Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

I know I posted saying I enjoyed it, but Dok just ruined it for me and made me hate it all over again

 

Sowwwy

 

i just saw the film just now but didn't think it could encompass teh vast creativity that adams created.

 

i saw it last night with mates from uni. its awsome. we all went in dressing gowns with a towel now i just gotta read the books amazing creativity, amazing story, amazing effects.....just loved it! tho i got upset when the robot got shot but i was much happier when he got back up again hehe

 

Yep, that about sums up my thoughts on it ... so much potential wasted.

The original TV series was 6 episodes ... the last episode being spent in Prehistoric Surrey because the earth had been repopulated by hairdressers and documentry film makers ... this is where Arthur pulls the 6 x9 question from a scrabble bag ... One of the best open endings ever .. What was wrong with doing that again? It tied in so well with the whole story.

Maybe they had to appeal to American humour and realised that they just wouldn't get it

As for The restaurant at the end of the universe ... it was at the end in time not the end in space ... how can it be 'at the other end of the universe' as stated by marvin ... Surely they'd know it wasn't the big bang burger bar?

Oh well.

 

I just found these tucked away on the back of an anarchist website of all places:

http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html

http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book2.html

http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book3.html

http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book4.html

http://flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book5.html


the complete story, just how it should have been, with room for sequels

 

Four questions:

Did anyone take a towel to see it (apart from me and AutumnJewels )

Did anyone see the original Marvin?

Did anyone stay until the end of the credits (there was an extra scene, an extended version of the Deep Thought scene I think)

Did anyone else get a shiver up their spine when Journey Of The Sorcerer faded in? That was one of my favourite bits

 

not me

yes

There was another guide entry ... a bastardisation of the bit in the book where Arthur's words drifting through a space wormhole started a battle.

Yes ... it gave me much false hope

 

No, but I wish I had so I could have strangled myself with it.

Yes. Awful, wasn't it?

No. I was concerned that my major intestine might leap up through my throat and throttle my brain if I stayed any longer.

Yes. It was like having your erogenous zones toyed with right before being anally raped.

 

Where? You mean the remnants of Douglas Adams' vision that managed to slip through without being bastardised?

OK, now it can be absolutely proven that that point is incorrect. The story sucks. The story in the book was fine, but the 'story' in the movie doesn't make any sense.

1. Why did the Vogons pick up Ford and Arthur if they hate hithchikers?

2. Why did the Heart of Gold just happen to be around when Ford and Arthur were ejected into space, and why did it pick them up?

3. Why did Zaphod need to steal the Heart of Gold to get to Magrathea?

4. Why did Hula wotsit need to use Zaphod to get the perspective gun? Why didn't he just go and get it himself?

5. Why did there happen to be a perspective gun lying around in the bowels of Deep Thought and how did Hula know it was there?

6. Why was there a gateway to Deep Thought on Magrathea?

7. Why did the mice need Arthur's brain when the Magrathean's could just make another one?

8. Why was Zaphod going to Magrathea in the first place? There was never any indication that he knew it was conveniently connected with Deep Thought.

And that's just off the top of my head. In the book, all of this made sense. In the film, they've fucked it up so there's no coherent logic. Objectively, the story sucks.

Can't argue with that. But then again, The Phantom Menace had amazing special effects too.

'The robot' is called Marvin. In the books, he was actually funny.

 

hay wow i read the books....well the first three...but i am yet to see the movie...seems good from what people have said....cool

 

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Originally Posted by Power_13
Did anyone take a towel to see it (apart from me and AutumnJewels )
No, but I wish I had so I could have strangled myself with it.

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Did anyone see the original Marvin?
Yes. Awful, wasn't it?

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Did anyone stay until the end of the credits
No. I was concerned that my major intestine might leap up through my throat and throttle my brain if I stayed any longer.

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Did anyone else get a shiver up their spine when Journey Of The Sorcerer faded in?
Yes. It was like having your erogenous zones toyed with right before being anally raped.
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AHAHAHAHAH. well said doc!

 

That bit was actually in the book ... however it was done in a totally different style:

 

No, you missed the point. In the book, the Magratheans don't have the capability of building an exact duplicate of the Earth at the moment of destruction. They can only build a new one and start from scratch, meaning it'd be 10 million years before there was another Arthur Dent. In the movie, they can build an exact duplicate as it existed at the moment of destruction, complete with all its inhabitants, including a new Arthur Dent. So why do they need the original Arthur Dent? Why not just use the duplicate that they've presumably made along with the new Earth?

Also, why would they need Arthut's brain anyways? The only reason they need it in the book is because Earth was 5 minutes away from completing its program when the Vogons vapourised it. Thus, it was believed they might be able to extract the 'question' from Arthur's brain, because he'd been on Earth so close to the completion of its program. In the movie, there's no mention that the Earth was only five minutes short of completing the program, so why is Arthur's brain of such importance? And if it was five minutes short of completing its program, why do they need Arthur's brain at all when they can just build a duplicate Earth and get an answer in 5 minutes flat? The whole point in the book was that without Arthur's brain, they were going to need to wait another 10 million years for the Earth Mk II to run its program from scratch. Arthur's brain was meant to save them the wait. You see, the whole fucking thing doesn't make sense in the movie. It's a retarded mess.

 

Ah right, I get you now ... and yep, the whole story has been ruined by someone who was obviously trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator of cinema goer ... The american audience

 

Oh, right. I thought it was aimed at the Welsh

But seriously.... I dunno if that was so much the problem. I'm more inclined to think that those involved in making the movie just didn't understand the source material.

 

The skimming over the importance of towels got to me too. In the books, it was a strange but very useful thing for anyone in the galaxy to have a towel. Things like that added to the surreal nature of the plot. In the film, Ford just seems to have a thing for towels and that's it.

 

Whatt about the digital watches? Was the fascination replaced by that huge Nokia phone that we saw floating through space?

 

Try counting the number of times you see a Nokia 'phone. Did someone say 'product placement'?

 

Yeah!! And that stupid book that kept appearing in the film! Jeasus talk about SELL-OUT!