The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[kumquatq3]

LINK!

 

 

Never read the book, but have seen the old tv series.

[Whitemithrandir]

I know it's going to disappoint me greatly, but I'll go watch it nonetheless.

[Mosaic]

Never have read the books (I have them, just never got around to it. lol). But the trailer looks pretty good imho. Although that walking robot thing looks a little bit to much like a guy just in a robot suit instead of a robot. heh. But maybe that's the way they wanted it? *shrug*

 

Otherwise, looks cool!

[Taoreich]

you cretins need to read the books

 

all of them

 

all four in the trilogy

[Phosphor]

I've been following the development of this film for a while now, and my feelings range from hesitant to cautiously optimistic. Martin Freeman will be brilliant as Arthur Dent, but Mos Def as Ford Prefect strikes me as a bad idea, and the trailer seems to further verify that feeling. In the trailer, Ford sounds dull and boring, something he certainly is not; the oddness of his character seems missing as well.

Sam Rockwell looks and sounds great as Zaphod Beeblebrox, the look and characterisation are solid. I'm baffled by the treatment of his two heads though. The book clearly and often illustrates that his two heads are side by side; the stacking thing in the trailer is really puzzling. I'm not thrilled with the portrayal of Marvin, but I suspect him being voiced by Alan Rickman will make it all just fine. Rickman could not be more perfect for the voice. And, speaking of voices, Stephen Fry as the voice of the Guide is fantastic. Trillian looks well done, much better than the version of her in the miniseries.

The Vogons look spectacular, thanks to the Henson workshop, but in the trailer they sound far too polite.

Overall, I get the feeling the movie is going to be close to being good but with just enough wrong so as to make it just not quite work.

 

To those of you that haven't read the books, go read them. You can get the complete, er, trilogy, in one complete collection for less than $15. If you like stuff like Monty Python, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman and such, you'll like The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

[Leferd]

you cretins need to read the books

 

all of them

 

all four in the trilogy

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There's five in a trilogy, silly.

[There is only the force]

second opinion of reading all the books should be made mandatory in schools i think

[DemonKing]

I like the idea of Alan Rickman voicing Marvin. Perfect!

[Rosbjerg]

do you need to be a member to see it??

Because I can't find it anywhere on that page you linked to!

[kirottu]

For me there wasn

[Phosphor]

Link:

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html

 

There's a larger one than was hosted at Amazon, too.

[deganawida]

I just read books one and two a couple of weeks ago, and, to be frank, don't see what's supposed to be so great about them. <shrugs> Pratchett & Costikyan are both funnier IMO, and Pratchett tends to be more topical. Grant & Naylor were better with Red Dwarf by far. Sorry.

[Enoch]

For me there wasn