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On 2024-06-25 08:04, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

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

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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.

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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."
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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.
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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.

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

 
Hmmmm. You seem to think that some types of people do not have a story to be
told.

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They do: they were molested as children, were losers as adolescents, got
attracted to members of the same sex who would give them some sort of
attention and this somehow makes them stronger than us and worthy of
celebration. We've seen it before, and the world has had enough of it.
They were not heroes, they are not virtuous and they do not deserve
celebration. The only movie they deserve is Hedwig and the Angry Inch.