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I think the follow up, has the now corrupted earth calculates the ultimate question to be "what is 6 x 9?“ But if you paid attention, Arthur's brain already had the question...." what is 6 x 7?" But ultimately I'd rather be happy than right.
Completely agree - and if you need an extra reason, Douglas Adams says of the Vogon ship "It hung in the air the way a brick doesn't." If that does not grab you... it's time to quit to life dude!!
It's interesting in retrospect that Zaphod wanted to find The Question, but the Improbability Drive did take him where he needed to be. First time we see it, it took him to Earth, the computer that would have The Question. When that failed, it took him to Hama, who had the coordinates to Magradea.
@@rmyikzelf5604 he as good, but Mos nailed Ford better then I thought possible. When he flips the towel to block his view of danger, when he plays with the knobs and stuff in the airlock; over and over hitting home runs
There's a robot with a square head in the scene where they find out Zaphod signed the order to destroy earth (at the planning office). That robot is the original Marvin from the TV series of the 1980s. I still have all the episodes on VHS that I taped off the television back then.
Douglas Adam’s is one of the most entertaining writers of all time. To give you an Idea, narrator is basically reading straight from the book. I really recommend the BBC miniseries, it captures the tone and comedy of the books a lot more accurately!
The head that was the recorded message above magrathea was played by the original actor who played Arthur Dent in the radio show and 80s TV version. Also, the original version of Marvin the paranoid android, was in the queue at the Vogons planet. You see his head next to Zaphods portrait in the clip you put in.
You're actually 100% correct about Sam Rockwell: he LOVES dancing (and is very good at it) and so he finds excuses to dance in as many of his movies as possible! From my memory, he's had dancing scenes in this, Iron Man 2, Mr. Right, Charlie's Angels, Moon, Conviction, The Way Way Back, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. :) EDIT: Also, as ridiculous as it sounds, the book series actually DOES eventually give us an explanation for why the bowl of petunias thought "Oh no, not again".
@@TheRatsCastMy favorite scene is when they're on the ship and have clearly been told to react to a crash (I believe right after the escape from The Restaurant) and every actor is swaying in a different direction at a different speed except the poor robot that is sort of gently rocked a few times.
The author originally had an idea for a radio series called "The Ends of the Earth" in which each week the earth would be destroyed in a different way. The pilot episode, in which the Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, was never picked up. Later in life, as he lay drunken and penniless in a field, he pondered the universe. He had a traveller's guide on hitchhiking around Europe on 5 pounds per day, or some such. He thought to himself, what if there was a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe? The two ideas melded together in to his crowning life's work!
Interesting bit of trivia; Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was also a script editor and writer for Doctor Who during the Tom Baker era. Also, the piece of music played during the introduction of The Guide is called 'Journey of the Sorcerer', and it was originally recorded by The Eagles in 1975 for their album 'One of These Nights'. Adams used it for the opening theme to The Hitchhiker's Guide BBC radio series in 1978, and it was also used for the BBC Hitchhiker's Guide TV series in 1981.
The irl book is about Arthur, but also includes more entries from the fictional Guide than the movie had in it. Now, something to understand is that Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a Radio show, tv series, stage show, movie, book, and probably other adaptions that I am missing. Every adaptation is basically word for word up until Arthur and Ford leave Earth, and then their stories vary quite a lot. Each interpretation had Adams involved and has it's high and low lights. The book is my personal favorite of the adaptions. The tradegdy of Hitchiker's Guide is that it's popularity forced Adams to turn what he planned on being a one off book into a Trilogy and eventually a Sage (though he continued to call it a trilogy no matter how many books he wrote). You can feel his passion evaporate as the books go on (though all are still worth reading). I feel like he really wanted to explore other projects like environmentalism or other fiction like Dirk Gently, but his only way to make money was to come back to Hitchiker's Guide. Which is unfortunate, because he was such a talented writer and creative guy, I'd have really enjoyed him exploring new ideas and types of writing.
Supposedly, the reason the answer to the ultimate question is “42” is that 42 is the ASCII code for the asterisk character, (*), which in computer terms is a wildcard for anything.
Alan Rickman was brilliant as Marvin. just a perfect voice. Sam Rockwell does seem to dance in everything he does, he even danced in Charlies Angels. wish they could have done the other books like one mentioned in this movie Restaurant at the end of the Universe. been listening to the books recently dont really have the patience to read the print. love listening to it though. Hey Sam we have a part for you in the next Star Wars. Sam: I'll do it but my character must have a dance part
He didn't dance in Green Mile, but his character was so insane that he was hopping and climbing on everything. He was definitely being very physical in that role.
