Hitchhiker's trailer looks terrible

[scotandrsn]

Wow, I have to say, all three trailers are making me lot more hopeful.

Surprise #1: I think I will actually buy Mos Def as Ford.

Surprise #2: I don’t think their characterization of Marvin is going to annoy the shit out of me as I suspected.

Surprise #3: I don’t mind Zaphod only having one head. I mean, think about it: Sure they could have gone with some CGI, but then, let’s face it, every time you saw Zaphod would some stupid, cutesy double-headed CGI sight gag, and the pacing of the film would have died a horrbile, writhing death on the floor of the theater. There were polenty of points in the books where I forgot ZB had two heads, so lacking them in the film allows him to actually be a character.

Consider me converted! I’ll be there.

[Chance_the_Gardener]

It seems they should have had a UK release on February 4 and a US release on April 2. That would have made the release date 4/2 in either case, and the US fans wouldn’t mind the two-month wait for something like that… would they?

[whiterabbit]

Seems a bit late for a February release anywhere.

Whee! This month! It looks good. Let’s just hope it IS good.

[ISiddiqui]

@Chance the Gardener

It seems they should have had a UK release on February 4 and a US release on April 2. That would have made the release date 4/2 in either case, and the US fans wouldn’t mind the two-month wait for something like that… would they?

If by not minding you mean killing everyone involved in such an idea ;).

[Cornelius_Tuggerson]

@Stranger On A Train

And can we get Kaufman and Jonze working on a Dirk Gently film, please?

Pretty please. How is it that someone out there is trying to turn Hyperion into a movie(it is possible, turning it into a good movie on the other hand…) while a perfectly manageable book like Dirk Gently gets ignored.

[iamthewalrus_3]

@Chance the Gardener

It seems they should have had a UK release on February 4 and a US release on April 2. That would have made the release date 4/2 in either case, and the US fans wouldn’t mind the two-month wait for something like that… would they?

That sounds like a really cool way of losing most of their target audience to downloaded copies off the internet.

[badomen]

@scotandrsn

Surprise #3: I don’t mind Zaphod only having one head. I mean, think about it: Sure they could have gone with some CGI, but then, let’s face it, every time you saw Zaphod would some stupid, cutesy double-headed CGI sight gag, and the pacing of the film would have died a horrbile, writhing death on the floor of the theater. There were polenty of points in the books where I forgot ZB had two heads, so lacking them in the film allows him to actually be a character.

If you watch really closely Zaphod does in fact have a “second head” (no not that one you sickos!)… just not where you would expect it to be (again, heads out of gutter!!!)

[Rilchiam]

They just better include the lines, “Bloody apathetic planet; I’ve no sympathy at all” and “Life. Don’t talk to me about life.”

Based on the trailers I’ve seen, I’m happy with the casting of Trillian (not a bimbo, like in the BBC version) and very happy with the casting of Ford Prefect! Being a Yank, I always associated him with Hunter S. Thompson (while realizing, of course, that Adams would have in no way been influenced by him). But that’s always how I pictured Ford: tall, skinny, bald, tan and homely. Mos Def is a few shades darker and a few degrees handsomer than the picture in my head, but otherwise spot-on! And Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry doing voices! Geek joy overload!

[dare_devil007]

@MonkeyMule

You know this thing with zaphod’s heads is REALLY pissing me off. I mean how many times does the book mention a LEFT and a RIGHT head? Is it really that hard for chirst sake! :mad:

Yes, I thought Zaphod would have an extraneous neck coming out of his real neck with a head attached to it. Or even perhaps a head attached to his shoulder. Oh, well. I’m not going to let a little thing like that stop me from enjoying the movie, though.