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strredwolfYesterday, I was dining at a McDonalds before a Linux Users Group meeting (note to self: install tb-sshdfilter) and I found myself wondering several things: One, how well RedBox DVD is (I'm one of the rare few who's used the origional RedBox) and how bad H2G2 really is.
First, $1/day plus tax for DVD rentals, return at any participating McD's? I'll try it. You need a credit card to do it, of course, but they give you the option of emailing your receipt. Eh, not too bad.
Second, H2G2. Some folks don't like the movie, but I bet they haven't:
(raises hands) Guilty as charged.
Of course, Doug Adams (the author of H2G2 and it's series) wrote all of them and the movie's script. If you've read all of the above, you'll know that Doug Adams rewrote H2G2 for each medium. So you're watching the movie fully knowing it's going to be different and you're froody like that.
The movie's variation matched everything all the way up to when Author and Ford are picked up by Zaphod and Trillian in the Heart of Gold. Marvin looks much better than in the BBC series, I hate to admit, but he just does. Zaphod could of used some work, but it elegantly works around the deficencies with it's own quikiness worthy of H2G2... and finishes with our heroes starting a trip to Milliways, having done six impossible things before lunch.
Now, given I know H2G2's quirky history, I kinda liked this version. I would say it's a worthy buy if you're qualified. I know my brother-in-law and sister aren't.
First, $1/day plus tax for DVD rentals, return at any participating McD's? I'll try it. You need a credit card to do it, of course, but they give you the option of emailing your receipt. Eh, not too bad.
Second, H2G2. Some folks don't like the movie, but I bet they haven't:
- Read the books (all of them)
- Read, or heard, the radio play
- Saw the BBC 6-episode TV series
(raises hands) Guilty as charged.
Of course, Doug Adams (the author of H2G2 and it's series) wrote all of them and the movie's script. If you've read all of the above, you'll know that Doug Adams rewrote H2G2 for each medium. So you're watching the movie fully knowing it's going to be different and you're froody like that.
The movie's variation matched everything all the way up to when Author and Ford are picked up by Zaphod and Trillian in the Heart of Gold. Marvin looks much better than in the BBC series, I hate to admit, but he just does. Zaphod could of used some work, but it elegantly works around the deficencies with it's own quikiness worthy of H2G2... and finishes with our heroes starting a trip to Milliways, having done six impossible things before lunch.
Now, given I know H2G2's quirky history, I kinda liked this version. I would say it's a worthy buy if you're qualified. I know my brother-in-law and sister aren't.
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Date: 2005-10-14 05:46 am (UTC)One thing I didn't like was the lack of narration. There was some, but not nearly as much as in all the previous versions. Showing a Vogon constructor fleet hovering over the Earth is pretty cool, but describing the ships as "[hanging] in midair exactly the same way that bricks don't" is very funny. The movie just didn't have enough *words*.
Another thing I didn't like was how Zaphod Beeblebrox was turned into a complete idiot. In previous versions, he's always been basically an irresponsible lout, but this movie had way too many scenes of him acting like a child and having to be physically kept from pressing any buttons.
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Date: 2005-10-14 11:09 am (UTC)Likes.
I liked the new Marvin. Had that cute, goofy quality, like he realized that yes, he is smarter than everyone, but sees the glass as not half-empty, but spilled all over the carpet.
I prefered this version of Zaphod to the BBC one. Much more of a jack-ass, which is exactly what Zaphod was. A jackass that was the president of the universe. [My. Doesn't that sorta play into context today...]
I prefered the other Ford Prefect. Seemed to have a better sen.. ANTS>. fucking ants.. need ant traps.. better sense about him. He knew what was going on.
I liked the other Trilian. Much more bubbly, in a sense. Good natured and intelligent. The new one seems a tad bit prudish.
DEFINITELY preferred the BBC's Arthur. More panicky than anything, which is good. The only other human alive in the galaxy, having all that shit heaped upon him. SUprised he didn't have a catatonic break-down.
LOVED the new ship. It just was so goofy, that it fit better in the whole galaxy than anything. Just... everything was 'Round'. Like Marvin's head. [even the guns. That was just too nifty.
While it would have been nice if they made the movie exactly from the original books, instead of Douglas dumbing things down in the movie, for what it was, it's the perfect start to a trilogy.
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Date: 2005-10-14 05:15 pm (UTC)