Author Topic: Film Poll Quarterfinals in 3D! (Read 22451 times)

birdless · **Reply #25 on:** July 10, 2008, 06:26:59 PM

Quote from: stePH on July 10, 2008, 06:00:16 PM

Quote from: Ocicat on July 10, 2008, 05:38:49 PM
There are no books. HhGttG is a 12 part radio series. I just wish Adams had finished it before he died. I want to know what happens after Arthur steals the Heart of Gold with Lintilla, leaving Zaphod and Ford stranded on the planet with the man who rules the universe...

I'm inclined to agree, but I did enjoy the two novels that fell into my possession from a parallel universe, as well as the 6-part TV series (which seems to be an adaptation of the first half of the radio series with elements of the novels dropped in.) In fact, were it not for the novels I might never have become aware of the radio play.

I still haven't heard the radio play. I have an extra Jonathan Strange audio book if anyone is up for a trade. Sorry for the ~~derailment~~ further derailment of this thread.

Ocicat · **Reply #26 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:04:37 PM

Quote from: birdless on July 10, 2008, 06:26:59 PM

Sorry for the ~~derailment~~ further derailment of this thread.

Thread derailment? Inconceivable!

Bdoomed · **Reply #27 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:53:27 PM

i LOVED how the HhGttG series ended! Adams is brilliant.

Bdoomed · **Reply #28 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:53:58 PM

anyways... how about that Princess Bride?

CammoBlammo · **Reply #29 on:** July 11, 2008, 10:47:45 PM

Quote from: stePH on July 10, 2008, 04:41:26 AM

And Frank Herbert never wrote any sequels to Dune, and his son never wrote any related books with or without Kevin Anderson. And I'm still waiting for a movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

And Joss Whedon only made one series of Firefly[/]!

Oh, right.

stePH · **Reply #30 on:** July 11, 2008, 11:09:36 PM

Quote from: CammoBlammo on July 11, 2008, 10:47:45 PM

Quote from: stePH on July 10, 2008, 04:41:26 AM
And Frank Herbert never wrote any sequels to Dune, and his son never wrote any related books with or without Kevin Anderson. And I'm still waiting for a movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

And Joss Whedon only made one series of Firefly!

Oh, right.

What's Firefly?

Talia · **Reply #31 on:** July 12, 2008, 12:22:26 AM

Its a book about a trio of teenage wizardry students who embark on a quest to throw a ring into a volcano.

stePH · **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2008, 06:06:32 PM

Quote from: Talia on July 12, 2008, 12:22:26 AM

Its a book about a trio of teenage wizardry students who embark on a quest to throw a ring into a volcano.

I thought that was Harry Potter and the Filler of Big.

Alasdair5000 · **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2008, 09:25:47 PM

Quote from: stePH on July 14, 2008, 06:06:32 PM

Quote from: Talia on July 12, 2008, 12:22:26 AM
Its a book about a trio of teenage wizardry students who embark on a quest to throw a ring into a volcano.

I thought that was Harry Potter and the Filler of Big.

Do they spend four hundred pages in a tent?

Russell Nash · **Reply #34 on:** July 14, 2008, 09:55:20 PM

Quote from: Alasdair5000 on July 14, 2008, 09:25:47 PM

Quote from: stePH on July 14, 2008, 06:06:32 PM
Quote from: Talia on July 12, 2008, 12:22:26 AM
Its a book about a trio of teenage wizardry students who embark on a quest to throw a ring into a volcano.

I thought that was Harry Potter and the Filler of Big.

Do they spend four hundred pages in a tent?

Actually, They sit in a closet

Tango Alpha Delta · **Reply #35 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:47:54 AM

Quote from: Ocicat on July 10, 2008, 03:36:12 AM

If it was up to me, 2001 would have won the whole thing, but most folks don't appreciate it like I do. Of course I love Princess Bride too, but everyone can appreciate that.

(everyone except Jeff... and four friends)

Planish · **Reply #36 on:** July 17, 2008, 04:41:01 AM

Don't get me going on sequels.

I'm still waiting for the deluxe box set of "Malcom I", "Malcom II", "Malcom III", ... "Malcom VIII", "Malcom IX" before I allow myself to watch "Malcom X".

wintermute · **Reply #37 on:** July 17, 2008, 12:09:11 PM

Hey, when the play The Madness of King George III was made into a movie, they changed the title to The Madness of King George so that *cough*Americans*cough* wouldn't think there were two previous movies...

Wikipedia: "However, director Nicholas Hytner has stated that the principal reason was to clarify that this was a film about a king."
Now it might just be me, but I cannot understand how the title change achieves that, so I can't help but think that that's not the real reason. And only one other reason has been proposed, one which has the advantage of actually making sense (even if it is based on probably faulty assumptions about the American public), I can only assume that that explanation is probably the real one.

stePH · **Reply #38 on:** July 17, 2008, 01:18:01 PM

Quote from: wintermute on July 17, 2008, 12:09:11 PM

Hey, when the play The Madness of King George III was made into a movie, they changed the title to The Madness of King George so that *cough*Americans*cough* wouldn't think there were two previous movies...

Leonard Part 6

wintermute · **Reply #39 on:** July 17, 2008, 01:56:35 PM

Apollo 13?

Russell Nash · **Reply #40 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:33:42 PM

Can you believe they got all the way up to 2001 and then up to 2010?

stePH · **Reply #41 on:** July 17, 2008, 03:43:10 PM

In the case of Leonard Part 6 (one of my favorite guilty pleasures), his manservant Frayn explains at the beginning of the film that Leonard's first five adventures would have no doubt enthralled us, had they not been classified in the interest of world security.

wintermute · **Reply #42 on:** July 17, 2008, 05:57:00 PM

If you like "guilty pleasure" movies, I recommend Sinbad of the Seven Seas starring Lou Ferrigno.

Get a bunch of friends together, and you'll love it.

Russell Nash · **Reply #43 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:10:53 PM

Quote from: wintermute on July 17, 2008, 05:57:00 PM

If you like "guilty pleasure" movies, I recommend Sinbad of the Seven Seas starring Lou Ferrigno.

Get a bunch of friends together, and you'll love it.

Need lots of alcohol.

wintermute · **Reply #44 on:** July 17, 2008, 07:23:06 PM

Quote from: Russell Nash on July 17, 2008, 07:10:53 PM

Quote from: wintermute on July 17, 2008, 05:57:00 PM
If you like "guilty pleasure" movies, I recommend Sinbad of the Seven Seas starring Lou Ferrigno.

Get a bunch of friends together, and you'll love it.

Need lots of alcohol.

Not for me, it doesn't.

On the other hand: I can't watch Toxic Avenger IV: Toxie for President sober...

stePH · **Reply #45 on:** July 17, 2008, 10:49:45 PM

Quote from: wintermute on July 17, 2008, 07:23:06 PM

Quote from: Russell Nash on July 17, 2008, 07:10:53 PM
Quote from: wintermute on July 17, 2008, 05:57:00 PM
If you like "guilty pleasure" movies, I recommend Sinbad of the Seven Seas starring Lou Ferrigno.

Get a bunch of friends together, and you'll love it.

Need lots of alcohol.
Not for me, it doesn't.

On the other hand: I can't watch Toxic Avenger IV: Toxie for President sober...

Now that it's mentioned, I don't think I've ever watched Leonard Part 6 without being stoned on weed. I think I would still enjoy it without, though.