New Hitch-Hikers radio show coming

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:10 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/index.shtml

... Jesus, is that what the cast looks like now? I hope that was Photoshopped. I can't even identify which one is Mark Wing-Davey. Simon Jones (the guy who played Arthur in the TV show) looks about as different as a guy can look. Whoa.

"We all get older, Khan." -- SNL Sulu

Lex · Post by **Lex** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 12:17 pm

In moving-picture ("TV") looks at this show, they're not that bad. Yeah the bathrobe is supposed to be a giveaway.

The guy who plays Ford looks completly different, though. They are re-making the last three books as new radio-series, which I like in principle. Unfortunatley as we all know the last three books are amasingly, awfully bad. Really, really bad.

That's a shame.

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 4:37 pm

The opinion of the author of this post is that Mostly Harmless is the only one that actively sucked. The other two were good, just seriously needing more Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Roody_Yogurt · Post by **Roody_Yogurt** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:34 pm

I didn't think any of them completely sucked, just that none of the others are as funny as the first two.

Also, I think it's sort of cool that Mos Def is playing Ford in the movie.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:48 pm

Lex wrote:Unfortunatley as we all know the last three books are amasingly, awfully bad. Really, really bad.

Let me check to see if my Post Condesender 3000 is working. Hmm! Looks like it's coming up OK... no problems with the self-diag... OK, good.

Ahem.

You'll like _So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish_ when you're 30.

Yes! Indeed, the PC3K is downright gnarly! I couldn't have sneered my way through this post without it!

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 2:51 pm

Roody_Yogurt wrote:Also, I think it's sort of cool that Mos Def is playing Ford in the movie.

I can safely say that I'll hate it just as much as I hated seeing a white guy play Lister in the American Red Dwarf pilot.

Is Mos Def at least English?

Debaser · Post by **Debaser** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 4:16 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:
Roody_Yogurt wrote:Also, I think it's sort of cool that Mos Def is playing Ford in the movie.
I can safely say that I'll hate it just as much as I hated seeing a white guy play Lister in the American Red Dwarf pilot.

Is Mos Def at least English?

I don't believe so. At least he didn't have an accent in the commercials for that HBO movie he was in where he was like a janitor turned heart surgeon. But he wasn't supposed to be English there. And I think he rapped on Chappelle once and sounded American.

At least it's not Will Smith.