Will they ever make a sequel to this? GALAXY QUEST: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asyqhqSCl6vVioE.html BEETLEJUICE: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJqed5uUudCmnYk.html SHAU OF THE DEAD: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6xynbWekrG2j4E.html
@williamsmith5340 Жыл бұрын
Very funny movie
@SilentBob731 Жыл бұрын
They're currently making a sequel to Beetlejuiuce with Jenna Ortega as Winona Ryder's daughter. I'm cautiously hopeful. 👍
@e.d.2096 Жыл бұрын
Jen, they were in the process of making a sequel to Galaxy Quest, but sadly Alan Rickman passed away. So the project never came to be. To honor this great actor, may I suggest, Quigley Down Under! One of his most memorable roles.😊
@SilentBob731 Жыл бұрын
@@e.d.2096 He was also great in The January Man (and of course, the brilliant classic Dogma).
@kinokind293 Жыл бұрын
Sadly, although talks were in progress for a Galaxy Quest sequel, the death of Allan Rickman cancelled it, since no one involved wanted to do one without him. Shaun of the Dead was a self-contained piece of The Cornetto Trilogy, so there is no plan or need for a sequel. A Beetlejuice sequel is in production and said to be looking at a September, 2024 release.
@CT250710 ай бұрын
"Presidents don't have power, their job is to draw attention away from it" Great line and very true.
@aaronbarlow43763 ай бұрын
So insightful and true. Presidents are just deep state puppets, and in the spirit of this movie, the deep state puppetmasters are in turn controlled by reptilitan aliens.
@robertbunting3117 Жыл бұрын
I LOVE Alan Rickman as the depressed robot👍
@jamesgreenwood8952 Жыл бұрын
Easily the best part of the movie.
@steveglufc Жыл бұрын
Marvin the Paranoid Android (it’s hard to find but there was a record made of that name… very funny)
@gregorygant4242 Жыл бұрын
That robot sounded like me when I'm depressed!!!
@dantirk4560 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t pick that up till you said it
@christophersims7060 Жыл бұрын
RIP. He did so many great characters!
@lashier13 Жыл бұрын
For the record, "Arthur Dent" is the single greatest Halloween costume that exists, especially for jobs that let you dress up on Halloween. Pajamas, bathrobe, towel.
@UnhandyCandy280 Жыл бұрын
If you want to go all out, stick a small toy fish in your ear.
@18Hongo8 ай бұрын
And a book with a cardboard cover that says "Don't Panic" on it.
@UncleUncleRj8 ай бұрын
Oh man, I wish I had thought of this a month ago. I'm gonna have to remember this for next year...
@Turalcar8 ай бұрын
@@18Hongo To distinguish it from The Dude
@NecramoniumVideo3 ай бұрын
except that 99% of people don't get it.
@JakkFrost1 Жыл бұрын
It's a humorous coincidence that Martin Freeman played both Arthur Dent and Bilbo Baggins, two extremely similar characters in similar basic stories. A quiet little man who enjoys his quiet little life in his cozy little home, taken on an unwanted adventure, involving a ring, by a mysterious friend who isn't what he seems.
@baddayoverdosed Жыл бұрын
Between Arthur Dent, Bilbo and Watson, Martin Freeman is the embodiment of English literature
@jambulance Жыл бұрын
When he was first announced as Bilbo I knew he’d be perfect considering his performance in this, was kinda disappointed with the execution of the movies but he was great as Bilbo 100%
@metoo7557 Жыл бұрын
It's not a coincidence. Martin Freeman makes his money being the titular 'every man'. and that's a character that appears in MANY movies.
@michelbidart7286 Жыл бұрын
In Black Panther, he was the Tolkien white guy.
@killinglonliness88 Жыл бұрын
@@michelbidart7286 Haha, I see what you did there. ;)
@po5283 Жыл бұрын
If you are at all familiar with the legendary British group Radiohead, their 90's hit Paranoid Android, is in reference to Marvin! Also, it has to be said, casting Alan Rickman as Marvin, was sheer brilliance and a bit of perfection.
@Dirkus17 Жыл бұрын
What's this?
@AngelusNZ Жыл бұрын
That's why they have the song Paranoid Android.
@theSonichammer Жыл бұрын
@@AngelusNZ Also , Radiohead's album "OK, Computer" is a reference to the line Zaphod says in the film/book/tv show/computer game/radio series
@johnreed35767 ай бұрын
I was going to “like” this comment, but the counter was at 42!
@Corndog642 Жыл бұрын
Obviously, the books are way better. The story is a little different but this was entertaining. Martin Freeman made for a great Arthur Dent.
