My favourite joke in the book never came to the screen. It was when Marvin made a spaceship self-destruct when he explained how he was feeling to it, and accidently saved their lives
it makes me wonder if this movie is actually based on the original radio play as opposed to the book because that joke didn't appear in the tv show either because it was based on that original radio play, either way this movie wasn't that good.
Or paying them properly. I found my therapist through BH but she had to quit because she was overworked and underpaid on it. Luckily I found her a gain. She happened to be really good. But yea, she's not on BH anymore, lol.
@@Spinelfanboi He's probably yapping about how Marvin, while not only being voiced by the awesome Alan Rickman, had Warwick Davis inside the suit. Glad I could clear that up
6:35 That's explained in one of the later books - the whole operation was actually a secret plan to remove Earth from existence (due to it being the Ultimate Computer and whatnot), and the Vogons were just unwitting pawns in the game. 23:42 That is part of the plot of a later book which is all the brilliance. Douglas Adams never left a plot thread dangling without a satisfying payoff.
@@thelittlehooer It was a conspiracy by psychiatrists to keep their jobs by never letting anyone find out the Question to the Answer of Life, The Universe and Everything.
@@thelittlehooerThe reason for destroying Earth was psychologists were afraid to end up without a job after the Question would be known everywhere in the universe so they made this plot to ensure no one would ever find it out. Which was a huge mistake if you ask me : Marvin is the best possible proof that knowing the Question doesn't help you to feel better in your life.
For context: it’s not mentioned in the movie but Arthur DID see the plans. He had to go down to the cellar with a torch, only to find that the plans were “on display” in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused restroom with a sign on the door saying BEWARE OF THE LEOPARD. The joke is that Prosser is a bureaucratic idiot.
That part was hilarious to me when I first read the book as a kid, because I didn't know "torch" was just British for "flashlight" - I thought he went down with a "flame on a stick" like in ye olde days.
Mr. L. Prosser is one of the most underrated side characters ever. I can't think of the Mongols without thinking of their dearest and proudest ancestor. Good ol' Genghis must be so happy for his legacy.
fun fact: when I was about 11 years old a friend of mine moved away, her departing interaction with me was to play "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish".
If the fridge joke at the end of the video was an on-purpose reference to "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" I will go back and retroactively thumbs up every CinemaSins video ever made.
Here are all the audio outtake clips at the end: 1 (31:17): Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks Pictures, 1999) 2 (31:24): Groundhog Day (Columbia Pictures, 1993) 3 (31:27): Rick and Morty, "Get Schwifty" (season 2, episode 5; Adult Swim, 23rd August 2015) 4 (31:30): Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks Pictures, 1999) 5 (31:34): Back to the Future (Universal Pictures, 1985) 6 (31:37): Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Paramount Pictures, 1991) 7 (31:50): South Park, "Towelie" (season 5, episode 8; Comedy Central, 8th August 2001) 8 (31:52): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros., 2009) 9 (32:01): The Simpsons, "Simpson Tide" (season 9, episode 19; Fox, 29th March 1998) 10 (32:06): Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Paramount Pictures, 1971) 11 (32:21): Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Paramount Pictures, 1991) 12 (32:28): The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Studios, 2007)
There are more than 42 sins in the first five minutes of this version. I haven't watched yet, but there should be 1764 (42x42) sins at the end. This film was pure unhoopy swutting BELGIUM!
Absolutely freaking accurate. You can't convert British humor into American humor it just doesn't work this is why this movie did not go anywhere. The books and the radio show in the TV series were absolutely amazing because it was British humor thank you so so much for pointing that out.
There was an absolutely perfect movie that captures Douglas Adams's humor (humour?) excellently. That movie was Shaun of the Dead. If only Wright had gotten the rights to HHG, he'd have gotten it.....well, right!
Lmao I grew up in a place that was owned by the British and America so my spelling of humor and colour and grey can be any of them at any time and I cackled at the sin 😂. Also laughed at the above comment.
i will admit to having a soft spot for this movie, in oart because marvin freeman and alan rickman are just absolutely delightful in this movie...also bill nighy seems to be having fun playing a non crazy character for once. but i do agree the vogom poetry should have just been imagined
I remember a few lines appearing in the book, as well. Shame they didn't name check the real person who was the inspiration for the actual worst poetry. If I'd been writing it, I'd have just said it was Pam Ayres and be done with it.
42 is the numerical command for an asterisk, which in coding language essentially means "Anything you like". Shared for those of you unaware of the delightfully clever nerd joke hidden within that iconic answer.
The ASCII code for the asterisk (*), also known as the "select all" wildcard, is 42. In programming, the asterisk is often used as a symbol that can represent "whatever you want it to be".
You are aware your reply is just repeating the comment you replied to, right? Okay, you changed the order of the words a bit. It's one step below copy paste. I will give you that.
Except Adams has said it was literally a random number that sounded funny. There is no deeper meaning, no matter how many people spread this false information.
I absolutely love the polarity of the comments between this and a different channel regarding better help. This channel's comments call ot out and the other channel ignores it completely.
Are you sure you want to be sponsored by Better Help? Have you forgotten the shit they did last time? I don't think they are any better today, than they were at that time...
My therapist tried working for better help. He said it's a scam on their side, too. He now works for a real place to find help. Thanks for not caring about people who suffer from mental health issues and the kind souls who actually help them.
