Hitchhikers Guide Movie Might Become a Trilogy

Noiser writes "The BBC reports that The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie could be turned into a trilogy. I wonder if they mean that it might turn into a trilogy in five parts, just like the book? I wish it did - unlike some people, I liked all of them..."

Sounds good

[imboboage0]

I just got done watching the movie a few hours ago. Very good I thought. I would very much like to see this keep going, so long as prodution values do not fall. All will be shown in due time (hopefully soon).

Re:Dirk Gently

[Jeremi]

(in fact, I can't read DG without picturing Tom Baker in the role)

I always picture Jack Black. Oh, and they'd better be sure to use the proper late-1980's-era Macintoshes...

Btw, while you're waiting for the movie, try the comic [dirk-gently.com]...

LXG, indeed.

[Grendel Drago]

While Alan Moore's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" wasn't exactly a classic, it was a tremendously disappointing adaptation of a densely layered and rather subtle work. That "LXG" crap was an abomination.

Oh, and "I, Robot". Couldn't they have made their silly action thriller with SF spray painted on the top without robbing Asimov's grave to do it?

And they're going to fuck up "Watchmen" next. Ugh. Stab stab stabbity...

--grendel drago

Re:I didn't like

[angelsdescent]

If memory serves correctly he said he was going through a bad patch at the time and this was a reflection of his mood - He hinted towards regretting it afterwards.

As regards sources I can't remember - I may have come across it in an interview or perhaps the Salmon of Doubt

Slight tangent

[Presence Eternal]

For those of you who hate what's been done to the books in the film, I'd suggest you dig up a copy of Frank Herbert's short story collection "Eye" and read his foreword. His situation and comments on the film version of "Dune" (By David Lynch no less), should be read by anyone who's seen a favored author's work get stuffed into cinematic form.

Most amusing difference between book and movie versions of dune:

Book: Maudib is the name of a mouse he saw get devoured by a hawk it never saw coming.

Movie: Maudib is some poetic nonsense about the shadows and the moonlight.

Ugh. What a disappointment.

[Grendel Drago]

Will they make Arthur into a romantic lead again, instead of the hapless bumbler he was meant to be?

Oh, oh! You know how whenever Hollywood is making a romantic comedy, someone thinks, "hey! This movie needs explosions to draw in the boys!", and adds some shit blowing which makes no goddamn sense? No?

Well, then why the fuck did they insert a turgid romance into the middle of a darkly ironic SF comedy of non sequiturs? To wit:

Arthur Dent, as the romantic lead, is playing opposite Trillian. And when the small white mice are about to carve up his head (they left out the "DICED!" line, but that's a minor quibble), he cries out that no question has ever brought him happiness, and that for him there's only been one question ever, and it's "Is she the one?" and the answer is "Yes!---It's always been yes!".

And then he uses his superheroic strength to break through his bonds and smush the small white mice. Slartibartfast smiles. Earth Mark II having been recreated and all the people on it restored, Arthur and Trillian go off in the Heart of Gold, happily ever after.

And that is why I wish to piss in the Cheerios of whoever made the choice to smear that shit on the movie. That's all.

Oh, and when the characters are all waiting in line, keep an eye out for the Marvin from the original BBC television series. He makes a cameo. I thought that was cute.

And the Earth is made whole again and no one's really dead and... ugh. It wasn't true to the spirit of the books, and it didn't even manage to be true to the letter in a lot of places.

And those of us who liked the original work are left sort of gesturing and lamely telling disappointed fellow filmgoers that, really, it wasn't like that at all.

Pfah. Take your sequels and shove 'em.

--grendel drago

New radio show starts Tuesday

[dunsurfin]

You might want to check out BBC Radio 4's webpages [bbc.co.uk] - the new series of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Quandary Phase) starts Tuesday 3rd May. You can listen online using Real Audio, or wait for the Beeb to sell you a CD later in the year. More info on BBC Radio 4's Hitchhikers pages [bbc.co.uk].

Re:Why does everyone keep doing this?

[lizardb0y]

I would tend to agree were it not for the obvious; the biggest thing that is different is that, in the movie, they took out the funny bits.

Honestly.

Think about it; if the whole Hamma Luvula thing was actually funny, nobody would complain. If the lines that had been removed were the boring ones (rather than the punchlines) we'd all be happy. If - and consider this carefully - if the point of the whole thing hadn't been missed it would be a jolly good film. Sadly it wasn't, they weren't and by golly was it ever.

Re:A Trilogy, why not?

[kfg]

Don't worry, the AC who corrected you got it wrong as well, not realizing that the post you responded to was a rather funny joke as well (and apparently neither did the moderators).

Pentateuch is not the correct name for a series of five books, unless they are the Holy Scripture of God.

KFG

Re:Ugh. What a disappointment.

[Fallingcow]

Oh and it looks like someone's doing a Jumanji ripoff without the Robin Williams. Yippee.

Yeah, I seem to remember the trailer for that one mentioning that the same guy who came up with Jumanji made this one, too. What the hell?

Re:Why does everyone keep doing this?

[DarkMantle]

Well (I haven't seen the movie yet) but from what I've read and heard. Douglas N. Adams (may he rest in piece) had EVERY script he gave to disney turned down. They wanted to do the movie. But they didn't seem to like his ideas for it. I just hope it's good enough that DNA would approve.

Re:Ugh. What a disappointment.

[Edmund Blackadder]

I completely agree that the romantic story screwed up the whole movie.

I am not against romantic stories per se and I always wanted Arthur to get it on with Trillian ASAP, so generally I would have welcomed it. But it was SOOO badly executed. It was very out of place with the whole rest of the movie and was not at all believable.

Basicaly, you have a couple of pieces of incredibly cheesy dialogue inserted in a sarcastic story. So for the time of this dialogue it feels like you are watching a completely different movie.

Also, there was the whole stupid Hollywood obssession that characters must have "arcs", and male leads have to "change" or be "redeemed" in order to "earn" the woman.