Interview with the Vampire
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It’s Lady Jennifer’s birthday choice, and she’s selected none-more-‘90s-sexy-drac-fest “Interview With The Vampire”. A film in which a moody Brad Pitt is forced to stand in a trench; Trigger teaches piano; and a puppet of Tom Cruise gives one of the better performances. Along the way we discuss “Fanny Lye Deliver’d”, “Rick and Morty”, “Undergods”, “The Raven” and the podcasts “Eerie Essex” and “The Alexei Sayle Podcast”. Watch (or re-watch) to avoid spoilers, and join us. APOLOGIES FOR ANY SOUND QUALITY ISSUES - THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED REMOTELY. APOLOGIES ALSO TO ANY TOM CRUISE FANS…
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LeeGood evening and welcome to Horror. I'm Lee.
ChrisI'm Chris.
AdamHi, I'm Adam.
UnknownHi, I'm Jennifer.
LeeYay!
ChrisJennifer's back.
UnknownYay!
UnknownAnd older.
LeeYes.
AdamAre you wiser?
UnknownWiser? I'll always wiser. Yes, than everyone.
LeeWiser than me, certainly.
ChrisWhen when is your peak?
LeeWell, yeah.
UnknownWhen's my peak?
ChrisYeah.
AdamI've got cats, not dogs.
Unknownyeah. I'll never peak.
LeeYeah, let's leave that there.
LeeI was just going to say what I would say wiser than wiser than she was, but of course she still picked this film, so we'll
ChrisOh, that that could that could be a subtle hint at what's to come. Yeah, that's it.
UnknownThis is, you know, ideas.
ChrisRebuttal.
AdamLines are being drawn.
LeeSo, yeah, so our main event this evening for Jennifer's birthday choice is Interview with the Vampire.
LeeAKA, how to be a prick to someone for generations.
UnknownSounds like my life.
UnknownWatch that film, I'm like this is brilliant. Anyway, before that.
LeeSo before that, in our run up, we shall do our, what we have been watching.
LeeChris, what have you been watching?
ChrisRight. No.
ChrisIt's possible, it's possible if none of you have seen this that you'll think you're wasting your time.
ChrisThat is nothing to do with welcome to horror, what that is pointless, right?
ChrisBut I'm going to read out something and I'll see your responses.
ChrisSo I've been watching,
Chriswait for it.
ChrisI've been watching Ball Fondlers on Interdimensional Cable.
AdamRight.
Chriswe've got we've got one person on board here.
LeeNo idea.
ChrisOkay, it is Rick and Morty.
AdamJura is Morty.
AdamYou've been watching Interdimensional Cable and Rick and Morty then.
ChrisI have, I have.
ChrisSo I I right enough people have told me to watch Rick and Morty, right?
ChrisAnd years ago I watched the first episode and I was like,
Chrisit's it's good, it's just a little bit too maybe juvenile.
ChrisI felt and then that was perhaps a bit snobby, I'm accepting maybe a bit snobby, right?
ChrisBut I just couldn't quite get on board with it.
ChrisAnyway, enough people over the years have said, Rick and Morty, just watch Rick and Morty, like what's wrong with you?
ChrisYeah, and then you had something called a Pickle Rick, which I think must be from Rick and Morty.
ChrisNow that I've reached the episode Pickle Rick, and I'm like, oh, that must be where it came from.
ChrisAnyway, right, so, so then someone fairly recently said, Rick and Morty, and this was after we'd been discussing all sorts of philosophy, science, you know, time travel,
Christransferring your consciousness, all that sort of stuff, yeah. I was like, all right, shit, I'm just going to watch it again.
ChrisAnd of course I got to episode three and I was like, that's it, I'm stuck. I'm just watching the rest of these.
ChrisNothing else, nothing else is coming on. That's it.
UnknownA few episodes.
ChrisYeah.
ChrisSo I'm now in season four, every spare moment of TV watching availability has been spent watching it, right?
ChrisAnd so, yeah, there you go. That's that's my welcome to horror what I've been watching.
ChrisI think there's enough horror in it that you can just about squeeze it in, but I also don't feel that I need to.
ChrisIt's good enough.
UnknownI think turning into a pickle and then attacking rats that's very horrific.
LeeRight.
LeeIt's a fantastic show and yeah, you're right, it really does delve into some really dark places.
