Stuck in my thumb, pulled out a plum...

Went and saw Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy tonight.

Here's my (relatively) spoiler-free review. My review takes for granted that you have some passing familiarity with the original stories, or possibly the BBC show. If you are completely unfamiliar with the stories, *AND* wish to see the movie completely fresh, you are shit out of luck and deserve to crawl back into your hole under a rock.

Have you ever experienced something that was completely inaccurate, but at the same time completely true?

That's what this was like.

It felt like Mr. Adams' work. The characters were new interpretations, but good ones.
Ford is not really the Ford I pictured, particularly since he was not "ginger haired", but his *character* was dead-on.
Zaphod is... well. I think he's reasonably well cast. The only other living person who could do him justice is Eddie Izzard. (Who was playing Sir Not Appearing In This Film. They should correct that.)
Trillian was more... Ordinary than I would have liked, except that she does tend to be the one who keeps things grounded in reality.
Marvin. Oh. My. Ghod. Pintsize in a role that will slay you.
Of course, Arthur Dent appears to be played by "some random british fellow." This, of course, is perfect. And he's great, really. He really did remind me of the one person on earth who (in my mind) is the quintessential Arthur. Yay!

Once I got used to the new ideas, (after I was "thwacked" in the head with mysterious shovel things from underground), I found myself leaning into it. This was fun.

I can hardly wait for the next one. If they have any sense at all, they'll keep giving us one of these each year until we run out of either material or money. Or, until the Vogons come to blow up the planet. You understand.

Look for cameos. They're in there and they're fun.

More reviews... sort of.

For those of you who pay attention, you might remember that professor threw a party last night.

Those of you who were there... You are all fabulous. We should continue to do this.

Those of you who were NOT there should be ashamed of yourselves. *SPANK*

To be fair, those of us who were there ought to be ashamed of ourselves, too, but there didn't seem to be much shame present. We're shameless, really. Mwa ha ha!

For my part, I arrived, made myself into a Pirate. (It's professor's party. There should be pirates.) allura629 was a corseted satyr, and piratebob was a horned creature, too. Not corseted, but in a velvet midriff top. Heh. And a little nubbin of a tail. Her Goat Leggins are especially adorable. Even more so than my eyelash creations. Curious Cat Clothing was in the house wearing Victorian Elegance. We had a catboy, also. Other than that, people mostly wore their party clothes.

I brought plum wine which was crappy, cold and gone. There was also many snack foods and beverages.

Next time, I will bring some two-liters of generic soft drinks. That ought to help.

To begin the party, we regaled the innocent with tales of the Bacchanalia Ball. Then there was Lunch Money and silliness, including some music.

Then, professor told me that we ought to play a party game.
I suggested "I never."

Heh.

Now. Don't you wish you were there? That may have been the best "I Never" game I ever played.

And yes, I was nice and tipsy. Then I was dragged home for the sleeping.

Dammit.

Next time, I shall arrange to be NOT working the next day. I shall also arrange to be crashing over at the hostess's house so that I dont' have to worry about either driving myself home or driving my ride crazy.

Besides, I am all for the kind of parties where no one actually goes HOME. Not for a couple of days.