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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Yes, way off topic, but I saw the first trailer for the upcoming movie (May 05?). Looked like it might be fun, but I'm guessing you had to like the original.
I used to know that world backwards and forwards, and still have somewhere the LP's, the original 12 half hour radio show tapes, the packaged CD of all 12 radio shows, the VHS tape of the first six TV episodes, heck, way too much for my age I guess. Zaphod Beeblebrox for President. You remember Zaphod, past president of the galaxy, ex-confidence trickster, two heads, three arms, and according to Excentra Gulumbits, the tripple breasted ***** from Eroticon 6, he's the best bang since the big one. I'll look at this tomorrow and be embarrased. Ah, well. Bruce
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Yeah!! I remember that! There was also a strategy style Hitchhiker's guide video game way back in the Apple II and IIC days. The type where you typed in what you wanted to do: Open door.... door is locked! Use key.... door opened! A robot is there with peanuts. take peanuts.. robot kills you.. game over.
What was his name? The robot with that terrible pain in all the diodes down his left side.... ahhhh man! What was his name?? He was a character!! I gotta go see that movie. I wish I still had that game. It came out about the same time Apple introduced the IIC. I don't even think anyone was making IBM clones at that time. Thanks for bringing back great memories!!
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Don't panic
Marvin, the paranoid android
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That's it! Marvin.. The paranoid robot.
Thanks. I miss that. Excellent memories.
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Robert Is Bush in jail yet? (Looks frantically at watch, then back up) How about now? Now? Come onnnnnn...... Someone freeze me until January, this wait is killing me. Update: 09 January, and still not in jail! Wassup?? 1992 Teal LS-L - 160k (Now new and improved with perfect paint!) |
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robot = android................
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I have all 6 TV episodes on my computer.
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i am excited for the movie. i've only read the books and i don't think i have them all. i just dug out my "the more than complete hitchhiker's guide" i bought in college. it has five stories, but i think there's more.
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Check out http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocom.php they have the original game online.
The trilogy was actually a trilogy for a while and was so established as a trilogy that he continued to refer to it as a trilogy even when the fourth and fifth books were written. The were one or two short stories added in the later omnibus editions. My favorite thing about the books was Adams' brilliant was of stating the profound, "The large yellow ship hung in the sky in exactly the same way that bricks don't." |
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So, what's the meaning of life? I love the books. I too have all of them. Books, the radio shows, 6 TV episodes etc etc.
Let's see the new one and see if it it any different to the book.
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I met Douglas Adams once. What a nice guy.
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you can actually download the game at
http://www.the-underdogs.org and about a zillion other old infocom games....AND other old games you remember from the early days of computer games... for some of the text games you'll need a program called winfrotz... Skip
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