I am well aware, and that’s why i like this fandom! It was just a snarky response.
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I know you know, that I know that you know! 
Also trekkies can’t help but explain stuff that don’t need explaining…
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BRANDON: Hey, Commander, uh. So, as I was saying, In “The Quasar Dilemma”, you used the auxiliary of deck b (to Kyle) could you get this … deck B for Gamma override. The thing is that online blueprints indicate deck b is independent of the guidance matrix, so we were wondering where the error lies?
JASON: It’s just a television show. Okay? That’s all.
BRANDON: Cause we were wondering if the quantum flux, now just listen on this . . .
JASON: There IS no quantum flux and there IS no auxiliary… There’s no goddamn ship! You got it?
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For one person, that’s easy.
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…except some aliens loved the dream so much that they made it real. Which is, to me, kind of the point: really good dreams have the power to inspire, and that inspiration can wind up making the world better than it was.
Star Trek has been an inspration for a lot of people, and some of them have been trying to do the work to change things, via charity drives and other networking mechanisms.
So “it’s just a TV show” can be 100% true, and it can still be worth examining as if it could be real, at the same time, even if only for fun… because you never know what will come from it.
(I adore how Galaxy Quest works so well as both a send-up of and a love letter to the typical sci-fi cliches at the same time, while never quite losing sight of why we love them so much… it’s great Trek, or Trek-adjacent material, in itself.)
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That seemed to be what the magic futuretech ablative armor was that Admiral Janeway added to Voyager to trash the Borg.
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I agree totally! We loved the scene with Brandon and Jason (and the sf con scenes in general), because it showed sf fans in such a funny but lovable way.
We were at the Chicago WorldCon (Chicon in 2000, and saw the writer and director of Galaxy Quest receive the Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation. IIRC, when they came on stage to accept, the two talked of being enthusiastic fans of Star Trek, and how they made the movie out of love for it.
But in the elevator we heard some idiot complain about it as “pandering to the masses.” Alas there are assholes in fandom, though in a minority I think.
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The producers ordered eye drops in 55 gallon drums.
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I find this advice logical.
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