To ALL Christians out there who feel the need to bag brilliant science fiction writers for undercutting their beliefs read all five parts of the trilogy...
I'm Christian, but I believe that the top reason for non-Christians is Christians themselves. I don't hate people who aren't Christians, nor do I think that they are bad people in anyway. Rather, I do my best to love everyone, just as Jesus would. His entire ministry was based on love, so can we please focus more on that?
That said, I have to say that I have amazing respect for and love the works of Joss Whedon and Douglas Adams (both Atheists). So, for those dissing Adams, stop. He was awesome
1 how the hell.......o kitty did you end up at this vid.
two its indeed a nice that you done believe that what stands in the bible to be truth but sadly most Christians do and i done think you can change there idea's considering this. but anyway nice that you done believe you can just kill us infidels including children and pregnant womans and steal the virgin woman who are allowed to mourn for a month before becoming sex slaves (satiric tho a part of old testament ethics).
If he had written more books, chances are his legacy would not have been as great as it is. The grandeur of the Hitchhiker's series might have been tainted. Or reinforced. Whichever, of course.
@weavehole Yeah! He should have turned all of these ideas into books first, and then died...
I can't help wondering what he would have made of the last 10 years, and if he had become a more wise person with age, if that's possible. Every year or so, I return to Adams' books and go through the same realisation that he's no longer with us.
I apologize for ufewl's actions. He should not be as rude as he is. Not all christians are like him, although it seems that this is what is portrayed. Douglas Adams was a great writer. What he has or has not done is over with and there is no reason to be criticizing everyone else. Ufewl, you are supposed to be showing people Christ, not pushing them away from him like you are doing. You and other types like the Westboro "baptist" "church" are part of the problem, not the solution.
" he won't be laughing when he is burning in hell, he will be crying, mark my words"
This guy cracks me up :D he is inconsistent with his own "beliefs", souls can't cry dick head I severely doubt that something metaphysical would burn either....
Hell even the Vatican has gotten rid of the fire and brimstone shit opting for hell as being an absence from god, Muppet.
Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. He has a special list of 10 things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture, where he will send you to suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
There is no such thing, except to religious idiots, as 'blaspheming'...it's a ridiculous scare tactic cooked up by people who actually believe in such ROT. ood luck in your make believe 'hell', LOL...
If there IS a God, he has NOTHING to do with ANY 'organized religion'...so as long as you have been a good person (I have) you should have nothing to worry about...you, on the other hand, with your angry accusations and insults, should worry PLENTY....
@cecinid that's a bit of an over statement, don't you think? it would be like disproving all laws of phisics and saying that athiests are morons. i'm an imbetweener, so all i'm trying to say is lets discuss it
Again, dumbass loser ufewl (shouldnt that be 'uFOOL'?)...as there is NO SUCH PLACE as 'hell', Im sure artguy is laughing his ass off at you at this very moment...as all of us with an eduction above the second grade are doing...you pompous, arogant DOUCHEBAG.
cecinid...ufewl is just one of those sad losers that feels a need to JUDGE everyone that is not 'religious', as he THINKS he is, tho NO real CHRISTIAN would be filled with such hatred and venom. Typical of the overly judgemental idiots, Im afaid...
There IS NO HELL. You are an idiot and a complete JOKE to believe such ROT. Yes, why would you want to bother with the brilliant Aadms' books? You have your OWN FAIRY TALE storybook, it's called 'THE BIBLE'.
The 'Hitchhiker' TV adaption is still my fave...sure, it was CHEESY and 80's, but it FIT so damn well! The guy who played Zaphod was freakin' perfect...as were the rest of the cast (especially Ford and Arthur)...the film was a disappointnment, sadly...too much attention to FX, not enough to characters...
Adams is one of the best authors I know who can come up with some of the best ideas, and then pull them apart, in equally fantastic ways. Like 7677890, I wish he were still alive.
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It's just a shame that the awful cunting 2005 film was ever made. It was the stupidest possible interpretation of a brilliant series of books, and I refuse to believe that he had more than a token involvement.
Think about it; why would he have anything to do with a totally lame piece of crap that was EVERYTHING he'd done such a good job of poking fun of??
he did massive amounts of writing on it, and besides that, most of the different versions are mutually contradictory. had it not been for the movie i'd never have read those amazing books or seen the tv series
he did the entire screenplay and approved all the changes, the only differences would be improvisations on the actors part. i quite liked the movie, and i'm a huge douglas adams fan (to the point of obsession) what did you think was predictable or appalling?
It stunk. It was painful!! Full of ridiculous slapstick comedy. Some of the best writing from the book (the bits that convinced me to watch the original TV show) were totally cut to shreds, abbreviated, and robbed of their charm. The new stuff was painfully obvious and silly... I don't want to watch it again so I can elaborate.
Ah well, if he wrote it he wrote it. I still find it hard to believe as his last (unfinished) book was pretty funny.
People say that everything about the various incarnations of Hitchiker's is contradicting, and I see that. We have to respect the Authors way of doing things. But when I first read the books I loved the story as well as the caracters. The movie had just fragments of the story from the books and the radio show (at least what I have heard of it.) If Adams had much to do with it, it's with all his respect (rip) not his best work. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great.
Indeed, I was dissapointed to :/ But I might watch it again, and as you say have a open mind... just take it for what it is. But I wish they sometime could make a movie closer to the books or the radio show.
Right, but there is still enough good material in the books for a second movie...
It would be kind of hard without Douglas writing the script, but in my eyes it's possible, and I would love to see it. Of course one would have to remain faithful to the original when it comes to the "spirit" of such a movie.
