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Post by The Great Juxtaposition on Jun 2, 2007 23:58:07 GMT
Mos Def was rubbish.
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Post by Zoot on Dec 28, 2007 22:13:22 GMT
I'm a huge fan of the tv series & as such cannot watch the film without shouting at the screen! It's just wrong in sooooo many ways. Shame, really, coz it had so much potential & a lot of really talented people involved - but it's pants! Not read the books - one of those things I intend to get round to after I've won the lottery & given up work  then, maybe, I'll have enough time... You've just gotta love the weirdness that is DA's sense of humour ;D |
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Post by Zoot on Mar 22, 2008 9:34:44 GMT
One of the funniest things I've ever read in my life was using the Babel fish to prove the NON-existence of God, in the first book of the "trilogy." That part alone makes muddling through worth it. One of my favourite arguments too: The Babel fish is small, yellow and leechlike, and probably the oddest thing in the Universe. It feeds on brainwave energy received not from its own carrier but from those around it. It absorbs all unconscious mental frequencies from this brainwave energy to nourish itself with. It then excretes into the mind of its carrier a telepathic matrix formed by combining the conscious thought frequencies with nerve signals picked up from the speech centres of the brain which has supplied them. The practical upshot of all this is that if you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language. The speech patterns you actually hear decode the brainwave matrix which has been fed into your mind by your Babel fish. Now it is a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof for the non-existence of god.
The argument goes something like this: 'I refuse to prove that I exist', says god, 'for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing.'
'But', says man, 'the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore you don't. QED.'
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'Oh dear', says god, 'I hadn't thought of that', and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
'Oh, that was easy', says man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next pedestrian crossing.
Most leading theologians claim that this argument is a load of dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid making a small fortune when he used it as the central theme of his best-selling book, Well That about Wraps it Up for God.
Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation. |
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Post by Mr Levity on Aug 27, 2008 20:10:11 GMT
Being an HHGTTG addict, I'm delighted to find other people who enjoy it (or not). I have, I think, everything available. All the books, audio books, TV series on DVD, radio series (all of them) on CD, forgive me if I'm boring you. To those of you who find DNA's writing style a bit hard to get to grips with (and whilst I think the man was an absolute genius, I have to agree it isn't to everyone's taste), the audio books narrated by Stephen Moore, though abridged, are excellent. I have the Dirk Gently audio books, read by DNA himself, and in my opinion he doesn't do a very good job of that either. If you are not a die-hard fan (OK, Anorak) like me, go for the original radio series and it's later follow-ups if you can find them. Avoid the Movie like the plague !!  |
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Post by Lieutenant Columbo on Sept 5, 2008 2:52:45 GMT
lol I know what you mean re: the film... an interesting attempt though.
Mr. Levity - is "Last Chance To See" any good, I've never read, but often wondered?
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Post by marvin on Aug 12, 2009 12:58:23 GMT
Douglas Adams = Genius
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Post by marvin on Aug 14, 2009 15:23:13 GMT
Now I've read this thread I can comment The Radio Show is still it to me, the TV show is also very good, even though it's on a Doctor Who budget, The Film...Well it has it's good points but being made by an american corporation it has too much tampering done Just been announced - PanMac and Penguin join forces in Hitchhiker’s galaxy 14.08.09 Benedicte Page A “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” convention will take place in October to mark the 30th anniversary of the famous Douglas Adams series (12th October) and publication of the authorised sequel from Eoin Colfer, And Another Thing . . . “Hitchcon 2009” is a highlight in a co-ordinated campaign being jointly organised by Adams’ publisher Pan Macmillan and Colfer’s publisher Penguin. Pan Macmillan is to reissue the Adams backlist on 1st September, 42 days before the anniversary date—as Adams fans know, the number 42 is “the answer to life, the universe and everything”. The special editions, which include a “DIY” jacket for The Hitchhiker’s Guide that readers can customise with a sheet of stickers, will be available only for one year. They include new introductions from the likes of Russell T Davies, Neil Gaiman and Terry Jones, and previously unseen material from Pan Macmillan’s Adams archive. This includes the original press release for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and synopses of the novels written by Adams. Macmillan senior commissioning editor Julie Crisp said: “We have such a history with him, and we wanted to focus on material that hadn’t been seen.” Macmillan’s marketing includes a promotion with the magazine SciFi Now, and material for bookshops includes dumpbins, window stickers, posters and bookmarks. Meanwhile, Marvin the Paranoid Android will be Tweeting. Hitchcon will take place at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank on Sunday 11th October, with appearances from Simon Jones, the actor who first played Arthur Dent, and other members of the original cast. Colfer will also do the first reading from his book at the event. Meanwhile, Penguin is collaborating with Universal Music label Island Records for the release of a tune inspired by And Another Thing . . . with Irish band The Blizzards. The song is to be released as the “official” single for the book in October. Penguin is also to launch a website, www.6of3.com, offering competitions, games and ringtone downloads, in September. “Large-scale announcement advertising” is also planned, while a range of videos with Colfer will be seeded across the internet, and material also fed across TV and radio stations. Colfer will do events from 11th to 17th October, including bookshop appearances in Glasgow, Birmingham and Manchester, Forbidden Planet in London and Easons in Dublin, and the Cheltenham and Manchester literary festivals. Not sure how I feel about a non Adams Hitchhikers |
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Post by Mr Levity on Aug 14, 2009 19:49:09 GMT
Sounds interesting. I think I'll try and get to London for that. Not sure how I feel about a non Adams Hitchhikers Mmmmm, I agree with that sentiment. Mind you, I love Starship Titanic by Terry Jones, so I shall approach the new stuff with an open mind. |
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Post by The Collector on Aug 17, 2009 11:27:00 GMT
I'm intregued myself, I'm sure i'll get it just for curiosity value!
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Post by marvin on Aug 17, 2009 15:30:49 GMT
Time will tell! - I wonder will it be a straight follow-on from the last book?
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