I would so rather watch Nutty and Ebert.
You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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erikaj - Apr 26, 2005 8:31:49 am PDT #2191 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Frankenbuddha - Apr 26, 2005 8:46:23 am PDT #2192 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I would so rather watch Nutty and Ebert.
Or Nutty and Strega.
Betsy HP - Apr 26, 2005 8:51:00 am PDT #2193 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Thanks, everybody.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2005 8:51:23 am PDT #2194 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Saw H2G2 again last night, this time at an "all media" screening -- different from the junket crowd in that this included both public and press. ("All media" includes things like "won tickets over the radio" and "was stopped by one of those "do you want to see a free movie?" people outside the theatre.") The response was more heartening than the last screening, but I'm still not expecting a massive hit. About 1/3 of the audience was laughing. (As we were leaving, DH and I heard one guy saying to his date/friend, "What am I missing?" and I think he may be the voice of the people -- if this kind of humor was going to hit it big in the States, Arrested Development and Scrubs would both be getting much higher ratings.)
But I still loved it, so there. And I really really really really want the opening song on MP3.
Also, I forgot to tell people to stay through the ending credits. There's an extra little Book bit, but it takes a while to show up, so be patient.
Kathy A - Apr 26, 2005 9:05:49 am PDT #2195 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, it doesn't help that all the TV spots make me think that this is a SCI-FI ADVENTURE, with all the bells and whistles such films include, not a comedy filled with mostly British humor, which I'm thinking is going to go flying over the heads of about 2/3rds of the general public. A friend of mine who's a big Anglophile is only showing the vaguest interest in maybe seeing it, since she's not a SF fan normally, nor a big fan of Pythonesque humor.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2005 9:16:49 am PDT #2196 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, it doesn't help that all the TV spots make me think that this is a SCI-FI ADVENTURE, with all the bells and whistles such films include, not a comedy filled with mostly British humor
It's both. It's more a comedy than an adventure film, but it does take place in space, and sometimes things blow up. It's a British caper/farce, in space.
Heh -- just found this on IMDB:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie is good. Really good. You just won't believe how vastly, staggeringly, jaw-droppingly good it is. I mean, you might think that Lord of the rings was an excellent way to reinvent a much-loved franchise by people who well-intentioned, completely understood what made the original popular - but that's just peanuts to the Hitchhiker's movie. Listen.
sumi - Apr 26, 2005 9:25:22 am PDT #2197 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Excellent.
beekaytee - Apr 26, 2005 9:36:04 am PDT #2198 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Until today, I had not seen the 3rd HGTG trailer where the narrator (who sounds a lot like Stephen Fry) outlines the structure of a movie trailer. It killed me. And seemed so appropriate to HGTG's particular humor.
Katie M - Apr 26, 2005 9:39:53 am PDT #2199 of 10002
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
Oh, yeah, that's a perfect trailer. I adore it.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2005 9:43:10 am PDT #2200 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
who sounds a lot like Stephen Fry
It is Stephen Fry