@RunnerInc Жыл бұрын
The radio show came first I believe
@tekcomputers Жыл бұрын
@@RunnerInc Yep, the BBC radio show was first, it was the radio show that formed the basis of the first two books when Adams later wrote them. Subsequently two sequel books were written bringing it to what we in humour call a "four book trilogy", and most of the first and part of the second book was then adapted into a screenplay for a BBC TV miniseries. (fun easteregg, the Marvin robot used in the BBC TV series is actually in queue in this movie, it is the silver one with triangular eyes on the left side of the screen at 22:16 in this video). Parts of the subsequent books have as well been adapted into BBC Radio show format. In the mid 90's Adams wrote a fifth book (giving us a "five book trilogy", LOL)... and then posthumously Eoin Colfer wrote a sixth book with permission from the Adams estate bringing the total to six books (but to be honest the quality of the sixth book does not reach Adams own writing level.... Mr Colfer is more of a young reader author, and it really shows in his book in the series).
@TheRealMirCat Жыл бұрын
@@tekcomputersAnd the beautiful thing is, the radioplays, the books, TV miniseries, and movie are ALL canon because of "the whole general sort of mish-mash."
@StargliderGaming Жыл бұрын
I always tear up a little bit when Douglas appears at the very end of the film. An extremely talented and funny man who sadly died far too soon.
@josephmayo3253 Жыл бұрын
So much fun, but I love the tv show even more. Its only 6 episodes, so you could do it for your channel. As always, a wonderful reaction Jen. I love how you fully give yourself over to the story. Best reactor on KZfaq. The books are amazing. All 5 books in the trilogy are a treat.
@LordVolkov Жыл бұрын
The radio play is also very good.
@bbbb98765 Жыл бұрын
@@LordVolkov It's wonderful. I had it on double vinyl as a kid. I wore it out
@paulflux5892 Жыл бұрын
The BBC radio series was the original form of this story, and to my mind still the best. The TV adaptation was also good.
@TimothySmiths Жыл бұрын
I like every incarnation of it,The Radio series, The books , The TV show and this movie, all different from each other but the same in a lot of ways as well. i love the radio show and the books the most though.
@KthulhuXxx Жыл бұрын
@@paulflux5892 I'm roughly tied on the radio play and the books for being the best.
@greenpeasuit Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the origin of the books is from a failed idea for a radio series Addams had called "The Ends of the Earth" in which each episode would be a completely different story that would involve Earth's destruction. The pilot episode was that the earth was destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass. After that failed to get picked up, as Douglas was drunk, homeless, and hitchhiking around Europe with a guide that gave tips on how to see Europe on a budget, he was laying in a field looking at the stars. He thought, "what if there was a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" like his guide to Europe. The rest is history.
@lurkerrekrul Жыл бұрын
This was first adapted into a 6-part miniseries in 1981. In fact, I still can't help imagining those actors when I see this movie. It has much more animation and narration representing entries from the guide. Fun fact: The robot waiting in line when they go to save Trillian (visible at 22:17 on the left edge of the image) is the Marvin from that miniseires. Also, the music when the second title appears at 5:05 is the title music from the miniseries. It might have also been used in the original radio plays. Finally, if someone is ejected into space, holding their breath is the worst thing they can do. The lack of pressure would cause their lungs to burst. What they should do is exhale as much air as possible. Experts estimate that in such a situation, that person would have between 10-30 seconds before they would pass out.
@ClassicGOD Жыл бұрын
Just to add - track name for the title music is "Journey of the Sorcerer" by Eagles, it's an amazing track.
@theholk Жыл бұрын
@@ClassicGOD "I hate the f*cking eagles, man" (except that song)
@jonathanross149 Жыл бұрын
It wa a radio drama even before it was a book.
@mrtveye6682 Жыл бұрын
I'm probably not the first to mention that the movie don't really do the books justice. But than again, I guess it's impossible to do so. But the movie is probably as good as it can get when you have to press the "essence" of several books into two hours.
@MrChiddler Жыл бұрын
The books don’t do the radio series justice. That’s the original version and by far the best
@mrtveye6682 Жыл бұрын
@@MrChiddler I unfortunately hadn't the chance to listen to the radio series. I'm from Germany, and back when I read the books as a teen, there was no internet yet, so no practical way to get my hands on a copy. But maybe I should fill my gaps and check it out now. Should be available somewhere I guess.
