, at
6:17 AM
Nope, he would have still lost for a lot of reasons, but mostly because his party didn't play as dirty as the republicans. The reps used every tiny loophole in the electoral process to get Curious George elected, and it worked.
Maybe some better commercials and a central campaign platform would have helped, maybe. The dems should learn to play dirty next time around, otherwise they'll just look like they're swinging around a hockey stick in the World Series again...
- Infamous 370
By , at
6:17 AM
I think beeblbrox would make a way better facist than Bush.
By , at
2:07 PM
Quite frankly though, Beeblebrox reminded me of Bush in many many ways in the movie. He even sounded like a younger Bush. They even had the same intelligence level (Zaphod had an excuse though.)
By , at
11:22 AM
nope they messed tht movie up for me, its lost forever
By , at
4:53 PM
Pretty funny. Although, he only had one head. I guess they can't do everything, but still...
ACK! Don't say Zaphod is like Bush! Until you know the rest of the story (remember, there are two more core books, and then another two, rounding out the trilogy at five) you are not qualified to say that. Can't wait for the rest of the movies, but in the meantime, just remember that he isn't as stupid as he acts.
By , at
9:48 PM
Oh, and they didn't get the head thing wrong, they just used a little licence with it. Watch the movie!
By , at
9:49 PM
Bush and the Republicans did play dirty, but most of their vote was the Chrisitian vote. They exploited the blind faith of over half of Americans to win this election. Anyway, they are going to absolutely butcher the book(s). They apparently took Zaphod, Ford, and Marvin and made a movie about them, and desecrated Douglas Adam's work by calling it "HitchHiker's guide to the Galaxy" I don't even think they have the Heart of Gold in the movie. Expect to se me here more often. To quote a favorite sone of mine, "I got words to get off my chest, check out my crib, its and elf-girl fest, if you wanna battle me, I say hell yes!" 30 brownie points to whoever can name that song and who says that line specifically.
By , at
6:44 PM
Oh good, a purist. Tell me, do you adhere to the books, the radio broadcasts, or the TV series? Because all are 'official', and all are different. the Heart of Gold IS there, and the core plot is the same; details were changed in the tradition of H2G2G. Besides, DA himself, before he died, supported one of the most major changes made for the movie, though i won't spoil it.
By , at
11:17 PM
The movie completely skipped over the book's Christian overtones and made it crap.
By , at
4:15 AM
Christian Overtones?!?
You christians are hillarious, I swear. Anything you like, you call christian.
Douglas Adams was an atheist, you weirdo. Read here:
http://www.americanatheist.org/win98-99/T2/silverman.html
Sheesh! You can't claim him! He was one of ours!
By Dave Littler, at
6:24 AM
A quick excerpt from the article (in case you can't be bothered to read that far) which adresses your obvious misconception, my good sir:
"AMERICAN ATHEISTS: There are quite a few lighthearted references to god and religion in your books (“...2000 years after some guy got nailed to a tree”). How has your Atheism influenced your writing? Where (in which characters or situations) are your personal religious thoughts most accurately reflected.
[Douglas Adams]: I am fascinated by religion. (That’s a completely different thing from believing in it!) It has had such an incalculably huge effect on human affairs. What is it? What does it represent? Why have we invented it? How does it keep going? What will become of it? I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I’ve thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill over into my writing. "
By Dave Littler, at
6:40 AM
Hehe...I love it when people think just because their group is mentioned in something, that it's automatically in their favor. Kinda like some rightwing nut jobs who think Bruce Springsteen's song "Born in the US" is patriotic...:)
Drak is back, and guess what. I read some of your comments. I am an agnostic, whcih means that I don't openly proclaim there is no God, but I don't worship God, or any other deity. You could say I'm atheist, but I wouldn't. Anyway, just because Mr. Adams said "2000 years after some guy got nailed to a tree" doesn't mean he's a Chrisitan. Hello! This is actually demeaning Jesus, and his being nailed to a cross, and left to die. Religion fascinates me too, especially the Neo-paganistic ones. I love studying up on Wiccan and Satanism and various others. It's probably cuz I live in the South, where "If you ain't Christian, you worship Satan." But I digress. I have read the book, several times, and I haven't found any "Christian overtones." If you want Christian overtones, read "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe." Now that's a story with severe Christian overtones...
By , at
6:41 PM
I've read all the books about 3 times each. He's not like Bush in the books, but he was in the movie.
By , at
8:16 AM
No one remembered to mention, "IN the beggining, God made the universe. This was regarded as a bad move by many..." Or the book series about God's mistakes? Or His last message to creation? hardly strikes me as pro-christian - seems like parody of Christian "in the beginning" to me.
By , at
2:41 PM
It was a poke at christanity actually, not an overtone. Read through all the books, he has quite a cast of beings that are on higher planes than we can precieve. As well as stupider and weirder planes than we can imagine.
By , at
11:19 AM
christian overtones...brilliant :) made my day. The babel fish proves unequivocally that god doesn't exist. anymore, anyway. And didn't gods come into existence a week or so AFTER creation?
The movie was a far stretch from previous incarnations of the concept, but I was still entertained, and am glad they got something on to the big screen. It's better than nothing (IMO)
By , at
6:30 AM
I don't know about you people but i know I'd vote for Zaphod...
By , at
2:13 PM
based on the topic thank fos he dint
By , at
3:05 PM
*god
By , at
3:06 PM
I have to laugh at how much Bush is being targeted when the actor himself said he based his character on Elvis Prestly, Freddie Mercury, and Bill Clinton.
By , at
10:34 PM
I can't imagine Bush to ever own a coat as cool as that. I wouldn't vote for Zaphod, but I'd steal his coat.
By , at
1:00 AM
Yea, that coat was PIMP. Any coat roomy enough to hide a third hand in it rules.
By , at
4:24 PM
Screw you people. My ass is stuck in Korea, so I can't see this damn movie. When you complain about this movie, remember there's tons of obnoxious Koreas that never had the chance.
By , at
6:02 AM
If Kerry had a campaign commercial this awesome, I would've faked an over-18 ID just to vote for him. Twice.
By , at
6:22 AM
And just imagine, some of us actually choose NOT to see a movie because we can tell when it's going to suck just by the previews...
How do you tell? Well, if any of the main actors look like Backstreet Boys, it'll suck. If the leading man has ever dated Jennifer Lopez or she's in the movie with him, it's gonna suck. If the main starlet is one of those cookie-cutter, borderline anorexic, bleached blonde bimbos with three names but no discernable talent or the intelligence to spell them, it's gonna suck. I'm sure there are more, but I have to go eat now...
By , at
11:38 AM
that last comment was the most ignorant close minded one I've seen.
YEAH FUCK HOLLYWOOD AND THE MAINSTREAM. I AM AN INDIVIDUAL. CRITICISM GIVES ME EDGE.
By , at
4:10 PM
*cough!*(Troll!)*cough!*
- Infamous 370
By , at
8:26 AM
It's hilarious to see people try and explain away Dubya's win as just some fluke or the result of some super-simple manipulation.
Kerry wasn't the only one who lost. The balance of power shifted away from the Dems even more in both houses, including minority leader Tom Daschle, and more of the states' governorships also flipped from blue to red.
Democrats just lost and lost *hard*. On all fronts. Maybe they can spend the next 4 years doing something besides screaming 9/11 conspiracy theaters and obstructing every last piece of Bush's elected agenda while offering no coherent alternative of their own.... whoops, too late :D
By , at
6:22 AM
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