ChrisYeah.
LeeBut in a hilarious way, so.
ChrisIt's yeah, unbelievable writing.
ChrisHow they managed to combine so much crazy stuff.
AdamIt's got.
ChrisWhich is very watchable.
AdamIt's almost got that thing that Red Dwarf used to like had in the sort of early days where you're like, loads of people are watching this and they're really enjoying it.
AdamBut they're also being exposed to pretty fucking big sci-fi concepts.
ChrisLike
AdamLike multidimensional stuff and things like that, you know, and as it goes on and you get.
AdamThat sort of element to it where there's however many different realities and replacing yourself in another one and.
ChrisYeah.
AdamThat's not actually the original person who was that original person and yeah.
ChrisAnd and I found out it's not ended.
ChrisI thought we had finished years ago, but it turns out they're still making episodes.
UnknownYeah.
LeeIt's Netflix now, so I think they're doing them sort of sporadily, but yeah, they.
LeeStill fantastic, so.
AdamThere's some there's some new ones there's some new ones out.
AdamI have seen the start of one because it some they put it up on Instagram and at the start of one he meets it's Rick and.
AdamJerry meeting the Cenobites.
ChrisOh.
Adam
ChrisOh there you go.
AdamBut but and the whole thing is is that basically.
AdamAs it turns out it's because they have to keep spending a night with Jerry because pain and torment is pleasure to them.
ChrisOh.
AdamSo they they go and they have a barbecue with Jerry.
ChrisYou don't get much more pain.
AdamAnd that's like they're getting their rocks off because it's that that pain form.
ChrisI can I can see the pain in Lee's face just from the mentioning of such such a situation.
AdamYes.
LeeExcellent, well done.
Leeso, Adam, what have you been watching?
AdamRight, I've got a ton, but I will get through it quick.
AdamI watched Bone Tomahawk, which I hadn't seen before.
LeeI still not seen it.
Adam
AdamRight, I'm going to say okay.
AdamAnd definitely Kurt Russell is one of the best things about it, obviously, because it's Kurt Russell.
AdamThere's some great stuff in there, Sid Haig's in it right at the start, which I didn't even realize.
Adambut I mean, I'm now probably indicated a spoiler there by saying, he's in it right at the start.
AdamYou can imagine, yeah.
AdamSo,
AdamBut yeah, sort of the best way I can describe it is dark place.
AdamIn as much as I think I'd have enjoyed it more if it wasn't so unironically macho.
LeeOkay.
AdamIt's quite a sort of like we're a stoic men going to do stoic things.
AdamAnd, you know, people who are like sort of and just lots of no nonsense men in the wilderness arguing.
Adam
AdamBut yeah, not bad, but sort of oddly.
AdamBest way I can describe it as I think when I summed it up with Clare.
AdamWhen it came out, I thought that looks good.
AdamThen I left it, then another film came out by the same director called dragged across concrete, which was.
AdamVince Vaughn again in not in a funny role but Vince Vaughn in a prison riot film.
AdamAnd I was like, oh, that sounds fucking awful.
AdamBut I still want to see Bone Tomahawk.
AdamAnd then the guy made a third film, so he's pretty prolific.
AdamBut that was a bar where some like Gulf War veterans drink.
Adamand these old boys have to defend it against a group of young punks who've turned up.
AdamI think they're basically cannon films, is the best way I can put it.
AdamYou know, they're a bit sort of.
AdamChuck Norris sort of a.
AdamSo.
AdamBut I mean, I I enjoyed it while it lasted, but there was definitely a there was a distinct level of sort of, oh, you you haven't moved on here, really, have you?
AdamYou know.
AdamYou've not thought that there might be a bit more nuance needed in this.
AdamBut it does, but it does feature some really graphic,
AdamA really graphic scalping and chopping someone in half and stuff.
AdamBut yeah, overall it was sort of okay. but yeah, glad glad I've watched it, glad I didn't pay for it.
Adam
AdamWell it was on prime, so I paid for it technically, but you know what I mean.
UnknownYou sold your soul, Adam.
ChrisYeah.
AdamIt feels it feels free, yes.
UnknownYour soul.
AdamYes.
UnknownNot free with Amazon.
ChrisIt's got a lot of souls.
