Re: Need Help - Xpdf Not Rendering Text

On 2024-06-24, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

Andrzej Matuch wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
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On 2024-06-24 03:06, RonB wrote:
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I didn't realize that they started off as radio skits and THEN became
books. I thought it was the opposite. I guess it makes sense then that
the TV show from the 1980s is a lot funnier than the movie.

 
I don't think the people who made the movie had a clue about Douglas Adams'
humor. But, to be honest, a lot of his humor is in the narration (or
explanation), not in the action. That's hard to do well in a movie where
you're supposed to "show not tell."
 
If they wanted to make a Hitchhiker movie, in the 2000s when everyone had
forgotten about it, they probably should have gotten Terry Gilliam to
direct it. It probably wouldn't have been a hit anyhow, but at some of the
original humor might have shown up.
 
At least it wasn't nearly as bad as the new Disney Star Wars crap.

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They can always try to re-release it now and make the President a
homosexual. They already have a black guy in there so they're on their
way to checking every one of the diversity boxes.

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For more diversity they should add bigots.

Or maybe they should just try telling a story and forget about their
bullshit Woke propaganda.

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