Oh...so
this is the official review...well I'll cut & paste my first comments and then follow up:
Well...I...
loved this film! True it isn't quite the same as the original radio series or books but it definitely captured the feeling of the originals and had me laughing all the way.
Reminded me of an odd
Time Bandits/The Meaning Of Life/Fight Club/Dr. Stranglove hybrid....if that makes any sense at all...right down my droll, philosophical, cynical & intelligent humor alley.
Loved it.
Having said that it does dry up a bit about half way through but I still enjoyed it quite a lot....but I'm a fan.
BTW, obviously Mr. Adams has read the short story "question" as it bears considerable similarity to one of the major plot points in his novels:
Quote:
The story is "Answer," from Angels and Spaceships, by Fredric Brown (Dutton, 1954). Here is the original text:
Dwar Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connection with gold. The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the subether bore through the universe a dozen pictures of what he was doing.
He straightened and nodded to Dwar Reyn, then moved to a position beside the switch that would complete the contact when he threw it. The switch that would connect, all at once, all of the monster computing machines of all the populated planets in the universe--ninety-six billion planets--into the supercircuit that would connect them all into the one supercalculator, one cybernetics machine that would combine all the knowledge of all the galaxies.
Dwar Reyn spoke briefly to the watching and listening trillions. Then, after a moment's silence, he said, "Now, Dwar Ev."
Dwar Ev threw the switch. There was a mighty hum, the surge of power from ninety-six billion planets. Lights flashed and quieted along the miles-long panel.
Dwar Ev stepped back and drew a deep breath. "The honor of asking the first question is yours, Dwar Reyn."
"Thank you," said Dwar Reyn. "It shall be a question that no single cybernetics machine has been able to answer."
He turned to face the machine. "Is there a God?"
The mighty voice answered without hesitation, without the clicking of single relay.
"Yes, now there is a God."
Sudden fear flashed on the face of Dwar Ev. He leaped to grab the switch.
A bolt of lightning from the cloudless sky struck him down and fused the switch shut.
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:just a side note & an excuse to spread around one of my favorite short-short stories.
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Ok, so as far as the DVD goes, I thought it looked pretty damn good for being squeezed onto a dual layer disc with 6 audio tracks and a fair amount of extras & several trailers, the sound quality was fairly good on my system, both DTS & DD.
The commentary was informative but hardly noteworthy IMO, it gives a fair amount of behind the scenes info..at least with the directors/actors track..the producers track was fairly dry & intermediate IMO aside from a few nice tidbits from Adams friend.
Is this for fans or can non-fans enjoy it? I personally would say listen to the radio series first, then watch the film...it helps.