Hollywood should just let go of The Guide. We've got the radio series, the tv series, a book series, and now a movie. The Guide is pretty much done with its story. (sorry to say)
maybe we'll need new characters... but Arthur Dent's story has been told many times.
Those are my final responses. Sometimes it's better to ignore haters. We should be talking admiring talk about Mr. Adams, not arguing religion. No, I am not really Satan, I am however pretty tired of responding. Yes, ufewl you have a right to comment, but we, as Fans of Mr. Adams, have a right to ignore you. Carry on. Nothing negative means anything in the great scheme of things.
Going on to the admiring talk about the GREATEST hitchhiker ever... Will they really make a new Guide book? I hope not. Arthur, Trillian, Ford, and Marvin are all dead. What are they planning, to have some kind of adventure with Zaphod? They already DID that.
You know, they could make a sequel with different characters who kind of relate to Ford and Arthur and Trillian and Marvin... and Zaphod can guest star!
christians can be total asses! isn't that right, ufewl...as Ghandi said: I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ
Well no, unless you consider being 6'5" tall, a brilliant writer, a multi-millionaire, a world-wide celebrity, a close friend of Pink Floyd's (even NAMING an album and performing at a concert with them) to somehow be "cool", "fun" or a "good thing"......................................oh, wait.....
wait, i'm confused--that big nucleus galaxy exploding nuclear ball thingie at 0:27, is that a real total perspective vortex? where the hell did they get that footage? where can i buy one?
Question! why is a religious fool looking at science fiction HG stuff? Don't you have your own fiction to look at? The bible perhaps?
I know. Excellent stories in the bible. My favorite's the Adam and Eve story with the Garden of Eden. I don't know why. Maybe because it matches off with Golden Compass pretty well.
But it's all fantasy.
At least the guide is Science fiction, meaning we may obtain that stuff eventually.
However, God vanished in a puff of logic long ago.
*chuckle* Isn't the whole thing about God means that he's not alive? He's um...Godly.
I don't know what parallel universe you come from, but in this one no one likes to be called an idiot. I didn't call you an idiot, only a fool. But even fools have their uses. I'm not sure why you're so anti-Adams. Just what did he do? He created science fiction comedy, stood up for the animals, became friends with Monty Python, and then rejected God.
It's weird condemning an atheist to hell. But okay. PARTY!
Now, now, i thought u were a part of the many religions? Why r you condemning me to a life of torture? It is irony, of a sort. I thought wishing death upon another was against the bible?
To contradict you, i do not wish you to any sort of torture. I only hope that you'll find your way. Make yourself a life of happiness, not ignorance. If it really makes you happy to condemn someone who doesn't agree with you, then fine. have your happiness. Just stop with the hatred.
I am not wishing you death just imforming you that if you reject God and he exists you condem yourself to hell, that's all.
So I am not condeming you merely informing you.
The choice is yours. If he doesn't exist you have nothing to worry about, if that turns out to be the case. As you can prove God does not exist, which I assume you can you don't have too much to worry about really?
All right then. Fine. I'll go to hell, a place that i don't exactly believe in...just like how heaven doesn't exist either. Though...we could make a republic of heaven...that would be cool...
Do you really think i would choose paradise over following my heroes to some crackly fire pit?
I consider myself like Revan. Sure, i'll go to the unknown regions, where no one will come back, all in exchange for following equally great people.
I know! But apparently this horrible Christian feels that because he's an atheist, he's evil.
What's funny is that it was either him or some other person who warned me that if i keep up with Adams and my own Atheist beliefs, i too will burn in hell.
And i was like, "Dude. Do you really think i would choose sitting on a cloud rather than being with Adams? I'm with him until the very end."
Hey this is hilarious-I never went to public school. I went to private school through graduation. I'm a computer engineer; more importantly I know how to spell "talentless" and understand the concept of capitalizing the first word of a sentence. Sorry, but if you're looking for idiots you won't find many who are Adams fans. The Bible......on the other hand.....
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A UK public school is a private(very expensive like $30,000 a year, fee paying one).
I have a degree in eletronics, who give a fuck how I spell?
He is a product of priivilidge, and a talentless peice of shit. - a fucking moron, he is only famous cos he had money. His book is bollocks and his TV series is unwatchable shit. Pure drivel suitable only for a moron of a child.
If Adams is in the mythological hell, I'll be there with him too. If the mythological god tries to put me in heaven I'll do my best to piss the Wanker off so badly he'll have no choice but to put me w/ my friends; Douglas and Syd and David and the rest of the Floyd'll rock out Hell so hard people will start leaving heaven. If it weren't a myth, that is-which it is.
Amen to that. But it's still hard to believe...why do these religious wankers expect the Enlightened Educated people (Atheists) to be afraid of such fiction? I mean...please. There are MOVIES that are more scary than hell! (Have you seen Saw? You didn't see Saw? No, i haven't saw Saw. Yeah, probably better that way. It's very Saw-see.)
I can't wait for the new book, though it isn't adams writting it, because I'm hoping it has marvin in it. I don't imagine it would be to hard to produce classic marvin in a new book. he's rather one dimensional.
Also: There's no way Eoin Colfer's book is going to come anywhere near as good as the ones by Douglas Adams, plus I have yet to see him do comedy. I'm not too happy with it.
He wasn't a really radical atheist. He just saw no real reason or evidence to believe in God. He wasn't going to tell you THERE'S NO GOD, he just didnt think there was one. I believe he said it "I don't believe that there ISN'T a God, I just don't believe there is." it's sort of a passive versus active thing, you see?
