The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Club 33]

In case you hadn't heard, THGTTG is coming out in theaters April 29. Its being released by Touchstone (aka Disney).

Here's a link to the official movie site.

I think its going to be good. Any thoughts? On the movie, books, tv show, radio show or Douglas Adams? And does anybody know the question to the ultimate answer of 42? Personally I love the books. Right now I'm halfway through "Life, the Universe and Everything"


Oh, and figment1986, 6*9=54. I thought the answer to the ultimate question was 42.

[figment1986]

No one has figured it out.. Acording to the book... 6*9=42.... (I believe it does in a different form of math using some code.. maby bionary??)

I have been saying this for long time.. Can't wait for movie...
(hence why i bring up the "millieway's" resturaunt concept for Disneyland's TL & Disney MGM Studios...)

http://bvim-qt.vitalstream.com/HitchhikersGuide/HG2TG_InternetTrailer_2237_1500.mov

Newest and great trailer...

[Retlaw Yensid]

I love the trailers for this movie I can't wait untill it comes out.

Do you think it will out sell Episode 3?

[figment1986]

Epsidode will come out after this movie.. (April right??)

Can't wait..

http://bvim-qt.vitalstream.com/HitchhikersGuide/HG2TG_InternetTrailer_2237_1500.mov

Newst trialer...

[Club 33]

They redid the movie site. It was different a day or two ago. I'm not sure I like the new site as much.

[figment1986]

well.. this site was relased on the 42nd day before the movie was to be released....

[Club 33]

hmmmm

[Flint]

I'll go see it, but I really don't trust Hollywood to capture the humor of the book. It'll probably be full of stupid visual or slapstick, to better suit its ignorant American audience.

[dramaqueen]

Well, the cast is largely british, and with such a huge following, I doubt they will try and depart from the book too much- Disney usually does a decent job of bringing books to the screen.

As fo the release date, I should know this since I work for BV, but I believe it comes out a few weeks apart from Star Wars, I am sure they are styaing away from it since they have such similar audiences.

[Mr Ness]

Didn't Douglas Adams have a large hand in writing the screenplay before his passing?

I think it looks like it's going to be pretty good. I'm especially loving Alan Rickman as Marvin. Alan Rickman makes any movie he's in more awesome!

[Hector]

^yes.

^^April 29

< SO at the theatre

[Giant Panda]

No one has figured it out.. Acording to the book... 6*9=42.... (I believe it does in a different form of math using some code.. maby bionary??)

6*9=42 in base 13. Let me (try to) explain:

In base-10, the "5" in the number "54" has a base-10 value of "5 multiplied by ten", or 50, thus "6*9=54" is true in base 10. However, the number "4" in the base-13 number "42" has a value of "4 multiplied by 13", or 52. Thusly "42" in base-13 has a base-10 value of 52+2, or 54.

I've never read HGTTG, I had a friend in HIgh School that swore by it, but given my current line of work, the idea of destroying the earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass seems quite appealing .......

[Momzilla59]

After reading the books, watching the BBC series, playing the text based game....I'm prepared to be disappointed with the movie - Zaphod with only one head? I mean Really!! Of course, I'm a book snob, I'm the one who almost Always says "It was better in the book!"

Will I see it? Of course! How Else can I compare it to the book!


-So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

[Moonliner]

It's a "bypass" not an "expressway" and (as mentioned above) TWO, count them TWO heads.

[Momzilla59]

It's a "bypass" not an "expressway" and (as mentioned above) TWO, count them TWO heads.

Moonliner, what trailer did you watch? The one I saw had Zaphod with One head and Three arms!

[Club 33]

6*9=42 in base 13. Let me (try to) explain:

In base-10, the "5" in the number "54" has a base-10 value of "5 multiplied by ten", or 50, thus "6*9=54" is true in base 10. However, the number "4" in the base-13 number "42" has a value of "4 multiplied by 13", or 52. Thusly "42" in base-13 has a base-10 value of 52+2, or 54.

I've never read HGTTG, I had a friend in HIgh School that swore by it, but given my current line of work, the idea of destroying the earth to make way for a hyperspace bypass seems quite appealing .......

Computer programmers' joke

There is a joke amongst computer programmers that Deep Thought may have had some order of operations issues. The following code in the C programming language defines the macros SIX as "1 + 5" and NINE as "8 + 1", and then performs the computation "SIX * NINE". It returns the answer "42", because "SIX * NINE" is expanded by the computer to "1 + 5 * 8 + 1", and the multiplication takes precedence over the additions. (This occurs because the macro

With any luck, I have now suceeded in confusing you futher. Oh, and try this: Seach for "the answer to life, the universe and everything" in Google. Guess what the Google calculator returns? 42!

[Club 33]

After reading the books, watching the BBC series, playing the text based game....I'm prepared to be disappointed with the movie - Zaphod with only one head? I mean Really!! Of course, I'm a book snob, I'm the one who almost Always says "It was better in the book!"

Will I see it? Of course! How Else can I compare it to the book!


-So Long and Thanks for All the Fish

No, he has two heads and three arms, you'll see. You don't see them so much in the previews.

[figment1986]

Douglas Adams had an ingenious idea for the movie.. (and added a character..)

some where it was interpeted the second head is somewhere else than in the BBC mini-series..... Oh... What books is this movie using??

[Momzilla59]

No, he has two heads and three arms, you'll see. You don't see them so much in the previews.

Whew! and Thanks!

From the online trailers he really looks like a one head headed freak!

[cellarhound]

Whew! and Thanks!

From the online trailers he really looks like a one head headed freak!

There is a clip showing that the second head is undernieth the first one and pops up on occasion.. I guess it is a way to get around the second head problem they had with the TV series... Most of the film could be shot with one head...

The problem with the movie and the book, is that the story is a bit dated... Earth technology advanced farther than some of the fictional "outerspace technology" that was supposed to be more advanced and was at the time... Like the digital read out on the electronic book as discribed is less advanced than modern PDA's...

In order to get the movie to sell, some of the "tech" needed to be updated, I am certain...

But rest assured, if Douglas Addams was alive today, the film would not be made... Unless it was exactly as Addams pictured it...