"Everyone?" said Arthur. "Well, if everyone has that perhaps it means something! Perhaps somewhere outside the Universe we know..." "Maybe. Who cares?" said Slartibartfast before Arthur got too excited.
Feels like a good message if you look at it closely. Sure, there probably are a bunch of schemes and conspiracies being carried out at any given moment, but that doesn’t mean that our feelings around those things are accurate. Our biases are the main drivers behind who we suspect, not the evidence.
@cosmologicalturtle9528 and we humans still have coded in ourselves habits and reactions meant for being chased by wild animals back in early humanity. The anxiety of being aware of any dangerous predators is slightly off in our modern world of lattes and business meetings.
Bill Nighy's character is just a delight, in a galaxy of crazy and sinister characters he's just this likeable blue collar working guy who enjoys what he does and despite the fact he helps build entire worlds, practically making him a god, he's so modest about it.
"practically making him a god" lmao "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - C. Clarke From my understanding of philosophy threw Pluto and Aristotle and theology, you could snap your fingers and destroy planets, or snap your fingers and make them, and you still would not even begin to approach the idea of a "god" within philosophy. I'm not a Platonists but here is the logic. God (in Philosophical Context): Transcendence: In Plato's philosophical framework, a god could be understood as an eternal and perfect being that transcends the material world. This god is often associated with the highest Form or the Form of the Good in Plato's metaphysical hierarchy. Immutable and Eternal: Plato's god, often identified with the Form of the Good, represents an unchanging and eternal reality. It is the source of all knowledge, truth, and moral principles. Not Anthropomorphic: Plato's god is not typically depicted as an anthropomorphic deity with human-like attributes, emotions, or desires. Instead, it is a transcendent principle or abstract entity. All-Powerful Man (in Philosophical Context): Mortal: An all-powerful man, within Plato's philosophical context, would be a mortal human being. While this individual might possess great wisdom, knowledge, or power, they remain subject to the limitations of mortality. Human Attributes: An all-powerful man would exhibit human attributes, experiences, and vulnerabilities. They are not divine or transcendent in nature. Exceptional Wisdom: An all-powerful man might attain wisdom through philosophical contemplation or intellectual pursuits, but their wisdom is derived from their human nature and experiences. In Plato's philosophical writings, particularly in his dialogues like "The Republic" and "The Symposium," he explores the nature of reality, knowledge, and the Forms. The divine or god-like entity he refers to is often associated with the Form of the Good, which represents the highest truth and the source of knowledge and morality. In summary, in Plato's philosophical context, a god is a transcendent and eternal principle, often associated with the Form of the Good, while an all-powerful man would be a mortal human with exceptional wisdom and knowledge but limited by their human nature. These concepts are central to Plato's metaphysical and epistemological inquiries.
“Perhaps I’m old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what’s *actually* going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is say ‘hang the sense of it’ and keep yourself busy. I’d much rather be happy than right anyday” “And are you?” “Uuh, no” *chuckles* “well, that’s where it all falls down of course” Gold
IMO the only real issue I have with the film is the way Trillian is written and the romance between her and Arthur, and not just because of adaptation reasons, it's just lame and dumb on its own rights.
“Ah, no, well, yeah, no I gather that’s what they wanted you to think. But you were all actually just elements in a computer program” Arthur: looks directly into my soul. Simulation confirmed?
"We used to watch you run around little mazes" "No, we used to watch YOU watch us run around little mazes. Sometimes we'd go the wrong way on purpose. The looks on your faces!"
Sort of makes you think a little, doesn't it? All throughout the movie, Arthur must feel so unremarkable in the grand scheme of things - his best friend turns out to be an alien who was making an entry about the Earth for a guide book, only really changing the entry from "Harmless" to "Mostly Harmless", he's upset the woman he loved by not telling her the truth, and has been palling around with the most self centred and egotistical idiot creation has ever produced, and has been made to feel quite worthless throughout it all, that humanity just meant nothing on a cosmic scale, and yet coming to Magrathea, Arthur discovers that not only is the Earth actually special, but someone wanted it to exist, and that it actually holds great value to someone, such that they were quite put out when it was thoughtlessly destroyed that they commissioned a second edition to resume right where the previous one was cut short, his home included. And he's a part of that.