The saga of H2G2 spans many different media. It began as a radio play, which was then adapted into a novel, which was then adapted into a TV mini-series, which was then adapted into a text based computer game, which was then adapted into a feature film. Of these, only the feature film was written by someone other than Douglas Adams, although Adams did write a screenplay for the film. It is unknown how much of his screenplay was used, since he often made major changes to the story based upon what he felt best served the particular form of media the story was being presented in.
The sixth book (…And Another Thing) was also written by a different author, though Adams had left plenty of notes to extrapolate from his plans for it.
You left out the animated series, which I have yet to see, but apparently finally covers all of the original books, even up to Marvin seeing God's final message to His creation. The clips I have seen seem to stick nicely to the books.
@@greenpeasuit I did not leave it out, since there is no H2G2 animated series. The creator of those animated shorts used audio clips from the radio plays for the voices and sound effects. I've seen them, and they're very well done, but they're still just fan films.
@@WyldstaarStudios that explains why I cannot find anywhere to stream it! That needs to be a thing! Someone needs to hire that guy to do the whole radio series then!
This is why I love watching your channel! 🙂 You always joyously roll with the punches and give the most heartfelt commentary. The Douglas Adam's books always held a special place in my heart growing up. Glad you're getting a chance to enjoy them a bit too!
I was literally just looking for a movie reaction to watch, just saw one on the Guide the other day, was thumbing through another channel, came back to my normal feed, and this just happens to pop up right away. Not impossible, just highly improbable. Awesome!
"Getting a movie made in Hollywood is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it." - Douglas Adams. This movie was in development hell for a very, very long time. In spite of the success of the novels and the cult status of the radio series, this movie just couldn't seem to ever get made. It went through many rewrites, including after Adams's death, before finally being made. Suffice it to say, it's very different from previous versions. I recommend also listening to the audiobooks read by Douglas Adams himself, and the radio series. Each version has its own quirks. There's also a short lived TV series and a text-based computer game.
I've only seen the movie once but remember I really enjoyed it. The tv series was great and very confusing in parts. It makes for a great reaction. Also, the hologram when they arrive at Magrathea is the original Arthur Dent.
I'm always so surprised when people have never seen movies that I've loved since they came out. This one is so great and we quote it randomly all the time. Cheeky...cheeky mouse.
Douglas Adams was initially writing out the interstellar bypass story for a BBC radio series where the earth would be destroyed each week. It became the HHGttG BBC radio serial. Which begat a series of books. Which becomes a TV show, stage show, comic, video game, and movie. And in each shift in medium - the story changes. The basic plot remains but Adams always made significant story changes each time. And then... true to his sense of humor... insisted each version is canon... conflicts and all.
20:54 the original BBC Marvin the paranoid android is a clip with him standing next to the painting of Zaphod, or close too, with the sound he makes when he walks.
The title should have been when the earth was destroyed and when the guide was introduced that would have been amazing for the radio and tv series fans
It was originally a BBC Radio series in 1978, which I recorded on my little cassette recorder (yes I can still play it). Then it became a book. Then it became a BBC tv series. This it had three BBC Radio sequels and books. Lots of actors from both the radio and tv series had cameo parts in this film.
I'm a sucker for Bill Nighy, especially here: Slartibartfast : Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, "Hang the sense of it," and keep yourself busy. I'd much rather be happy than right any day. Arthur Dent : And are you? Slartibartfast : Ah, no. [laughs, snorts] Slartibartfast : Well, that's where it all falls down, of course.
I highly recommend also watching the TV show from the 80's. It's 6 episodes of everything in this film, but even more. I really wish that this film had a sequel covering the next book.
One of my favorite movies. I was a freshman in college (second semester) when it came out. When I got the DVD I once accidentally A-B repeated Martin Freeman screaming lemons. I think there is a 10-hour "Lemons" video still on RUclips, too.
If you're interested in seeing a very different Sam Rockwell portrayal, I highly recommend "Moon". An incredible Sci-Fi film and saying any more would be a spoiler.
