The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Discussion

[rakkety tam]

so i noticed at least a couple of the forum members like the movie The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy well i love it i just whatched it today and thought i would make a thread about it it is now my fav movie so if u have a Q the awnser is 42 and so discus the movie here now i have to go so so long and thx for all the fish

[psybox]

the movie is actually based off of a book, but is the answer to what is the question 42 the answer is 42 but we don't know the question.

[Nightfire]

I watched it once. The part with the ship transforming several times was hilarious.

[Wolfstar]

I have seen it and it was ok to me.

[rakkety tam]

so anyone love the intro with the dolphins i did

[DanielofRedwall]

I've read the first book in the trilogy in five parts. It was absolutely hilarious at the start, then it started getting a bit strange (still funny though!)... It's certainly an acquired taste. But I loved the start with the guy lying in front of his house, and then the decendant of Genghis Khan, and the pub and then Earth is destroyed... And I also loved the part about towels, and how important they are.
"Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is."

[Primrosewarrior]

I read the books. they were mega-weird.

[Something Horrifying]

HUGE fan of the books, Douglas Adams was a brilliant writer, one of my all-time favorites. Also love his Dirk Gently books.

For anyone that saw the movie made of the Guide, I HIGHLY recommend reading the books (I'm of the opinion that the first three are the best, but the last two are worth reading--yes, this is a five book "trilogy"). Unbelievably funny stuff. Be warned though, the movie's plot was for the most part different.

[Varleyfray]

The books were entertaining and incredibly strange! I read them in high school and instantly became weird.

The new movie is fairly alright...but you know there's also a BBC miniseries from the 80's based on the books which is much more accurate and extensive!  The original Marvin from that series made a little cameo in the new film.

[DeathRage]

I've only read the first book. It was probably the start of me being proffesionally weird.

"My left leg's drifting off into the sunset!"

[W0NWILL]

There's more? I must go to my library at one a.m.!

[Something Horrifying]

There's more? I must go to my library at one a.m.!

As I said before in this thread, I also recommend Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, once you finish The Guide! I still remember pulling a bit out of that book to read as an audition monologue in high school, lol. Got a call back for it, if I recall. Don't remember if I got a part that time though.