On fandom, obsessives, and H2G2
Oh dear. From Slashdot:
MJ Simpson, who has ‘been studying and documenting the life and career of Douglas Adams for more than 20 years’, has written a very in-depth review and plot analysis of the Hitchhiker’s movie. As well as the full review that contains SPOILERS , he has also published a shortened spoiler-free version, as well as a list of things
from the radio plays, records, books and TV series that have not been
included in the movie. Hitchhiker’s fans, prepare to be like Marvin…
very depressed.
So, I go to read the reviews. Because, let’s face it, I’m watching it anyway.
The “review” is that of an obsessive nutjob. He looks to be even worse than the LoTR freaks who wlaked out of Fellowship because there was no Tom Bombabil. It hasn’t got that bit so it sucks
.
Well, you see, the thing is doofus; the radio series is long, the books longer, the TV series is also quite long. The film needs to be 90 minutes, and work well as a film. So, it hasn’t got every joke from the book.
So what? It isn’t the book, it’s a film. Ah well. The movie may be great, it may be awful. But the above reviews don’t help me make a judgement one way or another.
What is it with obsessive fans that expect movie adaptations to be word perfect? Or radio adaptations for that matter. JK Rowling refuses to allow Radio 4 to adapt her books, so you’re only allowed to read them out verbatim. Completely, and utterly, pointles…
Very Goth
You scored 61!
You’re a Goth. Whether you admit it freely or not there is no denying
it. You love the stuff and can’t get enough. You decorate your living
space in a way that is part morbid part chaotic.I’m sure your music is
mostly Goth/Industrial/Darkwave. Wherever you go you’re probably
dressed mostly in black.Not only do you know who Switchblade Symphony
is, you own every CD and EP they ever put out. Your dream profession is
definatly something that benifits goths-Tattoo artist, goth DJ,
freelance Gothic artist, Gothy comic creator ect.ect.ect…
My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 25% on gothies
Link: The GOTH Test written by myriad_entity on Ok Cupid
If I own all their albums, can someone tell me who they are?
Comment by dainul | January 1, 2001
Um, quite a good band- got at least one of their albums kicking around somewhere.
Comment by nadriel | April 10, 2005
They’re cool - fairly dark synth-poppy stuff, slightly like an early version of Rasputina but less weird.
Comment by sinju | April 10, 2005
Wooo, so many song and movie questions. I would do this one, except I can never remember directors/bands/lead singers/actors names, which’ll skew my result randomly.
Comment by iamseph | April 10, 2005
If you care, I could burn you some
Comment by dainul | April 11, 2005
they have some funny stuff, any song containing the line “your dreams are filled with blood and gore” sung in such a soft gentle voice gets my giggle
Comment by iamseph | April 11, 2005
“JK Rowling refuses to allow Radio 4 to adapt her books, so you’re only allowed to read them out verbatim.”
Because she’s a fucking imbecile, as are all her fans.
Comment by shadow_exe | April 12, 2005
Yup. Unfortunately, working with “normal” people, she’s remarkably popular. It’s only me and the engineering grad who refuse to read the crap, our German welfare asst is reading them in both languages to compare them!
Gah!
Comment by matgb | April 13, 2005
How disgusting would it be if the German translation turns out to be better written, wrt tone & language?
Comment by shadow_exe | April 18, 2005