Another Easter egg, the floating hologram head the warned them above Magrathea was played by the same actor who played Arthur in both the radio and tv mini series.
The original (radio/book) said when Ford changed his name, he had it stitched into the fabric of space/time so everyone had always known him by that name.
it is entirely probably that for the same reason there are a number of items in the known universe which share the name "gin and tonic" which explain why the Babel fish shares a name from the biblical tower of Babel where the languages were confused
3:58 That could absolutely be a bitter. You can get light, straw coloures bitters that visually look like lagers. It's also not got any visible bubbles, so isn't particularly fizzy. No pub is serving lager in an unnucleated glass either, so it's definitely a cask beer. As the setting is Southern England, that indicates the beer would be served without a sparkler, so there's not a particularly tight head. Bitter is also used colloquially to mean any pale cask beer. This could easily be a blonde, a pale ale, a light mild. Sin removed!
I read the books. I listened to the radio series. I watched the TV series. This movie is significantly shorter than either, and I fell asleep twice during the run time. The only possible redeeming quality it has is maybe getting people who have never encountered any version to read, listen to or watch the originals.
I admit, the irony in the first 5 minutes of this movie made me instantly love this movie. I immediately went and bought the complete hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and read all 5 books. And fell in love with the ultimate irony of the reason why the petunias thought what it did, and love that it was 3 book long set up to get there. I haven't yet listened to the radio show yet.
It is amazing at how badly they missed the mark on this movie, even with the incredible talent of the actors involved. I'm also curious how different the screenplay was before Adams' death. The radioplay was just amazing, the TV was also pretty good (though it was hard to get used to the different vibe/energy of Ford in the TV show).
What I've heard is that after Adams' death, the script was changed to be more like the book, not less. I'd be willing to bet the romantic subplot was his idea. It's not like Adams was some unimpeachable comedic genius. His non Hitchhikers material is pretty hit and miss.
While arguing over the merits of this movie with another fan of the book, they tried to defend the movie by saying Adams was very involved with making it. I replied that that didn't improve my opinion of the movie, it damaged my option on Adams.
Hi Cinema Sins, Can you take off one more point for the movie, using Simon Jones in a Mostly Harmless cameo? Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English actor. He is best known for originating the role of Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2003, Jones was involved in the filming of the film version of the first novel, making a brief cameo appearance in the role of the holographic Magrathean answering machine/automated defense system. Thanks for considering and Cheers. Bill
@@thelittlehooer I'm already British! And definitely don't recommend British food in general, including mutton! Except maybe scones and clotted cream. But I'm also deaf, so I'm very grateful that Jeremy puts the captions in, they're so much better than the autocraptions!
Just for those not in the know, (It actually took about 30 years before I learned this.) the music we think of as the theme to Hitchhiker’s Guide is The Eagles’ “Journey of the Sorcerer”. The complete version can be found on the album One of These Nights.
I knew it was “Journey of the Sorcerer” from a long time ago (1980s) but did not know it was by The Eagles until a few years ago when I also found out that DA just heard it and said words to the effect of "yes, I'll have that". Also, back in the day, DA used anything they liked on the original radio plays without regard to copyright, etc. Maybe something to do with the fact it was a radio station and had all the necessary copyrights for broadcasting. He had to modify things for the audio cassette and tv productions due to copyright and the huge cost. I read that somewhere in one of his books.
The ravenous bugblatter beast of traal is actually not a one-time throwaway gag. Its a twotime throwaway gag because Arthur & Co encounter it when they steal a ship from the restaurant of the universe. One of the creatures that evolves way too fast evolves into it.
This has been one of my favorite books since I read it in 8th grade and the whale and bowl of petunias, specifically “oh no not again” is still possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.
The car that nearly knocks down the (very unconvincing) Ford Prefect.... is actually a Ford Prefect. Nice sight gag there. (And we KNOW you're not from Guildford. With that accent?)
This is eery. I just watched this movie. Like literally just watched it, and now, as if it's been waiting for me, a sins video. Very improbable. Sin counter better not go above 42.
As long as the dude does proper research. I'm only 10 minutes in and already vetoed half his sins for omissions, misinterpretation or not taking a holistic look at the trilogy in 5 parts, which he acknowledges is a thing but then ignores the content of such.
@@pimpbisquick7036 Well ...the at least 30 songs I've written ~ R.I.S.C. Electronic Music (GB&NI) on Soundcloud ~ all had lyrics that rhymed ...I suppose I like what I like and don't go out of my way to hear songs that are over complex ...okay Bob Dylan is a genius and I'd never turn off a Dylan song ...but yeah, rhyming lyrics? Yes please. ~ Mark=
Fun fact: The Japanese words for 4 and 2 together sound like the word for dying. I take that as the meaning of life, the universe and everything is simply that they don't last
28:52 I like how "what's 6x7?" is one of the questions Athur mentions as "no answer to any one of them has ever bought me one iota of happiness" He's just as disappointed with math as Deep Thoughts creators are with Deep Thought.
At 23:35, the amusing thing about the pot of petunias is for all who haven't perused the other books in this "trilogy" that you actually discover why it says "not again".
Yeah, the whole thing with Zoey being zapped with the Point of View gun and saying, 'What's the point, I'm already a woman.' had me scratching my head too. Lack of empathy isn't an exclusive male trait.
Here's to Alan Rickman, the best depressed robot ever... I mean, is there another depressed robot? Even if there is it can't be better than his performance as one.