@JaneXemylixa Жыл бұрын
@@mrtveye6682 No part of the franchise does any other part justice and it's by design - would be boring to tell the same story over and over
@nirmalsuki Жыл бұрын
@@JaneXemylixa Douglas had said himself that he doesn't want to say the same story more than once.
@wittyreviewer Жыл бұрын
I can highly recommend both the books and TV series of Hitchhikers Guide.
@donaldb1 Жыл бұрын
And the radio series which started it all.
@ourworldofours Жыл бұрын
Cool bits of quick information regarding the origins and history of the story: The story this film is based on was originally a 1978 BBC Radio series written by Douglas Adams, which then got a sequel Radio series. Those two series were adapted into books. The first radio series was then adapted into a BBC TV series (with some of the Radio cast. Fun fact: the Magrathean hologram was the actor who played Arthur in both). The third book was the first one not based on a radio series - it was based on an unproduced Doctor Who movie treatment (which itself was adapted into a Doctor Who novel a few years ago) that Douglas Adams had tried to pitch around the time he was the script editor on the Doctor Who series in the mid-to-late 70s, the basic idea from which was then considered for the second Hitchhikers TV season (which would not have been an adaptation of the second radio seres/book, and would've ignored it altogether) and eventually released as the third book (still kinda ignoring the second story). In 2004, (after three more books were written between '82-92 and Douglas passed in 2001 while the movie was being developed), they adapted books 3-5 for radio in the style of the series' with the surviving cast, making changes to have the second story still be relevant after having been kinda ignored. With the movie, Douglas was specifically going for the Hollywood Blockbuster version of the story, with changes and additions to increase the scale and scope of the story, and there were plans to at least adapt the second story for a movie which never happened. Since the movie was released, Eoin Colfer wrote an official sixth novel, which was also later adapted for radio in the style of the originals. There's also supposed to be a new TV show adaptation for Hulu, but there's been silence on what's happening with that. Edit: I would personally recommend listening to the BBC Radio series as your next dive into the Hitchhikers world. They should be up on streaming platforms as Primary Phase, Secondary Phase, Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase, Quintessential Phase and Hexagonal Phase (so as to not confuse them for the standard audiobooks). It's the best, most complete way to experience the entire story.
@jean-paulaudette9246 Жыл бұрын
... and then listen to the novelty song, "Marvin, I Love You" produced by BBC as a 45 record. It can be found on KZfaq
@Serai3 Жыл бұрын
Also, every version of this story, including the video game, is different. He changed it each time he was asked to adapt it to a different medium.
@maul42 Жыл бұрын
All of this is true and great info. Personally I think you can skip the Eoin Colfer book entirely as it doesn't match the quality of DNA's writing and the Quintessential Phase's altered ending that Adams patched on is the perfect farewell for the characters anyway. God love this story. Time to revisit the books again. :_)
@haywood12 Жыл бұрын
Í thank the BBC show was a lot better than the film
@njwagoner66 Жыл бұрын
Excellent summary of the VERY complicated history of this cosmically entertaining story (stories?)!!
@CaesiusX Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite quotes from *The Restaurant at the End of the Universe:* _"You guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off."_ ~Zaphod Beeblebrox
@williamrosmer8381 Жыл бұрын
Per Douglas Adams wishes, every adaptation of the story is different
@dodobean76206 ай бұрын
fun fact - in the books, Marvin ( the ever depressed robot ) actually knew "the question" but nobody bothered to ask him.
@aaronbarlow43763 ай бұрын
Was the question "What's the point?"?
@dodobean76203 ай бұрын
@@aaronbarlow4376 it never gets said. it all starts with some pan dimensional beings who built a super computer (called Deep Thought) to find the ANSWER... " to life, existence, and everything " . . . the super computer tells them it will take 7.5 million years to calculate the answer, and when they return ( yes - they DO return 7.5 million years later ) its claims the answer is "42", which baffles the pan dimensional beings. it then goes on to explain to them that the answer is useless without the question... and it doesnt KNOW the question, but the computer can build a BETTER computer that CAN come up with the question. the "better" computer it builds.... is Earth. but some random aliens who specialize in inter stellar highway construction blew up the earth to make way for a highway, and now the question was lost.
@brom00 Жыл бұрын
Jen, the music during the second title sequence is "Journey of the Sorcerer" from the Eagles. It's been used since the original radio series.
@UnhandyCandy280 Жыл бұрын
That's the theme music in my mind and always has been. Loved hearing that come up again as the books theme music.