I'm not sure how to feel about this upcoming 'Book 6: ...And Another Thing', I wonder if maybe some parts of Salmon of Doubt will be included seeing as how some of it was technically maybe some of what Book 6 would have been if he had lived, humm... how does everyone feel about Eoin Colfer writing the final chapter to the Hitchhikers Series due out Oct 09?
What's your problem, huh? Does it make you feel special, in some way, to go about insulting Douglas Adams and making people angry? Is that how you get your kicks? By witlessly antagonizing people? If so, you're no better than you claim him to have been.
Lovely how in the hitchhiker movie they put "For Doug" at the beginning. I really like new doctor who but if Douglas had been around Steven Moffat was certain that RTD would've asked him to write some eps. It would've been amazing!
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'Great man'? You must be joking. In what way was he great? THHGTTG was pretty unwatchable garbage.
Just a public schoolboy of limited talent.
A rather nasty atheist who achieved nothing of merit in his life IMO. Public schoool simpleton. I won't miss him a jot. As shallow as a dried up puddle.
That shows me that you don't know ANYTHING about what he's done. He archieved a lot more than most people, and I'm quite sure that he archieved MUCH more than you ever will. He was a god damn genius. He traveled the world to save endangered species ("Last chance to see", etc), and he embedded his ideas and views about our society into his books.
P.S.: You know that there are THHGTTG novels, do you? It seems to me that you never read them... Sad. The movie is based on them, they are far better.
He was a visionary. Anyone not suffering from a poverty of the imagination such as yourself can see this. Go back to the ignorant darkness you crawled out from.
Thanks man, you crack me up - it's all in the satire blasphemous spirit of Douglas Adams himself. I can almost hear the nasal "upper class twit of the year speach" (from Monty Python) delivery of your ranting... again thanks!
Well he is dead anyway, I can't say I will miss him, I can't stand him and think everything he ever produced was rubbish. You're entitled to your opinion though, but it certainlty won't change mine. The man was a turd.
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You are an idiotic tub of urine who doesn't know shit about Life, the Universe or Anything! Fuck off and stay on your side of the pond you psuedo-intellectual pussy!
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Typical of ateists they make out they are all easy going and and all that and it's all a bit of fun but the reality is the they are a right bunch of miserable fookers.
I finished Mostly Harmless 3 or 4 days after he died and was pretty much devastated when I made the connection.
If you want to keep along the spirit though, Adams started a web site with the BBC called H2G2 or the Second Hitchhiker's Guide, where everybody can write entries for a massive encyclopedia of sorts
I remember sitting in front of the stereo as a kid in Ohio and taping the radio series off of public radio a bit over 25 years ago. I still had the cassette tapes up until the audio CDs came out. So long and thanks for the legacy, mate!
I heard the original show is really hard to find recordings off. Some of the music and sound effects is copyrighted by other companies, so they aren't allowed to publish any CD's etc? I'm a hugh fan of his books, so I would really like to hear the radioshow :) Can you please tell me if you know a website or something???
They have them on Amazon UK (used) and also have the series seperately. The set we got also had a "making of" disk full of interviews with the original cast and crew.
First got into the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in college. So lucky that I managed to get my hands on mp3's of the radio broadcast episodes. I still enjoy them throughly.
Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy is the only book I have EVER sat down and read front to back out of my own free will (not force fed for an English class assignment).
I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. RIP Douglas Adams and thank you!
h2g2 is my favourite fictional err...entity. I'd have loved to have read those unwritten books. I was however lucky enough to have worked on the film so in a tiny way i feel part of it all! Brilliant brilliant Douglas Adams.
The general opinion was that it was fairly good. However comparisons are unavoidable, especially when dealing with such cult material. Everyone new the close scrutiny it would come under. Personally i view the film seperatly from the radio, tv and book incarnations. I watched it a few weeks ago and enjoyed it, but it really is a whole different thing.
Er war der Beste. Wegen ihm habe ich angefangen zu schreiben. Schaut euch den Werbespot meines Buches an. Es lohnt sich. Ein Multiversum für die Lachmuskeln. Time Trip Mit Chaos durch Raum und Zeit
look at this whole god thing logically: in order for something to exist, something must create it. In physics, energy cannot be created or destroyed, therefore, whoever or whatever created the universe and the energy in it had to be outside of it, and hence must have been a god or god-like.
Your statement begins an infinite regression of questions, then who created god, just the fact that you say that there's god who created the universe it is logically correct to ask who created him. Honestly it's not easy answer but what is the probability, which is very little.
I need a dirk gently movie...
Maxdg1013 6 days ago
To ALL Christians out there who feel the need to bag brilliant science fiction writers for undercutting their beliefs read all five parts of the trilogy...
*spoiler alert*
Gods final message to his creation...
'sorry for the inconvenience'
TheLeatherbelle 3 weeks ago
The hitch-hiker's guide has had so much praise, Dirk Gently needs a movie.
furonguy42 7 months ago
According to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the most offensive word in the universe is 'Belgium'
hokageputte 7 months ago
damned he was gonna write more BOOKS , now, what kind of god...!!!!
still hes the coolest writer of all times to me
sgtMaxCollin 1 year ago 3
4 people don't know where they're towels are.
32780tit 1 year ago 9
why do all the good people die too early?
langers37 1 year ago
@langers37 who said he was a good person? did you knew him?
maybe, maybe not, but i can tell you this he was drinking and smoking alot.
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy occurred to him while he lay drunk in a field in Innsbruck, Austria, gazing at the stars"
any way he was one of the funniest ppl ever RIP
chapasproject 8 months ago
actually, who said he was a person? haha
nickimpro 3 months ago
I'm Christian, but I believe that the top reason for non-Christians is Christians themselves. I don't hate people who aren't Christians, nor do I think that they are bad people in anyway. Rather, I do my best to love everyone, just as Jesus would. His entire ministry was based on love, so can we please focus more on that?
