@ShutEyeCinema Those Hostile Aliens had NO RIGHT to destroy a world full of innocent people!!! How would those so called Alien Demolisher's got their asses kicked by the Klingon Empire?!
1:36 I was actually in the theater the weekend it premiered, and when the banjo started playing, you could hear all the OG fans gasping and then cheering. It took us all by surprise to hear the old TV theme start playing.
god I can only imagine closest expierence I've had is the 2nd jurrasic world where rexxie appears with the sting of the classic theme, Imagine if jw2 was a good movie
I remember going to school as Arthur Dent for a dress as a character School Spirit day. Showed up in pajamas, taped a “Don’t Panic” label on a book that I carried around, whole nine yards. Not a single one of the other students or teachers knew who I was dressed as.
Dude! I did the same thing. Working at a school. Barely anyone got it without me explaining it. It shocked me considering how Iconic I thought this series was.
The movie definitely (as said about ever book movie) not as well as the book. But I think it was really good! Even the boring scenes like him falling out paperwork was funny.
@@Glorpusvideos Strictly speaking the radio series was the original; it predated the books. Every adaptation has something different about it. The books differ, the TV series differed, the movie also differed a fair bit.
The way this scene is done has always stuck with me. Something about how efficiently and emotionless the vogons cary out the elimination of earth and human kind. Just another day at the office type of stuff. Pull up with the construction fleet, quick little courtesy speech, and then whoosh- billions of lives, every triumph and tribulation of humanity, and almost every trace of our existence extinguished in a few seconds. Now on with the movie... very surreal
In the book instead it described a terrible sound when the Earth got blown up. ... The fans of the books can kiss my shiny metal ass, I LIKE IT BETTER IN THE MOVE because it's subversive in a successful way, it's unique, and it kinda makes practical sense that the Vogon would like to get rid of planets in a quick and contained way instead of making a huge mess.
This scene legitimately scared me as a child when I saw this film with my dad. There's something so goddamn terrifying about this colossal alien column looming over you, and then everything you know and love being destroyed without being able to do a thing about it
@@gracemcd.1950 which is the worst possible thing you could do if blown out into space, instead of dying in seconds to a minute you'd die almost instantly. The best way to enhance your chances of survival in space is to EXHALE, all the air out of your lungs, not inhale. Titan AE and Event Horizon had it more accurate. But of course Hitchhiker's is a comedy and you can fly by throwing yourself at the ground and missing.
0:43 "a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything. Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, a terrible, stupid catastrophe occurred, and the idea was lost forever."
Remember watching this in theaters and this scene was easily the most memorable part of the movie. Just really well done. The way the camera pulls out demonstrates the mind boggling colossal nature of these machines on a planetary level. And the music perfectly captures the moment. My only gripe is that I wish the explosion was a little more.. eh substantial.
I think the underwhelming explosion adds to the scene immensely. No fanfare, just a cold, emotionless whoosh and a few sparks. Bam- earth and humanity extinguished in seconds, now on with the movie
That’s the theme to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series in a nutshell. The universe is the biggest awe inspiring anticlimax when you get right down to it.
I saw this in theaters & that scene was so intense & awe inspiring. The theater was packed & there was total absolute silence when the earth exploded. No one was sipping their drink, digging for their snacks, nothing. Just everyone completely engrossed in the scene. It was amazing🌎💥👀 If you ever get a chance to watch this movie in theaters do yourself a favor & see it.
@@prltqdf9 Yeah, but that's true about everything that's based on a comic, novel and video game. Look what happened in the new Resident Evil film, as well as the fact the both Game Of Thrones and The Walking Dead have veered so far off from the original story. You simply have to take it for what it is, enjoy it for what it is, and if you still don't like it, then don't watch it. For every 'one' person who hated this movie, there are ten people who loved it. Sure, it's good chance they didn't see the TV series and read the books, but the movie still follows the basic storyline and it's not half bad.
@@prltqdf9 I had a relative who complained about the same thing, but I pointed out it was Douglas Adams who did the script, and he modified it over the years for various formats (tv, radio, audiobooks)… yes, there is a lot of stuff like describing the Vogon ships “They hung in the air in exactly the same way bricks don’t” that I would’ve liked but then it would have been a 4 hour movie. Which I would have happily sat through, but you sometimes have to appreciate what you get. Or don’t, I don’t care. The Zaphod head out the neck thing was a bad choice, and I preferred the TV Marvin (he has a cameo, though) so those take it to a 3 star but the visuals were amazing and conveyed the story better than previously possible
I only watched this movie once as a kid. Jesus I forgot how wonderful this movie begins. It's so hard to feel genuine wonder when watching movies now adays.
I was 10 when this film came out and it was so influential on every aspect of the person I became. From my sense of humor, to my ability to laugh in face of adversity, to my outlook on life, the universe, and everything.
