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Hitchhikers Movie Update
DaViking writes "Over at Yahoo Movies there are a few more pictures, including one of the Heart of Gold, and an updated trailer for up coming Hitchhikers movie." I'm hoping this film will inspire some sequels, too!
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RUNNING SHOE SHIP...It's supposed to look like a running shoe...it looks like....not a shoe.
What's your point?
My point is, that while a large running shoe COULD have possibly been a large sphere, it would have been so easily noticed that should the running shoe in question have been spherical it would have been pointed out, and some deal would have been made of it.
Any apologies made for this casting disaster are therefor only going to be made by people who don't give a shit about keeping true to the spirit of DNA's writing, people who are black and WANT to see a black person play the role, or people who just try so hard to be politically correct they'll piss on all other matters to get some false sense of "racial equality".
Let's face it, non-discrimination is fine and dandy, but pro-active anti-discrimination is just as bad.
"There are no black characters! That's not fair! Hey! Let's make the Alien Black!" "YEAH!"
That mindset is just plain stupid. Where's the Mexican Character? Where's the Asian Character. "There weren't any, so we don't need to make some." There wasn't a black character, either. Marvin's head was only metaphorically the size of a planet. The Heart of Gold Was NOT a sphere. The VP of the Galaxy wasn't an existing character. Hell, they could have made HIM black.
Ford Prefect wasn't meant to be black. I think everyone here knows that deep down. We also all know that Douglas Adams probably would not approve.
"Everything you know is wrong. (And stupid.)"
Moderation Totals: Wrong=2, Stupid=3, Total=5.