So we're letting all the people who don't like to think very hard while enjoying a good book or radio program, ruin the film version of a story we all love? Why do we want people like that to see the movie anyway... they *still* won't like it if it's dumbed down for them... all that does is ruin the movie for everyone.
If I saw this movie *before* seeing the miniseries or reading the books... then I would be pretty turned off to all things Hitchhiker forever and never give it a chance.
So I don't know about all that "introducing a generation" stuff.
I don't think the getting smacked in the face scene was that bad at all... slapstick yes... but the idea is that they got smacked in the face whenever they had an idea... so they had to not think. I actually thought it was pretty clever.
The romance though.... *groaaaaaaaaannnn*
When it said "For Douglas" at the end... and we just saw his face as the last transformation of the heart of gold when going into infinite improbability drive... I just was thinking this isn't much of a tribute... and if anything, will turn people off to his works.... If I had not seen the BBC miniseries or read the books beforehand... and I saw this movie... I would be completely unmotivated to ever even read the first page of that book.
Agreed. The magic of this story was always in the dialogue... using great special effects to add a sense of wonder (like the Magrathean construction floor) doesn't do much for the story. Looks cool... but zooming by planets just makes the audience go "oooh" and "ahhh" and that time should have been spent making them laugh their butts off.
Why must every movie have a love story? Is it a rule somewhere that people will not see a movie if there's no love story subplot?
Anyway, the funniest part was milking the cow... but I'm not going to spoil the joke for anyone who hasn't seen it.
When the movie was near the end... I was just thinking, "That's it?" It felt like it should have been much longer... there's so much that was in the miniseries and books that wasn't in the movie... I want a sequel made now... but I really don't think this movie will do that well (sadly). It didn't make me laugh out loud like the books did at any part.
Good cameo of Simon Jones and the original Marvin. The Vogons were very impressive looking and acting... strange they had such a huge rule in the movie. I also read some negative stuff about Humma Kavula... but I thought that was one of the better parts of the movie (and not in any other hitchhikers version).
And despite what everyone says I think the guy from Office they got to play Arthur Dent was not right for the role... yes he's plain looking and very mellow... but his personality wasn't quite right. I liked Simon Jones constant sense of amazement and protest. Also I didn't really get Mos Def as Ford... he had weird pacing and timing of his lines. Sam Rockwell for Zaphod was alright (despite the accent, yuck) but the 2nd head was animated pretty poorly, it looked inserted with computers a bit too much... I actually think the half-dead latex head in the miniseries was less distracting.
Anyway it looks like the charges went through before the $60 got deposited, that would be three charges that went through on the 18th which got you a negative balance, and that's why there's three overdraft charges on that day. I'm not sure how long it takes them to process a deposit, but it might show up on your statement as the day it was deposited and not the day it was processed. Even though the order of things on their online system is different and confusing.
In any case, you should be able to get all the fees waived and any other adverse effects on your account corrected... just keep going up the chain of command... speak to a supervisor... then speak to a manager... then ask for contact information for a regional manager or something more corporate... write to headquarters. The guy at the bottom's job is to make the problem go away right now, with what limited power he has. Real customer service happens higher up. So escalate the issue.
In the future though maybe don't cut it so close and be relying on a deposit you *just* made to the account to keep you from overdrawing on your account. Save yourself the hassle. I really don't think any bank is better than any other bank about these things.
We're tired of being second class citizens. Sick of it, really.
Not sick of it enough, it seems. Too many people I know who are gay just don't seem to care and are even against gay marriage for one reason or another. How bad does it need to get to finally piss us all off enough to actually give a crap that we're being treated unfairly by a bunch of ignorant jerks?
doesnt work for me since i disabled the desktop entirely... theres no icons, including my hard drive... and if im in another program and click on a section of exposed desktop space, it doesnt even switch me over to finder.
I just keep everything on my Desktop... and then sort the folder either by filename or date modified and scroll quickly to find what I need. Anyone else employ this method?
