Will they ever make a sequel to this? GALAXY QUEST: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lZywuXWHa3eijYI BEETLEJUICE: kzitem.info/news/bejne/o2qkqmyZjZxzoIo SHAU OF THE DEAD: kzitem.info/news/bejne/xnx40IajZn2DkoI
@williamsmith5340
Жыл бұрын
Very funny movie
@SilentBob731
Жыл бұрын
They're currently making a sequel to Beetlejuiuce with Jenna Ortega as Winona Ryder's daughter. I'm cautiously hopeful. 👍
@e.d.2096
Жыл бұрын
Jen, they were in the process of making a sequel to Galaxy Quest, but sadly Alan Rickman passed away. So the project never came to be. To honor this great actor, may I suggest, Quigley Down Under! One of his most memorable roles.😊
@SilentBob731
Жыл бұрын
@@e.d.2096 He was also great in The January Man (and of course, the brilliant classic Dogma).
@kinokind293
Жыл бұрын
Sadly, although talks were in progress for a Galaxy Quest sequel, the death of Allan Rickman cancelled it, since no one involved wanted to do one without him. Shaun of the Dead was a self-contained piece of The Cornetto Trilogy, so there is no plan or need for a sequel. A Beetlejuice sequel is in production and said to be looking at a September, 2024 release.
@robertbunting3117
Жыл бұрын
I LOVE Alan Rickman as the depressed robot👍
@jamesgreenwood8952
Жыл бұрын
Easily the best part of the movie.
@steveglufc
Жыл бұрын
Marvin the Paranoid Android (it’s hard to find but there was a record made of that name… very funny)
@gregorygant4242
Жыл бұрын
That robot sounded like me when I'm depressed!!!
@dantirk4560
Жыл бұрын
Didn’t pick that up till you said it
@christophersims7060
Жыл бұрын
RIP. He did so many great characters!
@CT2507
11 ай бұрын
"Presidents don't have power, their job is to draw attention away from it" Great line and very true.
@aaronbarlow4376
4 ай бұрын
So insightful and true. Presidents are just deep state puppets, and in the spirit of this movie, the deep state puppetmasters are in turn controlled by reptilitan aliens.
@lashier13
Жыл бұрын
For the record, "Arthur Dent" is the single greatest Halloween costume that exists, especially for jobs that let you dress up on Halloween. Pajamas, bathrobe, towel.
@UnhandyCandy280
Жыл бұрын
If you want to go all out, stick a small toy fish in your ear.
@18Hongo
10 ай бұрын
And a book with a cardboard cover that says "Don't Panic" on it.
@UncleUncleRj
10 ай бұрын
Oh man, I wish I had thought of this a month ago. I'm gonna have to remember this for next year...
@Turalcar
10 ай бұрын
@@18Hongo To distinguish it from The Dude
@NecramoniumVideo
4 ай бұрын
except that 99% of people don't get it.
@JakkFrost1
Жыл бұрын
It's a humorous coincidence that Martin Freeman played both Arthur Dent and Bilbo Baggins, two extremely similar characters in similar basic stories. A quiet little man who enjoys his quiet little life in his cozy little home, taken on an unwanted adventure, involving a ring, by a mysterious friend who isn't what he seems.
@baddayoverdosed
Жыл бұрын
Between Arthur Dent, Bilbo and Watson, Martin Freeman is the embodiment of English literature
@jambulance
Жыл бұрын
When he was first announced as Bilbo I knew he’d be perfect considering his performance in this, was kinda disappointed with the execution of the movies but he was great as Bilbo 100%
@metoo7557
Жыл бұрын
It's not a coincidence. Martin Freeman makes his money being the titular 'every man'. and that's a character that appears in MANY movies.
@michelbidart7286
Жыл бұрын
In Black Panther, he was the Tolkien white guy.
@killinglonliness88
Жыл бұрын
@@michelbidart7286 Haha, I see what you did there. ;)
@greenpeasuit
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the origin of the books is from a failed idea for a radio series Addams had called "The Ends of the Earth" in which each episode would be a completely different story that would involve Earth's destruction. The pilot episode was that the earth was destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. After that failed to get picked up, as Douglas was drunk, homeless, and hitchhiking around Europe with a guide that gave tips on how to see Europe on a budget, he was laying in a field looking at the stars. He thought, "what if there was a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" like his guide to Europe. The rest is history.
