TheOneTrueZippy8
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Always wanted to go. I had better start saving up.
Jun 26, 2023 9:19 AM
TheOneTrueZippy8
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Always wanted to go. I had better start saving up.
Mikey667
Wheres the "triple breasted whore of Eroticon 6 ?"
PacManDreaming
I'll take a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
HandoB4Javert
Schlagerfuzzi
D Adams has created my all time favorite character throughout literature - Of course it's Wonko the sane. Look him up like he was some safety instructions on your toothpick package.
BeerandCats
Dont forget your towel
DaveTheCatman
When going swimming, always remember to bring a towel.............wanna get high?
Donaldbain
no rush, you have all the time in the universe.
resworn
Oh god I didn't know this was a thing. I thought you were talking about the livejournal RP and started to sweat
Whoevertore
Don’t Panic!
Tuko266
I will definitely go in about 3 more years, when I am no longer technically dead ‘for tax purposes’
mrmb
RockDiva
Meet the meat!
ProtagonistofReality
Don't eat the cow, you monster!
jjMan72
I love this back in the day on PBS!
rangermcfadden
Just gotta deposit a penny in a bank account
HandoB4Javert
Jessebob42
Correct a mundo!
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
Yep, no saving needed, you'll have enough by the time you get there.
TheOneTrueZippy8
I dunno. That sounds kinda......
ChloeRed
If you've done 6 impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways the Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
CrazedDrifter
Before or after you create the alternate universe where you already have reservations?
ChloeRed
That's only 2 impossible things so far, need another 4 before breakfast.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
You can just make the reservation when you get back.
zoltarpanaflex
retrospectively in advance
TheOneTrueZippy8
As it were.
OhIfIMust
Willan-watchen
lucindrea
the ONLY good version of this
ruint
They all have their good points, and many of the differences are the author's idea. The movie is worth it just for the dolphin song imo.
gnomedeplume
not much competition since there weren't any other tv adaptations
ruint
I have some VERY good news. You are totally, unquestionably wrong.
https://www.piggy.co.uk/the-hitchhikers-guide
Yakeshinu
ChloeRed
Can we meet the dish of the day?
JoeLedger
gnomedeplume
the movie gets a lot of flak but the opening musical number deserves none of it
pangalgargblast
so long and thanks for all the fish!
ruint
goflyblind
mrmb
L1ttl3J1m
When people say "how's it going", I say "Can't complain. Well, I could, but nobody ever listens, so you may as well not bother, and me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side"...nobody ever gets it.
Waxilliam
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
CyberWizard252
Zaphod's just this guy, ya know?
thatwoodguy
It should take one Altarian penny deposited into a long-term savings account for you to generate enough interest for it to pay for your meal by the time the universe ends
TheOneTrueZippy8
I repeat myself but.....
Mavgurian
Interest rate above inflation? HAH!
ruint
don't have a cow, man.
Ihaveneitherthetimenorthecrayons
'Can I interest you in parts of my body?'
rangermcfadden
I see you’ve met the meat
natabus
"Glass of water!?!?!"
TheOneTrueZippy8
But the cow wants me to have him.
ruint
FoolishMortal
The cow was played by the Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Hey it's that guy who's his own father-in-law.
JasonMaggini
And he was married to Sandra Dickinson, the actress that played Trillian.
skizzit
Bet you're a hoopy frood who really knows where his towel is.
PacManDreaming
Nah, he's so unhip his bum fell off.
TheOneTrueZippy8
Well I'm no Ford Prefect but I do my best.
pangalgargblast
that's really all any of us can do
ChloeRed
Belgium man, Belgium!
BenderRodriguz1010
MAGICxMURDERxBAG
Reminds me of Genesis Rising: God had so much beef with a sentient rock that he created other life forms (where the only life form was supposed to be the sentient rock) and then expanded the universe beyond the reach of said sentient rock out of sheer spite.
TheOneTrueZippy8
One of the truly great opening lines to any book, radio series, TV show, film, stage play.......
thatwoodguy
The increasingly misnamed trilogy.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Computer Game, Cereal Box, Towel Sale
RalphH
you could almost say Life, the Universe and Everything.
Otomasoteraph
Milk bottle, fortune cookies, Ikea instruction
TheOneTrueZippy8
New York, London, Paris, Munich.....
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Everybodys talk shite
BeetBoxer
This is a phenomenal book series with some just awful film and television adaptations.
zFUBARz
It's a phenomenal radio play, with numerous reworkings in other media formats with varying degree's of quality.
TheOneTrueZippy8
If you are going to come here talking smack about the TV series then there is going to be a problem. And it is, for the originalists, a radio show.