That said, I have to say that I have amazing respect for and love the works of Joss Whedon and Douglas Adams (both Atheists). So, for those dissing Adams, stop. He was awesome
cromew 1 year ago 11
@cromew
1 how the hell.......o kitty did you end up at this vid.
two its indeed a nice that you done believe that what stands in the bible to be truth but sadly most Christians do and i done think you can change there idea's considering this. but anyway nice that you done believe you can just kill us infidels including children and pregnant womans and steal the virgin woman who are allowed to mourn for a month before becoming sex slaves (satiric tho a part of old testament ethics).
weswes666 8 months ago
I just let out an uncontrollable sigh everytime I think about how sad it is to lose such an insightful and funny human being so early =(
dummbatz48 1 year ago 7
It makes me sad that he never got to watch the movie.
impulsivexx 1 year ago 4
If he had written more books, chances are his legacy would not have been as great as it is. The grandeur of the Hitchhiker's series might have been tainted. Or reinforced. Whichever, of course.
Brogel 1 year ago
Everybody dies but some people just do it at the wrong time.
:(
weavehole 1 year ago 26
@weavehole Yeah! He should have turned all of these ideas into books first, and then died...
I can't help wondering what he would have made of the last 10 years, and if he had become a more wise person with age, if that's possible. Every year or so, I return to Adams' books and go through the same realisation that he's no longer with us.
CMalburn 1 year ago 4
Happy towel day!
SpartanM621 1 year ago
I apologize for ufewl's actions. He should not be as rude as he is. Not all christians are like him, although it seems that this is what is portrayed. Douglas Adams was a great writer. What he has or has not done is over with and there is no reason to be criticizing everyone else. Ufewl, you are supposed to be showing people Christ, not pushing them away from him like you are doing. You and other types like the Westboro "baptist" "church" are part of the problem, not the solution.
LyokoIsCool 1 year ago 2
" he won't be laughing when he is burning in hell, he will be crying, mark my words"
This guy cracks me up :D he is inconsistent with his own "beliefs", souls can't cry dick head I severely doubt that something metaphysical would burn either....
Hell even the Vatican has gotten rid of the fire and brimstone shit opting for hell as being an absence from god, Muppet.
rutters 1 year ago
We missed out on so much when he died.
Vogter2100 2 years ago 2
Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. He has a special list of 10 things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture, where he will send you to suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
But He loves you.
-Goerge Carlin
cecinid 2 years ago 10
There is no such thing, except to religious idiots, as 'blaspheming'...it's a ridiculous scare tactic cooked up by people who actually believe in such ROT. ood luck in your make believe 'hell', LOL...
cecinid 2 years ago 4
'Who do you think you will feel...'
Pretty sure you MEANT 'how', right?
If there IS a God, he has NOTHING to do with ANY 'organized religion'...so as long as you have been a good person (I have) you should have nothing to worry about...you, on the other hand, with your angry accusations and insults, should worry PLENTY....
cecinid 2 years ago 5
"If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people"
-Doctor House, FOX TV
cecinid 2 years ago 28
@cecinid that's a bit of an over statement, don't you think? it would be like disproving all laws of phisics and saying that athiests are morons. i'm an imbetweener, so all i'm trying to say is lets discuss it
halfbreed1426 1 year ago
Again, dumbass loser ufewl (shouldnt that be 'uFOOL'?)...as there is NO SUCH PLACE as 'hell', Im sure artguy is laughing his ass off at you at this very moment...as all of us with an eduction above the second grade are doing...you pompous, arogant DOUCHEBAG.
cecinid 2 years ago 7
cecinid...ufewl is just one of those sad losers that feels a need to JUDGE everyone that is not 'religious', as he THINKS he is, tho NO real CHRISTIAN would be filled with such hatred and venom. Typical of the overly judgemental idiots, Im afaid...
artguy42 2 years ago 12
ufewl...you just don't get it.
There IS NO HELL. You are an idiot and a complete JOKE to believe such ROT. Yes, why would you want to bother with the brilliant Aadms' books? You have your OWN FAIRY TALE storybook, it's called 'THE BIBLE'.
Good luck in prison, MORON.
cecinid 2 years ago 10
'Tossers, the lot of them. May he rot in hell'
Sort of hard to 'rot' in a FICTIONAL place created to enslave the mindless, isn't it? YOU sir, are the TRUE tosser/wanker.
cecinid 2 years ago 9
The 'Hitchhiker' TV adaption is still my fave...sure, it was CHEESY and 80's, but it FIT so damn well! The guy who played Zaphod was freakin' perfect...as were the rest of the cast (especially Ford and Arthur)...the film was a disappointnment, sadly...too much attention to FX, not enough to characters...
cecinid 2 years ago 10
The book is fantastic, the TV series are great too, but the movie fails epically.
nanderv 2 years ago 10
its sad that he's dead but at least we still have stephan fry
skyfrog696969 2 years ago 3
"...it's very deep... Tell me about-"
"No, it isn't!"
Adams is one of the best authors I know who can come up with some of the best ideas, and then pull them apart, in equally fantastic ways. Like 7677890, I wish he were still alive.
CMalburn 2 years ago 4
*sigh* oh the things that could have been...
Rathause 2 years ago 4
Wouldn't it be great to have Douglas Adams commentating on things like the Internet?
One of the greatest authors of the 20th century, and the best tech writer of all time. H2G2 never gets old!
RIP DNA. The world is a poorer place without you.
7677890 2 years ago 8
DNA?
KungfuCow5 2 years ago
Douglas N. Adams - DNA, born 1959, Cambridge. Bit of a coincidence.
