Greenguy, you are a Hitchhiker's Guide fan, right?

Rictor · 2004-12-26, 05:08 PM

I mean, that's where the Green Guy character came from...first place I ever saw it at least.

Anyway, here's a teaser trailer for the movie:

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/index.html

amadman · 2004-12-26, 05:18 PM

Cool!

Thats the first I heard about it.

Cant wait!!

Jim · 2004-12-26, 06:06 PM

Greenies Green Guy is not like the one from the book
It is at least 30% different

Mishi · 2004-12-28, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rictor
I mean, that's where the Green Guy character came from...first place I ever saw it at least.

Anyway, here's a teaser trailer for the movie:

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/index.html

At last, I get to take my towel out of storage!

Only been waiting for this for about...20 years...(ouch).

ecchi · 2005-01-04, 01:47 PM

It will no doubt be a disappointment, there is no way you can transfer a radio show like this to a movie. Take the TV version for example, that was written by Adams and was faithful to the original, but still disappointed.

RedCherry · 2005-01-04, 02:35 PM

I'm going to have to re-read all the books, it has been soooo long, but I remember laughing out loud to some of them.

I hope the movie is good.

RedCherry · 2005-01-04, 02:41 PM

I just read that Douglas Adams is one of the executive producers. There is more info about it here:

http://www.spyglassent.com/movies/hgg/

ecchi · 2005-01-04, 02:43 PM

RE "I just read that Douglas Adams is one of the executive producers" Only if the film was finished years ago. Adams has been dead some long time.

RedCherry · 2005-01-04, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ecchi
RE "I just read that Douglas Adams is one of the executive producers" Only if the film was finished years ago. Adams has been dead some long time.

Wonder why they said that on the site? Must be someone other than the original author by the same name???

Screenplay
Douglas Adams & Karey Kirkpatrick (credit not final)

Produced by
Gary Barber .... producer
Roger Birnbaum .... producer
Nick Goldsmith .... producer
Jay Roach .... producer
Jonathan Glickman .... producer
Douglas Adams .... executive producer
Robbie Stamp .... executive producer
Derek Evans .... executive producer

ecchi · 2005-01-04, 08:09 PM

Executive Producer is really a non-title. It is usually given to people as a sop, to flatter their ego and keep them happy, but it really means "Producer in charge of bugger all" (look at the second Harry Potter film, one of the executive producers was a 12 year old schoolboy). I know that Adams was never keen on a "Hollywood" production of his radio show, and has at least once turned down obscene amounts of money for the rights. So I would guess that when the project started he was still alive, and they offered him "Executive Producership" to get him to sell the rights.

Also it will probably help sell it to die hard fans who will object to any "Hollywoodisation". It sounds more "genuine Hitchiker's" if they can say that Douglas Adams was Executive Producer (it sounds good if you don't know how little it means).

(P.S. Sorry if my English becomes grocery with "genuine Hitchiker's", I think I mean "belonging to HHGG", but I am not certain.

P.P.S If you don't understand the P.S., don't sweat it.)

Ms Naughty · 2005-01-04, 11:24 PM

My new computer is called Hot Black after Hotblack Desiato, lead singer of disaster area, (who spends a year dead for tax purposes) and their stuntship, which is just so... black. "Light just seems to fall into it.!"

I watched the trailer. It has caused some trepidation... how can HHGG have all that big Hollywood music in it? Where are all the hoopy froods with their towels?

Mishi · 2005-01-05, 02:58 AM

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Originally posted by grandmascrotum
My new computer is called Hot Black after Hotblack Desiato, lead singer of disaster area, (who spends a year dead for tax purposes) and their stuntship, which is just so... black. "Light just seems to fall into it.!"

I watched the trailer. It has caused some trepidation... how can HHGG have all that big Hollywood music in it? Where are all the hoopy froods with their towels?

U R 2 Kewl. lol

Um, *cough*, but seriously - what boggles my mind is that Mos Def is playing Ford Prefect. Now, Mos Def is awesome...but, Ford Prefect, to me, is a short, pale, geeky dude.

Of course, Trillian is a tall, slender, elegant brunette - and if you've ever seen the TV version...just, no.

So, whatever happens with the movie, I suppose it can all be explained by the use of the Infinite Improbability Drive.

ecchi · 2005-01-05, 03:15 AM

As there is only one English speaking radio station that still does drama series and serials, and that station's future is in doubt, I guess this will be the last time a radio serial ends up as a major movie, and it is also probably the first time in decades. So however bad it is, it will at least have that record.

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2005-01-04, 02:41 PM	#7
RedCherry Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle of the Desert, Pahrump, NV Posts: 3,187	I just read that Douglas Adams is one of the executive producers. There is more info about it here: http://www.spyglassent.com/movies/hgg/ __________________ Our 3D Comics and Props on Renderotica

2005-01-04, 11:24 PM	#11
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2004-12-26, 05:18 PM	#2
amadman I've been mad for fucking years, absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks.... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: padded room Posts: 861	Cool! Thats the first I heard about it. Cant wait!!

2004-12-26, 06:06 PM	#3
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	Greenies Green Guy is not like the one from the book It is at least 30% different

2005-01-04, 01:47 PM	#5
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	It will no doubt be a disappointment, there is no way you can transfer a radio show like this to a movie. Take the TV version for example, that was written by Adams and was faithful to the original, but still disappointed.

2005-01-04, 02:43 PM	#8
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	RE "I just read that Douglas Adams is one of the executive producers" Only if the film was finished years ago. Adams has been dead some long time.

2005-01-04, 08:09 PM	#10
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	Executive Producer is really a non-title. It is usually given to people as a sop, to flatter their ego and keep them happy, but it really means "Producer in charge of bugger all" (look at the second Harry Potter film, one of the executive producers was a 12 year old schoolboy). I know that Adams was never keen on a "Hollywood" production of his radio show, and has at least once turned down obscene amounts of money for the rights. So I would guess that when the project started he was still alive, and they offered him "Executive Producership" to get him to sell the rights. Also it will probably help sell it to die hard fans who will object to any "Hollywoodisation". It sounds more "genuine Hitchiker's" if they can say that Douglas Adams was Executive Producer (it sounds good if you don't know how little it means). (P.S. Sorry if my English becomes grocery with "genuine Hitchiker's", I think I mean "belonging to HHGG", but I am not certain. P.P.S If you don't understand the P.S., don't sweat it.)

2005-01-05, 03:15 AM	#13
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	As there is only one English speaking radio station that still does drama series and serials, and that station's future is in doubt, I guess this will be the last time a radio serial ends up as a major movie, and it is also probably the first time in decades. So however bad it is, it will at least have that record.