17-02-2005 03:20									#1
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www.amazon.com has a trailer for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy up on their front page. I don't know if this is old news or not, but thought I'd post it since many of you seem to be fans.

	17-02-2005 03:23									#2
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If you want to skip the shoddy low-res flash version, like me, get it from http://media.eod.com/hhgttg_high.mov .

It looks rather promising, IMO, if a bit action-y. But hey, considering it's Hollywood, you can't expect too much anyway.

	17-02-2005 04:04									#3
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I saw the low res flash one... that's a good link as well .

Looks REALLY good . I'm excited!

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	17-02-2005 04:16									#4
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I'm not expecting much, seeing as they waited until after Adams was dead to rape him.

	17-02-2005 04:20									#5
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Actually a LOT of the work is based on Adams' work on the screenplay (he is listed as screenplay author as well as book author on IMDB). From what I've seen so far, Jennings and Kirkpatrick will be true to his vision.

	17-02-2005 04:45									#6
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Theres also an interesting clip of Jon Stewart in Crossfire on that site...

	17-02-2005 04:51									#7
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w00t! This is going to be a serious contender with Monty Python and the Holy Grail...

	17-02-2005 05:33									#8
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I'm a little sceptical still. Quips like "what if I told you I'm from another planet" work fantastically in the book, but just don't come out on film - they look tacky. Plus Zaphod looks too hippy-like. Zaphod's a party animal, but he's also the hipest person in the galaxy, and the president of it. The whole raggedy long-hair thing just doesn't seem like him.

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quote: Originally posted by laurentius Theres also an interesting clip of Jon Stewart in Crossfire on that site...

I heard he pwned Tucker Carlson...

	17-02-2005 05:51									#10
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the trailer was underacheiving, but I'm still hopeful.

	17-02-2005 06:00									#11
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The trailer has convinced me that it won't be as utterly Adams-rapingly dreadful as I'd feared it could be, but I'm not convinced it'll be good. I'll have to go back and read the books again for descriptions, because a lot of it is totally different from how I imagined it, and I don't know if it's my fault or the film's. Marvin looks way too big. The Heart of Gold is about as sexy as a turnip. Where is Zaphod's other head?

quote: Originally posted by Drogue I'm a little sceptical still. Quips like "what if I told you I'm from another planet" work fantastically in the book, but just don't come out on film - they look tacky. Plus Zaphod looks too hippy-like. Zaphod's a party animal, but he's also the hipest person in the galaxy, and the president of it. The whole raggedy long-hair thing just doesn't seem like him.

	17-02-2005 06:57									#12
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quote: Where is Zaphod's other head?

Under the first one, if you see the trailer, you can see it come out.

And I quite like the Heart of Gold. Looks... hip .

	17-02-2005 07:31									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat

You see what the Hitch Hiker's guide does to you?

I always pictured Zaphod as having two heads side by side, as in the books he has a conversation with his own head, which normally requires eye contact, and drinks with one head while talking with the other, which doesn't look possible with one head being under the other.

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Yes, but what happens in books may not be so feasible on the silver screen .

	17-02-2005 08:57									#15
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meh.

	17-02-2005 08:58									#16
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Stop dampening our (ok, my) enthusiasm

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quote: Originally posted by Drogue You see what the Hitch Hiker's guide does to you? I always pictured Zaphod as having two heads side by side, as in the books he has a conversation with his own head, which normally requires eye contact, and drinks with one head while talking with the other, which doesn't look possible with one head being under the other.

In the book, wasn't his second head just mentioned in casual passing and taken for granted, so that you didn't know he had a second head at first, and the more you read you eventually realised that he did have a second head and it all made a bit more sense? That may of been what they where trying to reproduce, if. Or am I not remembering it right?

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quote: In the book, wasn't his second head just mentioned in casual passing and taken for granted, so that you didn't know he had a second head at first, and the more you read you eventually realised that he did have a second head and it all made a bit more sense?

Well it was mentioned in passing, but I was pretty clear that the second head was there from the first time I read it.

