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    Hitchhiker movie . . .

    So it seems that they're finally making a movie of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." I know they've been trying to make one for decades now, but they've got a definitive cast down (including the "extra" from GalaxyQuest as Zaphod Beeblebrox, and the actor who played Willow and Wicket the Ewok as Marvin).

    Regardless, I was just wondering if anyone else knew about this and/or cared.

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    Hitchhiker movie . . .

    theres already a movie, i remember seeing it like 10 years ago on cable tv. its an english movie with lotsa puppets and stuff cos there wasnt any computer generated graphics in movies back then

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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    Wow I've been hearing roumors for like years about this being made. It's like the Don Kihote film for Sci Fi.

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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    Holy shit... Warwick Davis as Marvin???? Man... this is big.... er... little! Man! The only thing that would make this even more bad-ass is if they made Marvin a midget robot.

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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    This should be awesome, hopefully. Now I have to read the book again.
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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    no u dont, cos u can watch the old movie of it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

    man i dont think anybody believes me that it exists and ive seen it [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
    it was on the channel UKTV on foxtel in australia.

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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    Yeah, this would be the one you're talking about. The new movie will be much better hopefully.
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    Hitchhiker movie . . .

    http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/hitchblog/blog.html

    One of the bottom stories is Warwick Davis in the Marvin suit, and yeah, he's a midget. In fact, he reminds me a bit of the old short round Tom from Toonami. =P

    And the new movie should be MUCH better. =D

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    Hitchhiker movie . . .

    I haven't actually seen the old movie myself, but I hear it was awful..... I'll have to check the new one out.

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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    Originally posted by: basey_69
    no u dont, cos u can watch the old movie of it [img][/img]

    man i dont think anybody believes me that it exists and ive seen it [img][/img]
    it was on the channel UKTV on foxtel in australia.
    Hey don't worry, for the longest time I didnt believe shippou-sama when he told me there was a live action tv special about ewoks. After seeing that I'll believe you.

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    Hitchhiker movie . . .

    HAHAHA!

    Yeah, "Caravan of Courage" with that little blonde kid. *shudder*

    Sure, I'll believe that you saw it. I am curious, though, as to whether you saw a movie of it, or the TV show (that was actually based on the radio show).

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    RE: Hitchhiker movie . . .

    The 'old movie' was a 6 part TV series.

    Also, if you've never heard the radio version I'd highly recommend it, it was done before the books (done in the late 70's), there is currently a third (new) series being broadcast on the BBC:

    Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

    the last episode airs this thursday [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

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    Hitchhiker movie . . .

    I'm finishing the 3rd book and I don't know how they are going to pull it off, alot of the humor comes from a narrative perspective so if they remove that then they will remove most of the comedy.
    To me it's just another good thing that hollywood will take a shit on.

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