@largo778 Жыл бұрын
interesting musical fact: the instrumental music played after the Earth was demolished was "Journey of the Sorcerer" by The Eagles. It was also the theme to the miniseries
@AlanCanon2222 Жыл бұрын
I listened to the original form of the Hitchhiker's Guide (the first 12 radio episodes) on NPR as a kid, in the early 1980s at the very beginning of the Hitchhiker's phenomenon and grew up to play The Book and Marvin in live stage adaptations of the radio scripts. Marvin is so fun to play, and an audience favorite. One critic, another actor I respect, did call me out in a review for barely looking at my script, because I have it all memorized (we perform it as a staged reading with scripts in hand, as if we were the original radio actors performing it live, which they didn't).
@DouglasJohnson. Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the original series very late at night on PBS as a young boy. I had never seen anything like it. I later read the original trilogy and couldn't stop laughing. This movie differs from them, but overall embodies their spirit. So disappointed they never made any sequels to this.
@MrChiddler Жыл бұрын
The ‘original series’ is the radio show. The best version by a country mile.
Also All 5 books in the trilogy...yes you read that right, 5 books/ trilogy... are really good
@mattstanford9673 Жыл бұрын
"...Ford...I think I'm a sofa." That line kills me *every* time.
@TennSeven Жыл бұрын
This movie made me sad, because it doesn't scratch the surface of the books, but they gave it try, and the actors all turned in great performances.
@lashier13 Жыл бұрын
I was pretty happy with the adaptation as a whole, cause how do you adapt something so bonkers in the first place? My only significant problem came with the very last joke: "No, it's at the OTHER end of the universe." It makes me unreasonably angry.
@tekcomputers Жыл бұрын
@@lashier13 Actually that works for me. Because there are actually restaurants at both ends of the universe. "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" and the "Big Bang Burger Bar" at the other end (the beginning).
@lashier13 Жыл бұрын
@@tekcomputers Yeah, but... they turn around. THEY. TURN. AROUND!... Sorry, like I said, my anger's unreasonable. I should take it for what it is, a cheeky wink to fans of the book series, and a possible tease for a sequel, albeit done by someone who didn't actually read the second book yet.. but if I'm being totally honest, I don't remember how they get there in the book, I just remember the surprise that it actually meant THE END of the universe.
@samurphy Жыл бұрын
@@chrisbergsten1429 Screenplay by Douglas Adams
@kamenanew9867 Жыл бұрын
@@samurphythank you, I was literally gonna say. It's so wild how so many people on the Internet say 'oh the writers for the movie didn't get Adams at all' and it's like dude...he is the writers like tf are you talking about. A lot of people also didn't like the point of view gun, but that is taken directly from the text based adventure game also co written by Adams. People are crazy man. It's the same as when someone hears like a tribute song to a dead celebrity and some internet randos born after said person died are like 'oh he would have loved this' and I'm like maybe?! Maybe he's in the afterlife like THIS BEAT IS TRASH HOMIE THANKS I HATE IT. Like you didn't know the person how tf. It's weird cause it makes me feel like when I die family members who legit never got me and never contact me might be like oh Kamen would like this movie, like bs my guy what are you even Sorry I meant to say the first thing and that's all.
@paulobrien9572 Жыл бұрын
Jen this movie is right up your alley and I highly recommend reading the series of books by Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything and lastly So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. They are all quick reads and hilarious
@Aryaba Жыл бұрын
I'd also recommend "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 1981 BBC series. Superior in many ways.
@Gav-mj6lx Жыл бұрын
@@Aryaba Agreed, the movie casting was brilliant, but the definitive Ford and Arthur will always be David Dixon and Simon Jones (he made a small cameo as the Magrathean recording).
@KthulhuXxx Жыл бұрын
Not a fan of Mostly Harmless, I take it? ...Or that final sequel written by someone else.
@briana1773 Жыл бұрын
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish was touted on the cover as "The fourth book in the hitchhiker's trilogy". You should read at least these four. Douglas Adams will have you laughing out loud.
@mr.randomguys7629 Жыл бұрын
You're forgetting "Mostly Harmless". I'd say the 5th one is one of the best of the trilogy too. The 6th written by the other guy wasn't half bad either.
@cbretschneider Жыл бұрын
So glad you did this movie. This movie was one of the best things that happened in the 2000's - trying not to sound like a depressed robot right now. The entire book series is a blast, very much like the film, only much more wacky details that all make sense in a mad way. Quick reads and you'll love them. Stay quirky and classy, Jen. 🥂
@orbislame Жыл бұрын
I want to be the first to say I love this movie but the book is better. Please go read the book.
@fp4man542 Жыл бұрын
Or listen to the original radio series.