@@KirillGriferov Douglas Adams would change the canon in the different adaptations of the story. They are not meant to be part of the same story, rather, iterations of the same story
What a brilliant performance all around. But Martin Freeman being completely overcome and just in tears at the sheer scale was perfect. No "wow, so cool!" quip, just pure awe.
The only larger item I can think of is from the 2nd season of LEXX. The main villain had built self-replicating machines, and in the final episode you saw multiple octahedral structures (like 8-sided dice) approaching the main characters in their starship. Each of those structures was built from a galaxy, and the screen has several dozen of them approaching.
Rick and Morty would probably boast about how they're able to build a new earth blindfolded and with their hands tied behind them. But Bill Nighy, he puts that actual effort into it. It's the difference between building something that looks like a car just to gloat, and building a car that actually works
That's actually a good point. But i bet that Rick will make a different argument and a proving point that his effort is better and so on and on. I call it the Rick policy or in short Rickolicy
One thing I really like about the first bit of this sequence is the little 'factory showroom' they have before they head onto the factory floor. Obviously it would have been easy for the production design team to make it full of life-like glittering holograms and computer screens with scrolling text, but they didn't. Instead, it looks a little stylistically outdated - it's got a really clear 70s/80s style to it with the hand painted models, bookshelves, and curved orange letterboards. I wonder if the idea there was that the entire factory had basically been out of work for a while and hadn't had a reason to update their showroom.
When I left my job last month, been there 3 years and was a master, the last peice of wood I placed on that live deck I won't on it, "So long and thanks for all the fish."
I always liked that idea that they are basically gods creating the Earth because some other even more powerful deities couldn't figure out what the meaning of life is. And they needed us as an experiment. Creation created to find out the meaning of creation.
From a step father who did care about his step-son, the police captain of a place called Lon-don, the head of a universal community, to a snake that came from the depths of hell
@@bluebutterfly6394The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures brand in 2005. It was dedicated to the memory of author Douglas Adams.
Truthfully, if they ever decided to do a proper mini-series adaptation of HHG2TG, I would happily like to see James May as Stariblasfast, only b/c Bill Nighy would probably be busy doing some serious film, but mostly b/c the vibe is very much “old man confused but with deep philosophical thoughts”.
more like 4 or 5 Type I civilization is able to access all the energy available on its planet and store it for consumption. Hypothetically, it should also be able to control natural events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc. Type II civilization can directly consume a star's energy, most likely through the use of a Dyson sphere. Type III civilization is able to capture all the energy emitted by its galaxy, and every object within it, such as every star, black hole, etc. Type IV civilization, or K4 civilization harnesses the power of its own supercluster of galaxies, and eventually its universe of origin, and become effectively immortal. A civilization this advanced could tap into the mysterious dark matter and manipulate the basic fabric of spacetime. Type V civilization would be advanced enough to to escape their universe of origin and explore the multiverse. Such a civilization would have mastered technology to a point where they could simulate or build a custom universe. Type VI or K6 civilization exists in the megaverse and is capable of creating and maintaining the fundamental laws of universes. They exist in an infinite amount of simultaneously existing multiverses that represent an infinite amount of instances and all laws of physics. type VII or K7 civilization would travel, transcend and potentially encompass the omniverse which is the collection of every single universe, multiverse, megaverse, paraverse, 11d dimension and 1st realm (reality).
The "setup" of Hitch-Hikers' is brilliant, but I don't think anybody had a decent way to end it afterwards, not even Douglas Adams. In one of the later books he basically says "skip most of this, it's crap"
I don't know why, but my mind is blown by how their little carrying crate is pushed along by support beams which are a few inches thick but thousands of miles long. But they never bend or break. Maybe its just the nerd in me noticing that....
