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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Dimmukane:
Well, to be fair, the first book didn't have him shown as being all that clever. It just had him sort of forcing his way through things.
Jimmy the Squid:
Maybe I should replace "a bit smarter" with "less silly?" I don't know what it was but something about how Mos Def did the role was just a little bit off. I mean, he did it well and if I step away from how I always saw the character his performance was fine but it just didn't quite hit the mark for me.
Jackie Blue:
The combination of "Ford Prefect" and "less silly" is making my head hurt.
The only problem I had with Mos Def is that in the books, Ford is portrayed as being this incredibly "cool" guy, second only to Zaphod.
Surgoshan:
Remember that the original trilogy was written for the market of the late 70s/early 80s. Adams pretty much rewrote Ford/Zaphod for the 21st century.
Jackie Blue:
Yeah, but in the movie, Zaphod was still incredibly "cool" yet Ford... wasn't. He didn't come off as having the confidence that the character in the books always projected.
He still did a great job, it just seemed odd to keep all the characters' essential personalities the same but have Ford's sort of "toned down".
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