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new hitchikers guide to the Galaxy Trailer
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Ford Prefect
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That makes sense... maybe...Tamanon said:Obviously that's gotta be some weird dream sequence of Arthur's
Oh, BTW, look what I found! The UK trailer! Not near as good, but more footage! Slartibartfast!
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How many roads must a man walk down?Tamanon said:
Yes there is:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...102-0539206-1638532?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
I recommend the leather bound hardcover version that looks like a Bible.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...102-0539206-1638532?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
I recommend the leather bound hardcover version that looks like a Bible.
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Yeah, I've been wondering if they're going to do them all, if the first does well. That would be very nice.
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Oh, they will. Everything I write is a hundred times more funny thanks to Douglas Adams. Hopefully not to the point of ripping him off, though.Jotaro said:
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I'd love movie versions of The Restauraunt at the End of the Universe (just to see what it'd look like) and Life, the Universe, and Everything.
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The movie apparently covers all of the books. I remember they show some war off in the first trailer (I'm only just starting the third book, so I don't know what war people were talking about.)
Anyways, there's stuff in these trailers from the second book, at least, so the movie covers atleast the first two. Though I'm pretty sure it's the whole series meshed into one movie.
And if it was only the first one, I would never want a sequel. The reason this is gonna be so good is because Adams wrote it before he passed away. (Which is another reason I think it's the whole HHG story told in one sitting) More movies written by anyone else would be shit.
Anyways, there's stuff in these trailers from the second book, at least, so the movie covers atleast the first two. Though I'm pretty sure it's the whole series meshed into one movie.
And if it was only the first one, I would never want a sequel. The reason this is gonna be so good is because Adams wrote it before he passed away. (Which is another reason I think it's the whole HHG story told in one sitting) More movies written by anyone else would be shit.
I'm pretty sure the movie covers mostly the first book, and bits and pieces of the second. But it's also clear that the chronology of the events, as well as the events themselves, are handled much differently in the movie. The movie should stand independent from the books, just like the radio series, the BBC series, etc.
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Yeah, there's no way the movie is covering anything but bits and pieces besides the first book. And that is a legitimate fear to believe that the movies would suffer very much if not written by Douglas Adams. But I don't see any reason why a competent writer couldn't churn out movie adaptations of the rest of the series when they have the first movie, the radio programs, and the books themselves as guidelines.
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I'm afraid it's not. =/Tamanon said:Obviously that's gotta be some weird dream sequence of Arthur's
Also, the movie follows the plot of the first book for the most part with some new added characters and situations created by Adams specifically for the screenplay.
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8bit said:
:lol
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TheQueen'sOwn said:
Someone hasn't read the boo-ooks...
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Oh ok... I was wondering :lol.
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BELGIUM.
I barely read anything, but I have read the first four books of this series, so this is a rare event in which I read the book before seeing the movie. I never knew just how important towels were before I read the books... :lol
edit: Doh! it's been a while since I read that....
Not 42
edit: Doh! it's been a while since I read that....
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"... is this unintentional comedy gold?"
No.
No.
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OK for those of you who haven't read the books, here's a quick synopsis, spoiler tagged for those who don't want to accidentally read it.
And THAT is why 6 times 9 is 42.
Millennia ago, philosophers and scientists designed the most powerful computer ever conceived to come up with the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. They named the computer Deep Thought. After 7.5 million years, Deep Thought finally announced the answer:
42.
Deep Thought said that it had checked very thoroughly and that that was indeed the correct answer. The problem was, what is the actual QUESTION itself? Deep thought said that was beyond its capacity to comprehend. So Deep Thought designed ANOTHER computer that would solve the riddle and come up with the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and Everything, to which the answer is of course 42.
This computer was called The Earth.
Unfortunately, just before the answer was to be revealed, Earth was destroyed by the Vogons to make way for an interstellar bypass. Arthur Dent, protagonist of the movie and books, was extracted from the Earth by his friend Ford Prefect (who, unbeknownst to Arthur, was actually an alien who worked for the publishers of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
Much later, in the book Restaurant at the End of the Universe, which as far as I know is NOT part of the upcoming movie, Arthur randomly picks Scrabble tiles to try to extract the knowledge of the Question from his brain (since he was, after all, part of the complex matrix of the super computer Earth). The tiles spell out the following:
WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE
42.
Deep Thought said that it had checked very thoroughly and that that was indeed the correct answer. The problem was, what is the actual QUESTION itself? Deep thought said that was beyond its capacity to comprehend. So Deep Thought designed ANOTHER computer that would solve the riddle and come up with the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and Everything, to which the answer is of course 42.
This computer was called The Earth.
Unfortunately, just before the answer was to be revealed, Earth was destroyed by the Vogons to make way for an interstellar bypass. Arthur Dent, protagonist of the movie and books, was extracted from the Earth by his friend Ford Prefect (who, unbeknownst to Arthur, was actually an alien who worked for the publishers of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).
Much later, in the book Restaurant at the End of the Universe, which as far as I know is NOT part of the upcoming movie, Arthur randomly picks Scrabble tiles to try to extract the knowledge of the Question from his brain (since he was, after all, part of the complex matrix of the super computer Earth). The tiles spell out the following:
WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE
And THAT is why 6 times 9 is 42.
Google's calculator agrees. =)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ife,+the+universe,+and+everything&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ife,+the+universe,+and+everything&btnG=Search
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SteveMeister said:
if any of you havent read the books.. and are going to.. DO NOT READ THAT.
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Another reason why google rocks.
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quadriplegicjon said:
Well, hence the spoiler tags
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SteveMeister said:Well, hence the spoiler tags
i know.. i just wanted to emphasize it.
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madman13x said:
Where's the :rolleyes smiley when you need one...
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That's why you must read all the books .
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