Saw Hitchhiker's today. Meh. The pacing didn't work for me. The clever lines and the funny lines kept getting stepped on. I chuckled a couple of times, but I wasn't rolling on the floor the way I did when I listened to the radio show.
Doesn't matter that we took him off that boat, Shepherd, it's the place he's going to live from now on.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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dcp - May 08, 2005 7:03:00 pm PDT #2595 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
§ ita § - May 09, 2005 3:59:10 am PDT #2596 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would have predicted a larger second week dropoff for Hitchhiker's myself:
1.Kingdom of Heaven (2005)$20M$20M 2.House of Wax (2005)$12.2M$12.2M 3.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)$9.13M$35.1M 4.Crash (2004)$9.1M$9.1M 5.The Interpreter (2005)$7.5M$54.1M 6.xXx: State of the Union (2005)$5.4M$20.8M 7.The Amityville Horror (2005)$3.15M$60.1M 8.Sahara (2005)$3.1M$61.3M 9.A Lot Like Love (2005)$3.04M$18.8M 10.Fever Pitch (2005)$2M$39M
sumi - May 09, 2005 4:30:25 am PDT #2597 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
I went to see Kingdom of Heaven too!
I wondered if Ed Norton was the King of Jerusalem -- he is listed in the IMDB but with a name, not a title.
I also had a question about beheading of suicides -- did they really do that? Is it because it is against the law to commit suicide? Naturally, I got vampire prevention vibes off of that but I get that probably wasn't the reason.
Cashmere - May 09, 2005 4:35:28 am PDT #2598 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Sumi, I read that it him was but he was uncredited.
JZ - May 09, 2005 5:53:33 am PDT #2599 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I just started watching the BBC Hitchhiker's for the first time -- much, much better in some ways, painful in others (BBC!Trillian is indefinably irksome to me, and Zaphod's mannequin head wobbling on his right shoulder is taking a powerful lot of getting used to), but overall very much its own entity, a distinct and independent creature that's able so far to peacefully coexist in my brin with the movie without either version stepping on the other's toes.
Except Marvin. I can't hear a single one of BBC!Marvin's lines without hearing how Alan Rickman said it and wanting to scamper off to the theater to hear him say it again. Of all the performances in either version, his is the one that's forcibly obliterating all others -- haven't heard any radio Hitchhiker's yet, but I'm sure it will be just the same, with Rickman remorselessly trampling the competition. So fretful, so sullen, so unbearably perfect.
Now I want a yarn Alan Rickman.
Aims - May 09, 2005 7:22:34 am PDT #2600 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
GoF. Where the hell have I seen Miranda Richardson? I read her whole iMDB resume, and I can't place her for the life of me. Maybe I just recognize her from discussion?
I can't wait for GoF.
t Harry Potter whore
Betsy HP - May 09, 2005 7:23:42 am PDT #2601 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
All over the place, notably as the sex-crazed Queen Elizabeth in Blackadder. Also as Mme. Giry in POTO. Also as the romantic lead in The Apostle.
Scrappy - May 09, 2005 7:25:35 am PDT #2602 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The IRA chick in The Crying Game.
Aims - May 09, 2005 7:26:56 am PDT #2603 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The Apostle! Never saw it but she was nominated (or won?) an Oscar for it?
I saw The Crying Game so looong ago. And I think I've repressed the memory.
Sean K - May 09, 2005 7:28:10 am PDT #2604 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Didja ever see The Crying Game, Aims?
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