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Science Fiction » alt.fan.douglas-adams » The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry!
| The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry! [message #29263] |
Mi, 04 Mai 2005 10:48 |
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Unfortunately I am a great fan of the books, the Radio Shows and the BCC
mini series...
So I really looked forward to the new HHGTTG movie, but at the same time
tried not to get my hopes up too much, because I know that it might not be
as good as I hoped..
But it was worse than I ever feared.. it was horribly bad. Even if I hadn't
seen or heard anything about the HHGTTG, I still think I would have seen it
as a huge pile of rubbish
I thought that the acting was terrible, I never got the feel for any of the
characters, the plot was rushed and cut to hardly any of the jokes worked,
and some of the best bits from the radio-show where re-written or cut so the
jokes didn't work at all..
I've read a few of the other reviews, saying that the actors did a great job
and so on.. come on... the lines where delivered with as much skill as ...
eh.. well.. I cannot think of anything that even comes close to describing
it... For example Ford Prefect.. it sounded like he was reading the lines
from a cue-card off camera all the time... Arthur Dent was not much better,
and Zaphod was just plain annoying, not the Fun-Annoying type from the old
shows, but just a pain in the ass annoying, and not even a tiny bit funny...
And delivered with the same acting skills as a brick....
And for those who say "there is only so much you can put into a 2 hour
movie"
How long are the original Radio show ? Or the old BBC mini series?
I have never been more tempted to leave before the end of a movie as I was
this time...
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry! [message #29270 ] |
Mi, 04 Mai 2005 14:52 |
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> Unfortunately I am a great fan of the books, the Radio Shows and the BCC
> mini series...
>
> So I really looked forward to the new HHGTTG movie, but at the same time
> tried not to get my hopes up too much, because I know that it might not be
> as good as I hoped..
> But it was worse than I ever feared.. it was horribly bad. Even if I
hadn't
> seen or heard anything about the HHGTTG, I still think I would have seen
it
> as a huge pile of rubbish
>
> I thought that the acting was terrible, I never got the feel for any of
the
> characters, the plot was rushed and cut to hardly any of the jokes worked,
> and some of the best bits from the radio-show where re-written or cut so
the
> jokes didn't work at all..
> I've read a few of the other reviews, saying that the actors did a great
job
> and so on.. come on... the lines where delivered with as much skill as ...
> eh.. well.. I cannot think of anything that even comes close to describing
> it... For example Ford Prefect.. it sounded like he was reading the lines
> from a cue-card off camera all the time... Arthur Dent was not much
better,
> and Zaphod was just plain annoying, not the Fun-Annoying type from the old
> shows, but just a pain in the ass annoying, and not even a tiny bit
funny...
> And delivered with the same acting skills as a brick....
>
> And for those who say "there is only so much you can put into a 2 hour
> movie"
> How long are the original Radio show ? Or the old BBC mini series?
>
> I have never been more tempted to leave before the end of a movie as I was
> this time...
>
agreed. I was yawning continually throughout. The Magrathean part was
worth the wait though. I would love to recut the movie with the old tv
show..
leave in all the funny lines and add the fx
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29304 ] |
Mi, 04 Mai 2005 21:33 |
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> I have never been more tempted to leave before the end of a movie as I was
> this time...
I nearly got up a couple times, but glad I stayed till the end. I think the
last act was the best. And I think expectations were too high. It's not
really a bad movie, just can't live up to the books. I'll probably rent the
DVD when it comes out; hopefully it will have some interesting commentaries.
Maybe a documentary or show about DNA and the film?
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29322 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 00:52 |
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"somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote in message
news:Qr9ee.700143$w62.639303 [at] bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> > I have never been more tempted to leave before the end of a movie as I
was
> > this time...
>
> I nearly got up a couple times, but glad I stayed till the end. I think
the
> last act was the best. And I think expectations were too high. It's not
> really a bad movie, just can't live up to the books. I'll probably rent
the
> DVD when it comes out; hopefully it will have some interesting
commentaries.
> Maybe a documentary or show about DNA and the film?
I will be seeing it this weekend, but I must say this in advance... How
could it EVER live up to our expectations??? I have the BBC DVD set (3
hours total)...and they are trying to cut down this movie by half? You are
going to lose much of what makes it special by time alone. So my
expectations have been low from day one.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29329 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 02:06 |
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"UffDa!" <euv_uffda [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d5bjmj$jna$1 [at] news01.intel.com...
