Commentary On Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

[Leo Mauler]

Well, what you can see is the Hitchhikers movie.  I've
been assured from competent sources that most of the
new stuff (including Arthur's love interest) are the
late Douglas Adams' creations.

I've seen it, and its a competent retelling of the
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy mythos, plus some
extras (the literal "slapstick" is also a Douglas
Adams creation).  The guy from Planet Magrathea wanted
to see the same story again and he was rightfully
disappointed, but if you think of it as a retelling
rather than an attempt to tell the same story, it
works rather well.

My only complaints are that they overused the Vogons,
and Arthur Dent acting more like an American Action
Hero than a British Arthur Dent at the end of the
movie.  He's Arthur Dent, stuff happens to him, he
doesn't happen to stuff!

Watch for cameos by Simon Jones, the original Marvin
body, and Douglas Adams (his head).

--- "Kelsay, Brian - Kansas City, MO"
<brian.kelsay at kcc.usda.gov> wrote:
> Made me laugh:
> 
> 
> Re:I don't trust him (Score:3, Funny)
> 
> Seriously though, even if RotS is every bit as dark
> and well-written
> (and freakin' well-acted please!) as one could hope,
> am I the only one
> who is beyond giving a damn?
> 
> Looking at the last 2 from Lucas, it would be like
> having a 3-course
> meal where the final dish was fantastic but the
> first 2 gave you
> projectile-vomiting food poisoning. No real way to
> salvage the meal.
> 
> If I do see it, it'll be the DVD rental. A $5 rental
> for the entire
> family is all I'm willing to risk.
> 
> 
>       Re:I don't trust him (Score:5, Funny)
>      
>       I'm on the verge of not downloading it...
> after the Phantom Plot,
> and Attack of 	the Cloned Wooden Actors, there's no
> faint spark of hope
> that RotS won't 	suck donkey balls.
>       Expect a total letdown.
>       Jar Jar? Check.
>       Hayden Cristensen? Check.
>       Cartoon Yoda? Check.
>       Yup, it's gonna suck. I pity tha fools.


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