[Jetmech Jr.]

Were any of you actually expecting this movie to be good? Were you actually expecting them to do justice to the concept?

[Mongoose]

Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.
Were any of you actually expecting this movie to be good? Were you actually expecting them to do justice to the concept?

Considering that Douglas Adams has been aiding in the planning of the movie for a long time, then yes, I do expect that.

[pyro-manic]

Originally posted by Mongoose

Considering that Douglas Adams has been aiding in the planning of the movie for a long time, then yes, I do expect that.

Even though he's been dead for 3 years?

Jetmech: I expected them to make it at least partly true to the book. Given that the market for this film is split in two - fans of the book, who expect it to be something like the book, and the general public who want a comedy film, I'd expect them to at least make some attempt to cover both areas. Though that's probably just my misplaced faith in humanity showing me up again....

[Jetmech Jr.]

Originally posted by pyro-manic

Though that's probably just my misplaced faith in humanity showing me up again....

You really should squash those thoughts

I really don't expect any movie based on a book or other source to be true to it any more (with a few possible exceptions).

[aldo_14]

Ach.

Marvin looks wrong (in fact, he look more like I'd expect a bloody krikkit robot to look like), Zaphod looks wrong, Ford looks wrong, the Heart of Gold looks wrong (it's not even ****ing gold!), the explosions look wrong (i.e. why are there explosions?), the Vogons look wrong, and.... there's not even any cups of tea.

(Oh, and am i the only one who thinks Zaphod if anyone should have been black, not Ford? )

[Ransom]

I can't think of very many trailers that actually represented a movie very well. And even then, it doesn't look that bad to me. And when I think about it, I don't really think it would be practical to put the deeper humour from the book in the trailer. I agree with Mongoose.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by aldo_14
(Oh, and am i the only one who thinks Zaphod if anyone should have been black, not Ford? )

You're not. I was thinking that a few days ago.

Also, the Heart of Gold shouldn't be gold anyway. It's white in all the existing incarnations of the Guide. Only the core of the improbability drive is gold.

[Clave]

...there...should...be...no...black...people...in...this...fil m...

Don't even think about it..  

All the scenes on Earth depict a white middle-class area of southern England, much like Surrey.  If I walk down the street where I live, there are no black people, it's a fact of geography, end of story...

To change one of the central characters so completely is both pandering to the PC thugs, and unrealistic in the kind of setting that is portrayed in the books and TV series.

The studio execs don't have a friggin clue about this stuff - It is precisely because Arthur lives in a quiet, middle-class, non-integrated place, that makes it funny when a) His best friend turns out to be an alien and b) the Earth gets destroyed...

This is why Arthur spends most of the time completely bewildered and trying to work out what's going on.  It's not slapstick, it's culture shock.  

And look at Marvin - was that round-headed thing him? NO!  He is supposed to have a long face - it's part of the whole 'depressed' thing - it's part of the joke FFS!

I'm leaving now, before I get angry...I mean more angry...Hollywood can S my D...

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB



You're not. I was thinking that a few days ago.

Also, the Heart of Gold shouldn't be gold anyway. It's white in all the existing incarnations of the Guide. Only the core of the improbability drive is gold.

Whoops.  It should still be shaped a bit like a running shoe, IIRC.

Originally posted by Clave
...there...should...be...no...black...people...in...this...film...

Don't even think about it..  

All the scenes on Earth depict a white middle-class area of southern England, much like Surrey.  If I walk down the street where I live, there are no black people, it's a fact of geography, end of story...

To change one of the central characters so completely is both pandering to the PC thugs, and unrealistic in the kind of setting that is portrayed in the books and TV series.

The studio execs don't have a friggin clue about this stuff - It is precisely because Arthur lives in a quiet, middle-class, non-integrated place, that makes it funny when a) His best friend turns out to be an alien and b) the Earth gets destroyed...

This is why Arthur spends most of the time completely bewildered and trying to work out what's going on.  It's not slapstick, it's culture shock.  

And look at Marvin - was that round-headed thing him? NO!  He is supposed to have a long face - it's part of the whole 'depressed' thing - it's part of the joke FFS!

I'm leaving now, before I get angry...I mean more angry...Hollywood can S my D...

Zaphod's not exactly from Surrey, though it he (and before you pick up on the Ford Prefect thing, Zaphod wasn't living in Surrey...).  But I always thought of Zaphod as a crazy jive-turkey style guy with an afro and the heads side-by-side.

[Clave]

Yeah, Zaphod....hmmm....

[Clave]

Ford:

[Clave]

Arthur:

[Clave]

Trillian:



See a pattern emerging?

Oh, BTW: It seems Arthur was living in the West Country, so I stand by my comment, it's still a location thing...

[Nuclear1]

You know, you could simply put all in one post

Anyway, this movie had better end up being good to warrant using music from Aliens in the trailer.

[Corsair]

Hmm yeah Trillian's supposed to be blonde, isn't she?!

[Rictor]

She looks like...a crackwhore. Thats just wrong, totally wrong.
I actually quite like how they cast Trillian. Not perfect, but OK,

Dude, the 80s are over. Learn to let go. I know we all loved big poofy hair and huge shoulder-pads, but its gone.

*shudders*

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Casting someone other than Stephen Moore as Marvin is also a cardinal sin.

[Mongoose]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Casting someone other than Stephen Moore as Marvin is also a cardinal sin.

Enough already, all of you.  You realize that not everyone has seen the TV series, right?  I, for one, never have.  To me, the portrayals of Zaphod and Trillian above are absurd and flat-out wrong.  This isn't the TV show; it isn't the trilogy.  It's an interpretation of the movie.  You're as bad as the people complaining about omissions in the Lord of the Rings movies.  If you want the real story, just stick to the books.  If you want to see a cinematic adaptation of the books, then give the movie a chance.  It's as simple as that.

[Ford Prefect]

Looks awesome to me. I can't wait for it.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by Mongoose

Enough already, all of you.  You realize that not everyone has seen the TV series, right?  I, for one, never have.  To me, the portrayals of Zaphod and Trillian above are absurd and flat-out wrong.  This isn't the TV show; it isn't the trilogy.  It's an interpretation of the movie.  You're as bad as the people complaining about omissions in the Lord of the Rings movies.  If you want the real story, just stick to the books.  If you want to see a cinematic adaptation of the books, then give the movie a chance.  It's as simple as that.

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