>
> "somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote in message
> news:Qr9ee.700143$w62.639303 [at] bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> >
> > > I have never been more tempted to leave before the end of a movie as I
> was
> > > this time...
> >
> > I nearly got up a couple times, but glad I stayed till the end. I think
> the
> > last act was the best. And I think expectations were too high. It's
not
> > really a bad movie, just can't live up to the books. I'll probably rent
> the
> > DVD when it comes out; hopefully it will have some interesting
> commentaries.
> > Maybe a documentary or show about DNA and the film?
>
> I will be seeing it this weekend, but I must say this in advance... How
> could it EVER live up to our expectations??? I have the BBC DVD set (3
> hours total)...
2 hours of which are based on the first book and end there
as does the movie, but they find the time (by removing most of the
dialogue) to go to 3 or 4 different planets (including Deep Thoughts
planet) - I simply dont give a toss if DA approved of this or not, he
would have copped a ribbing from people alive or not.
and they are trying to cut down this movie by half? You are
> going to lose much of what makes it special by time alone. So my
> expectations have been low from day one.
My expectations were very high, until I read reviews, then actually
saw the movie and found myself agreeing with everything everyone
said. That said, to go in a total newbie having read or seen nothing
about Hitchhikers I probably would have enjoyed it a bit more. It still
would have been incoherent to me and i would have been wondering
what the FUCK the towels were for...but hey they may well be
leaving some stuff for other movies. I hope so.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29335 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 03:21 |
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>.. It still would have been incoherent to me and i would have been
wondering
> what the FUCK the towels were for...
what are the towels for?
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry! [message #29337 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 03:24 |
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"scojo the moo" <binarycode [at] onetel.net.uk> wrote
> Oh well, you can always read the books again.:)
>
Interestingly I went to the shops today and found the TV series DVD was back
in the charts, so I picked it up this time. Saw the movie this evening and
it's hard to say if I prefer the TV or movie. The TV show was more faithful
to the book and had the real Arthur. The movie had some great imagery.
The book wins !
;o)
Steve M
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29348 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 09:20 |
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"somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote in message
news:Pyeee.180487$cg1.174227 [at] bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> >.. It still would have been incoherent to me and i would have been
> wondering
>> what the FUCK the towels were for...
>
> what are the towels for?
>
The proper question is: What AREN'T the towels for?
Chiggy.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29361 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 11:41 |
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"somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote in message
news:Pyeee.180487$cg1.174227 [at] bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> >.. It still would have been incoherent to me and i would have been
> wondering
> > what the FUCK the towels were for...
>
> what are the towels for?
>
>
going by the movie, they are for flicking Vogons with...
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29413 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 23:09 |
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In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Fuzzy Wuzzy's voice said the
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:
> "somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote in message
> news:Pyeee.180487$cg1.174227 [at] bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
>>> It still would have been incoherent to me and i would have been
>>> wondering what the FUCK the towels were for...
>>
>>what are the towels for?
>
> going by the movie, they are for flicking Vogons with...
Which nicely ignores the other uses they were put to - the breaking of the
pipe to broadcast Ford's ring thing and the drying of Trillian (yum) to name
but two.
--
John Coxon
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then
used against you.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry! [message #29416 ] |
Do, 05 Mai 2005 23:27 |
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Steve Marshall wrote:
>Interestingly I went to the shops today and found the TV series DVD
was back
>in the charts, so I picked it up this time. Saw the movie this
evening and
>it's hard to say if I prefer the TV or movie. The TV show was more
faithful
>to the book and had the real Arthur. The movie had some great imagery.
The TV series was based on the first radio series, to which
it was almost painfully faithful. The (first) book was more
loosely based on the radio series. IMHO, the books were
less fresh and not as funny as the original radio series,
but they really fleshed things out and added a LOT of new
material.
Isaac Kuo
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry! [message #29432 ] |
Fr, 06 Mai 2005 02:47 |
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<mechdan [at] yahoo.com> wrote
> The TV series was based on the first radio series, to which
> it was almost painfully faithful.
True enough. there are differences but it's pretty similar.
