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Ask 'Hitchhiker's Guide' Exec. Producer Robbie Stamp

Posted by timothy on from the time-to-get-the-hang-of-thursdays dept.

After nearly three years of waiting, the movie version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is almost upon us. I've been impressed with the casting, and with the trailers I've seen of the film -- enough that I'm taking the rather unhappy early review posted the other day with a large grain of salt. Now's your chance to ask whatever you'd like of Robbie Stamp, the film's executive producer; we'll pass on to Robbie some of the best questions and publish his answers as soon as he gets them back to us. (As usual, please -- confine yourself to one question per post.)

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  1. What is the answer? by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is the Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?

    It had to be asked.

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    1. Re:What is the answer? by Poromenos1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      43, with a margin of error of +-1.

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    2. Re:What is the answer? by jhines0042 · · Score: 2, Funny

      What is this Sig you refer to?

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    3. Re:What is the answer? by AviLazar · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Sorry, please phrase your answer as a Question."

      This is Double Jeapardy

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    4. Re:What is the answer? by jspoon · · Score: 2, Funny
      what does 54 have to do with anything? I think you meant "What is six times seven?"

      Nope, obviously he was simply using base thirteen instead of base ten.

    5. Re:What is the answer? by Nothing+Special · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but nobody would write a joke in Base 13. It just isn't funny.

    6. Re:What is the answer? by dubl-u · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but nobody would write a joke in Base 13. It just isn't funny.

      But you shouldn't take that to mean that only jokes in base 10 are funny.

      You know why programmers confuse Halloween and Christmas? Because OCT 31 = DEC 25.

      And no, you're wrong, that really is funny.

  2. The books by rkrabath · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you appreciate Brittish Humor?

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  3. MJ Simpson? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is the movie really as bad as MJ Simpson says? You can tell me, I won't tell anyone else if you agree with him.

  4. Hey... by Poromenos1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they got the Vogon captain to rewrite the script?

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  5. Panic by provolt · · Score: 4, Funny

    While making the movie, did you ever start to panic and then see copy of the guide and realize, "Oh yeah DON'T PANIC"?

  6. Mattresses by publicenemy23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    On a scale of 1-23, how challenging was the task of casting mattresses for the part of Zem the Mattress? I mean, I've never even seen a talking mattress, I've only read about them in books. Do they have a seperate guild in Los Angeles, or do you have to go abroad to find talent? Enquiring minds want to know.

  7. Oh eBay .... by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like how eBay tries to sell me '42' items when I search google for 42:

    Huge selection, great deals on 42 items.

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  8. Re:Question by Holi · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh yeah thats a great question.

    "Can you please tell us why your movie is not crap."

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  9. Zaphod's Head by pete-classic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is Zaphod's other head in his chest because of midichlorians, you bastard?

    -Peter

    1. Re:Zaphod's Head by selectspec · · Score: 5, Funny
      Is Zaphod's other head in his chest because of midichlorians, you bastard?

      A better way to phrase this question:

      Once you decided to rape Duglass Adam's by shitting on his original text with countless corruptions, perversions, and flat out misrepresentations such as the hiding of Zaphod's head in the chest, did you feel that a special circle in hell would be reserved for your eternal torment or that your punishment would take the form of some extreme bowel torture here on Earth?

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  10. Re:Marvin's look? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I definately did not see him as very tall, as he was in the TV series, but not child looking either, more stout around 5".

    I think the radio series or the books or SOMETHING would have mentioned if Marvin was only 5 inches tall.

  11. Re:HHGG by ReverendLoki · · Score: 4, Funny
    Addendum to the above question:

    If you were to make the remaining books into movies, would you try to fit it all into 3 movies? If so, should heralded as the "The Increasingly Innaccurately Described as Increasingly Innaccurately Named Hitchhiker's Trilogy"?

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  12. Re:Great Timing! by matts-reign · · Score: 2, Funny

    There was no reference to towels on page 140. Page 140 was when slartibartfast introduced them to Magrathea's "factory floor". Perhaps you have a diffent version of the book than me.

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  13. Will there be any Ewoks or Jar-Jars? by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 2, Funny

    or will there be any gratuitous scenes of violence involving the above?

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  14. The ovious question. by Veemon · · Score: 2, Funny

    How do you respond to allegations that you have taken the jokes out of the movie to make room for the plot, which was then removed to make room for flashy special effects?

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  15. Re:One question by Rei · · Score: 3, Funny

    I especially liked the part where Fort convinced the Vorons to take Zipnot to Guildford. All they need now is Anna, a robot ninja from the planet England, and they'll have gotten everything right.

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  16. My Question. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    A lot of good questions posted so far, but I have one which I really really wish he would get asked during this interview:

    Hasn't George Lucas pissed all over my fondest childhood memories enough? Must you tarnish another great memory by cashing in on it, you heartless fucker?

  17. Re: What is the asnwer? by Thumpnugget · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you kidding me? People around here seem to love writing jokes in all your base.

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  18. Have your towel handy by Johnny+Fusion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have you already planned a response to the Death Threats, or were you going to leave the planning to the last minute?

    Any addition to a beloved fandom will always be hated by the "true fans" and H2G2 will be the same.

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  19. Towels? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Is there any mention of towels at ALL in the movie (aside from there not being a Guide entry spoken for them), or will I look like an even bigger dork bringing one with me to the theater?

    "Hey, why does that guy bring a towel with him to the movies?"
    "Um, I don't know, but let's sit far, far away in case he has to use it for... something."