Let me get this straight. These guys build entire planets AND create the life forms that inhabit them, and that's okay. But when Viktor Frankenstein builds a robot out of organic body parts or John Hammond clones extinct animals, they're playing god and that's bad? I'm getting very mixed messages here, literature!
This scene was epic, most high cost movies american never remember that, God save UK queen,!! British brilhant imagination sci fi movies and serie,books😮
lotta space magic here. wonder how they have the space to put all of this (or even how they MOVE the earth back into its original orbit. cuz what if we look up one day and notice the other planets aren't there anymore?)
A few lightyears in space location (for the whole Solar system of course) wouldnt be noticed by anyone. The closest system to ours is Alpha Centauri and it is THOUSANDS of light years away from us. The most aboundant thing in the universe is FREE SPACE.
People poo poo on this movie, but I never knew why. I liked all of it, since it came out, and I also read the book before I saw the movie, so uh... what gives?
"I always thought there was something big and sinister in the world"
"No that's just perfectly normal paranoia everyone in the universe has that"
"Everyone?" said Arthur. "Well, if everyone has that perhaps it means something! Perhaps somewhere outside the Universe we know..."
"Maybe. Who cares?" said Slartibartfast before Arthur got too excited.
@@tacoman10From the book?
@@-stefanv-5439 Yep.
Feels like a good message if you look at it closely. Sure, there probably are a bunch of schemes and conspiracies being carried out at any given moment, but that doesn’t mean that our feelings around those things are accurate. Our biases are the main drivers behind who we suspect, not the evidence.
@cosmologicalturtle9528 and we humans still have coded in ourselves habits and reactions meant for being chased by wild animals back in early humanity. The anxiety of being aware of any dangerous predators is slightly off in our modern world of lattes and business meetings.
Bill Nighy's character is just a delight, in a galaxy of crazy and sinister characters he's just this likeable blue collar working guy who enjoys what he does and despite the fact he helps build entire worlds, practically making him a god, he's so modest about it.
"Blue-collar God" that concept alone is fucking hilarious
"practically making him a god" lmao "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - C. Clarke
From my understanding of philosophy threw Pluto and Aristotle and theology, you could snap your fingers and destroy planets, or snap your fingers and make them, and you still would not even begin to approach the idea of a "god" within philosophy.
I'm not a Platonists but here is the logic.
God (in Philosophical Context):
Transcendence: In Plato's philosophical framework, a god could be understood as an eternal and perfect being that transcends the material world. This god is often associated with the highest Form or the Form of the Good in Plato's metaphysical hierarchy.
Immutable and Eternal: Plato's god, often identified with the Form of the Good, represents an unchanging and eternal reality. It is the source of all knowledge, truth, and moral principles.
Not Anthropomorphic: Plato's god is not typically depicted as an anthropomorphic deity with human-like attributes, emotions, or desires. Instead, it is a transcendent principle or abstract entity.
All-Powerful Man (in Philosophical Context):
Mortal: An all-powerful man, within Plato's philosophical context, would be a mortal human being. While this individual might possess great wisdom, knowledge, or power, they remain subject to the limitations of mortality.
Human Attributes: An all-powerful man would exhibit human attributes, experiences, and vulnerabilities. They are not divine or transcendent in nature.
Exceptional Wisdom: An all-powerful man might attain wisdom through philosophical contemplation or intellectual pursuits, but their wisdom is derived from their human nature and experiences.
In Plato's philosophical writings, particularly in his dialogues like "The Republic" and "The Symposium," he explores the nature of reality, knowledge, and the Forms. The divine or god-like entity he refers to is often associated with the Form of the Good, which represents the highest truth and the source of knowledge and morality.
