• @proudblond
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    3610 months ago

    I know a lot of die-hard fans have a lot of problems with the movie but personally I love it, especially these narrated animated bits.

    • @EdibleFriend
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      1610 months ago

      People were mad it didn’t follow the book when Adam’s was very insistent all versions of Hitchhiker’s should be different.

      • @chiliedogg
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        910 months ago

        Yeah. The radio play, books, TV series, and film were all different.

        • @EdibleFriend
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          910 months ago

          isn’t he the one who flat out said its boring to just tell the same story again?

            • @EdibleFriend
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              310 months ago

              Honestly that’s the other thing in my mind. I know Adams was very clear he just wanted to change up the story but it was either him or some major comic writer who specifically said adaptations being the same story over and over are just boring.

          • @Cosmicomical
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            210 months ago

            That’s a very silly take imo, I’ve watched some movies 20 or more times, and if I go watch a movie from a book I would like to see the story from that bloody book.

            • @EdibleFriend
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              710 months ago

              Then complain that the book was a departure from the radio play he based the book on lol

              • @Cosmicomical
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                10 months ago

                So you are saying I don’t even know the real thing, now I’m really pissed off. My point is if uou want to tell a different story, give it a different name.

      • VindictiveJudge
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        610 months ago

        He even wrote most of the movie. Including the bits that really pissed off book fans.

        • @EdibleFriend
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          410 months ago

          I know it went through a lot of rewrites after he died but i never really heard what of his survived. what was his that pissed people off the most?

          • VindictiveJudge
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            510 months ago

            The one I saw get brought up a lot was the Arthur/Trillian romance. He had actually experimented with that in drafts for other versions, too, but the movie was the first time it got all the way to the final product.

            • @EdibleFriend
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              310 months ago

              aaaaaaaaaah yeah. that definitely pissed people off.

      • @Cosmicomical
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        510 months ago

        I was mad that they removed all the good jokes

    • @ummthatguy
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      1110 months ago

      Absolutely. And Stephen Fry, for all his faults, does a great job narrating.

      • @Dasus
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        710 months ago

        What are his faults?

        Genuine question.

          • @Dasus
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            1010 months ago

            Well, I read both.

            Seems a bit sensationalist. I don’t consider him any worse than before.