I was so hoping this movie would be good!
Considering the film has yet to be released I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I'm disappointed. I base this on the fact that in the film Zaphod Beeblebrox has just one head. (And of course we all know he has 2. I mean if the BBC could do it...) Admittedly he does have three arms...but still if the filmmakers are not true to the books on this fact, how many other liberties have they taken? Yes, Marvin is depressed, and depressing. And Vogon poetry still is fatal. But they have changed the "hyperspace bypass" into a "hyperspace express route". Is this to Americanize it? I hope that doesn't mean that we'll lose Douglas Adams' wonderful British sense of humor. But it was a letdown just to hear it...Are they afraid we can't figure out what a bypass is? Its a shame it took years after Adams' death to get the production finished. Perhaps if he were part of the team it would be different. Anyway, it remains to be seen whether or not I'll spend $$ to go see it; or wait til Movies 10 for a cheaper view; or even just wait til it comes out on video and get it free from WPL.
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I want to see it. I just look at it as if it is something different than the book, which is easier to do when I have not read it in a while. Which is now. Then I can read it again afterwards. Or not.
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