In summary, in Plato's philosophical context, a god is a transcendent and eternal principle, often associated with the Form of the Good, while an all-powerful man would be a mortal human with exceptional wisdom and knowledge but limited by their human nature. These concepts are central to Plato's metaphysical and epistemological inquiries.
He got awards 🏅 for Norway.
“Perhaps I’m old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what’s *actually* going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is say ‘hang the sense of it’ and keep yourself busy. I’d much rather be happy than right anyday”
“And are you?”
“Uuh, no” *chuckles* “well, that’s where it all falls down of course”
Gold
"but then the galactic economy collapsed"
relatable..
I think it says a lot about the movie that the best parts are when it is just reading the words that Douglas Adams wrote
I mean, it was all on the radio show first, the books, then the show and then the books.
He wrote all of it.
IMO the only real issue I have with the film is the way Trillian is written and the romance between her and Arthur, and not just because of adaptation reasons, it's just lame and dumb on its own rights.
“Ah, no, well, yeah, no I gather that’s what they wanted you to think. But you were all actually just elements in a computer program” Arthur: looks directly into my soul.
Simulation confirmed?
*The Matrix Has You.*
Would it matter?
"We used to watch you run around little mazes"
"No, we used to watch YOU watch us run around little mazes. Sometimes we'd go the wrong way on purpose. The looks on your faces!"
No, that's just paranoia as well :)
That piece of music as Arthur enters the factory floor!! Magic ❤
Sort of makes you think a little, doesn't it?
All throughout the movie, Arthur must feel so unremarkable in the grand scheme of things - his best friend turns out to be an alien who was making an entry about the Earth for a guide book, only really changing the entry from "Harmless" to "Mostly Harmless", he's upset the woman he loved by not telling her the truth, and has been palling around with the most self centred and egotistical idiot creation has ever produced, and has been made to feel quite worthless throughout it all, that humanity just meant nothing on a cosmic scale, and yet coming to Magrathea, Arthur discovers that not only is the Earth actually special, but someone wanted it to exist, and that it actually holds great value to someone, such that they were quite put out when it was thoughtlessly destroyed that they commissioned a second edition to resume right where the previous one was cut short, his home included.
And he's a part of that.
Deep Thought said that the Earth project would take 10 million years. Then why does the manual indicate 4.5 billion years in the TV series?
@@KirillGriferov Douglas Adams would change the canon in the different adaptations of the story. They are not meant to be part of the same story, rather, iterations of the same story
What a brilliant performance all around. But Martin Freeman being completely overcome and just in tears at the sheer scale was perfect. No "wow, so cool!" quip, just pure awe.
Realizing your planet has been blown up for an intergalactic highway is crazy. Finding out, someone had a spare... 😂
I think the "factory floor" form this scence is the lsrgest strcuture in all of sci fi
Yup I think I saw a black whole in there
Maybe inside a Dyson sphere
The only larger item I can think of is from the 2nd season of LEXX. The main villain had built self-replicating machines, and in the final episode you saw multiple octahedral structures (like 8-sided dice) approaching the main characters in their starship. Each of those structures was built from a galaxy, and the screen has several dozen of them approaching.
V’ger from Star Trek the Motion Picture beats it.
@@esyphillis101That thing is only the size of the Earth's orbit loool
Big, but no where even related to discussions of the BIGGEST things in sci-fi
Rick and Morty would probably boast about how they're able to build a new earth blindfolded and with their hands tied behind them. But Bill Nighy, he puts that actual effort into it. It's the difference between building something that looks like a car just to gloat, and building a car that actually works
how do you pronounce his name though? cuz i've heard people say it like "Nye" (and that's a whole different person, mate.) 🤨
@@DonEBrooke32nigh-he but like dont fully pronounce the syllables. if that makes sense.
oh@@marduke45
I believe it’s pronounced Stariblasfast.
That's actually a good point. But i bet that Rick will make a different argument and a proving point that his effort is better and so on and on. I call it the Rick policy or in short Rickolicy
Fun fact: the planet in the background at 2:06 is modelled on Douglas Adams’ face.
