Douglas Adams was right...

[DeepIron]

How presumptive of Homo Sapiens to think it's the only sentient species on the planet:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc....ap/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7291501.stm

Funny how a little "good news" can come from the most unexpected quarter.

"So long and thanks for all the fish."

[kiwi_2005]

Douglas Adams wasn't he the author of Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy? I just watch for the first time the movie of the book few months back and thought it was damn funny.

[DeepIron]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Douglas Adams wasn't he the author of Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy? I just watch for the first time the movie of the book few months back and thought it was damn funny.

Yes he was and one of my favorite authors too! BTW, if you enjoyed the movie, which wasn't bad considering all the stuff they had to show, you should read the book(s) (there are actually 5 of them).

[STEED]

A true Hitch hiker fan like me would never watch that dreadful film, for years DA wanted a film made and Hollywood said no but not long after his death they made the film and I bet DA would hate it.

[DeepIron]

Aw, c'mon... you gotta admit the "tour of Magrathea" was pretty cool...

[Blacklight]

The Hitchiker's Guide movie (The new one)... All I have to say is...

Read the book.

The BBC TV movie was better and caught the flavor of the book a heck of a lot better than the Hollywood movie. The Hollywood treatment of The Hitchikers guide was an abomination ! I think the writers thought that American's wouldn't understand the witty British humor so they removed it ALL and put in a whole crapload of side plots and a stuped love story to inject seriousness into the story where seriousness didn't belong, and none of the stuff they added was in the book !

[Sailor Steve]

Adams was also a writer and long-time script editor for Dr. Who. My local library has a great writer's quote from him: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."

[Respenus]

Originally Posted by STEED

A true Hitch hiker fan like me would never watch that dreadful film, for years DA wanted a film made and Hollywood said no but not long after his death they made the film and I bet DA would hate it.

When I saw the movie, I said to myself, like Zaphod's grandad said to him (Zaphod the Fourth I believe, some time accident involved): You know why Betelgeuse has a steep angle? You're grandmother and I are turning in our graves!

I apologise if I missquoted it, I have only read them in Slovene and I forgot the exact lines, so it's an approximation.

Story relevant: It's such a wonderfull story, makes one believe that there is still good in one form or another.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Adams was also a writer and long-time script editor for Dr. Who. My local library has a great writer's quote from him: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."

Yeh, I love that one too. I didn't know he died until the Salmon of Doubt was translated into Slovene. I remember, it was December 6th. A sad day in any man's book. God, I felt horrible. We really lost a great man.

[STEED]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

The Hitchiker's Guide movie (The new one)... All I have to say is...

Read the book.

The BBC TV movie was better and caught the flavor of the book a heck of a lot better than the Hollywood movie. The Hollywood treatment of The Hitchikers guide was an abomination ! I think the writers thought that American's wouldn't understand the witty British humor so they removed it ALL and put in a whole crapload of side plots and a stuped love story to inject seriousness into the story where seriousness didn't belong, and none of the stuff they added was in the book !

I agree 100% with you.

[Blacklight]

It's not quite the same workover that Hollywood gave Starship Troopers. When they made that one, apparently the people who wrote the movie didn't even take time to actually READ the book. It wasn't even the same STORY !!! And they changed the sex of one of the characters just to have a romance element in there (and the co-ed shower scene ).

It was as if the people who wrote the script only read the description on the back of the book, tossed the book in the trash, and wrote the movie (which also should be tossed in the trash and burned).

[Torplexed]

The BBC TV Movie had a lot of background information and tidbits from the book and radio series in the form of shorts and animated bits.

Who can ever forget the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation....

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Respenus

When I saw the movie, I said to myself, like Zaphod's grandad said to him (Zaphod the Fourth I believe, some time accident involved): You know why Betelgeuse has a steep angle? You're grandmother and I are turning in our graves!

I apologise if I missquoted it, I have only read them in Slovene and I forgot the exact lines, so it's an approximation.

Story relevant: It's such a wonderfull story, makes one believe that there is still good in one form or another.

Yeh, I love that one too. I didn't know he died until the Salmon of Doubt was translated into Slovene. I remember, it was December 6th. A sad day in any man's book. God, I felt horrible. We really lost a great man.

I saw BETTLEJUICE :rotfl:

[lambda*sqrt(u*x)]

Originally Posted by STEED

A true Hitch hiker fan like me would never watch that dreadful film, for years DA wanted a film made and Hollywood said no but not long after his death they made the film and I bet DA would hate it.

I watched the Hollycaust movie and since then, what you just wrote is religion.

[Knipper]

Listen (no pun intended), IMHO, the best way to enjoy the Hitch Hikers Guide is to listen to the original BBC radio series, c/w music from The Eagles (best thing they did - it was short). In the late 70's, a mate of mine told me about this programme that the BBC obviously didn't know what to do with. It was (I think) on Radio 2 at 11.30 at night. It was well weird. I was hooked immediately. I'd go round to his house and we'd have a couple of drinks and a couple of (ahem) cigarettes and wait for this radio show to happen. It was nothing short of brilliant. I have read the books and fantastic though they are, it was great to have someone read them to you. The TV show and film? Forget 'em IMHO. Mere shadows of the original, not even that in fact.

I saw something really funny the other day on the BBC website. It was Stephen Fry talking about his friendship with DA (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7283155.stm) and the secret behind why the number 42 was the answer etc etc. Fry says, "Of course, it would be unfair for me to comment," he confides. "Douglas told me in the strictest confidence exactly why 42. The answer is fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious. Nonetheless amazing for that. Remarkable really. But sadly I cannot share it with anyone and the secret must go with me to the grave. Pity, because it explains so much beyond the books. It really does explain the secret of life, the universe, and everything."

I bet the dolphins know. And while we're on the subject, this is pretty amazing too..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7291501.stm

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

It was as if the people who wrote the script only read the description on the back of the book, tossed the book in the trash, and wrote the movie (which also should be tossed in the trash and burned).

That was almost word-for-word what I said about the 1994 Disney version of The Three Musketeers.

As for the 42 problem, I thought Adams answered that himself with the "What is 6 times 9?" It all makes sense.

Originally Posted by Knipper

And while we're on the subject, this is pretty amazing too..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7291501.stm

Wasn't that what started this thread in the first place?