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TowelMaster Posted Jan 18, 2002
Indeed! That would be a sight to see...
So we have Hugh Laurie as Arthur, Jim Carrey as Zaphod and Patric Stuart as the captain of the Golgafrincham ArcFleet Ship B...
Who's next?
TM.
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metalhead Posted Jan 19, 2002
Yeah, i could definitely see Ozzy doing a good job.
How about William Shatner rather than Patrick Stewart as the captain? Shatner was the original, and the best.
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TowelMaster Posted Jan 22, 2002
Or Bill Shatner as Max Quordlepleen... He does have the ego for it...
TM.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jan 22, 2002
No, no, no! William Shatner is NOT allowed!!!
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DoctorGonzo Posted Jan 22, 2002
Whyever not? Shatner's ace!
Far better than any of the other dull characters that have populated Star Trek since.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jan 22, 2002
Because of the principle of the thing!
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DoctorGonzo Posted Jan 22, 2002
If you want to put together your own h2g2 movie, you can do so at the h2g2 fantasy film league, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A679854
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Jan 22, 2002
well your blatant plug worked on me
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jan 23, 2002
Hmmmm... I may have to investigate that... How do you win though?
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some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one Posted Feb 12, 2002
I was reading the book the other day and I thought, Catherine Zeta Jones might be good for Trillian. When it first mentions her on France, it describes her as looking vaguely Arabic with her hair in that style and I think CZJ might look that way.
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shagbark Posted Feb 13, 2002
I agree that Robin Williams would work better than Jim Carey.
How about that paranoid-depressed robot Marvin who would play that role
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 13, 2002
Hehe, the little guy from AI?
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shagbark Posted Feb 13, 2002
I could see Patrick Stewart as a Vogon and Sean Connery as Zaphod
let's omit Jim Cary altogether.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 13, 2002
Thank god someone thinks the same as I do!
Sean as Zaphod would be so funny - 'Ten million pointsh for shtyle' 
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Andy Barber Posted Feb 13, 2002
Not that I want to sound negative but I remember talk of developing a Hitch-Hiker movie not long after the TV was shown on BBC2 some 21 years ago!!
I remember various rumours about directors ranging from Ivan Reitman through to Tim Burton via Steven Speilberg. Various Actors have been mentioned from Hugh Laurie, Jim Carey, Robin Williams and so on.
I would love to see a movie, honestly I would, but considering it's been in production hell for 21 years now do you really think it's likely to happen.
Sorry if I sound negative, but I've had my hopes build up over the possibility of a movie for so long now that I'm cynical of any rumours I hear. I'll believe it happening when I see the trailer for it.
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some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one Posted Feb 14, 2002
Anyway, Sir EvilRoy, your cast is missing Michael Caton and Stephen Curry as Majikthise and Vroomfondle respectively.
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- 422: metalhead (Jan 19, 2002)
- 423: TowelMaster (Jan 22, 2002)
- 424: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jan 22, 2002)
- 425: DoctorGonzo (Jan 22, 2002)
- 426: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jan 22, 2002)
- 427: DoctorGonzo (Jan 22, 2002)
- 428: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jan 22, 2002)
- 429: TowelMaster (Jan 23, 2002)
- 430: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Jan 23, 2002)
- 431: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Jan 23, 2002)
- 432: some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one (Feb 12, 2002)
- 433: TowelMaster (Feb 12, 2002)
- 434: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Feb 13, 2002)
- 435: shagbark (Feb 13, 2002)
- 436: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Feb 13, 2002)
- 437: shagbark (Feb 13, 2002)
- 438: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Feb 13, 2002)
- 439: Andy Barber (Feb 13, 2002)
- 440: some bloke who tried to think of a short, catchy, pithy name and spent five sleepless nights trying but couldn't think of one (Feb 14, 2002)
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