Wouldn't it be 6 since it was continued later with Adams' wife's permission? 5 in the original trilogy, and another as a continuation of that original trilogy to offset that ending.
@@raistlarn it's the unfinished symphony. It's been published "as is" and not considered part of the 'trilogy'. We've seen what happens when people who aren't Douglas Adams try to finish things that *are* Douglas Adams... "wretched"
On his radio show, Larry King asked Douglas Adams "How do you get five books in a trilogy?" and Adams quipped, "By lying." Adams then explained that he was at loose ends, waiting for Hollywood to get it together on a screenplay he/they were supposed to be working on (presumably this one), so he just kept writing to pass the time. (Source: I heard it live.)
THANK YOU for doing this movie! I'd love to see all the fun movie channels cover it, its based on one of the most incredible and insane stories ever written! I've literally got a cat I named Zaphod
The woman staring at them in the pub is actually a really good English actor and is usually quite funny. Why she was just an extra is baffling. Maybe they cut her part.
The frustrating thing about this movie not being able to pull it all together is that every now and then, it comes up with a really big laugh and it makes me want to like it instead of feeling disappointed by the end
I don't think it's frustrating at all. It has its imperfections to be sure, but an honest effort was made on the budget they had in order to make a film true to Adams' work. I think it's earnest, warmhearted, endearing, and hysterical. Rockwell especially, but also Rickman, Davis, Freeman, and Fry were outstanding. Even Malkovich, Nighy, and Mirren, with their limited screen time, were very good. Def and Deschanel offer probably the weakest performances, but even they weren't awful. That's a lot of big names taking up budget. The visual effects and score were top-notch. The puppetry design and movements were freakin amazing. I'm not sure what more one could ask. 4 out of 5 stars.
Please dont work with better help, they have on multiple occasions sold data and conversations between users and therapists to advertisers while users assumed that would be kept confidential.
3:47 He saw the plans the evening before and took his incredulity to the pub. That's why he's hungover. Did the movie not get into this? I haven't seen it since opening day.
In the books and radio plays he found the plans. It is assumed the reason he is drunk is due to the pending doom of his house. The text game (apparently heavily written by DA) says he was at the pub because of a birthday, which is completely absurd and just fits the lifestyle of Arthur. This also explains why he slept late
Well, it's gettin' pretty dated. Two years later and the joke we'd be feeling is that we're a race so primitive we still think smartphones are a pretty neat idea. 📱
Well, it's gettin' pretty dated. Two years later and the joke we'd all be feeling is that we're a race so primitive we still think smartphones are a pretty neat idea. 📱
1:50 'Titbits', not 'Tidbits' - a name given because it's small enough to be eaten by a bird like a bluetit. Prudish Americans changed it because it sounded rude. Yeah, how do like pedantry now, Cinemacins???
I seen the title of the video and screamed out loud, " HOW DARE YOU! DO WE HAVE NOTHING SACRED? " You did well on this one and you could have gone harder. +1
8:19 That line dates back to the book, which was written in 1979, before the Borg were even thought up. 10:15 We find out in the next book that time travel is a thing in HGG, and Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged is also out there somewhere insulting everyone in the universe in alphabetical order. 10:24 I was surprised CinemaSins didn't add a sin for Zaphod having two *faces*, not two *heads*. 11:39 Just don't put AI into that toaster, otherwise you'll end up with Talkie Toaster and be in an entirely different universe. 12:28 Fun fact: Deep Thought is an actual model. The humanoids in the crowd are all CGI. 13:15 But that 10 million years might already be taking Moore's Law into account. 14:19 That's a model of Douglas Adams's nose. 14:40 And that they are awaiting The Coming Of The Great White Handkerchief. 17:26 The rake scene was put in because the running time was too short. 17:42 Marvin's like that to everyone. 18:02 The DVD has an alternate version of this scene. 19:25 (1) Time travel! (2) Maybe the order has to be signed by the CURRENT President. Yes, I know that's needlessly awkward, but that fits in perfectly with the Vogons. 20:54 This is a book whose entry on Earth is the sole word "Harmless." 24:38 Zaphod was on Earth, remember? 27:17 That's sexist. 28:52 More important, Arthur was the human who was on the Earth the shortest amount of time before the Earth was destroyed. In the time interval between Trillian leaving and Arthur leaving, the Earth computer had done more calculations and stored some data in Arthur's brain. 30:23 Jeremy skipped over one of the lines I liked from the movie: "Oh, he's locked the gate from the other side! We'll have to go round."
FYI, the Vogons shouting "resistance is useless!" predates the borg.
And was taken from Doctor Who, who Adams wrote some episodes for..
@@Wizborg yep, Cybermen said it first.
Except that neither the Cybermen or the Borg would even WANT to assimilate/upgrade the Vogons.
Imagine sharing a Hivemind with THEM!
The utter bastards.
My favourite joke in the book never came to the screen.
It was when Marvin made a spaceship self-destruct when he explained how he was feeling to it, and accidently saved their lives
That's pretty much what the POV gun does to the Vogons.
The POV gun mega blast was that scene's replacement. Sad, I know...
Yeah that was funny. I loved the books. I still love the film.
Yeah, when the spaceship feels what's Marvin is feeling, it gets depressed, and commits suicide.
it makes me wonder if this movie is actually based on the original radio play as opposed to the book because that joke didn't appear in the tv show either because it was based on that original radio play, either way this movie wasn't that good.
