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Father_Ted · Post by **Father_Ted** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:18 am

I saw it tonight and I liked it for the most part but wish certain elements from the books/radio plays had been included. I won't mention the specifics for the benefit of those who haven't seen it.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:38 am

Nerds. Filthy nerds. The lot of you.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:22 am

Just saw it. It sucked horribly. Douglas Adams is spinning in his grave so fast he provides a solution to the world's alternate energy needs.

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:36 am

I cannot care enough to see the frigging thing. The books have and will suffice.

the guardian · Post by **the guardian** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:33 pm

Spazmo wrote:Just saw it. It sucked horribly. Douglas Adams is spinning in his grave so fast he provides a solution to the world's alternate energy needs.

He knew it'd be happening. He wrote about it in The Salmon of Doubt.

I'm going to give it a try when it reaches Israel. It doesn't appear to be that shitty.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:43 pm

Yeah, I heard it sucks. It showed promise, but I don't really have much desire to see it now.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:49 pm

Yeah, pretty underwhelming. Had some moments in it, but it just didn't slot well together.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:52 pm

It's so badly made that it'll just confuse people who haven't read the books and piss off genuine fans. And that mushy love story crap was vile.

MrSmileyFaceDude · Post by **MrSmileyFaceDude** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:36 pm

Let's put it this way -- the TV show was better, and THAT was pretty crappy. The best of HHGTG is the BBC radio show, followed closely by the first 3 books.

I did like the Guide entries, and I was glad they got Gag Halfrunt's line "Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?" in there. For some reason that line always cracked me up, ever since I first heard it said on the radio show in 1980 or so. And some of the improbability effects were funny, although I was disappointed that they left out "Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."

But they changed far, far too much, and I hated that they made Zaphod a COMPLETE IDIOT. Zaphod's supposed to be the coolest guy in the galaxy, not a moron. The pacing was horrible, too -- so much so that much of the movie was actually BORING. And what was up with that zany cartoon music? Adams' humor wasn't about silliness, it was about absurdity and bizarre existential conundrums. This movie seemed like some Monty Python fans read the first book, completely missed the point, and the result is a ham-fisted live action Looney Toons cartoon.

Cuthbert Allgood · Post by **Cuthbert Allgood** » Sun May 08, 2005 11:53 pm

They should not have made it a movie at all and just left it in peace.

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Thu May 12, 2005 6:21 am

The fucked up stuff, like the Heart of Gold and Deep Thought, added in dumb stuff, changed jokes around, cut jokes down, or removed jokes and it turned a potentially great movie into a piece of crap.

All that stuff has lists under it too, its not just 1 or 2 things.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Thu May 12, 2005 3:01 pm

Meh, you guys are all too fucking critical. You show me a good book that was ever turned into a flawless movie copy of it.

I didn't mind it much even though one of the only parts in the movie that made me laugh was when they were all turned into yarn and Dent threw up.

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:44 pm

sin city

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:50 pm

I read the HHGTG book, but I didn't find it that amusing, it seemed to me like it were a bad copy of the Discworld books in sci-fi scenery. So, the film must be even suckier?
Nerdiness

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Thu May 12, 2005 8:15 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:Meh, you guys are all too fucking critical. You show me a good book that was ever turned into a flawless movie copy of it.

Of Mice and Men.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:11 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:Meh, you guys are all too fucking critical. You show me a good book that was ever turned into a flawless movie copy of it.

Even if there were no good book to move adaptations, that wouldn't be an excuse to make a shitty movie like this one.

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Fri May 13, 2005 3:33 am

Spazmo wrote:
Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:Meh, you guys are all too fucking critical. You show me a good book that was ever turned into a flawless movie copy of it.
Even if there were no good book to move adaptations, that wouldn't be an excuse to make a shitty movie like this one.

I honestly didn't think it was that bad.
But, of course, I didn't walk into it expecting either the best movie or the worst movie either.
I'd be a Canadian nickle you bastards tainted your view on more than just this movie by assuming it should be the best movie ever or you will hate it.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Fri May 13, 2005 8:43 am

You show me a good book that was ever turned into a flawless movie copy of it.

The Green Mile, by Stephen King.
It kept all the good stuff, excluded the trivial and boring stuff, and the actors were superb.

But then again, if you don't like The Green Mile, then it doesn't matter..

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri May 13, 2005 10:38 am

I assumed it would at least not be complete shit. It's not just a bad adaptation, it's a flat-out terrible movie.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri May 13, 2005 3:55 pm

Duck and Cover

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