Love Douglas Adams, he is still one of best & most hilarious authors imho. He also wrote a book called Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency which was made into a TV series with Elijah Wood that I really enjoyed (2016) - you might really like it, as well! Thanks for this reaction, it was really fun to see someone who has never read the books enjoying the wit & silliness of our beloved Douglas Adams! 🐋🐁🐁
It was the radio series first (series 1 & 2), then the books, then the tv series, then this film, then the cast of the radio series returned to do the remaining books (series 3-5/6) pretty much back to back with only one character being recast because a cast member had died.
You're so right about Sam Rockwell, all of his characters share some sort of vibe. One of my favorite roles of his is in The Way Way Back. Underrated movie. Great soundtrack.
If I'm not mistaken, this movie sums up the first and the fourth books of Douglas Adams' Trilogy of Five. The first one shares the same title of the movie while the fourth one is titled "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish".
Douglas Adams was an amazing writer, so imaginative in his concepts and the hilarity of the sentences he crafted. I started watching Doctor Who because it was one of the few things of his I had left to read / play / listen to / watch (although City of Death was written under a pseudonym, his writing is unmistakable). The book (and the radio series it was an adaptation of) is narrative, it's the story of Arthur Dent, like the movie. Many of the extracts from the Guide you hear in the movie are pretty much verbatim from the extracts from the Guide included throughout the book. It's fun how with his creation of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the 80s he predicted the invention of Wikipedia, ebooks and tablets. Gone too soon T_T
I was so excited when this reaction popped up in my suggestions, but I was surprised you hadn't seen this movie already. It seems right up your alley. You have to watch Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, reaction or not. Though I'd love to see that reaction. The books were also written by Douglas Adams and have a similar fun, creative, and wacky tone.
It started as an audio series for radio that was literally created one episode at a time. The spacing is how the 1st episode ended. The Improbability Drive was the author's invention to write episode 2. I suggest reacting to the TV series. I have seen Douglas Adams readings at local bookstores in the 1990's.
10:09 is funny, because I'm FROM Sussex. Although he didn't specify if it was East or West... (however there is only one Sussex flag for both East and West. It's a service I provide)
The movie is fun, but the book is even better. You should read at least the first three; the third one is my favorite. They’re very funny and not very long. Douglas Adams has this bizarre sense of humor that takes insanely zany characters and scenarios and approaches them with a dry humor. It shouldn’t work, but somehow it does. Just remember to always bring your towel and Don’t Panic.
All versions of this story are worth checking out. And it's 'always' existed in multiple format - that 's part of it's charm. But if I had to recommend just one, you can't go far wrong with the audio books read by Stephen Fry.
It was great to read the collective novels of this series when I was just a lad. And I feel this movie does a good job with modern effects on summarizing just some of that series. At 20:55, we get an easter egg that only hard core fans of the series would most likely know about. We got Marvin, the Paranoid Robot (from the original TV series) on yet another round tour of the universe. Ironically, if you have any question about that restaurant at the end of the universe, it's found in that TV series. Granted, that one's a bit old and was built on a BBC budget of the day. Still an enjoyable find, if one actually can. Wonderful review. Enjoyed it, thoroughly.
To answer your question, First it was a book, than it was a radio drama, after that it was a TV series, which was followed by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a text based video game, next it became a movie, and then you turned it into a reaction video on RUclips.
21:55 it’s iffy whether or not Trillian and Arthur would have been destroyed if they went to Madagascar, after all Ford would have still found him to repay him, and started the whole story, but this time with Trillian and a hitchhiker attitude.
I'm so glad more reactors are watching this fantastic film. I wish it had been better recieved so we would have the sequel to watch too. It's such a great little film.
The original radio play is still the best version. The whole series (plays and books) is full of highly original ideas, like the Bable Fish, the Total Perspective Vortex, the Crisis Inducer, the Dine-O-Charge Credit Card, the Frogstar, Happy Vertical People Transporters, the Somebody Else's Problem Field, Bistromathics, the Shoe Event Horizon and soooo many more whacky and zany ideas. Such a shame Douglas Adams died so young.
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster that he sent towards Mars. Had a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and a towel in the glove compartment. The roadster and it's driver are a reference to the sci-fi classic movie Heavy Metal.
also silly but worth noting, my username here is a reference to both breakfast at tiffany's and the restaurant at the end of the universe they plan to go to at the end. It's called Milliways.