I think the face appears on the left side of the screen at 2:19 ... and yes, there it is!
One thing I really like about the first bit of this sequence is the little 'factory showroom' they have before they head onto the factory floor. Obviously it would have been easy for the production design team to make it full of life-like glittering holograms and computer screens with scrolling text, but they didn't. Instead, it looks a little stylistically outdated - it's got a really clear 70s/80s style to it with the hand painted models, bookshelves, and curved orange letterboards. I wonder if the idea there was that the entire factory had basically been out of work for a while and hadn't had a reason to update their showroom.
"I'd rather be happy than right any day"
"Are you?"
"No"
lol
When I left my job last month, been there 3 years and was a master, the last peice of wood I placed on that live deck I won't on it, "So long and thanks for all the fish."
This guy seems to have a certain level of serenity
I would much rather be happy than right any day!
Words to live by!
And are you?
I always liked that idea that they are basically gods creating the Earth because some other even more powerful deities couldn't figure out what the meaning of life is. And they needed us as an experiment. Creation created to find out the meaning of creation.
10/10 best representation of someone meeting the creator ever put down.
hitch hikers guide to the galaxy is a all time favourite of mine
Bill Nighy ...love that guy... total chameleon.. can be the uber nice guy or a total evil SOB...
From a step father who did care about his step-son, the police captain of a place called Lon-don, the head of a universal community, to a snake that came from the depths of hell
Typical. One, single guy filling up the world ocean with water and a dozen working around one tiny house....
Yoo your pfp is the Signet of Spirits from Guild wars! I know because I run with Razah and Xandra on my team!
@@JohnSmith-n7r My cover is blown! xD
Imagine how big that fucken factory must be 😂
That factory is the 4 dimension
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One of the best parts of the movie
What movie is this
@@bluebutterfly6394The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
Released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures brand in 2005.
It was dedicated to the memory of author Douglas Adams.
@@bluebutterfly6394Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy 🌌
Seeing all of this now makes perfect sense to me. thank you.
“I much be happy than right any day.”
Words to live by.
Id much rather be happy then right is my new philosophy
James May in SPAAAAAACEEEEE!!! I am so sorry, Mister May, I couldn't resist! No offense intended! ^_^
Truthfully, if they ever decided to do a proper mini-series adaptation of HHG2TG, I would happily like to see James May as Stariblasfast, only b/c Bill Nighy would probably be busy doing some serious film, but mostly b/c the vibe is very much “old man confused but with deep philosophical thoughts”.
Rufus Scrimgeour has finally loosened up. I kid, I kid. Excellent adaptation, next to the 1981 series.
holy advanced civilization this is type 3 right?
more like 4 or 5
Type I civilization is able to access all the energy available on its planet and store it for consumption. Hypothetically, it should also be able to control natural events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.
Type II civilization can directly consume a star's energy, most likely through the use of a Dyson sphere.
Type III civilization is able to capture all the energy emitted by its galaxy, and every object within it, such as every star, black hole, etc.
Type IV civilization, or K4 civilization harnesses the power of its own supercluster of galaxies, and eventually its universe of origin, and become effectively immortal. A civilization this advanced could tap into the mysterious dark matter and manipulate the basic fabric of spacetime.
Type V civilization would be advanced enough to to escape their universe of origin and explore the multiverse. Such a civilization would have mastered technology to a point where they could simulate or build a custom universe.
Type VI or K6 civilization exists in the megaverse and is capable of creating and maintaining the fundamental laws of universes. They exist in an infinite amount of simultaneously existing multiverses that represent an infinite amount of instances and all laws of physics.
type VII or K7 civilization would travel, transcend and potentially encompass the omniverse which is the collection of every single universe, multiverse, megaverse, paraverse, 11d dimension and 1st realm (reality).
i adore this whole scene
“Hello Nicholas, how’s the hand?”
