Now they are making a movie of The Hitchhiker's Guide? Let's see, didn't it start out as a radio series, and then become a book, and *then* a tv series? Or were the book and the tv series reversed? And now it is a movie. Yeah, that will just about tap out the possibilities unless they want to repackage it once more as a graphic novel.
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Burrell - Nov 12, 2004 7:23:44 pm PST #5722 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Polter-Cow - Nov 12, 2004 7:28:59 pm PST #5723 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Burrell, if I recall correctly, Douglas Adams was working with Jay Roach, I think it was, on a screenplay for a while. So it's not like this thing Hollywood's taking advantage of, it's DNA-sanctioned.
alienprayer - Nov 12, 2004 7:29:53 pm PST #5724 of 10001
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It's already been a graphic novel - and a photo reenactment of the radio series in book form. Also an enormous video game.
Burrell - Nov 12, 2004 7:32:18 pm PST #5725 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I knew about the video game, but I decided to not include it since, technically, it follows a different plot. Very amused about the graphic novel, however.
§ ita § - Nov 12, 2004 8:25:20 pm PST #5726 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Stage play!
Sean K - Nov 12, 2004 9:17:22 pm PST #5727 of 10001
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Broadway Musical!
Scrappy - Nov 12, 2004 9:23:02 pm PST #5728 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Board game!
Gris - Nov 12, 2004 9:32:30 pm PST #5729 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Broadway Musical!
Soundtrack featuring all-new songs, including "Forty-Two", "Harmless... Mostly Harmless", "The Heart of Gold Tango", and "Today Despondent, Tomorrow Depressed (Marvin's Song)"
Gandalfe - Nov 12, 2004 10:33:17 pm PST #5730 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Soundtrack featuring all-new songs,
What, they won't include the Dr Demento marvel?
Strega - Nov 12, 2004 11:00:27 pm PST #5731 of 10001
I knew about the video game, but I decided to not include it since, technically, it follows a different plot.
The books and the original radio series diverge pretty wildly, too -- around Magrathea, if I remember right. I believe DNA once expressed some pride over the fact that every single adaptation had a different plot.
There's also a role-playing pubcrawl.
Oh, and I think there's a record in there somewhere before the TV show as well, that was a condensed version of the radio show. I could look it up but I'd have to, um, walk down a hallway. Past the bedroom. Where sleep is waiting to leap at me.