Omg I so agree with you about the actor that plays Arthur lmao I watched this as a kid (it's a favorite) and I said almost the same thing when I saw him in the Hobbit. Thought: well if anyone's good at being hilarious when they're taken out of their home and thrust into a bizarre situation it's him 🤣 I also agree with other comments and I highly recommend reading the books. They are my all time favorites. There are jokes that happen really early on that are finished/reveal near the end. It based on a radio show (it should still be floating around somewhere) . There was also a translation service online for a while that was called "babel fish" based on this, but I guess they turned into bing translation so boo on the name downgrade.
I watched th Movie around 2005 and it just now appeared to me that President Zaphod and Captain K from Jojo Rabbit are played by the same actor.. Because ''A hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'' was a huge success in Germany, the Answer ''42'' Is actually a valid, although joking, answer that you can give to a question.
The bbc series adaptation is also really good. I think this is one of the materials that should be adapted as a series again, maybe with someone like Neil gaiman attatched?
You should also try the TV series... it's from a long time ago so there are no great special effects or anything like that... just pure Douglas Adams greatness.. of course the books are also a must.
Just be sure to keep track of where your towel is, and you probably won’t go too far wrong (but even if you do go too far wrong, you’ll at least be reasonably prepared). A few years back, there had been plans for a HHGTTG series on Hulu, but that turned into plans not to do it instead. I still think it could work (again) as a series if the right people were involved. Foremost, I’d trust Neil Gaiman. Also, with newer effects technology, it would likely be easier to have Zaphod’s heads in their original, ever popular, and generally more aesthetically pleasing side-by-side configuration (as well as get more use out of that third arm).
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I think the follow up, has the now corrupted earth calculates the ultimate question to be "what is 6 x 9?“
But if you paid attention, Arthur's brain already had the question...." what is 6 x 7?"
But ultimately I'd rather be happy than right.
If you have audible they have the entire hitchhikers guide to the galaxy radio series it is amazing and hilarious
If you think the movie is nuts… read the book.
I am in love with this.
100% agree
Completely agree - and if you need an extra reason, Douglas Adams says of the Vogon ship "It hung in the air the way a brick doesn't." If that does not grab you... it's time to quit to life dude!!
@@roban28his way with words are spoken like a true introvert
@@Angelicwings1 You sound like a real hoopy frood who knows where their towel is!
The entire book series is incredible
Marvin with the POV gun is more dangerous than Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet.
"So Long and Thanks For All the Fish" is the title of one of the 5 books in the trilogy. As is "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe".
It's interesting in retrospect that Zaphod wanted to find The Question, but the Improbability Drive did take him where he needed to be. First time we see it, it took him to Earth, the computer that would have The Question. When that failed, it took him to Hama, who had the coordinates to Magradea.
I am convinced that the only actor that truly understood the source material in this film was Mos Def, nailed it!
I know he read the source material by how he uses his towel fighting.
@@bouncerboytimmy69 he uses it for EVERYTHING, which is why you need to know where it is
Martin Freeman was great too
@@rmyikzelf5604 he as good, but Mos nailed Ford better then I thought possible. When he flips the towel to block his view of danger, when he plays with the knobs and stuff in the airlock; over and over hitting home runs
There's a robot with a square head in the scene where they find out Zaphod signed the order to destroy earth (at the planning office). That robot is the original Marvin from the TV series of the 1980s. I still have all the episodes on VHS that I taped off the television back then.
not to mention the floaty head guy at magrathea of course
@@johntaphouse5235- The original Arthur Dent. I believe the original Trillian is in the pub at the beginning.
@@Parallax-3D she was ? i saw sue elliot but never noticed trillian
Douglas Adam’s is one of the most entertaining writers of all time. To give you an Idea, narrator is basically reading straight from the book. I really recommend the BBC miniseries, it captures the tone and comedy of the books a lot more accurately!
I wish him and Neil Gaiman had worked together. Neil was a big fan of Adam's work, but as far as I know they never collaborated.
The books will answer why the bowl of Petunias thought ‘ Oh no, not again.”
The head that was the recorded message above magrathea was played by the original actor who played Arthur Dent in the radio show and 80s TV version. Also, the original version of Marvin the paranoid android, was in the queue at the Vogons planet. You see his head next to Zaphods portrait in the clip you put in.