7677890 2 years ago
Actually, I think it was 1952.
kayper54 2 years ago
he forgot the mona lisa in third class
wansterific 2 years ago
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It's just a shame that the awful cunting 2005 film was ever made. It was the stupidest possible interpretation of a brilliant series of books, and I refuse to believe that he had more than a token involvement.
Think about it; why would he have anything to do with a totally lame piece of crap that was EVERYTHING he'd done such a good job of poking fun of??
Zebonka 2 years ago
he did massive amounts of writing on it, and besides that, most of the different versions are mutually contradictory. had it not been for the movie i'd never have read those amazing books or seen the tv series
xlanoyax 2 years ago
See I just don't see it. How come it was so appalling and predictable?
It's more likely that he wrote the credits.
Zebonka 2 years ago
he did the entire screenplay and approved all the changes, the only differences would be improvisations on the actors part. i quite liked the movie, and i'm a huge douglas adams fan (to the point of obsession) what did you think was predictable or appalling?
xlanoyax 2 years ago
It stunk. It was painful!! Full of ridiculous slapstick comedy. Some of the best writing from the book (the bits that convinced me to watch the original TV show) were totally cut to shreds, abbreviated, and robbed of their charm. The new stuff was painfully obvious and silly... I don't want to watch it again so I can elaborate.
Ah well, if he wrote it he wrote it. I still find it hard to believe as his last (unfinished) book was pretty funny.
Zebonka 2 years ago
Oh well, to each their own. I rather liked the immaturity, and i think their portrayal of Marvin is genius, and loyal to the book.
xlanoyax 2 years ago 2
seconded.
rolln2013 2 years ago 2
People say that everything about the various incarnations of Hitchiker's is contradicting, and I see that. We have to respect the Authors way of doing things. But when I first read the books I loved the story as well as the caracters. The movie had just fragments of the story from the books and the radio show (at least what I have heard of it.) If Adams had much to do with it, it's with all his respect (rip) not his best work. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great.
Wowbagger86 2 years ago
I dunno. I just remember the horrid moments of slapstick feeling totally unlike anything he'd have written of his own accord.
To have a really grounded criticism I suppose I ought to watch it again but I'm still stinging from the first time..
Zebonka 2 years ago
Indeed, I was dissapointed to :/ But I might watch it again, and as you say have a open mind... just take it for what it is. But I wish they sometime could make a movie closer to the books or the radio show.
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zestamaster 2 years ago
I've been waiting for the second part to the movie.
beesbzz 2 years ago
can't be. They took parts from all of the 5 book trilogy.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
Right, but there is still enough good material in the books for a second movie...
It would be kind of hard without Douglas writing the script, but in my eyes it's possible, and I would love to see it. Of course one would have to remain faithful to the original when it comes to the "spirit" of such a movie.
LVskywalker 2 years ago
Hollywood should just let go of The Guide. We've got the radio series, the tv series, a book series, and now a movie. The Guide is pretty much done with its story. (sorry to say)
maybe we'll need new characters... but Arthur Dent's story has been told many times.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
Those are my final responses. Sometimes it's better to ignore haters. We should be talking admiring talk about Mr. Adams, not arguing religion. No, I am not really Satan, I am however pretty tired of responding. Yes, ufewl you have a right to comment, but we, as Fans of Mr. Adams, have a right to ignore you. Carry on. Nothing negative means anything in the great scheme of things.
beesbzz 2 years ago
Going on to the admiring talk about the GREATEST hitchhiker ever... Will they really make a new Guide book? I hope not. Arthur, Trillian, Ford, and Marvin are all dead. What are they planning, to have some kind of adventure with Zaphod? They already DID that.
You know, they could make a sequel with different characters who kind of relate to Ford and Arthur and Trillian and Marvin... and Zaphod can guest star!
heh heh.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
By the way, why would a band like The Who send me to hell? Divine, not devine. Whoompha!
beesbzz 2 years ago
Hey ufewl; the Divine doesn't judge, so why do you? Are we feeling a little "holier then thou?"
beesbzz 2 years ago
Who is this god person anyway?
beesbzz 2 years ago
"It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something which he does not at all believe exists."
-Mohandas Gandhi*
(loosely translated = atheists are wankers)
ufewl 2 years ago
(loosely translated = atheists are wankers)
Riiight...because they don't abandon all reason to believe in a fairy tale book to guide their lives? Yes, that IS rather silly, isn't it?
cecinid 2 years ago 9
i truely respect his sense for life. he understood.... what a genius..
schygh 2 years ago
So long, And Thanks For All The Books.
You WILL be greatly missed
RIP
gravystainproduction 2 years ago
Why would a bible thumper who hates Mr. Adams be watching his last interview anyway?
beesbzz 2 years ago
christians can be total asses! isn't that right, ufewl...as Ghandi said: I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ
beesbzz 2 years ago 4
Evolution did not do him any favours - lol
ufewl 2 years ago
Well no, unless you consider being 6'5" tall, a brilliant writer, a multi-millionaire, a world-wide celebrity, a close friend of Pink Floyd's (even NAMING an album and performing at a concert with them) to somehow be "cool", "fun" or a "good thing"......................................oh, wait.....
Eynigma 2 years ago 3
that was sad "hopefully you will see more books over the next few years"
zestamaster 2 years ago
i agree :( i would have loved to see another one at least :(
RIP DOUGLAS
SplitIllusionOnline 2 years ago 2
R.I.P. Douglas Noel Adams...
May 25th, towel day in his memory, carry a towel all day, fans of The Guide...
