New Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Coming Soon
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Ugh, I would much rather replay Starship Titanic.
After the mess that was the movie, the unfunny Eoin Colfer book, and the unholy abomination that was the Dirk Gently adaptation, I have no faith in this whatsoever. DNA obsessed over quality, but all these recent 'versions' have had a distinct lack of it.
Seriously, I would much rather replay Starship Titanic instead:
After the mess that was the movie, the unfunny Eoin Colfer book, and the unholy abomination that was the Dirk Gently adaptation, I have no faith in this whatsoever. DNA obsessed over quality, but all these recent 'versions' have had a distinct lack of it.
Seriously, I would much rather replay Starship Titanic instead:
Yeah, not too optimistic about this but it could be good.
Also, I actually read And Another Thing and I thought it was okay. Not nearly as good as the other books in the series, but I did rather enjoy it and Colfer is a good author, even if I didn't particularly like his other books.
Also, I actually read And Another Thing and I thought it was okay. Not nearly as good as the other books in the series, but I did rather enjoy it and Colfer is a good author, even if I didn't particularly like his other books.
Yes. And I got the Babelfish. And I didn't have an Invisiclues guide. And there was no Internet!Fingerthing said:
...I'm depressed now. There's no way at all they're going to make anything even remotely like the old game. The original game was made in a day when notions of games being "too hard" were laughable. Games aren't too hard, our players are just too weak! Wimps! What do you mean they don't like that you can mess up the entire game in the first ten moves? WHO CARES?! WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT LIKE THAT ANYWAY! Anyone who says they actually won H2G2 without cheating or looking up a walkthrough is lying, by the way, same as anyone who says they got the final point in Colossal Cave Adventure without cheating.
(hint for those who do try the old game: buy a sandwich and feed it to the dog. For the rest, you're on your own.)
(hint for those who do try the old game: buy a sandwich and feed it to the dog. For the rest, you're on your own.)
It could make a good point and click game. And deathspank was funny from what I heard. If not. Well it's not like it will matter too much after all this game doesn't annihilate the books or that movie that was fairly good if a little slow and short if you ask me.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy never really translated well into any other medium than a book. But here's to the slim hope that Hothead pulls of the impossible, considering their track record with the two Penny Arcade games they might actually pull it off or at least laugh their way to the bank.
I see what you did thereZyxx said:
but man oh man I hope this game will be good,it's been my favorite inaccurately named trilogy ever
While I certainly won't debate the relatively poor quality of the movie, I DID enjoy Mos Def, and I also thought that basically any Trillian would be better than the one in the show. I utterly despised her. Perhaps it was meant to be part of the joke that a well respected physicist also happened to be kind of trampy and a seemingly cliche sorority type, but it didn't come across well, and she just annoyed me. Apart from that, though, the only things that disappointed me about the show are pretty much related to the limits of the technology at the time. Yeah, Zaphod's head was horrible, but that was the best they could with what they had.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Additionally, I've always felt that the "continuity," as it were, of the Hitchhiker universe is pretty unimportant. Throughout all the incarnations of the story, there are several differences, minor and major. What matters, to me anyway, is that the same feel of the world comes across. A world vast, obnoxious, largely concerned with its own interests, and all in all fairly similar to what we already know. Just on a larger scale, and with all the faults taken to their extremeties. And then made profitable.
Lastly, for the record, as much as I agree that Stephen Fry is great, I still think that Peter Jones as the original Guide voice is superior. Don't ask me why, it's just preference, and yes, it could be me relating the whole thing with which I've seen first, but, I don't know, it just seemed like he had more energy. That's all I've got on that.
That said, I'm hoping this game will be willing to add some creativity and shape a new incarnation of the universe that the current generation can look at and say "Why would I want to put a fish in my ear?" about. Just for gods sake don't make it as punishingly horrible as the original. That's an era of video games long gone, and despite fond memories, it probably should never return.
A agree, the BBC version was far superior to the 2005 movie... but you do realise the movie's screenplay was actually written by Douglas Adams himself before he died, right?The_root_of_all_evil said:
I realise that he started the screenplay (and the POV gun was first introduced in the radio series), but I also realise that Pratchett wrote Going Postal and that was re-written as a man looking for the love of a good woman, and stopping her smoking. Because smoking is bad. Even in Discworld. SMOKING IS BAD. IT'S ALWAYS BAD. AND MAN NEEDS THE LOVE OF A GOOD WOMAN. AND ....Proverbial Jon said:
You can see what I mean.
Dirk Gently's was horrifically missing some of the basic ideas such as humour. The Protagonist being a unlikable git for a start. But... And Other Thing wasn't as bad as some people are saying, imho. Eoin Coifer tried a little too hard to capture Adams spirit, but you can't tell me the job interview wasn't the funniest thing you've read this year.(No spoilers)
Summing up my feelings and responding to some comments:
The screenplay was originally Douglas's. In the 1980s. Unfortunately it sat in development hell for twenty years, was severely altered by Jay Gould (director of the Austin Powers films) and finally made it to screen in a much mangled configuration. I don't hate it, just don't think it does anything well (and Mos Def was supremely miscast)
And Another Thing was too Irish. Not a bad book, just not a great Hitch-hiker's title.
Coldfrog, even Douglas himself admitted that the different forms contradicted each other. And that in itself would make a good plot. Perhaps the Guide Mark II asks Arthur for help in putting things right across the Whole Sort of General Mish-Mash?
A Telltale Studios style point & click would be my wish for any new game.t
The screenplay was originally Douglas's. In the 1980s. Unfortunately it sat in development hell for twenty years, was severely altered by Jay Gould (director of the Austin Powers films) and finally made it to screen in a much mangled configuration. I don't hate it, just don't think it does anything well (and Mos Def was supremely miscast)
And Another Thing was too Irish. Not a bad book, just not a great Hitch-hiker's title.
Coldfrog, even Douglas himself admitted that the different forms contradicted each other. And that in itself would make a good plot. Perhaps the Guide Mark II asks Arthur for help in putting things right across the Whole Sort of General Mish-Mash?
A Telltale Studios style point & click would be my wish for any new game.t
Ok, I can beat this dead horse.
Firstly, I'll say that The original TV show is an adaptation of an even more excellent Radio Series with a brilliant cast. Anything else pales in comparison.
So a lot of my dislike of the film is biased because I thought the Radio show cast were so good. I think the movie really removed a lot of the British feel that was so central to the Radio/TV series.
Unfortunately, despite his menial position, he was endowed with a large intellect and a Genuine People Personality(TM), leaving him unfulfilled and aware that he is so. Unlike the doors, whose only pleasure was to open for you, and to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.
The design is meant to look cheap, like a toy based on early ideas of humanoid robots. The movie version is just far too slick.
Firstly, I'll say that The original TV show is an adaptation of an even more excellent Radio Series with a brilliant cast. Anything else pales in comparison.
So a lot of my dislike of the film is biased because I thought the Radio show cast were so good. I think the movie really removed a lot of the British feel that was so central to the Radio/TV series.
Well, Marvin was never designed to be a really elegant robot. He was basically a menial household servant. His slogan was "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with".
Unfortunately, despite his menial position, he was endowed with a large intellect and a Genuine People Personality(TM), leaving him unfulfilled and aware that he is so. Unlike the doors, whose only pleasure was to open for you, and to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.
The design is meant to look cheap, like a toy based on early ideas of humanoid robots. The movie version is just far too slick.
I preferred the retro look of the guide in the TV show, again because I feel everything in HHGG should look cheap and cheerful, like it was thrown together on a low budget.