AdamI kind of paid for it, Jeff Bezos clearly hasn't.
AdamAs he wanks in his spaceship.
Adam
AdamThen I watched Fanny Ly Deliver, which is.
Adamlike it's set just after the English Civil War.
AdamAnd it's kind of a, it has a sort of a bit of a Western feel to it, weirdly.
Adamlike a revenge Western feel to it.
AdamBut basically, Maxine Peak is married to Charles Dance.
AdamObviously, it's a loveless marriage because it's in England during the Puritan age.
AdamAnd he's a man of God, so it's basically, you know, he's just a prick.
Adamand then two people turn up and expose her to other religious concepts.
AdamBasically, they're ranters, which was the first blossoming of the notion of a god within.
AdamBut but also they're pricks as well.
AdamAnd it's it's just a really good film in the sense that basically by the end of it, she has come to her own conclusion, but it's not through anyone else.
AdamIt's through observing and experiencing.
AdamBut yeah, but it's also it has that nasty.
AdamWitchfinder general edge.
AdamYou know, where it's that that sort of a thing where it's basically it feels like that done small scale because there's only like eight people in it.
Adam
AdamBut yeah, it's definitely worth checking out, it's not horror, but it's sort of it it feels a bit folk horror just the way it is because it's that period of time.
AdamBut.
AdamYou know, and there's some sort of gruesome moments and stuff like that.
AdamBut basically, yeah, that's that's a good one.
AdamI also watched Undergods, which is a film which is like a sort of sci-fi anthology set in a future dystopia.
Adam
AdamWhich was really good.
AdamNot quite sure, I think it's one of those ones where I'd sort of half recommend it in as much as if it sounds like it's your bag, go for it.
AdamBut I don't know if it's for everyone.
AdamIt might be not for everyone, so I might have to suggest don't cover it.
Adam
AdamAnd yeah, it's basically three stories of well, basically fucked up things happening in this sort of possibly Eastern European dystopian future.
AdamBut it's two corpse collectors telling each other stories.
Adam
LeeYeah.
AdamAs as they drive around picking up bodies for even meat or slavery.
AdamAnd
AdamYeah, it's.
AdamIt's good, it's fucking brutal in places and it's also.
AdamBut it's packed with really good character actors and it's oddly funny.
AdamBut in that sort of way that, you know how if you watch Brazil.
AdamBy the Terry Gilliam film.
AdamAnd it's like it's funny, but if you identify or feel yourself in that position, it's a fucking nightmare.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt has that sort of a feel to it.
AdamBut,
AdamBut yeah, that was genuinely genuinely good.
AdamAnd on recommendation from Bobby from not for everyone podcast, I watched most of series one and all of series one and most of series two of a sketch show called I think you should leave.
LeeOkay.
AdamWhich I really recommend everyone watch it, it's it's like a sort of.
AdamI don't know, it's like a bit like a dark big train or something like that.
AdamIt's just sort of.
AdamI can't even begin to describe the sketches.
AdamBut some I mean there's some or it's it's American.
Adamit's Tim, I can't remember his name, Tim Robinson from I think from Tim and Eric's Awesome Show.
AdamI'm not sure.
AdamBut.
Adambut yeah, it's just a really good sketch show and the great thing is is all the episodes are like 17, 20 minutes.
AdamSo.
AdamThere there's nothing that outstays it's welcome in them, but there's some great sketches.
AdamThere's like one where it's the girl who's invited her snobby older boyfriend to a party.
AdamAnd they're playing, you know the game where it's like you take names out of a hat and you have to describe them.
AdamYou know.
AdamIt's that game, but he keeps coming up with like obscure jazz people and something like.
AdamWhat do you mean you've never heard of of weightless sugar Ray Enoch.
AdamHe's he was on the Colgate jazz hour every week, come on.
AdamYou know.
Adambut yeah, and and and sort of nicely childish and sort of, yeah.
AdamYeah.
AdamIt's definitely worth it definitely worth to watch that one.
LeeExcellent film.
Adamalso, I've been listening to there's two podcasts, one I discovered, Alexis Sale has a podcast.
Lee
AdamAnd that's just really worth a listen to just to hear a grumpy man talk about weaponry and what's wrong with the world.
Adam
ChrisWe've got we've got Lee for that.
