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More on H2G2, Including an Early Review
mwilli writes "Ain't It Cool has an early review of the upcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. Along with the review is a short video showing Arthur, Ford, Zaphod, and Trillian and some pictures. Also, 'I understand that in the movie, Zaphod's second head is inside his nostril. And this all ties in with the increased prominence of the Church Of Arkleseizure in the movie (a race with fifty noses, and the first to develop the aerosol deodorant before the wheel) and their leader John Malkovich, who also has a second head, and Zaphod's unwillingness to sneeze.'"
"Also, how is he supposed to look depressed if he doesnt have a face!!" The radio series conveyed Marvin's depression exceedingly well, and I don't remember seeing his face...and anything is better than the BBC TV version. As long as Warwick Davis is a good as Stephen Moore (who played him on the BBC series)...
Let's see.... Aliens from other galaxies, folks with random numbers of body parts growing from who knows where. Rich characters that have been killed innumerable times by the same other character. A depressed robot. A cow suggesting what portion of him is the best to eat....
All this, and I would have to agree with you; Douglas Adams would never have had the imagination to include anyone but whites....
While "I'd hit it. Two times." She's no where near Thora Birch and Scarlett Johanson (I recommend I Know What Scarlett's Ass Did In Tokyo, or Girl With the Pearl Earing).
But for Porn masquerading as art, I'd go for Swimming Pool. I will never see Tinkerbell the same way again...no wait, I'll see Tinkerbell in exactly the same way only life sized.
Man, do you even know who mos def is? Seriously? He performed in the Pulitzer prize winning Topdog/Underdog play on broadway. He is not "hip hop thug" as you describe him, which shows your absolute ignorance. He's been active in many benefit concerts and cd's. Your honorably brave opinion is terribly naive. How someone could sound white on paper is something to laugh at. Do you mean sounds intelligent? Maybe he sounded white on BBC because a white person played him? Is that a shocker?
Its funny seeing you say movies are successful because they don't put black people in them. Maybe the Campaign for real time should send you back to the 1940's south.
Mos Def is actually a pretty good actor. Watch "Something the Lord Made"
You ever think that maybe they cast him because they felt he'd do a good job in the role? And calling Mos Def
Don't kid yourself, he's the required Token Black Guy.
I don't really approve of having actors that look nothing like the character's past known appearance, but in the good ol' Land of the Free (tm), if you don't have a prominent black character, your movie is labelled racist and you get lots of angry people protesting it.
What I want to know is: Is this movie starting in england, or in the U.S.A.?
If it's the latter, the character's name should be Ford Escort. If it's in the states and he's named Prefect, I take this as the travesty, not the fact that he's black.
P.S. I don't know who Mos is, I looked at his website, nothing rings a bell. Maybe he's a good actor (I hope).
P.P.S. I hate the racist right, and I hate the racist left, but I hate unecessary changes to a story made by marketing people even more.
You can't take the sky from me...