I remember seeing this the first time in cinema and when the banjo transitioned into the original TV theme I just got shivers everywhere....brilliantly done :)
I watched this as a kid, long before I knew it was ever a book. I havent read the book yet, but this has always been one of my family's favorite movies, and I love it for what it is, regardless of how well it adapted its source material. On its own, its such a good movie.
If you haven't yet, I can highly recommend the book though there are several variations. The movie is an excellent summary of the first 3 books but missing some of the more funny and interesting quirks.
When I was young, my dad had a TV with surround sound system! When the Volgons destroy the earth, the stereo system made such a fantastic sound! It was really cool!
This scene is extremely special in a few ways, you have the opening scene of the book resching the next stage, you have the overwhelming crisis moment trope that everyone has mentioned, you also get a sense of scale of Earth and the Vogon fleet, their precision at planetary detonation with the Earth imploding with little fuss like a seasoned demolition team, a bunch of beings with superior technology treating the earth and humanity like literally nothing, then a moment of silence to soak it all in. Then a melancholy banjo, that slowly builds into quite a brilliant rendition of the OG theme that gave everyone who had ever watched the series goosebumps (still does), and finally...the reveal of the actual star of the movie, the Guide itself with an almost majestic intoduction followed by Stephen Fry as the Guide giving us the opening lines that many people could recite by heart all filling the thestre screen with no distractions just complete focus and attention on it. It fits so many pieces together so well, and i wish i could find my DVD copy!
He's a pretty good friend to be sharing all that beer with everyone. What makes him an even better friend is all that beer was originally supposed to be for him and Arthur
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams
That's an arrangement of a song by the Eagles called "Journey of the Sorcerer." It was used in the BBC TV version of the story so the filmmakers tip their hat to it here.
I'm so tired of internet people saying this movie isn't that great. The whole movie is hilarious and is a wonderful tribute to Adams ans his great books.
We pretty much already have this version of the Guide, we could've made a fully functional 80's version of the Guide, but now we basically have this version in the form of folding phones like the Galaxy Fold, Z Flip, Z Fold 2, Razr, Razr 2, etc.
This scene is so great in so many ways. It's true to the book, with the Vogon's speech. It's funny, and macabre. It's also terrifying, with the zoom out. It's also awe inspiring, with the zoom out. And then the banjo + the Guide's introduction. Awe. It puts me in awe, and makes me cry. Just so fucking good.
That quote was to rub the zoning commissions face in destroying Aurther’s house with the same limp bureaucratic “well there were plans and you were involved” bullshit
We put a man in space in 1961. This was supposed to happen in 2005. 44 years. We should have colonized the entire bloody star system by now. We were busy fighting over gasoline. "Apathetic bloody planet."
I think the very best version of the HHGTTG is the one it was written for - the BBC Radio 4 version in half hour episodes with the help of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Even in the late 1970s FM sound radio smashed this one out of the ballpark, from 1980 on, being one of the first radio shows to be mixed into four-channel Dolby Surround Sound. The books, films, cassette versions, cds, stageplays, games, comic books, tv version, dvds, film and towel came later.
Yes, I heard it on Radio 4 when it came out and was spellbound. Having it all fleshed out on screen was never as good as the original radio series. I had the radio series on CD and used to play it to my kids on the way to school - they loved it, and also preferred it to the movie.
My dad was in his 40s when this was on theatre's, and i was only a teen. When this theme started playing, I remember he looked at my brother and I like he was another kid with excitement, "Oooooh, ooooh, this is it!" It wasn't until later that we found out he read the books and watched the shows. I miss that old man.
As a bit of trivia, the UNDERTONES of the music are actually part of the JAMES BOND THEME! It's bit of a Director's nod to another great British work of art! PLUS this Guide to Galaxy shows a FOLDING e-SCREEN tablet/smartphone devive that pre-dates the modern folding screen by almost 15 years! I guess Samsung, LG, Sony, Microsoft, Apple and others took inspiration for folding screens from this Movie plot device! V
I saw this in the cinema. I was aware of the book but had never read it. I thought it was one of the funniest damn films I'd ever seen! Shame it never got a sequel
One of my favorites as a kid. I loved it beginning to end. So many quotable lines but no one understands what im referencing. Would very much like to see a sequel or something but please, no remakes. This was perfect for me.
@@williamn7579 Book 1: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 2: The Restaurant at the end of the universe 3: Life, The Universe, and Everything 4: So long, and thanks for all the fish 5: Mostly Harmless. A trilogy in 5 books.