@LogicalNiko Жыл бұрын
The HHGTTG series is probably one of the great series of books I remember reading as a kid. The combination of absurdism in a sci-fi setting with such a grand universe was extremely unique and was one of the gateways into enjoying British humor.
@09Raffytaffy Жыл бұрын
Well you are my favorite reactor now! READ the books everybody! They are so amazing!
@VirtualBabe29 Жыл бұрын
a few fun facts : 1. the woman listening to Ford and Arthur in the bar played Trillian in a broadway production, 2. The older woman reading calmly when everyone else is panicking at the Vogaon's announcement is Douglas Adam's mother, 3. The planet in the background that is shaped as a head is modeled after Douglas's head.
@ThatSchmoGuy Жыл бұрын
The song that played during the reveal of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is called "Journey of the Sorceror", originally written and performed by the rock band the Eagles
@Serai3 Жыл бұрын
The Hitchhiker's Guide theme music is "Flight of the Sorcerer", by The Eagles. Douglas Adams was a big fan.
@shanenolan5625 Жыл бұрын
Thank jen. I remember the BBC TV version. As a kid .. I believe radioheas named an album and a song . After Marvin the android. ( paranoid android) .
@portland-182 Жыл бұрын
You might like to try the 'Sherlock' TV series starring Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. 'Moon' starring Sam Rockwell is great too. For wacky and wild you might try 'Mystery Men'
@mikedignum1868 Жыл бұрын
Not as good as the BBC series, but then it is an American take on it...But Dont Panic. Restaurant at the end of the Universe is the second part.
@PaulLoh Жыл бұрын
I gave my wife my copy of the book. It's so much more detailed and wacky than the movie. I love how this movie has both Sam and Allen from Galaxy Quest working together again. For a little while, my wife and I considered moving to Tombstone, Arizona. Our plan was to make a sushi restaurant there and call it Saloon And Thanks For All The Fish.
@Alexandrashepiro Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman as MARVIN steals the whole movie!!!!!!!!
@marvin902x Жыл бұрын
As you can see from my avatar and alias, I have had a very special relationship with these books throughout my adult life. When I was in college in the early 1990's, these books were a cult across my entire faculty. I still remember my mathematics professor. He was a big fan. My math exam was completely bizarre because there was only one right answer for every problem. 42. So if you got a different result, you already knew you had done something wrong.
@seanmurphy637 Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite book series. This movie doesn't really do it justice, but still pretty fun.
@RichardM1366 Жыл бұрын
This one is Hilarious! Be prepared to be laughing from beginning to end. If you read the novel it is just as funny! Be prepared for non stop laughter! Enjoy!
@athanatic18 күн бұрын
HHGTG is deep in nerd culture! Adams had and sold the rights and even wrote a screenplay in the 80s, but he admitted he didn't know how to write a screenplay, so when he got the rights back at the end of his life this version definitely had him involved! Hammer and Tongs finished things off as he died at 49, but by the time Douglas was my age he had been dead for 5 years, and his works are amazing! Terry Pratchett even denied comparisons and called him a genius. True.
@tremorsfan Жыл бұрын
At the very end when they are going to the Restaurant At the End Of the Universe, the very last thing the improbability drive turns into is the author Douglas Adams' head. Douglas Adams'mother also makes a cameo as the woman reading a newspaper at the cafe when the earth is about to be destroyed. FYI the ultimate question is "what do you get when you multiply 6 by 9"
@AB-ku4my Жыл бұрын
When Slartibartfast says, "Welcome to our factory floor", the glowing planet behind them is Douglas Adam's head.
@_Tim115 Жыл бұрын
Definitely read the book also worth watching the TV serial. The music you liked in the beginning was Journey Of The Sorcerer by the Eagles, it was used for the TV serial too.
@VaughanCockell Жыл бұрын
And the very same music was used for the original Radio Series, that started it all.
@Keleigh30009 ай бұрын
Check out the book, for sure. There's also a BBCTV series, and the radio serial which started it all (it's great to listen to on long drives). Each brings something different to the table.
@jonathanross149 Жыл бұрын
A towel is the most useful item in the universe. It has a lot of uses, but the main one is that if you have a towel, people think you have other items and they will be more likely to lend you stuff.
@NateAZ Жыл бұрын
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy was the very first text computer game I had, back in 1984. It is a classic.
@alexlim864 Жыл бұрын
Must say, great performance by Alan Rickman - got Marvin's depressed vibe good. RIP Mr. Rickman.