My WinXP desktop is very cluttered... but on Mac OS X i just disabled the desktop and open the desktop folder from a link on the dock. It's useful still to use the desktop for the "dump everything" folder since in Mac you can go there easily with control-D.
And WinXP it's just Window-E, click, theres my desktop crap.
I don't get who would want a portable movie player anyway. It's good for travelers but who else? You can't go jogging with one. And the screen is too small to be very enjoyable or immersive (unlike the immersive audio only experience of earbud headphones when listening to music).
I think video just wasn't meant to be portable. When I think about watching a movie, I imagine a nice big screen TV with a surround sound system.
Audio doesn't have the same restriction because music doesn't generally demand almost 100% of your attention in order to enjoy it. You can even read a story while listening to music. Try doing too much multitasking other than maybe something like folding clothes, while watching a movie. Even in the cases where you can do more than one thing, the screen still is small and sucks.
I went straight to college from high school as a physics major and did pretty poorly. I ended up dropping out for two years and during that time I worked full-time and even traveled a bit and made friends and had a life. Basically, grew up.
After I got all from that experience I could get out of it, and was tired of the same old same old and not living up to my potential, I was ready to quit my job and go back to college. I switched my major to computer science and have been having a good time since then.
A year off isn't that much really. The thought sounded scary to me coming from high school because I had just been in school for 12 years straight. But seriously, take the year off... it's not that bad and you'll grow as a person if you untilize it right.
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Hey I have only one problem with fundamentalists: that they exist. They certainly have a right to exist... I'm just saddened that they actually do.
oh my gawwwwwwwwwwwwwwd........ youre a brooooooooom?
to be honest diane, i was surprised.
I remember really liking that show at the time.
you're right. his whole cabinet is also to blame.
51% of Americans who voted.
Of course I was in that 49% who voted for the other guy.
So we're letting all the people who don't like to think very hard while enjoying a good book or radio program, ruin the film version of a story we all love? Why do we want people like that to see the movie anyway... they *still* won't like it if it's dumbed down for them... all that does is ruin the movie for everyone.
This movie should have been made for FANS only.
If I saw this movie *before* seeing the miniseries or reading the books... then I would be pretty turned off to all things Hitchhiker forever and never give it a chance.
So I don't know about all that "introducing a generation" stuff.
I don't think the getting smacked in the face scene was that bad at all... slapstick yes... but the idea is that they got smacked in the face whenever they had an idea... so they had to not think. I actually thought it was pretty clever.
The romance though.... *groaaaaaaaaannnn*
When it said "For Douglas" at the end... and we just saw his face as the last transformation of the heart of gold when going into infinite improbability drive... I just was thinking this isn't much of a tribute... and if anything, will turn people off to his works.... If I had not seen the BBC miniseries or read the books beforehand... and I saw this movie... I would be completely unmotivated to ever even read the first page of that book.
Agreed. The magic of this story was always in the dialogue... using great special effects to add a sense of wonder (like the Magrathean construction floor) doesn't do much for the story. Looks cool... but zooming by planets just makes the audience go "oooh" and "ahhh" and that time should have been spent making them laugh their butts off.
I like the TV miniseries better.
Why must every movie have a love story? Is it a rule somewhere that people will not see a movie if there's no love story subplot?
Anyway, the funniest part was milking the cow... but I'm not going to spoil the joke for anyone who hasn't seen it.
When the movie was near the end... I was just thinking, "That's it?" It felt like it should have been much longer... there's so much that was in the miniseries and books that wasn't in the movie... I want a sequel made now... but I really don't think this movie will do that well (sadly). It didn't make me laugh out loud like the books did at any part.
Good cameo of Simon Jones and the original Marvin. The Vogons were very impressive looking and acting... strange they had such a huge rule in the movie. I also read some negative stuff about Humma Kavula... but I thought that was one of the better parts of the movie (and not in any other hitchhikers version).
