The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

[netizen]

Interestingly enough, I saw the movie before reading the book. The movie made me laugh, but it felt like there were holes that obviously needed filling, thus me wanting to read it. Unfortunately, I didn't like the book at all. I know, shoot me. I desperately wanted to like it, and I feel like such an outsider for not, but I detested the plot development. Things happened for the sake of happening, so that silly words could be used, and too many damn coincidences. Who knows, maybe if I'd read it when I was a teen instead of when I was 40, but I just didn't connect with it at all.

Commence shaming in 3...2...1....

Maybe you'd like the radio series more then :/
The books, or at least the first two, are just novelizations of the radio shows.

 

[superballs]

Interestingly enough, I saw the movie before reading the book. The movie made me laugh, but it felt like there were holes that obviously needed filling, thus me wanting to read it. Unfortunately, I didn't like the book at all. I know, shoot me. I desperately wanted to like it, and I feel like such an outsider for not, but I detested the plot development. Things happened for the sake of happening, so that silly words could be used, and too many damn coincidences. Who knows, maybe if I'd read it when I was a teen instead of when I was 40, but I just didn't connect with it at all.

Commence shaming in 3...2...1....

I get what you're saying, though I think what you described was what I actually loved about the book. The complete and utter nosensicality of it (like the word nonsensicality itself). Even though there were some witty moments, I found the humor to often be nothing more than verbal slapstick and didn't feel the need to take anything away from it except a few cheap laughs and a few really good gags.

I did find the movie funny, I thought it was a rather competent rendition of a book that wasn't really meant for the medium of feature length screenplay. It was funny and it did nail a lot of what the book was conveying.

But that's the great thing about art. It's purpose is to be experienced and to stimulate one to a response whether positive or negative (I hope nobody quotes this next time I'm in a opinionated TPA debate).

Funny thing though is that coincidence is almost the central focal point of the books. As it very much is about probability and improbability.

Maybe you'd like the radio series more then :/
The books, or at least the first two, are just novelizations of the radio shows.

I didn't know the radio show came first.

 

[brakel]

Oh, that's pretty cool then. I want to see pinball production decentralized from Chicago, and I noticed that all of the companies popping up lately have been in locations other than Chicago.

Hasn't this already happened? Like 20 years ago? Besides Stern, who is still making pinball machines in Chicago?

 

[Shaneus]

Hasn't this already happened? Like 20 years ago? Besides Stern, who is still making pinball machines?

Fixed. Kind of. Keep in mind it's only been the last two or three years there's been more than one manufacturer, let alone any outside of Chicago. But soon we'll have JJP, Spooky, Homepin, Zidware, Heighway and probably others all built outside of Illinois.

 

[KRESS]

Interestingly enough, I saw the movie before reading the book. The movie made me laugh, but it felt like there were holes that obviously needed filling, thus me wanting to read it. Unfortunately, I didn't like the book at all. I know, shoot me. I desperately wanted to like it, and I feel like such an outsider for not, but I detested the plot development. Things happened for the sake of happening, so that silly words could be used, and too many damn coincidences. Who knows, maybe if I'd read it when I was a teen instead of when I was 40, but I just didn't connect with it at all.

Commence shaming in 3...2...1....

It is exactly as you say... a series of jokes pasted into a plot.
Much like the bible....3...2....1
My suggestion is to read it on the toilet it makes more sense in lots of ten minutes

 

[Shaneus]

I played the text adventure before reading the book before seeing the movie :/

 

[KRESS]

Marvin Multiball

Knock down target ( which resets in 5 seconds )
and lock ball in kickout hole behind X 4

done with a helping hand returning the ball to the flipper ( it's not this easy )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty0ZIO2jHuQ