@@williamn7579Also if you’re interested, there’s a BBC Tv show adaptation. 6 episodes, 30 minutes each, it came out in 1981 so it’s a bit dated but I really liked it
It may have barely included half the book, but I LOVE this movie! Dad showed me the series as a kid and when the theme started teasing up in the void of space, building up to the crescendo, my eyes lit up and my ears expanded with nostalgic joy! 🖤🤘🏻🖤
I watched this movie for the very first time while tripping on acid also for my first time. Easily one of the greatest/scariest moments of my life. I’ve never felt so incredibly small and insignificant, but I also felt this immense relief oddly enough.
My husband was a mathematician at university. Some day he asked for the result of a question. One student called "forty-two" and all laughed. So started our acquaintance to Douglas Adams
I know absolutely nothing about the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but something about it intrigued me - It’s mention and references in popular means gives similar evocations like someone quoting Plato, or an epic like Beowulf; I know OF it.. but I can’t but feel like I’m too uncultured to know it and grasp it in full. Also the song at 01:50 is amazing ; gives me space cowboy banjo James Bond vibes.
Finally a movie where the earth will get blown up in the next 5 minutes and someone gives good advice for what to do. I wouldn't cover my head with a paper bag but i would definitely lie down, listen to music and relax instead of running around screaming like a headless chicken, which would be waste of 5 minutes
My 3rd favorite planet destruction in cinema, for how quick and sudden it is. A terrible, ghastly silence indeed. Second is Unicron eating Lithone in the ‘86 Transformers movie, for how we get a worm’s-eye view of it all happening. First is Earth destroyed in Titan A.E., for the process showing city lights going out (every light extinguished is millions of people dying, and there’s thousands of them) and for pieces of the Earth hitting and destroying the Moon, which really drove home the idea of the Drej leaving us with nothing.
There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now
This should be one of the History Channel's "Ten Ways the World Will End." "Imagine waking up hungover one morning to find out that your house...and your planet...have been scheduled for demolition by a race of bureaucratic aliens. Worse still, you discover that the plans had been in the works for fifty years in a distant star system and you never bothered to check them."
I watched this movie for the first time on 300 ugs, when this first scene happened I was mid come up and thought I was gonna have a panic attack because I convinced myself these events were actually happening on earth. Good times. 😂
I really do like this film. Of course, the book is vastly different on quite a few things but it is a really entertaining film. Also, I once accidentally turned on the film's audio commentary. To my surprise it was a brilliant piece of entertainment as well and I would say really worth giving a go if you have it on DVD or any other such nonsense.
I remember that the first thing I wanted to know about this movie is if it would still use “The Journey of the Sorcerer”. I figured it might just get a small bit or nod but copyright or royalties or something would prevent much more than what amounted to a cameo. Instead, a full, glorious orchestral version greeted us. Love it.
“We have arrived, and it is now that we perform our charge. In fealty to the God-Emperor (our undying Lord) and by the grace of the Golden Throne, I declare Exterminatus upon the Imperial world of Typhon Primaris. I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world and consign a million souls to oblivion. May Imperial Justice account in all balance. The Emperor Protects."
The strangest most how they were able to build a new Earth again from the Ground Up, and bring the very same life they were on it back to the way they were.
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
If the world was indeed going to end right at this very second, there’s really no point in running around in a state of panic. It’s a waste of remaining time and conserved energy. Instead, live in the moment, sip your cup of tea or coffee, or do whatever. Cause if it’s all going to end, just make the most of the remaining time.
depends. i mean bugs are advanced in chemical communication. our language in contrast is notoriously imprecise and full of inadequate labels for expressing a lot of what we want to express.
The way they keep pummeling you with those orchestral hits as the camera pans back 30 times. Spot on sendup of a somewhat tired cinema trope.
And then ends with a whimper, not a bang.
Someone else counted 55 notes. XD
It's "'Awe' some."
What a way to start a story, by first blowing up everything we know.
"Am I a joke to you?" - Titan AE
@@kxmode Not saying Titan AE doesn't exist or that either is better...just praising HG2G is all, calm your tits.
Considering your Titan AE came after we were given the answer to life. 42
Sit down 😂😂😂
@ShutEyeCinema I mean we didn’t know what it destroyed so not rly
@ShutEyeCinema Those Hostile Aliens had NO RIGHT to destroy a world full of innocent people!!! How would those so called Alien Demolisher's got their asses kicked by the Klingon Empire?!
1:36 I was actually in the theater the weekend it premiered, and when the banjo started playing, you could hear all the OG fans gasping and then cheering. It took us all by surprise to hear the old TV theme start playing.
It was magic
god I can only imagine closest expierence I've had is the 2nd jurrasic world where rexxie appears with the sting of the classic theme, Imagine if jw2 was a good movie
There was a terribly ghastly silence.
There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terribly ghastly silence
It's as if six billion voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
The Vogon constructor fleet coasted away into the inky starry void.