@StargliderGaming
Жыл бұрын
I always tear up a little bit when Douglas appears at the very end of the film. An extremely talented and funny man who sadly died far too soon.
@josephmayo3253
Жыл бұрын
So much fun, but I love the tv show even more. Its only 6 episodes, so you could do it for your channel. As always, a wonderful reaction Jen. I love how you fully give yourself over to the story. Best reactor on KZitem. The books are amazing. All 5 books in the trilogy are a treat.
@LordVolkov
Жыл бұрын
The radio play is also very good.
@bbbb98765
Жыл бұрын
@@LordVolkov It's wonderful. I had it on double vinyl as a kid. I wore it out
@paulflux5892
Жыл бұрын
The BBC radio series was the original form of this story, and to my mind still the best. The TV adaptation was also good.
@TimothySmiths
Жыл бұрын
I like every incarnation of it,The Radio series, The books , The TV show and this movie, all different from each other but the same in a lot of ways as well. i love the radio show and the books the most though.
@KthulhuXxx
Жыл бұрын
@@paulflux5892 I'm roughly tied on the radio play and the books for being the best.
@Corndog642
Жыл бұрын
Obviously, the books are way better. The story is a little different but this was entertaining. Martin Freeman made for a great Arthur Dent.
@RunnerInc
Жыл бұрын
The radio show came first I believe
@tekcomputers
Жыл бұрын
@@RunnerInc Yep, the BBC radio show was first, it was the radio show that formed the basis of the first two books when Adams later wrote them. Subsequently two sequel books were written bringing it to what we in humour call a "four book trilogy", and most of the first and part of the second book was then adapted into a screenplay for a BBC TV miniseries. (fun easteregg, the Marvin robot used in the BBC TV series is actually in queue in this movie, it is the silver one with triangular eyes on the left side of the screen at 22:16 in this video). Parts of the subsequent books have as well been adapted into BBC Radio show format. In the mid 90's Adams wrote a fifth book (giving us a "five book trilogy", LOL)... and then posthumously Eoin Colfer wrote a sixth book with permission from the Adams estate bringing the total to six books (but to be honest the quality of the sixth book does not reach Adams own writing level.... Mr Colfer is more of a young reader author, and it really shows in his book in the series).
@TheRealMirCat
Жыл бұрын
@@tekcomputersAnd the beautiful thing is, the radioplays, the books, TV miniseries, and movie are ALL canon because of "the whole general sort of mish-mash."
@po5283
Жыл бұрын
If you are at all familiar with the legendary British group Radiohead, their 90's hit Paranoid Android, is in reference to Marvin! Also, it has to be said, casting Alan Rickman as Marvin, was sheer brilliance and a bit of perfection.
@Dirkus17
Жыл бұрын
What's this?
@AngelusNZ
Жыл бұрын
That's why they have the song Paranoid Android.
@theSonichammer
Жыл бұрын
@@AngelusNZ Also , Radiohead's album "OK, Computer" is a reference to the line Zaphod says in the film/book/tv show/computer game/radio series
@johnreed3576
9 ай бұрын
I was going to “like” this comment, but the counter was at 42!
@mattstanford9673
Жыл бұрын
"...Ford...I think I'm a sofa." That line kills me *every* time.
@lurkerrekrul
Жыл бұрын
This was first adapted into a 6-part miniseries in 1981. In fact, I still can't help imagining those actors when I see this movie. It has much more animation and narration representing entries from the guide. Fun fact: The robot waiting in line when they go to save Trillian (visible at 22:17 on the left edge of the image) is the Marvin from that miniseires. Also, the music when the second title appears at 5:05 is the title music from the miniseries. It might have also been used in the original radio plays. Finally, if someone is ejected into space, holding their breath is the worst thing they can do. The lack of pressure would cause their lungs to burst. What they should do is exhale as much air as possible. Experts estimate that in such a situation, that person would have between 10-30 seconds before they would pass out.
@ClassicGOD
Жыл бұрын
Just to add - track name for the title music is "Journey of the Sorcerer" by Eagles, it's an amazing track.
@theholk
Жыл бұрын
@@ClassicGOD "I hate the f*cking eagles, man" (except that song)
@jonathanross149
Жыл бұрын
It wa a radio drama even before it was a book.