@codybrown33269 ай бұрын
The hitchhiker's guide is my favorite book series of all time. And I've enjoyed every adaptation I've ever seen. Douglas Adams managed to put so much amazing content into those books that any writer or director can interpret it and make it their own while still maintaining the essential magic
@ct5625 Жыл бұрын
Such an insane but genius story, and a great depiction of it in movie form. I always forget how many absolutely incredible actors there are in this.
@rickb3645 Жыл бұрын
Did anyone else recognise the original Paranoid Android Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy TV Series... He was on the far left queuing @22:16... 😂👍🤖
@spddracer Жыл бұрын
If you loved him in Galaxy Quest and hated him in The Green Mile, then you must watch Moon. Sam Rockwell is an amazing Actor.
@donaldb1 Жыл бұрын
Seconded. _Moon_ is a great film.
@GairBear49 Жыл бұрын
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was originally a series on BBC Radio in 1978-79. It was then written for TV and came out tin1980. Douglas Adams then started to novelize the story which was to be three Novels( The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-The Restaurant at the End of the Universe-Life, the Universe, and Everything. He then added two more novels-So Long and Thanks for All the Fish and Mostly Harmless. So there are five Novels in the Trilogy. Adams then started writing the Dirk Gently Novels and other things. He moved to LA to try and get a Hitchhiker's Guide movie started rewrote the novels for radio before he unexpectedly died. His friends helped get the movies finished.
@lentrax2991 Жыл бұрын
Every version of the Guide was different from all the others. But they are all just fantastic. And just remember to always know where your towel is.
@jamesguerrero2993 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU JEN!!! for watching one of my favorite films from one of my favorite books. Douglas Adams was a Genius gone Waaaay too soon. Hope you get to read the book and as you put it so perfectly the reason I love this story is the inventive, wackines, off beat and totally original take on Sci-Fi. Only another Genius Mel Brookes could come up w/something like this. Glad you enjoyed it. 👽👩🚀🚀🌌🖖🤘✌
@FeaturingRob Жыл бұрын
Jen, you are a really hoopy frood who really knows where her towel is!!! (Translation: Jen is an amazing together person (technically guy) who knows where her towel is). - The narration of the film (ie the voice of the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy) is the great Stephen Fry!!! One of my favorite actors-writers-comedians-intellectuals...he read the audio versions of all of the 'Hitchhiker' novels by Douglas Adams and the British audiobook versions of 'Harry Potter'. - Speaking of 'Harry Potter'...the voice of Marvin, the Paranoid Android is the late Alan Rickman aka Professor Severus Snape. He was perfect for the role, and inside the Marvin costume is Warwick Davis, who played Professor Flitwick and Griphook the Goblin in 'Harry Potter'. - Deep Thought, the computer was Dame Helen Mirren. - 5:07 - The theme for the story (original radio plays on BBC) as well as the BBC comedy series has always been this music by The Eagles, yeah "Hotel California" The Eagles. It is called "The Journey of the Sorcerer", and is on the 'One Of These Nights' album from 1975. It is one of my all-time favorite Eagles tracks, thanks to 'Hitchhiker's Guide'!!! - 25:21 - This cameo at Magrathea is the original actor to play Arthur Dent, Simon Jones. He played Arthur on the radio show in 1978 and in the TV version in 1981. - The last time The Heart Of Gold engages the Improbability Drive, the last image of the film was of Douglas Adams himself, as he died before the film was made even though he co-wrote the screenplay. "I love deadlines. I love the sound they make as they go whooshing by!" - Douglas Adams Thanks for watching this one, Jen. Please read the books...they are wonderfully wacky and hysterically funny!
@PekkaSiltala Жыл бұрын
Read the book and listen to the radio play, too.
@secretsymphony Жыл бұрын
I'm so old, I remember the old TV series as a child...
@SeanHendy Жыл бұрын
'Goodbye and thanks for all the fish' 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams
@angelohernandez6060 Жыл бұрын
The books are excellent! Loved every moment reading them. R.I.P. Douglas Adams and thanks for all the laughs!
@YersinisPestis Жыл бұрын
I love how meta the idea of Earth being the computer to figure out the ultimate question considering how we have slowly and organically debated the question, "why is everything?", throughout human history.
@MaikKellerhals Жыл бұрын
I'm still, after almost 20 years thinking about reading the book. The only thing that still stops me is that i LOVE this movie. And EACH TIME i read a book for a movie, it ruins the movie for me... I know, thinking objectively about it, it doesn't make sense. But neither does life...
@Ian-lx1iz Жыл бұрын
Hey! (25:21) That's _Simon Jones_ as the holographic 'Magarathea is closed' announcer. He was the original _Arthur Dent_ from the TV Series! btw, Jen, the TV series also covered material from Adams' sequel novel 'The Restaurant at the End of the Universe' which this movie doesn't.
