than it had been in years. Con attendance was the lowest it had ever been.
To quote Dr. Lazarus himself, "An ancestor of mine maintained that you must substitute constructions out of known entities for inferences to unknown entities." The debacle at the 18th Annual Convention is much less likely to be an alien attack than it is a semi-elaborate stunt planned by the cast themselves to make themselves relevant again. Jane Doe an alien? More likely a practical effects expert that helped them pull off the plan.
The amazing part is that it worked. TJC and the spin-offs after that revived GalaxyQuest in a way that nothing else ever could have. Hmm. Maybe we should let Joss Whedon in on this to get a revival for *Lightning Bug*.
Comment by thepariaheffect at 01/04/2017 at 22:01 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Oh, god. You know, none of the "RealQuesters" have ever been able to answer this question for me - if the ship's real, why do all the interiors look like they were made on the budget of a late-90s comedy film? I love the fandom, but man...