Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[mabfan]

I have a long history with loving the Douglas Adams "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" stories. My Dad brought a set of galleys home from his job at the Daily News one day, because the reviewer didn't want it, and I was hooked. I remember playing the Infocom game, and actually getting the Babel fish. I also remember that my college roommate from sophomore to senior year was also a big fan, who got me a copy of the radio scripts -- the Hitchhiker's series was one of the things that helped us to bond.

Last week, when gnomi and I went to see the movie National Treasure, we also got to see the first trailer teaser. terri_osborne just reminded me that there's a website, and I've been investigating it.

I spent a lot of time reading the interview that the screenwriter, Karey Kirkpatrick, did with himself on May 28, 2004, and just from reading it I felt a lot less worried about whether or not they treated the source material correctly. This is a man who fell in love with the way Adams wrote, and desperately wants the movie to be as good as it can be. If you're at all interested in Hitchhiker's, I urge you to read the interview. You'll laugh.

Oh, and go see National Treasure as well. It's a fun romp, despite what the critics say.

(The interview is at http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/movienews/interview.html)

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Plus, the cast for this movie is SOLID GOLD.
The only question mark I have is Mos Def and wether or not he can pull off the dry aloofness of Ford.
Martin Freeman and Sam Rockwell were really, really, the only two men for their respective jobs.
I am very excited about this movie.