Happy 3rd birthday journal!

[neverwhere]

Congratulations, Nevvie's journal -- you've passed the Terrible Twos and are now edging ever closer to adulthood. *grins*


I was on the radio today! At the end of the 'Totally 80's' hour on a local station the DJ asked for people to call in and review The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because it was number one at the box office this weekend (WE'RE #1! WE'RE #1! WOOOHOOOOO!!), so I did. And I was on the air! Now if only they had given me $1,000 for my excellent review...*giggles* (I can not believe that's what I sound like. Do I really sound like a 12 year old on helium? *laughs*)
There were a great many things I enjoyed about the film, a few that were not so brilliant, and one 'WTF!?' plot hole that drove me crazy. However, all I will say about the film is this: Nevvie + MartinFreemanasArthur = FOREVER. :)
Also: DIEAMERICANTRILLIANDIIIIIIIIIIIIE. God damn I hated her. (She was one whole ju-ju flop situation, full of Belgium and other horrific things. Bleaugh.) Okayokay, one more thing: I worship Stephen Fry. But of course we all knew that already. *grins*
I think Douglas would have been proud. Especially of the beginning. Hee. :)

This has been an amazing week for license plates. No, seriously. ALLEGRO, BONDIGE, EE MC2, and best of all, a frame holder that said 'MAURADERS: MOONEY PADFOOT WORMTAIL AND PRONGS'. *squee!* I definitely need to make a nifty and utterly geekalicious frame for my car, but what fandom to choose? Perhaps something from LOTR, or maybe one of my favourite Oscar Wilde quotes, like 'Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast' (so very true). Any suggestions my lovely friends?

Last week I spent a few delightful hours with darling fyrie, whom I met at ashfae's wedding, and had the best time chatting, giggling, playing LOTR trivial pursuit, and generally being outrageously bouncy and squeeful. She introduced me to new friend collie, who lives not to far away and works at the Renaissance Faire as a piratey wench, arrrr. She also has more friends than I've had in my entire life (although that's quite easy, really *small sigh*); every few minutes someone new would come by, it was quite intimidating being around someone so popular. *G* I hope I can visit her at the Ren Faire soon, I just need a bodice to complete my tavern wench-type ensemble. Please feel free to send me one. Preferably in green. ;-)


And finally, a very important note:

Dear Nevvie,

Please stop crying over fictional characters. You do not need to break down into agonizing sobs when your favourite anime character dies. Especially if you've seen the series a dozen times already. You're beginning to scare the neighbours. Seriously, cut it out. People will begin to worry about your sanity. If they haven't already.

Love,

Me :)

PS -- NEW FAMILY OMG SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!! *happiness pie*

Comments

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I liked Trillian, actually. She had spunk at times, and most of the lack of it can be blamed on the scriptwriter who decided she should be the focus of romantic triangleness. (though bleah, Arthur much as I loved him never showed any indication that he understood her at all, so effed if I know what that was about!)

Anyway, Trillian didn't strike me as excessively American at all, and I thought she looked exactly right, much better than she appeared in my head. I really think most of your problems with her are actually with the script more than the actress.

The one who annoyed my was Zaphod. Rockwell was great, but why does everyone assume Zaphod is stupid? He's not, it's just that he's self-absorbed and reckless and irritating and those traits combined make a number of people assume he's stupid. This one actually was stupid, though. Wah!

Movie still great, though. Douglas Adams would so have come up with the POV gun.

[nerdcakes.livejournal.com]

He's not, it's just that he's self-absorbed and reckless and irritating and those traits combined make a number of people assume he's stupid

I am a bit in love with you. And there was this vague explanation of how he had to cut out part of his brain to be president, but it wasn't really covered in any way that made any sense. The whole point of Zaphod removing part of his brain was that he did actually have a dissenting section of his mind that he had to remove to become President. This just made out that he had an asshole part of his brain that he needed to hide under his neck. And if he wasn't using that brain most of the time anyway, why'd he get so much stupider once it was removed? It was just... ack.

Zaphod's not an idiot, as much as he sometimes pretends to be. He's just this guy, y'know?

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

Everyone is a bit in love with Ashfae, and if they aren't they should be. *grins*

>He's just this guy, y'know?

How much did you squee when Gag showed up on screen? My nipples explode with delight! :D

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Whoo, thanks for the compliment. =) And yes, weird how they combined the second head with the brain removal; cannot see the point.

Also cannot say anything better than the just this guy, y'know comment; that sums it up completely. =) Well, that and he's so hip he has trouble seeing over his pelvis...

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

He is so cool you could keep a side of meat in him for a month!


Is HHGG the most outstandingly quotable thing ever? Yes, I think so. ;-)

[angelislington.livejournal.com]

You're so right, Zaphod isn't stupid (would he be able to use words like 'flummox' if he were? ;-), but I thought Sam's interpretation worked, especially with the cheeky winks and rockstar poses, those were awesome. *giggles*

I'm sure most of my issues with trillian were script related, probably because the 'love triangle of bad'(as nerdcakes so apptly puts it) felt so forced and utterly unnessesary. But then, so did the entire Humma Kavula/rescue from Vogsphere subplot. Meh.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Oh, Sam was great. Again, my issues are more with the script. Though actually, I applaud the scriptwriter here; he had a bitch of a job trying to bring a classic like this to the big screen, and all in all I think he did a really good job. He hit the style perfectly even if he occassionally missed on the characters. =)

And bleaaaaaaaaaah for the love triangle of bad, you're right, great way of putting it. Fenchurch forever! I forgive the Humma Kavula subplot because OH MY GOD HE LOOKED SO COOL AND CREEPY AYIEEEEEEE much love.