H2G2 Film Website

tplayford writes "On the third anniversary of Douglas Adams death, the makers of the 'Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy' film have released their website, with a photo of the whole crew and a blog. I'm trying not to panic, but I just can't wait for the film to come out."

Call me Marvin, but...

[Doches]

...After what I've heard about Disney having the script re-written after Adams' death, I'm not exactly looking forward to this _travesty_ with his name on it.

What!?!?!?!?

[Doches]

Douglas Adams!??!?! taking stabs in the dark(!) at writing!

Of course his characters are huge jokes, that's why they're great! Have you even read the books? No? Go, now, and purify thyself -- I promise, you'll enjoy it.

Re:Probability.

[AceCaseOR]

From what I've gathered so far about the film, the only thing any Hollywood schmucks have to do with the actual filmmaking (aside from any special effects), would be with distributing it and promoting it in the USA. I've got faith that the film won't suck.

However if it does suck, we may see the nerd riots [pvponline.com] after all, except they'll be in 2005-6 instead of 2004.

Re:Just a question...

[urmensch]

HHGG - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Stock up on untainted books now

[spuke4000]

Better buy a bunch of copies now, before all you can buy are the one's with the picture of the cast on the cover saying "Now a major motion picture."

Re:Is it just me?

[AceCaseOR]

Okay, you need to get up from your computer, right now, go to the nearest library, and check out a copy of the book. Read it, love it, live it... Okay, maybe not the live it part, but you get my point.

Stick to the first three (Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, The Universe and Everything) though. The series kind of goes downhill in the last two books in the trilogy (Mostly Harmless, and So Long and Thanks for All The Fish).

Re:Probability.

[pubjames]

what is the probability of hollywood trashing this?

Quite high, I expect.

I mean, when hollywood can fuck up making a movie of Starsky and Hutch for flipsake, what chance have they got with this?

I do hope they get the point of Arthur Dent in the story and don't try to make him funny. Like Brian in the Life of Brian, the comedy revolves around him and his situation. If they try to make Arthur into a comic character it won't work so well.

Having said that, I think they have chosen the right actor for Arthur.

Re:Probability.

[grasshoppa]

they did it to the Neverending Story

Side note here: To those who have not, READ THE BOOK. I got my hands on it, not really thinking a great deal about it after seeing the movie, and I was completely shocked by how good the story is. It is, by far, one of the best books I have ever read.

Hollywood raped this book for fun and profit. And by rape, I mean they sorta stuck with the first couple chapters of the story...sorta...but then kinda dropped the ball with the rest of the book, could they have been said to ever be carrying it in the first place, which I wouldn't.

No, it's not

[gosand]

FYI, you'll probably get modded as a troll, as will I, but that is the nature of this site when you don't step in line with the popular opinion.

I bought the book (collective hitchhiker's guide) several years ago, but haven't read it yet. I keep meaning to start it, but in all honesty the thing that is keeping me from it is the hype and the fans. All I hear about is how awesome it is, and see references to it that people around here seem to think are hilarious. If you question anything about it you are lambasted and marked a troll. It almost makes me not want to read it, because who would want to read a book with followers like that? I hate to say it, but the LOTR fans do the same thing. I never read the books, but anything that wasn't a glowing comment about the movies was met with scorn from fans. I just don't get that kind of devotion. Maybe if I read the books I would get it, but I am not sure I even want to.

Something it didn't say

[dacarr]

The button first said "please do not push this button"; upon pushing it, I expected the word "again" to be appended. Instead, I got "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED".

Ah, well.

Re:Skip flash

[networkz]

Use Spyware Blaster to disable flash on and off.

Then you can still view the odd flash files as needed:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.h tm l

*note this is Windows, not Linux ;)

Re:Probability.

[mydigitalself]

Maybe not...they've cast John Malkovich who generally is involved with pretty good non-mainstream productions.

Re:No, it's not

[Paulrothrock]

How about this: if you love it (you will), tell everyone. If you hate it, keep it to yourself.

Douglas Adams set the precedent himself

[g_adams27]

HHGTTG might be a Hollywood producer's dream book: something that can be adapted and reinterpreted liberally without worrying about staying true to the source material.

After all, IIRC, the plots of the radio series, TV series, books, and text adventure game [douglasadams.com] all differ from each other, starting sometime after Ford and Arthur arrive on the Heart of Gold.

Re:No, it's not

[Macgrrl]

My original exposure to the Hitch Hikers Guide was as the radio series while still a child. The magic of the series/books is the way that DNA put words together.

In many ways radio was the ultimate medium for these stories because of the mental pictures they painted. "They hung in the air exactly the same way bricks don't" is a quote which will be with me for the rest of my life.

You may not enjoy them, not everyone has the same sense of humour. But if you enjoy language - you really should read them just to experience the juxtaposition of words that he creates. If you want to read some of his non-fiction to get a feel for the way he works, try Last Chance to See, which is a collection of articles about endangered species.