I still pick 42 in all football pools. Since its the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything Else.
The trailer looks rubbish. I get the feeling I'll still like the BBC mini-series more after seeing this. Marvin is just wrong.
so anyway, HGTTG is on my spring break reading list, but i was wondering if i should get the regular or the "ultimate" copy which i think has all five books or something? anyone read the other four to say if they are worth it?
nope....Zipo Bebrox 5x10 was the real name of His High Judgmental Supremacy, Judiciary Pag L.I.V.R. (the Learned, Impartial and Very Relaxed) Chairman of the Board of Judges at the Krikkit War Crimes Trial I tried to get Zaphod of course...but it had been taken long before I got online.. nyquil get the Ultimate edition...that way you get all the books.. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy The Restaurant At The End of The Universe Life, The Universe and Everything So long, and thanks for all the fish Mostly Harmless a couple of my favorite quotes.. There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
R2K... Sammy... you guys just get cooler and cooler. And this movie is gonna rock my socks. And a Dirk movie would be so sweet.
Ahhh, the memories. Seems like a loooooong time ago now, so it might be time for a re-read. I remember the computer game too- wasn't it a conventional, text only adventure game? Everyone remembers tha answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, but what was the question? Of course it was "9 times 6". I never really figured out why, especially since that equals 54, and the answer was 42. Anyone know?
Here's an even better trailer to the movie. Might not work with Firefox though, maybe I'm missing a plugin or something. http://www.ugo.com/
I have read the first three books, and loved the BBC miniseries version of it. I am always skeptical when major studios do movies of books that I really love, especially when I also loved the BBC version of it. But this film does appear to have some great folks in it. I just hope that it doesn't end up hollywooded to death or anything. I will see the movie, but I'm more nervous about its quality than excited right now.
"The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy movie is bad. Really bad. You just won't believe how vastly, staggeringly, jaw-droppingly bad it is. I mean, you might think that The Phantom Menace was a hopelessly misguided attempt to reinvent a much-loved franchise by people who, though well-intentioned, completely failed to understand what made the original popular - but that's just peanuts to the Hitchhiker's movie. Listen." __________ link
Watching the other trailer, I recognized Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin. Great choice. That review is depressing. Oh well, I'll still see it.
From KingCheetah's link... Wow. The article says to me that every fear I had about how this movie might turn out is true. I hope it's not true, or an exaggeration... but this website is devoted to Adams and the Hitchhiker story, so there's no reason I can imagine for the author to unnecessarily rip the movie... rip it to shreds. What a shame.