22:09 This actor is the original Arthur Dent from the BBC Radio and TV series, making a cameo.
Simon Jones
...and the original Marvin as well.
The woman in the pub at the beginning is the original Trillian.
@@AndrewJohnson-mp3ju You made me go back and check, but no
I never knew that, thank you so much!
If BetterHelp spent as much hiring qualified therapists as they did on buying ads on every single UA-cam channel...
Or paying them properly. I found my therapist through BH but she had to quit because she was overworked and underpaid on it. Luckily I found her a gain. She happened to be really good. But yea, she's not on BH anymore, lol.
And not selling patient details...
Betterhelp needs better with their help
There is also the whole violating HIPPA laws thing....i don't need to lose my job because the DOT or my employer found out I was in therapy.
Wouldn't that be nice?
Marvin, while not only being voiced by the awesome, Alan Rickman, had Warwick Davis inside the suit.
What are you yapping about
@@Spinelfanboi He's probably yapping about how Marvin, while not only being voiced by the awesome Alan Rickman, had Warwick Davis inside the suit. Glad I could clear that up
@@toxic10ist I know a Warwick Davis. I wonder if it's the same one.
@@rickstaism Is the one you know a little person + an actor?
@@SiiriCressey Yes and no but he does talk a lot.
Betterhelp sells your MENTAL HEALTH information
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On top of hiring people who aren't actually therapists.
Including but not limited to
Your mental health info, credit card info, your birth certificate, and where you live
Turning into worse health in the process
Well then I'll skip telling them my disturbing erotic dreams, which is a shame, because they're very hot.
That Better help ad goes on for all the some time.
one minute and one second to be precise, 1:01
6:35 That's explained in one of the later books - the whole operation was actually a secret plan to remove Earth from existence (due to it being the Ultimate Computer and whatnot), and the Vogons were just unwitting pawns in the game.
23:42 That is part of the plot of a later book which is all the brilliance. Douglas Adams never left a plot thread dangling without a satisfying payoff.
Did they consider having Malkovich play Gag Halfrunt (Zaphod's shrink), I wonder?
What was the reason for destroying Earth again? was it the Krikkit race? Agrajag was the long suffering bowl of petunias wasn't he?
@@thelittlehooer He sure was. :)
@@thelittlehooer It was a conspiracy by psychiatrists to keep their jobs by never letting anyone find out the Question to the Answer of Life, The Universe and Everything.
@@thelittlehooerThe reason for destroying Earth was psychologists were afraid to end up without a job after the Question would be known everywhere in the universe so they made this plot to ensure no one would ever find it out. Which was a huge mistake if you ask me : Marvin is the best possible proof that knowing the Question doesn't help you to feel better in your life.
For context: it’s not mentioned in the movie but Arthur DID see the plans. He had to go down to the cellar with a torch, only to find that the plans were “on display” in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused restroom with a sign on the door saying BEWARE OF THE LEOPARD.
The joke is that Prosser is a bureaucratic idiot.
That part was hilarious to me when I first read the book as a kid, because I didn't know "torch" was just British for "flashlight" - I thought he went down with a "flame on a stick" like in ye olde days.
@@AnonymousFreakYT the fact that the movie cut jokes like this when a key element of the humour is how absurdly British it all is pissed me off.
@@ikarikid So that part could be a movie sin, but not the one this dude counted.
@@richardpowell4667 Came here for this comment, thank you
Mr. L. Prosser is one of the most underrated side characters ever.
I can't think of the Mongols without thinking of their dearest and proudest ancestor. Good ol' Genghis must be so happy for his legacy.
Those last sin removals. Perfection.
Pure
Gotta admit, that hit me in the feels.
Total of 126 = 42+42+42
Perfect
I agree, but I would have taken off another sin for Sam Rockwell too.
Almost 20 years and it still gets me to tear up.
The question is how many videos Jeremy posts before dumping the betterhealth sponsorship.
They seem a bit dodgy to me? I dunno. I've seen lots of sponsorship for them, but I've never known a single person who used them.
1000
A number that's bigger or smaller than 42
As long as they keep paying them, they will keep shilling it.
@@samhainnc9416 never ending cycle
The fact ur sponsored by Better Help is a sin itself.
If you don't patreon then you can really complain.
This isn't uploaded for your enjoyment, it's so they can keep the gravy train rolling.
Pay up.
Boo hoo. You want the channel that does nothing but rip on movies and make college girlfriend jokes to have a moral compass now?
The comments above me partially explains why we are in this nightmare of a timeline.
@@Shiesteywhat does that have to do with sponsorships this comment is so useless
@@Shiestey I don't really give a f...about sponsors. But this channel is as woke as it can get, so they just might indulge the whiny snowflakes.
Sin: Allowing Betterhelp to sponsor your channel
Sentence: Vogon poetry marathon
fun fact: when I was about 11 years old a friend of mine moved away, her departing interaction with me was to play "So Long And Thanks For All The Fish".
If the fridge joke at the end of the video was an on-purpose reference to "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" I will go back and retroactively thumbs up every CinemaSins video ever made.
Also the thing with Homer Simpson saying Newk-yoo-lar.
I'm going to have to find that clip and drop it in the next Peter Zeihan video I see.
Dirk Gently would be proud.
Jeremy, nobody believes you care about mental health until you drop the BetterHelp sponsor.
