Jim Henderson wrote:
> Yes, I thought it was an interesting read.  And he was very likeable; I 
> might've mentioned my autographed towel at some point - he was doing a 
> book signing near the University of Minnesota while I was taking some 
> summer orchestra classes there; I skipped a rehearsal (much to the 
> chagrin of the conductor, who also happened to be my private teacher as 
> well) to go stand in line; I got to the front of the line and presented 
> the towel to Adams; he laughed, said nobody had ever asked him to sign a 
> towel before, and he proceeded to sign it.  Took both of us leaning on 
> the corners to keep it from moving while he did.
Genius.

> And of course, being the hoopy frood I am, I know right where it is. :-)
I went backpacking round the world six years ago, and although I always 
knew where my towel was, I was disappointed to learn that it wasn't the 
most useful thing I had with me... :-(

>>>>>> Well, it was a wild stab in the dark. :)
>>>>> I'm glad I wasn't in front of the knife.
>>>> Well, given how accurate my answer was you'd have been perfectly safe.
>>> True, true.  But still there's all the dodging and weaving to be done -
>>> that's more effort than I'd want to put into it. :-)
>> Just keep still. You'd have been like a greenfly on a dartboard 400
>> yards away.
> But you're rubbish at close range, is that what you're saying? ;-)
I'm getting confused between reality and metaphor now. I'm deadly at 
close range and dangerous at long range, but I didn't know what I was 
supposed to be aiming at! :)

> Don't even talk to me about Mos Def as Ford.  That had to be the worst 
> possible choice for the role;
I think it could have been worse. He wasn't great but he was better than 
I was expecting.

> the movie, as far as I'm concerned, doesn't 
> exist except for two things:  1, Stephen Frye as the book, and 2, for the 
> book animations.  Those were well done.
Well done, but not as inventive and fitting as those in the BBC TV 
series. My biggest problem with the movie was the lazy and unpleasant 
characterisation of Zaphod. He's supposed to be arrogant and shallow, 
but in the original series he's still fundamentally likeable and 
relatively with it. In the movie, they made him a total w**k*r with no 
real contribution to the plot whatsoever. A massive waste.

> "Right, Everyone understand?"
> "Yes."
> "Marvin?"
> "Understand?  You ask me if *I* understand?"
> "Yes or no?"
> "Guess."

That's one of the best. Makes me laugh just reading it!

"The first 10 million years were the worst. And the second 10 million 
years. They were the worst too. After that I went into a bit of a decline."

:)

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