Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trailer

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.""

Comments

Ford's Thumb?

[teiresias]

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.

Do they mention 42 in the movie?

[nganju]

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.

Re:Do they mention 42 in the movie?

[slim]

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...

Re:Do they mention 42 in the movie?

[Feanturi]

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.

Re:Straying too far from the path?

[ThisIsFred]

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.

Re:Direct link to the movie

[Begossi]

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...

Re:Direct link to the movie

[HD Webdev]

"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.

Re:Exaggerated exasperation

[biglig2]

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.