Posted on 04/28/2005 10:44:46 AM PDT by js1138
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Nighy, Anna Chancellor, John Malkovich, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman (voice), Stephen Fry (voice)
It opens with a perfectly choreographed dolphin musical number, and ends with the disembodied head of deceased author Douglas Adams. This is the long awaited adaptation of his novel, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” and as the dolphins flawlessly perform their rendition of “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” you’ll realize you’re in for one hell of a ride. Don’t panic. It only gets a little weirder.
(Excerpt) Read more at cinemablend.com ...
I didn't think Zaphod was a jerk, so much as just an ego maniac, which is what he was in the book. Are you sure you're remembering him correctly from the book?
Well, fairly sure; He seemed more of a stereotypical chauvinistic idiot in the movie, whereas in the book he was more of an egomaniacal, sometimes-heroic movie star type.
I liked his portrayal.
never seen it. wouldn't be able to tell you one way or another.
Ahhh, but how many of you have the original Infocom Hitchhiker's computer game like we do??
I didn't see it either. This was my introduction to Zooey. (I don't get out much)...
next step- go rent ELF, and apparently rent "the new guy" as well.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221046/ or any of these movies.
Ah, my wife used to own it!
Yes, we have a pretty complete set of the old Infocom games. They were much better than the newer games if you want to think instead of just shooting things up.
I just wish we had kept our copies of "The New Zork Times" :-)
Where did you get that receipe? What are the parts for that?
It is from the intro to the book of transcripts of the Radio Plays.
As an aside, for those that have trouble freezing gin, cut the gin with DISTILLED (not tap or mere bottled --- Distilled Water is pure H2O and has no taste) water.
No parts given sorry, but I (being a former bartender), I would do it akin to a Long Island Ice tea:
1. 3-6 cubes of 50% cut-with-distilled-H2O gin (I would probably not use Tanqurey or Bombay Sapphire as those have pretty strong tastes that may conflict. Worth experimentation, though.)
2. Shot or shot and half of Bacardi 151 from freezer
3. I might add 1 shot freezer-kept vodka depending on my mood.
4. Fill almost to the rim with 7-up or cider
5. lemon (or maybe a dash of sour mix)-tobasco-olive
6. Stir
7. AFTER STIRRING, I would gently pour on top 1 shot rumplemintz or some equivalent. (There is one that has gold leaves in it that would be paticularly appropriate. If I used the one with gold leaves, I would make sure I pour it in last, for effect (drift down).)
8. Dust the top with cinamon
I went to this movie based on some of the reviews, and I'm here to tell you I walked out of it. The few chuckles you get can't make up for the sheer stupidity of it. Sorry.
I suppose the lesson here is to be careful about movies based on fringe humor. Monty Python is legendary, but only a tiny minority of people have ever seen them. Audiences for this kind of humor are generally self selecting.
That said, the original humor was entirely verbal rather than visual (being a radio play), and most of the original Britishisms were removed from the movie.
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