"WE ARE SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE"
God's Message to Marvin
This broke me when I read it.
@@Dr-Weird "miserable little git. I'll miss him."
Scariest planet destruction scene I ever see
Literally nothing
No explosion, no music, no glamour
Billions died in the most unsignificant way
I love how goddamn anticlimactic the earth getting destroyed is, no big fireball consuming the earth or something, just a *poof*
more than I thought was expecting a small pop noise and it would be gone. I guess thats more MIB
It's not overwhelming, but it's not underwhelming. It's perfectly whelming.
Apparently the weapons that destroyed Earth used implosions instead of explosions, so that’s why there’s a poof
"Not with a bang but a whimper." - TS Elliot.
My iPhone is the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy book of navigating life in the universe.
one of the funniest zoom outs ever
😂 ye
I think Douglas Adams would approve in the humor of how the zoom out of the earth’s destruction was in this film.
@@jonathanstinson754 Ι mean, he did contribute a lot in this film before he died. Many jokes are probably his doing
Most epic book reveal in history
I remember going to school as Arthur Dent for a dress as a character School Spirit day. Showed up in pajamas, taped a “Don’t Panic” label on a book that I carried around, whole nine yards.
Not a single one of the other students or teachers knew who I was dressed as.
Dude! I did the same thing. Working at a school. Barely anyone got it without me explaining it.
It shocked me considering how Iconic I thought this series was.
@@FoxSayLUL-tc8yq It probably didn’t help that it was a small town in Colorado in my case. In the early 2010s. When did you do it?
I wouldn’t expect anyone to know at a school full of idiots.
What?!
This whole school is full of idiots…God
Then you won! Fair play.
"I dressed as a normal guy and no one noticed"
i love how arthur is in his bathrobe the entire movie
“I was in a hurry” 😂🤦♂️
well, that's how it happened in the book.
I'm pretty sure he's in his bathrobe for at least the first three books...
*Towel Armor*
A. It's called a dressing gown.
B. That's what makes him iconic.
C. He where's it all of the other Hitchhikers guide media
There's a lot this film didn't do well, but there's also a lot they did very well. The Vogon's and the destruction of Earth were done brilliantly.
The movie definitely (as said about ever book movie) not as well as the book. But I think it was really good! Even the boring scenes like him falling out paperwork was funny.
@@Glorpusvideos Those are blue
Marvin!
@@Glorpusvideos Strictly speaking the radio series was the original; it predated the books. Every adaptation has something different about it. The books differ, the TV series differed, the movie also differed a fair bit.
@@ProtoKun7 there was a radio series?!
The way this scene is done has always stuck with me. Something about how efficiently and emotionless the vogons cary out the elimination of earth and human kind. Just another day at the office type of stuff. Pull up with the construction fleet, quick little courtesy speech, and then whoosh- billions of lives, every triumph and tribulation of humanity, and almost every trace of our existence extinguished in a few seconds. Now on with the movie... very surreal
Perfectly said.
Same here. And the banjo music also 😭
"No sympathy at all."
Ironically that’s what made this scene funny to me
To humanity it was their last days the massacre of their species
To the Vogons it was Tuesday
That’s what we call cosmic horror.
I love the zoom out.
i love how there is just a very quiet sound of explosion, hardly any because its in space
Lol 😂
Truth
All we herd was the air escaping into space. A small breeze lol
And it didn’t take hell fire to destroy earth, just 1 unified pulse
Yeah, it was more of an implosion, actually.
In the book instead it described a terrible sound when the Earth got blown up.
... The fans of the books can kiss my shiny metal ass, I LIKE IT BETTER IN THE MOVE because it's subversive in a successful way, it's unique, and it kinda makes practical sense that the Vogon would like to get rid of planets in a quick and contained way instead of making a huge mess.
@@DeepEye1994 "The world ended not with a bang. but with a whimper."
From the book;
There was a terrible, ghastly silence
There was a terrible, ghastly noise.
There was a terribly, ghastly silence.
This scene legitimately scared me as a child when I saw this film with my dad. There's something so goddamn terrifying about this colossal alien column looming over you, and then everything you know and love being destroyed without being able to do a thing about it
Cosmic horror at its finest.
Same shit happened to me with Titan A.E. when I was 5yo
@@rickrogan2355 The most unknowable, inscrutable, capricious and uncaring force in the universe.
Bureaucracy
My sisters and I used to try and hold our breath until they got picked up
@@gracemcd.1950 which is the worst possible thing you could do if blown out into space, instead of dying in seconds to a minute you'd die almost instantly.
The best way to enhance your chances of survival in space is to EXHALE, all the air out of your lungs, not inhale.
Titan AE and Event Horizon had it more accurate. But of course Hitchhiker's is a comedy and you can fly by throwing yourself at the ground and missing.
