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Fri Apr-28-06 09:38 AM
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Going to read the 1st "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" book today. |
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I am new to it all, i heard it went from a radio show, to books to a tv show to a movie. Maybe i should listen to the radio show first. :shrug:
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:41 AM
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You'll love it. :thumbsup:
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:43 AM
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Thank you for the advice.
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:42 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:44 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:42 AM
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3. Books first - absolutely! |
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Nothing else lives up to the books.
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:44 AM
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7. Usually that is correct |
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but in this case, not. The HHGTTG was originally written for the radio.
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:56 AM
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17. I didn't say the books came first |
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I said, when asked for an opinion, that none of the other forms offered by the OP lived up to the books. ?
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:00 AM
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Edited on Fri Apr-28-06 10:04 AM by billyskank
but different. There is much more stuff in it.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:01 AM
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which is what I thought this thread was asking for...
Dropping out now. Not going to argue about opinions.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:10 AM
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20. I would think they all stand out on their own. |
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:46 AM
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9. We'll see now won't we. |
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:D Debatable by the looks of it.
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:43 AM
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5. Actually the radio series is better |
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It was a radio series before it was a book. There is much more stuff in the radio series than was put into the book.
The book is still great, though.
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:45 AM
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8. I wouldn't know how to get the radio show. |
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To listen to, but i'm sure there is a website somewhere.
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:48 AM
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You might find it on a website, but not legally. The copyright on the recording is owned by the BBC. They want you to buy the CDs, of course... ;)
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:50 AM
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12. I found the books on a website. |
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:51 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:48 AM
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11. I loved the radio series...loved the book too |
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haven't seen the movie version
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:53 AM
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14. The commercial for the movie was hilarious. |
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:54 AM
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just never got around to seeing it
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Fri Apr-28-06 09:55 AM
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16. Well, here i go reading it before i see it. |
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Just like i do with so many other books.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:38 AM
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23. The movie version was good |
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Edited on Fri Apr-28-06 10:39 AM by mduffy31
I love Marvin with Alan Rickman's voice, am a big fan of Martin Freeman (he ruined the Office USA version for me), and I am in love with Zooey Deschanel so for me it was a hattrick. On edit: I forgot about Mos Def, he is fantastic in this movie.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:41 AM
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24. I'm going to have to check it out |
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another DU'er posted a thread wherein they felt it was done poorly....I wondered HOW it could be done in a movie and simply haven't wondered enough to watch it...but I will :D
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:42 AM
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25. I think you need a open mind. |
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That a movie is a movie and a book is a book. No matter what topic, those are always going to be separate entities.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:48 AM
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26. No matter how good a movie is |
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there is always going to be some naysayer about it.
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Fri Apr-28-06 11:17 AM
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30. I gave up after about half an hour |
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because it was deviating too much from the book
maybe it was true to the radio series but I have not heard that.
The Vogons were pretty funny, and the effects were better than the TV show, although Marvin still looked ridiculous.
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:29 AM
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21. I envy you, because you are reading it for the first time. |
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By all means, read the book!
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:32 AM
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Fri Apr-28-06 11:00 AM
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28. Hope you have your towel. |
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Fri Apr-28-06 10:49 AM
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Book first, radio second, tv show third, movie if you must.
The radio show came first, but i think the book goes better when read to begin with
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Fri Apr-28-06 11:11 AM
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It's a great read. I don't know how it compares to the Radio show I've never heard it but even Adams said that all the incarnations are pretty much new creations of thier own so they each stand alone very well I think.
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