Re: Need Help - Xpdf Not Rendering Text

On 2024-06-23, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:

On 2024-06-22 10:54 p.m., rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:02:52 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
 

On 2024-06-22 1:45 p.m., rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 05:58:45 -0400, Andrzej Matuch wrote:
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The American movie made in the 2000s was awful. However, the 1980s TV
show I caught a glimpse of was great. You really need actual Brits to
play those roles. Once you put Americans in there, the whole thing
falls apart.

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The majority of the actors as well as the producer and director were
Brits. They even managed to snag Helen Mirren.

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For the 2000s movie? It definitely didn't feel British. I found it
remarkably dull.

 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/
 
I think Rockwell, Bey, Deschamel, and Malkovitch are the only Yanks.

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And they ruined it for me. Rockwell's role really needed a Brit. His
attempts at humour would have worked had there been a British accent
behind them.
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Adams has been working on the screenplay for the film when he died in 2001
and it was finished from his notes by Karey Kirkpatrick.
 
I recall having the text computer game but I don't remember if I ever got
out of the bedroom.
 
https://github.com/historicalsource/hitchhikersguide
 
 
Good luck building it.

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I read the book and thought it had its moments but I figured that by
watching the movie, I would have understood a little more why some
people think it's such stellar literature. In the end, if the movie is
an accurate depiction of the book, I'm not impressed. Of course, the
1970s were a different time.

The books were "stitched" together radio skits. That's why they're so
uneven. The parts that are funny, however, are hilarious. (At least they
are to me.) It's the "connecting" parts of the book that are dull.

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