What with Blakes 7, Tripods and Battle of the Planets
what about Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? (the tv series, not that god-awful shitty movie).
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JamTallons, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:15,
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I've said it before & I'll say it again: NO FUCKING THEME DAYS
Also: This series was execrable tummyfruit, and the recent film shits all over it. Even with yer rap fella who can't act in it.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:18,
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I love the film
But I'll freely admit its the only film in the world that needs less Alan Rickman.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:23,
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^This^
I remember listening to the original radio show through headphones, and it was brilliant. The sound effects were state-of-the-art BBC electronic workshop noises, and the stereo effects were great. Radio is like a book - you imagine the pictures yourself. As soon as they put real faces and cod special visual effects it spoiled it all. The killer was seeing Marvin. My imagined Marvin was much better and much more miserable.
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Varmint, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:24,
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Did he? Well he's wrong.
The TV series was OK because it stuck fairly well to the radio show and the advanced computer graphics were actually just animated drawings, but neither film did justice to the original radio show.
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Varmint, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:53,
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NO YOU'RE WRONG
/difference of opinion on the internet
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:56,
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You live in Wrongville, Wrongstate Tabs.
The films were awful. The TV series was ok, the books and radio were brilliant. No argument.
I have spoken.
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TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Thu 30 Jan 2014, 0:44,
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STOP BERING SO WRONG
BEAUTIFUL LADY.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 30 Jan 2014, 9:04,
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Repeat after me:
None of the versions agree. None of them are canon, nor should they be considered to be. They all reflect Adams' version of the story at the time they were made. He himself is quite clear on this.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 21:01,
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Trillian in the TV series killed it for me
It wasn't too awful up until then.
The film was dogshit.
The radio serieses and the first three books are top bollock. And the LP version, which is different again.
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Fronds are waving gently on, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:40,
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The lp version
Is my favourite, followed (very closely) by the radio series, then the books, there is no tv series or film
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LP, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 21:52,
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Hold the stylus down beyond the automatic lift point and it said "Arthur bruised his upper arm." Genius!
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da5id <YOUR SIG HERE>, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 22:14,
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Agreed.
But - heresy time - none of them is particularly good.
Seriously. It's just a sequence of pointless chases held together with fucking stupid names for things and undergraduate-level jokes.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 21:38,
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YOU FUCKING-FUCK-FUCK-FECK-FECK-FUCK...
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Jabberwoc misses D.R. and Quinch, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 22:39,
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this this this this this
ok, mildly amusing, that's it.
some of it is proper cringeworthy.
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Agreed.
I enjoyed the books when I first read 'em: When I was twelve.
But when I tried to reread one in my twenties, I just found it awful.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 30 Jan 2014, 8:57,
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in fairness the first episode was the best and then it went steadily down hill. Still I like it :-)
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JamTallons, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 22:01,
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a lot of the film was good
Sam Rockwell's Zaphod was a worthy alternative, Zooey Deschanel was nice to look at, the design of Marvin was lovely, the infinite improbability sequences were fantastic and the Vogons were excellent.
But the end was fucking awful, Rickman did not suit Marvin and Hobbity fella was a terrible choice for Athur, he didn't seem annoyed by anything at all, more half asleep.
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HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 20:38,
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^^ - this
hmmmm zooey...:)
only bit i disagree on was rickman as marvin i thought was a good selection
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I actually like Bilbo Watson as Arthur Dent, he had the fussiness side
It very much felt that the film wasn't really intended for me; it was more of a family film, for people only vaguely interested in the books/radio series.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 29 Jan 2014, 23:32,
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I enjoyed the film
I'm still waiting for them to release that knife that cuts bread straight into toast.
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Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 21:32,
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I prefer where it all started, before the TV / books / film
The original BBC radio series was the high point. It rather went downhill from there.
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notoolsovernight you're all luvvly an' 'orrible, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 22:53,
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Ooland Khalufid
Is Dawkins, isn't he. Never made that connection until now.
Funny how, eight short years after its release, it's become part of the cultural landscape. Hard to remember a time when a book all about how God is a load of bullshit was so ridiculously insane that it was only mentioned in comedy radio shows.
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pineapplecharm D d M Y, H:i, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 23:06,
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