@williamrosmer8381
Жыл бұрын
Per Douglas Adams wishes, every adaptation of the story is different
@mrtveye6682
Жыл бұрын
I'm probably not the first to mention that the movie don't really do the books justice. But than again, I guess it's impossible to do so. But the movie is probably as good as it can get when you have to press the "essence" of several books into two hours.
@MrChiddler
Жыл бұрын
The books don’t do the radio series justice. That’s the original version and by far the best
@mrtveye6682
Жыл бұрын
@@MrChiddler I unfortunately hadn't the chance to listen to the radio series. I'm from Germany, and back when I read the books as a teen, there was no internet yet, so no practical way to get my hands on a copy. But maybe I should fill my gaps and check it out now. Should be available somewhere I guess.
@JaneXemylixa
Жыл бұрын
@@mrtveye6682 No part of the franchise does any other part justice and it's by design - would be boring to tell the same story over and over
@nirmalsuki
Жыл бұрын
@@JaneXemylixa Douglas had said himself that he doesn't want to say the same story more than once.
@dodobean7620
8 ай бұрын
fun fact - in the books, Marvin ( the ever depressed robot ) actually knew "the question" but nobody bothered to ask him.
@aaronbarlow4376
4 ай бұрын
Was the question "What's the point?"?
@dodobean7620
4 ай бұрын
@@aaronbarlow4376 it never gets said. it all starts with some pan dimensional beings who built a super computer (called Deep Thought) to find the ANSWER... " to life, existence, and everything " . . . the super computer tells them it will take 7.5 million years to calculate the answer, and when they return ( yes - they DO return 7.5 million years later ) its claims the answer is "42", which baffles the pan dimensional beings. it then goes on to explain to them that the answer is useless without the question... and it doesnt KNOW the question, but the computer can build a BETTER computer that CAN come up with the question. the "better" computer it builds.... is Earth. but some random aliens who specialize in inter stellar highway construction blew up the earth to make way for a highway, and now the question was lost.
@largo778
Жыл бұрын
interesting musical fact: the instrumental music played after the Earth was demolished was "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles. It was also the theme to the miniseries
@ourworldofours
Жыл бұрын
Cool bits of quick information regarding the origins and history of the story: The story this film is based on was originally a 1978 BBC Radio series written by Douglas Adams, which then got a sequel Radio series. Those two series were adapted into books. The first radio series was then adapted into a BBC TV series (with some of the Radio cast. Fun fact: the Magrathean hologram was the actor who played Arthur in both). The third book was the first one not based on a radio series - it was based on an unproduced Doctor Who movie treatment (which itself was adapted into a Doctor Who novel a few years ago) that Douglas Adams had tried to pitch around the time he was the script editor on the Doctor Who series in the mid-to-late 70s, the basic idea from which was then considered for the second Hitchhikers TV season (which would not have been an adaptation of the second radio seres/book, and would've ignored it altogether) and eventually released as the third book (still kinda ignoring the second story). In 2004, (after three more books were written between '82-92 and Douglas passed in 2001 while the movie was being developed), they adapted books 3-5 for radio in the style of the series' with the surviving cast, making changes to have the second story still be relevant after having been kinda ignored. With the movie, Douglas was specifically going for the Hollywood Blockbuster version of the story, with changes and additions to increase the scale and scope of the story, and there were plans to at least adapt the second story for a movie which never happened. Since the movie was released, Eoin Colfer wrote an official sixth novel, which was also later adapted for radio in the style of the originals. There's also supposed to be a new TV show adaptation for Hulu, but there's been silence on what's happening with that. Edit: I would personally recommend listening to the BBC Radio series as your next dive into the Hitchhikers world. They should be up on streaming platforms as Primary Phase, Secondary Phase, Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase, Quintessential Phase and Hexagonal Phase (so as to not confuse them for the standard audiobooks). It's the best, most complete way to experience the entire story.
@jean-paulaudette9246
Жыл бұрын
... and then listen to the novelty song, "Marvin, I Love You" produced by BBC as a 45 record. It can be found on KZitem
@Serai3
Жыл бұрын
Also, every version of this story, including the video game, is different. He changed it each time he was asked to adapt it to a different medium.
