Hitchhikers Guide Movie

I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner wrote back on Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:46:52 GMT in misc.survivalism :

I picked up a copy of Dune, as done by the Sci Fi Channel as a mini-series. Much better than the David Lynch version. Then picked up the "directors cut" which is only about fifteen minutes longer, but those fifteen minutes (scattered through the series), is many little bits of business which "make sense". (The whole seduction of Faid Harkonnen by Princess Irulan "works" when you don't edit out her substituting of her handmaid.)

And this Paul Atriedes, he may be a "boy", but he has been groomed to take command, and he knows it. Noblesse Oblige, and all that.

tschus pyotr

The Sci-Fi Channel version of Dune really bored me to tears. If that's accurate to the book, I'm glad I passed it by all those years ago.

Ron

Dune is a great (series of) book(s). Only book that ever made me feel thirsty. Can't vouch for the movie, but I doubt it could match imagination.

BTW, your handle speaks volumes for your cred, Ron.

-- Jeff R. (how's your E-meter going?)

I love the Dune series of books but thought little of the two movies I saw based on it.

I enjoyed the Hitchhiker's movie. It had a couple extra characters and some funny bits taken from the guide itself. The cinema was full when I saw the movie opening night and I'd say that 50% there enjoyed the movie and the other 50% did not get it.

The movie really focused on finding on answer to the meaning of life......

Depends on which version of Casino Royale you saw. The version with Barry Nelson as Bond has more in common with the book. The version with Peter Sellers is a joke. As for Dune I have three different movie versions of it (as well as all the books) The Sci-Fi version is the closest of them so far. Personally I have only found a few movies based on previous books that are close in content, most of that is due to the editing needed to make the book fit into the time slot. The Time Machine 1960 Starring Rod Taylor, Alan Young and Yvette Mimieux is so far the closest to the HG wells book that I have seen. Another one that is pretty good is The Martian Chronicles with Rock Hudson done as a series in 1989. It covers many of Ray Bradbury's points in the novels. Would be nice to see some of the older literature put into film and done true to the books (not like Jurassic Farce though)

For interested folks this site has some great reading materials (even audio books IF you have a fast connection).

... and everything.

The answer is "42".

Ahh! But what is the question??

"What is the meaning of life and everything?"

hey Ron I thought you were dead

That's unfortunate. I really liked both movies. I think they are much better than the version with Sting in it. And Gunner, ANTS! ANTS! ANTS!

Here I thought I was the only person who read that book!!

It's difficult to know what you're responding to when you remove all of the previous poster's content.

R, Tom Q.

Not really, you just look at the next post up in tree layout. Appears to be Ron Hubbard's post.

Tim

-- "California is the breakfast state: fruits, nuts and flakes." Website:

Of course not. And more than one person has the Engine running things.

Gunner

"Considering the events of recent years, the world has a long way to go to regain its credibility and reputation with the US." unknown

Which means, for me, switching to threaded display and unhiding all the "marked read" posts, then choosing the post 10 messages back that's indented 3 characters less than the post in question.

A liitle easier than that is to find the last message ID in the "references:" header and jump to that message.

Maybe it's not difficult, but it's a little awkward.

Since he's replying, apparently, to two sentences of Ron's post, why not just leave them in his reply?

R, Tom Q.

I leave those open and just CTRL+U to the next unread message. Simple enough.

Well, that I can't help 'ya with... well, except maybe suggesting a better newsreader... try OE lately?

Now that I surely cannot answer...

Tim

-- "California is the breakfast state: fruits, nuts and flakes." Website:

If you're not doing threaded posts, Tom, then you're really banging your head against the fencepost and getting pretty much nowhere! Thread them and leave them closed unless you want to read the thread. Also, hide the read posts from session to session. Makes life a lot easier to deal with on the newsgroups! Those little + and - signs in the boxes help keep things all lined up and running right for you.

-- Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole?

No penguin farts?

Penguin farts kill Ozone.

-- Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole?