Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
#0Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:53pm
the movie opens today...anyone excited?
JUST GOT HOME FROM THE MOVIE......FANTASTIC
the acting was great, it was like the books. And best of all.....it starts with a song, and the first thing I thought is.....OMG, if this succeeds, they'll make it a musical. It would be SO easy to do.......LOVED IT
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
Updated On: 4/29/05 at 02:53 PM
NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#1re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:55pmYeah, I'm not going to read anything else before I see it (the two reviews I've seen have been really mixed). I'm too excited about the movie to let anything ruin it!
#2re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:57pmI love the books and am looking forward to the moviw, but I am really afraid it wont translate well. So much of the book is dependent on detail and logical anomolous arguements, the movie looks a little special effects centric. I mean, there is not that much that actually "happens" in H2G2, its mainly lots of great description of how and why things "are"
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#3re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:58pmI've got my towel and peanuts already to go!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#4re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:59pmI loved the book when I read it...but, to be honest, the trailors haven't done anything for me. What made the book so great was the narrative. I think I'll be waiting this one out. Hell, I haven't even seen Sin City yet.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
#5re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 2:59pm
we're seeing it in 3.5hrs......am I counting down, or what?
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#6re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:00pm
Justice
You ARE Sin City.
HUSSY POWER!
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NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#7re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:13pmI agree Smartpenguin, but the fact that Douglas Adams was involved so heavily before he died has allayed some of my concerns (isn’t he credited with the screenplay?). And Sam Rockwell as Zaphod is genius casting.
#8re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:15pmI hope those things work out. I love Sam Rockwell as Zaphod. I'll have to actually see it before my concerns are gone though. I am still very much looking forward to it.
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
#9re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:17pm
If they will make every book into a film, I will see it. I felt that way about the Lord of the Rings (oh, gee, I'm not a fan boy! NOPE!) and I feel that way about Adams, reviews be damned.
#10re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:27pmI will see every film of every book too, no matter how I feel about this one. Adams was fantastic!
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
FabalaCohen
Broadway Star Joined: 10/30/04
#11re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 3:28pm
I'm seeing it tomorrow! I can't wait.
The only review I've read so far only had one thing to say, "If you don't get the humor, it's British." >.> Must stop reading hometown newspaper.
And yes. Rockwell IS Zaphod.
"During this performance, please feel free to let your cell phones and pagers ring willy-nilly. However, do remember that there are heavily-armed knights on stage and you might well be dragged up and impaled."
(Pre-curtain announcement at the new Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot)
#12re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:02pm
i am going to an 8:00 showing tonight. I am so excited and i don't care what the critics say! My martin freeman is in it. 
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#13re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 4:04pm
Two words why I will see this movie sometime, hopefully over the weekend:
Sam Rockwell
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#14re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 6:43pmUnfortunately I doubt he'll recreate his nude scene from Lawn Dogs in it.
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
Think_about_the_sun
Chorus Member Joined: 1/9/05
#15re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 6:55pmI love the books! I'm hoping the movie is just as ridiculous as them, and doesn't take itself to seriously with the special effects and all. Although I heard Zaphod doesn't have two heads and three arms in the movie - is that true? I'm going to be very upset if it is.
"The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it." - Harvey Milk
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#16re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 7:03pm
I want to see it so badly! I like Marvin the robot. I think that's why I want to go.
MARVIN!
What the puck?!
Starburst
Understudy Joined: 2/27/05
#17re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 7:15pmI just started reading the books last week. I refuse to see it until I finish. I remember wanting to read them like, five years ago, but never had the books in my possession until I bought "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Mwaha.
#18re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 9:49pm
I am excited to see this movie b/c of Martin Freeman. He's wonderful. :)
Alejandra
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#19re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/29/05 at 10:20pm
Alan Rickman is the voice of Marvin. Genius.
I loved the TV series done in the late 1970's - it was so tacky and low budget!
#20re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/30/05 at 9:42am
I love the books! I'm hoping the movie is just as ridiculous as them, and doesn't take itself to seriously with the special effects and all. Although I heard Zaphod doesn't have two heads and three arms in the movie - is that true? I'm going to be very upset if it is.
It is, they don't....you're wrong about Zaphod....and that's all I'll say ;o)
saw it yesterday, LOVED IT!
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#21re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/30/05 at 10:37amSounds good Elphaba, I'm going litterally the minute I actually have time!
I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.
Think_about_the_sun
Chorus Member Joined: 1/9/05
#22re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/30/05 at 3:56pm
It is, they don't....you're wrong about Zaphod....and that's all I'll say ;o)
saw it yesterday, LOVED IT!
Yay! I'm so glad that someone who read the books liked it, and I'm very happy Zaphod is appropriately appendaged. I want to go see it now... I wish I had time this weekend.
"The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it." - Harvey Milk
#23re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/30/05 at 7:44pmHurrah! Seeing it in 2 hours :) I'm bringing my towel
http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=13865158 please =D
Beergoggles
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/05
#24re: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Posted: 4/30/05 at 7:45pmSaw it yesterday... pretty good!
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