Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Galaxy

Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:40 am by Eraser

*being sarcastic*

Of course there aren´t enough movies made yet, so let´s do another film version of a book; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Check out the following link for more info: Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy

This is a film about what happens when everything you know (or think you know) is totally wrong. Roach directs this sci-fi comedy about a group of aliens who plan on flattening earth to make way for an intergalactic highway. One earthling is lucky enough to be rescued from the construction disaster by an alien. Together the two board various spacecraft's and hitchhike their way to several different galaxies. The pair are guided by the best selling book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The book contains several novel ideas about how the Universe evolved. One theory is that mice actually created earth as an experiment that didn't work out. The two also travel to distant planets filled with lost ball point pens, balls, and TV remote controls.

Comments please....

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Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:01 pm by freighter fighter

theres a film of it?

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Wed Jul 16, 2003 4:22 pm by Cynicism Inc.

Wasn't there a two hour mini series of this that ran years ago? Actually, I'm sure there was, because I thought it had been better done than the books. But, with LXG's extrordinary failure, I have lost all faith in the movie industry to be able to tell a good story they did not write from scratch themselves. One more to possibly - possibly - consider renting when the DVD comes out.

Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:09 pm by freighter fighter

wtf are you on about? i feel like ive missed something

"What? Another girl! Tell me my boy. *whispers* what have you been doing?" - Tobias

Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:38 pm by Locutov

Another question: *hides* What is the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy??? *sticks head out to see if it's safe*

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Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:41 pm by Huffer

Why do I get the feeling that another excellent book is going to be turned into an absolutely terrible movie?

Wed Jul 16, 2003 7:55 pm by Cynicism Inc.

The Guide is a trilogy of five books by Douglas Adams, who passed away not too long ago. The premise of the series is that incredibly weird stuff is always going on, for no reason, and no one really understands why. It starts when Arthur Dent, a resident of Islington, narrowly escapes when his house is buldozed to make way for a new high way bypass. He then meets his friend Ford Prefect, who informs him that he (ford) is in fact an alien and they must leave the planet immediatly, because an alien construction fleet is about to destory the earth and make way for a new hyperspace bypass. So they leave the earth and stumble around the universe, helped by the handy guidebook "The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy." They continue to stumble for 5 books. Then they stop.

Some of it is amazingly funny stuff, some of it is pretty insightful. Like his theory on unpowered human flight. Don't know why it hasn't become more popular.

Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:54 am by red

Good Books.

One book I read which was similar and very funny was called The Fraxilly Fracus by Douglas Hill. Think red Dwarf, but about a cargo trader. I remember this book very well because it was so entertaining.

Also the novels about Nick Sherman by Mark Timlin. These are not science fiction they are Tarantino-style stories about a detective living in England.

Sat Jul 19, 2003 8:04 pm by can a cat be a war hero?

great seiries though the TV let it down...
for further reading read: the salmon of doubt, dirk gentlys holistic dectective agency, the long dark, tea time of the soal ect. also terry pratchet is similar though not the same

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