2:11 this is basically a scene from Rama
4:18-4:25 Arthur’s voice echoing out from the earth sounds kinda like Prince Charming from Shrek 2
Didnt know about this movie! What year is it from?
2005
@@luchalegend2185 Thanks!
Anything but tell you the truth of the titans below your feet
Ye are as gods
Its a shame this movie got absolutely panned by critics
Life The Universe & Everything is a fairly broad topic. Lol. 🌏
The "setup" of Hitch-Hikers' is brilliant, but I don't think anybody had a decent way to end it afterwards, not even Douglas Adams. In one of the later books he basically says "skip most of this, it's crap"
"I'd much rather be happy than right any day" -Slartibarfast
And with that, generations of cerebral confusion began. 😅
"I'd much rather be happy than right anyday"
Earth 2: special low frequency edition
If i found out earth was "built" it would do irreparable damage to my mind.
I dont know about my mind imagination but maybe this guys is the responsible for the infrastructure of the fzero x and gx game series hahahaha
I don't know why, but my mind is blown by how their little carrying crate is pushed along by support beams which are a few inches thick but thousands of miles long. But they never bend or break. Maybe its just the nerd in me noticing that....
You cut off the best part when he says "it's all there, it all works"
What film is this from?
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
What movie is this?
We will build it, us, God only, but this is great stuff, thx for the laughs i love this movie 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣💪🙏🤗💞💖😂😂😂💕🤣😉👍✨💕
Viktor dropped Bilbo off in Hobbiton New Zealand (north island) no problem :)
Ol' Slartibartfast
It's like humans building a pool or a house in nature for the animals there 🌈🌃🌌😯🌎🌍🌏
Deep Thought said that the Earth project would take 10 million years. Then why does the manual indicate 4.5 billion years in the TV series?
I’m here for the title but no sauce, yet.
Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy
Read the book first
Let me get this straight. These guys build entire planets AND create the life forms that inhabit them, and that's okay.
But when Viktor Frankenstein builds a robot out of organic body parts or John Hammond clones extinct animals, they're playing god and that's bad?
I'm getting very mixed messages here, literature!
Frankenstein’s monster is not a robot.
This scene was epic, most high cost movies american never remember that, God save UK queen,!! British brilhant imagination sci fi movies and serie,books😮
lotta space magic here. wonder how they have the space to put all of this (or even how they MOVE the earth back into its original orbit. cuz what if we look up one day and notice the other planets aren't there anymore?)
Nah, just put it somewhere similar. Nobody will notice that a few star constellations are off.
A few lightyears in space location (for the whole Solar system of course) wouldnt be noticed by anyone. The closest system to ours is Alpha Centauri and it is THOUSANDS of light years away from us. The most aboundant thing in the universe is FREE SPACE.
Name?
Fraggle Rock! ❤
What's the name of this movie?
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Really?
@@ishikawa1338 yeah
This is the big 2000s era film not the BBC film 1980s or a cable version.
Is this death of supernatural fans who seen it back me
Plot twist: Supernatural takes place after the Death of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Universe
People poo poo on this movie, but I never knew why. I liked all of it, since it came out, and I also read the book before I saw the movie, so uh... what gives?
😊😊😊Me too me too
I questioned a few casting choices. Mos Def, the girl from Fox sit coms. 🤔 the late Alan Rickman was ✅️ as the little depressed robot 🤖.
The tv series was much, much better than the film.
space is BIG - really REALY BIG! I mean you might think it’s a jot to walk down to the Chemists , but that’s just PEANUTS to space “
It certainly was, and memorable unlike the film.
The book was the best
Who cares? The film was still good in it's own way. It doesn't have to be as good as the show in order to be good.
I doubt you’re gonna find many Hitchhiker’s Guide fans that’d disagree with you, but there is some magic to seeing it on the big screen
Another Day at Future Gamesworkshop HQ
We need this to happen
That is possible:)
😊1981 version was the best
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Movie name
Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy
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