h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

excellent

the nice f is a moneypenny type, but weve gotta glam her up during the course of the film, so she becomes plausibly fanciable.
dunno about subplot, cos it takes nice f out of film from near beginning to near end - then again, it may work, cos nice f would get in way of DM and p relationship

*cowers anticipating feminist backlash*

indeed, subplot may work along following lines - nice f is kidnapped/bitten at start and has series of misadventures with all baddies (as in _perils_of_pauline_ which i think was a silent movie about a bird wot keeps getting tied to railway lines etc) this pulls on the heart strings and makes her fanciable as damsel in distress, AND gives opportunity for tons of slapstick. of course we also subvert traditional male attitudes at same time.

*wonders if last remark will throw axe wielding feminists off scent*

dont let freud back in, hes bonkers
and too expensive

ferris wheel bit:

chase breaks out of underground
each group gets in a different gondola
absurdly slow chase, multiple groups involved
(anyone seen _its_a_mad_mad_mad_mad_world_ ?)
cutting back and forth as each group appraises its own situation, then guesses what strategies of others will be, then updates own strategy, etc ad absurdiam

i just had that melanie klien in my house the other day, ate all my chocolate digestives and charged me 400 quid!

youve gotta be mad to see a psychiatrist.

*sticks axe back in bag*
I wasn't thinking of the Duckula bit as taking up that much time but I can see the potential. She could turn into a real Lara Croft type.
I've been thinking about that pan out the window in the second scene. You could do a lot with that- camera swings out the window, the animators get to do their stuff and DM gets a really meaningful line e.g. "This job's my whole life. There's no time for anything more." as there is a dissolve to the baddies lair. Ok, a little corny but sometimes you have to be.
God, what I wouldn't give to be director...
Steven Spielberg my arse...
Maybe I can afford those 50 minutes.

honestly, dont bother
i can tell you now,
the axe is a *********
and the handbag a **********
and thats all there is to it
400 quid please

Uh-huh.
Do you take Monopoly money?

ill swap you old kent road for the water works and well call it quits

Bloody hell!

You lot got it all going well. For once I'm going to sit back and see how it progresses.

*hands over waterworks*
*can't quite let go of the card and Unch needs to pull it forcibly from her hand*
Sorry.
So Mike- what are we talking, executive producer duties for you?

And I'm doing whatever involves Ott.

Unch, you've got it wrong, the ****** is a handbag symbol. Unhand that money!

Mike is the Executive Producer; he's made it all happen.

Ok, I'll just ask this once and if you refuse I'll stop...
Who am I kidding? I'll whine until you let me
Can I direct? Please? I know what I'm doing and I'm capable and i'll make a really good job of it...
Please
*looks hopeful*
I'll buy you all a drink in Heaven...

You'll have to ask the exec producer.

so lil = Ott (whats Ott?)
Mike = ex p
Tweetie = dir
me = csw

Thank you . I approve

Ott is Lil's way of pronouncing 'art', right now. Am I right, Lil?
I reckon she could make a fine animator. Have you ever thoughtof that, Lil?

Unch, what's csw?

chief screenwriter

Ooh, I would be a WICKED animator. Moving ottwork!

Since we're figuring out who's going to have what duties on the film, I'm gonna have to say that I want to be head of marketing, because it ties in with what I really came here to say, and that has nothing to do with the movie, but it's really cool anyway. (how's that for a runon sentence? ) I would add wardrobe to that, but I don't know if it was decided whether it was going to be animated, live action, or both, and I haven't read the backlog, because I've been really busy lately.

Anyway, this is what I had to say that is really cool. My friend Adam says he has a DM plush from when he was little. And get this, he says he'll trade me something for it! YEA!

Yikes!

I didn't know they did DM plushies, but I know I said somewhere in a BBD thread that they were a great idea. we need to mass-produce some

YES! I get to direct!
*ticks list*
Ok, that's one lifetime ambition over with.
I wonder if they would do DM beanies?

Greyrose, even if it's animated, a wardrobe consultant would be needed so you are welcome to volunteer for that position!