> The (first) book was more
> loosely based on the radio series. IMHO, the books were
> less fresh and not as funny as the original radio series,
> but they really fleshed things out and added a LOT of new
> material.
I think the radio series will always be my favourite though I probably
prefer the book to the TV and film, as I said. The radio series worked so
well and I can't think of any big problems with it (first series!).
Steve M
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29434 ] |
Fr, 06 Mai 2005 02:48 |
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"Fuzzy Wuzzy" <f [at] f.com> wrote
> "somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote
> > what are the towels for?
> >
> >
>
> going by the movie, they are for flicking Vogons with...
And how would you get a drink out of a Vogon, going by the movie ?
Steve M
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29486 ] |
Fr, 06 Mai 2005 20:06 |
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I was going to see the film, then wasn't, after reading a load of
reviews that slamed it, I did find some possitive reviews that balanced
it out, but perhaps the "damage" had been done by then...
Eventually I was pursaded to go with some friends to see the film.
One, like me has been a life long fan. His wife is relatively new to
H2G2 - recently read the books and listened to the radio series and the
third was new to H2G2. He decided it was worth a go, and did enjoy the
film. Although he did ask a fair number of questions, the one about
the towels above as well as a load of others. It was a bit like being
in a swamp with Zem... He's decided to read the books and listen to
the radio series.
Another mate went and saw the film last night, never having read or
heard H2G2. He said he enjoyed it but was rather confused by a lot of
what happened and was kind of left hanging.
I had hoped, when I first heard about the film, that it would be a real
visual treat - okay, it was visually stunning especially the Magrathea
Shop Floor sequence - and a faithful retelling (well as faithful as
versions ever were of H2G2 to each other) of a much loved and oft
quoted story. What I think I found, I'm still not sure/convinced about
the film, was a "Hollywood-isation". It had the right title and
characters, some of the major plot elements and possibly a few of the
original jokes - admittedly seriously labotomised.
The humour, for me at least, was mainly in the linguistic acrobatics
that DNA used to convay ideas and the wonderful way he'd tie the
English language in knots. For the most part these were gone, or when
they were still present had been so terribly shreaded as to be almost
meaningless.
The trademark DNA linguistic humour had been replaced with almost
"Keystone Cops" slap-stick - not necessarily a bad thing, but it
doesn't sit well with the core story as portrayed in radio, TV, book,
stage and comic (?) versions.
I thought that Stephen Fry did a wonderful job as the Book and Billy
Nighy was marvelous as Slartibartfast - exactly as I had always
imagined him to act and be! Some of the best lines had been Marvin's,
and Alan Rickman portrayed him very well - even with the
neutered/butchered remains of Marvin's dialog. It was great to see
Simon Jones, and I think his delivery of the Magrathean answer phone
carried much of the dry humour that DNA put into his work.
As for the rest of the core cast (Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell
& Zooey Deschanel), they have done some very good work. But in this, I
can only think NO would have been the best choice. It may have been
unfamiliarity with the material/tradition of H2G2, it may have been
scripting or any number of other things, but (for me) they just didn't
work in the parts at all.
There were some bits that were funny, there were some that were painful
- the open sequence with the dolphins and that bloody awful song.
There was one bit, just one, that sent a shiver down my spin. The
Journey Of The Sourcerer playing over the film title seen in space a la
the BBC TV series.
I found the line about The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe being
in the other direction indicative of how the re-write of the
script/story completely missed the point and a vast amount of the
humour.
Having said all of this, if the rest of the Trilogy is made, and the
same cast, crew and director(s) used, then perhaps the series will
improve and develop.
I'll probably buy the film on DVD when/if it's released, but I am a
little miffed at paying out to see it at the flicks - but that is
entirely my own fault for going!
And finally, the last image of the ghostly face of DNA smiling and the
dedication was a really nice touch.
I'll now finish this little rant-et and pass the soap box on to someone
else :-)
Cheers
All spelling and gramatical errors here in contained are completely
original and copyrighted ;-)
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29490 ] |
Fr, 06 Mai 2005 20:14 |
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"GLH42" <glh42 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1115402780.539548.14390 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> There were some bits that were funny, there were some that were painful
> - the open sequence with the dolphins and that bloody awful song.
I love that song! I didn't when I first heard it as the movie started, but
it grew on me.
