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

Hi and welcome to h2g2.
I am an h2g2 ACE - Assistant Community Editor; a group of researchers who have volunteered to meet and greet new researchers.
If you have any questions of the who, what, when, where, why variety (or any others for that matter) just give me a shout ... I might not know the answer to every query (and I will look really silly if I can't answer any ), but I will try my best!

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In the meantime *cheers* and I hope to bump into you someplace else soon!



Following the sad news about Douglas Adams, many researchers have been sending condolonces at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A5932

Greetings! I take it you're a Red Dwarf fan too...
People are nice here and it's really great to see that many of us have similar tastes! Welcome!

gelfling

Oh yes indeedyo. From the very start. And the original Kochanski was much better than the new one. Favourite episode - Queeg. How about you?

Kochanski

Ah the great Kochanski debate. I think they both have their strengths. As far as eps go Queeg's great! I love Rimmer imitating everyone else! Picking a fave ep? Hmm... That's hard! There's good stuff from every series... I'm particularly fond of the banter in Balance of Power, though! Have you been keeping up with the movie news?

gelfling

Got to say I'm not too optimistic about the movie. Call me a traditionalist, but I just don't think it will be the same.

Kochanski

Very true... and yet, I am anxious to see some new Dwarf stuff come out. I don't suppose it could be too bad with Naylor and Ed Bye still in charge. I imagine that it's going to have the same feel as the last couple of series...only true fans would know the difference. I'm more concerned about how much they would pander to introducing the show's premise to newbies.

gelfling

Between the start of Red Dwarf and the last series / film coming out, there has been enough in the world of SF that anyone who hasn't seen it before but is interesteed enough to go and see the film will be prepareed to accept the premise. There shouldn't be too much explanation necessary. When "The End" went out, there was more need to explain everything that Star Trek has made common knowledge by this point. (Oh yes, I'm a Trekkie too - well, a trainee one, married to a graduate in the art.) I am being instructed!

Kochanski

Pleased to hear that...

very true... I suppose you're referring to the idea of holograms and such.

No, I was pleased to hear that you are a Star Trek fan.
I have no time for holograms.
They are only light, after all.

oops... actually, I was talking to Kochanski...

Star Trek is cool...I am particularly fond of TNG.

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Star Trek is
Voyager rocks!

Yeah, holograms are a good example, but the whole thing about 'this story is set on a spacecraft' is more easily accepted now. Or maybe that's just the sort of people I talk to.

I like TNG but I prefer Voyager and DS9. They go in more for the 'cute and amusing' characters don't you think?

Kochanski

I love Voyager & DS9.
You really should meet my guardee Dax.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/U153472
Go read her page!
You are the first person to tell me that you joined the site by hearing me on the quiz on Lincs.FM!
I'm chuffed that I advertized the site & got a new Researcher!
I am so glad I never told the DJ that I am a Trekker.
I would never have heard the last of it!
I'm so glad you managed to find the site alright.
I wasn't allowed to say "www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2" as it was not a bbc radio station!
I was hoping that if anybody searched for "h2g2" they would find us....and I am glad you did!

I dunno, DS9 and Voyager never really caught my interest. *shrug* THe original series is always good for a giggle though...

"Story set in spacecraft being accepted?" Hmm. It really depends on who you're taling to I suppose. My friends all think I'm mad when I go on about that kind of stuff!

gelfling

I know what you mean, but you wouldn't go and see the movie / wear the t-shirt / read the book etc if you weren't interested and therefore prepared to accept whatever they tell you. I am, but I know plenty of people who aren't. I just either convert them or ignore them! They can't help being uneducated!

Kochanski

You never know, it might have turned out he was a Trekkie too!

Kochanski

Have you heard that there's talks of a new trek series coming out?

gelfling

Yes I did and I can't remember the name of the guy they said was possibly going to be the new captain but wasn't he in ... erm ... something about jumping into other people's bodies I think? Anyway I rather liked him in that (if I have the right person, I'm not much good with names.)

Kochanski

Scott Bakula.
From Quantum Leap.
There's a thread about it on Dax's page, I think.
I'll post you the url when I next see the thread