@maul42
Жыл бұрын
All of this is true and great info. Personally I think you can skip the Eoin Colfer book entirely as it doesn't match the quality of DNA's writing and the Quintessential Phase's altered ending that Adams patched on is the perfect farewell for the characters anyway. God love this story. Time to revisit the books again. :_)
@haywood12
Жыл бұрын
Í thank the BBC show was a lot better than the film
@njwagoner66
Жыл бұрын
Excellent summary of the VERY complicated history of this cosmically entertaining story (stories?)!!
@wittyreviewer
Жыл бұрын
I can highly recommend both the books and TV series of Hitchhikers Guide.
@donaldb1
Жыл бұрын
And the radio series which started it all.
@CaesiusX
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite quotes from *The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:* _"You guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off."_ ~Zaphod Beeblebrox
@TennSeven
Жыл бұрын
This movie made me sad, because it doesn't scratch the surface of the books, but they gave it try, and the actors all turned in great performances.
@lashier13
Жыл бұрын
I was pretty happy with the adaptation as a whole, cause how do you adapt something so bonkers in the first place? My only significant problem came with the very last joke: "No, it's at the OTHER end of the universe." It makes me unreasonably angry.
@tekcomputers
Жыл бұрын
@@lashier13 Actually that works for me. Because there are actually restaurants at both ends of the universe. "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" and the "Big Bang Burger Bar" at the other end (the beginning).
@lashier13
Жыл бұрын
@@tekcomputers Yeah, but... they turn around. THEY. TURN. AROUND!... Sorry, like I said, my anger's unreasonable. I should take it for what it is, a cheeky wink to fans of the book series, and a possible tease for a sequel, albeit done by someone who didn't actually read the second book yet.. but if I'm being totally honest, I don't remember how they get there in the book, I just remember the surprise that it actually meant THE END of the universe.
@samurphy
Жыл бұрын
@@chrisbergsten1429 Screenplay by Douglas Adams
@kamenanew9867
Жыл бұрын
@@samurphythank you, I was literally gonna say. It's so wild how so many people on the Internet say 'oh the writers for the movie didn't get Adams at all' and it's like dude...he is the writers like tf are you talking about. A lot of people also didn't like the point of view gun, but that is taken directly from the text based adventure game also co written by Adams. People are crazy man. It's the same as when someone hears like a tribute song to a dead celebrity and some internet randos born after said person died are like 'oh he would have loved this' and I'm like maybe?! Maybe he's in the afterlife like THIS BEAT IS TRASH HOMIE THANKS I HATE IT. Like you didn't know the person how tf. It's weird cause it makes me feel like when I die family members who legit never got me and never contact me might be like oh Kamen would like this movie, like bs my guy what are you even Sorry I meant to say the first thing and that's all.
@brom00
Жыл бұрын
Jen, the music during the second title sequence is "Journey of the Sorcerer" from the Eagles. It's been used since the original radio series.
@UnhandyCandy280
Жыл бұрын
That's the theme music in my mind and always has been. Loved hearing that come up again as the books theme music.
@danielkillian1222
Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman as the robot is great.
@DouglasJohnson.
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the original series very late at night on PBS as a young boy. I had never seen anything like it. I later read the original trilogy and couldn't stop laughing. This movie differs from them, but overall embodies their spirit. So disappointed they never made any sequels to this.
@MrChiddler
Жыл бұрын
The ‘original series’ is the radio show. The best version by a country mile.
I listened to the original form of the Hitchhiker's Guide (the first 12 radio episodes) on NPR as a kid, in the early 1980s at the very beginning of the Hitchhiker's phenomenon and grew up to play The Book and Marvin in live stage adaptations of the radio scripts. Marvin is so fun to play, and an audience favorite. One critic, another actor I respect, did call me out in a review for barely looking at my script, because I have it all memorized (we perform it as a staged reading with scripts in hand, as if we were the original radio actors performing it live, which they didn't).
@robertbunting3117
Жыл бұрын
Also All 5 books in the trilogy...yes you read that right, 5 books/ trilogy... are really good
@LogicalNiko
Жыл бұрын
The HHGTTG series is probably one of the great series of books I remember reading as a kid. The combination of absurdism in a sci-fi setting with such a grand universe was extremely unique and was one of the gateways into enjoying British humor.
@BobCrabtree-ev4rz
Ай бұрын
I have the first book...hysterically funny..as it usually goes,the movie didn't live up to it but there you go.
