HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY MOVIE!

[SomeGuy]

The movie is coming out soon. Anyone here read the books? Anyone want to see the movies? I heards Adams actually wrote extra characters into the movie that wernt in the book befor he died. Any thoughts? :D

[Edgar]

hmmm I thought they already had a movie out. I read part of one of the books in like 4th grade =P, I remember thinking it was funny, but thats about all i remember about it.

[lateralus]

Haha probably my favorite book. An' yeah.. I saw the movie yeeeears ago. It was lame compared to the book. I think it was a combo of all the Hitchhiker books. :cool:

[Encatuse]

I own all the books, both the radio versions ((though one is on tape, the other is on cd's)), and the old TV-movie on DVD. Yeah, it didn't quite compare to the books, but it's still damn good if you don't try to compare it. At least, I think it is.

[SomeGuy]

...I mean the NEW MOVIE thats coming out next month

[Gothen]

Adams couldn't have wrote characters for the movie. He's dead.

I do want to see the movie though. I heard it's okay and that it mostly follows the storyline of THE computer and THE question.

[SomeGuy]

...He was working on the movie when he died..and he wrote in some cult leader or something like that

[ermitonto]

I read all five books in the series and loved them. I'll probably get around to watching the movie once it starts circulating around the net.

[lateralus]

^ You on high speed internet? I've tried to download movies several times with dialup. Never again :(

[walls2005]

D. Adams: great bloke

there is another couple of books that he wrote:

Mostly harmless
The long dark teatime of the soul
The meaning of liff
and the sequal:
the deeper meaning of liff

Ive got a copy of the deeper meaning of liff, its a dictionary of new words for experiences and objects in everyday life that there is not yet a word for
i.e: aaron, (n): a person who changes there name to be nearer the front
Noak hoak (adj): Someone who on the road indicates to go left and turns right
Scrabster (n): That breed of dog that always tries to have it off with your leg when you're trying to eat tea

I'm still trying to find a copy of the long dark teatime of the soul

[koshea]

never read it or heard anything about it before but it looks like a good movie

[Funken Monken]

Adams couldn't have wrote characters for the movie. He's dead.

I do want to see the movie though. I heard it's okay and that it mostly follows the storyline of THE computer and THE question.


True, he is, but he's still doing a presentation on one of the stands at the Smithsonian in DC!

[Goodman3eb]

Man, I LOVE those books. They are my bible.

The movie's been in the works for a LOOOONG time now. Douglas Adams' last book, The Salmon of Doubt, is a collection of stories and essays of his, many about trying to get the movie off the ground.

He also wrote another book,Last Chance to See, a nonfiction book about the world's endangered species.

[duppy man]

ford prefect..the babel fish, the manic robot with the brain the size of a small galaxy I'll look forward to seeing that the last one I read was the restaurant at the end of the universe or was it the cafe

[SomeGuy]

Ok...to update this post...the movie came out the 29th? Anyone else here seen it?
I try to look at it as something different from the book, but I still think they way over played the romantic part...and shouldnt have added in the bad guy...but it was still a good movie. Anyone else have any comments? It is currently the top box office hit here in the U.S.

[GHoSToKeR]

my favourite books ever!

the movie will never compare to the books, but it should still be good

[XTC]

I saw the movie. And later I have found out that reading the books helps out a lot with this movie. I didn't like the movie at all nor did I get any of the humor it had. The humor was suggesting to subtle happenings in the books apparently. Now I am not saying its a bad movie. It had some very cool visuals, and that little depressed robot with the large head made me laugh out loud. But the movie didnt want me to get into any of the books or previous movie at all.

[Hydrizzle]

I have read all the Hitchhiker books, and ill be glad if what u say is true, XTC.

[jonny]

I've already seen the movie, Its good as long as you don't compare to the books as people have already said.

Douglass Adams had actually done a lot of work on the film before he very very unfortunately died.

Its a great loss, as was that of the late John Peel.

One of my fave hitchhikers jokes/quotes is;

Ford: It's unpleasantly like being drunk,
Arthur: What's so unpleasant about being drunk?
Ford: .. You ask a glass of water.

Took me aaaaaaages to get it, and when I did, what a cracker!!
I felt so stupid afterwards, very obvious but I was only 10 at the time.


Jonny

[Hektik]

This movie looks kinda lame too me =/ but i guess that's just me.

[jonny]

I simply can NOt believe that i said "what a cracker" earlier, fuckin hell, What a dick!


I assure you - I'm not a ponce,



Honest,
Jonny ;)

[GHoSToKeR]

Ford: It's unpleasantly like being drunk,
Arthur: What's so unpleasant about being drunk?
Ford: .. You ask a glass of water.
haha awesome.. pure Douglas Adams!