Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[philologus]

I loved the books. I will be sure to take a towel when I see the movie.

As for 42. I know what Adams said about the number. But outside HGTTG it has several significant meanings. It forms part of the wisdom of Shem Ha Mephorash; the Hebrew ineffable name of God.

 

[provoke_me]

saw it. loved when they turned into yarn.

 

[Naukhel]

Read all three (five) books.
Own the mini-series on VHS (conversion coming!)
Have copies of the radio broadcasts.
Definitely going to see this movie.

 

[Mosch]

Orginal gepostet von ZaPhOd
Mosch - That is no secret.

Yes, I thought that too. But noone around here thinks this is even possible... it\'s always a deeper meaning, significant to the plot, yadda yadda yadda... good to hear that at least you agree with me

 

[TAB Studio]

OK Finn I come out of hiding
I have no interest so when they(the family) went to see the movie and left me behind I relished time to paint ....can\'t be all bad though got my 11 year old to read his first large book :flip:
Back in the shadows to read my Irving

 

[vincegamer]

Originally posted by Naukhel
Read all three (five) books.
Own the mini-series on VHS (conversion coming!)
Have copies of the radio broadcasts.
Definitely going to see this movie.

I don\'t see \"own the printed radio script\" or \"own and played the Infocom game\" or \"wrote my own ending to The Salmon of Doubt\"

 

[Nomis]

Originally posted by provoke_me
saw it. loved when they turned into yarn.

Sorry is this a spelling mistake - did you mean yawnlol.

Or is it another bit I missed while I was asleep

Perhaps I should try and get my money back!

Seriously I doubt if they could ever have made a fist of it as a film as the only half way decent film from a serial I have seen was the Fugitive and that had a distinct plot that had little to do with any of the episodes!

HHGTTG tried to shoehorn lots of bits from the TV/radio series in with but with lots of changes and didn\'t grab me much at all - apart from the nods to the original TV series such the appearance of the original Marvin and the voice of the guide being the original TV Arthur Dent. I think I start to appreciate how some people felt about the LOTR films!

 

[finn17]

Good for you Tracey!

Originally posted by TAB Studio
OK Finn I come out of hiding

As I said, you will either love it or.......not love it, it\'s too insipid to generate hate

I have not avoided it, you can\'t if you are British....but to me it seems like it was written by a highly imaginative 10 year old. Plus.....it has the added problem of attracting those sort of fans who change their name and dress up etc...*shudder*

 

[Modderrhu]

I read the books, though I really wish I had read the book instead. I\'m not fanboy enough that a poor movie will spoil anything for me, so I\'ll go and see it if the mates are going to see it.

 

[sniffles]

Originally posted by Nomis

Originally posted by provoke_me
saw it. loved when they turned into yarn.

Sorry is this a spelling mistake - did you mean yawnlol.

OK, Nomis, if you fell asleep during the film then you didn\'t see the film!

I loved it. My face hurt from smiling.

For those who complain of changes to the story: Douglas Adams changed it every time he re-wrote it for another media. And he worked on the film script up until his death, so most of the changes were *his* idea. You can\'t blame Hollywood for everything.

@Finn - if you don\'t enjoy it what are you doing on this thread, just trying to get you post count up?

lol

 

[Nomis]

Originally posted by sniffles


OK, Nomis, if you fell asleep during the film then you didn\'t see the film!

I loved it. My face hurt from smiling.

Can\'t really argue against that can I

BUT - I have NEVER EVER fallen asleep in the cinema before! Which must say something about the film!



Fell asleep in an opera once but thats another storylol

 

[finn17]

Hardly....

Originally posted by sniffles
@Finn - if you don\'t enjoy it what are you doing on this thread, just trying to get you post count up?

...I am just a fearless defender of the underdog....

I feel the need to reassure people that HGTTG isn\'t universally funny, that not everyone likes The Rocky Horror Show...etc.etc....and that it is okay to admit it! You are not alone:bouncy:

 

[vincegamer]

I fell asleep during Reds.
Of course I was what, 8 at the time? When did that film come out? All I remember about the film was the loud music durning the closing credits. I guess they figured they needed to wake everyone up.

As to Rocky Horror, everyone I talked to said \"you don\'t go for the movie, you go for the crowd.\" In other words, no one thought it was actually a good movie.
The only time I saw it was on tape with just my Brazilian roommate.
I concluded it was actually a reasonably well done spoof of the genre. Kind of like the musical Little Shop of Horrors - though in fairness the original LSH was not a spoof, just bad.