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The Douglas Adams thread of towels, Thor, and thanks for all the fish

JintorJintor Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Social Entropy++
It's been 10 years since DNA died.

Let's take a moment to reflect on how awesome he was, and how awesome it would be if he was still alive.

Let's also have visions of some sort of incredible writer teamup with DNA, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    man, it would be so awesome if DNA were still alive

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  • ThreeCubedThreeCubed Grandma Winky's fat ankles Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Also: Can I throw Steve Moffat into the soup with those other really fantastic writers?

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    DNA actually did pen a couple of Who episodes so if he were still around he probably would pen a new Who for Moffat

    Goddamn I'm so pissed he died when he did. He was an ardent tech supporter and lover of Macs, and he would have been thrilled to see them graduate into the shiny white things they are today. Also, Doctor Who. Also he was just generally awesom\e

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    it is interesting to me that the book i reread the most is Long Dark Tea-Time

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    the hitchhikers guide series are my most read, well-worn and loved books

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  • QuothQuoth the Raven Miami, FL FOR REALRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    i meant of DNA's books

    the book i reread the most overall is Howl's Moving Castle

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Keep thinking DNA refers to Duke Nukem Aorever

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I keep coming back to bits and pieces of the Salmon of Doubt.

    Also the article that Richard writes for Fathom in "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Quoth wrote: »
    it is interesting to me that the book i reread the most is Long Dark Tea-Time

    Quoth I think you and me are long lost twins or something!

    I always honestly thought his Dirk Gently books (all two of them :cry: ) were better than the hitchhiker's guide. Dirk is such a wonderful(ly stupid) character, and I am a stupid whore for norse mythos

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Hitchhiker's Guide is easily some of my favorite stuff and went a long way towards shaping my sense of humor

    I've never read Dirk Gently, I should get on that shit

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I just reread the Salmon of Doubt, which is a good read

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    The Hitchhiker's Guide movie sucked so much ass.

    So much ass.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    it had a few good parts

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Dirk Gently is so goddamn good. I keep reading it and picking up new hidden bits.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    it had a few good parts

    Martin Freeman, Alan Rickman, and Mos Def were the good parts

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Okay let me rephrase this.

    Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox sucked so much ass.

    So much ass.

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    For those wondering who the fuck Dirk Gently is, the books in question are (in order, probably)

    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
    and
    The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul
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    BEST BOOK EVER

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I was reading the first Dirk Gently about 6 years ago. I was 15 pages from the ending and I forgot the book in an airplane.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    SimBen wrote: »
    Okay let me rephrase this.

    Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox sucked so much ass.

    So much ass.

    yes

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    SimBen wrote: »
    Okay let me rephrase this.

    Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox sucked so much ass.

    So much ass.

    Zaphod and Trillian were just a mess as written. Plus the shoehorned romance... ugh.


    Oh Bill Nighy was pretty good too.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Bill Nighy shines wherever he is inserted.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    One stupid thing about the movie that's always bugged me

    is that they have the planet with the race of fifty-armed creatures that are noteworthy for inventing the aerosol deodorant before the wheel

    but they just look like ordinary human beings

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Langly wrote: »
    Bill Nighy shines wherever he is inserted.

    :winky:

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    John Malkovich's part was pretty funny.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I liked the movie :<

    It gave us the song at least

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I loved the Hitchhiker's Guide.

    Those later books sure did get weird though.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    wait john malkovich was in that movie

    i don't remember him at all

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Jintor wrote: »
    I liked the movie :<

    It gave us the song at least

    Pretty sure that and maybe the doors are the only good things to come from the movie.

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    the animated hitchhiker's guide bits with stephen fry's voice.

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Speed Racer wrote: »
    wait john malkovich was in that movie

    i don't remember him at all

    they made a whole new part for him

    the nose guy or whatever

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    man I love the hitchhiker books

    still need to read long dark teatime

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I never read the books or anything by this dude

    But I love love love thr Hitchhiker's Guide BBC miniseries

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Viscount Islands wrote: »
    Jintor wrote: »
    I liked the movie :<

    It gave us the song at least

    Pretty sure that and maybe the doors are the only good things to come from the movie.

    The doors?

    You mean the ones that sighed with satisfaction?

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Also they stuck a pointless happy ending at the end there that not only goes against the tone of the story, but gets in the way of book 4's story.

    And so does the stupid shoehorned-in Arthur/Trillian what the fuck love plot. Just because we have a leading man and a leading woman doesn't mean they need to end up together, Hollywood. FUCK.

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    besides, Arthur ends up with Fenchurch later anyway

    ugh!

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I didn't really care, I was pretty sure going into it that they were just going to do one movie, and that they would combine trillian and fenchurch

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Yeah that's exactly what I'm saying.

    Unless you don't care about whether Arthur fucks or not in which case you could skip to the end where you'll be happy to see Marvin's return.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Fuck yes, this thread.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    GO AND STICK YOUR HEAD IN A PIG

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Long Dark Teatime of the Soul was a good book. I need to re-read it.

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