Imakemoviesthatrule 2 years ago
wait, i'm confused--that big nucleus galaxy exploding nuclear ball thingie at 0:27, is that a real total perspective vortex? where the hell did they get that footage? where can i buy one?
XanglesPrime 2 years ago
what is all this hitchikers footage coming from? it looks like it comes from some "making of" special from the 1982 movie...
HaroldStink 2 years ago
They did a tv show in the early to mid 80s. It's along the lines of the old Dr. Who.
hardluckhippie 2 years ago
i really miss his writings.... :'(
transtlantic 2 years ago 2
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i miss him like i miss my last turd.
ufewl 2 years ago
don't you miss your brain ufewl?
transtlantic 2 years ago
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no it's fully intact and functional unlike Adam's was.
ufewl 2 years ago
Fail troll fails.
StarongBahd 2 years ago
Question! why is a religious fool looking at science fiction HG stuff? Don't you have your own fiction to look at? The bible perhaps?
I know. Excellent stories in the bible. My favorite's the Adam and Eve story with the Garden of Eden. I don't know why. Maybe because it matches off with Golden Compass pretty well.
But it's all fantasy.
At least the guide is Science fiction, meaning we may obtain that stuff eventually.
However, God vanished in a puff of logic long ago.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago 3
You stupid idiot it was Adams who vanished in a puff years ago, God is very much alive and kicking.
Adams is beinig entertained by th devil for his sins.
So stick you golden compass up your arse and look forward to burning in agony in hell for all of eternity.
A pleasant prospect I am sure you will agree.
Don't say you were not warned - there is no way out once your in.
ufewl 2 years ago
*chuckle* Isn't the whole thing about God means that he's not alive? He's um...Godly.
I don't know what parallel universe you come from, but in this one no one likes to be called an idiot. I didn't call you an idiot, only a fool. But even fools have their uses. I'm not sure why you're so anti-Adams. Just what did he do? He created science fiction comedy, stood up for the animals, became friends with Monty Python, and then rejected God.
It's weird condemning an atheist to hell. But okay. PARTY!
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
The part is upstairs, you will be writhing in agony in the basement.
ufewl 2 years ago
Now, now, i thought u were a part of the many religions? Why r you condemning me to a life of torture? It is irony, of a sort. I thought wishing death upon another was against the bible?
To contradict you, i do not wish you to any sort of torture. I only hope that you'll find your way. Make yourself a life of happiness, not ignorance. If it really makes you happy to condemn someone who doesn't agree with you, then fine. have your happiness. Just stop with the hatred.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
I am not wishing you death just imforming you that if you reject God and he exists you condem yourself to hell, that's all.
So I am not condeming you merely informing you.
The choice is yours. If he doesn't exist you have nothing to worry about, if that turns out to be the case. As you can prove God does not exist, which I assume you can you don't have too much to worry about really?
ufewl 2 years ago
All right then. Fine. I'll go to hell, a place that i don't exactly believe in...just like how heaven doesn't exist either. Though...we could make a republic of heaven...that would be cool...
Do you really think i would choose paradise over following my heroes to some crackly fire pit?
I consider myself like Revan. Sure, i'll go to the unknown regions, where no one will come back, all in exchange for following equally great people.
WE CAN SAVE THIS WORLD.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
thank you for proving us all right about you people-hateful to the damn bone.
Eynigma 2 years ago 2
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He is just a horile person it is right to hae him
he will burn in hell.
ufewl 2 years ago
How could anyone hate Douglas Adams? WTF is the deal with some people?
Eynigma 2 years ago 2
I know! But apparently this horrible Christian feels that because he's an atheist, he's evil.
What's funny is that it was either him or some other person who warned me that if i keep up with Adams and my own Atheist beliefs, i too will burn in hell.
And i was like, "Dude. Do you really think i would choose sitting on a cloud rather than being with Adams? I'm with him until the very end."
Yeah. So what did you do? LOL
EllenRussell54 2 years ago 2
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yea another bunch of talantles public school wankers.
tossers the lot of them.may he rot in hell.
ufewl 2 years ago
Hey this is hilarious-I never went to public school. I went to private school through graduation. I'm a computer engineer; more importantly I know how to spell "talentless" and understand the concept of capitalizing the first word of a sentence. Sorry, but if you're looking for idiots you won't find many who are Adams fans. The Bible......on the other hand.....
Eynigma 2 years ago 5
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A UK public school is a private(very expensive like $30,000 a year, fee paying one).
I have a degree in eletronics, who give a fuck how I spell?
He is a product of priivilidge, and a talentless peice of shit. - a fucking moron, he is only famous cos he had money. His book is bollocks and his TV series is unwatchable shit. Pure drivel suitable only for a moron of a child.
ufewl 2 years ago
If Adams is in the mythological hell, I'll be there with him too. If the mythological god tries to put me in heaven I'll do my best to piss the Wanker off so badly he'll have no choice but to put me w/ my friends; Douglas and Syd and David and the rest of the Floyd'll rock out Hell so hard people will start leaving heaven. If it weren't a myth, that is-which it is.
Eynigma 2 years ago
Amen to that. But it's still hard to believe...why do these religious wankers expect the Enlightened Educated people (Atheists) to be afraid of such fiction? I mean...please. There are MOVIES that are more scary than hell! (Have you seen Saw? You didn't see Saw? No, i haven't saw Saw. Yeah, probably better that way. It's very Saw-see.)
And that's why Jainism is a better religion.
Wait, what?
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
It's Saw-see, but does not see-saw, that Saw I seem to see saw.
Eynigma 2 years ago
yeah, i know. I see Saw and i involuntarily see saw too! Saw-see movies do that...
