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On 2/5/25 11:50 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2025-02-06, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 2/5/25 2:32 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-02-04, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2/3/25 7:36 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The other day we re-watched the movie version of _The Hitchhiker's Guide
>>>>> to the Galaxy_ (RIP Alan Rickman) and I picked up a new favourite line.
>>>>> As our heroes attempted to negotiate the Vogon bureaucracy to save Trillian
>>>>> from being fed to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, Arthur Dent took
>>>>> the lead with the words: "I'm British.  I know how to queue.
>>>>
>>>>      That WAS a good line, and probably tells us a
>>>>      lot about Brits  :-)
>>>>
>>>>      Still liked the old BBC series better - found
>>>>      it on a discounted DVD ! Contained more jewels
>>>>      of wisdom from Adams.
>>>
>>> I'll have to dig it out again and give it another look.
>>>
>>> Fun fact: the robot that played Marvin in the old series appears
>>> (as an anonymous robot) in the movie, in the scene I mentioned above.
>>
>>     Ah yes, I spotted him in the crowd  :-)
>>
>>     The BBC series was fairly low-budget and 'crude',
>>     but, IMHO, better than the slick movie version.
> 
> Perhaps, but you have to admit that the scene on the Magrathea
> factory floor is magnificent in the new version.


   That WAS magnificent, perhaps the best scene
   in the movie. BBC didn't have the budget or
   tech for that

   I am a bit saddened at how special effects
   have come to drive film/TV. Even if not as
   spiffy, good dialogue and plot structure
   made for a better product.

   Was watching a Jon Pertwee "Dr. Who" the
   other day. Very low budget - but it still
   worked quite well, told a good story.