> There was one bit, just one, that sent a shiver down my spine. The
> Journey Of The Sourcerer playing over the film title seen in space a la
> the BBC TV series.
Mine too. "Just like old times", that was.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #29592 ] |
Sa, 07 Mai 2005 16:14 |
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In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Neil Gerace's voice said the
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:
> "GLH42" <glh42 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1115402780.539548.14390 [at] o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>
>>There were some bits that were funny, there were some that were painful
>>- the open sequence with the dolphins and that bloody awful song.
>
> I love that song! I didn't when I first heard it as the movie started, but
> it grew on me.
Love at first sight from me, it was. I bought the soundtrack just for that
song. Then I heard 'Vote Beeblebrox' and I saw that it was good.
--
John Coxon
You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then
used against you.
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, WORSE than Vogon Poetry! [message #29829 ] |
So, 08 Mai 2005 23:09 |
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"Steve Marshall" <sdm [at] atmosBlockA.plus.com> wrote in message
news:4279751f$0$571$ed2e19e4 [at] ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>
> "scojo the moo" <binarycode [at] onetel.net.uk> wrote
>
>> Oh well, you can always read the books again.:)
>>
>
> Interestingly I went to the shops today and found the TV series DVD was
> back
> in the charts, so I picked it up this time. Saw the movie this evening
> and
> it's hard to say if I prefer the TV or movie. The TV show was more
> faithful
> to the book and had the real Arthur. The movie had some great imagery.
>
> The book wins !
Steve,
You are right of course.
The movie is going to appeal to a different audience.
I liked it.
It was not as good as I thought it would be.
It was different.
I hated the teevee series, mainly becauuse of David Dixon.
He was awaful.
Didn't you think Stephen Fry was good as 'The book"?
Aside from Peter Jones, I thought there was no one else who could have done
it so so well.
>
> ;o)
>
> Steve M
>
>
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #31957 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 17:39 |
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"somebody" <no [at] thanks.com> wrote in message
news:Qr9ee.700143$w62.639303 [at] bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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> > I have never been more tempted to leave before the end of a movie as I
was
> > this time...
>
> I nearly got up a couple times, but glad I stayed till the end. I think
the
> last act was the best. And I think expectations were too high. It's not
> really a bad movie, just can't live up to the books. I'll probably rent
the
> DVD when it comes out; hopefully it will have some interesting
commentaries.
> Maybe a documentary or show about DNA and the film?
Now that I have seen it I have to say I can see what people are upset
about...it's simply NOT the book.
That being said, for non-Adam's fans it was a fine movie.
My wife described it the following way: "It was doing fine and mostly
following the book, until it took a right turn and completely lost the
book."
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #31958 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 17:50 |
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On 09/05/2005 16:39, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and UffDa! spewed up:
> Now that I have seen it I have to say I can see what people are upset
> about...it's simply NOT the book.
>
> That being said, for non-Adam's fans it was a fine movie.
>
> My wife described it the following way: "It was doing fine and mostly
> following the book, until it took a right turn and completely lost the
> book."
Which was the point that I'd been waiting for.
I am lucky, I guess, in that I'd have been disappointed if it hadn't
deviated from the book. I seem to be in a slim minority.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #31971 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 20:23 |
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"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3e9f5fF1fgrfU1 [at] individual.net...
> On 09/05/2005 16:39, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms
of
> unreason and UffDa! spewed up:
>
> > Now that I have seen it I have to say I can see what people are upset
> > about...it's simply NOT the book.
> >
> > That being said, for non-Adam's fans it was a fine movie.
> >
> > My wife described it the following way: "It was doing fine and mostly
> > following the book, until it took a right turn and completely lost the
> > book."
>
> Which was the point that I'd been waiting for.
>
> I am lucky, I guess, in that I'd have been disappointed if it hadn't
> deviated from the book. I seem to be in a slim minority.
I was somewhat disappointed, as like most HH fans, I would love to see the
old BBC series pumped up with new technology...(although, I loved the actors
of that series). However, I don't view it as an abomination or something
awful, it was just not the fulfillment of my hopes or expectations.
