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The Duke of Dunstable
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 Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: From somebody who saw the same movie I saw |
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I ripped this from AFDA, where Sean D. Sollé posts occasionally.
| Quote: | Personally, I reckon it's incredibly good news, because any self-respecting
fan will see it at the cinema regardless, but now they'll be extremely
nervous about what to expect.
And that's exactly how I felt at a pre-screening over a month ago.
Sure, I'd visited the sets, fondled the props, gazed in wonder at the
storyboards and concept art, met the cast and crew, and run about in blind
panic outside Moorgate tube station during the destruction of Earth, but I
was still worried.
What if I didn't like it? Or even worse, what if I *did* like it - but only
because they'd made a film that only *true* Hitchhiker fans would love and
understand, and that everyone else just ignored?
I needn't have worried.
I loved it.
Especially all the new material. Five years ago, Douglas burst into our
office, plonked himself down in an armchair, and started printing stuff from
his powerbook. "Here", he enthused, "tell me what you think of this!". As
each page peeled off the printer, I read it, jaw sufficiently agape to
swallow a rodent whole, and passed it on to my equally eager teammates.
It was the Vogshpere slapstick scene, and Douglas had been writing it on the
plane over to London. And he was asking *us* what we thought of it. And
there it was, even funnier on the big screen than it had been in our office.
In fact, I rather wished there was more new stuff, for two reasons. Firstly,
there's not nearly enough of Douglas's material in the world, so the more
the merrier. And secondly, the old stuff kept making me cry. (Mostly at the
thought that Douglas couldn't see it, but also at the relief that it was
actually, finally, unbelievably on a cinema screen, and that they hadn't,
for example, forgotten to put film in the cameras).
But, to be honest, your best bet is to ignore everything I've said, and just
go and see it, because even if you want to nail the production team to
inverted crosses for blaspheming the gospel according to your signed
leather-bound ultimate edition, you won't see another movie like this for a
*long* time :-)
Cheers,
Sean. |
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stejacorca
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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Ahem 
** runs out of thread before Jenz starts reading poetry **
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Choccster
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Age: 25
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Location: That place on your back you can never quite reach.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:24 am Post subject: |
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oops. but such great news should be posted in every forum, yes? 
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The Duke of Dunstable
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Ha, don't worry. I'm used to getting ahemmed.
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Waux Trident
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Age: 19
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Location: Brinkley Manor
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Choccster is right.
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Choccster
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:41 am Post subject: |
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I'm right, damnit!  er...
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Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years. |
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Veet
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Location: Guess. Go on, you'll never guess.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Yes you are! Dammit!
That's how it goes, right?
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Choccster
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:01 am Post subject: |
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I think so. Not entirely sure, though. Let's leave it at that 
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Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years. |
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Waux Trident
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:29 am Post subject: |
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I am always right so when I say Choccster's right that's true.
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Choccster
Cheeky Bastard
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| Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:42 am Post subject: |
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Batman: Nobody wants war.
Robin: Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours.
Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years. |
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