Editing Galaxy Quest (section)

=== Post-production ===
After most production was done, Johnson said that DreamWorks was confused by the film, as it was not what they had expected from the script they greenlit, but pushed on post-production as they needed a film to compete with [[Columbia Pictures]]' ''[[Stuart Little (film)|Stuart Little]]''.<ref name="thr dec2019"/> The film originally received an [[R rating (Motion Picture Association of America)|"R" rating]], according to Collins and Weaver,<ref name="Weintraub">{{cite web | last=Weintraub | first=Steve "Frosty" | url=https://collider.com/lindsey-collins-john-carter-r-rated-galaxy-quest-interview/146719/ | title=Producer Lindsey Collins Talks ''John Carter'', Deleted Scenes, and an R-Rated ''Galaxy Quest''?! | publisher=Collider.com | access-date=July 29, 2013 | archive-date=May 28, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528133013/http://collider.com/lindsey-collins-john-carter-r-rated-galaxy-quest-interview/146719 | url-status=dead }}</ref> before being recut to achieve a family-friendly rating. Shalhoub did not remember any darker version of the film.<ref>{{cite web | last=Weintraub | first=Steve "Frosty" | url=https://collider.com/tony-shalhoub-pain-and-gain-galaxy-quest-interview/ | title=Tony Shalhoub Talks ''Pain and Gain'' and ''Galaxy Quest'' | date=April 26, 2013 | publisher=Collider.com | access-date=July 29, 2013 | archive-date=July 12, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712112726/http://collider.com/tony-shalhoub-pain-and-gain-galaxy-quest-interview/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Gordon had not planned to write a "family-friendly" film, and his initial script included mature scenes, such as DeMarco attempting to seduce aliens, and the crash of the escape pod into the convention hall decapitating several attendees.<ref name="MTV"/>

While ''Galaxy Quest'' was in post-production, Paramount released ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'', which was a box-office success. DreamWorks at that point pushed to have ''Galaxy Quest'' tailored for a younger audience to compete with ''Rugrats''.<ref name="documentary rugrats">{{cite video | title = Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary | date = 2019 | people = Bennett, Jack (director) | time =1:15:00 | medium = Motion picture | publisher = [[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] }}</ref> According to the cast and crew, ''Galaxy Quest'' was re-edited to achieve a "PG" rating, requiring scenes to be cut that could have survived if a "PG-13" rating had been targeted instead.<ref name="MTV"/> In the "chompers" scene, DeMarco's line "Well, screw that!" was [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbed]] over her original "Well, fuck that!"<ref name="MTV"/><ref name="io9"/> Weaver stated she purposely made her dubbed line stand out as a form of protest from her original line.<ref name="thr dec2019"/> Several scenes involving Dr. Lazarus were cut, as DreamWorks felt they were too kinky for the desired rating. One cut scene showed Dr. Lazarus' crew quarters on the Protector, which Allen called a "proctologist's dream and nightmare".<ref name="MTV"/><ref name="thr dec2019"/> Other scenes were added to provide what Dreamworks felt was necessary continuity for the intended younger audience, such as showing the limo with Nesmith and the aliens "beaming up" from Earth.<ref name="documentary rugrats"/>

In theaters, the first 20 minutes of the film were presented in a 1.85:1 [[Widescreen|aspect ratio]] (minus the opening showing clips from the TV show which were in 1.33:1), before changing to a wider 2.35:1 ratio when Nesmith looks out upon space as the ''Protector'' arrives at Thermia to maximize the effect on viewers.<ref name="MentalFloss"/><ref name="io9"/> However, this caused some problems with projectionists at movie theaters when showing the film as they had not opened up the screen curtains far enough for the wider aspect ratio. Projectionists had to be told at later showings to prepare for this transition. On the DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases, however, after the opening scene showing the TV clips, it goes directly from 1.33:1 to 2.35:1 and remains that way for the rest of the movie.<ref name="MTV"/> [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]] composed the score.