You're actually 100% correct about Sam Rockwell: he LOVES dancing (and is very good at it) and so he finds excuses to dance in as many of his movies as possible! From my memory, he's had dancing scenes in this, Iron Man 2, Mr. Right, Charlie's Angels, Moon, Conviction, The Way Way Back, and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. :)
EDIT: Also, as ridiculous as it sounds, the book series actually DOES eventually give us an explanation for why the bowl of petunias thought "Oh no, not again".
The books were a must read in the 80s and the tv show was campy but funny. Understanding British humor is required. 😊
I've seen that show; one of my favorite British comedies.
I personally think they're still a must read. I'm currently at the fourth book of the trilogy of five and I'm loving it.
You're wrong. These books are a must read. Then and now.
Well, you’re a jerk….a real knee biter…….😝
@@TheRatsCastMy favorite scene is when they're on the ship and have clearly been told to react to a crash (I believe right after the escape from The Restaurant) and every actor is swaying in a different direction at a different speed except the poor robot that is sort of gently rocked a few times.
The author originally had an idea for a radio series called "The Ends of the Earth" in which each week the earth would be destroyed in a different way. The pilot episode, in which the Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, was never picked up.
Later in life, as he lay drunken and penniless in a field, he pondered the universe. He had a traveller's guide on hitchhiking around Europe on 5 pounds per day, or some such.
He thought to himself, what if there was a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe? The two ideas melded together in to his crowning life's work!
The reason the bowl of petunias thought, "Oh no, not again!" is explained in the third book...
Interesting bit of trivia; Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, was also a script editor and writer for Doctor Who during the Tom Baker era. Also, the piece of music played during the introduction of The Guide is called 'Journey of the Sorcerer', and it was originally recorded by The Eagles in 1975 for their album 'One of These Nights'. Adams used it for the opening theme to The Hitchhiker's Guide BBC radio series in 1978, and it was also used for the BBC Hitchhiker's Guide TV series in 1981.
One of my favourite bits of music
The irl book is about Arthur, but also includes more entries from the fictional Guide than the movie had in it. Now, something to understand is that Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been a Radio show, tv series, stage show, movie, book, and probably other adaptions that I am missing. Every adaptation is basically word for word up until Arthur and Ford leave Earth, and then their stories vary quite a lot. Each interpretation had Adams involved and has it's high and low lights. The book is my personal favorite of the adaptions. The tradegdy of Hitchiker's Guide is that it's popularity forced Adams to turn what he planned on being a one off book into a Trilogy and eventually a Sage (though he continued to call it a trilogy no matter how many books he wrote). You can feel his passion evaporate as the books go on (though all are still worth reading). I feel like he really wanted to explore other projects like environmentalism or other fiction like Dirk Gently, but his only way to make money was to come back to Hitchiker's Guide. Which is unfortunate, because he was such a talented writer and creative guy, I'd have really enjoyed him exploring new ideas and types of writing.
Supposedly, the reason the answer to the ultimate question is “42” is that 42 is the ASCII code for the asterisk character, (*), which in computer terms is a wildcard for anything.
Alan Rickman was brilliant as Marvin. just a perfect voice. Sam Rockwell does seem to dance in everything he does, he even danced in Charlies Angels. wish they could have done the other books like one mentioned in this movie Restaurant at the end of the Universe. been listening to the books recently dont really have the patience to read the print. love listening to it though. Hey Sam we have a part for you in the next Star Wars. Sam: I'll do it but my character must have a dance part
Yep. Adams would much approve
I'd take an Audible Original adaptation of the sequels with this cast. That would be dope...
He didn't dance in Green Mile, but his character was so insane that he was hopping and climbing on everything. He was definitely being very physical in that role.
For a different Sam Rockwell sci-fi performance (and a brilliant movie in its own right), check out "Moon".
YES
Directed by the son of space oddity David Bowie
As much as I looooove this movie, now I want you to watch the TV Series!
Agreed! :)
Tv series and all the radio series too
Highly recommend a rewatch on your own as well. So many jokes that are missed the first time👍🏼
Truth
"His friend is an alien?" Mos def an alien.
24:40 I know why the petunias thought that, and the narrator is right! It does answer many questions about the nature of the universe.
The saga of H2G2 spans many different media. It began as a radio play, which was then adapted into a novel, which was then adapted into a TV mini-series, which was then adapted into a text based computer game, which was then adapted into a feature film. Of these, only the feature film was written by someone other than Douglas Adams, although Adams did write a screenplay for the film. It is unknown how much of his screenplay was used, since he often made major changes to the story based upon what he felt best served the particular form of media the story was being presented in.
