Hitchhiker Review

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  • MartMart Origin of SUYF Join Date: 2002-02-26 Member: 248Members
    edited April 2005
    I told you so.

    (For those who don't understand, months ago when the first US trailer came out, Mart said it was going to suck ((with love from #evo)). And was promptly told by everyone else that he was wrong... He wasn't.)

    (((Nemesis is wrong. Just ignore him.)))
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  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    Well im gonna read my 4 part trilogy before i go see the movie, i find books much more intresting anyway.
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  • briktalbriktal Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20021Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Supernorn+Apr 9 2005, 12:51 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Supernorn @ Apr 9 2005, 12:51 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><i>Please be a joke. Please be a joke.  Please be a joke. Please be a joke.  Please be a joke. Please be a joke.  Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. Please be a joke. </i><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah...

    I mean, Mart is correct a lot, but sometimes he should be wrong.
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  • AlienCowAlienCow Join Date: 2003-09-20 Member: 21040Members
    Doesn't really look that good, other than I think I recognised Alan Rickman's voice on the trailer I saw in the cinema a few weeks ago.
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  • Seph_KimaraSeph_Kimara Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19359Members
    And this is what happens when you hold high expectations for things. You always get disappointed.
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  • NessNess Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10935Members, Reinforced - Onos
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mart+Apr 9 2005, 12:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mart @ Apr 9 2005, 12:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I told you so.

    (For those who don't understand, months ago when the first US trailer came out, Mart said it was going to suck ((with love from #evo)). And was promptly told by everyone else that he was wrong... He wasn't.) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Damnit Mart, I still say Mos Def was good in Something the Lord Made and I stand by that <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Quantum_MooseQuantum_Moose Join Date: 2005-03-05 Member: 43643Members
    Good movies are becoming rare... I hope this changes.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    No offense (and yes, I'm aware what a bloody stupid saying this is), Mart, but you have the tendency to assume anything bad unless proven good, which kinda makes your verdict a moot point.

    I liked the third trailer (just like everyone else), and that's about it in terms of the thoughts I had on the film so far. If it's good, great, if it isn't, I won't be surprised. There is some indication of this being a joke, though. On Simpson's personal site, we find the following entry:
    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The Movie</b>
    I have recently completed production notes for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. I was granted the <a href='http://www.planetmagrathea.com/nickgarth1a.html' target='_blank'>only pre-production interview with the director and producer</a> and was one of only a handful of journalists allowed to <a href='http://www.planetmagrathea.com/moviesetvisit.html' target='_blank'>visit the set</a>.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He's obviously got contact with the filmcrew, and seeing the kind of personality one needs to enjoy Douglas Adams, a faked review isn't impossible.

    Ah well, soon enough, we'll see it ourselves.


    <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Good movies are becoming rare... I hope this changes.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Was there a time when they weren't?
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  • Quantum_MooseQuantum_Moose Join Date: 2005-03-05 Member: 43643Members
    I geuss as a child, alot more movies would have been acceptable, but grown up I realize most them are just crap.
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  • MartMart Origin of SUYF Join Date: 2002-02-26 Member: 248Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Nemesis Zero+Apr 9 2005, 07:13 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ Apr 9 2005, 07:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> He's obviously got contact with the filmcrew, and seeing the kind of personality one needs to enjoy Douglas Adams, a faked review isn't impossible.
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    If anything, his connection to the film crew should make him 'talk up' the film, not flame it to the ground. And I doubt he'd write a fake review that's so damaging to potential viewers, I for one now have no intention of going to see it.
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  • arcticaarctica Shindiggery innit Join Date: 2005-02-18 Member: 41646Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-AlienCow+Apr 9 2005, 01:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AlienCow @ Apr 9 2005, 01:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Doesn't really look that good, other than I think I recognised Alan Rickman's voice on the trailer I saw in the cinema a few weeks ago. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yes, Alan Rickman is the voice actour for the robot. Nifty, eh?
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Jasp+Apr 9 2005, 08:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jasp @ Apr 9 2005, 08:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well im gonna read my 4 part trilogy before i go see the movie, i find books much more intresting anyway. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    There's five parts.
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.I'm not gonna believe it.

