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Science Fiction » alt.fan.douglas-adams » Continuity Error
Continuity Error [message #23811] Mo, 02 Mai 2005 05:53
Kevin Saliga  
The executive producer of the movie in an interview just before the release
stated (paraphrased here) that he was happy about the way the movie turned
out, but he knew there was a continunity error in it. He wouldn't say what
it was, but was sure it would come out very quickly. I'm wondering if
anyone caught it. My only theory is based on a fact of the movie I can't
remember at all:

I can't exactly remember this one part of the movie, but it may be this -- I
think when Zaphod was showing the recording of Deep Thought, he stated that
it was the Magrathians that were searching for the Question, but I'm not
certain of this. (This is different from the book, which of course states
that they were only contracted to build the planet by another race in search
for the question, but with each format of the story changing, it could have
been changed to them searching and building the planet to simplify things
for a movie office - I just can't remember.) If it was in-fact the people
of Magrathia that were searching for the Question, and they existed as mice
in our universe, wouldn't Slartibartfast need to be a mouse (or at least
much smaller) when he first meets Arthur in Arthur's own dimention?

Anyway - can someone with a better memory tell me if that was what the
recording stated? And did anyone catch the continunity error in question,
if this isn't it?

-Kevin
Re: Continuity Error [message #29685 ] So, 08 Mai 2005 08:01
Mister Pointy  
"Foley U. Matthews" <pteybiesla [at] biegeponed.ceom> wrote in message
news:427c58a4.3850119 [at] news.bigpond.com...
> On Stardate Sun, 1 May 2005 22:53:55 -0500, "Kevin Saliga"
> <ksaliga [at] emdat.com> applied digits to the keyboard and routed the
> information from some kind of brain (presumably), thusly:
>
> >The executive producer of the movie in an interview just before the
release
> >stated (paraphrased here) that he was happy about the way the movie
turned
> >out, but he knew there was a continunity error in it. He wouldn't say
what
> >it was, but was sure it would come out very quickly. I'm wondering if
> >anyone caught it. My only theory is based on a fact of the movie I can't
> >remember at all:
> >
> >I can't exactly remember this one part of the movie, but it may be
this -- I
> >think when Zaphod was showing the recording of Deep Thought, he stated
that
> >it was the Magrathians that were searching for the Question, but I'm not
> >certain of this. (This is different from the book, which of course
states
> >that they were only contracted to build the planet by another race in
search
> >for the question, but with each format of the story changing, it could
have
> >been changed to them searching and building the planet to simplify things
> >for a movie office - I just can't remember.) If it was in-fact the
people
> >of Magrathia that were searching for the Question, and they existed as
mice
> >in our universe, wouldn't Slartibartfast need to be a mouse (or at least
> >much smaller) when he first meets Arthur in Arthur's own dimention?
>
> um, the movie diverges from the tv series a bit, the pan dimension
> beings (or beings from a higher dimension) are only in magrathean
> recordings in the tv version, in the film the 3 way gateway takes ford
> zaphon and trillian to the dimension where the mice were people and
> deep thought was physically built. so it is expanded on, such that
> magrathea is a gateway to the pandimension, (earth 2 was still under
> construction when the mice try to steal Arthur's brain, dead mice dont
> usually turn into tiny people and then dissappear)
>
> >
> >Anyway - can someone with a better memory tell me if that was what the
> >recording stated? And did anyone catch the continunity error in
question,
> >if this isn't it?
> >
>
> i was distracted by the way that after John Malcovich removed his
> fake/glasses/fake/eyes thing, later in close-up you can see it is just
> an actor wearing loose fitting glasses (there was an ordinary gap)
>
> >-Kevin
> >
> >

Well, I noticed three. Unfortunately I can only remember two right now:

The signed presidential prisoner release form bears Zaphod's signature, but
there didn't seem to be enough time for Zaphod to sign it. Arthur goes over
to get the form, leaving Ford and Zaphod with the Vogon clerk, fills it in
over there, returns to his waiting friends and hands the completed form to
the clerk directly.

Zaphod mentions that his third arm is missing after the HOG comes under
attack by the thermonuclear missiles. When did he lose the third arm?
Presumably it was removed by Humma along with the second head?

I'll post the other one when it comes back to me.
Re: Continuity Error [message #29700 ] So, 08 Mai 2005 10:23
Tian Harter  
Mister Pointy wrote:
> "Foley U. Matthews" <pteybiesla [at] biegeponed.ceom> wrote in message
> news:427c58a4.3850119 [at] news.bigpond.com...
>
>>On Stardate Sun, 1 May 2005 22:53:55 -0500, "Kevin Saliga"
>><ksaliga [at] emdat.com> applied digits to the keyboard and routed the
>>information from some kind of brain (presumably), thusly:
>>
>>
>>>The executive producer of the movie in an interview just before
>>>the release stated (paraphrased here) that he was happy about the
>>>way the movie turned out, but he knew there was a continunity
>>>error in it.

Would that be there wasn't a bunch of vomit in the can when they
went from doll mode to real mode coming out of improbable warp?

--
Tian
Last Friday I saw the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. For
weeks before I saw it, I was predicting the Hollywood dis-
asters in it would make the Hollywood disasters in The Day
After Tomorrow look like a walk in the park. I was right.
http://tian.greens.org
Re: Continuity Error [message #29704 ] So, 08 Mai 2005 11:40
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Mister Pointy wrote:

<snip>





















************SPOILERS****************'









> The signed presidential prisoner release form bears Zaphod's signature, but
> there didn't seem to be enough time for Zaphod to sign it. Arthur goes over
> to get the form, leaving Ford and Zaphod with the Vogon clerk, fills it in
> over there, returns to his waiting friends and hands the completed form to
> the clerk directly.

