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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Screening Reviews

Posted by michael on from the marvin-i-love-you-marvin-i-love-you dept.

Doctor Monkey writes "Initial reviews are up at Ain't It Cool News from a 'work-in-progress' screening of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Pasadena, CA. Reaction seems mixed-to-positive, mostly due to some uneven performances. But it looks like the film is not a complete bastardization of Adams' work."

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  1. tv spots by Gunark · · Score: 4, Funny

    "not a complete bastardization of Adams' work" -- Doctor Monkey ... wonder if they'll use that one in the TV commercials.

  2. Here's the BBC Series by pdhenry · · Score: 4, Informative

    In other news, the BBC series is available on Netflix.

  3. i dont want to ruin the plot but by acousticnoise · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's 42

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    1. Re:i dont want to ruin the plot but by Anita+Coney · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sorry to disappoint. Hollywood didn't think "42" was a cool enough of an answer. The full answer is now, "Two lesbians in 69." And I should also point out that the answer is delivered by Pauly Shore's "Weasel" character.

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  4. Re:Book to movie? by rackhamh · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Shawshank Redemption.

    Okay, it was a novella, not a book, but how many people had heard of the story before the movie? Both the story and the movie were quite good, IMO.

    Actually, the fact that the original story was a novella probably helped a lot, since the movie was able to include pretty much the whole story. When you try to convert a full-length book, a lot gets left out by necessity.

  5. Re:Fight Club by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The author of the book even liked the movie better. I forget where I read that... Either somewhere on the special edition DVD, or the book.

    Either way, both were great, and the film is a good example of a book to film adaptation done right.

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  6. Re:Book to movie? by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 5, Funny

    Passion of the Christ.

    Oh wait..

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  7. Re:Book to movie? by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 4, Funny

    If it's supposed to make ears bleed and victims gouge out their eyes, would it be played to the audience? (I doubt anything Hollywood comes up with would have the same effect.. knock on wood)

    Obviously you have never seen Waterworld.

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  8. Re:how can it NOT be a complete bastardization.... by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Informative

    since when did Marvin have a gun????

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  9. question by mohrt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How do you convey vogon ships hanging in the air much like a brick doesn't on the big screen?

  10. Re:Book to movie? by Naikrovek · · Score: 4, Informative

    read the forward in the book. they were written in unison.