That being said, story aside, I could identify a few things to change:
1) explain the importance of the towel
2) add more book references
3) add 20 minutes or so, with the culmination being the Restaurant at the
End of the Universe. (That could wrap up a movie pretty well...a nice quiet
Zen moment...hand holding, etc)
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #31979 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 21:41 |
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On 09/05/2005 19:23, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and UffDa! spewed up:
> I was somewhat disappointed, as like most HH fans, I would love to see the
> old BBC series pumped up with new technology...(although, I loved the actors
> of that series). However, I don't view it as an abomination or something
> awful, it was just not the fulfillment of my hopes or expectations.
See, the beauty of the BBC series was that although the special effects are
no longer cutting edge, the 'computer graphics' still look good, if a little
80s, and the writing is enough to bring the jokes through. It was a
peculiarly non-visual series.
The movie, on the other hand, has the awesome special effects you need for a
story like this, and manages to translate parts of the Guide to visual
without sacrificing the humour.
> That being said, story aside, I could identify a few things to change:
> 1) explain the importance of the towel
I felt that the way they did this - by actually having towels in use - was
vastly superior to any method of doing it which has been used so far.
> 2) add more book references
I didn't really feel that the movie needed them - it went along at a good
pace, and I didn't get left thinking "What?"
> 3) add 20 minutes or so, with the culmination being the Restaurant at the
> End of the Universe. (That could wrap up a movie pretty well...a nice quiet
> Zen moment...hand holding, etc)
No, because then, there are no sequels! Which would suck.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32030 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 10:20 |
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"UffDa!" <euv_uffda [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d5o07v$f30$1 [at] news01.intel.com...
> Now that I have seen it I have to say I can see what people are upset
> about...it's simply NOT the book.
Neither was the book the radio series ... etc ...
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32031 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 10:20 |
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"UffDa!" <euv_uffda [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d5o9rf$joj$1 [at] news01.intel.com...
> I was somewhat disappointed, as like most HH fans, I would love to see the
> old BBC series pumped up with new technology...(although, I loved the
> actors
> of that series).
How would new technology help a radio play?
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32032 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 10:20 |
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"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3e9sltF2093lU1 [at] individual.net...
> See, the beauty of the BBC series was that although the special effects
> are no longer cutting edge, the 'computer graphics' still look good, if a
> little 80s
The very best bit about the CGI in the tv series is that it wasn't CGI at
all -- let alone '80s CGI, which wouldn't have looked nearly as good.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32554 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 18:24 |
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"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:42807360$0$3892$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> "UffDa!" <euv_uffda [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d5o9rf$joj$1 [at] news01.intel.com...
>
> > I was somewhat disappointed, as like most HH fans, I would love to see
the
> > old BBC series pumped up with new technology...(although, I loved the
> > actors
> > of that series).
>
> How would new technology help a radio play?
The BBC TV, not radio
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32581 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 21:44 |
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> Love at first sight from me, it was. I bought the soundtrack just for
that
> song. Then I heard 'Vote Beeblebrox' and I saw that it was good.
>
> --
> John Coxon
The opening credits sealed it for me. Does anyone have the lyrics as I've
been humming it for two days?
Ta,
Jonny5
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32588 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 22:28 |
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"Jonathan Baddeley" <jonathan.baddeley [at] tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:42810ef1$1_1 [at] mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> Love at first sight from me, it was. I bought the soundtrack just for
> that
>> song. Then I heard 'Vote Beeblebrox' and I saw that it was good.
>>
>> --
>> John Coxon
>
> The opening credits sealed it for me. Does anyone have the lyrics as I've
> been humming it for two days?
>
You mean "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish"? There's a video of it
online at the official movie website. It's in the games section of the
American version.
Chiggy.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32589 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 22:29 |
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"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote in message
news:SeudnQQu0r75hBzfRVn-jg [at] comcast.com...
> "Jonathan Baddeley" <jonathan.baddeley [at] tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:42810ef1$1_1 [at] mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>> Love at first sight from me, it was. I bought the soundtrack just for
>> that
>>> song. Then I heard 'Vote Beeblebrox' and I saw that it was good.
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Coxon
>>
>> The opening credits sealed it for me. Does anyone have the lyrics as I've
>> been humming it for two days?
>>
>
> You mean "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish"? There's a video of it
> online at the official movie website. It's in the games section of the
> American version.
>
And more to the point it's got subtitles of the words.
