Ok. I reluctantly rented Princess Diaries 2 for the kids and was rewarded with THHGTTG teaser trailer in the beginning... my goodness, it was such a tease. www.hitchhikersmovie.com

Anyways. I was frantic when I first learned DNA died and saddened that there would no longer be any more of his literature to grow up with. There are only a few things in my life I'm passionate about, and his books have so influenced me that 1) I gave up my leather-bound trilogy in the hopes of spreading the humor and 2) I seriously considered naming my first-born Fenny (Trillian was not as popular with the wife). I have read my 2nd c&a so many times... it's good to know that there are a few of you on here that share my enthusiasm!

OMG...I did not know that a movie was coming out....very cool


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I'm a little cautious about the cast list. After the last few disasters that have been books-turned-movies, I don't know what to think about this.

On the other hand, Neil Gaiman has a great biography of DA out. If you haven't seen it, you should go find a copy. Called "Don't Panic!" surprisingly enough.

I finished the first book in the series and am engrossed in the second book. Hopefully have it finished soon :D

Ok. I reluctantly rented Princess Diaries 2 for the kids and was rewarded with THHGTTG teaser trailer in the beginning... my goodness, it was such a tease. www.hitchhikersmovie.com

Anyways. I was frantic when I first learned DNA died and saddened that there would no longer be any more of his literature to grow up with. There are only a few things in my life I'm passionate about, and his books have so influenced me that 1) I gave up my leather-bound trilogy in the hopes of spreading the humor and 2) I seriously considered naming my first-born Fenny (Trillian was not as popular with the wife). I have read my 2nd c&a so many times... it's good to know that there are a few of you on here that share my enthusiasm!

Yes a long time fan, and also saddened at Adam's death a few years ago.

I just can't read the books in public due uncontrollable laughter on my part :)

Didn't know about the movie though, will have to see if they do something decent with it, but really how much can they fit in the movie? I thought the BBC TV series was pretty good.

Hmmm, interesting! :D I first heard the radio series around 1980, read the books and saw the TV version in the early 80s. Are the TV episodes available on DVD? The movie could be great, IF they're faithful to the books and don't Hollywood-ize it.

Regards,
Gordon

yeah, the tv episodes are available..., try amazon, I think I saw them while looking for Red Dwarf on DVD. freaking expensive.

I might have to go back to my old sig...:

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
- Douglas Adams

I'm pretty sure this is it:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005YUNJ/qid=1103563831/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-7171842-9558569?v=glance&s=dvd

Hmmmm. "the answers out there" all in a 2 hr movie.

I rented the Hitchhiker's DVD from netflix. It was an old British version of the book. Worth checking out if you still have netflix and haven't switched over to blockbuster.

Asheron's Call (the MMORPG) has a lot of tongue in cheek references to the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

Tayninh:

We know the answer to Life..., The Universe..., and Everything, it's 42. We just don't know the question.

Tayninh:

We know the answer to Life..., The Universe..., and Everything, it's 42. We just don't know the question.

I have no idea what 42 is. First I ever seen it was on here.

I see now, its a mumbo jumbo kind of thing.

"42" is often used in a similar manner to a metasyntactic variable; 42 is often used in testing programs as a common initializer for integer variables.

I have no idea what 42 is. First I ever seen it was on here.

I see now, its a mumbo jumbo kind of thing.

"42" is often used in a similar manner to a metasyntactic variable; 42 is often used in testing programs as a common initializer for integer variables.Uhhh... that's the whole point. 42 can be the answer to anything/everything; it depends how you phrase the question. For everyone, no spoilers on revealing the question. As I recall in the story it took about 100 billion years for the computer to sort that out.

Thanks for the tip on this movie. I hadn't heard it was coming out. Truly the only disaster movie that begins with destruction of the earth and goes from there. The trailer didn't reveal very much (other than what I just said lest I be labeled a spoiler.)

Tayninh:

We know the answer to Life..., The Universe..., and Everything, it's 42. We just don't know the question.


Yes we do. It's "what is 6 X 9." Proving the universe doesn't make sense. Unless, of course, you believe it is impossible for the ultimate question and the ultimate answer to be known about the same universe.

A guy I went to middle school with will play the part of Zaphod Beeblebrox.

A guy I went to middle school with will play the part of Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Sam Rockwell (Guy Fleegman): I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm just "Crewman Number Six." I'm expendable! I'm the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is! I've gotta get outta here! Seems a perfect fit for a two-headed, three-armed alien.

An interview with the writer, Karey Kirkpatrick: http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/movienews/interview.html

An initial review:
http://www.h2g2movie.com/pages/december04.html

Arthur Dent: Martin Freeman
Zaphod: Sam Rockwell
Ford Prefect: Mos Def (no british accent)
Trillian: Zooey Deschanel
Marvin: Warwick Davis (body), Stephen Moore (voice)
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy
Prosser: Steve Pemberton
others: http://www.h2g2movie.com/pages/whoswho.html

6 May 2005:
http://hitchhikermovie.free.fr/pages/thumbnails/s1.jpg

mos def as ford prefect? i wonder how his british accent sounds.

Hmmm, interesting! :D I first heard the radio series around 1980, read the books and saw the TV version in the early 80s. Are the TV episodes available on DVD? The movie could be great, IF they're faithful to the books and don't Hollywood-ize it.

Regards,
Gordon

YES!!! I bought my copy of the special edition, 2-disc set I think from amazon two or three years ago, it includes a documentary on Douglas Adams' life. Now that the movie is actually being produced, (Douglas Adams was residing in Santa Barbra when he died, while working on the screenplay), I'm going to have to dig up my copy of The More Than Complete Hitchhikers Guide, which has all five books from the triolgy, plus a short that he wrote which gave a little of the backstory of Zaphod.

I have no idea what 42 is. First I ever seen it was on here.

I see now, its a mumbo jumbo kind of thing.

"42" is often used in a similar manner to a metasyntactic variable; 42 is often used in testing programs as a common initializer for integer variables.

42 = MUMBO JUMBO !!????? :mad:

Do you have any idea the immensity of the computer, and the ages it took to arrive at that answer!

Prepare the poetry appreciation chair!!! :eek:

Quick! Call the Vogons! :D
We really need one who has "Just had a very disatisfying love affair..." :eek:

I rented the Hitchhiker's DVD from netflix. It was an old British version of the book. Worth checking out if you still have netflix and haven't switched over to blockbuster.

Asheron's Call (the MMORPG) has a lot of tongue in cheek references to the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.
Yea.. like the towels in the monthly event when adams died.. so sad..