0:43 "a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything. Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, a terrible, stupid catastrophe occurred, and the idea was lost forever."
1:36 Goosebumps. Every. Single. Time. That banjo just does something to me.
Music performed by the Eagles,
Journey of the Sorcerer…
@torocat if you’re gay and you play that game
I would personally have added in a banjo solo to one out of every 7,892th movie I made. But this is how I would want it to be done!
Check out the videogame Outer Wilds. I think you would really like it if you like this movie and scene.
@@SEARCHFLATEARTH You’re a sad, angry little weirdo.
One of my favorite things in this movie is the design of the Vogans and their ships. Really fits their description of being bureaucratic and callous.
Remember watching this in theaters and this scene was easily the most memorable part of the movie. Just really well done. The way the camera pulls out demonstrates the mind boggling colossal nature of these machines on a planetary level. And the music perfectly captures the moment. My only gripe is that I wish the explosion was a little more.. eh substantial.
Well that’s the point, all of human history our entire existence everything we’ve done and then, boop gone
I think the underwhelming explosion adds to the scene immensely. No fanfare, just a cold, emotionless whoosh and a few sparks. Bam- earth and humanity extinguished in seconds, now on with the movie
With an implosion, there's much less space debris to collect before building the hyperspace bypass...
That’s the theme to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series in a nutshell. The universe is the biggest awe inspiring anticlimax when you get right down to it.
I would argue that makes it better, they don't care, it isn't an event to them, it's just a demolition job, another tuesday
POV: it’s almost the end of 2020 and you’re waiting for the bypass commission to show up.
Honestly, by now the vogons would be doing us a favour
our president looks like a vogon
@@trolly4233Most of them do 😂
@@t3ichtaucherpoor little darling. It's 2024 and everyone made it.
Well, hindsight is usually twenty-twen...... never mind.
I saw this in theaters & that scene was so intense & awe inspiring. The theater was packed & there was total absolute silence when the earth exploded. No one was sipping their drink, digging for their snacks, nothing. Just everyone completely engrossed in the scene. It was amazing🌎💥👀
If you ever get a chance to watch this movie in theaters do yourself a favor & see it.
Been there, done that. Definitely my favorite part of the movie. Also, the part where they all turn into yarn
It's a shitty movie that does absolutely no justice to the books.
@@prltqdf9 dude shut the fuck up its better than the books
@@prltqdf9 Yeah, but that's true about everything that's based on a comic, novel and video game. Look what happened in the new Resident Evil film, as well as the fact the both Game Of Thrones and The Walking Dead have veered so far off from the original story. You simply have to take it for what it is, enjoy it for what it is, and if you still don't like it, then don't watch it. For every 'one' person who hated this movie, there are ten people who loved it. Sure, it's good chance they didn't see the TV series and read the books, but the movie still follows the basic storyline and it's not half bad.
@@prltqdf9 I had a relative who complained about the same thing, but I pointed out it was Douglas Adams who did the script, and he modified it over the years for various formats (tv, radio, audiobooks)… yes, there is a lot of stuff like describing the Vogon ships “They hung in the air in exactly the same way bricks don’t” that I would’ve liked but then it would have been a 4 hour movie. Which I would have happily sat through, but you sometimes have to appreciate what you get. Or don’t, I don’t care. The Zaphod head out the neck thing was a bad choice, and I preferred the TV Marvin (he has a cameo, though) so those take it to a 3 star but the visuals were amazing and conveyed the story better than previously possible
I love how the old lady is fully aware of the whole situation but was like "hmm ok whatever" 0:43
Trivia: that old lady is Douglas Adam's mother.
Haha, i never really noticed that - hilarious
Have a pint and wait for all this to blow over...
when you’re old you simply don’t give a fuck
Loved hearing about that on the movie commentary
I only watched this movie once as a kid. Jesus I forgot how wonderful this movie begins. It's so hard to feel genuine wonder when watching movies now adays.
I was 10 when this film came out and it was so influential on every aspect of the person I became. From my sense of humor, to my ability to laugh in face of adversity, to my outlook on life, the universe, and everything.
Glad I'm not the only one.
My Dad hooked me by telling me the answer to life, the universe and everything is 42.
The Jackie Robinson number.
You might like the books that came before it, or the radio series that was the original.
I remember seeing this the first time in cinema and when the banjo transitioned into the original TV theme I just got shivers everywhere....brilliantly done :)
I love how they say 'demolition' and not 'destruction' as a foreshadowing that earth was actually a custom built planet
I watched this as a kid, long before I knew it was ever a book. I havent read the book yet, but this has always been one of my family's favorite movies, and I love it for what it is, regardless of how well it adapted its source material. On its own, its such a good movie.
