...impressive.........most impressive
I just finished watching the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. As one who read the books, I was excited and thrilled to watch it, and busted a gut enjoying it. But it was a fine example of how Hollywood can take a good idea and twist it to its own grand designs. Added scenes, happier ending, and the punchlines to great jokes that were omitted to fit a two hour time frame. But that's fine with me, it's a fact of reality. My favorite part was putting in bits from the original BBC movie that most people wouldn't notice. If you'd like to know I'll tell you:
- The song that plays when the Hitchhiker's Guide is flying through space near the beginning.
- The silver robot on Vogsphere was the original Marvin the Depressed Robot.
- The holographic recording that appears on Magrathea was the original Arthur Dent.
I betcha a zillion space credits that there were more, but that's all I saw....this time. I'd recommend it to all ya'lls. For those who have read the books and are purists and can't handle when Hollywood hacks up a good book, don't see it. You'll only make yourself angry.
posted by StuK @ 11:44 p.m.
2 Comments:
At 2:51 p.m.,
Blogger21 said…
Wow you are so lucky! I'm just dying to watch the new movie, but unless I drive out of town to see it I'll have to wait at least two months before our "theatre" will get it.
But I was warned that there were a lot of changes from the book, but from what I heard, DNA was the one who wrote the script as he was working on the movie when he died. So, while I might be tempted to be disappointed by the changes I see, I'll know that the author put them there, and learn to love it!
At 3:49 p.m.,
Dr James Orin Incandenza said…
I read the book several years ago and enjoyed it so much that I'm afraid ot go to the theater... The BBC version was epic!
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