Films, Cards, Eeps

On Hitchhiking
So... Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
I'm honestly not sure how to describe it coherently... so I'll openly copy Richard's idea and list the pros and cons.

Pros:
1) Trillian is no longer Space Age Barbie.
2) The narration (Stephen Fry! Woo!) stays pretty true to the text of the book.
3) Arthur Dent is suitably pathetic.
4) Marvin looks as though he might be able to attempt some stairs.
5) Alan Rickman as Marvin.
6) Hearing a mouse say, "Oh, bollocks."
7) Some suitably impressive CGI images - the production floor comes to mind.
8) The effects of the Improbability Drive.
9) The WHALE. And the ensuing mushroom cloud.
10) And the dolphins.
11) Generally entertaining, in the end.

Cons:
1) Trillian is American and seems to lack the energy to open her mouth enough to allow the words out properly.
2) The plot does not stay true to the book, apart from the essentials.
3) Arthur Dent did occasionally show signs of a backbone in the book...
4) Marvin looks as though his head may cause overbalance - how DID he manage to stand up again..?
5) Underuse of Marvin.
6) The laborious driving home of the point that Trillian's mice were doing something important behind the scenes.
7) The Vogons look like something designed by Jim Henson. On acid. After a bad night.
8) The ship, as you will remember, is called the Heart of Gold. Impressive. It looks like one of those ball thingies you put in the washing machine...
9) They didn't actually have to go through the ex-whale... actually, this might be a good thing...
10) I have nothing to say against the dolphins, actually. But why ignore the storyline about the bowl of petunias and past history..?
11) Why so many Americans? Really - do all alien languages produce an American drawl? (Except the Vogons, naturally. They're boring and bureaucratic, and therefore naturally British.)
12) The fact that there were so many loose ends to tie up when the film actually finished...

In general, I'd say go see it... but be prepared to be annoyed by the above if you liked the books or TV or radio programme. Although it may be an improvement on the TV show.


Cards
Kieran made me promise to notify everyone that he was "crushing Blaise" at Spit when I left for bed last night. So... there you go.


Eep
Celery's badminton racquet attacked me as I tried to leave a HOM supervision room. My HOM supervisor has now heard me "eep".