@marvin902x
Жыл бұрын
As you can see from my avatar and alias, I have had a very special relationship with these books throughout my adult life. When I was in college in the early 1990's, these books were a cult across my entire faculty. I still remember my mathematics professor. He was a big fan. My math exam was completely bizarre because there was only one right answer for every problem. 42. So if you got a different result, you already knew you had done something wrong.
@paulobrien9572
Жыл бұрын
Jen this movie is right up your alley and I highly recommend reading the series of books by Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything and lastly So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. They are all quick reads and hilarious
@Aryaba
Жыл бұрын
I'd also recommend "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 1981 BBC series. Superior in many ways.
@Gav-mj6lx
Жыл бұрын
@@Aryaba Agreed, the movie casting was brilliant, but the definitive Ford and Arthur will always be David Dixon and Simon Jones (he made a small cameo as the Magrathean recording).
@KthulhuXxx
Жыл бұрын
Not a fan of Mostly Harmless, I take it? ...Or that final sequel written by someone else.
@briana1773
Жыл бұрын
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was touted on the cover as "The fourth book in the hitchhiker's trilogy". You should read at least these four. Douglas Adams will have you laughing out loud.
@mr.randomguys7629
Жыл бұрын
You're forgetting "Mostly Harmless". I'd say the 5th one is one of the best of the trilogy too. The 6th written by the other guy wasn't half bad either.
@ThatSchmoGuy
Жыл бұрын
The song that played during the reveal of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is called "Journey of the Sorceror", originally written and performed by the rock band the Eagles
@tremorsfan
Жыл бұрын
At the very end when they are going to the Restaurant At the End Of the Universe, the very last thing the improbability drive turns into is the author Douglas Adams' head. Douglas Adams'mother also makes a cameo as the woman reading a newspaper at the cafe when the earth is about to be destroyed. FYI the ultimate question is "what do you get when you multiply 6 by 9"
@cbretschneider
Жыл бұрын
So glad you did this movie. This movie was one of the best things that happened in the 2000's - trying not to sound like a depressed robot right now. The entire book series is a blast, very much like the film, only much more wacky details that all make sense in a mad way. Quick reads and you'll love them. Stay quirky and classy, Jen. 🥂
@jonathanross149
Жыл бұрын
A towel is the most useful item in the universe. It has a lot of uses, but the main one is that if you have a towel, people think you have other items and they will be more likely to lend you stuff.
@PaulLoh
Жыл бұрын
I gave my wife my copy of the book. It's so much more detailed and wacky than the movie. I love how this movie has both Sam and Allen from Galaxy Quest working together again. For a little while, my wife and I considered moving to Tombstone, Arizona. Our plan was to make a sushi restaurant there and call it Saloon And Thanks For All The Fish.
@YersinisPestis
Жыл бұрын
I love how meta the idea of Earth being the computer to figure out the ultimate question considering how we have slowly and organically debated the question, "why is everything?", throughout human history.
@orbislame
Жыл бұрын
I want to be the first to say I love this movie but the book is better. Please go read the book.
@fp4man542
Жыл бұрын
Or listen to the original radio series.
@richb313
Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman as Marvin is not only brilliant casting but he really personified the essence of Marvin.
@secretsymphony
Жыл бұрын
I'm so old, I remember the old TV series as a child...
@AB-ku4my
Жыл бұрын
When Slartibartfast says, "Welcome to our factory floor", the glowing planet behind them is Douglas Adam's head.
@shanenolan5625
Жыл бұрын
Thank jen. I remember the BBC TV version. As a kid .. I believe radioheas named an album and a song . After Marvin the android. ( paranoid android) .
@Keleigh3000
10 ай бұрын
Check out the book, for sure. There's also a BBCTV series, and the radio serial which started it all (it's great to listen to on long drives). Each brings something different to the table.
@portland-182
Жыл бұрын
You might like to try the 'Sherlock' TV series starring Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. 'Moon' starring Sam Rockwell is great too. For wacky and wild you might try 'Mystery Men'
@NateAZ
Жыл бұрын
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy was the very first text computer game I had, back in 1984. It is a classic.
@09Raffytaffy
Жыл бұрын
Well you are my favorite reactor now! READ the books everybody! They are so amazing!
@Serai3
Жыл бұрын
The Hitchhiker's Guide theme music is "Flight of the Sorcerer", by The Eagles. Douglas Adams was a big fan.