ChloeRed
This comment just Fits in perfectly....
ChloeRed
(for the non-UK/radio geeky things, BBC Radio shows are known as "Fits", so the first HitchHikers are Fits 1-6)
TheOneTrueZippy8
Niche comment. I approve entirely.
ChloeRed
Friend of mine used to work for BBC OB repairs before they were spun off into it's own company, so lots of weird inside terms are in my head
Lummmmmm
Wait. I didn't know there's an older movie of it. What is this picture from?
bretlawson11042
There was a TV series in 1981.
TheOneTrueZippy8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(TV_series) The radio show was deemed "unfilmable"..... but they went and filmed it anyway. It is quite wonderful and one of the best ways to experience that part of the six part trilogy....... ummm.
Snooj
The BBC TV series. That's the one I'm familiar with; they showed it on PBS a million years ago.
ConfusedConda
6 part mini-series from BBC. I have a copy with 2 VHS tapes and it includes the first book.
KoRplussomeletters
Includes as in came with a copy of, or covers the material from? Because it covers the second book too.
ConfusedConda
Has a copy of the first book in the same box as the VHS cassettes.
KoRplussomeletters
Nice.
Schitzoflink
I hope they have a G&T or something like that.
electricfreddy
They have Jinyan Tonnix, I believe
ChloeRed
Before or after you get out of the bath?
jekath
Wasn't there a whisky and soda as well? I haven't read it for decades.
Schitzoflink
The part I was referring to was that nearly everybody had a drink that was like a gin amd tonic.
jekath
I know. It drive people nuts. And then they gathered and had a drink called whiskey and soda but spelled completely different.
taez555
The UK series was 1000 times better than the movie.
natabus
Note: The UK TV series was based on the BBC Radio Show, that being is the original incarnation of THGG (even before the books) The UK TV series mostly used the same talent as the Radio show, and so those were the people in Douglas Adams mind as he finalized and tweaked the dialogue.
SirHonytawk
The movie is what got many new viewers into the franchise. Even if the series are indeed better, do not dismiss the movie.
MakeAmericaLateAgain
The dolphin bit was FAR superior in the series vs. The new movie.
zFUBARz
Movie was fun too. different, but fun.
linkdk59
Still would have loved to see their take on the sequels
mantabloke
out of the other 4 books of the trilogy
pangalgargblast
every iteration is different, but I love them all
zFUBARz
Agreed
theartofmath
The original radio play is the best version and I WILL fight about this.
taez555
Not sure who you're going to fight. :-)
theartofmath
Probably Vogons, as bad a decision as that would be.
natabus
I got the MP3's long long ago and they have moved many times from many different devices to be always with me.
zadian
What's it called and where can I find it? I need to add to my library
theartofmath
https://archive.org/details/s01e00hhgttgdouglasadamsbbcboo/S01E22+HHGTTG+S4+Quandary+Phase.mp3
NotVeryHelpful
Thank you so much
Andromus
Not going to argue. It's a mystery to me why it doesn't get the attention the books (which are admittedly great) do. I had read the books for decades and was only vaguely aware of the radio play that they came from. When I finally listened to the radio version I was blown away and couldn't believe what I'd been missing.
iamgnat
Overall, yeah it was a let down, but the casting overall was spot on I think. Martin, Sam, Bill, and Most were all absolutely perfect for their rolls. Zooey was good too, but I think they wrote her too ditsy compared to the books (e.g. writing, not her). And Alan was so perfect for Marvin that I hear his voice when I read the books now.
ebonyfaery
People who refer to actors by just their first names as if they're friends are weird, change my mind.
thatwoodguy
I really warmed up to Zooey Deschanel as trillium. Mos Def I outright loathed at first but I found as I watched his performance a few times found him to be an inspired choice
fallenmadonna
*Trillian - damn autocorrect
iamgnat
Ugh. Mos. Not Most. Stupid autocorrect :-(
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Yasiin*
iamgnat
Huh. I had no idea. I like him and his work, but I clearly don't follow him closely. Thanks. I'll try to remember.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
He's actually touring with Erykah Badu right now.
taez555
That's what makes it so baffling. He had all the elements, but still fell flat.
iamgnat
It started well too. Felt like it went off the rails when they got picked up by Zaphod and Trillian and just never regained it's footing even when it went back to matching the book (e.g. Slarti and Earth 2.0).
thatwoodguy
I think Sam Rockwell was a bit I don't know violent for the choice of zaphod. He usually didn't do things out of malice, usually just out of sheer mindlessness.
zFUBARz
It's a lot to fit into a single movie to be fair.
Aesonique
I think they shouldn't have tried. Five books in the trilogy, five movies.