The sixth book (…And Another Thing) was also written by a different author, though Adams had left plenty of notes to extrapolate from his plans for it.
You left out the animated series, which I have yet to see, but apparently finally covers all of the original books, even up to Marvin seeing God's final message to His creation. The clips I have seen seem to stick nicely to the books.
@@greenpeasuit I did not leave it out, since there is no H2G2 animated series. The creator of those animated shorts used audio clips from the radio plays for the voices and sound effects. I've seen them, and they're very well done, but they're still just fan films.
@@WyldstaarStudios that explains why I cannot find anywhere to stream it! That needs to be a thing! Someone needs to hire that guy to do the whole radio series then!
This is why I love watching your channel! 🙂 You always joyously roll with the punches and give the most heartfelt commentary. The Douglas Adam's books always held a special place in my heart growing up. Glad you're getting a chance to enjoy them a bit too!
I was literally just looking for a movie reaction to watch, just saw one on the Guide the other day, was thumbing through another channel, came back to my normal feed, and this just happens to pop up right away. Not impossible, just highly improbable. Awesome!
"Getting a movie made in Hollywood is like trying to grill a steak by having a succession of people coming into the room and breathing on it." - Douglas Adams.
This movie was in development hell for a very, very long time. In spite of the success of the novels and the cult status of the radio series, this movie just couldn't seem to ever get made. It went through many rewrites, including after Adams's death, before finally being made. Suffice it to say, it's very different from previous versions.
I recommend also listening to the audiobooks read by Douglas Adams himself, and the radio series. Each version has its own quirks. There's also a short lived TV series and a text-based computer game.
I believe Sam Rockwell has won at life and he is smart enough to just have a good time.
Perfect casting!
I've only seen the movie once but remember I really enjoyed it. The tv series was great and very confusing in parts. It makes for a great reaction.
Also, the hologram when they arrive at Magrathea is the original Arthur Dent.
This movie is one of my comfort movies I really love it and its message thanks for your great content.
This is a WILD coincidence. I've been obsessed with this book lately, and I just subscribed to your channel because I love your SHIELD reactions.
I so wish this channel had any other reactions I'm interested in. I freaking loved this video!
I'm always so surprised when people have never seen movies that I've loved since they came out. This one is so great and we quote it randomly all the time. Cheeky...cheeky mouse.
Douglas Adams was initially writing out the interstellar bypass story for a BBC radio series where the earth would be destroyed each week. It became the HHGttG BBC radio serial. Which begat a series of books. Which becomes a TV show, stage show, comic, video game, and movie. And in each shift in medium - the story changes. The basic plot remains but Adams always made significant story changes each time. And then... true to his sense of humor... insisted each version is canon... conflicts and all.
at...27:36 You talked about youre cat knocking over the figure you made... just like the bowl of flowers was thinking "oh no not again" hehe ;)
20:40 "Love and kisses, Zaphod"
I’d much rather be happy than right any day”….love that quote
"Restaurant at the End of the Universe" is the next book in the series.
is it? wheres the damn movieeee?😢
Followed by "Life, the Universe and Everything", "So long, and thanks for all the fish" and "Mostly Harmless"
20:54 the original BBC Marvin the paranoid android is a clip with him standing next to the painting of Zaphod, or close too, with the sound he makes when he walks.
The title should have been when the earth was destroyed and when the guide was introduced that would have been amazing for the radio and tv series fans
24:50 That blast from my past was so unexpected, I snorted my coffee. 11/10 would sneeze out caffeinated bean juice again
It was originally a BBC Radio series in 1978, which I recorded on my little cassette recorder (yes I can still play it). Then it became a book. Then it became a BBC tv series. This it had three BBC Radio sequels and books. Lots of actors from both the radio and tv series had cameo parts in this film.
I'm a sucker for Bill Nighy, especially here:
Slartibartfast : Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, "Hang the sense of it," and keep yourself busy. I'd much rather be happy than right any day.
Arthur Dent : And are you?
Slartibartfast : Ah, no.
[laughs, snorts]
Slartibartfast : Well, that's where it all falls down, of course.
I highly recommend also watching the TV show from the 80's. It's 6 episodes of everything in this film, but even more. I really wish that this film had a sequel covering the next book.