@rickb3645
Жыл бұрын
Did anyone else recognise the original Paranoid Android Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy TV Series... He was on the far left queuing @22:16... 😂👍🤖
@ct5625
Жыл бұрын
Such an insane but genius story, and a great depiction of it in movie form. I always forget how many absolutely incredible actors there are in this.
@seanmurphy637
Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite book series. This movie doesn't really do it justice, but still pretty fun.
@4200Felix
Жыл бұрын
“There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence.”
@PekkaSiltala
Жыл бұрын
Read the book and listen to the radio play, too.
@jdeamaral
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't believe the sad, depressed, suicidal robot was Alan Rickman. If I remember right, Hitchhiker's Guide was a running joke, since it was a trilogy with 5 parts.
@_Tim115
Жыл бұрын
Definitely read the book also worth watching the TV serial. The music you liked in the beginning was Journey Of The Sorcerer by the Eagles, it was used for the TV serial too.
@VaughanCockell
Жыл бұрын
And the very same music was used for the original Radio Series, that started it all.
@Alexandrashepiro
Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman as MARVIN steals the whole movie!!!!!!!!
@shainewhite2781
Жыл бұрын
This film is a fun, wacky, Sci Fi Comedy like no other.
@codybrown3326
10 ай бұрын
The hitchhiker's guide is my favorite book series of all time. And I've enjoyed every adaptation I've ever seen. Douglas Adams managed to put so much amazing content into those books that any writer or director can interpret it and make it their own while still maintaining the essential magic
@RichardM1366
Жыл бұрын
This one is Hilarious! Be prepared to be laughing from beginning to end. If you read the novel it is just as funny! Be prepared for non stop laughter! Enjoy!
@GairBear49
Жыл бұрын
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally a series on BBC Radio in 1978-79. It was then written for TV and came out tin1980. Douglas Adams then started to novelize the story which was to be three Novels( The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-The Restaurant at the End of the Universe-Life, the Universe, and Everything. He then added two more novels-So Long and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless. So there are five Novels in the Trilogy. Adams then started writing the Dirk Gently Novels and other things. He moved to LA to try and get a Hitchhiker's Guide movie started rewrote the novels for radio before he unexpectedly died. His friends helped get the movies finished.
@elingeniero9117
Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman is marvellous as the voice of Marvin
@wfly81
Жыл бұрын
Douglas Adams had such a wild and unique imagination and sense of humor. I think my favorite part of the book that didn't make it into the movie was a little aside where he talks about teenage aliens borrowing their parents' space ship on the weekends to go to primitive planets to make crop circles and run around with antennas on their heads to freak out the locals. The more you think about that, the funnier it gets.
@Yggdrasil42
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for reacting Jen. So weird but funny. The books are well worth reading. The sense of humor is just perfect I think. They defined my college years.
@lentrax2991
Жыл бұрын
Every version of the Guide was different from all the others. But they are all just fantastic. And just remember to always know where your towel is.
@petersvillage7447
Жыл бұрын
This story went through quite an evolution - it was originally a radio series, then a book, then a vinyl album, then a TV serial and a stage show and a computer game... and finally this film. If you can cope with old British TV the TV series of Hitch-hiker is well worth your time...
@tekcomputers
Жыл бұрын
I'd say anyone who can handle say 70's/80's era BBC scifi (say Tom Baker to Pete Davidson era Doctor Who) would have no problem with the BBC TV miniseries.
@petersvillage7447
Жыл бұрын
@@tekcomputers If we're honest its not that far removed in tone from something like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which was itself a pretty cheap exercise...
@Ian-lx1iz
Жыл бұрын
Hey! (25:21) That's _Simon Jones_ as the holographic 'Magarathea is closed' announcer. He was the original _Arthur Dent_ from the TV Series! btw, Jen, the TV series also covered material from Adams' sequel novel 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' which this movie doesn't.
@jamesguerrero2993
Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU JEN!!! for watching one of my favorite films from one of my favorite books. Douglas Adams was a Genius gone Waaaay too soon. Hope you get to read the book and as you put it so perfectly the reason I love this story is the inventive, wackines, off beat and totally original take on Sci-Fi. Only another Genius Mel Brookes could come up w/something like this. Glad you enjoyed it. 👽👩🚀🚀🌌🖖🤘✌
@revjim123
Жыл бұрын
This started out as a radio program, then Adams wrote the book. A tv show was made, a video game, and finally this movie. They all tell the same story, but the details vary in each version. Definitely read the book.
