The trailer played about ten seconds for me and then died.
eta: OK, saw the whole thing.
And, yay!!!
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2005 1:25:28 pm PST #9388 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Katie M - Feb 26, 2005 1:30:45 pm PST #9389 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Gandalfe, did you download it onto your own computer?
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2005 1:41:18 pm PST #9390 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
HGttG game. It's text-based - remember them? [link]
Jessica - Feb 26, 2005 2:39:37 pm PST #9391 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Ooh, it's been updated. It's all shiny now.
I was terrible at that game, back in the day. I vaguely remember how to get out of the house, but after that, it's all a blur.
Gandalfe - Feb 26, 2005 2:41:39 pm PST #9392 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Gandalfe, did you download it onto your own computer?
Tried to, but it wouldn't come down. Dunno if it's that I'm at work - I'll try at home.
reequeen - Feb 26, 2005 6:25:55 pm PST #9393 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
Just so you know, dear, it does work at home. ;-D I'm full of more Hitchhiker's Guide trailer happiness....!
Kalshane - Feb 26, 2005 9:15:12 pm PST #9394 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I've been fighting with my computer all day and was coming here to link this awesome new HH trailer I just saw, and of course you guys already new about it. Still, it kicks all kinds of ass. It's the first trailer for the movie that's actually made me psyched about seeing it. (My seeing it was never in doubt, but now I'm anxiously awaiting it.)
Jars - Feb 26, 2005 11:45:58 pm PST #9395 of 10001
I haven't read the book in years, but that trailer was bloody fantastic. It's probably nigh on impossible to have Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry together and not have it be bloody fantastic though. I liked the 'deep voice' bit. Hee.
evil jimi - Feb 27, 2005 4:49:15 am PST #9396 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Oh. My. God.
How fucking greedy is Mel Gibson?
This fucking greedy: The Passion Recut
=================
That trailer about trailers is pretty damn funny. Shame about the movie.
I watched this trailer and was not overly impressed. Arthur, The Book and Marvin get two thumbs up; the rest get two thumbs down...and who's bright idea was it to put Zaphod's 2nd head under his chin?
note: the trailer link is to a 26MB .mov file.
reequeen - Feb 27, 2005 4:49:24 am PST #9397 of 10001
"It's got to be the hair, Cotton. It's beautiful! Feathered and lethal. You just don't see it nowadays." Pepper Brooks - Dodgeball
It's a relief to me to read all this enthusiasm for Hitchhiker's Guide - on other boards people are so "But....[wah]....Zaphod's not British!" "But....I don't like Marvin!" "But....the original voices woulda been so much better!" Instead of, like me, thinking: Oh, they're doing something different, innit cool?
I mean, hey, I love everything Hitchhiker's, have every book (including radio scripts and the Big Photo Story Book), and I loved the tv show, but unlike a lot of people who remember all the earlier versions, I seem to be able to divorce myself from what was, and to be psyched for what could be. Hitchhiker's Guide has been a long time coming, and I think it's going to be completely groovy.
It's not only the voices (great casting, btw) that will be a joy to hear, but Sam Rockwell? He was such a marvellous Guy Fleegman. And Martin Freeman? He was so incredible in The Office series, and his Stan Laurel method of acting will serve Arthur Dent extremely well. I predict. ;-D I also don't think there's anything wrong with casting Mos Def in a movie. Haven't figured out why, yet, but I can live with that.
They've handled the trailers nicely, and I think that bodes well. And, of course, the Serenity trailer is going to be shown with it....so, all things being equal, I'm looking forward to April 29.
[edited to add]
and who's bright idea was it to put Zaphod's 2nd head under his chin?
I'm relieved it's not another head on his shoulder, for one. Tired of that trope, really, really, tired. I'm happy someone found a new way of presenting bicephaly.