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Here's your chance to grab a towel! HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY CONTEST HERE!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a cool little giveaway in preparation of the big DVD release of THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY on the 13th. Buena Vista Home Entertainment has provided a few nifty items for giveaway, three to be precise. They are as follows:
The Grand Prize:
A Towel (as you well know the most important thing in the universe), signed by Ford Prefect himself, Mos Def.
First Runner Up:
A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy DVD signed by Mos Def!
Second Runner Up:
One set of HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY books by Douglas Adams. For those who have never read Adams' series, this is perhaps the best prize of the lot.
What do you need to do to win these prizes? Well, due to a completely improbable series of events I found myself in the possession of a hole in time. Knowing this, Zaphod Beeblebrox has appointed me head (no pun intended) of his galactic cabinet and has asked me to come up with a series of campaign posters to send back into time to help him on the way to becoming the President of the Galaxy. So, now the task is up to you folks.
What I want:
A campaign poster for the election of Zaphod Beeblebrox. This poster has to fit Zaphod's personality and prove that he's certainly the guy you wanna vote for. Use photoshop, oil painting, macaroni pictures... whatever you think is best. The more HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE literary or film references in the poster the better. And I will be wanting a great slogan!
For extra credit, and the little bit that might push you over into the winning position, I'm also looking for a promotional button design as well as a space ship bumper sticker with the clever slogan! You can come up with as many different designs as you want, but please submit them separately.
Where I want it:
Email the posters, buttons and bumper sticker designs as .jpgs that are 120k or less to quint@aintitcool.com with the subject line VOTE BEEBLEBROX!
When I want it:
I will accept submissions starting now and ending at noon (CST) on Friday, September 9th.
Who can enter:
Anybody! If you're in the UK, America, Iceland, Earth 2... the contest is open to you!
That's about it. Have at it, squirts! I will share the cream of the crop with you folks soon after the end of the contest! Good luck!
-Quint
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To say, "This is probably the best prize for those that haven't read the books!" and then make winning them impossible for those that have not read the books.
Those that have seen the film but not read the books don't count. They are not people. -
Aug 31, 2005 3:56:20 AM CDT
You've read all the books and you don't know why Ford Pr
by monkey butler
Anyway, I've got some ideas, and I want them damn prizes. And finally there's confirmation that anyone can actually enter.
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"if memory serves, you won, proving that good looks and charm win over brilliance and the ability to govern" CAN ANYONE AGREE WITH ME ON THIS?
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... Should I? I'm a huge fan of the books (huge) and a big fan of not being disappointed.
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This movie pretty much disappeared after a week at the box office. There is a reason. The acting was just plain dull. Mos Def brought nothing to Ford. Anyone could have played that part better.
The only good thing was Zaphod and he couldn't even save it.
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I loved the books and had a really good time with the movie. I would definitely suggest seeing it.
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Kinda think the runner up prizes are a little more worthy than the grand priz, though I don't have the creativity to enter this either way, so eh to me.
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What ever happened to the Vogon Poetry contest - where the prize was Vogon Office items?
Who won? -
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19112
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Aug 31, 2005 2:26:59 PM CDT
No, Mos Def did not do a fine job. The best (only good?) thing a
by raw_bean
As far as I'm concerned, the original format (the radio series) is, was and likely always will be the best version of HGTTG.
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Aug 31, 2005 8:05:49 PM CDT
Yup, terribly disappointed in the movies. And I read the books i
by iamjack'suserid
I hope one day they can make a new TV series with a huge budget and a better cast than the film. That's the only true way to realize the vision.
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Aug 31, 2005 8:06:44 PM CDT
Movies?? &$^*#( !!!! I mean movie. At least I hope I mean movie
by iamjack'suserid
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Aug 31, 2005 9:14:39 PM CDT
If you want advice on whether to see the movie, DO NOT start ask
by freakemovie
Everything is always resoundingly negative, no matter what the topic is. Even an IMDB board would be better. I recommend asking real live people you trust.
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Did it ever occur to the Mos Def bashers that some of Ford's best parts in the book were cut out of the movie?
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Aug 31, 2005 11:12:40 PM CDT
The Worst Movie of the 21st Century.....bar none.....end of stor
by monkeybrains
Thank you, that will be all
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The film got so many things right. Some of the effects were practical and amazing. The digital effects were obtrusive and terrible. The emotional sequences were contrived (Freeman almost tearing up during the Earth 2 tour, comes to mind). Rockwell was perfect, as usual. Everyone else was running through the motions, almost literally. The thing the film missed was A.) Timing, and B.) The charming tone of the book. It made the film antiseptic and impersonal. You really couldn't do anything worse. The essence of the book was lost. When you do that, you lose everything. The film had the right idea and a good heart, but it missed the mark by a few solar systems.
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And they too can tell you how amazingly shit this movie was.
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It was certainly plagued with issues, but there was plenty to enjoy:
* The dolphin musical intro.
* I liked this verison of Trillian a lot. I felt she was far better than the bimbo blonde interpretation in the BBC series.
* I also liked this version of Slartibartfast. (The BBC version excels in every other character's casting, of course.)
* The improbability/yarn sequence was priceless.
* I actually liked Marvin, too. That huge head was just perfect. It took me time to get used to it, though, since I was so used to the traditional metal grey Marvin. His voice, while not the Marvin we're used to, was still nice and depressing.
* I thought this interpretation of Deep Thought was rather creative, if a little creepy. Not at all what I expected.
* Simon Jones' cameo.
* All the scenes inside Magrathea. Damn well done.
* Ford closing the simple gate on the fence forcing the Vogons to have to go around. ;)
It's really not a BAD movie, in and of itself. It means well, but in light of our expectations it's frustrating at times. I'll always have my DVD's of the BBC series at least. :) -
Harry isn't asking us to get tattoos, or better yet, the best human to vogon makeover via plastic surgery. Say, that isn't so bad...
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but it was charming enough. It seemed way too awkwardly cut up though. Not enough emphasis. But it's true, the only way the books could be realized is a decently budgeted TV series.
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