AdamWe've got we've got Lee for that, but it when I don't speak to Lee, I get from that, you know.
AdamBut I mean, it's Alexis Sale pretty much as you expect Alexis Sale.
AdamAnd one of the funniest things on there is just to give you an example of the mood of the show, they have a Patreon and they promise you nothing.
AdamAnd they said that they feel that that's in keeping with the concept of how bad things are in terms of just reality.
AdamThat it's like, yeah, you pay us and we give you nothing.
AdamBut if you but if you pay us like gold standard, you get absolutely nothing, you know, it's definitely nothing.
AdamAnd
AdamYeah, it's just well worth listening.
AdamHe's him and his producer who basically who sounds like.
AdamHe's visiting his grumpy granddad and like have and he's like, granddad, you should.
AdamBut I mean there's been brilliant bits.
AdamLike at one point, because Alexis Sale, as we know, doesn't give a fuck.
Adambut to actually knows that there's a reality out here.
AdamAnd you have to be careful.
AdamBecause at one point he said, well, I mean, you know, not so much the Patreon, but I mean, I'll send you a special message if you could get me a gun.
AdamLike, you know, maybe a Glock or something like that.
AdamAnd it was like, no, please, Alexi, just don't say it.
UnknownPlease, please don't say it.
AdamAnd it's like, yeah, but okay, I won't, but if you get me a gun.
Adam
AdamAnd also a podcast that's just started called Essex.
LeeOh.
UnknownOh.
Adam
UnknownIt's like Indiana, but not quite as, you know, cool.
AdamIt's it's not it's not quite as Joe Dante.
AdamDefinitely. but basically it's them it's
Adamtwo two ladies, Betton Briggs Miller and Alyssa Clark.
AdamAnd they are sort of detailing haunted areas and stories from around Essex and the first one they've done is like haunted hotels and B&Bs and I thought that'd be right up.
LeeYeah.
AdamYour Alley because I know I know you guys would want to go and stay in as many of them as possible.
AdamSo, yeah.
LeeAbsolutely.
Adam
AdamIt's a but yeah, it's a good show.
AdamAnd also they they've displayed having the right frame of mind when they described Anthony Hopkins is both an asshole and a git.
AdamSo, you know.
Adam
AdamBut yeah, and so the pod those podcasts definitely worth a listen to.
AdamSo, yes.
LeeFantastic.
AdamAnd that's all the way.
AdamYeah.
Adamdefinitely watch the podcast and definitely watch I think you should leave.
AdamSo, yeah.
LeeOkay, I'll be writing those down so.
LeeExcellent, thank you very much.
LeeI've watched a couple of bits but nothing new.
LeeI've rewatched all three of the Goonies movies, amazing, but we'll be covering them at some point.
LeeI dare say, so I won't go too much into that.
Leeand I rewatched Roger Corman's The Raven with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff, that's his name, wasn't it?
Leeyeah, which again in the in the fantastic.
LeeWorld of Roger Corman where he would basically take an Edgar Allen Poe story, take the name and then entirely write something that had nothing to do with anything, really.
LeeAnd then.
AdamThe Raven.
LeeSo basically it's battling wizards and it starts with a raven turns up at the window.
LeeHe lets it in and it's Peter Lorre who's been bewitched into being a raven.
LeeHe turns him back and he says, that prick up the hill did it.
LeeBy the way, your dead wife isn't really dead, he's got her enchanted up there.
LeeAnd they go up there to try and get his wife back and it's, it's mental.
AdamYeah.
Leebut it's fantastic fun and it's really, it's really funny and it's really brightly colored and it's.
LeeIt's all the great things that Roger Corman's comedy horror stuff was really.
AdamWe should again, we should definitely cover it on the show at some point.
AdamEspecially because I know Clare's requested to see more Vincent Price and that's definitely one I've got lined up.
LeeYeah.
AdamBecause it's yeah, just a great little run around that film, yeah.
LeeDefinitely.
ChrisSounds great.
Leequick RIP, obviously, and I think it's a horror related as as music gets really.
Leeobviously, Joey from Slipknot died.
LeeAt 46 this week.
AdamYeah.
LeeAs far as I'm aware, they still haven't said why, his family just said he died in his sleep.
Lee
AdamYeah, but his passengers died screaming.
AdamHe was driving a bus at the time.