@charliepepper333
Жыл бұрын
Jen..the books are a must read! Don’t translate to film well…the books are so freakin hilarious!!
@bigdream_dreambig
Жыл бұрын
This book is why the first (and, so far, only) automobile sent onto space had "DON'T PANIC" on its central screen and a towel in its glove compartment!
@mikedignum1868
Жыл бұрын
Not as good as the BBC series, but then it is an American take on it...But Dont Panic. Restaurant at the end of the Universe is the second part.
@jaymalone4404
8 ай бұрын
The “second” intro that shows the actual guide is the opening sequence and music from the BBC series. Also, for those who don’t know, Adams specifically wrote the section of the movie with John Malkovich to HAVE Malkovich in the movie.
@nigelhyde279
Жыл бұрын
I didn’t enjoy this, but my HHGTG journey started with the original radio series, then the books and TV show, and the stage play. This didn’t cut it for me can’t explain why.
@nightfall902
Жыл бұрын
I totally get it. It seems flat and just misses the marks. The writing is so spot on in the books. I have an audio copy of Doug Adams reading the HHG that I still listen to from time to time.
@WrathOfGrapesN7
Жыл бұрын
The book is so funny, one qoute that sticks with me described the space ships in the beginning "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."
@LordVolkov
Жыл бұрын
Don't panic Jen. The writing of Douglas Adams (RIP) is wonderfully absurd, and so much is lost in translation. Hitchkiker's Guide, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - the original tetralogy - with Mostly Harmless added in 1992 and ...And Another Thing released posthumously (I have not read it). The yarn🤮 is pretty great though, and Marvin is pitch perfect (even if I don't like his look). RIP to Alan Rickman.
@SeanHendy
Жыл бұрын
'Goodbye and thanks for all the fish' 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams
@pctech714
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the reaction! You are indeed a hoopy frood. I grew up with radio series where it all started, which led to the books and somewhere in there was the short-lived TV series. It's funny and coincidental that I've been re-reading all of the books over the last few weeks. I just finished "And Another Thing" which was the last book and written by a different author, since Douglas Adams passed in 2001. Read all of them if you get a chance, but the first two are my favorites because they pretty much adapt everything from the radio series. I thought the movie was ok. It had such a great cast and there were some really good parts, but the changes kinda messed with me a bit since they seemed very unnecessary. I did enjoy the easter eggs, including the original actor from the radio/TV series as the message that appears as the Heart of Gold approaches Magrathea and the original Marvin from the TV series being in the queue as they try to rescue Trillian. Just remember that if you ever do encounter the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal you should wrap your towel around your head. It's such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you.
@michaelmcnamee7865
Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that the Marvin from the original series was standing in line when they went to the Vogon ship.
@SmartCarGuy
Жыл бұрын
1. The 'hologram' head that appears to warn them of the missiles, is the actor who played Martin Freemans' character, in the original BBC tv series and subsequent radio version of the books!!! 2. The brief glimpse of a human head, at the end, is the books author, Douglas Adams. 3. The guy who directed the film also directed the 'Guy' movie with Ryan Reynolds, and the 'Sing' films!!!
@TearyEyesAnderson
Жыл бұрын
Great I loved this TV series, radio series, and novels. Wait... this is the movie huh? Okay, that's pretty good too. ;)
@AddlerMartin
Жыл бұрын
I love how you pay attention to the music in movies
@lousweirdworld5347
Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy
@lowellupchurch1609
Жыл бұрын
For some reason this movie is such a settling, peaceful aesthetic to me. I play it when I'm feeling down and all of the colors and set designs are just easy on my eyes. Even though the story is chaotic the aesthetic I find soothing. Can't be that weird lol.
@VirtualBabe29
Жыл бұрын
a few fun facts : 1. the woman listening to Ford and Arthur in the bar played Trillian in a broadway production, 2. The older woman reading calmly when everyone else is panicking at the Vogaon's announcement is Douglas Adam's mother, 3. The planet in the background that is shaped as a head is modeled after Douglas's head.
