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Jarne:

--- Quote from: 5thWheel ---I wondered if the ending in the 5th book was because DA was sick of being asked to write HHGttG sequels? So he was writing an ending that would be all "ha! see if you can figure out how I could write a sequel to *that*!"?  But I don't know and I can't be bothered to google right now..
I didn't really like the 5th book that much, but I thought the ending was good (or at least the reason for the demolition was ace, IMO:).  I didn't see the movie as I'd been warned off it.
Also, I prefered the Dirk Gently books to HHGttG.
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For the radio series (I believe, or at least one of the other versions) he re-wrote the ending to make it happier. Apparently he thought the book ending was too gloomy or depressing.

Switchblade:

--- Quote from: Rizzo ---Lieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees....
Nah, I'm pretty sure it was USA... I have nothing to back this up though.
It just wasn't H2G2 to me. It was some terrible romantic comedy feat. Authur Dent.
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It was a romantic comedy featuring exploding planets, fifty-foot tall women, a suicidally gloomy robot and some jazz dolphins.

Get past the purism and enjoy it on its own merits, I say.

Jarne:
It was a decent movie. Could have been better, could have been worse. Just be thankful that they didn't screw up.

Se7en:
I'm still avoiding the film. Im too much of a fan. Also, its a series of books. My idea of who the charachters are is my own, and probably not the same as how anyone else sees them. To have flesh and blood actors play out those scenes is a minor sacrelige in its own right.

Also, it was in 5 parts because OBVIOUSLY that is the correct number for a trilogy. Dur.

I think all of the joy of the series is in the fact that it DOESNT have to make sense, it ISNT nailed to a conventional narrative, and it is simply whatever you want to make of it. Making a film of it would just remove so much of the abstract, which is the entire appeal of the origional story.

SuperPablo13:
I enjoyed the movie, but I wasn't that big of fan of the books. I enjoyed the hell out of them, but basically picked them up because I knew the movie was coming out and they sounded interesting. I managed to swing a hardcover copy of all the books for about $12. They were entertaining. I did like the movie better only because it was more coherent and the characters seemed more likeable.

Though I had a teacher say this, and I agree with him, the movie was a little unneeded. It had good source material, but could not really compete against other titles in that genre. Galaxy Quest did a good job of having an obscure universe and funny space battles and satire. Hitchhiker's felt like a bad follow up to that and that's sad.

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