#249629 - 16/02/2005 22:45
Do you know where your towel is?
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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By now I'm thinking you've all seen this with its teaser trailer that shows no footage. But how about a leak of an actual trailer, full of hoopy actual footage? Wow, this looks really freakin' good. On so many levels. The only shame is that Douglas isn't alive to see it. Dunno how long that link will last, so grab it while you can.
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#249630 - 16/02/2005 22:50
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tfabris]
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Hah! Great! I can't wait. Thanks for the link...
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#249631 - 16/02/2005 23:18
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tfabris]
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The same trailer in Flash is on Amazon of all odd places.
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#249634 - 17/02/2005 00:42
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tfabris]
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I had no idea it was this far along. IMDb claims that they're in test screenings now, even.
I love the casting. I don't think you could find anyone better to play Arthur than Martin Freeman. Mos Def is an ... original choice. I think I remember hearing that previously and being bummed about it, but the clips on the trailer waylay those issues. He seems good. And I definitely hadn't heard about Sam Rockwell as Zaphod. Or Bill Nighy or Stephen Fry.
I also didn't realize it's based on a real Douglas Adams screenplay. Very cool.
I'm excited.
Edited by wfaulk (17/02/2005 00:43)
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#249635 - 17/02/2005 01:23
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
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It can't possibly be as funny as the book, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed it'll be one of the better movies of the year. Not thrilled about Mos Def nor Sam Rockwell (even though I've liked them in other roles).
A number of scenes Douglas had decided to cut have actually been reworked back into the movie. It's nice to see this finally come to the screen after reading Douglas talking about it on usenet back in 1993. I know it was a real challenge to finally get it in full motion.
Bruno
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#249636 - 17/02/2005 07:41
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: hybrid8]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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I've not seen any of HHGTTG before, I've just watched the trailer, could somebody explain why there is a BBC ID card in there? It's on screen as he's turning the alarm clock off. It looks like a staff card too, is that part of the story?
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#249637 - 17/02/2005 09:14
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: andym]
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I've not seen any of HHGTTG before, I've just watched the trailer, could somebody explain why there is a BBC ID card in there? It's on screen as he's turning the alarm clock off. It looks like a staff card too, is that part of the story?
In the books, Arthur works for a radio station.
Peter
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#249638 - 17/02/2005 10:00
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: hybrid8]
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It can't possibly be as funny as the book,
I dunno, you're probably right, but remember it did all start as a radio program anyway, not a novel..
Thanks for the links- I'm very excited about this. The only thing that bums me out is now everyone's going to be "in the know" about HHGTHG just like LOTR- it's always fun to see how many people know what 42 means when you offer it as a random answer to a question in one meeting or another. I fear this will become common knowledge now. . .
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#249639 - 17/02/2005 11:18
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
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Registered: 09/08/2000
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That's a point, as a family we all sat round the radio in the old days listening to HHGTTG, The Chrysalids, Watership Down etc. I miss all that....doe sthe BBC sell recordings of the old programmes (or even better, offer them for free?)
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#249640 - 17/02/2005 11:32
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: frog51]
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does the BBC sell recordings of the old programmes (or even better, offer them for free?)
At least HHGTTG was out on CD, don't know about the others. Would actually love Watership Down on CD for the kids of my friends.
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#249641 - 17/02/2005 12:45
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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They sell quite a lot of the old stuff but by no means all of it. A lot of good stuff is repeated on BBC7 so my advice would be to get a Psion Wavefinder off eBay, hook it up to your PC, load www.dabbar.co.uk and get recording. Some current programmes are available to download as mp3's
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#249642 - 17/02/2005 12:49
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Though if you are running WinXP SP2 don't get a Wavefinder, it won't work.
It seems the only working alternatives at the moment is either of the Freeview cards or a satellite card for your pc.
Edited by andy (17/02/2005 12:52)
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#249643 - 17/02/2005 12:52
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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Loc: London
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Thanks for that Andy, clean forgot about SP2, a real bummer.
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#249644 - 17/02/2005 12:54
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tahir]
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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Wonder if there are any Modular Tech PCI cards on eBay? Much more stable and hasn't got the SP2 issue.
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#249645 - 17/02/2005 13:07
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tahir]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Why don't you grab a DVB card like the Nova-T? Only £60 brand new. I recently sold my Wavefinder on Ebay for £55. I know which one is more useful.
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#249646 - 17/02/2005 13:09
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[Re: andym]
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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Didn't think of that. Very handy, definitely worth it with BBC4 & BBC7, there's so much good material out there, they've just been repeating The Boosh.
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#249647 - 17/02/2005 13:12
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[Re: tahir]
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I watched the TV series of the Boosh and loved it. I really should check out their CD of the radio series. I'd love to know what their fascination with Polo mints is all about.
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#249648 - 17/02/2005 13:22
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[Re: andym]
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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I'd love to know what their fascination with Polo mints is all about.
I'd love to know what kind of drugs they did to end up like that, a true classic though. And the translation from radio to TV worked extremely well, everything was just as i'd imagined it
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#249649 - 17/02/2005 13:26
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tahir]
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I loved the episode about the Hitcher. At one point i'd watched it so many times I could recite the speech about the half-man, half-hornet shamen word for word.
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#249650 - 17/02/2005 13:33
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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why there is a BBC ID card in there? It's on screen as he's turning the alarm clock off.
What I find more amusing is that the book under the alarm clock is Slapstick by Kurt Vonnegut.
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#249651 - 17/02/2005 13:35
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The only thing that bums me out is now everyone's going to be "in the know" about HHGTHG just like LOTR
True, but it's a price worth paying. Much as I would have liked to have seen a HHGTTG movie earlier than this, the SFX technology is now, finally, in place to truly realize the insanity of Douglas Adams' writing. Any ideas if they'll do the full four-book trilogy?
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#249652 - 17/02/2005 13:37
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The voiceover in the trailer talks about it being the "beginning" or some such. Mild implication, but implication nonetheless.
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#249653 - 17/02/2005 13:40
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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I loved the episode about the Hitcher. At one point i'd watched it so many times I could recite the speech about the half-man, half-hornet shamen word for word.
I thought they were all classics, as was the banter between the two before the show started, mind you the wife thought I'd gone insane.
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#249654 - 17/02/2005 13:40
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Any ideas if they'll do the full four-book trilogy?
How can you have a four part trilogy?
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#249655 - 17/02/2005 13:41
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[Re: andym]
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Registered: 27/02/2004
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I think Dirk Gently would make a great film too, with the right casting.
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#249656 - 17/02/2005 13:42
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: andym]
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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How can you have a four part trilogy?
Sigh.
Some people just don't GET it!
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#249657 - 17/02/2005 13:42
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[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
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Obviously not.
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#249658 - 17/02/2005 13:43
Re: Do you know where your towel is?
[Re: tfabris]
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Registered: 13/07/2000
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How can you have a four part trilogy?
Some people just don't GET it!
Quite. It's a five-part trilogy, as any fule kno.
Peter
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