Don't Panic

[Dracon II]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Actually I was surprised Marvin worked out OK, I think Alan Rickman did a pretty good job of the voice...

That was the perfect voice for him.

Arthur Dent was played quite well (though the opening scene with him knocking his head and such made him a bit too comical... he's supposed to be the serious, sober englishmen being caught in a world of insanity... which I guess was portrayed quite well)...

... the towel element of the movie wasn't explained well enough though

What'd people think of Zaphod?

[Provost Harrison]

I think Zaphod has been a character which has always been open to a lot of interpretation. Colossal ego being the constant there...

[reds4ever]

iThe film is either getting panned or praised on the papers, the only common view seems to be that Martin Freeman is good as Dent, Stephen Fry is amazing as the voice of the HHGTTG (which I can well imagine) and Bill Nighy (sp) is either a saint or a sinner.

[RGBVideo]

Adding a love-story subplot

Ha ha ha, I told you so. Suckers.

[Immortal Wombat]

Yup. You did.

Originally posted by Dracon II
... the towel element of the movie wasn't explained well enough though

It doesn't need explaining

What'd people think of Zaphod?

Annoying arrogant ****er. I hated him. (i.e. Spot on.)


Re. Bill Nighy: It wasn't how I had envisioned Slartibartfast, but once I got over my preconception, he played the part very well, IMO.

[Provost Harrison]

Again, Stephen Fry is an ideal voice for that part too!

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Again, Stephen Fry is an ideal voice for that part too!

[Dracon II]

Yeah... Zaphod was portrayed fairly well... I thought Slartibartfast would've been older though.... maybe played by some Gandalf looking guy... but it didn't ruin anything... I'm just picking nits. Stephen Fry has a voice made for this sort of thing.

[self biased]

Re: Don't Panic

Originally posted by Dracon II
very, very different to the books (to be expected)...

yeah, it's sort of a hitchiker's tradition now. each revamp has little to do with each other part of the saga.

[Japher]

can't watch it without wifey

I've been home alone watching rentals I know she won't watch like Platoon, Torque, Catwoman (no one should watch that one), and Employee of the Month ()

I may break down tomorrow.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Just saw it today. It was pretty damned good actually. Not perfect, but that was to be expected though.

Deep Thought was way different than I thought it'd be (though the TV watching part was brilliant). If you seen the trailer, you've seen the great Deep Thought part with people with big foam fingers... still cracks me up.

The movie was pretty different from the book, but better for a movie medium, I thought.

Spoiler:

Vogsphere was great... especially the filling of the forms for Presidential pardon and the blowing of the horn for lunch. Magrathea (never thought that was how it was pronounced, btw) was interesting with the different dimensional portals. I thought Slartibartfast was well casted, btw...

Oh, and the "For Douglas" at the end was a great touch

The romance wasn't too grating either. Not bad, all in all. I may get this one when it gets out on DVD.

[Kuciwalker]

The reviewer in WaPo complained that there wasn't really an overall plot

[KrazyHorse]

I didn't like it very much

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
The reviewer in WaPo complained that there wasn't really an overall plot

Get him to the books . Then he'll really be shocked .

[Admiral]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui




Get him to the books . Then he'll really be shocked .

Indeed. I felt that the way in which the movie was most open to criticism was in its attempt to establish a plot.