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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer

Posted by Zonk on from the raise-your-hand-if-you-brought-your-towel dept.

Rakkis writes "A new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trailer is available on the frontpage of Amazon.com. From IMDb: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy follows the travels of Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman), who is saved from the demolition of the Earth by his pal Ford Prefect (Mos Def). Ford is really an alien doing research for an updated edition of the universe's ultimate travel companion, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy opens April 29th.""

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  1. Ford's Thumb? by teiresias · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I have mixed feelings about this. I mean every new adaptation of DNA's work is open to interpretation but....

    when did Ford's thumb become a magic hitchhiking device?!?

    Beyond that, It's not as bad as I feared although not as good as I hoped. I think Marvin looks kinda neat, different from the comic book version. Arthur looks about right although Zaphod I think is gonna kill me. I think they're also gonna play up a Arthur, Trillian romance more which I think will hurt it.

    My bum will definitly be in a theater seat the moment this hits theaters though.

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    -Teiresias
    1. Re:Ford's Thumb? by anakin876 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      it looks like the Thumb has become a ring on his finger. I don't think it was ever stated in the books that it was not a ring. I may be wrong though,

  2. Do they mention 42 in the movie? by nganju · · Score: 5, Interesting


    I'd hate to have our inside geek joke be revealed to the world. It's always been sort of a secret code, if you knew what it meant, then you belonged to the tribe. Now every avid moviegoer in the world will know what it means.

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    There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those that can keep their train of thought,
    1. Re:Do they mention 42 in the movie? by slim · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I'd hate to have our inside geek joke be revealed to the world. It's always been sort of a secret code, if you knew what it meant, then you belonged to the tribe.

      Hmm, that may be true in the US. In Britain the TV series has been repeated so many times, and the books are so popular, I reckon at least 25% of people would know what The Answer is (which I'd consider high: something like 40% don't know what town Jesus was born in).

      Obviously, far fewer would know The Question...

    2. Re:Do they mention 42 in the movie? by Feanturi · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Erm, I've had '42' thrown at me by plenty of people who haven't read the books, don't actually know what they're referring to, just that it's got something to do with the meaning of life and they want to appear clever in a serious conversation when they have nothing to say. They piss me off. It's never been a 'secret code' as far as I've been aware.

  3. Straying too far from the path? by SethS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It looks like they're taking a LOT of creative liberties with the script. Too many perhaps?

    For instance... in the preview, they show Ford introducing Arthur to Zaphod. In the book, the whole comedy of the scene is that they both play it cool. Not so in the preview.

    It is my fear that Hollywood is going to ruin another perfectly good book. I'd like to go see it, but I'm going to be very sceptical.

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    If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!
    1. Re:Straying too far from the path? by ThisIsFred · · Score: 4, Interesting

      You know it's going to be ruined, it's the Hollywood way. All the previews I've seen are just special effects and catchphrases in the voice-over.

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      Fred

      "A fool and his freedom are soon parted"
      -RMS
  4. I thought it was great... by Vthornheart · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Perhaps I'm jumping the gun, but it looks like Mos isn't going to be a horrible Ford as some of us feared.

    But what about the towel? I didn't see him using a towel to flag down the ship... towels, as everyone knows, are a very important thing. =)

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    -Vendal Thornheart
  5. Re:Direct link to the movie by Begossi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Definitely a must see, the Artur Dent choice of actor couldn't have been better.

    It is still a bit disappointing that Zaphod does not have his 2nd head on the movie. It was the source of much humour. And Marvin looks like just a guy in a robot suit, Teletubbie-style. I thought the whole "brain the size of a planet" thing was more like a metaphor for his immense intellect, not just a huge head...

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    Friend of the Wise, Brother of the Brave.
  6. Re:Direct link to the movie by HD+Webdev · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "I thought the whole "brain the size of a planet" thing was more like a metaphor for his immense intellect, not just a huge head"

    When I first read the HGTTG stories, I thought the constant reminders that he had a brain that specific size would end up with a plot 'surprise' that Marvin was in fact the computer trying to figure out the question that results in the answer 42.

    After all, no other computers in the story were described as that size except for Earth itself.

    Another strange thing: Marvin in fact did know the Ultimate Question. He was brilliant enough to retrieve it from Arthur's brain but was completely ignored when he mentioned that fact.

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    This is not a dream, not a dream...we are transmitting from the year 1-9-9-9.
  7. Mirrors by nfsilkey · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Amazon link is a.) overwhelmed, and b.) flash. Eww!

    Enjoy the following mirrors:
    -http://216.69.167.204/hitchhikersguide-1.mov

    -http://www.waxy.org/archive/2005/02/16/hitchhik.s html

    -http://filebox.vt.edu/users/jkbrooks/pictures/hit chhikersguide.mov

  8. Re:Exaggerated exasperation by biglig2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Director of the Incredibles was on the Radio last night and mentioned that the reason why animated films are often so good is because you can't muck about with the script after you've started because every frame is so expensive.

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    ~~~~~ BigLig2? You mean there's another one of me?