@benbamboo5558
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reaction to this! Love it when reactors watch less reacted to movies. And this is certainly one of them despite being so great. I used to watch the 80s tv series based on the same book and it was just as enjoyable and wacky. Some similar offbeat rarely reacted to movies you should watch are "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" and "Time Bandits". Both are done by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python so you know the humor and strangeness of Python will be present in each.
@patrickcromwell7554
10 ай бұрын
So Fun fact (just in case it hasn't clicked yet): Both Sam Rockwell AND Alan Rickman are in this movie which makes two Sci-Fi/Comedies they've appeared in together - that I know of. The other is Galaxy Quest. Alan Rickman is the Robot in this movie. Well the voice at least. I don't think they had him in that suit all the time. lol.
@spddracer
Жыл бұрын
If you loved him in Galaxy Quest and hated him in The Green Mile, then you must watch Moon. Sam Rockwell is an amazing Actor.
@donaldb1
Жыл бұрын
Seconded. _Moon_ is a great film.
@johnpittsii7524
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
@jenmurrayxo
Жыл бұрын
Thanks John you too 👍
@gabrielguerra8311
Жыл бұрын
THis for me has sparks of what later would be "everything, everywhere all at once" with the whole improbability drive.
@interghost
Жыл бұрын
The british TV show was soooo much better, and much closer to the books. I was relly disapointed with this movie version.
@StephenCole1916
Жыл бұрын
Cameos; When Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent drink at the pub early on, a middle-aged blonde woman (Su Elliot) can be seen watching them. According to the DVD commentary, she played Trillian in the London stage version of the story, a fact of which director Garth Jennings was unaware until the day of shooting. The original Arthur, (Simon Jones) handpicked by friend Douglas Adams for the radio show and television's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), makes a brief appearance as the Magrathean "greeting/threat" holomessage. This marks another slight deviation from the other Guide incarnations, as all of the other versions used Slartibartfast's likeness for the holomessage.
@Ian-xx1xb
Жыл бұрын
Was about to go to sleep but not now lol this is bonkers Jen but fun bonkers 😀 narrated by the brilliant Steven fry who has one of those perfect for audiobook voices 👌 video after video your epicness ( is that even a word 🤔 ) continues it's like Christmas everyday 🎉 ok let's do this 👍
@randalthor741
Жыл бұрын
Douglas Adams famously wrote the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, radio play, TV series, and movie, and while they all tell the same basic story, there are tons of differences between them all, because he just kept revising things, throwing in different jokes, etc. With some IPs it's easy to look at different adaptations and say which is more true to the original, but with Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy they're all vastly different, yet all equally true to the original, because they're all the same author's humour and storytelling.
@RoosterCogburn1008
Жыл бұрын
Please PLEASE put your Fargo series reactions on KZitem!!!
@richardscratcher6075
Жыл бұрын
The original radio play by Douglas Adams was truly astonishing and became a record, a book, a video game and a television series. It should have been an incredible film too but Douglas Adams struggled to get Hollywood to agree to create it. In fact, he almost made a film about how difficult it was to make a film in Hollywood. This lacklustre version of his writings was created long after his death and despite its wonderful cast of actors fails to live up to his creativity in so many ways. He was truly a hoopy frood who really knew where his towel was.
@irwin3381
Жыл бұрын
Enjoy Jen , loved the books and the movie 🎥
@TheFireMonkey
Жыл бұрын
Interesting fact, 42 is ASCII code for * - which in programming is a symbol that replaces anything - so 42 is actually "everything"
@ryankeyes3101
Жыл бұрын
When is the next 007?
@angelohernandez6060
Жыл бұрын
The books are excellent! Loved every moment reading them. R.I.P. Douglas Adams and thanks for all the laughs!
@j9lorna
Жыл бұрын
That hologram telling them that the planet is closed and firing the missiles is the original Arthur Dent from the tv adaptation!
@kurtn4819
Жыл бұрын
"If at all possible Do NOT ever let a Vogon read poetry AT you!!"
@thubelihlezondi5822
Жыл бұрын
I forgot how great this was. An adventure movie that is 100% adventure movie from start to finish.
@TheBXRabbit
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the vogons, the reason they have upturned and squashed noses is because they evolved on a homeworld full of creatures that smack you in the face for thinking.
@alexlim864
Жыл бұрын
Must say, great performance by Alan Rickman - got Marvin's depressed vibe good. RIP Mr. Rickman.
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