Mark Bukovec (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} diekreuzen) wrote,@ 2005-07-29 16:45:00 |
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Cheap A/C
I went to go see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at the Crest last night. The Crest is the whole way up in Shoreline, but it rules. They show films that were released around 6 months ago and still aren't on DVD for $3. I hit the 7-ll right across the street and stuffed my cargo shorts with candy.
My only exposure to Hitchhiker's Guide was the British TV version they'd occaisionally run on PBS when I was in high school. That version was pretty funny. Or maybe it wasn't. I recently watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time in 20 years and I didn't laugh much at all. I got really tired of all the "zany" humor (humour?). Maybe I had too many computer geeks quote all the good bits to me too much. Hitchhiker's Guide seems to appeal to the same crowd, so that's why I never read the books.
So I can't comment much on how "faithful" it was to the original, but I think such discussion is pointless becuase the written word and cinema are two entirely different media.
I laughed at one line: "I'm British. I know how to queue." The rest was all funny-nose-and-glasses crap. To think how much money and time went into this. Sad. However, paying $3 for 2 hours of A/C was worth it.
I went to go see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at the Crest last night. The Crest is the whole way up in Shoreline, but it rules. They show films that were released around 6 months ago and still aren't on DVD for $3. I hit the 7-ll right across the street and stuffed my cargo shorts with candy.
My only exposure to Hitchhiker's Guide was the British TV version they'd occaisionally run on PBS when I was in high school. That version was pretty funny. Or maybe it wasn't. I recently watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail for the first time in 20 years and I didn't laugh much at all. I got really tired of all the "zany" humor (humour?). Maybe I had too many computer geeks quote all the good bits to me too much. Hitchhiker's Guide seems to appeal to the same crowd, so that's why I never read the books.
So I can't comment much on how "faithful" it was to the original, but I think such discussion is pointless becuase the written word and cinema are two entirely different media.
I laughed at one line: "I'm British. I know how to queue." The rest was all funny-nose-and-glasses crap. To think how much money and time went into this. Sad. However, paying $3 for 2 hours of A/C was worth it.