It is illegal for them to have shared all that medical data with Facebook and it should be illegal for Facebook to buy it.
There's no way they don't know...
Wow people should know this
That is so true.
Love how this is the comment with the most likes by nearly double and isn’t the top comment
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Here are all the audio outtake clips at the end:
1 (31:17): Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks Pictures, 1999)
2 (31:24): Groundhog Day (Columbia Pictures, 1993)
3 (31:27): Rick and Morty, "Get Schwifty" (season 2, episode 5; Adult Swim, 23rd August 2015)
4 (31:30): Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks Pictures, 1999)
5 (31:34): Back to the Future (Universal Pictures, 1985)
6 (31:37): Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Paramount Pictures, 1991)
7 (31:50): South Park, "Towelie" (season 5, episode 8; Comedy Central, 8th August 2001)
8 (31:52): Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros., 2009)
9 (32:01): The Simpsons, "Simpson Tide" (season 9, episode 19; Fox, 29th March 1998)
10 (32:06): Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Paramount Pictures, 1971)
11 (32:21): Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Paramount Pictures, 1991)
12 (32:28): The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Studios, 2007)
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Good bot
Cool list. Except every time you pick one it closes the chat, and I have to find the comment thread again. Great work, bot.
Why are you still working with Betterhelp????
They ain’t betterhelp 🗣
If there are more than 42 sins at the end of this I will be raging
Lol it'll probably be around 123
There are more than 42 sins in the first five minutes of this version. I haven't watched yet, but there should be 1764 (42x42) sins at the end.
This film was pure unhoopy swutting BELGIUM!
42*3 Ok?
@MM-lv7iy we were ridiculously close to 42x3, I mean it was 42x3+4
Really there should be 420
Mos Def and Sam Rockwell nail their characters. Also, the 30 second musical sting before they blow up the Earth is genius. I will die on these hills.
You have my bow
Aye! And My axe!
You've got my sandwiches.
There's egg on these.
David Dixon > Mos Def.
But Sam Rockwell > Mark Wing-Davey. You are correct on that score.
@JimAllen-Persona She's definitely the prettier sister but she also definitely can't act...
If anyone's keeping score, Martin Freeman has now played three of the most iconic characters in all of British fiction.
I'm guessing Arthur dent, Bilbo baggins, and Watson from Sherlock Holmes. Right...RIGHT?!
@@ItsFreakinHarding. No, Tim Canterbury
I dint know tha’ Morgan Freeman was Bri’ish.
Hopefully he can round it out by playing King Arthur and Romeo.
Romeo is Italian.
Betterhelp sells your data.
Who doesn't?
They also lie about the qualifications of their therapists.
If it's being advertised on UA-cam, there is a reason lol
@@stevejones9905 Real Therapists for example.
@@stevejones9905they mean they sell the data OF YOUR ACTUAL FUCKING THERAPY SESSIONS AND QUESTIONNAIRES!
22:13 “This guy”? You know that’s Simon Jones, the OG Arthur Dent, right?
I know, I know. “Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!”
Yeah, but not giving Simon Jones a better cameo is worth a sin.
Absolutely freaking accurate. You can't convert British humor into American humor it just doesn't work this is why this movie did not go anywhere. The books and the radio show in the TV series were absolutely amazing because it was British humor thank you so so much for pointing that out.
This is the real sin
There was an absolutely perfect movie that captures Douglas Adams's humor (humour?) excellently.
That movie was Shaun of the Dead.
If only Wright had gotten the rights to HHG, he'd have gotten it.....well, right!
Lmao I grew up in a place that was owned by the British and America so my spelling of humor and colour and grey can be any of them at any time and I cackled at the sin 😂. Also laughed at the above comment.
I believe this, but can we be more specific? Examples?
I’m going to convert British humor to American humor through my scientific 🧪 experiment
i will admit to having a soft spot for this movie, in oart because marvin freeman and alan rickman are just absolutely delightful in this movie...also bill nighy seems to be having fun playing a non crazy character for once.
but i do agree the vogom poetry should have just been imagined
I remember a few lines appearing in the book, as well. Shame they didn't name check the real person who was the inspiration for the actual worst poetry. If I'd been writing it, I'd have just said it was Pam Ayres and be done with it.
You would
The woman in the pub is Su Elliot who played Trillian in the London stage version of Hitchhiker's Guide.
42 is the numerical command for an asterisk, which in coding language essentially means "Anything you like". Shared for those of you unaware of the delightfully clever nerd joke hidden within that iconic answer.
The ASCII code for the asterisk (*), also known as the "select all" wildcard, is 42. In programming, the asterisk is often used as a symbol that can represent "whatever you want it to be".
@@paulstaf its common use to Select * in sql query.
You are aware your reply is just repeating the comment you replied to, right?
Okay, you changed the order of the words a bit. It's one step below copy paste. I will give you that.
@@sandoumir4348 The asterisk "42" is NOT a "COMMAND", it is an ASCII code for a character used in the original Bell teletypes.
Except Adams has said it was literally a random number that sounded funny. There is no deeper meaning, no matter how many people spread this false information.
I absolutely love the polarity of the comments between this and a different channel regarding better help. This channel's comments call ot out and the other channel ignores it completely.
Pigeons, Greggs and Pontefract in one sentence, as a Brit, I’m impressed 😂😂
Brush ya teeth 🦷
Shame about the not pronouncing the D in Guildford though!
