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04-14-2004, 12:10 PM
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Look!!!
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is coming out!!! WOOO HOOO!!! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/ I think that these two should be switched tho. Mos Def .... Ford Prefect Sam Rockwell .... Zaphod Beeblebrox I just never pictured Ford being black... And always saw Zaphod as darker skinned. I dunno, I am so excited tho! 2005 is still a long way away, ack ack ack
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04-14-2004, 12:28 PM
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Sam Rockwell .... Zaphod Beeblebrox
That is FUCKING PERFECT casting.
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04-14-2004, 12:36 PM
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Getting it.
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Here's hoping they don't fuck it up... The books, the radio dramas even the TV series are all top notch classics...
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04-14-2004, 01:04 PM
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04-14-2004, 04:30 PM
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I think Warwick Davis as Marvin will be spectacular. I loved this book, I've never seen the PBS series, don't suppose anyone knows where i could get it?
P.S. I think Mos Def will do super as Ford Prefect, I feel like he's got an attitude that just...fits.
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04-15-2004, 08:06 AM
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Hmm, I always imagined Ford as being white and Zaphod as being Black.
Well shows what I know. I can't remember; is Doug Adams alive or dead?
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04-15-2004, 01:46 PM
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 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...232302-3228654 One of the things mentioned in a slashdot (?) discussion from a while back was that each version of this series was different for the medium used (i.e. the radio version is different from the books, which is different from the tv series). Either way I agree that we won't really know how good/bad this will be until we see it. |
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04-15-2004, 04:36 PM
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Anyway, the series should stand at the original trilogy. If you want more Adams, read the Dirk Gently books.
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04-15-2004, 04:40 PM
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Yeah, he did write the fifth book, Mostly Harmless.
Although it's known as a trilogy in five parts, it really should be a trilogy in three parts, as Kadath said. I only read the fourth and fifth books in the series for the sake of completeness, I consider them vastly less imaginative than the first three, although just as well written. edit: Martin Freeman will be a great Arthur Dent too. He is better known to limeys as Tim from The Office. Last edited by flamingdog; 04-15-2004 at 04:42 PM.. |
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04-16-2004, 06:28 AM
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Getting it.
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By the way... the TV series was on PBS but not made for PBS. It was a BBC series.
/stops being picky
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04-16-2004, 10:09 PM
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Heres hoping that it does blow chunks.
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04-16-2004, 10:37 PM
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Problem with making a movie like this is that no matter how technology increases, some things simply cannot be recreated with special effects. I'm sure they'll make the sudden creation of a fully grown whale hurtling towards the earth look impressive, but I doubt it will ever match the image in my head the book created.
Don't even want to think what the Bistromath would look like, if they ever got that far. Then again, Tim from The Office, = perfect casting
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04-17-2004, 08:57 AM
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04-17-2004, 09:38 PM
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With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much
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From a link on Fark I read John Malkovich has been added to the cast of THGTTG.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...lm/3634295.stm Quote:
I've heard a lot of people raving about how great the books are, and I will read them, but I'll wait 'til after the movie so I don't go into it with any prejudices built up.
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04-17-2004, 10:09 PM
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I hope this turns out well.
The first two were definitely the best of the series, IMO.
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04-20-2004, 10:36 PM
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Very interesting. I remember reading in my book that Doug Adams planned to make it into a film. Boy I whipped through that book faster than any I had before.
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04-21-2004, 04:08 AM
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One of the funniest series of books ever written.
If any of you need a fix of the series without reading the books again, get the radio play! That was the original form of HHG, and it's just plain great and really really really funny. It comes in 2 sets of 4 cds each, I think. |
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06-09-2004, 03:20 AM
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You have to discover these gems via the book first, and then the radio play. Then seek out the TV shows.
I can't wait for the movie, either, although I hadn't banked on a black Ford Prefect. Still....I keep an open mind!
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06-10-2004, 07:06 AM
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Praying they don't fuck it up. Can't wait to see it.
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06-11-2004, 10:34 AM
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06-11-2004, 11:24 AM
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I've was feeling pretty mixed about this. Then I read a posting by the scripwriter who picked up the project after Douglas Adams died: HHGG Interview with Myself. It certainly seems like his heart is in the right place. Now we just have to trust the directors.
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09-15-2004, 05:42 PM
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09-15-2004, 05:55 PM
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I don't care if it turns out to be the worst movie ever made, I'm still going to see it.
I love that book series, and I'm pretty sure that Ford was supposed to be white, but it's a movie so they're gonna take casting liberties, I wanna see how they work with Zaphod's two heads.
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