BlackMage Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years. Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel! "[A] WHIMSICAL ODYSSEY...Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy." --Publishers Weekly so any fans out there?? i posted a torrent with the original radio serie, the new radio serie, and the original tvshow, up on the main page so if any one is interested! just one warning! the tv show is ooollddd and i onyl recommend it to people who read the book and are willing to have there fantasy of he book broken :P on May there will be a new movie about The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy , i just hope te hollywood wont screw up the english jokes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ank329 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I loved the books, and can't wait for the movie to come out. I just hope they don't messed up the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Loved the books. Probably should try them in english some day. Read them in swedish. I know for sure that "The Ring" is a totally different story in english since a lot gets lost in translation. The same must apply here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberdave Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I love the Guide, I first read the books when I was about 9 years old, still can't get enough of them. The TV series wasn't that terrible, I still enjoyed them and I think the casting was great. I'm also looking forward to the movie even though i'm sure their gonna screw it up! I mean Mos Def as Ford Prefect? sounds crazy but it might work, It might work really well infact. I'm gonna try and keep an open mind but I'm not counting on an amzing interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMage Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 we will have to wait and see :( well what i didn't like about the tv show was.. well... the actor who played Ford Prefect.... he made Ford totlay diffrent!!! aaahh i wanted to kill him after i saw it :P a well the movie will come out May 6 2005 so we will just have to wait and see if it will be any good :( but like you uberdave i also think it will be, like alot of other book to movies filming a screw up :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerotop Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 loved the books hated the brittish tv series made me wanna puke anyway :) hopefully this movie will be something but be warned if you have read the boom you prob will be dissipointed. so i will see it without any premise that it will be good. and hopefully i will be rewarded with some good stuff :) B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoaBytes Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 It's not a book, it's a bible !!! GoaBytes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendo001 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 i've not seen it......... i'd love to see the tv show and read the book.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osa420 Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 just wanted to remind everyone, don't forget to bring a towel. Can't wait for the film. Not sure if any of you are The Office fans, but Martin Freeman, Tim from The Office, is playing Arthur Dent. I think that is perfect and can't think of anyone better for the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaphodiLe Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I've read it in both english and swedish, loved it. However, I'm not sure the transition to a movie will go as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elderbear Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Don't Panic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psheldrake1 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Damn Straight. I just finished watching it. BBC Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napster John Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Read the first book in 1979 when it came out-I was a senior in high school. (yeah, I know, I'm an old fart) I snapped up every new book as it came out, including The Salmon Of Doubt. I learned new ways to curse while playing the Infocom game on my Commodore 64. I loved the radio series. I suffered through the TV series, since that's all there was at the time. I wept when Douglas Adams died in 2001. I cheered when I learned a celestial object has been named for him. I hope the new movie does DNA's memory justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kekante Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Oh yes The guide...the are one of my favorite books, i really hope the new cinema movie don,t botches...the trailer really has no image or nothing its more a teaser but well...i will go to cinema to see it, one can hope the director has made a good adaptation! :D Ah, and for this and other post of mine, sorry for my english, iam spanish and i try hard to not write too bad... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danronq Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 For some reason the seading on this file had come to a HALT! Could there be a kind and gracious few that could continue seeding this file. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psheldrake1 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Loved the books. Probably should try them in english some day. Read them in swedish. I know for sure that "The Ring" is a totally different story in english since a lot gets lost in translation. The same must apply here They used a bablefish for the translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I need a good pair of legs to distract me so I can learn how to fly - I'm still not missing the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMage Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 heres a picture of the cast: http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0371724/Ss/0371724/Zaphod-Trillian-Marvin-Ford.jpg?path=gallery&path_key=0371724 @danronq patients we will not let the torrent die :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I loved the books. The TV series was very good. It had the right mix of cheesieness (Zaphod's second head) and a lack of pretense to make it very funny. My favorite was the original radio series. I thought the sound effects really put it over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssarbyug50 Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 can anyone reseed this file? it is not working for me. there are no seeders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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