AdamBum, bum.
AdamSorry.
LeeYeah, I just felt that was worth worth mentioning is, I mean, they're definitely a horror band, so
AdamOh, yes.
Leeand I watched one other thing which isn't quite horror, but.
LeeWe have had a hashtag Ask Welcome to Horror question.
LeeAnd the other thing that Jennifer and I have been watching falls into that category.
LeeSo, Adam, would you like to read our hashtag Ask Welcome to Horror question?
AdamLet me just spring up on the screen.
LeeOpen it, get it back out the envelope, he's opening it up from the mailbag.
AdamYeah, come out of the golden envelope.
Adamright.
AdamThis.
AdamAnd and this this part of the show we call Ask Welcome to Horror.
AdamAnd this week's Ask Welcome to Horror comes from a Bobby from Texas.
Adamwho has asked, what is the best introduction to cult British sci-fi television?
AdamAnd yeah, that's hell of a question.
AdamThanks, thanks, Bobby.
AdamSo, yes.
AdamLee, so I I think I know what you've been what you you've been I know what you've been watching lately and definitely I'm, yeah, that goes on the list certainly.
AdamSo do you want to kick off?
LeeOh, thank you very much.
LeeYes.
LeeSo, so the main one that I would suggest for this, is as we've mentioned quite a lot recently is Sapphire and Steel.
AdamYes.
LeeWhich, which we've just finished so, we've finished all six seasons in the last two months or so.
Leeand I can honestly say.
UnknownIt makes no sense.
LeeWhen we got to the final episode of season six, I knew exactly the same as I learned at the end of episode one, season one.
UnknownYeah, that's absolutely.
ChrisNow that that is that is either genius or double genius.
UnknownYeah.
LeeIt.
ChrisBecause it kept it kept him for all six seasons.
LeeIt's a fantastic show, it's nothing's ever explained, none of it ever makes any sense.
LeeBut it is so entertaining and so good, it's fantastic.
LeeDavid McCullin, who I didn't really know particularly before this.
Lee
LeeHe's absolute national treasure, I loved him so much.
LeeHe's such a prick in it.
LeeHe was.
AdamHe is so good.
LeeYeah.
UnknownHe has got a run for the money with Lestat, I think for later, really.
UnknownIsn't he?
LeeYes.
UnknownHe's the biggest prick.
AdamI I would feel threatened by steel, I think.
AdamI think Lestat I would just be bothered.
LeeYeah.
AdamAnnoyed.
LeeHe'd spoil your night, but you wouldn't be scared of him.
LeeJoanna Lumley, obviously I was amazing, I've only ever really.
LeeApart from the the hammer movie that she was in, I've obviously only ever seen her in absolutely fabulous.
LeeSo I've never seen her in a serious role, I didn't realize what a fantastic actress she is.
LeeBecause in she's a caricature, isn't she?
LeeSo.
AdamShe's good.
AdamOh, she's fucking brilliant.
AdamIt's it's a weird thing because like you say, I mean, basically to give give the concept, Sapphire and Steel is.
AdamA show about what can best be described as two time detectives who come from somewhere, they are not human and they turn up and solve problems with time.
AdamBut it's things, basically, it's time breaking into reality.
AdamAnd causing things like hauntings and time slips and.
AdamThey even do like a future episode and stuff like that.
AdamAnd like people from the future.
AdamEverything is set in the present, like the the then present day, which was the late 70s, early 80s.
UnknownYeah, 70s, I love the outfits.
AdamAnd oh, yeah, I mean some of them are quite stunning, you know.
AdamAnd
AdamSo they basically turn up and have to solve these problems.
AdamThere's a really obscure intro to it where they describe all these people.
AdamAnd but they say they describe them as elements, which is unfortunately fucked up.
AdamBecause neither Sapphire nor Steel are elements.
LeeYou've ruined it, Adam, now.
AdamI know.
AdamI know.
AdamBut the but the interesting thing is is that there's sort of certain things in there.
AdamLike when you dig deep on the mythology and stuff like that, there's sort of things where it's like, can steel exist at the point.
AdamBefore steel was invented by man.
LeeOh.
AdamBecause you know, it's not a naturally Sapphire is a naturally occurring compound, whereas steel is manmade.
AdamSo it's like, oh, if they sent him back in time, he can't live a certain point because he can't exist as he doesn't occur at that point.