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #32592 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 22:57 |
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Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Jonathan
Baddeley spoke forth:
>> Love at first sight from me, it was. I bought the soundtrack just for
>that
>> song. Then I heard 'Vote Beeblebrox' and I saw that it was good.
>>
>> --
>> John Coxon
>
>The opening credits sealed it for me. Does anyone have the lyrics as I've
>been humming it for two days?
>
Ther you go, Jonny, guitar chords too, courtesy of <defaultusername>
on DAC
[C]Zaphod Beeblebrox [F/C] is the guy you want to [Em]vote for
When you get into that [F]voting booth put an "X" next to his [C]name
Zaphod Beeblebrox for [F]President building bridges between the
[C]stars
In no way is he [G]stupid oh no in no way is his [F]brain impaired,
it's [F/E]just not true, he's [F/D]smarter than you
[G11]and he's better [C]looking too
[C]Zaphod Beeblebrox [F/C] has the longest hair of [Em]any candidate
and he's got the [F]coolest shades and his teeth are white as [C]snow
so let's elect him [F]President he'll build bridges between the
[C]stars
don't belive the [G]rumors oh no don't belive those [F]vicious lies,
they're [F/E]just not true, he's [F/D]smarter than you
[G11]and he's better [C]looking too
(during solo) [F] [C] [G] [F F/E F/D]
Zaphod [C#]Beeblebrox for [F#]President building bridges between the
[C#]stars
In no way is he [G#]stupid no no in no way is his [F#]brain impaired,
it's [F#/E#]just not true, he's [F#/D#]smarter than you
[G#11]and he's better [A]looking too [B]looking too [C#]Haaaaaaa
--
D.
"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #33273 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 19:56 |
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Neil Gerace wrote:
> "UffDa!" <euv_uffda [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d5o9rf$joj$1 [at] news01.intel.com...
>
>
>>I was somewhat disappointed, as like most HH fans, I would love to see the
>>old BBC series pumped up with new technology...(although, I loved the
>>actors
>>of that series).
>
>
> How would new technology help a radio play?
By having multitrack tapes so more effects can be added easily? By
actually inventing mixers that made it at all possible to add effects
after the recordings?
I think both was true for the guide production, if I'm not completely
wrong...
Best
Kåre
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #33318 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 08:30 |
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On 10/05/2005 09:45, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Neil Gerace spewed up:
> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3e9sltF2093lU1 [at] individual.net...
>
>>See, the beauty of the BBC series was that although the special effects
>>are no longer cutting edge, the 'computer graphics' still look good, if a
>>little 80s
>
> The very best bit about the CGI in the tv series is that it wasn't CGI at
> all -- let alone '80s CGI, which wouldn't have looked nearly as good.
Didn't say it was CGI. It was special effects.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #33323 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 10:14 |
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"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3egbg0F2v85gU3 [at] individual.net...
> On 10/05/2005 09:45, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms
> of unreason and Neil Gerace spewed up:
>
>> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3e9sltF2093lU1 [at] individual.net...
>>
>>>See, the beauty of the BBC series was that although the special effects
>>>are no longer cutting edge, the 'computer graphics' still look good, if a
>>>little 80s
>>
>> The very best bit about the CGI in the tv series is that it wasn't CGI at
>> all -- let alone '80s CGI, which wouldn't have looked nearly as good.
>
> Didn't say it was CGI. It was special effects.
I thought you were differentiating between the 'computer graphics' and the
other visual effects :)
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| Re: The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, [message #34016 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 22:18 |
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On 12/05/2005 09:14, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Neil Gerace spewed up:
> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3egbg0F2v85gU3 [at] individual.net...
>
>>On 10/05/2005 09:45, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms
>>of unreason and Neil Gerace spewed up:
>>
>>>"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:3e9sltF2093lU1 [at] individual.net...
>>>
>>>>See, the beauty of the BBC series was that although the special effects
>>>>are no longer cutting edge, the 'computer graphics' still look good, if a
>>>>little 80s
>>>
>>>The very best bit about the CGI in the tv series is that it wasn't CGI at
>>>all -- let alone '80s CGI, which wouldn't have looked nearly as good.
>>
>>Didn't say it was CGI. It was special effects.
>
> I thought you were differentiating between the 'computer graphics' and the
> other visual effects :)
I know the Guide well enough to know that it was Rod Lord's studios that did
the 'computer graphics'. ;-)
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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