Please panic - Hitchhiker's Guide awful?
Just read it: the upcoming "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" movie seems to be not as funny as the book.
"It's bad on a big scale because enormous swathes of the story have been dispensed with - most of the Guide entries, whole scenes - or changed beyond all recognition. And it is bad on a small scale because many, many wonderful lines have been cut or in some cases actually rewritten to make them less funny. Whatever your favourite line from Hitchhiker's, there's a good chance that it won't be in the film. Even if it's really well-known, widely-quoted, much-loved, very funny - it will probably be absent from the movie. Or if it is there, it might have been changed."
Doesn't sound like the new movie will honour Adam's books like it should.
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posted by madhatter @ 3:11 PM
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Uh, this sounds terrible. I had high expectations in the movie, but.. *uh* I mean, sure, it would be hard to reach the level of the book, but this sounds like it will not be worth watching it.
We will see...
It is a common problem that the quality of a movie is in general worse compared to the corresponding book. I am not aware of any combination, where both the book and the movie are excellent.
Concerning the Hitchhikers's Guide, I'm really depressed that they have changed some of the quotes. This is really a pain in the arse!
Anyway. I'm not going to watch it and play the game instead :)
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THE ANTHOLOGY AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE: LEADING SCIENCE FICTION AUTHORS ON DOUGLAS ADAMS’ HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
BEFORE YOU SEE THE NEW MOVIE, RE-LIVE THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE EXPERIENCE
An in-depth look at the zaniest and quirkiest space odyssey around, The Anthology at the End of the Universe covers all aspects of the Hitchhiker’s empire, including the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, the subsequent British film and the immensely popular BBC hit of the same name. The Anthology at the End of the Universe is not a guide, but rather includes some of the best and brightest in science fiction today examining every theme, character and quirk of Hitchhiker’s with enough wit and innovation to satisfy even the most ardent Hitchhiker’s fan or critic.
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What is the real meaning of the towel? Why is being sane such a galactic disadvantage? What does Douglas Adams have in common with Margaret Thatcher? Why can’t you program your VCR and how did Adams predict this? What do Ford and Arthur have in common with Laurel & Hardy?
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• Lawrence Watt-Evans, who finally gives a satisfactory explanation of Vogon poetry, and along the way provides a history of the truly inept in art
• Cory Doctorow on how the Guide really exists, how it works and where to find it
• Don DeBrandt, who manages to not only prove that God exists in Adams’ universe, but to identify who He is, explain what His plans are and reveal once and for all why He seems to be obsessed with fish
• Jacqueline Carey on Hitchhiker’s, British humor and “getting it”
• Stephen Baxter on how Adams borrowed the classic tropes of science fiction and returned them twisted, inverted and mangled … so we can never quite view them the same way again
• Mike Byrne, who demonstrates Adams’ almost uncanny foresight into the future of computer design (and mis-design)
• Adam Roberts, who tells the funniest joke ever told, provides the key to analyzing humor and explains how 42 really is the right answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything
PUBLICATION DETAILS
The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Editor: Glenn Yeffeth
ISBN: 1-932100-56-3
Pub. Month: April 2005
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Publisher: BenBella Books
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