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quote: I'll have to go back and read the books again for descriptions, because a lot of it is totally different from how I imagined it, and I don't know if it's my fault or the film's

Oh for the love of God already. Adams has specifically said that like the radio series and the TV series, the movie was going to be different from the book.

I do not look forward to a geek whinestorm that will inevitably result when the movie comes out. It'll make "There weren't supposed to be elves at Helm's Deep!" complaints look like utter praise.

	17-02-2005 11:54									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu Oh for the love of God already. Adams has specifically said that like the radio series and the TV series, the movie was going to be different from the book. I do not look forward to a geek whinestorm that will inevitably result when the movie comes out. It'll make "There weren't supposed to be elves at Helm's Deep!" complaints look like utter praise.

I'm with ya, Stefu. I wonder how many of those geeks that will whine will read Adams saying that no version of Hitchhiker's Guide is supposed to be like the other (though they all tell the same basic story).

	17-02-2005 17:58									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: In the book, wasn't his second head just mentioned in casual passing and taken for granted, so that you didn't know he had a second head at first, and the more you read you eventually realised that he did have a second head and it all made a bit more sense? Well it was mentioned in passing, but I was pretty clear that the second head was there from the first time I read it.

By "it" do you mean the book as a whole, or do you mean when his character was introduced?

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quote: Originally posted by Immortal Wombat The trailer has convinced me that it won't be as utterly Adams-rapingly dreadful as I'd feared it could be, but I'm not convinced it'll be good. I'll have to go back and read the books again for descriptions, because a lot of it is totally different from how I imagined it, and I don't know if it's my fault or the film's. Marvin looks way too big. The Heart of Gold is about as sexy as a turnip. Where is Zaphod's other head?

I'm going to re-read after I've seen the film

	17-02-2005 18:08									#23
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The thing that looks worst to me is the robot... he looks too much like an imac or something made by toyoto.

	17-02-2005 18:34									#24
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Sweet!

While I would actually be much more interested in a Dirk Gently movie, this will certainly get my attention.

Anyone making judgments based on the trailer is just being silly. I've read most of the radio scripts, read the books, and seen the BBC video series. All are different, and this will be as well.

It will be Hollywood, but so what? As long as the spirit of anarchy and absurdism remains relatively intact, it should be a great way to spend a couple hours.

	17-02-2005 19:02									#25
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Exactly, and the radio shows were first so people should refer back to that not the books.

Looks great to me.

	17-02-2005 20:17									#26
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People should stop thinking that film makers will somehow, magically, reproduce their personal imagination unto film, as if they could read you mind.

Jurrasic Park the movie was certainly different in many respects to Jurrasic Park the book, and you know what? I liked both, one was a good book, one was a good movie. That is how the should be judged, NOT by whether one medium is able to reproduce another. That ain't going to happen folks.

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quote: Originally posted by Stefu Oh for the love of God already. Adams has specifically said that like the radio series and the TV series, the movie was going to be different from the book.

Yeah, obviously. The books wouldn't work as a film - they're 70% narrative. The only thing I'm wondering about is the descriptions of the things and the people, which could be the same as in the book and don't need changing for the film. Anyway, I agree with General Ludd. Only Marvin looks stupid so far.

Whining about plot changes would be stupid, yes. Questioning my own preconceptions of what the Galaxy looks like is not whining.

quote: It will be Hollywood, but so what? As long as the spirit of anarchy and absurdism remains relatively intact, it should be a great way to spend a couple hours.

Yeah. Hollywood goes with anarchy and absurdism like cookie dough goes with icecream.

	17-02-2005 20:29									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Stefu I do not look forward to a geek whinestorm that will inevitably result when the movie comes out. It'll make "There weren't supposed to be elves at Helm's Deep!" complaints look like utter praise.

	17-02-2005 20:41									#29
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Totally, anyone posting rubbish like that should just shoot themselves immediately.

	17-02-2005 20:51									#30
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quote: Originally posted by General Ludd The thing that looks worst to me is the robot... he looks too much like an imac or something made by toyoto.

Remember, 'plastic pal who is fun to be with'.