More on H2G2, Including an Early Review

mwilli writes "Ain't It Cool has an early review of the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. Along with the review is a short video showing Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, and Trillian and some pictures. Also, 'I understand that in the movie, Zaphod's second head is inside his nostril. And this all ties in with the increased prominence of the Church Of Arkleseizure in the movie (a race with fifty noses, and the first to develop the aerosol deodorant before the wheel) and their leader John Malkovich, who also has a second head, and Zaphod's unwillingness to sneeze.'"

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[Killjoy_NL]

42nd post

(Sorry, couldn't resist, gotta read that book though)

Of course

[Presidential]

I, for one, welcome our new snot-nosed gods.

And Cue Ursula!

[Anonymous Coward]

... how long before Ursula LeGuin starts complaining about film companies changing Ford's skin colour...

I would be disappointed.

[interactive_civilian]

I personally would be very disappointed if it WERE completely like the book. If there is anything that is consistant about the evolution of the Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy, it is its inconsistancy from one version to the next.

I would be very disappointed if the movie failed to achieve the level of inconsistancy that we have all come to expect.

;)

There's a problem. Expect a call from CamTim

[interactive_civilian]

I have noticed a severe problem in the timing of your post. You say that it is the 42nd post while in fact it is among to first 10 posts to this story. There is only one explanation, and we are not amused.

It is quite clearly this kind of senseless mucking about in the space time continuim that has caused so many problems in the universe today (and yesterday and tomorrow). We at the Campaign for Real Time will not stand for this blatant disregard for historical preservation, by which we mean actually preserving history itself and not only its relics.

You sir may expect a call for our lawyers. I certainly hope you had the foresight during your forrays into the past to deposit a few cents in a high interest bank account because you will need that money.

Have a nice diurnal anomoly.

And don't panic.

Religion.

[Awestruckin]

I really hope they don't screw up my movie. THHG has been my bible for 12 years. As a basis for my religion, it would be disappointing if the movie tanked. ;)

Re:h2g2

[Timesprout]

Just a quick story. Several years ago I had the misfortune to work for a rather a large but crap european company. A fellow contractor reached his limit and decided to quit. Just before leaving the building, he mailed the _entire_ and I mean entire company mailing lists, staff, clients, suppliers, everyone with the message "So long and thanks for all the fish".

Shortly afterwards the mailservers melted under all the "Fish? what fish?" responses. Nice.

Before the film...

[bcmm]

Everyone read the books. NOW.
Before the film comes out.

It might get popular after the film or something and not be so geeky...

Zooey Deschanel

[Evil Grinn]

.. is destined to be the next great sex symbol for nerdy sci-fi fan adolescents and straight-men-preteding-to-like-indie-art-movies alike. Comic Book Guy and The Critic both agree that she's hot. Look out Natalie Portman and Liv Tyler. Move over Daria and that chick from "Ghost World". And she can sing, too.

Re:Marvin's Head

[CdXiminez]

But he does look depressed! See the sad little triangles he has on the lower half of his droopy head!

Re:Several factual errors in article..

[Wordsmith]

There aren't a whole lot of stories where a post like this could get modded informative, but it works here.

Wow....

[WhydMyMacCrash]

Voon! This is so cool that I'm flolloping in a sympathetic way for any of you that havn't read these books yet! Apparently Ive been on another planet (without a Sub-Etha "Thumb", or the Guide) and I didn't know this was being remade! When I heard this i willomied with excitement! "He listened, but there was no sound on the wind beyond the now familiar sound of half-crazed etymologists calling distantly to each other across the sullen mire."

Re:And Cue Ursula! - SAY NO to black rappers !

[Anonymous Coward]

he SOUNDS white in book and BBC, not like ghetto voice Mos Def thug.

Mos Def the hip hop thug RUINS it for me !!!

The reason Titanic, Elf, and other surprise hits made a lot of money is because they downplayed black actors.

The matrix 3 had so many black actors that even the New York Times remarked on it being a little odd.

I and many others REFUSED to watch matrix 3, and i will also REFUSE to pay to watch this movie even though i am a large adams collector (books, tapes, cds, lps, tv interviews, infocom games, etc etc etc)

I am truly sickened by producers inserting black hip artists into movies as principal actors.

COUNT ME OUT!!!

This is not a troll, because i do not care for any dialog or responses. This is just my HONEST and open and honorably brave opinion. If you cannot handle the truth, and that some people prefer TV shows such as "Friends" "Everybody Loves Raymond" or movies such as Titanic and Elf because black actors are downplayed, then instead of modding this down, why not be "open minded" as you anti-"racists" often claim to be and leave this post alone.

I will NOT be paying any money to see a rap artist with ghetto voice ruin a classic piece of comedic literature by ruining a principal role.

Re:And Cue Ursula! - SAY NO to black rappers !

[Ford Prefect]

Hmmm... I really didn't know Mos Def... In this version, maybe Ford Prefect doesn't sound like he's from Guildford...

Well, it turns out I'm not from Guildford after all...

As for skin colour, I checked with your Earthly equivalent of the Guide (instead of, say, looking in a mirror) and I found a photo of a black Ford Prefect. [daves-clas...port.co.uk] Got a problem with that, monkey-man? ;-)

Re:Before the film...

[dcarey]

HHGTTG is more than books. The radio series, TV mini-series, text adventure games,

-> A bulldozer is rumbling directly towards your house! What do you do?

% kill prosser

->You mess up all of his fancy facial muck.

My favorite line from the text game (Apple II)

Re:Proof that H2G2 has taken way too long to creat

[CreatureComfort]

Any story that begins with the destruction of the Earth, almost has to be good.

Re:Don't complain about changes

[Finuvir]

I think you'll find that all of the material in that book has been published...

Re:Marvin's Head

[dledeaux]

I always imagined that the inside of his head was a dimensional pocket similar to the Tardis in Dr Who.

Re:Several factual errors in article..

[jpetts]

Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI

That's Viltvodle emacs, you insensitive clod...

Hope it's not another Battlefield Earth

[DanielJS]

Where the book was SUPERB and the movie sucked monkey balls!

Re:I would be disappointed.

[wintermute740]

"I would be very disappointed if the movie failed to achieve the level of inconsistancy that we have all come to expect."

However, being consistant with the book (or BBC TV or Radio series) would be completely inconsistant with the trilogy's inconsistancy and would therefore be inconsistant making it consistant with the history of the guide which would be totally inconsistant, so we can't have that. What I demand is inconsitancy with everything, including the previous consistancy of being inconsistant. I demand that the movie be completely inconsistant with the books, while also being inconsistant with the history of being inconsistant. Now that we have that straight, I think I just figured out the Ultimate Question to Life, the Universe, and Everything, so expect the universe to be replaced with something even more bizare.... again...

Re:H2G2G ...

[Anonymous Coward]

As my brain has imploded trying to come up with not one, but two, words that begin with the number 3, I would like to know exactly what L33t is an acronym [reference.com] for.

Re:There's a problem. Expect a call from CamTim

[G-funk]

Only there's one thing you forgot. Only the winners can go back and set things up.

We set up the key, and we set up the gun.