AdamAnd yeah.
AdamBut it's that's besides the point.
AdamBut it's just mind bending stuff.
AdamSteel and and basically the great thing is is that you get them.
AdamYou really understand their characters.
LeeYeah.
AdamAlmost from the the off.
AdamAnd each series is a is a contained story.
AdamSo there's like the first one's a six part, second one's I think eight, which is the haunted railway station, which is probably the is the one that everyone remembers or everyone goes on about when they watch the first time.
UnknownMore sense kind of in a way, is it?
UnknownYeah.
AdamYes.
AdamAnd then of course you've got the episode you've got the story of the man who lives in photographs, who has no face.
Adam
AdamWhich which just saying it is creepy.
AdamAnd so.
AdamAnd that's the thing is you get this sort of you've got these two people who you are familiar with despite not knowing.
AdamReally what they're what they're about or what they are.
AdamAnd they investigate like really creepy, weird, melodramatic moments and they tend to.
AdamMeet up with like one human, I mean they're fairly sort of like small cast, aren't they, usually?
AdamI mean there's that.
Adambut but all in all, that is that's a definite recommend.
AdamSapphire and Steel.
AdamBecause oddly enough, it's one of those things where it's just really so well fucking done.
AdamThat it bypasses the confusion.
LeeYeah.
LeeYeah.
LeeAs as Chris said, that's absolutely it.
LeeTo watch something for six seasons and then the end of it say, at the end of the first episode, you find out ghosts aren't ghosts, they're just things in the past that are breaking through time.
LeeAnd there's never anything that you learn beyond that ever.
LeeBut you don't need to, they just make it so like it's the characters, it's all about the characters and then trying to beat this unknown, unseen force.
UnknownBut I guess probably back then, you know, like the the effects aren't great, obviously.
UnknownAnd you know, kind of you kind of had to build on the characters and the acting, I think, to be able to make it interesting and make it.
UnknownWhereas a lot of things perhaps after that, you know, rely on effects to entertain.
LeeBut as you said Adam, the small cast and small sets because the idea is there are events that are happening in like a time slip, so it's always a contained there. So it's only that place and those people who are in it. You still you had one studio, that was it.
Lee
LeeBut yeah, so that's definitely.
AdamIt's ITV, that's why they could afford McCallum and Lumley, that's where all that's where all the money went.
LeeOh, is it?
AdamDefinitely.
LeeOh, rightfully so, those two are incredible together.
AdamAlso, also when David Collins turns up as silver.
LeeYeah, I love him so much and LED, yeah.
AdamAs well, because that's the thing is they do bring in the other and like LED's just fantastic.
AdamAnd again, it's that weird thing, it's like, I now don't know why he's there.
AdamAnd what he's bringing to it.
AdamBut you just love the character, he's just because he's.
AdamBecause he's such an opposite to either of those two.
AdamBecause Sapphire's quite quite well.
Unknown
AdamAnd.
AdamAnd then Silver's just like he's like, I don't know, he's like Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
Adam
AdamHe's just he's that sort of trickster sort of thing, even though he's a good guy.
AdamYou he's just faintly amused by it all.
AdamAnd you know.
LeeYeah.
AdamFantastic.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period.
LeeBut.
LeeIt's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like, yeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as.
AdamUtterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah, if you.
AdamIt's the, yeah, the six part series, watch it, you will fall in love.
AdamIt is incredible.
LeeYeah.
AdamFantastic.
UnknownIt's like the original Rick and Morty.
LeeYeah.
AdamHe's not far off.
AdamBecause it has that high concept stuff going on.
AdamI mean, it's not.
AdamI mean, there's no Mr. Poopy butthole in in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
AdamBut then.
AdamBut then, I mean, when you I mean, fucking hell, I mean, on his own you've got Marvin the paranoid Android and every line of his is a meme.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt's, you know, I think you're I'm feeling very depressed.
AdamAnd just from there, you know, it causes me pain to even think down to your level.
ChrisIt sounds it sounds a little bit along Terry Pratchet kind of a.
LeeI was just going to say that actually.
ChrisComedy kind of yeah.
LeeYeah.
Adam
AdamIn fact, the I mean, books wise, Terry Pratchett obviously did Discworld and pretty much the same with Douglas Adams, Douglas Adams mainly wrote more Hitchhiker's.
