
meant to, but didn't. better than the book?
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 22:52,
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are you mental? it could never be. And wasn't. Not by a long way.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 22:54,
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The film was mildly amusing; the only thing of book-quality was Stephen Fry's narration of text taken verbatim from the book. The rest of the film was fairly average.
Better than the telly series though...
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:00,
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Better than the telly series though...

You just had to realise that it was little more than an attempt to act out the radio series with the same actors and a very small budget.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:04,
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The original radio series. Everything else is just other stuff (tm).
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:09,
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after a while.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:10,
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the crappy recent radio series rehash, with obligatory "happy ending" :(
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:14,
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He didn't look the part in the TV series but his voice and the way he played the character was 100% what Zaphod should be. Plus it made up or the shitty casting for Ford in the movie.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:18,
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but shall take your advice, and get the DVD at the earliest opportunity
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:01,
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Definately Douglas Adams
Great Film
Not what most expect
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 22:54,
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Great Film
Not what most expect

Well... probably better than the 5th book but that was pretty crap anyway.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 22:54,
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but he himself admitted he wrote it during a really crap time in his life.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 22:57,
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Very Adams really. Kinda like the fact the best and last Dr Who episodes he ever wrote never got shown.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:00,
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that made its way into "The Five Doctors"?
[/was about eight, but fancied Leila Ward]
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:11,
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[/was about eight, but fancied Leila Ward]

Shada was fun. There's a luke-warm radio recreation of it with Paul Megane you can get on bbc.co.uk but it's not great.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:14,
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You're thinking of "The Salmon of Doubt". The 5th book was "Mostly Harmless".
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:06,
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He just oversaw the early scripts and ideas as far as I'm aware. (Well, there were of course the directly ripped-from-the-book/radio bits but you get the idea.)
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 23:07,
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No way could it live up to what was in my head.
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 22:55,
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