If you haven't yet, I can highly recommend the book though there are several variations. The movie is an excellent summary of the first 3 books but missing some of the more funny and interesting quirks.
@@MaximeDeClercq I think I will
It was a radio drama before it was ever a book!
Me too. I watched that film countless times as a teenager, and it became one of my favorite movies of all time.👍🏻
When I was young, my dad had a TV with surround sound system! When the Volgons destroy the earth, the stereo system made such a fantastic sound! It was really cool!
There was a terribly ghastly silence.
There was a terribly ghastly noise.
There was a terribly ghastly silence.
Everybody gansta until the green alien speaks enchantment table
I remember watching this in the theater BLAZED and this one scene made my heart pound and then when it blew up, so did my mind. I was like "WTF"
0:51
Loved that they kept the theme tune for the film. Awesome choice.
This scene is extremely special in a few ways, you have the opening scene of the book resching the next stage, you have the overwhelming crisis moment trope that everyone has mentioned, you also get a sense of scale of Earth and the Vogon fleet, their precision at planetary detonation with the Earth imploding with little fuss like a seasoned demolition team, a bunch of beings with superior technology treating the earth and humanity like literally nothing, then a moment of silence to soak it all in. Then a melancholy banjo, that slowly builds into quite a brilliant rendition of the OG theme that gave everyone who had ever watched the series goosebumps (still does), and finally...the reveal of the actual star of the movie, the Guide itself with an almost majestic intoduction followed by Stephen Fry as the Guide giving us the opening lines that many people could recite by heart all filling the thestre screen with no distractions just complete focus and attention on it. It fits so many pieces together so well, and i wish i could find my DVD copy!
In this scene we are nothing more than a roadblock for a different advanced civilization. In this case a Tier 3 one with a severe lack of empathy.
Just like a human clearing his path of weeds
But we aren’t really just a civilization either, since we’re supposedly the worlds most advanced supercomputer
@@tahunuva4254 a pathetic field of grass. I have no sympathy at all
@@philip8498 “Well that’s just not cricket.” - Grass
Ehh I'd say more of a tier 2. A tier 3 would probably just move us out of the way or wouldn't even need hyperspace routes
Mos def is underated as a actor. I love him
He got to demonstrate a force feed Guantonomo Bay style through the nose.
He's a pretty good friend to be sharing all that beer with everyone. What makes him an even better friend is all that beer was originally supposed to be for him and Arthur
Most definitely
Something the Lord made
It's on Max based on a true story that was one of my favorite roles of his
This gave me my first sense of existential dread when I was a kid
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams
I love the banjo music. I wish they would’ve written an entire single for the movie.
That's an arrangement of a song by the Eagles called "Journey of the Sorcerer." It was used in the BBC TV version of the story so the filmmakers tip their hat to it here.
@@Plathismo it was used, unaltered, in the original radio series
I'm so tired of internet people saying this movie isn't that great. The whole movie is hilarious and is a wonderful tribute to Adams ans his great books.
ua-cam.com/users/shortsSwsn1V6E9_A?si=rZKIK-rzoFx4f9k8 it’s all cannon 😂
Stephen Frys delivery is just on fleek. I love that man.
"On fleek", are you 6?
@@Hellwycki think the more childish thing is getting your nickers in a twist over a harmless phrase tbh
@@stellarkin1232nah, the phrase is bloody awful.
@AtheAetheling cant speak like a stereotype and go around calling phrases terrible. Its too funny to laugh at
@ 1:37 people in the audience when I watched it in the theater began to cheer when we heard the banjo...
Why
@@ppjeje929 It's from the Radio/TV show.
@@ppjeje929 If you grew up in the 80's, were a fan of Sci-Fi, trust me. you'd know. :)
@@HappyCynic ahhhhhh
It is really a great soundtrack. You British are some of the very best in producing movies and entertainment.
We pretty much already have this version of the Guide, we could've made a fully functional 80's version of the Guide, but now we basically have this version in the form of folding phones like the Galaxy Fold, Z Flip, Z Fold 2, Razr, Razr 2, etc.
Yes, but none of those are slightly cheaper, nor do they have the words "DON'T PANIC" printed in large friendly letters
That would be an awesome phone cover
The '80s version remains my favourite.
I still dont trust the durability of folding screens. One unfolding screen is still plenty.
This movie deserves more love.. still looks great
This scene is so great in so many ways.
It's true to the book, with the Vogon's speech.
It's funny, and macabre.
It's also terrifying, with the zoom out.
It's also awe inspiring, with the zoom out.
And then the banjo + the Guide's introduction.
Awe. It puts me in awe, and makes me cry. Just so fucking good.
Fun fact: in the UK, they tried to demolish Stonehenge to build an expressway
The plans of the earth's destruction "being in display" on another planet will never not be funny to me
That music was my childhood.
