and yet, people voted for that decision with their wallets. What is it about decision-making like this that scares you ? You may not like Walmart- its certainly your right to frequent only the local grocery stores. On the other hand, the local family that does want cheaper food can go to Wal-Mart, and apply their savings elsewhere. What part of this excercise is evil ?
It seems as if it was set up perfectly for a sequel, though I wonder if I want to see one. One criticism that I think is fairly reasonable is that you can't hope to fully convey the book(I think of it as one big book) in a two hour movie- you do have to leave things out (although the planning commission bit was criminal) - and that the editing might have been better on that end.
Bingo. I'm a fanatic about the books, but DNA had said that there would be differences, and I appreciated the movie for what it was. As for Trillian and Arthur- well, as Adams points out in mostly harmless, he never did address that angle - just as he never addressed Arthur and Mella. Stuff happens - that's the Hitchiker's Guide in a nutshell.
My objection is primarily to Zaphod being dumbed down so much - he was an egotistical prick, but not an idiotic egotistical prick.
Well, yes and no. The leverage involved in a Sun buyout isn't small change, and while Sun has enough cash on its balance sheet to be a semi-attractive proposition for an LBO, I'm curious how much a private equity firm could get out of it - in that the FCF of the firm isn't exactly through the roof.
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and yet, people voted for that decision with their wallets. What is it about decision-making like this that scares you ? You may not like Walmart- its certainly your right to frequent only the local grocery stores. On the other hand, the local family that does want cheaper food can go to Wal-Mart, and apply their savings elsewhere. What part of this excercise is evil ?
It seems as if it was set up perfectly for a sequel, though I wonder if I want to see one. One criticism that I think is fairly reasonable is that you can't hope to fully convey the book(I think of it as one big book) in a two hour movie- you do have to leave things out (although the planning commission bit was criminal) - and that the editing might have been better on that end.
Bingo. I'm a fanatic about the books, but DNA had said that there would be differences, and I appreciated the movie for what it was. As for Trillian and Arthur- well, as Adams points out in mostly harmless, he never did address that angle - just as he never addressed Arthur and Mella. Stuff happens - that's the Hitchiker's Guide in a nutshell. My objection is primarily to Zaphod being dumbed down so much - he was an egotistical prick, but not an idiotic egotistical prick.
Well, yes and no. The leverage involved in a Sun buyout isn't small change, and while Sun has enough cash on its balance sheet to be a semi-attractive proposition for an LBO, I'm curious how much a private equity firm could get out of it - in that the FCF of the firm isn't exactly through the roof.