Love your channel. Just found it and I have a lot to watch thanks too you. Also congrats on the kittens.
One of my favorite movies. I was a freshman in college (second semester) when it came out.
When I got the DVD I once accidentally A-B repeated Martin Freeman screaming lemons. I think there is a 10-hour "Lemons" video still on RUclips, too.
If you're interested in seeing a very different Sam Rockwell portrayal, I highly recommend "Moon". An incredible Sci-Fi film and saying any more would be a spoiler.
Love Douglas Adams, he is still one of best & most hilarious authors imho. He also wrote a book called Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency which was made into a TV series with Elijah Wood that I really enjoyed (2016) - you might really like it, as well! Thanks for this reaction, it was really fun to see someone who has never read the books enjoying the wit & silliness of our beloved Douglas Adams! 🐋🐁🐁
It was the radio series first (series 1 & 2), then the books, then the tv series, then this film, then the cast of the radio series returned to do the remaining books (series 3-5/6) pretty much back to back with only one character being recast because a cast member had died.
You're so right about Sam Rockwell, all of his characters share some sort of vibe. One of my favorite roles of his is in The Way Way Back. Underrated movie. Great soundtrack.
If I'm not mistaken, this movie sums up the first and the fourth books of Douglas Adams' Trilogy of Five. The first one shares the same title of the movie while the fourth one is titled "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish".
The book series this is based on is genuinely one of the best set of books ever written.
Douglas Adams was an amazing writer, so imaginative in his concepts and the hilarity of the sentences he crafted. I started watching Doctor Who because it was one of the few things of his I had left to read / play / listen to / watch (although City of Death was written under a pseudonym, his writing is unmistakable).
The book (and the radio series it was an adaptation of) is narrative, it's the story of Arthur Dent, like the movie. Many of the extracts from the Guide you hear in the movie are pretty much verbatim from the extracts from the Guide included throughout the book.
It's fun how with his creation of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the 80s he predicted the invention of Wikipedia, ebooks and tablets.
Gone too soon T_T
I was so excited when this reaction popped up in my suggestions, but I was surprised you hadn't seen this movie already. It seems right up your alley. You have to watch Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, reaction or not. Though I'd love to see that reaction. The books were also written by Douglas Adams and have a similar fun, creative, and wacky tone.
If you want even more madness probably inspired by this madness… Watch Red Dwarf.
I demand a reaction series of Red Dwarf.
You’ll thank me later
DOG’S MILK?!?
My thoughts precisely ❤
A WHITE hole?
You have to stand in awe of the irony of the solipsism of a being with two heads.
It started as an audio series for radio that was literally created one episode at a time. The spacing is how the 1st episode ended. The Improbability Drive was the author's invention to write episode 2. I suggest reacting to the TV series. I have seen Douglas Adams readings at local bookstores in the 1990's.
Do not forget towel day. Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans.
There are sincerely people who watch this movie and never figure out that Earth is the "computer of such infinite complexity".
Glad you liked it!
Its an outrage that a sequel never happened
Hi, great reaction man
here some recommendations for you, you'll loved it;
- Gantz: O
- Kingsglaive
- Alita Battle Angle
10:09 is funny, because I'm FROM Sussex. Although he didn't specify if it was East or West... (however there is only one Sussex flag for both East and West. It's a service I provide)
Love this movie. Sam Rockwell is hilarious. One of my favorite characters of his.
The movie is fun, but the book is even better. You should read at least the first three; the third one is my favorite. They’re very funny and not very long. Douglas Adams has this bizarre sense of humor that takes insanely zany characters and scenarios and approaches them with a dry humor. It shouldn’t work, but somehow it does. Just remember to always bring your towel and Don’t Panic.
A little trivia tid bit for you, the song Paranoid Android, by the iconic British group Radiohead, is in reference to Marvin!
All versions of this story are worth checking out. And it's 'always' existed in multiple format - that 's part of it's charm. But if I had to recommend just one, you can't go far wrong with the audio books read by Stephen Fry.
It was great to read the collective novels of this series when I was just a lad. And I feel this movie does a good job with modern effects on summarizing just some of that series.
At 20:55, we get an easter egg that only hard core fans of the series would most likely know about. We got Marvin, the Paranoid Robot (from the original TV series) on yet another round tour of the universe. Ironically, if you have any question about that restaurant at the end of the universe, it's found in that TV series. Granted, that one's a bit old and was built on a BBC budget of the day. Still an enjoyable find, if one actually can.
