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Vibrationbaby 
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Posted: March 02 2005 at 13:50 |
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I hope they don`t butcher it I`ve loved Douglas Adams`work since THGTTG
came out. Ijust don`t think they can convey the essence of the five
books in the time span of 90 to 220 minutes.
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Hangedman
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Posted: March 02 2005 at 12:55 |
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It looks fun, i dont expect it to be exactly like the books or as good,
i have a special hard cover edition of the series and in the forward
douglas adams explains that the books were similar but distinct of the
radio series, as was the short lived television run. He also explains
that the script that he had at the time written for amovie was also
different, just go in with an open mind and fall in love with some
great characters all over again.
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Emperor
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Posted: March 02 2005 at 09:42 |
BTW, I travelled hitch-hicheng through Europe (Russia-Belarus-Poland-Germany-Netherlands-Belgium-France-Ge rmany-Poland-Belarus-Russia) at August-September 2003 for 18 days  It was a really good time and a great experience! 
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I Prophesy Disaster...
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Paco Fox
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 09:12 |
 Pixel Pirate wrote:
What I really popped in to do was answer the question: On which prog album does Alan Rickman feature,uncredited? The answer is one of my favourite albums of all time: "Tubular Bells II" which,as far as I'm concerned,has TB1 thrashed soundly into a quivering pulp.
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THAT'S.... CORRECT.
And I agree about TB2: it's a great album, very underrated in my opinion.
About LOTR: I think that movie is the best that could be done with the book.
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sigod
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 09:10 |
Good to get that off your chest PP? 
Actually, I agree about Hitchhikers. These books are part of the very fabric of
my soul and although I'll go and see the movie without question, I'm sure I'm
gonna get disappointed as well. However, just like LOTR there might be enough
'true moments' in the film to make it an enjoyable experience.
I thought they did a good job with the Hitchhikers TV series.
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Pixel Pirate
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 08:20 |
Of course this movie is going to suck like nothing else has sucked in the history of this or any other universe because the books are brilliant and there's no way the movie will be able to capture the individual experience of the books as they are filtered through the imagination of each reader of these wonderful books. As Stephen Fry has said: Nothing can compare to the movie in your head. Just look at the way they completely screwed up "Lord Of The Rings". From the trailer I thought Peter Jackson had pulled it off but that was before I saw Legolas skateboarding!! But that's besides the point. What I really popped in to do was answer the question: On which prog album does Alan Rickman feature,uncredited? The answer is one of my favourite albums of all time: "Tubular Bells II" which,as far as I'm concerned,has TB1 thrashed soundly into a quivering pulp.
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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Reed Lover
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 07:36 |
Judging by the "bulge" on his left shoulder there is a whole neck and head thing going on there.
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Manunkind
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 07:16 |
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"In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 06:59 |
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Manunkind
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 06:42 |
Reed Lover wrote:
Zaphod's NOT missing his extra head!!
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Is the other head attached to the neck? Or is the other head the neck That's just plain stupid. It wasn't that way in the book.
Besided, why would Zaphod want to hide his other head in the first place? He's not that kind of alien. That's cheap.
The movie's going to suck, I know it
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 03:53 |
I still HAVE to see the film, as I loved the radio series - and the subsequent TV series just brought it to life!
I couldn't believe how dated it all looked when I saw the TV series again on DVD - the sets were worse than Blakes 7!! (Although Blakes 7 is as entertaining as it ever was, thanks to the great story lines).
Hopefully the film will bring it up to date a bit - at least I won't be disappointed when I see the new Marvin, as I now know what to expect... although the original is going to take some beating!
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 03:22 |
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Call me an old Luddite, but I still have fond memories of the original radio series and the irreplaceable Peter Jones as 'The Guide'.
But then, I do have a brain the size of a planet........
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Paco Fox
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Posted: February 22 2005 at 03:02 |
I think there are more pros: The reviews have been really good and they've said it's faithful to the book. I've read some minor criticism towards some new stuff, but let's not forget that most of the changes had been made by Douglas himself prior to his death. The project has been in development hell for years, but I think it appears to have come to a good end: the actors look the part (and sound the part: Stephen Fry as the Guide is a good choice, as well as Alan Rickman - prog connection: in wich album is he said to have had a uncredited cameo?), the budget seems to be adequate, and at it has been made by english directors (what I think was essential).
For any fans interested in this, you can read about the difficult development of this movie in the book 'The Greatest Sci Fi Movies never made', about failed fantasy projects (of course, some of them came to being after the publishing of the book some years ago, like 'Spiderman', 'Fantastic Four' or this one).
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 19:40 |
Looks pretty funny...
I don't know the book though...
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 19:32 |
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Maybe it'll be a Roger Waters sound track.
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Rob The Plant
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 19:31 |
Looks like there are more cons then pros to hitchhiking! 
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Collaborators will take your soul.
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 16:31 |
It's a toy robot
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 15:11 |
That's not Marvin - it's one of the aliens out of the Cadbury's Smash adverts, only built more cheaply...
THIS is Marvin;
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Reed Lover
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 14:50 |
Zaphod's NOT missing his extra head!!
But what the f**k have they done to Marvin??????
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Posted: February 21 2005 at 12:36 |
I shall attempt to reserve judgement until the film is released & I can make my mind up overall - but from the short clips............. 
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