And despite what everyone says I think the guy from Office they got to play Arthur Dent was not right for the role... yes he's plain looking and very mellow... but his personality wasn't quite right. I liked Simon Jones constant sense of amazement and protest. Also I didn't really get Mos Def as Ford... he had weird pacing and timing of his lines. Sam Rockwell for Zaphod was alright (despite the accent, yuck) but the 2nd head was animated pretty poorly, it looked inserted with computers a bit too much... I actually think the half-dead latex head in the miniseries was less distracting.
I remember them demoing the original blue BeBox (not sure if the original was PPC or if it used the AT&T Hobbit). Was pretty darned cool.
Also don't forget their little virtual reality type guy they had on the show... what was his name?
They did... the abbreviation for a mebibyte is MiB (= 2^20 bytes) as opposed to MB for megabyte (= 10^6 bytes)
I think we should all use nybbles.
I never said what the bank did was right, clearly their system sucks.
I used to work for two creditcard companies...
Anyway it looks like the charges went through before the $60 got deposited, that would be three charges that went through on the 18th which got you a negative balance, and that's why there's three overdraft charges on that day. I'm not sure how long it takes them to process a deposit, but it might show up on your statement as the day it was deposited and not the day it was processed. Even though the order of things on their online system is different and confusing.
In any case, you should be able to get all the fees waived and any other adverse effects on your account corrected... just keep going up the chain of command... speak to a supervisor... then speak to a manager... then ask for contact information for a regional manager or something more corporate... write to headquarters. The guy at the bottom's job is to make the problem go away right now, with what limited power he has. Real customer service happens higher up. So escalate the issue.
In the future though maybe don't cut it so close and be relying on a deposit you *just* made to the account to keep you from overdrawing on your account. Save yourself the hassle. I really don't think any bank is better than any other bank about these things.
Not sick of it enough, it seems. Too many people I know who are gay just don't seem to care and are even against gay marriage for one reason or another. How bad does it need to get to finally piss us all off enough to actually give a crap that we're being treated unfairly by a bunch of ignorant jerks?
doesnt work for me since i disabled the desktop entirely... theres no icons, including my hard drive... and if im in another program and click on a section of exposed desktop space, it doesnt even switch me over to finder.
PATRIOT ACT!
I just keep everything on my Desktop... and then sort the folder either by filename or date modified and scroll quickly to find what I need. Anyone else employ this method?
My WinXP desktop is very cluttered... but on Mac OS X i just disabled the desktop and open the desktop folder from a link on the dock. It's useful still to use the desktop for the "dump everything" folder since in Mac you can go there easily with control-D.
And WinXP it's just Window-E, click, theres my desktop crap.
I think the Pac-Man cartoon is my first memory ever I can recall of watching *any* TV program.
There's a language called "Indian"?? wow... I thought India had tons of different languages in different regions.
...than raping helpless old women and feeding her a stew of her grandchildren.
that's awesome
but right leaning sites do?
I don't get who would want a portable movie player anyway. It's good for travelers but who else? You can't go jogging with one. And the screen is too small to be very enjoyable or immersive (unlike the immersive audio only experience of earbud headphones when listening to music).
I think video just wasn't meant to be portable. When I think about watching a movie, I imagine a nice big screen TV with a surround sound system.
Audio doesn't have the same restriction because music doesn't generally demand almost 100% of your attention in order to enjoy it. You can even read a story while listening to music. Try doing too much multitasking other than maybe something like folding clothes, while watching a movie. Even in the cases where you can do more than one thing, the screen still is small and sucks.
I went straight to college from high school as a physics major and did pretty poorly. I ended up dropping out for two years and during that time I worked full-time and even traveled a bit and made friends and had a life. Basically, grew up.
After I got all from that experience I could get out of it, and was tired of the same old same old and not living up to my potential, I was ready to quit my job and go back to college. I switched my major to computer science and have been having a good time since then.
A year off isn't that much really. The thought sounded scary to me coming from high school because I had just been in school for 12 years straight. But seriously, take the year off... it's not that bad and you'll grow as a person if you untilize it right.