I bought it as a single on Vinyl.
1:13 lmao there’s just this one plane that’s like, “oh crap that’s big”
The “pathetic bloody planet” followed by making the actual order in vogon.
I’m crying I love this franchise.
“Pathetic, bloody planet. Have no sympathy at all.”
No. No we don’t.
Oh we do have sympathy, except for disgusting xeno's
That quote was to rub the zoning commissions face in destroying Aurther’s house with the same limp bureaucratic “well there were plans and you were involved” bullshit
Sympathy for the rest of life on earth but NOT HUMANS!!!
You misheard the quote - he called us apathetic for not taking the time to go to Alpha Centauri to take down the demolition plans for our own planet
We put a man in space in 1961. This was supposed to happen in 2005. 44 years. We should have colonized the entire bloody star system by now. We were busy fighting over gasoline. "Apathetic bloody planet."
I think the very best version of the HHGTTG is the one it was written for - the BBC Radio 4 version in half hour episodes with the help of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Even in the late 1970s FM sound radio smashed this one out of the ballpark, from 1980 on, being one of the first radio shows to be mixed into four-channel Dolby Surround Sound. The books, films, cassette versions, cds, stageplays, games, comic books, tv version, dvds, film and towel came later.
Yes, I heard it on Radio 4 when it came out and was spellbound. Having it all fleshed out on screen was never as good as the original radio series. I had the radio series on CD and used to play it to my kids on the way to school - they loved it, and also preferred it to the movie.
the towel is clearly the best way to read the series
My dad was in his 40s when this was on theatre's, and i was only a teen. When this theme started playing, I remember he looked at my brother and I like he was another kid with excitement,
"Oooooh, ooooh, this is it!"
It wasn't until later that we found out he read the books and watched the shows. I miss that old man.
As a bit of trivia, the UNDERTONES of the music are actually part of the JAMES BOND THEME! It's bit of a Director's nod to another great British work of art! PLUS this Guide to Galaxy shows a FOLDING e-SCREEN tablet/smartphone devive that pre-dates the modern folding screen by almost 15 years!
I guess Samsung, LG, Sony, Microsoft, Apple and others took inspiration for folding screens from this Movie plot device!
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The whole theme itself is, in effect, just "Journey of The Sorcerer". A wonderful bit of music
1:37 The banjo fading out of the silence always has me awestruck
If we just ended right after the banjo started with a “see you, space cowboy…” that’d be perfect
I saw this in the cinema. I was aware of the book but had never read it. I thought it was one of the funniest damn films I'd ever seen! Shame it never got a sequel
There's even a radio series, which came before the book.
Tbf if it got a sequel they would have found some way to screw it up
@@Jon_Fury haha no doubf
the way we zoom out from England to the planet, and see earth get destroyed was just awesome
"There's no point acting all surprised about it..." Gold
One of my favorites as a kid. I loved it beginning to end. So many quotable lines but no one understands what im referencing. Would very much like to see a sequel or something but please, no remakes. This was perfect for me.
You might also like the books that came before it, or the original radio series.
@@SimonClarkstone I've read the book with the same title but there's another I forgot the name of. Something like 'diner at the end of the universe'?
42 :)
@@williamn7579
Book 1: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
2: The Restaurant at the end of the universe
3: Life, The Universe, and Everything
4: So long, and thanks for all the fish
5: Mostly Harmless.
A trilogy in 5 books.
@@williamn7579Also if you’re interested, there’s a BBC Tv show adaptation. 6 episodes, 30 minutes each, it came out in 1981 so it’s a bit dated but I really liked it
0:44 Say hello to Douglas Adam's mother.
is this real
@@bigshrek2324
Yes, she is.
And goodbye at the same time.
@@sollew7434 "so long and thanks for all the fish" even?
It may have barely included half the book, but I LOVE this movie!
Dad showed me the series as a kid and when the theme started teasing up in the void of space, building up to the crescendo, my eyes lit up and my ears expanded with nostalgic joy! 🖤🤘🏻🖤
I watched this movie for the very first time while tripping on acid also for my first time. Easily one of the greatest/scariest moments of my life. I’ve never felt so incredibly small and insignificant, but I also felt this immense relief oddly enough.
Oh man. I read the books. Loved the whole trilogy. Everyone should read a little more!
I never heard OG theme but I still love it ever since first hearing it in this movie pretty while ago, it must be special
The art direction for this is just...flawless.
My iPhone is my hitchhikers guide to the galaxy of all things knowledgeable about the universe, the multi-verse and beyond.
My husband was a mathematician at university. Some day he asked for the result of a question. One student called "forty-two" and all laughed. So started our acquaintance to Douglas Adams
This is Mos Def-initely one of my favorite movies
✊🏽💪🏽
Who would've thought Vogon spacecraft would be so gigantic?
