July 27, 2004
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Teaser Online!
Whee! I've been itching to see this teaser - just unveiled at the San Diego Comic Con - so I was more than a little pleased to get an email this morning directing me over to CHUD, where they've apparently got bandwidth to burn. Yeah, there's not much there in terms of footage, but the tone is perfect and the production values on this thing beat the total production expense of the entire BBC television show combined. Not that that would be difficult, really. Click here to view the trailer and here to check out the film's website. I was mighty skeptical at first but it looks as though Douglas Adams' masterpiece is finally getting the film it deserves ... Thanks to Tracy for the heads up ...
Posted by John Campea at July 27, 2004 11:30 AM
Comments
Posted by: rvnlrd at July 27, 2004 01:42 PM
Oops ... dropped an 's' ... fixed now ...
Posted by: Bubba at July 27, 2004 01:52 PM
there's not much there in terms of footage
Is this meant to be code for "there's nothing to see but the message saying the preview has been passed for all audiences"? Cos that was all the file I downloaded had. After 30 minutes download time, I am not amused.
Posted by: James Russell at July 28, 2004 01:08 AM
You, sir, need a better internet connection. The teaser's about a minute, minute and a half long.
Posted by: Bubba at July 28, 2004 10:14 AM
I am painfully aware of the shitness of dialup, believe me.
I've now tried watching the file with Media Player Classic and it still doesn't work. I get the sound but the only picture is that of the text message.
Posted by: James Russell at July 29, 2004 02:30 AM
You need the DivX codec to watch the teaser. It's hardly worth the bother. The entire teaser is just graphics of space with taglines superimposed over them. Not a single character shot.
Posted by: Ben at July 29, 2004 03:10 PM
The tone is perfect, and hilarious if you read the book(s?)... I think.
-Owl
Posted by: OwlBoy at August 1, 2004 07:46 PM
Link to the movie site doesn't work. Correct link is: http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html