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: 1978
First appearance of the Borg: 1987
Jeremy: “Douglas Adams ripped off Star Trek” 🤡
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Damn is better help there only sponsor?
Better Help is everyone’s only sponsor.
Boo better help button. Nothing but information farms preying on the weak
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Have you forgotten the shit they did last time? I don't think they are any better today, than they were at that time...
My therapist tried working for better help. He said it's a scam on their side, too. He now works for a real place to find help.
Thanks for not caring about people who suffer from mental health issues and the kind souls who actually help them.
Removing sins for the “For Douglas” made me cry 😭
Me too, if it had kept going until it equaled 42 I would have totally lost it because would have had extra meaning to what the question is.
Same.
Another Easter egg, the floating hologram head the warned them above Magrathea was played by the same actor who played Arthur in both the radio and tv mini series.
The tea machine analyzes taste buds, and produces as a result a liquid which tastes almost, but not entirely unlike tea.
Isn't Betterhelp a scam?
Love he spotted the BBC Marvin robot but missed Simon Jones (original Arthur) as the missile warning head.
The Babel Fish is translating whatever Zaphod called Ford to Ford as the name he was known by on Earth.
The original (radio/book) said when Ford changed his name, he had it stitched into the fabric of space/time so everyone had always known him by that name.
it is entirely probably that for the same reason there are a number of items in the known universe which share the name "gin and tonic" which explain why the Babel fish shares a name from the biblical tower of Babel where the languages were confused
3:58 That could absolutely be a bitter. You can get light, straw coloures bitters that visually look like lagers. It's also not got any visible bubbles, so isn't particularly fizzy. No pub is serving lager in an unnucleated glass either, so it's definitely a cask beer. As the setting is Southern England, that indicates the beer would be served without a sparkler, so there's not a particularly tight head. Bitter is also used colloquially to mean any pale cask beer. This could easily be a blonde, a pale ale, a light mild.
Sin removed!
So long, and thanks for all the sins.
I read the books. I listened to the radio series. I watched the TV series. This movie is significantly shorter than either, and I fell asleep twice during the run time.
The only possible redeeming quality it has is maybe getting people who have never encountered any version to read, listen to or watch the originals.
I admit, the irony in the first 5 minutes of this movie made me instantly love this movie. I immediately went and bought the complete hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and read all 5 books. And fell in love with the ultimate irony of the reason why the petunias thought what it did, and love that it was 3 book long set up to get there. I haven't yet listened to the radio show yet.
You need some sleep 🛌
@jamiefrontiera1671 I'm glad some good came out of this movie.
There is a comic book version as well.
@@jamiefrontiera1671 The radio show(s) are my favourite version of Hitchhiker's
It is amazing at how badly they missed the mark on this movie, even with the incredible talent of the actors involved. I'm also curious how different the screenplay was before Adams' death.
The radioplay was just amazing, the TV was also pretty good (though it was hard to get used to the different vibe/energy of Ford in the TV show).
Absolutely this! I think it would have been an entirely different film. And one worth actually watching 😅
What I've heard is that after Adams' death, the script was changed to be more like the book, not less. I'd be willing to bet the romantic subplot was his idea. It's not like Adams was some unimpeachable comedic genius. His non Hitchhikers material is pretty hit and miss.
While arguing over the merits of this movie with another fan of the book, they tried to defend the movie by saying Adams was very involved with making it. I replied that that didn't improve my opinion of the movie, it damaged my option on Adams.
@@allenrubinstein3696 That's the kind of comment that puts people on a hill....
Betterhelp overcharges and constantly charges you even if you dont use it. $80 a week eff that
Thanks!
How about 100 sins for the long-ass betterhelp ad in the beginning that does not let you skip.
I always skip those adds? Why can’t you?
It would not allow me to, there was no option to skip.
@@MichellePatton-mn3rv There won't be a skip button since it's part of the video, but you can skip ahead by scrubbing forward :)
When you casually forget, you can fast-forward the video whenever you want.
are you a boomer lmao
I’ve literally never heard a positive thing about betterhelp
It took 3 years but I finally got here on time.
We did it friend! 🥳
Me tooooooo!
Why are you gay?
What timezone you in? It's same time biweekly. Catching each premiere is just a question of if your schedule allows it. 😎
Omg, me too!!!!! 🎉
Hi Cinema Sins, Can you take off one more point for the movie, using Simon Jones in a Mostly Harmless cameo? Simon Jones (born 27 July 1950) is an English actor. He is best known for originating the role of Arthur Dent, protagonist of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In 2003, Jones was involved in the filming of the film version of the first novel, making a brief cameo appearance in the role of the holographic Magrathean answering machine/automated defense system. Thanks for considering and Cheers.
Bill
I hope at least 42 people will watch it Douglas Adams’s work is beyond amazing
One minute of advertisement for a service I will need for suffering through one minute of advertisements..ding
Betterhelp won't actually help and then they'll sell your personal data
I know I tell you this often, but I'm so incredibly grateful for the captions!!!!! thank you!!!
Jeremy is hard of hearing, so he always makes the effort. 'ees a bit mutton, if we are Bri'ish for this video.
@@thelittlehooer I'm already British! And definitely don't recommend British food in general, including mutton! Except maybe scones and clotted cream. But I'm also deaf, so I'm very grateful that Jeremy puts the captions in, they're so much better than the autocraptions!
