To pretend it was a gun, I think, Perkins.
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Was anyone else as enchanted as I by the visuals they chose for the infinite improbability drive in action ?
My brother said the yarn scene alone was worth the price of admission, and another friend of mine (who hadn't read the books) laughed more at that than she'd laughed at anything ever.
I loved the visuals on Magrathea - that was EXACTLY how I had imagined it the first time I read it.
Did everyone catch the planet shaped like Douglas Adams' head in that scene? It's visible two or three times in the background, first when Slartibartfast says "Welcome to our factory floor!"
My favourite Improbability Drive bit was when they all turned into woolen dolls. Now I find myself really, really wanting a wooly Marvin doll.
I heard about it, but didn't actually catch it in the movie Jessica.
I loved the woolley dolls scene too and the credit for the Knit technicians or however they put it.
Our theatre (AMC 30 in Cantera) thinks that H2G2 is a kids film too. (Based on the trailers. . . although they included a trailer for The Corpse Bride. I suppose they figure that if it's silly or animated it must be for kids.)
Back from seeing it a 4th time. (Hazard of being married to the press and having friends with incompatible schedules.)
This time, noticed that two of the tech people were named Elizabeth Hurley and Simon Jones.
I so very much want a yarn Marvin.
Loews has their own trailers reel, so I didn't see Serenity or Sith. We saw one for Chicken Little that started out like the H2G2 trailer, with the word "Don't" falling out of frame and leaving only "Panic" behind. Very cute.
We had that Chicken Little trailer too, and people started out cheering, and didn't seem too upset when it turned out to be a mislead.