I know absolutely nothing about the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but something about it intrigued me -
It’s mention and references in popular means gives similar evocations like someone quoting Plato, or an epic like Beowulf; I know OF it.. but I can’t but feel like I’m too uncultured to know it and grasp it in full.
Also the song at 01:50 is amazing ; gives me space cowboy banjo James Bond vibes.
"It hung in the sky in much the way a brick does not."
The way Jeltz says "Commence demolition" in Vogonese sends shivers down my spine.
Finally a movie where the earth will get blown up in the next 5 minutes and someone gives good advice for what to do. I wouldn't cover my head with a paper bag but i would definitely lie down, listen to music and relax instead of running around screaming like a headless chicken, which would be waste of 5 minutes
My 3rd favorite planet destruction in cinema, for how quick and sudden it is. A terrible, ghastly silence indeed.
Second is Unicron eating Lithone in the ‘86 Transformers movie, for how we get a worm’s-eye view of it all happening.
First is Earth destroyed in Titan A.E., for the process showing city lights going out (every light extinguished is millions of people dying, and there’s thousands of them) and for pieces of the Earth hitting and destroying the Moon, which really drove home the idea of the Drej leaving us with nothing.
There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now
The zoom out score always reminds me of Mars: Bringer of war
This should be one of the History Channel's "Ten Ways the World Will End."
"Imagine waking up hungover one morning to find out that your house...and your planet...have been scheduled for demolition by a race of bureaucratic aliens. Worse still, you discover that the plans had been in the works for fifty years in a distant star system and you never bothered to check them."
I watched this movie for the first time on 300 ugs, when this first scene happened I was mid come up and thought I was gonna have a panic attack because I convinced myself these events were actually happening on earth. Good times. 😂
I'd have liked a couple sequels out of this 1.
I really do like this film. Of course, the book is vastly different on quite a few things but it is a really entertaining film. Also, I once accidentally turned on the film's audio commentary. To my surprise it was a brilliant piece of entertainment as well and I would say really worth giving a go if you have it on DVD or any other such nonsense.
I remember that the first thing I wanted to know about this movie is if it would still use “The Journey of the Sorcerer”. I figured it might just get a small bit or nod but copyright or royalties or something would prevent much more than what amounted to a cameo.
Instead, a full, glorious orchestral version greeted us. Love it.
This movie is awesome.
“We have arrived, and it is now that we perform our charge.
In fealty to the God-Emperor (our undying Lord) and by the grace of the Golden Throne, I declare Exterminatus upon the Imperial world of Typhon Primaris.
I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world and consign a million souls to oblivion.
May Imperial Justice account in all balance.
The Emperor Protects."
When the lategame Stellaris lag kicks in:
Carl Sagan: Everything you have knew and everyone you ever known and loved that ever existence all lived on that blue dot.
Douglas Adams: 1:27
I've always loved the way the Earth just goes POOF! 🌎 💥
The strangest most how they were able to build a new Earth again from the Ground Up, and bring the very same life they were on it back to the way they were.
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author.
May 25th is the same day Star Wars and Alien premiered in 1977 and 1979, respectively.
I've loved that Eagle cover ever since that movie came out.
Now that's one heck of A thumbs up.
Jelly I personally am I .
“God, I don’t know… Apathetic bloody planet… I’ve no sympathy at all. … You may fire when ready.”
I laughed so dang hard to the stark contrast between this and Star trek
this movie is great
If the world was indeed going to end right at this very second, there’s really no point in running around in a state of panic. It’s a waste of remaining time and conserved energy. Instead, live in the moment, sip your cup of tea or coffee, or do whatever. Cause if it’s all going to end, just make the most of the remaining time.
Love how they failed to account for the inhabitants of the planets to be destroyed not being on the same technological level as them.
Man this scene scared the hell outta me as a child lol
"Great shot kid that was one in a million!"
What if there is a local community center in alpha centauri and we're literally so unadvanced we're basically bugs to these aliens
depends. i mean bugs are advanced in chemical communication. our language in contrast is notoriously imprecise and full of inadequate labels for expressing a lot of what we want to express.
Gotta love Journey of the Sorcerer. Great sound track. Perfect for Hitch Hilers Guide to the Galaxy.
this is how Gravitals say "hello"
The Gravitals.☠
You mean the Gravitals from All Tommorows
Only watch this movie a week ago and just had a nightmare about the world ending in a similar matter 10 / 10 would watch again
I pray that the hitch hikers guide is true an when we die we go to a different plants ,where we can travel to many different worlds ,
Don't panic
😂🤪
The first rule of science fiction: don't destroy the Earth you'll find you will need it later.
This scene has no right being so funny