Just for those not in the know, (It actually took about 30 years before I learned this.) the music we think of as the theme to Hitchhiker’s Guide is The Eagles’ “Journey of the Sorcerer”. The complete version can be found on the album One of These Nights.
Also, the radio series predates the novel.
I dIdn't know this!!! thanks :)
The only song by The Eagles I ever liked.
I randomly play this song on the jukebox at my local every once in a while
I knew it was “Journey of the Sorcerer” from a long time ago (1980s) but did not know it was by The Eagles until a few years ago when I also found out that DA just heard it and said words to the effect of "yes, I'll have that". Also, back in the day, DA used anything they liked on the original radio plays without regard to copyright, etc. Maybe something to do with the fact it was a radio station and had all the necessary copyrights for broadcasting. He had to modify things for the audio cassette and tv productions due to copyright and the huge cost. I read that somewhere in one of his books.
"Backslashfartybollocks"?! OK, that got me 😅😅
The ravenous bugblatter beast of traal is actually not a one-time throwaway gag. Its a twotime throwaway gag because Arthur & Co encounter it when they steal a ship from the restaurant of the universe. One of the creatures that evolves way too fast evolves into it.
Sin yourselves for not releasing this on Towel Day Cinemasins!
This has been one of my favorite books since I read it in 8th grade and the whale and bowl of petunias, specifically “oh no not again” is still possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.
The car that nearly knocks down the (very unconvincing) Ford Prefect.... is actually a Ford Prefect. Nice sight gag there. (And we KNOW you're not from Guildford. With that accent?)
This is eery. I just watched this movie. Like literally just watched it, and now, as if it's been waiting for me, a sins video. Very improbable. Sin counter better not go above 42.
13:29
I have NEVER heard a more correct and valid burn. That was amazing. Props. All around, well done. Very much props
Better Health
*DING*
Petition for TV sins to cover the entire Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy bbc tv mini series to go along with this video
As long as the dude does proper research. I'm only 10 minutes in and already vetoed half his sins for omissions, misinterpretation or not taking a holistic look at the trilogy in 5 parts, which he acknowledges is a thing but then ignores the content of such.
I have my towel. Ready to go.
...hol' up 😅
Don't panic.
🎶 So long and thanks for all the sins,
Who knew they'd finally come to this. 🎶
That ...doesn't rhyme.
@@ThatCoalSoul Correct, it doesn't rhyme.
Are you just learning that sometimes people sing things that don't rhyme? @@ThatCoalSoul
@@pimpbisquick7036 Well ...the at least 30 songs I've written ~ R.I.S.C. Electronic Music (GB&NI) on Soundcloud ~ all had lyrics that rhymed ...I suppose I like what I like and don't go out of my way to hear songs that are over complex ...okay Bob Dylan is a genius and I'd never turn off a Dylan song ...but yeah, rhyming lyrics? Yes please.
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Mark=
Jeremy not understanding british humor/slang needs its own ding reel.
I knew this sinning would be solid and it did not disappoint
First book I've read that would get me strange look in public because it would make me just bust out belly laughing.
Haha, Same reaction I got in weekend jail while reading Fear and Loathing.
Gotta admit...at the end... "For Douglas"
...then 4 sins drop. I teared up.
Fun fact: The Japanese words for 4 and 2 together sound like the word for dying. I take that as the meaning of life, the universe and everything is simply that they don't last
Interesting, but not where he came up with 42.
The old BBC TV show version is Hitchhiker's is far superior to the film.
Yeah, it's not even close. Better on all points.
@@ThisOldSkater You needed someone like Terry Gilliam to do justice to a big screen version of Hitchhiker's.
Far
So was the radio version.
Oof, talk about rose-tinted glasses. The TV miniseries, while classic, is absolutely painful to watch in comparison.
28:52 I like how "what's 6x7?" is one of the questions Athur mentions as "no answer to any one of them has ever bought me one iota of happiness"
He's just as disappointed with math as Deep Thoughts creators are with Deep Thought.
The guy at 22:16 played Arthur Dent in the BBC Hitchhikers series from the early 80s. He rules.
Fuck betterhelp ❤
At 23:35, the amusing thing about the pot of petunias is for all who haven't perused the other books in this "trilogy" that you actually discover why it says "not again".
Yeah, the whole thing with Zoey being zapped with the Point of View gun and saying, 'What's the point, I'm already a woman.' had me scratching my head too. Lack of empathy isn't an exclusive male trait.
Here's to Alan Rickman, the best depressed robot ever...
I mean, is there another depressed robot? Even if there is it can't be better than his performance as one.
Thank you for acknowledging that there are five books to the 'Hitchhiker's Guide' trilogy. Most people give me a strange look when I mention that.
I make sure I always refer to it as "a trilogy in five parts"
Wouldn't it be 6 since it was continued later with Adams' wife's permission? 5 in the original trilogy, and another as a continuation of that original trilogy to offset that ending.
@@raistlarn it's the unfinished symphony. It's been published "as is" and not considered part of the 'trilogy'. We've seen what happens when people who aren't Douglas Adams try to finish things that *are* Douglas Adams... "wretched"
On his radio show, Larry King asked Douglas Adams "How do you get five books in a trilogy?" and Adams quipped, "By lying." Adams then explained that he was at loose ends, waiting for Hollywood to get it together on a screenplay he/they were supposed to be working on (presumably this one), so he just kept writing to pass the time. (Source: I heard it live.)
