Re: M$ 365 Down, Again

On 2/5/25 11:50 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-02-06, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

On 2/5/25 2:32 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-02-04, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
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On 2/3/25 7:36 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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The other day we re-watched the movie version of _The Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy_ (RIP Alan Rickman) and I picked up a new favourite line.
As our heroes attempted to negotiate the Vogon bureaucracy to save Trillian
from being fed to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, Arthur Dent took
the lead with the words: "I'm British.  I know how to queue.

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     That WAS a good line, and probably tells us a
     lot about Brits  :-)
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     Still liked the old BBC series better - found
     it on a discounted DVD ! Contained more jewels
     of wisdom from Adams.

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I'll have to dig it out again and give it another look.
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Fun fact: the robot that played Marvin in the old series appears
(as an anonymous robot) in the movie, in the scene I mentioned above.

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    Ah yes, I spotted him in the crowd  :-)
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    The BBC series was fairly low-budget and 'crude',
    but, IMHO, better than the slick movie version.

 Perhaps, but you have to admit that the scene on the Magrathea
factory floor is magnificent in the new version.

   That WAS magnificent, perhaps the best scene
   in the movie. BBC didn't have the budget or
   tech for that
   I am a bit saddened at how special effects
   have come to drive film/TV. Even if not as
   spiffy, good dialogue and plot structure
   made for a better product.
   Was watching a Jon Pertwee "Dr. Who" the
   other day. Very low budget - but it still
   worked quite well, told a good story.