I read somewhere that they made up something where only one head is visible most of the time -- for budgetary reasons, apparently.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Jesse - Feb 08, 2005 5:10:59 am PST #8950 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2005 5:12:10 am PST #8951 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do see the reasoning behind it, so I can't hold it against them if it does happen that way. But still ...
Steph L. - Feb 08, 2005 5:16:02 am PST #8952 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I did, in fact, read the first 2 books, just for the record. So now I know what all y'all are talking about.
Jim - Feb 08, 2005 5:23:12 am PST #8953 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Does anyone have a cite for the (crazy, wrong, ludicrous) H2G2 change? Because if they could afford to do the FX on the TV show, they can afford to get a guy to walk behind Rockwell with his chin on his shoulder , for pity's sake. How To Get Ahead In Advertising managed it.
Jesse - Feb 08, 2005 5:27:14 am PST #8954 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have a vague feeling I read it on AICN, which I can't remember why I even went there, but now I'm afraid to go back.
Vonnie K - Feb 08, 2005 5:27:20 am PST #8955 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
So, what's the advance word on The Jacket? The trailer looks interesting.
I guess I should read this Hitchhiker book everyone's talking about, eh?
Frankenbuddha - Feb 08, 2005 5:28:59 am PST #8956 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Does anyone have a cite for the (crazy, wrong, ludicrous) H2G2 change? Because if they could afford to do the FX on the TV show, they can afford to
Well, the FX on the show were about on par with Doctor Who, so that's not saying much, although I thought that was part of its charm.
I agree with you on How to get Ahead though - they did pretty well there. I do like the casting of Rockwell, though.
Jessica - Feb 08, 2005 5:56:51 am PST #8957 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The head spoiler was on AICN. It's mentioned in one of the reviews I linked to a while back. (I'd threadsuck and find it myself except that I'm completely swamped at work today and really shouldn't even be here.)
Alibelle - Feb 08, 2005 6:29:51 am PST #8958 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
In other news, I think my DH may be going for a Section 8 discharge (if the Foreign Service has those). He pretty much only speaks in movie quotes anyway, but apparently in staff meeting yesterday when asked what he wanted, he responded "I want Tina Sparkle to walk through that door and say 'The Finance Minister's broken both his legs and I want to dance with YOU!'"
His secretary told me this, in a worried tone of voice. My response was "That was unexpected."
I am loving this so much. Raquel and her DH are my new heroes.
Also, that martial arts movie looks impressive. Well, not so much the movie, actually, just the martial arts. Which is what that trailer was advertising, so that's all good.
Gandalfe - Feb 08, 2005 6:43:33 am PST #8959 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I personally thought that they should have had two completely dissimilar heads. Like, I dunno, Cary Elwes and Steve Buscemi.