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New Cast Information For 'Hitchhiker's' Movie
Kathleen writes "I was listening to the old Hitchiker's radio plays, and feeling nostalgic, I decide to check out how the movie version was going along. Well, they've filled out some important parts, Zaphod and Marvin have been cast. Zaphod is played by Sam Rockwell who's most recently been in Matchstick Men and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Marvin is being played by Warwick Davis (Who was Willow Ufgood in Willow). Slartibartfast will be played by Bill Nighy. This news is a little distressing, since I was under the impression that Stephen Moore would still be handling the voice of Marvin."
Who is playing the Vogons? I vote for Jim Carrey, but that might be too graphic for most people. I mean, I can't handle him reading normal lines. What will Vogon poetry sound like in the mouth of the child of satan himself?
SAILING MISHAP
I, for one, welcome the return of our old Vogon overlords.
c++;
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There once was a robot from Sirius
His lust for my gold was quite serious
He let out a cry
As I punctured his eye
Now he's depressed and delirious!
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I'm Thrilled!
This means that one of my favorite stories will feature one of my favorite Televsion personalities!
Bill Nighy the Science Guy will be in HHGTG!
Wow. What's that? Nye? Not Nighy?
James Earl Jones would be good, though a more British accent would probably fit better. Maybe Sean Connery? Picure James Bond saying, "Oddly enough, the only thought that went through the bowl of petunia's mind was, 'Oh no, not again.'"
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And why not cast Darl as a Vogon?
-- "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat and wrong." -- HL Mencken
Movies never live up to the books, I predict critics will give this a SIX * NINE out of a hundred rating.
This explains soooo much! He wasn't a paranoid android, he was just self-conscious about his height! Really, there needs to be a support group for midget robots.
Wait, no, that's not politically correct! What is the PC term for those like Marvin?
"Little Androids?"
"Dwarfbots?"
"Vertically Challenged Metallic Artificial Persons?"
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
Almost as bad as Vogon poetry.
To understand recursion, you must first understand recursion.
OK, so does this mean that we're getting a Marvin of small statue and squeaky voice? I do hope not. In the pevious discussion I made some snide remarks about the studios changing Marvin into a C3-PO like character. Maybe I didn't go far enough with my cynicisum, they maybe making him into a cross between R2-D2 and an Ewok. (eek! :-))
I can see that the producers might be one of the first against the wall when the revolution comes. (After the board of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation, of course.)
Agrajag: "Oh no, not again!"
Still, if he gets to wear Dr. Theopolis as bling...
Oozing with pustulent fervence the slippery slick G'gharfulk nippled its twarks through the fetid swamp.
In, out, in, out, and in and out and in and out the G'gharfulk splorched disgustingly through the tight orifice of the N'hargla-fep. They quivered and squicked in an imperfect rythm as the G'hib flies laid their maggot-eggs upon them.
O where has the G'hib laid its eggs? From deep within the pie-crust of my heart I wish to gloop and splorch with the lowly G'gharfulk!
Why has this deep loneliness been denied me? I drink but my navel vomits forth, and I am not filled!
By devouring the N'hargla-fep I become the G'gharfulk and thus take part in its oozing dance!
Feed the G'gharfulk within your soul and let your mighty tendrils lick deep of the slime-covering on the N'hargla-fep's back!
Its salty ooziness covers your eyes and makes useless the panting and wheezing of your lungs! It spurts! Watch as the Tsuuba worm coils deep within your colon, and feel it push its way through your liver and out your navel! I cannot hold water! Come, come, this constipation consumes me!
So I dissolve, and the G'gharfulk eats deep of my brains and the stink of my teeth.
Good night. Or is it morning? Who am I to care. Where's my jock strap?'
-Hentai [in vita non pacem est]
...as ford prefect :)
Sam Rockwell is Zaphod...
Who plays the other head???
Just as irrigation is the lifeblood of the Southwest, lifeblood is the soup of cannibals. -- Jack Handy
That limerick's really quite crap
Though I'm sure you're a reasonable chap,
Only one line,
nearly finished on time,
So next time don't open your trap.
Which of these looks more like the kind of product that would actually be marketed as "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with?"
Doesn't Sean Connery pretty much have his own accent, independent of any country?
Example phrase: "Well, isn't that interesting?"
English (cockney): "Wew, in't da' intrestin', luv?"
Scottish: "Wael, ehsn't dat interestin', ya bloody bastard?"
Sean Connery: "Wahl, izhn't thaht intereshting, Alexsh? I believe I had sexsh with your mother lahsht night..."
Of course, IANADC* so I admit the above may be a bit crude in translation, but I think it makes my point (all apologies to the English, Scottish, and Alex Trebek's mother).
*DC = "Dialect Coach"
"OK, what's the pitch?"
"Well, these alien Vogons destroy Earth so this English guy chases them across the Galaxy, destroys the Universe in revenge, and then learns the ultimate meaning of everything from some mice."
"I like it - but we have to make some changes...
Let's change Ford Prefect to Ford Pinto, Arthur Dent to Art Bump, Vogons to Russians (with English accents, the mice to Santa Claus, and the answer to the ultimate question is a big hug. Then the kid says, 'I love you Daddy'. Now that's a movie!"
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