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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:30 pm
Why did they use the music fom MIB2?
Althought some of it looks nice, most of it looks like a goddamn perversion of the true word.......
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:40 pm
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:47 pm
Did they call the woman TRICIA??? I mean, I can cope with zaphod only having 1 visible head, and dupli-monsters, but they could AT LEAST get the names right... grumblegrumble
So do you think they'll change The Answer to a more palatable number?
***edit*** oh hell, I'll probably go see it anyway.... ***end edit***
So do you think they'll change The Answer to a more palatable number?
***edit*** oh hell, I'll probably go see it anyway.... ***end edit***
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 4:07 pm
As I recall Trillian's real name was Tricia McMillan (or MacMillan). Which is why Arther didn't recognize the name when he first heard it. But then what do I know? I'm just the guy who made a point of going to Marks and Spencer in London to buy his towell.smashinator wrote:Did they call the woman TRICIA??? I mean, I can cope with zaphod only having 1 visible head, and dupli-monsters, but they could AT LEAST get the names right... grumblegrumble
So do you think they'll change The Answer to a more palatable number?
***edit*** oh hell, I'll probably go see it anyway.... ***end edit***
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:48 am
Yeah, you're right. I just don't remember them actually calling her that more than once...
And I'm willing to admit that the wrong number of visible heads on Zaphod got me all juiced up to rip the film to pieces.
Just to say something positive, Marvin looks pretty awesome.
And I'm willing to admit that the wrong number of visible heads on Zaphod got me all juiced up to rip the film to pieces.
Just to say something positive, Marvin looks pretty awesome.
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:53 am
On the plus side, I think that Sam Rockwell is a damn good choice to play Zaphod. He's been brilliant in just about everything I've seen him in and I can imagine him pulling off the whole "split brain different personality" thing they've done with Zaphod. I'm optomistic, but I'm also a tremendous fan of the book (I had a copie that I carried between two contenente, four states, and every posting I had in the Navy. It kept me, somewhat, sane).
Oh, here's a less choppy, though smaller, link to the trailer:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst ... 44-8356606
Oh, here's a less choppy, though smaller, link to the trailer:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst ... 44-8356606
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:41 am
Speaking of well-traveled books, my personal "omnibus edition" of the first 4 books was funnier than the one version I'm reading now.
Seriously.
A friend loaned me his copy that has the "complete" versions of all 5 books. Jokes have been changed/made less funny/entirely omitted.
For example, the "Rory" award was for Most Gratuitious Use of the Word "Fuck" in a Screenplay in my original copy. Now it's for the word "Belgium" and there's a 3 paragraph "explanation" of the joke.
Also, at the Restaurant at the end of the universe, the MC told a bunch of "young republican dogs" that the end of the universe was all their fault. That bit was completely missing in my friend's copy.
Maybe I'm too attached to the copy I had, but I felt kinda ripped off.
Seriously.
A friend loaned me his copy that has the "complete" versions of all 5 books. Jokes have been changed/made less funny/entirely omitted.
For example, the "Rory" award was for Most Gratuitious Use of the Word "Fuck" in a Screenplay in my original copy. Now it's for the word "Belgium" and there's a 3 paragraph "explanation" of the joke.
Also, at the Restaurant at the end of the universe, the MC told a bunch of "young republican dogs" that the end of the universe was all their fault. That bit was completely missing in my friend's copy.
Maybe I'm too attached to the copy I had, but I felt kinda ripped off.
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:44 pm
I think it's safe to blame Douglas Adams for this. He's kind of the literary equivalent to George Lucas, forever tinkering and not leaving the work to stand on its own merits. Just be happy that you had the opportunity to enjoy the origional, un-re-edidited versions.
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:04 pm
Damn you! Now I have to go read all the books for the sixth (or is it the seventh?) time over! Thanks a lot!smashinator wrote:Speaking of well-traveled books, my personal "omnibus edition" of the first 4 books was funnier than the one version I'm reading now.
Seriously.
A friend loaned me his copy that has the "complete" versions of all 5 books. Jokes have been changed/made less funny/entirely omitted.
For example, the "Rory" award was for Most Gratuitious Use of the Word "Fuck" in a Screenplay in my original copy. Now it's for the word "Belgium" and there's a 3 paragraph "explanation" of the joke.
Also, at the Restaurant at the end of the universe, the MC told a bunch of "young republican dogs" that the end of the universe was all their fault. That bit was completely missing in my friend's copy.
Maybe I'm too attached to the copy I had, but I felt kinda ripped off.
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:59 am
Go here, check out this preview. Enjoy.
http://www.ugo.com/ (O.K., you'll have to select the "Eclusive Bonus Trailer for The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, but I figure you can do that).
http://www.ugo.com/ (O.K., you'll have to select the "Eclusive Bonus Trailer for The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, but I figure you can do that).
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 3:52 pm
Hm......hm........hm.......okay. I will actually try and follow the eternally best advice and don't panic (allthough I have the nagging suspicion, nay, the ceratin conviction that this sentence is a grammatical heresy). I will watch it. And if I find it's a total perversion of the books, I shall seek the aid of a hypnotist to forget it so that when I reread the sacred texts my own imagination shall not be pushed aside by the images created by the filmmakers.