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
I can't wait for the new book, though it isn't adams writting it, because I'm hoping it has marvin in it. I don't imagine it would be to hard to produce classic marvin in a new book. he's rather one dimensional.
Glant021 3 years ago
They can't make another book. Marvin, Trillian, Arthur, and Ford all died. The only one who survived was Zaphod.
Marvin died in book 4, remember? and the last three died in book 5.
I consider it death. The only way they'd come back is through one of the parallel universe. But hell, that's confusing.
EllenRussell54 2 years ago
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Please don't give me lots of thumbs down I sure Douglas would be laughing right now!!
ufewl 3 years ago
I miss him a lot! That video almost made me cry! :,(
gbmodern 3 years ago 4
"wow, that's really deep."
"no it isn't"
YinYangTzu 3 years ago 4
Also: There's no way Eoin Colfer's book is going to come anywhere near as good as the ones by Douglas Adams, plus I have yet to see him do comedy. I'm not too happy with it.
ProbableImpossible 3 years ago
He wasn't a really radical atheist. He just saw no real reason or evidence to believe in God. He wasn't going to tell you THERE'S NO GOD, he just didnt think there was one. I believe he said it "I don't believe that there ISN'T a God, I just don't believe there is." it's sort of a passive versus active thing, you see?
ProbableImpossible 3 years ago 4
:( I miss DNA. Can't wait to get my tribute tattoo.
TeeveesBella 3 years ago
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9701237 3 years ago
I'm reading criticism of Adams' writing, but he certainly made me laugh more than Billy Shakes.
hdtwoodsman 3 years ago
I'm not sure how to feel about this upcoming 'Book 6: ...And Another Thing', I wonder if maybe some parts of Salmon of Doubt will be included seeing as how some of it was technically maybe some of what Book 6 would have been if he had lived, humm... how does everyone feel about Eoin Colfer writing the final chapter to the Hitchhikers Series due out Oct 09?
ViperRob42 3 years ago
He wasn't even sick, as you can see he's in good health here, but he had to die of a fucking heart attack a few days later... :(
youvebeenthunderstru 3 years ago
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Ha HA attheists and their weak hearts.
ufewl 3 years ago
you know Adams would laugh at that statement , theists don't get heart attacks ?
sausage4mash 3 years ago 7
Learn to spell, and then try and verbally spar, ok?
TeeveesBella 3 years ago
What's your problem, huh? Does it make you feel special, in some way, to go about insulting Douglas Adams and making people angry? Is that how you get your kicks? By witlessly antagonizing people? If so, you're no better than you claim him to have been.
ratherconfused 3 years ago
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Get over it, the guy was a soulless piece of shit.
Accept it and move on.
ufewl 3 years ago
Well said from someone who is obviously SO soulful!
danielmiles18 3 years ago
"A lot more books over the next few years".
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06371671 3 years ago 2
He sure was one hoopy frood.
theTRUTHgroup 3 years ago
Lovely how in the hitchhiker movie they put "For Doug" at the beginning. I really like new doctor who but if Douglas had been around Steven Moffat was certain that RTD would've asked him to write some eps. It would've been amazing!
SirHawkeyeWho 3 years ago
miis you doug! ='[
SirHawkeyeWho 3 years ago
Douglas was a great man, it's a shame that he passed away so early. I really enjoy listening to his lectures and stuff like that, he will be missed.
At least he died with a towel around his neck while working out. I think he would be amused by that. :)
LVskywalker 3 years ago
Yep... he was certainly a guy who knew where his towel was.
MaxPrefect 3 years ago
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'Great man'? You must be joking. In what way was he great? THHGTTG was pretty unwatchable garbage.
Just a public schoolboy of limited talent.
A rather nasty atheist who achieved nothing of merit in his life IMO. Public schoool simpleton. I won't miss him a jot. As shallow as a dried up puddle.
ufewl 3 years ago
That shows me that you don't know ANYTHING about what he's done. He archieved a lot more than most people, and I'm quite sure that he archieved MUCH more than you ever will. He was a god damn genius. He traveled the world to save endangered species ("Last chance to see", etc), and he embedded his ideas and views about our society into his books.
P.S.: You know that there are THHGTTG novels, do you? It seems to me that you never read them... Sad. The movie is based on them, they are far better.
LVskywalker 3 years ago 4
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A third rate book by a third rate writer, makes Jeffery Archer look like Shakespeare.
ufewl 3 years ago
He was a visionary. Anyone not suffering from a poverty of the imagination such as yourself can see this. Go back to the ignorant darkness you crawled out from.
consiliencer 3 years ago 3
Thanks man, you crack me up - it's all in the satire blasphemous spirit of Douglas Adams himself. I can almost hear the nasal "upper class twit of the year speach" (from Monty Python) delivery of your ranting... again thanks!
impalaSS65 3 years ago 2
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Get a life mate Adams is stone cold dead, his atheist religin struck him down.
HA HA nonetheless to say GOf had the last laugh.
HA BLOOLY HA!! :O)
ufewl 3 years ago
Oh yes, I forgot: christians are immortal. He's dead because he was an atheist... was für ein schwachsinn (= what a bullshit)
JockHesk 3 years ago
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Well he is dead anyway, I can't say I will miss him, I can't stand him and think everything he ever produced was rubbish. You're entitled to your opinion though, but it certainlty won't change mine. The man was a turd.
ufewl 3 years ago
What have you produced of merit? I put it to you that you are a turd.
mrwhippy40 3 years ago 3
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Just read some of the posts I have produced.
Then put it to yourself that you are wrong.
ufewl 3 years ago
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You are an idiotic tub of urine who doesn't know shit about Life, the Universe or Anything! Fuck off and stay on your side of the pond you psuedo-intellectual pussy!
