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Hitchhiker's Guide Quandary Phase Starts May 3rd
MilenCent writes "Time to grab your towels once again! BBC Radio 4 is set to begin the Quandary Phase (that is, the fourth) of the radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on May 3, covering the events of So Long And Thanks For All The Fish. Once again you'll be able to listen to it on the web from Radio 4's site. There's a production diary on BBC Radio 4's website that discusses the Quandary and Quintessential Phases, which will each be four episodes and will deviate further from the books than the Tertiary Phase did (it may not end the same way it did in Mostly Harmless), as well as tie up loose ends from the first two phases. In other news, their illustrated version of the Hitchhiker's text game won a BAFTA! They also have an interview with the game's co-creator, Steve Meretzky, who also created Planetfall."
Steve Meretzky is one hoopy frood.
There are 2 kinds of people in this world. Those that can keep their train of thought,
Paramount has announced they will do a radio version of the HHGTTG that is available only in mono (not stereo) and in which all of the jokes have been made unfunny.
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The series will be cancelled six weeks into its 13-week series due to Lack of Interest by listeners.
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Well, I wouldn't put it past them
Will in Seattle
I'm a herring you insensitive cod!
Sorry, did I say something wrong? Pardon me for breathing which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bother to say it, Oh God I'm so depressed.
And the Pope says: "Classic Info-what's-it now?"
Actually, he'd probably go along with you on that one. Sounds like quite the dogmatic traditionalist. You'd think he'd at least get a head-worn mic so that his assistant can quit wobbling that late-1980's handheld-on-a-gooseneck in his face. I mean, let's put the A/V back into into Ave Maria!
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Your brilliant failure to use a question mark, inability to punctuate the colloquialism "I mean" appropriately, and decision to misspell "repetitive" belie a deeper appreciation for the English language than the average Hitchhiker's Guide fan possesses. Maybe that's why you didn't like the sequels.
Oh, man. That is so what we need. The SlashPope. A man dedicated to the leadership of geeks and other angsty teenagers. Now, some may say that Cowboy Neal is, but I disagree. We must vote on the SlashPope from the members of the community.
The SlashPope would make it a lot easier - he would just tell you your opinion. No more confusion over whether to hate Microsoft, IBM, Java, etc. No more arguments over whether or not Google is evil. We can now speak as one unified voice - and this voice will be the SlashPope.
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The smoke from a burning webserver would work much better.
In a nutshell, Hitchhiker's is comedy at the expense of an infinite universe. Pretty much anything can happen, and probably already has happened.
Or more subtly, Hitchhiker's is comedy at the expense of those sufficiently arrogant to believe in an infinite universe. And such persons might one day be lynched by a mob of physicists. You see, the one thing they really hate is a smart-ass.
Thine edicts are as follows:
Microsoft: evil
IBM: formerly evil, now somewhat holy
Java: naughty, but not really evil
Apple: currently good, but evil is brewing
Adding graphics to Infocom interactive fiction: Satanic