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HHGTG Screenwriter Interviews Himself

Posted by michael on from the cheese-sandwich dept.

Overly Critical Guy writes "The screenwriter for the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy film has interviewed himself. A snippet: 'Who am I? "Not Douglas Adams" is the answer that concerns most people.'"

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  1. Douglas Adams by Ianoo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Who am I? "Not Douglas Adams" is the answer that concerns most people.'"
    Actually I'd be more concerned if the guy claimed he was Douglas Adams, what with him having passed away and all.
    1. Re:Douglas Adams by nacturation · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, the screenwriter is quite alive and well, much in the same way that Douglas Adams isn't.

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    2. Re:Douglas Adams by mog007 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think the only way it's possible for someone to interview oneself is if you're Zaphod. If you only have one head, it's very hard to hold a conversation.

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    3. Re:Douglas Adams by NTmatter · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm still in hope that he's just spending a few years dead for tax reasons.

  2. Who is interested in the questions... by tmk · · Score: 5, Funny

    when the answer is not "42"?

    1. Re:Who is interested in the questions... by sentientbeing · · Score: 5, Funny

      Google has its own little gag

      Here

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  3. Wonderful.. by Fullmetal+Edward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope this doesn't become a fad, most film actors don't have the IQ of an average person let alone enough to figure out that they are talking to themselvs....

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  4. DVD regions by MavEtJu · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I didn't get a chance to watch their commercial and music video reel before the call (because my DVD player wouldn't play UK Region 2, but I digress)

    The snake bites itself in the tail...

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  5. Re:Nice attempt at a pre-emptive strike by guidemaker · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's like having Hamlet live.

    Hey! Watch the spoilers!

  6. Re:Actually.. by MilenCent · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's one thing I'm worried about:

    That someone along the line, someone important to the process, will mess it up terribly. The whole movie can get made perfectly and it can still get messed up -- we're talking about Disney here, they can always decide the editors did a horrible job and re-edit it, which could be murder to a Hitchhiker's movie.

    And here's another thing I'm worried about:

    Consider, for a moment, that everyone involved with this could be perfect and the movie could still disappoint. This is not a situation where they can take any old crap out of the script pile, raise its attributes by equipping it with a director and actors, and plop it out onto the screen.

    This movie is going to require real directoral skill to work, but he can't get too fancy with the material or he'll incur the wrath of geeks everywhere.

    And the last thing I'm worried about:

    A Hitchhiker's movie has been bouncing around Hollywood for a long time. Adams has been dead for what, two or three years now? When did the project get uncorked and start moving towards production? It wasn't long after the critical fatality.

    The thing that may have held up the movie for so long is Adams himself, refusing to accept the various flavors of Hollywood taint that infect so many productions. Of course, the success of the Lord Of The Rings movies has changed things a little bit....

    My god, that's the new thing that really worries me:

    A Hitchhiker's Movie is in production because Hollywood has concluded there's money to be made in movie adaptations of books beloved by geeks.

    O'Reilly is sitting on a gold mine.