My guess would be that Zaphod, being the kind of president he is, has
presigned the original, so all copies already bear his signature...

Best
Kåre
Re: Continuity Error [message #31953 ] Mo, 09 Mai 2005 14:50
Kevin Saliga  
"Tian Harter" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com59577151> wrote in message
news:d5kidj$1n1$1 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> Mister Pointy wrote:
>> "Foley U. Matthews" <pteybiesla [at] biegeponed.ceom> wrote in message
>> news:427c58a4.3850119 [at] news.bigpond.com...
>>
>>>On Stardate Sun, 1 May 2005 22:53:55 -0500, "Kevin Saliga"
>>><ksaliga [at] emdat.com> applied digits to the keyboard and routed the
>>>information from some kind of brain (presumably), thusly:
>>>
>>>
>>>>The executive producer of the movie in an interview just before the
>>>>release stated (paraphrased here) that he was happy about the way the
>>>>movie turned out, but he knew there was a continunity error in it.
>
> Would that be there wasn't a bunch of vomit in the can when they
> went from doll mode to real mode coming out of improbable warp?
>

I watched the movie a second time, and watched that scene specifically. It
could be argued that "normality" was being restored gradually, because the
shot of the bucket shows the Arthur Dent, but his had is still yarn - like
he's wearing a mitten. So not all the yarn is changing to real at the same
time.

That said, it would have been nice to see the couches gradually change to
Ford and Arthur, instead of just *poof*.
Re: Continuity Error [message #31956 ] Mo, 09 Mai 2005 16:59
Mister Pointy  
"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:d5kmr3$d0a$2 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> Mister Pointy wrote:
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> ************SPOILERS****************'
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> > The signed presidential prisoner release form bears Zaphod's signature,
but
> > there didn't seem to be enough time for Zaphod to sign it. Arthur goes
over
> > to get the form, leaving Ford and Zaphod with the Vogon clerk, fills it
in
> > over there, returns to his waiting friends and hands the completed form
to
> > the clerk directly.
>
> My guess would be that Zaphod, being the kind of president he is, has
> presigned the original, so all copies already bear his signature...
>
> Best
> Kåre

When Vice President Rontok is handed the form, she sees Zaphod's signature
and says "Zaphod's here". If Zaphod had presigned the forms, Rontok would
have had to not know that.
Re: Continuity Error [message #31959 ] Mo, 09 Mai 2005 17:53
John Coxon  
Spoilers below:





































On 09/05/2005 15:59, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Mister Pointy spewed up:

> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:d5kmr3$d0a$2 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
>
>>My guess would be that Zaphod, being the kind of president he is, has
>>presigned the original, so all copies already bear his signature...
>
> When Vice President Rontok is handed the form, she sees Zaphod's signature
> and says "Zaphod's here". If Zaphod had presigned the forms, Rontok would
> have had to not know that.

Rontok? You mean Questular? Why Rontok?

--
John Coxon

A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?

Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
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Re: Continuity Error [message #31988 ] Mo, 09 Mai 2005 22:46
Mister Pointy  
SPOILERS BELOW...




























"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3e9fbgF1fgrfU2 [at] individual.net...

> > When Vice President Rontok is handed the form, she sees Zaphod's
signature
> > and says "Zaphod's here". If Zaphod had presigned the forms, Rontok
would
> > have had to not know that.
>
> Rontok? You mean Questular? Why Rontok?
>
> --
> John Coxon
>
Yes, that's right. Questular Rontok. :-)
Re: Continuity Error [message #32012 ] Di, 10 Mai 2005 02:20
Dave Adalian  
"Mister Pointy" <mister-dot-pointy-at-orcon-dot-net-dot-nz [at] 0.0> wrote in
message news:tVKfe.218926$4J5.56044 [at] fe04!news.easynews.com...
>
> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
> news:d5kmr3$d0a$2 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
>> Mister Pointy wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> ************SPOILERS****************'
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > The signed presidential prisoner release form bears Zaphod's signature,
> but
>> > there didn't seem to be enough time for Zaphod to sign it. Arthur goes
> over
>> > to get the form, leaving Ford and Zaphod with the Vogon clerk, fills it
> in
>> > over there, returns to his waiting friends and hands the completed form
> to
>> > the clerk directly.
>>
>> My guess would be that Zaphod, being the kind of president he is, has
>> presigned the original, so all copies already bear his signature...
>>
>> Best
>> Kåre
>
> When Vice President Rontok is handed the form, she sees Zaphod's signature
> and says "Zaphod's here". If Zaphod had presigned the forms, Rontok would
> have had to not know that.
>

Did you notice whose hand handed her the order to release the prisoner?
Actually, whoever it is didn't hand it to her. The hand handed it to the
unnamed Vogon in charge.


Chiggy.
Re: Continuity Error [message #32529 ] Di, 10 Mai 2005 12:23
Mister Pointy  
************SPOILERS****************'


























> Did you notice whose hand handed her the order to release the prisoner?
> Actually, whoever it is didn't hand it to her. The hand handed it to the
> unnamed Vogon in charge.
>
>
> Chiggy.
>
>
Er no, I didn't notice that. Looks like I need to go see the movie again!
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