Posted on 03/06/2005 7:05:01 PM PST by Samwise
Don't panic.
The script was based directly on DNA's writings for the MOVIE.
DNA said he did not want to just put the books on film. He wanted to adapt the story to film much in the same way that the other formats are tailored for each particular media type (He didn't really set out to do it that way years ago he said it just sort of happened). You should listen to the original radio series or the records. They are ALL different from the books.
Anyhow I like the idea this will be different. It fits the series exactly. If you do not think so, read the introduction in "The More Than Complete Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy." DNA tells the story of how all the versions are different.
Due to your post, I have changed my tagline.
Do you know if he had anything to do with the movie script before he died.
Yeah, the part where Zaphod yells "This!", the 'This!' is actually spoken by his second head as it pops up underneath his first, and his third arm slams the button, kicking on the ever powerful improbability drive...JFK
You have No Tea
The radio version part about the passengers on a flight kept in suspended animation because the little lemon scented towlettes haven't arrived is very memorable and creepy.
-- Ford making his way out of Milliways whilst under the influence of enough alcohol to make a rhino sing.
Sort of. He had been working on a script for years and supposedly the guys who did write the final draft used his writings to make their script. BTW his entire family is in the movie (including many friends) and so far they all give it a big thumbs up.
Ford Prefect is played by a hip hop artist? Oh, puhleeeeze!
Yes but Zaphod is perfectly cast and who knows this hip hop guy may be a decent actor. It has happened before.
When? And how is the guy playing Zephod perfectly cast?
LL Cool J, Queen Latifa, Just to name a couple, no they don't have Academy Awards but they have done some decent acting jobs. Besides Mos Def did a good job in the Italian Job.
"And how is the guy playing Zephod perfectly cast?"
He did an awesome job in Galaxy Quest, has perfect delivery for Zaphod!
The wordl is ending today
What? Arsenal without a chance then?
Been a while since I read the series but it was very witty.
C=64 or IBM? (How old are we, anyway??!!)
You wake up. The room is spinning very gently around your head. Or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't.
It is pitch black
>i (enter)
>You have:
A splitting headache
No tea
>
(Is that close enough?)
It's not the script, it's the casting (and the cgi).
It is off-putting. I thought LOTR had the same look and feel as I saw in my mind's eye when reading the book, irrespective of deviations from the text. Same for the first (best) "Dune."
This preview tells me this is NOT DNA's THG.
Make Dent older (and more disheveled), Marvin more like an art-deco mechanical man, Zaphod with side-by-side heads and I might look into it.
The script is not the issue. The look and feel are. I won't be seeing this one (and I suspect most THG fans won't either).
Can you spell "B A T T L E F I E L D E A R T H"?
It appears to be worth it. Lots of interesting action anyway in the trailer. It didn't show much of Marvin. I wonder if he's going to live up to the book? I always thought that Marvin was the funniest character in the book.
Don't panic.
Wonder how they'll do the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal bit.
Kick door.
This is a British story. The actors should be British.
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