@@ediartiva hey, thanks! I always wondered why he said it was a five book trilogy.
THANK YOU for doing this movie! I'd love to see all the fun movie channels cover it, its based on one of the most incredible and insane stories ever written!
I've literally got a cat I named Zaphod
The woman staring at them
in the pub is actually a really good English actor
and is usually quite funny.
Why she was just an extra
is baffling.
Maybe they cut her part.
Fun fact: the theme from the original radio series was called "Journey of the Sorcerer", and it was by the Eagles. Yes, the "Hotel California" Eagles.
That track fucking Rules. Listening to it now.
mindcanon: Vogons have a kink for paperwork and defined processes, the more red-tapey and arbitrary the better. Hence the gimp costumes.
There was one line I was hoping you’d sin, even though it’s my favorite line in the movie:
“Now, to business.”
“TO BUSINESS!!!!” 😂
The frustrating thing about this movie not being able to pull it all together is that every now and then, it comes up with a really big laugh and it makes me want to like it instead of feeling disappointed by the end
I don't think it's frustrating at all. It has its imperfections to be sure, but an honest effort was made on the budget they had in order to make a film true to Adams' work. I think it's earnest, warmhearted, endearing, and hysterical. Rockwell especially, but also Rickman, Davis, Freeman, and Fry were outstanding. Even Malkovich, Nighy, and Mirren, with their limited screen time, were very good. Def and Deschanel offer probably the weakest performances, but even they weren't awful. That's a lot of big names taking up budget. The visual effects and score were top-notch. The puppetry design and movements were freakin amazing. I'm not sure what more one could ask. 4 out of 5 stars.
Please dont work with better help, they have on multiple occasions sold data and conversations between users and therapists to advertisers while users assumed that would be kept confidential.
3:47 He saw the plans the evening before and took his incredulity to the pub. That's why he's hungover. Did the movie not get into this? I haven't seen it since opening day.
At least this video did ignore tis. It is not a sin.
In the books and radio plays he found the plans. It is assumed the reason he is drunk is due to the pending doom of his house. The text game (apparently heavily written by DA) says he was at the pub because of a birthday, which is completely absurd and just fits the lifestyle of Arthur. This also explains why he slept late
Wow, leaned pretty hard into the Galaxy Quest references... I approve!
-Shawn
This was the book to movie adaptation that made me lose all hope for any future adaptations
Well, it's gettin' pretty dated. Two years later and the joke we'd be feeling is that we're a race so primitive we still think smartphones are a pretty neat idea. 📱
Well, it's gettin' pretty dated. Two years later and the joke we'd all be feeling is that we're a race so primitive we still think smartphones are a pretty neat idea. 📱
1:50 'Titbits', not 'Tidbits' - a name given because it's small enough to be eaten by a bird like a bluetit. Prudish Americans changed it because it sounded rude.
Yeah, how do like pedantry now, Cinemacins???
This is literally my favorite movie of all time, but even I know it’s not without sin.
"all time" wasn't in the movie ...
I've read the book and seen the movie. I thought the movie was just silly fun. Thumbs up 👍
Betterhelp? You have crossed the boundary from youtuber to corporation. If you somehow don’t know what I mean do 5 minutes of research
"Sparkling White Whiner" is a good way to describe Arthur Dent...
I love how Bilbo is the main in Hitchhiker Guide and Frodo is the main in Dirk Gently
God I miss Dirk Gently
I prefer the original dirk gently.
Dirk Diggler?
For what it's worth the "so long and thanks for all the fish" song is quite literally the only thing I remember from this movie
Good movie. it's fun.
the book is BRILLIANT tho.
I seen the title of the video and screamed out loud, " HOW DARE YOU! DO WE HAVE NOTHING SACRED? " You did well on this one and you could have gone harder. +1
8:19 That line dates back to the book, which was written in 1979, before the Borg were even thought up.
10:15 We find out in the next book that time travel is a thing in HGG, and Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged is also out there somewhere insulting everyone in the universe in alphabetical order.
10:24 I was surprised CinemaSins didn't add a sin for Zaphod having two *faces*, not two *heads*.
11:39 Just don't put AI into that toaster, otherwise you'll end up with Talkie Toaster and be in an entirely different universe.
12:28 Fun fact: Deep Thought is an actual model. The humanoids in the crowd are all CGI.
13:15 But that 10 million years might already be taking Moore's Law into account.
14:19 That's a model of Douglas Adams's nose.
14:40 And that they are awaiting The Coming Of The Great White Handkerchief.
17:26 The rake scene was put in because the running time was too short.
17:42 Marvin's like that to everyone.
18:02 The DVD has an alternate version of this scene.
19:25 (1) Time travel! (2) Maybe the order has to be signed by the CURRENT President. Yes, I know that's needlessly awkward, but that fits in perfectly with the Vogons.
20:54 This is a book whose entry on Earth is the sole word "Harmless."
24:38 Zaphod was on Earth, remember?
27:17 That's sexist.
28:52 More important, Arthur was the human who was on the Earth the shortest amount of time before the Earth was destroyed. In the time interval between Trillian leaving and Arthur leaving, the Earth computer had done more calculations and stored some data in Arthur's brain.
30:23 Jeremy skipped over one of the lines I liked from the movie: "Oh, he's locked the gate from the other side! We'll have to go round."
Lister will have to commit toastercide again