SciMasterGeneral 3 years ago
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Typical of ateists they make out they are all easy going and and all that and it's all a bit of fun but the reality is the they are a right bunch of miserable fookers.
ufewl 3 years ago
You are a witless cocksmoker!
mrwhippy40 3 years ago
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Get alife mate. Adams is stone cold dead
God had the last laugh :O)
ufewl 3 years ago
I'm sure if there is a God or Goddess or Gods that Adams is making him/her/them laugh with his dry wit.
But daft git like you wouldn't understand that.
Willowflower 3 years ago
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He might be laughing at him I suppose, I will concede that.
ufewl 3 years ago
"a lot more books over the next few years"!! WHY did he have to die? this will never stop bugging me :(
hypersnegl 3 years ago 4
Such a rare breed of genius... so long, and thanks for all the fish ‡->
ViperRob42 3 years ago 3
i believe douglas adams passing on is one of the greates losses for lit.
severalspecies 3 years ago
I finished Mostly Harmless 3 or 4 days after he died and was pretty much devastated when I made the connection.
If you want to keep along the spirit though, Adams started a web site with the BBC called H2G2 or the Second Hitchhiker's Guide, where everybody can write entries for a massive encyclopedia of sorts
bmoney098 3 years ago
I saw that he passed while eating soup in Dublin.
I suddenly wasn't hungry.
However, I still remain a fan of Gin & Tonic.
heckfarr 3 years ago
he really was " one of the last of his kind ". a disappearing species...
gantock 3 years ago 3
I remember sitting in front of the stereo as a kid in Ohio and taping the radio series off of public radio a bit over 25 years ago. I still had the cassette tapes up until the audio CDs came out. So long and thanks for the legacy, mate!
Makdjor 3 years ago
I heard the original show is really hard to find recordings off. Some of the music and sound effects is copyrighted by other companies, so they aren't allowed to publish any CD's etc? I'm a hugh fan of his books, so I would really like to hear the radioshow :) Can you please tell me if you know a website or something???
Wowbagger86 3 years ago
the BBC released a box set with the original shows, plus the series of the last three books they did a couple of years ago.
drewid88 2 years ago
Aha! Thanks for the info :) Are there any websites where one cane order it?
Wowbagger86 2 years ago
They have them on Amazon UK (used) and also have the series seperately. The set we got also had a "making of" disk full of interviews with the original cast and crew.
drewid88 2 years ago
First got into the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in college. So lucky that I managed to get my hands on mp3's of the radio broadcast episodes. I still enjoy them throughly.
bvthedemon 3 years ago
such a loss, miss him so much, i have my towel at the ready for May 25th.
slartibartfast69 3 years ago 4
may 25th?
jtrouveroy 3 years ago
may 25th is towel day to celebrate Douglas Adams life
slartibartfast69 3 years ago
ditto!!
imperfecttt 3 years ago
The world lost a great man in him.
megamarsvin 3 years ago 4
What a lost of a beautiful brain!
loveflowers39 3 years ago 3
Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy is the only book I have EVER sat down and read front to back out of my own free will (not force fed for an English class assignment).
I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. RIP Douglas Adams and thank you!
slakker8000 3 years ago 3
sad he died V_V
loved his books/tvshows and movie!
Pwner57 3 years ago
Wow, if that interview was a few days before his death, he really looked and sounded well. How did he actually die?
Besides: RIP.
Bluefull 3 years ago
He died of a sudden heart attack while working out.
Very sad. He had so much more potential.
invisibleairwaves 3 years ago 2
RIP. My hero.
naakkve10 3 years ago
I'm longing for those books that now will never be written.
phogroian 3 years ago
I feel cheated and I cry!
loveflowers39 3 years ago 2
before his death? whats that supposed to... NOOOOOOO!!!
321sterces123 3 years ago
Ow. Sorry, 321sterces123. If it's any consolation, he's swimming w/ the fishes in the good way.
ORAquabat 3 years ago
Happy belated birthday, Mr. Adams.
ORAquabat 3 years ago
h2g2 is my favourite fictional err...entity. I'd have loved to have read those unwritten books. I was however lucky enough to have worked on the film so in a tiny way i feel part of it all! Brilliant brilliant Douglas Adams.
eimajecnerwal 3 years ago
So I'm sure lots of fans want to know, what did those of you who worked on the film think of the finished product?
ORAquabat 3 years ago
The general opinion was that it was fairly good. However comparisons are unavoidable, especially when dealing with such cult material. Everyone new the close scrutiny it would come under. Personally i view the film seperatly from the radio, tv and book incarnations. I watched it a few weeks ago and enjoyed it, but it really is a whole different thing.
eimajecnerwal 3 years ago
Thanks.
ORAquabat 3 years ago
Yeah. Thanks again.
effyleven 3 years ago
RIP Douglas.
moochy 3 years ago
Er war der Beste. Wegen ihm habe ich angefangen zu schreiben. Schaut euch den Werbespot meines Buches an. Es lohnt sich. Ein Multiversum für die Lachmuskeln. Time Trip Mit Chaos durch Raum und Zeit
Miketmurphy 3 years ago
look at this whole god thing logically: in order for something to exist, something must create it. In physics, energy cannot be created or destroyed, therefore, whoever or whatever created the universe and the energy in it had to be outside of it, and hence must have been a god or god-like.
gizmo19401 3 years ago
Your statement begins an infinite regression of questions, then who created god, just the fact that you say that there's god who created the universe it is logically correct to ask who created him. Honestly it's not easy answer but what is the probability, which is very little.
featheredmusic 3 years ago 2
True, true.
TehCryptKeeper 4 years ago