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Posted 13 August 2005 - 09:19 PM

You know there is a thing called the library. It's a big ol' building just chalk full of books that you can just borrow for FREE.

There are Four books:
1. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. The Restauront at the End of the Universe
3. Life, the Universe, and Everything
4. Mostly Harmless (I think)
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Posted 13 August 2005 - 10:14 PM

The four-book trilogy has a fifth book as well; book four is So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, while the last book is Mostly Harmless.
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Posted 13 August 2005 - 10:17 PM

I don't care for them.
OH NO!!!
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Posted 13 August 2005 - 10:21 PM

QUOTE (Kirby @ Aug 13 2005, 10:19 PM)
You know there is a thing called the library. It's a big ol' building just chalk full of books that you can just borrow for FREE.

There are Four books:
1. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. The Restauront at the End of the Universe
3. Life, the Universe, and Everything
4. Mostly Harmless (I think)


I know. But I can't find the book in any library of my city. Damn it, I have never seen a bookstore selling the hitchiker's guide!

Damn it!

And ion, I didn't care about the movie too. (Mainly because I had never heard anything about the series.) But then I watched the movie and I loved it. You must watch it.

This post has been edited by SithAvenger: 13 August 2005 - 10:25 PM

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Post icon  Posted 14 August 2005 - 04:11 PM

I finished reading the 5 book trilogy some 2 weeks ago and saw the movie yesterday.

It was even worse than I imagined it. This is mainly because: a) the jokes they made up are almost always not funny; b ) the jokes they modified turn lousy; c) the modifications and/or new stuff in the plot is just poorly glued together; d) they omit lots of good parts of the book.
And mainly, it's a completely boring and vulgar hollywood-esque movie. Bah.

Glad I saved my ticket money and saw it first (and last) in divx. dry.gif


EDIT: The "b )" in the list comes up as a cool dark-glassed smiley... heh.

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Posted 14 August 2005 - 06:13 PM

QUOTE (Kirby @ Aug 13 2005, 09:19 PM)
You know there is a thing called the library. It's a big ol' building just chalk full of books that you can just borrow for FREE.

There are Four books:
1. The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2. The Restauront at the End of the Universe
3. Life, the Universe, and Everything
4. Mostly Harmless (I think)



book 4 is called "so long and thanks for all the fish"

'mostly harmless' came many years later...

i think there was also 'the meaning of lif'

(yes, lif not life... not a spelling error)
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Posted 14 August 2005 - 11:51 PM

Meaning of Liff and Deeper Meaning of Liff aren't in Hitchhikers - they are dictionaries for words that should exist but don't - example - shoeburyness, the uncomfortable feeling of sitting on a chair that is warm from someone elses body.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 04:07 AM

If/when you read the book you'll realise how weak the film actually is.

The only redeeming feature is the use of the legend Stephen Fry as the voice of the guide.
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Posted 15 August 2005 - 11:07 AM

There's also a book existing in the same universe as the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy called Starship Titanic (Like the Adventure Game by Douglas Adams) I think it was written by Terry Gilliam, in the nude. Can't remember though. The deal was that the companies wanted to release the book and the game at the same time, so Douglas called Terry on the phone and asked him to do the book.

He then decided to write it nekkid.

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Posted 12 February 2007 - 07:35 PM

I came to this thread at first surprised that it hadn't been a constant grill-fest that lasted for ages, like Temple of Doom. I was then surprised that the only grilling was from Barend, who must have been in a good mood at the time.

I think this movie needs a proper grilling. I'll gladly do it if no one else volunteers. Maybe it has been done to death, but so has Temple of Doom. And I don't think it's been grilled well enough.

Any volunteers to rip this film to shreds like any red-blooded [insert nationality] Douglas Adams loving person should?
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Posted 12 February 2007 - 08:34 PM

I was rather disappointed that they kinda threw elements from the whole series into one big mashed together movie, but I think it was overall a fun movie. And I LOVED the dolphin song at the beginning, and I've always loved Henson so I was uber-excited when I found out that Henson's Creature Workshop would be doing all the creature effects, instead of CGI, which I think often looks much less real than Henson's magic. But yes, some inconsistencies with the book and things could be picked on, I suppose. But I'm too lazy to say more than I've said. Or to read the rest of this thread to see if I've repeated something other people have said. tongue.gif
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Posted 12 February 2007 - 11:43 PM

Hated it. 'nuff said.

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Posted 13 February 2007 - 05:18 PM

I was showing my DVD of the show to some friends the other day... my god, we laughed.

the movie truly is the worst film ever, for having, as I've said before, failed so miserabley with such superior source material.

all punchlines no fucking build up.
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