Let's talk about something...

evil-monkey

Very quiet here of late...

Let's talk about summit Hitchhiker related...just for the craic of course...

mike65

I really can't be bothered, I mean here I am brain the size of a planet and you ask me to
partake in crack? Do you think I need the stimulus?

evil-monkey

mike65 wrote: »

I really can't be bothered, I mean here I am brain the size of a planet and you ask me to
partake in crack? Do you think I need the stimulus?

I was guessing someone would say that...

johnnyskeleton

Well if you want to talk about hitchhikers and have time on your hands, why not do a comparison of the differences between the books and radio series. If you're really bored, you can also throw in the TV and film plots.

One thing that has been annoying me recently is this: there is a scene where Arthur presses a button and saves them all. Zaphod says "thanks earthman" and Arthur says "oh it was nothing" and he replies "oh was it, never mind so" and the plot carries on. I can't remember which version this was in, and what scene it was (there being so many of each). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Alternatively, we could talk about Zooey Deschanel

evil-monkey

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Alternatively, we could talk about Zooey Deschanel

I'm game

Zaph

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

One thing that has been annoying me recently is this: there is a scene where Arthur presses a button and saves them all. Zaphod says "thanks earthman" and Arthur says "oh it was nothing" and he replies "oh was it, never mind so" and the plot carries on. I can't remember which version this was in, and what scene it was (there being so many of each). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Chapters 17 and 18 of the first book (I checked, I'm not that big a nerd ) when the missiles from Magrathea were just about to hit the Heart of Gold. Arthur engaged the Infinite Imporbability Drive, which turned the misiles into a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias.

In other news, I got the complete radio series for Crimbo. WooHoo \o/

johnnyskeleton

Zaph wrote: »

Chapters 17 and 18 of the first book (I checked, I'm not that big a nerd ) when the missiles from Magrathea were just about to hit the Heart of Gold. Arthur engaged the Infinite Imporbability Drive, which turned the misiles into a sperm whale and a bowl of petunias.

Thanks for that. I think it was in the radio series too, but at a different part (if memory serves, it was when they are being chased by the Gulgafrinchans after stealing their car from the Resteraunt at the end of the universe (I think in the books they actually sole the ship that Disaster Area planned to fly into a star, hence the confusion).

Zaph wrote: »

In other news, I got the complete radio series for Crimbo. WooHoo \o/

If I can give you one piece of advice, do not operate any heavy machinery or mechanically propelled vehicle while listening to the tapes. In fact, you're probably best off locking yourself in a padded cell before, during and for 30 minutes after listening to each episode.

In other other news, I've stumbled upon a first edition of the first book, which I have absolutely no idea how I came into possession of. Nice.

ttm

Zaph wrote: »

In other news, I got the complete radio series for Crimbo. WooHoo \o/

Then the BBC radio version of the Lord of the Rings in 24 episodes has to be on your birthday list ;-)

johnnyskeleton

ttm wrote: »

Then the BBC radio version of the Lord of the Rings in 24 episodes has to be on your birthday list ;-)

The difference is that the radio version of LotR is a spin off from the book, whereas the books of HHG2G are a spin off from the radio series.

I don't know why the radio series is so much funnier than the books, but it is. After he's finished with the radio series he will realise why phrases like "Zaphod's just dis guy, you know" are so funny.

mike65

Simple - a brilliantly realised cast of voices and sound effects.

ttm

Then that's not suprising when at least one of the parts was written specifically with the actor who played the role in mind. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Simon-Jones-(actor)

Zaph

ttm wrote: »

Then the BBC radio version of the Lord of the Rings in 24 episodes has to be on your birthday list ;-)

Nope, absolutely zero interest in LOTR. Never read the books or seen the films, so I somehow doubt I'll be bothering with the radio series.

johnnyskeleton

mike65 wrote: »

Simple - a brilliantly realised cast of voices and sound effects.

You've gotta love Mark-Wing Davis!

There's more to it though, there's an energy to it because it was so completely new and unlikely everything else. The whole is greater than the sum of all of its parts.

ttm

Zaph wrote: »

Nope, absolutely zero interest in LOTR. Never read the books or seen the films, so I somehow doubt I'll be bothering with the radio series.

I'd have agreed with you but it was another one of those Radio 4 series that the BBC do so well. I started off listing to the first couple then couldn't miss the rest.

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

You've gotta love Mark-Wing Davis!

There's more to it though, there's an energy to it because it was so completely new and unlikely everything else. The whole is greater than the sum of all of its parts.

Any relation to Mark Wing-Davey Yet another member of the Cambridge footlights http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934983/bio

johnnyskeleton

ttm wrote: »

Any relation to Mark Wing-Davey Yet another member of the Cambridge footlights http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934983/bio

Forgive me, it's been many's the year and good as he was, he's not exactly a household name (other than in houses that are decorated to look like the heart of gold that is).

ttm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Forgive me, it's been many's the year and good as he was, he's not exactly a household name (other than in houses that are decorated to look like the heart of gold that is).

Appologies here too. As you can see from the link I googled it to be sure;)