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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #1

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hulu)

    Hulu is now mostly owned by Disney.



    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is making the leap to the small screen. Hulu is developing a new TV series adaptation of the popular science fiction series penned by Douglas Adams.

    So far, the production team includes Carlton Cuse as showrunner and Jason Fuchs as feature writer. Cuse’s television credits include Lost, Bates Motel, The Strain, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, while Fuchs did story work on Wonder Woman and provided the screenplay for Ice Age: Continental Drift.

    Why are so many pre-existing IPs turning to TV? It’s complicated
    For those few who might be unfamiliar with this classic of geekdom, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tells the tale of Earth’s destruction so that aliens can build a space highway. It centers on a Brit named Arthur Dent and his best friend Ford Prefect, who is writing the travel guide of the title.
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  • UtwigMU
    Super MURCer
    • Jul 2002
    • 5651

    #2
    This will either rule or suck.

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    • Dr Mordrid
      Moderator
      • Apr 2001
      • 26592

      #3
      They'd better get Marvin right....
      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • paulw
        Super MURCer
        • Sep 1999
        • 1026

        #4
        Seem to remember a British TV show of it back in the 1981. I hope it's better than the movie version that to date is the only movie where I fell asleep during it.
        paulw

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        • Evildead666
          Super MURCer
          • Mar 2002
          • 3116

          #5
          Jesus F**k.
          There was already a perfectly good TV version of this.
          It may have been done with pennies, but it was the definitive version of it, and i'm sure Douglas Adams approved.

          Is nothing sacred anymore ?
          (Not sarcasm)
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          • Evildead666
            Super MURCer
            • Mar 2002
            • 3116

            #6
            Originally posted by paulw View Post
            Seem to remember a British TV show of it back in the 1981. I hope it's better than the movie version that to date is the only movie where I fell asleep during it.
            I fell asleep with 3 other people during Speed 2, it might have been carbon monoxide poisoning from the fuel heater, but I blame the film.
            /s
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            • Dr Mordrid
              Moderator
              • Apr 2001
              • 26592

              #7
              Originally posted by Evildead666 View Post
              I fell asleep with 3 other people during Speed 2, it might have been carbon monoxide poisoning from the fuel heater, but I blame the film.
              /s
              Speed 2? Ewwwww....

              Then there were the Shaky-Cam flicks starting with Blair Witch and Cloverfield. Dramamine recommended....
              Dr. Mordrid
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              An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

              I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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              • Evildead666
                Super MURCer
                • Mar 2002
                • 3116

                #8
                Originally posted by Dr Mordrid View Post
                Speed 2? Ewwwww....

                Then there were the Shaky-Cam flicks starting with Blair Witch and Cloverfield. Dramamine recommended....
                Seriously, It was a very boring film. I'm not sure how we survived.

                I sort of stumbled through Blair Witch OK, Cloverield the 1st was the first vomit-cam film, iirc.
                There have been worse since. Tho I don't want to remember them right now
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                Nas : i3/itx/2x4GB/8x4TB BTRFS/Raid6 (7 + Hotspare) Xpenology
                +++ : FSP Nano 800VA (Pi's+switch) + 1600VA (PC-1+Nas)

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                • Greebe
                  Super MURCer
                  • Aug 1999
                  • 8555

                  #9
                  Is nothing sacred anymore ?
                  (Not sarcasm)
                  Sadly no
                  "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." -- Dr. Seuss

                  "Always do good. It will gratify some and astonish the rest." ~Mark Twain

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                  • Umfriend
                    Crabby Smurf
                    • Mar 2001
                    • 7308

                    #10
                    Still sad about someone cancelling Dirk Gently.
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                    • Rakido
                      Super MURCer
                      • Feb 2000
                      • 1313

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Evildead666 View Post
                      Seriously, It was a very boring film. I'm not sure how we survived.

                      I sort of stumbled through Blair Witch OK, Cloverield the 1st was the first vomit-cam film, iirc.
                      There have been worse since. Tho I don't want to remember them right now
                      Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

                      Just saying ...
                      "Women don't want to hear a man's opinion, they just want to hear their opinion in a deeper voice."

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