Jules Richardson wrote:
Fred Cisin wrote:
>>> Well, you're not going to like it, but it took a very large computer to
>>> come
>>> up with that number (read the book). I'd go into more details, but
I've
>>> got to
>>> check out the diodes going down the left side of my robot...
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, woodelf wrote:
>> Or watch the movie "The hitch hikers guide to the galaxy".
>
> The book is better.
> The BBC TV series was WAY better than the [Disney] movie.
I've a "making of" that was quite amusing -- especially to see
how "low tech" the special effects were! :>
That seems to be a *very* common thing. It's
always sad to see the
current generation basing their experiences on remakes of things rather
than seeing the original(s) first.
For a good exercise, compare books from which movies have been
made to books made from movies. The former are usually much richer.
The latter are almost cartoonish in quality.
Good examples:
_The Sentinel_ vs. _2001_ vs. the movie thereof
(Clarke also has a good book describing alternate endings for
2001 that Kubrick sidetracked/delayed/etc.)
_Farewell to the Master_ vs. _The Day the Earth Stood Still_
(though both are excellent) -- I'm sure if some arrogant
fool filmmaker decides to try a remake, it will be a colossal
disappointment!
I meant to bring the HGTG books with me to the US and
went and left them
in England, grrr!
Buy another copy. :>
It's been interesting watching American friends
trying to make sense of
Doctor Who - hopefully the original BBC TV series will be shown at some
point as it's so vastly superior to the remake :-(
*Which* remake? Haven't there been 4 or 5 "Doctors"?
(Sorry, I'm not a big enough fan to track their names)
The young blond guy, the curly haired guy, the black (?)
haired "serious" guy and the "old man" (B&W episodes).
Unfortunately, PBS here (se AZ, USA) doesn't carry *any*
BBC sci-fi (Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, etc.) prefering, instead,
to show re-re-re-re-runs of their own (ahem) "production"...
"The Desert Speaks" :-/