Movie "Adaptations"

[Lucifer_Carroll]

I think, from the trailer I've seen, that the casters have got the HHGTTG cast absolutely spot-on. I think Marvin looks a bit weird, but the choice of Alan Rickman as his voice is absolutely spot-on.

Why wouldn't Ford be black? I have to say, that was always kinda how I imagined him, and it's certainly not mentioned anywhere in the books. The only things that I can see where they've gone majorly against the descriptions in the books are Zaphod (only one head, but we can forgive that as it would've been a) hard to do and b) very very weird to look at) and the Heart of Gold (described as a running shoe shape, now a sphere). Adams never seemed to be up much for description of his characters in the physical sense.

And I don't think you can claim Adams has sold out for the movie $, because unfortunately he's dead (sadly missed). Let's hope he's already reincarnated as anything other than a sperm whale or a bowl of petunias.

The Earl

They put the second head directly below the first one from what I could see.

 

[English Lady]

I couldn't see a second head in the trailer clip I saw...but I think what it comes down to is this...if you as a reader want your own personal view of a character changed/challenged or reinforced by a film of that book.

I've watched the couple of cartoons done on Pratchett books and I've sat through the whole thing and gone "No that's not right!he/she doesn't look like that!" and genrally not enjoyed the experience because of that.

I personally want to keep the visualisation of characters in my head and not try and see them any differently. selfish? Yup no doubt. Short sighted? Maybe? Missing out? I could be but I am much happier with my own imaginings than anything anyone could imagine for me and I think that's what it comes down to , for me anyway

 

[Kate.E]

A beginning, a climax, and a finish. There is a director who is trying to make better pron movies. Movies with a plot for women and men. It's a woman director. I don't know her name. Saw it on ABC News or ET. Might have been ET.

ET is an actor, you dummy. He's never directed anything.

 

[stingray61]

ET is an actor, you dummy. He's never directed anything.

ET is a prop for a movie not a real actor, and the ET blacksnake is speaking of is Entertainment Tonight silly girl.





course I am sure you knew that already.

 

[Kate.E]

ET has his own show??