A Conversation for Old Announcements: January - September 2011
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1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 6, 2003
You don't consider Ben Kingsley A-list?
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 6, 2003
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jul 7, 2003
Personally, I think Ben Kingsley's great - but sadly he's not really Hollywood A-list, which is probably going to be the deciding factor 
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 7, 2003
I just want it to be a good movie.
If there are no well-known actors in it,
but they do a terrific job, I will be happy.
Douglas Adams was living fairly close to
Hollywood at the time of his death. Was he
there for the climate, or did he hope to
make it easier to meet people who could
help bring about his movie projects?
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Jim Lynn Posted Jul 7, 2003
He was there solely to make the movie.
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Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Jul 7, 2003
Bad Hollywood!
Bad Hollywood!
Bad, Bad,
Lazy Hollywood!
Now,
See what you did?!
sad epitaph:
He could climb a mountain in a Rhino suit,
but he couldn't get Hollywood off it's butt...
Just for that, I think the movie should be made in Belgium.
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paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 7, 2003
Is Belgium still there?
I thought Ypres got wiped out one
time too many and simply ceased to exist. 
1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jul 8, 2003
1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 8, 2003
1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jul 8, 2003
Has anyone actually tried to hitchhike
through the galaxy? The real galaxy, not
the virtual one.
1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jul 8, 2003
Wouldn't that be cool if the head of NASA had recently read the books and decided drunkenly one night that this would be the next mission? Today the moon, tomorrow the galaxy! 
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Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Jul 9, 2003
There's only one problem... No FTL travel.
The money's there for research, but they can't find anyone who can make a decent cup of tea or a nice fairy cake...
1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
FordsTowel Posted Jul 18, 2003
Sorry, forgive my naivetee. I'm only here because of a problem with a worm hole and a fishing rod; but, who am Mel and Sue?
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jul 18, 2003
Mel and Sue are british daytime television presenters. They are (allegedly) comediennes.
1 July, 2003: Robbie Stamp and the Hitchhiker's Movie
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 18, 2003
I've seen them on stage, and I have to admit that their "improv" moments far outshone their delivery of the scripted material. But then it was the end of a long tour, and they were probably heartily sick of the script by that point... 
Their radio show on BBC London, however, was almost entirely unscripted, and truly hilarious.
The point I was making is that they are the sort of double act that we need for "Shooty" and "Bang-Bang" to work... Think "Morecombe and Wise" in the early (black-and-white) days for an example of the kind of rapport I mean. 
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jul 18, 2003
Ah, that would be it, I've only seen them scripted. No- one is good when scripted, with the exception of Mark Lamarr.
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FordsTowel Posted Jul 18, 2003
Are they cute?
Is all this talk of catsuits justified, or just good comedy?
Would Emma Peel or Honor Blackman have been jealous?
Could either play Trillian?
Thanks for educating a slightly faded towel. 
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Researcher 185550 Posted Jul 18, 2003
Personally I don't think so, and I doubt many people do. But I think that people value them for their comedy rather than their looks.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Jul 18, 2003
I think Sue's kinda cute, but I gather she "swings the other way"... 
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- 41: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 6, 2003)
- 42: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 6, 2003)
- 43: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jul 7, 2003)
- 44: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 7, 2003)
- 45: Jim Lynn (Jul 7, 2003)
- 46: Tonsil Revenge (PG) (Jul 7, 2003)
- 47: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 7, 2003)
- 48: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jul 8, 2003)
- 49: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 8, 2003)
- 50: clzoomer- a bit woobly (Jul 8, 2003)
- 51: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jul 8, 2003)
- 52: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jul 8, 2003)
- 53: Tonsil Revenge (PG) (Jul 9, 2003)
- 54: FordsTowel (Jul 18, 2003)
- 55: Researcher 185550 (Jul 18, 2003)
- 56: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 18, 2003)
- 57: Researcher 185550 (Jul 18, 2003)
- 58: FordsTowel (Jul 18, 2003)
- 59: Researcher 185550 (Jul 18, 2003)
- 60: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Jul 18, 2003)
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