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Day four of my own personal 'How fast is your spaceship?' week of scifi nerdiness. Today, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy...My favourite book as a kid and I could quote great slabs of it. While the movie was never going to match the book, I still rather enjoyed it and I felt the design work was fantastic.
The Heart of Gold, stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox (he's just this guy you know) was powered by an Infinite Improbability Drive that, when fully powered, passed through every conceivable point in every conceivable universe simultaneously. This, unfortunately, means that you areΒ "never sure where you'll end up or even what species you'll be when they get there" and "it's therefore important to dress accordingly".
Pencil, ink on paper, Paint in photoshop.
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Perfect. Just perfect.
Oh and don't forget the towel!
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Thanks! And you should always know where your towel is
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Why do I feel as if Alan Rickman is sitting on my shoulder?
Amazing piece. Β My second favorite of the series, actually.
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Alan Rickman AND Stephen Fry both voicing things in one movie.... what's not to love!! Okay, Marvin didn't love it, but he's always depressed and doesn't love anything
Stay groovy and don't forget your towel!
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This one is a Fav.
Now i want to see the movie again. heheheh
Very nice.
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Thanks! While never as good as the books, its Β somewhat of a favourite for viewing during late night work-a-thons!
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Yes! Thanks Dave. Have you heard the songs that Marvin 'did'?
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Didn't even know he 'did' one!!
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Hi Dave.Β
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β found Β the three songs Marvin did on youtube (Stephen Fry did a cover of one of them).Reasons to be miserable
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Damn RIGHT! (re the movie)
Loving this series - so much Loopy goodness, condensed into such a short time... We're not worthy!!
One sour note, though: I think you were a bit off with Freeman's likeness, here. Too bad - the guy is one of my favourite actors (9.5 on the Pegg scale)...
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Nice to see the party continues! "So long, and thanks for all the fish" is one of my all-time favorite lines.
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lol... I love the book and the movie adaptation!
Nice details... The Dolphins on the cup of tea.. genious
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Thanks man, or as the dolphins would say... thanks for all the fish!
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Dr. Bilbo Watson is wrong here. 42 *is* the actual answer, because it's the answer to the question of Life, Universe and EVERYTHING.
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Shhh! Don't let him hear you say that
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Loved that movie and I agree about the designs. Everything was just the right amount of ridiculous. I see those two evil mice up there in the right...
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I certainly have become much more suspicious of mice since reading the books and watching the film
Cheers!
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Love it, Been a while since i saw the Movie adaptation, but I'm imagining the Guide speaking with Stephen Fry's voice, which is awesome regardless of if he was in fact Β the voice or notΒ
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Thanks, and Mr Fry did indeed voice the Guide in the movie. He also did an 'audiobook' of the whole first book, which is fantastic!
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Ah thats cool, I shall probably seek out that audiobook, I very much enjoyed Fry's audio books of other novels so I expect it will be a great reading of the bookΒ
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As I mentioned to someone else, Martin Freeman is now in 3 of my favourite things from my childhood.... Hobbit/LoTR, Sherlock Holms and the Hitchhikers Guide. So yes, he definitely adds extra points
Cheers!
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They also made a drive that ran on bad news. It was a failure as they wasn't welcomed anywhere
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Haha! Coz the only other thing that travels faster than the speed of light is bad news!
Nice!
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best way to travel ever, it's also very funny see the arrivals (a little less funny if you aren't on the ship)...
I cannot read the Tea tag -_-...
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Tea bag says 'Not entirely unlike tea'.
It does look like a great way to travel, though I'm not sure how I'd feel about finding myself to be a couch on arrival though!
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new special experience at any jorney and no trafic, I will travel like that everytime!... Before I found myself trasformed into a spider... maybe..
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it says "Not entirely unlike tea"
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the heart of gold wins your spaceship contest anytime! (in my humble opinion)
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I think your humble opinion is right... in MY humble opinion!
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ah! that was until I saw the Ripley-Alien fishing-spaceship. Now I'm confused... they're all great! :-D
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Its so worn out that its effectively a 41.5 now
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hey that's 98.81% of the whole answer to the universe! XD
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Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I donβt know why I bother to say it, oh God, Iβm so depressed!
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....brain the size of a planet and they're asking me to get the door...
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Warhammer 40,000 is another good choice for scifi franchises to do one of these for, both because it's possible to calculate typical speeds from travel times, but also because the nature of warp travel in that setting means you get stuff like ships arriving at their destination before they left.
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Cheers!
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Fresh from the Nutri-Matic, too
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But I wanted a drink made from dried steeped leaves with bovine lactation!
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I toast your fine art with a pan galactic gargle blaster!
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Thanks... it's like having my brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped in a large gold brick!
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