Hitchhiker's Guide

Anonymous

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Hitchhiker's Guide

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 2:48 PM

I saw the movie last night, and though purely lightweight, it was harmless fun, with some decent effects for a middle-budget picture.

I loved the Vogons though. So entertaining! I wonder if anyone will put out a garage kit of a Vogon. The ships weren't particularly interesting being largely geomatric in shape (round for Zaphod's ship, rectangular for the Vogons).

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MartianGundamModeler

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November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 4:32 PM

The wife took me to see it for my birthday. Yeah the ships could have been much more interesting externally. I did like the little red "sport" shuttle. I still don't think it was better than the British made version which I beleive was really a mini series. I know cutting up the story to fit into two hrs couldn't be avoided but it's just that the movie didn't seem to capture the "essence" of British Comedy for me...

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Borg R3-MC0

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From: Utereg

Posted by Borg R3-MC0 on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 5:40 AM

I will have to wait for a couple of months before the movie is in the cinema's over here.
Sad [:(]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:09 AM

I rather liked it

I wouldn't mind a kit of Marvin and maybe the Volgons, too

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sorleygoldie

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August 2003
From: Kilbarchan

Posted by sorleygoldie on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 4:38 PM

Hitchhickers kits - come on Airfix give it a go. Although plain they have a nice feel to them - form follows function.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

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MartianGundamModeler

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November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 4:53 PM

Yeah I'd def build a Marvin with lighted eyes...of course. Did anyone notice that the original Marvin from the original British version made a cameo appearence in the the service line at the Vogon detention center?

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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modelnut

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Posted by modelnut on Thursday, May 5, 2005 11:36 AM

Yep. I noticed!

And the original Arthur Dent appeared as the holographic recording telling Zaphod and crew to go away near the end of the movie.

AND (though I missed this detail) Douglas Addams himself made an appearance soon after that. One of the custom-made planets in Slartibartfast's showroom was shaped like Addams' head. Big Smile [:D]

-Leelan

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 5, 2005 2:56 PM

the last thing the HoG turns into is DA's head, also... I missed the planet in the factory bit, I'll wait for the DVD

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Swanny

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From: Sandusky Ohio, USA

Posted by Swanny on Thursday, May 5, 2005 3:32 PM

I'm off to see the movie tonight.

Swanny's Models

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MartianGundamModeler

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From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Thursday, May 5, 2005 4:49 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelnut

Yep. I noticed!

And the original Arthur Dent appeared as the holographic recording telling Zaphod and crew to go away near the end of the movie.

AND (though I missed this detail) Douglas Addams himself made an appearance soon after that. One of the custom-made planets in Slartibartfast's showroom was shaped like Addams' head.

-Leelan

Man, i missed all those details. i didn't even recognize the hologram as Arthur.

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 9, 2005 1:17 PM

Pretty bad. In a class with Mars attacks. All I could think was Benny Hill goes to outer space.....except, Benny Hill was funny. I want my money back. Who do I have to talk to? Dead [xx(]

The worst part is i couldn't fall asleep during the movie. What was that?

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J-Hulk

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February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 12:07 PM

We probably won't get the movie over here for another 6 months, but I loved the books!
Were do you think I got the idea for the vehicle number on my old E-100?

Courtesy of Deep Thought! Big Smile [:D]

~Brian

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MartianGundamModeler

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November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:47 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

We probably won't get the movie over here for another 6 months, but I loved the books!
Were do you think I got the idea for the vehicle number on my old E-100?

Courtesy of Deep Thought!

i loved the books too that was why the movie was such a disappointment. Like I said before the Britsh version was better and it had poor special effects. But the British version is like a 4 or more hr mini-series so it fleshes out the story much better.

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:29 PM

watch the series or buy the book, skip the movie. I know the jokes by heart and they went by too fast for me to notice them half the time. Humor is all about timing and there isn't enough time in the movie to do it right.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:00 PM

I have yet to still read the book before the movie.
Blush [:I]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:01 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

We probably won't get the movie over here for another 6 months, but I loved the books!
Were do you think I got the idea for the vehicle number on my old E-100?

Courtesy of Deep Thought!

I know its not related to the post, but J-Hulk, that a great E-100 build.
Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 16, 2005 9:42 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MartianGundamModeler

Like I said before the Britsh version was better

I hate to break this to you, but this is a mostly British version too -- yes, it's a Touchstone picture, but most of the production was done in the UK. American money, British production. Sort of like the Lord of the Rings movies are New Line Pictures, but mostly produced in NZ.

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J-Hulk

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From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, May 16, 2005 11:03 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MartinJK

QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk

We probably won't get the movie over here for another 6 months, but I loved the books!
Were do you think I got the idea for the vehicle number on my old E-100?

Courtesy of Deep Thought!

I know its not related to the post, but J-Hulk, that a great E-100 build.

Thanks, Martin!
You can see more here:
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/e100_bkeaney.html

It's always fun to sneak in a bit of a mix of your favorite genres!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 16, 2005 10:08 PM

My God this movie almost replaces Solaris at the top of my "all time worst movies ever to see the light of day,Oh why, oh God why" list.

If the book was anything similar, I can't see how anyone could have read it.

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Avus

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From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:54 AM

Oh come on the movie wasn't that bad. I confess that the singing dolphins at the beginning scared the heck out of me!

Consider that the books were written after that the BBC radio play had had a tremendous success. So the story wasn't really concieved as a novel but as a play.

It is some time that I've seen the show so I might be wrong on the following statements.

The TV shows cover only the first two books while the movie is based mainly on the first book so to me it covers the story better than the TV show.
I must admit that it really is fast paced but on the other hand it introduces characters (like Humma Kavula) that were left out in the shows.

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