@jdeamaral Жыл бұрын
I couldn't believe the sad, depressed, suicidal robot was Alan Rickman. If I remember right, Hitchhiker's Guide was a running joke, since it was a trilogy with 5 parts.
@SmartCarGuy Жыл бұрын
1. The 'hologram' head that appears to warn them of the missiles, is the actor who played Martin Freemans' character, in the original BBC tv series and subsequent radio version of the books!!! 2. The brief glimpse of a human head, at the end, is the books author, Douglas Adams. 3. The guy who directed the film also directed the 'Guy' movie with Ryan Reynolds, and the 'Sing' films!!!
@4200Felix Жыл бұрын
“There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence.”
@lawrencewestby9229 Жыл бұрын
I read the book in the early 1980s. I started reading it on the train going to work in NYC. I paused briefly while I transferred to the PARH train in Hoboken and then again as I walked to my office in mid-town. Once at my desk I held the book on my lap and continued reading until I completed it. Fortunately, I had a private office, although I did have to try to stifle my laughter while pretending to work. There are six books in the trilogy, five written by Douglas Adams. The sixth, authorized by Adams' widow, was written by Eion Colfer 17 years after the fifth and 30 years after the first.
@bigdream_dreambig Жыл бұрын
This book is why the first (and, so far, only) automobile sent onto space had "DON'T PANIC" on its central screen and a towel in its glove compartment!
@jaymalone44047 ай бұрын
The “second” intro that shows the actual guide is the opening sequence and music from the BBC series. Also, for those who don’t know, Adams specifically wrote the section of the movie with John Malkovich to HAVE Malkovich in the movie.
@erictaylor5462 Жыл бұрын
Alen Rickman was amazing, even as a depressed robot.
@Yggdrasil42 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for reacting Jen. So weird but funny. The books are well worth reading. The sense of humor is just perfect I think. They defined my college years.
@wfly81 Жыл бұрын
Douglas Adams had such a wild and unique imagination and sense of humor. I think my favorite part of the book that didn't make it into the movie was a little aside where he talks about teenage aliens borrowing their parents' space ship on the weekends to go to primitive planets to make crop circles and run around with antennas on their heads to freak out the locals. The more you think about that, the funnier it gets.
@WrathOfGrapesN7 Жыл бұрын
The book is so funny, one qoute that sticks with me described the space ships in the beginning "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't."
@nicholascross3557 Жыл бұрын
There is a theory that suggests that if anyone ever finds out why the universe is here and what it's for, it will instantly disappear and be replaced with something even more bizzare and inexplicable. There is _another_ theory which suggests that this has already happened.
@patrickcromwell75548 ай бұрын
So Fun fact (just in case it hasn't clicked yet): Both Sam Rockwell AND Alan Rickman are in this movie which makes two Sci-Fi/Comedies they've appeared in together - that I know of. The other is Galaxy Quest. Alan Rickman is the Robot in this movie. Well the voice at least. I don't think they had him in that suit all the time. lol.
@mr.a83156 ай бұрын
Re-watch. 💜 Alan Rickman voiced Marvin the android but it was Warwick Davis that was inside the costume, he also was in the Wicket the Ewok costume in Return of the Jedi.
@richardscratcher6075 Жыл бұрын
The original radio play by Douglas Adams was truly astonishing and became a record, a book, a video game and a television series. It should have been an incredible film too but Douglas Adams struggled to get Hollywood to agree to create it. In fact, he almost made a film about how difficult it was to make a film in Hollywood. This lacklustre version of his writings was created long after his death and despite its wonderful cast of actors fails to live up to his creativity in so many ways. He was truly a hoopy frood who really knew where his towel was.
@richb313 Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman as Marvin is not only brilliant casting but he really personified the essence of Marvin.
@AddlerMartin Жыл бұрын
I love how you pay attention to the music in movies
@treetopjones737 Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman was the voice of the depressed robot. RIP
@revjim123 Жыл бұрын
This started out as a radio program, then Adams wrote the book. A tv show was made, a video game, and finally this movie. They all tell the same story, but the details vary in each version. Definitely read the book.
@StephenCole1916 Жыл бұрын
Cameos; When Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent drink at the pub early on, a middle-aged blonde woman (Su Elliot) can be seen watching them. According to the DVD commentary, she played Trillian in the London stage version of the story, a fact of which director Garth Jennings was unaware until the day of shooting. The original Arthur, (Simon Jones) handpicked by friend Douglas Adams for the radio show and television's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), makes a brief appearance as the Magrathean "greeting/threat" holomessage. This marks another slight deviation from the other Guide incarnations, as all of the other versions used Slartibartfast's likeness for the holomessage.
