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warlockuk 17 Feb 2005 17:57:46 19,519 posts
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Yeah, you'd think hand-drawing the computery bits would be MORE expensive than using a computer?

oneiros 17 Feb 2005 18:06:02 1,877 posts
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Nemesis wrote:
All of the HHG graphics were hand-drawn.

I know; that's why I put CGI in quotes... Sheesh; everyone's having a go at me today.

Khanivor 17 Feb 2005 18:33:19 44,800 posts
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I reckon if we lined up all the tightly puckered arseholes in this thread into an array we could bring about the implosion of the entire universe.

I'd say wait till the film is out and has been seen before forming a definitive opinion.

monkeyspasm 17 Feb 2005 19:17:16 2,971 posts
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I loved the books and to me the trailer looked OK.

Give it a chance - from that interview the director seemed terrified of upsetting HH fans.

Martin Freeman looks right for the lead role, and trailers since the dawn of time have jazzed up proceedings somewhat. What d'you think they're gonna do? Make the trailer as slow-paced as possible so as to only appeal to hardcore HH fans? Or try to *gasp* drag in some casual observers who may think 'Ooh that looks OK, I'll go and see it'?

If you decide you don't like it without even seeing it, then, that's up to you. Myself, I'll see it before I get all hissy.

Deleted user 26 February 2005 15:38:37

That is fucking brilliant! I can't help but think that showing this as the first trailer at the cinema will make everyone see the following trailers very differently, seeing how they follow the conventions it mentions. I love the rock music bit near the end

Stephen Fry should narrate everything.

Edited by cubbymoore at 15:44:44 26-02-2005

Whizzo 26 Feb 2005 15:53:36 44,810 posts
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This gets a Whizzo "thumbs up!"

/accidently hitches onto passing space freighter

Freek 27 Feb 2005 03:14:46 7,682 posts
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cubbymoore wrote:
I can't help but think that showing this as the first trailer at the cinema will make everyone see the following trailers very differently, seeing how they follow the conventions it mentions. I love the rock music bit near the end

Little bitt of topic but you'll love this one then.
Also mocks the voice overs, lol.

mentat 27 Feb 2005 10:10:52 5,613 posts
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just so that you are all aware, my norton anti virus detected a trojan that attempted to install when visiting that website with the trailor on...

you might all like to do a virus scan...

terminalterror 27 Feb 2005 10:44:34 18,932 posts
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wow!

That has just superceded Comedian as my favourite trailer ever!

Thanks to both of them, I'll never see trailers the same way again. After seeing the Comedian one, I never heard 'voice over man' the same way again, now HHGttG has taken the piss out of the whole package.

Scimarad 27 Feb 2005 11:47:22 9,964 posts
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Now that was fantastic! That could almost have come from the book...

terminalterror 27 Feb 2005 23:09:38 18,932 posts
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rhythm wrote:
A NEW TRAILER!!!! \o/

Linky

Stephen Fry now narrates (and takes the mickey out of the last trailer voice) and you hear Marvin speaking too

Does anybody have a downloadable version of that that isn't quicktime so I can put it on my C500? (for some reason some quicktime movies get converted without sound, and that applies to all quicktime movies trailers as they all come from apple.com/trailers, which are all affected)

bivith 28 Feb 2005 11:45:02 2,469 posts
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The new trailer is internet only, which is a crying shame, as it *deserves* to be seen at the cinema

terminalterror 28 Feb 2005 11:49:08 18,932 posts
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bivith wrote:
The new trailer is internet only, which is a crying shame, as it *deserves* to be seen at the cinema

Studios are probably afraid that they won't be able to brainwash people into seeing blockbusters once they've seen that ad.

oneiros 28 Feb 2005 11:52:35 1,877 posts
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Okay; something that came out in conversation this weekend:

If Ford chose the name 'Ford Prefect' when he first came to Earth, why is it that Zaphod calls him by this name when they meet on the bridge of the HoG?

I've been a Hitchhiker for almost 25 years and never noticed that...