Comments on: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, part 6 of 3 http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/ a celebration of science fiction, anime, and geek culture Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anachronda http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Anachronda Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:45:30 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/#comment-2802 Meh. Could be worse. I just picked up the final Dune book ("Sandworms of Dune") and will read it out of bloody stupid mindedness although I'm certain it's going to be krep. The previous one was bad, and I've heard nothing good about this one. Meh. Could be worse. I just picked up the final Dune book (“Sandworms of Dune”) and will read it out of bloody stupid mindedness although I’m certain it’s going to be krep. The previous one was bad, and I’ve heard nothing good about this one.

]]> By: Fledgling Otaku http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2797 Fledgling Otaku Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:00:58 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/#comment-2797 I'll be honest, I havent read Second Foundation Trilogy. Since Benford, Brin and Bear are all solid writers, I didnt think they'd screw it up too terribly (I enjoy their respective own works). If I look at teh H2G2 movie as just a movie, then yeah I agree it was funny and no worse than any other timepass scifi flick. But the people who made it invoked DNAs legacy at every turn, they swore that this would be the real thing. Thats something that even the Star Trek movie reboot didnt try to do - its one thing to try and manage expepctations from the hard core fans, but quite another to actively court those expectations. I’ll be honest, I havent read Second Foundation Trilogy. Since Benford, Brin and Bear are all solid writers, I didnt think they’d screw it up too terribly (I enjoy their respective own works).

If I look at teh H2G2 movie as just a movie, then yeah I agree it was funny and no worse than any other timepass scifi flick. But the people who made it invoked DNAs legacy at every turn, they swore that this would be the real thing. Thats something that even the Star Trek movie reboot didnt try to do – its one thing to try and manage expepctations from the hard core fans, but quite another to actively court those expectations.

]]> By: Mark http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/comment-page-1/#comment-2796 Mark Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:43:44 +0000 http://www.haibane.info/2009/07/16/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-part-6-of-3/#comment-2796 Oh man, the Second Foundation series was pretty bad. There were some ok things about it, but it got off to a really bad start and never really recovered... I think I may be alone in not hating the H2G2 movie. Sure, they got some things wrong, but by itself, it's a reasonably entertaining movie. While I wouldn't say they entirely captured Adams with the movie, neither did they really soil it (in the way that, say, Paul Verhoeven did with Starship Troopers, for instance - now that was a tragedy). But again, it seems I'm one of the few who enjoyed both the book and the movie... Oh man, the Second Foundation series was pretty bad. There were some ok things about it, but it got off to a really bad start and never really recovered…

I think I may be alone in not hating the H2G2 movie. Sure, they got some things wrong, but by itself, it’s a reasonably entertaining movie. While I wouldn’t say they entirely captured Adams with the movie, neither did they really soil it (in the way that, say, Paul Verhoeven did with Starship Troopers, for instance – now that was a tragedy). But again, it seems I’m one of the few who enjoyed both the book and the movie…

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