@albert0F Жыл бұрын
Yes it it, I'ts Magrathea! . Sam Rockwell is such an amazing actor. I love that line.
@TheBXRabbit Жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the vogons, the reason they have upturned and squashed noses is because they evolved on a homeworld full of creatures that smack you in the face for thinking.
@elingeniero9117 Жыл бұрын
Alan Rickman is marvellous as the voice of Marvin
@kevinmassey1164 Жыл бұрын
The radio broadcast, book(s), and TV series are all great.
@LordVolkov Жыл бұрын
Don't panic Jen. The writing of Douglas Adams (RIP) is wonderfully absurd, and so much is lost in translation. Hitchkiker's Guide, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life the Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - the original tetralogy - with Mostly Harmless added in 1992 and ...And Another Thing released posthumously (I have not read it). The yarn🤮 is pretty great though, and Marvin is pitch perfect (even if I don't like his look). RIP to Alan Rickman.
@jean-paulaudette9246 Жыл бұрын
WHO EVER is responsible for this video's existence, however large or small your part, know that you have my boundless gratitude!
@Alexandrashepiro Жыл бұрын
DOuglas Adams's face in the last few secs before the closing credits...EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
@katenunyabizness9221 Жыл бұрын
The TV series is super worth watching! The other robot in the queue was the original Marvin from the TV series. The projection from from Magrathea is played by Simon Jones who was Arthur Dent in the radio and TV series.
@brom00 Жыл бұрын
This is a very abridged version of the story. First it was a BBC radio series, then a series of four books, and then a six-part BBC TV series. All are great. Unfortunately, the creator of the series passed away before work on the film started. It's not quite his vision, but close enough.
@bamachine Жыл бұрын
The books are great. There are six of them in the "trilogy", which just plays right into their absurdity. That is their central theme, the absurdity of humans, played out on a universal scale, through myriad other species. Adams and Terry Prachett were both great at writing satire about our foibles. Adams mostly in sci-fi, Pratchett mostly in fantasy(Discworld series). They were two of my favorites, RIP to both.
@charliepepper333 Жыл бұрын
Jen..the books are a must read! Don’t translate to film well…the books are so freakin hilarious!!
@NewBritainStation Жыл бұрын
Sorry for the long post, but while the radio series was first, I love Douglas Adams writing style which I think is best appreciated in the books. I can always tell if somebody will get it or not by giving them the start of the book to read: Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea. This planet has-or rather had-a problem, which was this: most of the people on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy. And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans. And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, one girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything. Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, a terribly stupid catastrophe occurred, and the idea was lost forever. This is not her story. But it is the story of that terrible stupid catastrophe and some of its consequences. It is also the story of a book, a book called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy-not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or heard of by any Earthman. Nevertheless, a wholly remarkable book. In fact it was probably the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing houses of Ursa Minor-of which no Earthman had ever heard either. Not only is it a wholly remarkable book, it is also a highly successful one-more popular than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty More Things to do in Zero Gravity, and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid’s trilogy of philosophical blockbusters Where God Went Wrong, Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes and Who is this God Person Anyway? In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker’s Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the words don’t panic inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover. But the story of this terrible, stupid Thursday, the story of its extraordinary consequences, and the story of how these consequences are inextricably intertwined with this remarkable book begins very simply. It begins with a house.
@shainewhite2781 Жыл бұрын
This film is a fun, wacky, Sci Fi Comedy like no other.
@2opler Жыл бұрын
22:16 The silver robot with an `X` on the side of it`s head is the `Marvin` the paranoid android from the television series. 25:21 Simon Jones. Played the original Arthur Dent in the radio series and the tv series. 34:44 Douglas Adams. Rest in Peace you genius, and thank you.🙏 After listening to the radio series I bought the book when it was first published as a random pick when I was waiting for my gf.I sat drinking coffee and giggling like an idiot for an hour...people were staring😄 Lent it out 17 times...I counted. I had to buy another copy. People adored it. All the books are excellent.
@thubelihlezondi5822 Жыл бұрын
I forgot how great this was. An adventure movie that is 100% adventure movie from start to finish.
@kurtn4819 Жыл бұрын
"If at all possible Do NOT ever let a Vogon read poetry AT you!!"
@theholk Жыл бұрын
"It's like a kindle" , yes. In the 80's ... Which tells you something about the genius of Douglas Adams :D