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# I watched the film version again the other day
and I was even more appalled than I was the first time I watched it.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:20, archived)
# i quite enjoyed it....
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:22, archived)
# this
it's not my favourite h2g2, but it gave it a good shot
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:27, archived)
# I went to see it on my own
and slept through a lot of it. not been inclined to see it again.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:22, archived)
# What a opportunity missed, wasn't it?
How, with a story like that, they could get it SO wrong is a mystery.

John Malkovich - John Bloody Malkovich?????? WTF?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:23, archived)
# I think the ad for cast must have been something like:
ARE YOU AN ACTOR?
HAVE YOU READ ANY DOUGLAS ADAMS BOOKS?
DID YOU LIKE THEM?

YOU'RE IN!
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:29, archived)
# Mos Def was an.....interesting choice.
I love whatshisface as Arthur though, he's got such a nice quality.

The best bit about that film is the little mouse face when he shouts 'TAKE HIS BRAIN!' near the end.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:31, archived)
# i think i missed that bit
I was in Blackburn, my friend was working, so I went to the park, had a couple of spliffs, went to the cinema, and drifted in and out of slumber.
(I helped save b3ta! drbroon abloooobloobloo, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:34, archived)
# I'd watch it again just for that bit.
It's LOVELY.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:37, archived)
# A totally missed opportunity
no wonder Douglas Adams wouldn't let them make it while he was still alive.

I thought the casting pretty good all in all, including Mos Def, but what the fuck did they do to the story?
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 11:46, archived)
# no
he mainly didn't let them make it because he'd not finished the script


i really like it, nowhere near as good as the radio series, but still a good appendix to the h2g2 series. the studio wants to make restaurant, that will be awful if they do
(cs192 is sucking on a Koala at, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 12:51, archived)
# douglas adams
wrote the script

I think he also had a lot to do with the casting, but i might be making that bit up)
(MrChimp previously Monsieur, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 16:32, archived)