AdamSo.
AdamThe world built and built and built and, yeah.
AdamYou do sort of.
AdamAnd.
AdamYeah, it's just an incredible one and not only that, but also I think it's one there's nothing in it.
AdamYou you could definitely watch it with your kids.
LeeYeah.
AdamThey would not they there's no there's no particularly bad language, there's definitely nothing too scary, there's nothing too there's nothing too violent or sexy or anything else like that.
ChrisThat's that's very English.
AdamIt's very English, yes.
AdamBut still brilliant.
AdamExactly. I mean, that's the thing, is that that goes to prove how well it is that it doesn't need sex, violence, swearing.
AdamAnd.
ChrisIt's still.
AdamAnd car chases to sort of.
UnknownYeah, game around and it doesn't need it. Yeah.
AdamExactly.
Leeso my to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
AdamAnd they because when they did the film of it, the film was okay, but the one thing that I felt was is that all the all the book stuff was all like looked a bit like flash animation.
AdamIt looked like.
LeeYeah.
AdamIt looked like you'd gone on Wok Records' website, which was a really nice well-designed website, but equally it was like, no, I've seen this.
AdamWhereas the.
AdamThe ones in the TV show are definitely and and most of the it's most of the same cast like most of the radio cast moved over and did the TV version.
AdamYeah.
AdamAnd again with the film.
AdamThat's the weird thing you've got like the infinite improbability drive and in the film, it's like, oh, we've turned into sofas, and oh, we've turned into knitted people.
AdamAnd I can't help but feel that was Douglas said, like,
AdamYeah, we didn't really have the budget to do it last time, so, you know, we'll reduce it down.
AdamAnd it's like.
AdamYeah, because on the TV show, one of them turns into a penguin and the other one's arms fall off.
LeeYeah.
AdamOn South End Pier, it's like, yeah, it's.
AdamAnd obviously.
AdamJust I mean, just the fucking dialogue and the the humor of the whole thing is just, yeah.
AdamAnd and Arthur Dent is probably the the quintessential.
AdamEnglishman, I think in so much as utterly inept.
LeeYeah.
AdamBut mudling through.
LeeYeah.
AdamYou know.
AdamBut but you know.
ChrisIs he very polite as well?
LeeHe is.
AdamHave you never seen Hitchhiker's, Chris?
ChrisNo.
LeeOh, dude.
LeeHe's so you.
UnknownWe'll call him Arthur from now on.
LeeRight.
AdamRight, we'll re we'll catch you in the next one, but go and watch it now.
ChrisNot not until I've seen it.
UnknownTomorrow, you can watch it tomorrow.
AdamDefinitely, seriously.
AdamYeah.
Leeso to my only other thing.
Leewhich again, I have seen not as much as Adam, but I thoroughly enjoyed.
LeeI think Chris Jones came over and watched the whole thing in like one night.
Leeis Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, obviously.
ChrisOh, yeah.
LeeThe TV series.
Leeyeah, so I don't know it in depth because I've only seen it through once, but we did literally marathon the whole thing.
Leeand I get people's love for it now because it's like the effects let it down because of its period, but it's got that charm about it, which makes you kind of bypass that.
Lee
AdamIt's so well written and so well performed.
AdamAgain, like Sapphire and Steel.
AdamIt's that same thing of just like, you're forgiving this because you're in.
AdamYeah, you're just in you're in because of the humor and the and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and the humor and the stuff.
AdamAnd because the thing is is Hitchhiker's was originally a radio show and when they and then Douglas Adams wrote it as a book.
AdamAnd then they decided to make it for TV and the weird thing was is they were like, shit, what do we do because of.
AdamWe've got this narrator, we've got the book's narration.
AdamOn the radio show and they were like, what, how do we do that then?
AdamAnd then they came up with, well, we could animate the read out of the book.
AdamAnd the the animation, you know, some of the the practical effects like around the people and the monsters and the robots and stuff like that.
AdamSome of them are a bit chunky and a bit crap.
AdamBut those like the read outs of the book like the animation of that.
AdamIs beautiful.
LeeHe's incredible.
AdamIt's just.
AdamAnd also just one of those things where you look at it and it's like, computers don't look this good now.
LeeNo.
