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The Zionist Media Conspiracy
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by laudablepuss 05/14/2022, 11:23am PDT |
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Mischief Maker wrote:
I also have the giant coffee table book-sized version of HHGTTG, with the hologram cover.
I love Adams' work, and I will not hear any criticism from fucking Rick and Morty snobs who note broad patterns in his writing and use that recognition of patterns as some kind of mark against the work.
I had an autographed Hitchhiker's Guide leather bound collection, but it somehow didn't make it from WI to CO when I moved. My brother has a funny story about getting that signature (he gave it to me as a gift).
I was surprised at how much behind-the-scenes research Adams actually did for some of his stuff. "Oolium" sounded like just the dumbest made-up name for a mineral, but later I learned it's actually in line with real mineral names. I think he was a terrific writer with some really amazing sci-fi ideas.
BUT. Let's consider that he hadn't yet decided whether his last unfinished book was going to be Dirk Gently or Hitchhiker's Guide. They're basically the same. My main criticism of him though is as script editor for Doctor Who. As a writer, pretty good. (Creature of the Pit notwithstanding. Ugh.) But as script editor, he made the series too silly. If the Doctor isn't going to take the absurd costumed monsters seriously, who will?
The opening to HHGTG is probably the most iconic and well-crafted moment in all of sci-fi comedy -- which admittedly sounds like Pete Davidson's "World's Smartest Horse" award, but still. Nobody will ever top that. |
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Red Dwarf by Mischief Maker 04/30/2022, 6:06am PDT 
See also: Black Adder NT by overrated "classic" British comedy 04/30/2022, 6:18am PDT
I will cut you, bitch! by Mischief Maker 04/30/2022, 8:21am PDT
It's the greatest show in the history of television. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/30/2022, 11:59am PDT
I tried this once or twice and bounced off it hard by blackwater 05/01/2022, 11:31pm PDT
Re: I tried this once or twice and bounced off it hard by Mysteriobama 05/02/2022, 7:14pm PDT
Douglas was my favorite author of my teens, but by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/13/2022, 8:31am PDT
He signed my copy of "Mostly Harmless!" by Mischief Maker 05/13/2022, 11:10am PDT
Re: He signed my copy of "Mostly Harmless!" by laudablepuss 05/14/2022, 11:23am PDT
Re: He signed my copy of "Mostly Harmless!" by Geryk 05/14/2022, 11:27am PDT
I also liked Douglas Adams as a kid, but I don't think his stuff has aged well by blackwater 05/13/2022, 5:27pm PDT
Fair, though I must add by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/14/2022, 8:40am PDT
Yeah, some things are timeless. by blackwater 05/14/2022, 8:58pm PDT
49 NT by laudablepuss 05/15/2022, 6:25am PDT
He's aged like Monty Python by the good old days 05/13/2022, 9:16pm PDT
Re: He's aged like Monty Python by hO 05/13/2022, 9:45pm PDT
Max Headroom was a british show. by Mischief Maker 05/02/2022, 7:39pm PDT
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