    IT JUST CAN'T BE TRUE.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    DON'T DO THIS TO ME!!
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  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    Looking around the site, you'll easily notice hes the world's biggest HHGTG fan. Therefore, I'm ignoring this review as its completely biased. I doubt he would of ever liked the film no matter how it turned out.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Mart+Apr 9 2005, 06:30 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mart @ Apr 9 2005, 06:30 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If anything, his connection to the film crew should make him 'talk up' the film, not flame it to the ground. And I doubt he'd write a fake review that's so damaging to potential viewers, I for one now have no intention of going to see it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    First rule of publicity: Any PR is good PR. Would norn have thought it necessary to post the link here if it was positive? Bad reviews can sometimes actually increase a movie's audience because people get curious. Curios people talk to their friends, who in turn talk to <i>their</i> friends, and the actual review message is likely to be lost somewhere in the process.

    Though, again, this was merely an isolated hint. I'm not trying to create theories here.
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  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    Oh man it's a giant conspiracy to get 500 more weird insecure fans to watch the show and write their own sarcastic reviews online. It all makes perfect sense.
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Uh isn't he also overlooking the fact that Douglas Adams wrote the screenplay?

    If I missed that I apologise for nothing! I don't do speed-reading.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    No, not feeling quite insulted yet, despite the "conspiracy". Try harder <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    <!--QuoteBegin-Aldaris+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aldaris)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Looking around the site, you'll easily notice hes the world's biggest HHGTG fan. Therefore, I'm ignoring this review as its completely biased. I doubt he would of ever liked the film no matter how it turned out.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't think it's that easy. He states that he liked the radio plays and the game both in the review and elsewhere on the site.

    --

    Ven, according to the review, Adams only made the initial drafts, before meeting his unfortunate end.
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  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    He wrote Douglas Adam's Biography.
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  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    I thought Mostly Harmless was Adams' biography?
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    it was a bbc budget..
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  • BulletHeadBulletHead Join Date: 2004-07-22 Member: 30049Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Nemesis Zero+Apr 9 2005, 04:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ Apr 9 2005, 04:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I thought Mostly Harmless was Adams' biography? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    no...

    The Salmon of Doubt is the "official" auto-biography...

    in that he describes a lot of himself thru the year...

    *shrug*

    HHGTTG FTW!!!
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    "Mostly Harmless" is the fifth and final book in the HHGTTG series. He was starting to feel like writing a sixth one, but then he died. Damn.
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  • CMEastCMEast Join Date: 2002-05-19 Member: 632Members
    /me sighs

    I'm not surprised but I wish I was.
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    Damn. Hollywood is official on the to-nuke list.
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    lose/lose situation

    either the movie really sucks or mart was wrong, both of which will result in the immediate implosion of the known universe. ka-splat.
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  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    the books didnt match the original radio, the bbc tv show didnt match the books, and now you expect the movie to match the books?

    i assume it will be bad beacuse you cant fit five books worth of wonderful dialogue into a hollywood movie, and because the original author had so little to do with the film. but i dont KNO it will be bad, and this reviewer seems to dislike it based on differences from the books...

    hell the books were inconsistent with the books...
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  • Sub_zer0Sub_zer0 Join Date: 2004-05-09 Member: 28569Members
    Here's an idea, lets form our own opinions rather then use other peoples.
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  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    edited April 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-Zel+Apr 10 2005, 06:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zel @ Apr 10 2005, 06:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> the books didnt match the original radio, the bbc tv show didnt match the books, and now you expect the movie to match the books?

    i assume it will be bad beacuse you cant fit five books worth of wonderful dialogue into a hollywood movie, and because the original author had so little to do with the film.  but i dont KNO it will be bad, and this reviewer seems to dislike it based on differences from the books...

    hell the books were inconsistent with the books... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    there is a different between them being slightly different and hacking dialouge to be less funny, or removing and editing beyond recognition very important scenes.
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Reviews are dumb. I'll still see the movie no matter how stupid some review says it is, and if it's dumb then ohwell. It's not like I've wasted 5 bucks on a dumb movie before <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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