Wonderful review. Enjoyed it, thoroughly.
The bowl of petunia's was fully justified in thinking that!
To answer your question, First it was a book, than it was a radio drama, after that it was a TV series, which was followed by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as a text based video game, next it became a movie, and then you turned it into a reaction video on RUclips.
21:55 it’s iffy whether or not Trillian and Arthur would have been destroyed if they went to Madagascar, after all Ford would have still found him to repay him, and started the whole story, but this time with Trillian and a hitchhiker attitude.
One of my favourite books. The books are far superior to the movie!
Oh I love the book but I only have read the first part, I really need to make time to read all saga :D Thank you for reaction :D
yes my friend. just yes.
I'm so glad more reactors are watching this fantastic film. I wish it had been better recieved so we would have the sequel to watch too. It's such a great little film.
I love that line I would much rather be happy than right.
The original radio play is still the best version. The whole series (plays and books) is full of highly original ideas, like the Bable Fish, the Total Perspective Vortex, the Crisis Inducer, the Dine-O-Charge Credit Card, the Frogstar, Happy Vertical People Transporters, the Somebody Else's Problem Field, Bistromathics, the Shoe Event Horizon and soooo many more whacky and zany ideas. Such a shame Douglas Adams died so young.
The books start to creep into the realms of comedic cosmic horror - It's a rollercoaster of "ha ha-ohgod no." 🤣
i prefer the 1980's BBC tv series to the movie, but the original radio series is probably the best version of hitchhikers
Sam Rockwell was great in the movie Moon.
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster that he sent towards Mars.
Had a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and a towel in the glove compartment.
The roadster and it's driver are a reference to the sci-fi classic movie Heavy Metal.
The entertainment display also says, “DON’T PANIC!”
my favorite book of all time and favorite author of all time! your reaction was amazing.
also silly but worth noting, my username here is a reference to both breakfast at tiffany's and the restaurant at the end of the universe they plan to go to at the end. It's called Milliways.
This was the Total Recall/Fifth Element of my time lol
One of my favorite movies, thanks for your great review
The book is INCREDIBLE please read it.
Omg I so agree with you about the actor that plays Arthur lmao I watched this as a kid (it's a favorite) and I said almost the same thing when I saw him in the Hobbit. Thought: well if anyone's good at being hilarious when they're taken out of their home and thrust into a bizarre situation it's him 🤣
I also agree with other comments and I highly recommend reading the books. They are my all time favorites.
There are jokes that happen really early on that are finished/reveal near the end.
It based on a radio show (it should still be floating around somewhere) .
There was also a translation service online for a while that was called "babel fish" based on this, but I guess they turned into bing translation so boo on the name downgrade.
This film is best watched with a nice strong Brownian Motion Generator in your hand.
I watched th Movie around 2005 and it just now appeared to me that President Zaphod and Captain K from Jojo Rabbit are played by the same actor..
Because ''A hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy'' was a huge success in Germany, the Answer ''42'' Is actually a valid, although joking, answer that you can give to a question.
Read the book! It's short and has a bunch of sequels for when you love it😉
Love the Beastie Boys reference
check out martin freeman in "Sherlock" with Benedict Cumberbatch from the BBC
The bbc series adaptation is also really good. I think this is one of the materials that should be adapted as a series again, maybe with someone like Neil gaiman attatched?
You should also try the TV series... it's from a long time ago so there are no great special effects or anything like that... just pure Douglas Adams greatness.. of course the books are also a must.
It was a radio series originally
I love how Marvin is played by 2 Hogwarts professors
Just be sure to keep track of where your towel is, and you probably won’t go too far wrong (but even if you do go too far wrong, you’ll at least be reasonably prepared).
A few years back, there had been plans for a HHGTTG series on Hulu, but that turned into plans not to do it instead. I still think it could work (again) as a series if the right people were involved. Foremost, I’d trust Neil Gaiman. Also, with newer effects technology, it would likely be easier to have Zaphod’s heads in their original, ever popular, and generally more aesthetically pleasing side-by-side configuration (as well as get more use out of that third arm).
Galaxy Quest
Yessss!!!
Bill Nighe did the voice of Sam Gamgee inthe BBC radio play of the lord of the rings in 1981?
there is also a tv series made in the 80s that was based on the book